A Guess Very Close to the Truth

"But how did the young master leave?" Anna asked, puzzled. "He's not Animagus, so it's impossible for him to Silencio and avoid the sight of Muggle."

Furthermore, the Ministry of Magic prohibits minors from using magic in the Muggle world, and the young master is aware of this and will not intentionally reveal it.

"Even if there were flying vehicles, young master would not Angel, that would be too conspicuous."

"But it doesn't make sense to say that the young master only used the flying vehicle at night. With our search speed, he couldn't possibly hide at night, and..." Number Four paused for a moment, then continued, "And most importantly, I carefully inventoried all the magical items in the castle, and found no flying vehicles missing."

Upon hearing this, Jeans's lips curled into a bitter smile. "An intelligence blunder?"

Flying doesn't necessarily require tools; it also requires Fantastic Beasts.

He knew perfectly well that the young master had raised a dragon, and that it could control its size at will. The enormous size that Abei had flattened in the armory was enough to carry a person on a long-distance flight.

"Boss, what do you mean by this?"

"It's nothing, Dika, I just suddenly remembered that the young master has his own flying vehicle," Jeans said awkwardly. "It's understandable that you don't know, but I actually overlooked it too."

The men looked at each other and fell silent.

In their search for Young Master Ni, they sealed off an area of 100 li in radius. However, if the other side has flying vehicles, then this blockade will be of little use. As long as they find Young Master Ni, he will definitely be able to escape from this area.

After a long pause, Anna finally raised her question, "Boss, even if the young master has a flying device, he can only use it at night. So how did he manage to evade our search all day?"

Besides, we have no records of the young master's spending. He can't possibly starve himself for a whole day just to hide it; that would be too extreme.

"It's not impossible." Jeans smiled bitterly. "This was a premeditated runaway. Yesterday morning, the young master and Abei were almost starving. They ate more than twice their usual amount of food, and it was all high-calorie food. That energy was enough for him to last for several more meals."

As for how he avoided our sight? Didn't you just say that yourself?

Anna paused, her expression becoming somewhat unnatural. "Could it really be a water monster?"

"Who knows?"

But waiting in the water for more than ten hours, and then using a flying vehicle to fly far away after dark, is the only thing I can think of.

"If you were the young masters, would you have a better idea?"

"Could the young master do something contrary to his wishes and hide in the sewer all this time?"

Number Three spoke abruptly, but before he could finish speaking, he met the sharp gaze of the other man.

"Modo, can you think before you speak?" Jeans said speechlessly. "Spending three days in the sewer like a rat is not as good as staying at home and attending tutoring classes."

Even if they can survive one or two meals without food, how can they go three days without food?

When they get too hungry, they will come out to buy food, which means they will be right under our noses.

What do you think the young master is trying to achieve by doing this? To experience what it's like to be starving? Or do you think the young master's intelligence is only at your level?

"I apologize, Lord Jeans." Modo chuckled awkwardly. "It was a slip of the tongue, purely a slip of the tongue."

Jeans snorted and turned to look at the others, "Don't be so at a loss. Think carefully about where the young master might be."

Including today, we have two days left. Not much, but not little either.

"Sigh!" Dika sighed. "Lord Jeans, it's not that we don't want to find Young Master, but the scope is too broad, not just a little bit."

We can now be certain that the young master has broken out of our blockade; otherwise, we wouldn't have been completely without any clues.

His travel expenses are more than enough for three days' worth of expenses, and if the young master wants, he can even treat this runaway as a spontaneous trip.

In this situation, trying to find him is like searching for a needle in a haystack; we have absolutely no target.

After hearing this analysis, even Jeans felt a headache coming on.

If the young master fled as he guessed, then the distance Abei flew overnight would be their actual search area.

How fast can a dragon fly?

This is a complex issue, but it's definitely possible to earn hundreds of dollars per hour.

How fast can a dragon that has absolutely no records of flight fly?

This is a matter of opinion, depending on one's... thinking ability.

Even at a speed of hundreds of miles per hour, and considering the worst-case scenario, if Abei flew from nightfall to the Sun the next day, that would be thousands of miles, making it not impossible for him to fly out of the country.

The Gaius family doesn't have the ability to get a country to help find someone in such a short time, unless they contact the media, offer a high reward, and use their influence.

But as soon as the idea popped into his head, Jeans banished it from his mind.

Family scandals shouldn't be aired in public. If everyone finds out, where will they put their faces? The head of the family and the old head of the family might even put aside their work to come back and scold them.

"Are we just going to admit defeat like this?" Jeans said indignantly. "What a disgrace! I can already imagine the young master waiting for me at the station with a victorious look on his face in two days."

Our generation of Guardian will be just like the generation more than three weeks ago, becoming fodder for gossip among future generations.

"Lord Jeans, I think..." Anna hesitated for a moment, then stopped herself from speaking.

"Number Six, speak your mind. The situation isn't much worse now," Jeans said calmly, but a sliver of hope lingered in his heart.

Anna is the most meticulous among them, so she might discover some loopholes.

"I don't think the young master would run that far," Anna said, offering her guess. "The young master is more mature than most children his age, but even the most mature child is still just a ten-year-old."

"Hmm?" Jeans' eyes lit up, as if he had grasped something important. "Go on."

"Yes!

Even an adult wouldn't go too far from home, let alone a ten-year-old child. Moreover, the young master left a note, clearly treating this trip as a game.

He didn't care about winning or losing; he just wanted to have fun and enjoy himself in the last few days before school started.

So I don't think he'll go too far, and he'll probably find a reasonably priced hotel to stay in once he feels safe.

"This..." Dika paused for a moment, "It's not impossible. That means the young master did break through our blockade, but he's not too far from the blockade line, or even nearby."

"That's what I mean," Anna said, "But it's just a guess."

"You're getting closer to the truth than just guessing." Jeans stood up and gave Anna an approving look. "Your bonus this month will be doubled."

"This..." Anna was flattered, "Isn't this inappropriate! The young master hasn't been found yet!"

"This is what you deserve. I have a feeling your guess is absolutely right."

Besides, you're much more reliable than those two guys who lost track of the young master. Your bonus will be deducted from their salaries, so don't feel guilty.

Number One and Number Two exchanged a glance, both seeing the bitterness in each other's eyes.

It can only be said that they were unlucky; they hadn't encountered any bad luck for several years, but it just happened to fall on their heads.

"Now that we have a direction, let's get moving!" Jeans ordered. "Check hotels within a 1-kilometer radius."

"But what if we don't have enough time?" Modo poured cold water on the idea. "Besides, the area is quite large, and we only have less than two days left."

Jeans glared at Number Three, who kept talking back and forth. Didn't he know that possibility?

Knowing is one thing, but saying it aloud would undermine morale.

"Ahem! You guys go ahead and look for it. I'll make specific arrangements later," Jeans said calmly, then turned his gaze to Number Six. "Anna, you stay behind."

"Yes!"

Two minutes later, the other five people left the Small Shop, and Jeans finally calmed down and regained his composure.

"Anna, you just analyzed things perfectly."

But based on my understanding of the young master, the chances of him staying at the inn are slim, probably no more than three months.

"Is it really that bad?" Anna frowned.

"As for that, I understand the young master, but the young master also understands me." Jeans said with a wry smile, "He definitely knows we are looking for him, and he has learned so much during this holiday, so it is not difficult for him to figure out the scope of our search."

"If the young master hadn't been so cautious, perhaps we would still have a chance, but if he had been even more careful, we might not have found him."

"Um... Lord Jeans, I think you don't need to think so much." Anna chuckled. "It's the middle of the day now! Even if the young master has a flying device, he won't have a chance to use it. We can finish the investigation before dark."

Jeans breathed a sigh of relief, but then a shadow fell over his face as he thought of what Modo had just said. "But what if we can't find any clues either?"

"That can't be! Where else could he stay besides a hotel?"

That's a kilometer away, who would take him in?

As soon as she finished speaking, Anna and Jeans seemed to realize something at the same time.

The two exchanged a glance, and smiles appeared on their faces.

Anna produced a map from somewhere, while Jeans pulled out a small notebook, his eyes quickly scanning the names and addresses on it.

A few minutes later, Jeans closed his notebook, his eyes fixed intently on Wiltshire on the map. "Found it, this is definitely the place."