Baron Goderick Shadow Split was probably the fat man in the painting, but everyone else had gone missing.
Especially his adopted daughter, Jasmine.
So the girl in the painting was Jasmine?
No wonder she looked nothing like the baroness beside her.
The painter Vio Bell had gone missing...
Although he had no idea what connection Vio Bell had to them, since he was a painter, there was a good chance the painting had been done by him.
He Xi lifted his cup and took a sip of the free mint water. After thinking for a moment, he still decided to ask, "Thank you for your help, Miss Clara. But I'd like to know, why did you risk violating the guild's regulations to help me?"
Two patches of red immediately appeared on Clara's cheeks. She twirled the ends of her chestnut hair around her finger and spoke softly. "Because... because Karin and I are good friends. I've heard her mention you many times." She looked up and shot He Xi a quick glance. "And..."
"Cough."
He Xi looked at Zoya, who had choked on the mint water. "Not used to it?"
"I'm fine."
Interrupted like that, Clara did not continue.
He Xi thought about the name "Karin."
She should be the senior guild receptionist who had gotten together with Captain Hulk.
The reason sounded somewhat far-fetched, but since Clara had already put it that way, pressing further would have been impolite.
"Miss Clara, regarding this commission, did the Adventurer Guild in Rose Town hear any other rumors or clues?"
Although Clara did not understand why He Xi was so fixated on a commission with a pitifully low reward that someone else had already taken, she still maintained her enthusiasm.
"I don't know the specifics either..." She tilted her head and thought