Peter, Shirley, Keenant

Penny was the one who had gone missing this time!

Ever since Green had rescued her, the lively, restless girl had finally settled down for a while. When strange happenings plagued the castle, she had gone with the viscount's wife to take refuge in Faerun City and had only returned to Wilson Castle the day before yesterday. Yet just one day later, the young lady had vanished.

Penny did not come home that night, immediately alarming Viscount Paul and his wife.

After the strange intrusion into the castle, Viscount Paul had been rather like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bowstring. As soon as he discovered Penny was missing, he went to Green.

Green also found it odd. He sent the Six-Headed Snake Woman around the castle, but she found no sign that any other strange being or extraordinary individual had entered. After a full day of searching turned up no trace of Penny, they had no choice but to report her missing to the Police Station and ask the patrol officers to keep an eye out. Viscount Paul also spared no expense: he posted a bounty at the Mercenary Guild, offering fifty gold pounds for useful information and a hundred for bringing her back safely.

The Mercenary Guild in Landon City was hardly legitimate. In fact, throughout the Lorenzo Kingdom, its branches hung up a sheep's head while selling dog meat. Under the banner of a "trade guild," they were secretly controlled by criminal organizations or powerful families. All sorts mingled there: killers, criminals, peeping Toms, necrophiles... Anyone could register as a guild mercenary for a single gold pound.

The Wilson Family held a stake in the Mercenary Guild, so Viscount Paul's job immediately took the top spot on the notice board. The enormous hundred-gold-pound reward