Chapter 144: A Slip-up

The empress slept peacefully in the back seat. Olivia went to the warehouse, and fed Nicole before dropping off the empress at the hotel.

Since her close friend owned the hotel, after a few explanations, her friend allowed her to bring the empress in through the backdoor.

After dropping the empress off, she returned back home.

However when she got back, she noticed two black cedan packed outside the house.

She wondered if Danie had any guests around. Previously, she’d address him as her husband, however after getting entangled with lucien, even that thought felt repulsive.

She didnt feel any sense of nervousness as she lightly walked towards the house, then twisted the doorknob and entered.

The moment Olivia stepped inside, she noticed a relieved expression appeared on Davie’s face.

However her eyes want focused on his.

Seated on the main seat, were two men, with black glasses, and neatly combed short black hair.

Their posture was straight, and their eyes, hidden beneath the glasses seemed to scan the entire room rapidly.

"Davie... what’s going on?" olivia asked. And her words pulled the attention of the two officers to both of them.

"Mrs, Olivia. You’re finally back. We’ve been waiting for you for a while." both men stood up, and the one of the right, the slightly taller man quickly approached her with a professional, cold expression on his face.

He placed his hand into his breast pocket, hidden underneath the suit, and took out a badge.

"I’m Henry, and this is my partner, Jude. We belong to the country’s special division, and we’re here under an investigation."

"Okay?" Olivia appeared confused, and her eyes displayed her confusion.

She stared at davie, then asked again.

"What’s going on?"

Davie approached her, and stretched his hand, wanting to caress hers, but Olivia instinctively took two steps back, not letting him touch her.

Davie thought she likely was worried about the officers, so he didnt mind the gesture. there was also a hidden glint of curiosity in his eyes. He wondered why his wife had been away for a day, and if teh words the officer had informed him about held any truth to them.

"The officers have been here for a day. They said they weren’t going to leave if they didnt meet you."

"Why?" Olivia asked quietly.

This time, before davie could reply her, the officer adjusted his black glasses and said in a cold tone.

"Mrs Olivia, we received reports that miss Nicole was last seen leaving the school premises with you, before she went missing."

The moment she heard Nicole’s name understanding instantly dawned on Olivia and her expression shifted subtly.

The officers, who had been watching her facial expression closely the entire time noticed the slip up, and they quickly noted it down internally.

Their tone remained as professional as always. henry continued asking questions in the same cold, emotionless tone.

"Do you have any information on where she might be?"

Olivia cleared her throat lightly, then replied.

"No, I have no information on that."

"I see..." Henry took out a jotter and wrote down the piece of information.

Jude took over, and continued with a next set of question, "if it isn’t convenient for you, can you tell me where you went with Nicole? And where she went to after that?"

Olivia was a honest woman so it took her a few seconds of silence before she came up with a lie for the officers.

This too, was noted down as suspicious. The officers were now about seventy percent certain that they had found their target.

"I offered Nicole a few advice concerning her academic studies, and we seperated at the gate." The officers glanced at each other, and they could sense the confidence in each other’s gazes.

They’d checked the cctv footage and it showed that Olivia had drove away with Nicole. It completely contradicted what she was saying now.

"Thank you for your help today ma’am." henry smiled for the first time since coming, and stretched his hand for a handshake.

Olivia shook his hand, "I’m glad I could help."

Henry turned to Jude, and nodded.

"We’ll be on our way. If there’s anything we’d inform you two, alright?"

"Okay," davie stepped up. He decided to see both officers off.

The two officers were escorted out of the house by davie.

Meanwhile, the moment the left the house, olivia’s expression changed.

She recalled the interaction and understood she’d made a few mistakes.

’Master is going to be so angry...’ she thought to herself internally, understanding that she had put lucien in a little trouble.

Her fingers twitched a little and she thought of how to resolve the case, or at least throw the officers off guard for a bit.

After handling things here, she would inform lucien of the new development.

She positioned herself on the comfortable couch, as though nothing had happened.

Meanwhile outside, the officers were escorted to their respective vehicles by davie.

The officers contemplated informing davie to be cautious of his wife, but decided against it.

Davie could be an accomplice for all they knew.

They bid him farewell like everything was alright, and drove their cars as fast as possible to inform the special development to send forces to capture her.

They weren’t worried of Olivia running away. A tracking bug lay in the vehicle, and it glowed with a mysterious color.

The tracking bug was a unique insect that could track the scent of any person in the world.

When henry had shook hands with her, it was to obtain her scent, for the tracking bug.

With the tracking bug, they could monitor her wearabouts, and possibly locate Nicole alive, if this wasnt a case of human trafficking.

...

The car slowed to a stop at the headquarters of the special division.

It was a towering building, that housed many floors.

Henry and Jude immediatey stepped out of their vehicles, and huried to the topmost building where their commander lay.

Just then, the moment they were at the door, they didnt notice their shadow’s movements didnt match theirs.

Both Jude and henry’s shadows’ fingers turned into sharp, needles.

The sharp needles whistled through the air silently. It was so fast that both men were unable to react before it pierced through their necks.

A spurt of blood sprayed from both men mouth simulteanously.

They slowly turned to look at each other, reaching towards their throat, their eyes widening in alarm, as though they couldnt believe they had died.

"I..." Henry tried to speak, but the blood flowing out of the wound in his neck made it impossible for him.

Thud!

Both men collapsed to the ground, and a second or two later more than ten armed forces rushed out from within the building.

"We sensed mana fluctuations just now! An assassination has occurred, search the perimeters!" two men held devices that looked like a meter.

The device read for mana signatures since everyone within the special division that was an awakened wore special watches that restricted awakened abilities.

They were alot of mysterious abilities and it could be use to twist the minds of some officers, so it was restricted to use abilities within the building without authorization.

Sensing the foreign, unregistered mana signature, they knew that something strange had to have happened.

Soon, a man that looked to be in his forties, stepped out, beside him, a young girl with a cold expression also followed behind.

"Two deaths?" The man muttered in a neutral tone.

"Elaine," the man called out and the lady stepped forward.

"Yes, father?"

"What can you tell from the death of these two men?" He asked.

He decided to use this case to improve his daughter’s detective abilities.

His daughter had been in the special division for a few years, but he didnt completely trust her judgement.

If she wanted to be his successor, she had to prove her worth.

This was an interesting case.

For someone to be so bold as to assassinate his men right infront of him, it clearly showed that they weren’t dealing with an ordinary enemy.

Elaine lowered herself and swat down.

She was a beautiful young lady who was only 19, yet possessing a unique s-rank ability had put her above all her peers.

Aside from that, her beauty was measured, and seemed to almost be on par with that of the empress.

Despite now meaning to do so, the gesture of her squating was extremely seductive. There weren’t any officer ahead, so none could glimpse the view of her panties hidden underneath her skirt as she squatted.

Her legs were long, and slender, far more beautiful than most women her age.

And surprisingly, despite being so young, she had an hourglass figure to match.

Squatting made her firm, bubble-like butt clearly visible, and if one took a closer look, the faint outline of her panties could be seen.

But of course, these were soldiers, none of them were paying attention to the eroticness she seemed to exude subconsciously.

Elaine tilted her head to the side in curiousity, placing one hand on her lip as she muttered curiously.

"I wonder what case they were studying..."