(Leon's POV)
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It's been a month since Young Master Eren was kidnapped.
In the last four weeks, a lot has happened within the Valmont household.
Right after the incident, the Marquis ordered a full-scale manhunt for the bandits who had attacked us during our return journey. Thanks to the help of several hired adventurers and experienced mercenaries skilled in tracking, the knights of Valmont managed to locate them fairly quickly.
Turned out, the group was just a bunch of low-tier, small-time bandits, hiding in a camp somewhere between the borders of the Aisman Kingdom and the neighboring Kingdom of Nerwyn.
When the knights launched a raid on their hideout—led by Commander Gareth—Kristoff, myself, and a group of elite knights accompanied him. The battle was swift and clean. We overpowered them easily. But despite capturing every last one, and even rescuing a few prisoners kept in cages, we found no sign of the Young Master.
