qWhen Charlotte heard their words, her mind wandered to Danrique. He, too, enjoyed keeping beasts as pets. No wonder he and Francesco are on such good terms.

“What else is there?” she asked.

“That's all we have.” Hayley shook her head earnestly. “Actually, Bruce asked the same questions when he called. I didn't remember these two points despite racking my brains back then.”

“It's fine. I'll let him know.”

With that, Charlotte quickly shared the new information with Bruce before continuing her search in Dr. Felch's study.

Suddenly, she stumbled upon an old photo. In it was a figure kneeling beside a young wounded wolf.

It was a photo taken from the side, and the photographer seemed to be standing quite far away. Also, it had turned yellow as if it had been submerged in water before. Hence, the already blurry figure was harder to discern.

In spite of that, one could still make out the slender figure in it. He seemed to be a short-haired youth in his teenage years, wearing a pair of pants with camouflage prints, a green t-shirt, black rubber shoes, and a straw hat.

is this?” Charlotte asked

delight. “Charlotte, where

Francesco?” Charlotte put the photo underneath the light to get a better look. Nonetheless, it was simply too blurry to make anything out of it. Other than

I first came here, the photo was here in the study. However, it went missing

there any other

picture of the photo and sent it to Ben and Bruce so that they could run

by accident. After

Francesco by his name instead of his title? Isn't he a senior

doing so,” Hayley explained. “He was upset when Francesco left this place to learn modern medicine because he thought

as an apprentice anymore,” Sam chimed in as he picked

tongue at mid-sentence, worried

hide the truth from her on behalf of Zachary, Charlotte sighed. “Considering

“Uh, that's true.”

exchanged glances the moment the realization

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