After the girl disappeared, everyone looked at one another, none of them in the mood to talk.
They waited in silence for a little over ten minutes before the Mana Airship suddenly started up again. After roughly two hours of flight, it brought them back to Doral City.
Once they disembarked from the Mana Airship, uniformed officials from Doral City's City Lord's Manor took the kidnapped students away on behalf of the Candel Empire's government.
They were then questioned by officials from the City Lord's Manor about the kidnapping before being released individually.
When restoring their freedom, the officials from Doral City's City Lord's Manor not only issued them new identity documents but also provided money for their journeys home according to their needs.
Lucian, for instance, received two gold coins, enough to take the fastest long-distance passenger Magic Locomotive back to his hometown, with some money left over.
Of course, his bag could not be recovered, and Doral City's City Lord's Manor would not compensate him for the little odds and ends inside it.
But for Lucian, compared with being kidnapped and sold off to some unknown place, this outcome was already more than satisfactory.
What truly disappointed him was that the incident had cost him two days, leaving him without enough time to continue looking for work in Doral City. He could only return to the academy for his graduation exams first, then decide what to do next.
As far as Lucian and the other kidnapped students were concerned, that was probably the end of the incident's impact on them.
But for Doral City's City Lord's Manor and the officials the Candel Empire had specially dispatched to handle the matter, it was only the beginning.
Such a serious kidnapping incident had occurred within the Candel Empire, and the