qWhen Francesca woke up the following morning, Layla was nowhere in sight.

Initially, Francesca was not bothered as she thought Layla had returned to her room. However, just as she was getting changed, Anthony came barging in while he shouted, “Francesca, this is bad-”

Anthony quickly found himself choking on his word, for he ran into a half-naked Francesca. The scene had him turning around immediately, and with a nervous tone, he said, “I-I didn't mean it!”

“Remember to knock next time.” On the other hand, Francesca took her time putting on her shirt and jeans. “What happened? Why are you so nervous?”

“Ms. Layla and Mr. Lincoln are gone,” Anthony replied hurriedly, “I went to see Mr. Lincoln this morning, but he's not around. Then there's also Ms. Layla! Both of them are gone. They both left in a jeep.”

“They have something they need to attend to.” Francesca replied casually, “Why are you acting like it's a big deal?”

“No. That's not it! The door to the armory in Mr. Lincoln was opened!”

Upon hearing this, Francesca stiffened up for a second before she put up a serious expression. “What did you say?”

gave me a morning lesson every day and acted

point,” the impatient Francesca

Mr. Lincoln wouldn't open the armory. It's been a long time since they lay their

continued his long-winded talk, Francesca was already in Lincoln's room. The armory door was locked, but a color pattern was gone from the rainbow marking imprinted on the

he would never have to open it again, for that meant that they would be able to live peacefully for the rest

it, he wished there would be

signified that the door could only be opened seven times. Each time

ago, when they first got here, they were often harassed by the local mobs. The mobs looking for trouble had also injured the orphanage's employees and

Lincoln opened the door to the armory three times

up again during Chrono's revenge to retrieve some self-defense weapons against Chrono

are just two of them right now, which means that the armory was opened once

She eventually learned why the straightforward and decisive Layla tried

was, completely unaware of

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