Work Prophet
Chapter 282 - 40 My Salted Fish is Missing

Chapter 282: Chapter 40 My Salted Fish is Missing

Because the little maid liked to run around and play usually, her initial absence from home did not arouse much attention.

It was only later when Alvo from next door came to learn the Universal Language from her that people began to realize something was wrong when she was not seen by the afternoon.

Afterward, Alvo and others searched every territory under the Double Rest Sect and still did not see Clara. They then expanded the search area and finally discovered the body of the chubby Xie Wei as the sun was almost setting, and also found his parents who had been dead for a while at his residence.

By the time Li Yu received this news, it had already turned completely dark.

Li Yu glanced at his watch, realizing he had less than half an hour until he got off work.

With so little time, he could only ask Jude to continue the search for Clara with four drones and the personnel of the Black Dog Guard.

Additionally, he instructed Ireya to contact the surrounding lords, offering the substantial price of fifty pieces of "giant dragon blood" in exchange for useful clues.

Those little blue pills had replicated the initial frenzy they caused in another universe upon their emergence on the Bratis Continent too!

Pfizer had amassed 409 million US dollars in sales in the first three months of Viagra’s market launch, and about a year later in China’s black market, the price of such a small blue pill was a hundred US dollars, roughly equivalent to an ordinary person’s monthly salary at that time!

On the Bratis Continent, the quantity of giant dragon blood was even scarcer, and the prices were more outrageous; they had skyrocketed to ninety gold lions each, and most crucially, they were not available for purchase even with money.

It is said that many of the aging male nobles within the Royal Capital, many of whom are wealthy enough to rival countries, see money merely as a number. In comparison, reliving the joys of the past is what they desire most.

Fifty pieces of "giant dragon blood," whether for personal use or for sale, were extremely tempting.

Meanwhile, on the civilian front, Li Yu also offered a substantial reward. Anyone who could bring back the little maid would receive a one-time reward of one thousand gold coins, two pounds of fine pepper, a set of armor made from dragon scales, and a brick house.

This reward caused a boil from top to bottom.

In the following days, over a hundred people emerged, each claiming to have important clues in hand, though most were merely trying to swindle money. After filtering through them, only two individuals seemed credible.

One was a local farmer from the Green Field, who said he had seen a pair of father and daughter when gathering branches in the forest. At the time, he only thought the father looked a bit fierce but didn’t think much of it until he heard about Clara’s case and remembered that the father’s pupils were yellow, unlike his daughter’s.

According to the farmer, that man seemed quite polite to Clara and did not harm the little maid.

The other piece of information came from outside the Green Field; a merchant caravan had also seen a man accompanied by a girl wrapped in a blanket passing by them toward the southeast in the evening.

The two even stopped to ask for some water to drink.

Li Yu awarded fifty gold coins each to the farmer and the caravan leader, then immediately pulled out a map and circled the towns located in the southeast.

There were seven in total, and checking all of them would be no small task.

Moreover, if those who had taken Clara were indeed from the Silver Moon Church, considering the Silver Moon Church’s influence in the western territories, they had the complete capability to hide the little maid in a place where no one could find her.

Apart from that, the biggest problem troubling Li Yu was that he could not leave the Green Field unless Ireya went with him, but she was a ruler in her own right and had many governmental affairs to deal with in her own territory.

Furthermore, after hosting the initiation ceremony for the Lady, Li Yu also had many follow-up tasks left unfinished, so it was difficult for him to be away for a long period at such a critical juncture.

Last of all, what Li Yu did not understand was why the Silver Moon Church had abducted Clara.

Although Clara had always lived with him, and Li Yu had high hopes for her, because she was too passive, she hardly did anything other than study languages and take care of some household chores.

Even if the Silver Moon Church had captured her, it would not affect the Double Rest Sect at all, nor could it compensate for the blow they received from Ireya’s conversion to Saturday worship.

Actually, the Silver Moon Church internally had nearly reached a boiling point these days.

In order to deal with Li Yu and his Double Rest Sect, the Church had sent quite a number of priests to Green Field, and those priests had also gone to watch the Lady’s initiation ceremony.

They had gone with great expectations, hoping the Church could do something to prevent such incidents, or at the very least put up a mighty struggle to show the Arias family the price of betraying Pisya.

But when the Silver Moon Church took action, it was merely a one-sided humiliation; in front of thousands of people, they staged two farces and concluded the matters hastily.

Not only were the Church’s followers disappointed, but even priests like Quintus were both ashamed and angry.

This anger even reached the higher-ups.

Priest Reeves immediately summoned Hirodod, the person responsible for this operation, to his residence that evening and furiously scolded his disciple, "Look at the mess you’ve made!"

The old priest, his face flushed with anger, kept coughing, while a pretty young maid quickly approached.

Although there were several braziers in the room, the maid’s clothing was still too thin, and her skin underneath was becoming visible.

She moved in front of Priest Reeves, pounded on the old priest’s back, then slightly opened her red lips, tilted her head back, and let the old man spit the thick phlegm directly into her mouth.

And Hirodod, as if he had not seen this appalling scene, just bowed and took the scolding, waiting until the old priest had nearly finished before he spoke, "That Prophet Merlin truly lives up to his reputation, possessing some real skills."

"Of course I know he’s skilled; that’s why I had you mobilize the Security Division."

Priest Reeves snorted and waved his hand to dismiss the maid, "His ’giant dragon blood’ is indeed a fine item, just too scarce."

"I’ve managed to buy another piece for you, Teacher," Hirodod said while taking out a small bottle and respectfully placing it on the desk.

This time, however, Priest Reeves did not immediately accept his disciple’s gesture of filial piety, instead he furrowed his brow and sighed, "This matter will not end easily, as the subordinates are causing a lot of trouble, and Priest Martina has always disliked the Security Division, she will definitely seize this opportunity to strike."

"But even this must not be too much for the Teacher,"

After Hirodod finished speaking, he looked up only to find his teacher staring at him intensely.

"Since you have been managing this matter and training the Security Division these years, so..."