"Hmm, the first step is definitely to find Navia, the president of Spina di Rosula," Alex answered Furina's question.
Alex continued, "Because she is a key figure. And she might even need her help!"
"Is that so?" Furina nodded.
Then, for the rest of the time, Alex kept trying to find Spina di Rosula in Poisson.
Logically speaking, he should have encountered it!
After searching for a long time, Alex stopped; finding people was indeed not his forte.
"No choice! It seems I need to use my trump card!" Alex said to Furina, then took out his phone and backpack.
"Ta-da!" Alex held a blue and white megaphone in his hand.
"You're not thinking of..." Furina's eyes widened, but she didn't finish her sentence.
"Ahem... Lady Navia! Lady Navia! Your friend is looking for Spina di Rosula! Requesting assistance, requesting assistance!"
Oh my, he really got to her. Furina even started to feel embarrassed for Alex; it was the first time she'd seen someone so blatantly search for someone with a megaphone.
"Next, we just wait here!" Alex smirked, crossed his arms, and closed his eyes to rest.
"..." Furina didn't know what to say; could this really work? Not long after, a group of mysterious people in black clothes and sunglasses surrounded them.
He really did catch the target! Furina exclaimed inwardly.
"Name."
"Alex."
"And that one?"
"Miss Puff."
"Cough, cough, cough." Furina was stunned by Alex's sudden answer; how could he just give people names? Although she was still in disguise, this title was acceptable.
"What do you want with Spina di Rosula?"
"To tell Navia something big!"
"What big thing do you want to tell our president?"
"None of your business!"
"Huh?"
"None of your business!!!"
Alex sat in a small room, while the man in black opposite him was taking notes with pen and paper.
The registered content only made the men in black shake their heads.
These two people were of unknown origin and unknown intentions. It was really difficult for everyone to report to President Navia, who was still out.
Just as the group in black was trying to figure out how to ask more questions or drive these two away,
The sound of high heels "da da da da" slowly approached from a distance.
Alex looked in the direction of the sound. A Damselette wearing a black rose hat, holding a closed black and gold umbrella, and with long golden wavy hair walked over.
Looking at the blue gem dangling from her hat, Alex's face instantly lit up.
"Huang Dou Jie is here~!"
"Oh? What Huang Dou Jie?" The Damselette asked in confusion, then waved her hand to dismiss the men in black from the room, leaving only the two men in black who had followed her in.
"Haha, let me draw it for you." Picking up the notebook on the table and flipping to a new page, in just a few seconds, Alex drew a sweating Huang Dou Jie emoji.
"Does it look like her?"
"What you drew is quite interesting," the Damselette commented.
"This is a yellow face, and this is a blue sweat drop. So..." Alex said, staring at the yellow-haired Damselette in front of him.
Furina looked at Alex's drawing, then at the Damselette, and instantly understood: "Hahahahaha, indeed, indeed! He drew you so abstractly and so funny!!"
The Damselette was speechless; her mood did indeed resemble what he had drawn, like a sweating Huang Dou Jie.
Alex smoothed his hair, then quickly got to the point: "So that's not the main thing! Navia, I have something important to tell you privately... Uh, these two??"
The Damselette named Navia turned her hand and said, "These two are my most trusted partners. This one wearing sunglasses is Silver."
"Hello, I'm Silver. It's nice to meet you."
"And this older one is Myles!" Navia pointed to the other and introduced him.
"Hello. We are Miss Navia's life and work assistants. You can completely trust us."
"Oh, right, right, now that you mention it, I remember again." Alex nodded, indeed, these two were always with Navia in the story.
"So... this must be Lady Furina," Navia said, looking at the Damselette beside Alex.
"..." Furina was speechless. Finally, she took off her black robe hood: "Honestly, why does everyone recognize me? What's the point of me disguising myself then?"
Furina huffily took off her witch's robe and put it away.
"Sorry, sorry. The main reason is that Lady Furina's eyes are too distinctive. And..." Navia hesitated, looking at Alex: "The Fontaine newspaper is saying that Lady Furina has been missing all day, and she must have eloped with that guy!"
Furina instantly became enraged, then remembered the reporter she met yesterday: "What! Damn it, is it that reporter named Charlotte? It's only been less than a day!"
Alex also frowned. How did things get like this? But this report definitely wasn't written by the one Alex knew: "Calm down, Furina. It can't be our little reporter Charlotte."
Then, Alex gave his analysis: "The newspaper said she disappeared, but Charlotte knows what we're doing."
"Hmph! Anyway, we are not eloping!!" Furina clenched her fists and said to Navia.
Alex nodded, "Mm-hmm, we were fighting monsters in the wild. With the help of a The Steambird reporter and a magic duo."
"Yes, yes, yes." Furina also nodded along.
"Alright, alright. I understand the situation. So, what big thing do you want to tell me?" Navia appropriately changed the subject, then said with some embarrassment, "And I didn't expect you to be in Poisson, shouting for people with a megaphone."
"Hehe~" Alex closed one eye and stuck out his pink tongue.
"I was really anxious..." Indeed, Alex was truly anxious! The sooner it was resolved, the less innocent Damselettes would suffer for a few days.
Navia sat in the seat where the registrar had been sitting, her hands clasped, supporting her head as she looked at Alex: "Speak, there are no outsiders here."
"The Damselette serial disappearance case!" Alex slowly uttered these words.
After he finished, Navia showed no expression, indicating for him to continue.
The two bodyguards behind her also exchanged glances.
"Sinthe," Alex continued, "Is it sold by your Spina di Rosula's merchant guild?"
Navia also frowned. Could it be that someone had come to her because of problems with Sinthe?
Navia had long ago warned against selling it, and while she herself was strongly against it, she couldn't stop a certain group from secretly selling it. Moreover, the president of that merchant guild was also an old friend of her father's, so there was nothing she could do.
Navia said with a worried expression, "Oh, is it about this? On this point, I am truly powerless. It's also forbidden here. But Sinthe still circulates in the market."
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