Mystery: Who has seen my brother?

Chapter 55 Parties
In a dim basement, a faint candlelight flickered, trying to illuminate the small space.

Alger looked at his palm and slowly clenched it. A faint stinging sensation came from the palm of his hand, and his arm trembled slightly.

Three-part honorific name...

He had guessed that the Fool was a powerful Beyonder, but he only thought he was a demigod.

After a long time, he relaxed his body, took a deep breath, picked up the candle and left the basement.

Backlund Queens

Audrey faced the dressing mirror and gently stroked her chest.

Audrey, it's okay. Mr. Fool is very gentle and definitely not one of those evil villains.

Yes, that's right, absolutely not.

After comforting herself several times in her heart, Audrey patted her face, took a deep breath, and clenched her fists to cheer herself up.

Come on, Audrey, you have to become an extraordinary person as soon as possible.

Audrey immediately picked up the pen and paper that had been prepared on the table and wrote down the "audience" formula on it.

Picking up the paper, Audrey paused, then put it back on the table and wrote a lot of chemical materials and formulas on it, making it look like a chemistry draft paper.

After folding the paper, Audrey adjusted herself and checked in the mirror to make sure she looked normal before leaving the room.

"Susie," Audrey looked at the golden retriever squatting outside the door, squatted down and stroked its back and said, "You did a great job. It was amazing."

"Is Ruirui here too?" Audrey looked at the elegant black cat behind Susie and gently scratched her chin with her fingers. The soft cat fur brushing against her fingertips brought Audrey a bit of joy. "Ruirui's name is taken from the Scarlet Moon Cat. May the Scarlet Moon Cat protect us."

"Meow~" Ruirui called softly, making a comfortable "purring" sound, seeming to be enjoying it very much.

Audrey withdrew her hand and stood up again. "Susie, I have something important to do right now and can't accompany you. You have to entertain Miss Ruirui well."

"Woof!" Susie called out.

"Very good, Susie," Audrey said. "You are now a mature dog and a qualified lady. You should learn to entertain your own guests. Well, goodbye, Susie and Ruirui."

As soon as she finished speaking, Audrey ran away with her skirt lifted up.

She was going to the family warehouse to find materials.

She ran a little hurriedly, but still maintained the elegance and demeanor of a lady, otherwise she would have been stopped and even had to retake etiquette lessons.

The Hall family's warehouse contained a wealth of extraordinary materials, and the warehouse inventory significantly reduced the time Audrey had to spend searching.

To prevent mistakes, Audrey took two copies of the materials.

Inside the chemistry laboratory
Audrey looked at the beautiful potion in the glass bottle and spun around happily.

You did it right the first time, Audrey.

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a knock on the door, and Audrey immediately put down the glass bottle and walked out quickly.

"Annie," Audrey pushed the door back slightly, half-closing it to prevent the potions inside from being discovered, "What's going on?"

"Ms. Audrey," Anne said respectfully, "Ms. Elena has arrived in the Queens District of Backlund, and the lady wants to go visit her with you."

Ms. Elena was Audrey's mother's older sister. She was deceived by a cunning businessman's sweet words and handsome face into marrying him despite her family's opposition. Through her, the businessman successfully ascended from Mr. Edgar to Baron Edgar, entering the aristocratic circle. "Are we there yet?" Audrey said. "Yes, please wait a moment. It will only take a short while..."

"boom!"

There was a sudden noise in the chemistry lab. Audrey was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

Oh no! Susie opened the door herself!
Audrey immediately rushed into the laboratory, only to see broken glass all over the floor. Susie was sitting on the ground, wagging her tail happily and looking at her.

"Oh my God," Anne peeked in and exclaimed, "Miss Audrey, don't go in there. You'll get hurt. We need to find someone to clean up right away. Also, miss, your actions just now were truly unladylike. If something like this happens again, I'll have to consider asking Madam to make you retake etiquette lessons."

Audrey didn't hear a word, she felt like she was going to pass out ungracefully.

The materials were good, so she prepared two.

But Susie!

Will Susie be okay after drinking the potion?
Worry filled her heart, and Audrey thought of Mr. Fool's name.

Perhaps she could ask the Fool?
Audrey closed her eyes and then opened them again. She looked at Anne and said, "I see. Let's go change."

"Okay, miss."

Audrey followed Anne, and Susie followed, running happily to Audrey's feet.

Susie looked happy, could it be because of the potion?
"Woof, woof!" Susie suddenly barked out the window. Audrey immediately looked over and found that there was nothing outside the window.

"Susie, you..."

Before she could even utter the three words "What's wrong?", Susie rushed towards the window.

"Susie, don't run around, be careful! Get out of the way!"

Susie ran too fast and bumped into the dessert stand next to her. There were no desserts on the dessert stand but there were a few tea cups.

A white porcelain teacup wobbled and fell from the dessert stand.

Snapped!
Sherman caught the fallen teacup steadily and put it back on the desk very gently without making any sound.

"Huh~" Sherman breathed a sigh of relief and tiptoed around the office to search.

Don’t be nervous, don’t be nervous, Sherman kept repeating in his heart.

It's just a matter of finding a ledger. It's very simple. Find all the ledgers and copy them down, then you will have enough contributions to exchange for potions.

Sherman originally joined this building materials company in order to prepare for night visits to the company, but she was fired before she was ready. She had no idea where the account books were and could only search for them one by one.

This was the first time she had done this, but if nothing unexpected happened, she would probably come to this building materials company every night for the next period of time.

Baron Edgar's building materials company was a relatively well-known entity, and the account books were likely quite extensive, far more than could be copied in a single night. Furthermore, if there were indeed problems with his business, there were likely hidden accounts.

Thinking of the huge workload, Sherman sighed in his heart and cursed Baron Edgar for being a good-for-nothing. If it weren't for him, he wouldn't have to come here in fear at night to copy the account books.

She didn't know why the teacher asked her to check the accounts of this building materials company. She guessed that the baron was being targeted because he had done something shameful.

Thinking of this, Sherman cursed Baron Edgar again in his heart.

(End of this chapter)