Crystal's POV:

At that moment, my heart stopped beating in my chest.

The news almost knocked me out on the spot.

With trembling hands, I picked up my phone clumsily. I couldn't even turn on my phone because my fingers were shaking. When I finally managed to turn the device on, I found that there was no signal. I was so anxious that I wanted to smash the phone on impulse, but soon, I heard a series of beeps from the phone, indicating that its signal had returned to normal.

I quickly unlocked the phone and many missed call notifications popped up.

At this time, I found that my phone was full of power. But I thought my phone was dead. It certainly didn't look like it that it was fully charged in just a few minutes, so why was my phone turned off in the first place?

Without thinking too much, I called back.

Soon, the call was connected, and an anxious voice came from the other end of the line. It was the school director.

"Alpha! Finally! I've been trying to call you for hours! Beryl and Arron snuck out. We checked the surveillance footage, and it turned out the two kids secretly got in a van that went to the market. At the market, they joined a caravan of

gem traders."

heart tightened in my chest. "Have you found out where

sent people to

me as soon as you get any

hung up the phone feeling somewhat relieved. Fortunately, the

to sneak

merchants were headed back to

It made sense. But how did the two kids know that I was in the imperial capital in the first place? Besides, they looked so excited

all caravans that have been traveling between the imperial capital and the border," I ordered with

merchants in particular had come from the imperial capital to

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heard anything from

o'clock in the evening.

kids, but neither of

had smart watches that they always wore, and

Unless something happened!

I could feel my soul leaving my body. My heart pounded against

didn't dare to entertain the thought, but I couldn't just stand by. I

palace. No

palace this late at night. For the first time since I got here, I had

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