Chapter 63: I Have Wine, Do You Have Stories?
Lynn raised an eyebrow. "I remember you saying this person was a close friend of hers?"
Marko shook his head. "No, actually it wasn't just close. It's just that, like the professor said, dating is forbidden on campus, so they could only pretend to be close friends."
Lynn had also experienced campus life. Although he hadn't dated himself, some of his classmates had.
He nodded in understanding.
"Then continue."
"Just some time ago, Gottfried came to me and said that Milva had dumped him."
"Hmm, tell me the specifics."
Marko paused, then continued.
"It's like this. Before, there was a teaching building at Oxenfurt Academy that needed repairs, so the school hired some workers from outside. One of them, I think his name was Vraleg or Vrasleg, I can't quite remember."
"This guy was very handsome and tall. His chest muscles were so developed... he was on a completely different level from us bookworms."
"When he was working, many female students liked to stare at him, and that included Milva."
"The professors also noticed this, so after a few days, they didn't let him come anymore."
"But immediately after that, Milva disappeared. It's hard to say it's a coincidence."
Lynn frowned.
Based on the information currently available, that muscular worker could be a scout sent in by a kidnapping gang.
But why choose Milva as the target?
"Anything else?"
Marko shook his head. "That's it."
Lynn thought for a moment and changed the question.
"Is Milva's family very wealthy?"
"Yes," a look of envy appeared on Marko's face. "I heard her father owns a lumberyard near Novigrad and also bought a house in the city. I wish my family was that rich."
As the pearl of the North, Novigrad's housing prices were even higher than those of Tristram, the capital of Temeria.
Owning a house of one's own in the city was indeed the dream and goal of countless working people.
"Do you know the specific location of the lumberyard and her house in Novigrad?"
"I don't know... no, sir, how could I ask such a question? However, Gottfried might know, after all, he's Milva's boyfriend."
"Alright, then you just need to answer one last question for me... where did those workers come from?"
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