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?”

the door while Anthony followed. His tone was anxious as he said, “Something is wrong with them and I'm sure of that. Mr. Lincoln gave me a morning lesson every day and acted like he was making a funeral arrangement for himself. Moreover, Ms. Layla also stopped scolding me for some reason. She even cooked a

to the point,” the impatient

armory. It's been a long time since they lay their fingers on those weapons,” Anthony

as Anthony continued his long-winded talk, Francesca was already in Lincoln's room. The armory door was locked, but a color pattern

it again, for that meant that they would be able to live peacefully for

there would be a limit to how

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

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

the door to the armory three times and had

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

markings, but there are just two of them right now, which means

She eventually learned why the straightforward and decisive Layla tried to talk sense into her and why she slept with Francesca. Those were all Layla's

there she was,

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