As she spoke, she gently rested her hand on Maeve's shoulder.
Maeve shuddered, feeling every hair on her body stand on end.
Thankfully, she was in human form. Had she been in that long-furred monster form, her fur probably would have bristled all over.
"O-okay!"
She swallowed, not daring to lift her head, and hurriedly began her account.
"Um, where was I... Oh, right. Miss Dorothea came back to find me and said there was an emergency that needed my cooperation."
Maeve steadied herself and began speaking as she recalled what had happened.
"Although Miss Dorothea can travel through mirrors, I don't have that power. I could only hurry over."
"Besides, I wasn't at the Factory at the time, and I was quite far away. It took me some time to reach the old district."
"During that time, Miss Dorothea tried searching the old house in the old district for things like hair that person might have left behind."
Maeve spread her hands. "Unfortunately, she didn't find anything."
"Then how did you track him?" Allen frowned. "I remember your [Wild Hunt] needs flesh and blood, or at least hair, to track someone, doesn't it?"
"That's true, but there was something else there-"
"The pills on the chair!"
Everyone turned to look at Elsa.
They all knew about her situation. The sisters' father had gone missing while searching for medicine to treat her condition.
And the person who had specifically returned to the old house, hadn't damaged the lock, and had left pills on the armchair was very likely the sisters' father.
Elsa was particularly agitated, too.
Ultimately, her father had gone missing and lost his mind because he had been trying to help her find lifesaving medicine.
Although her father had abandoned her in the old house, nearly causing her