The person who worked herself to death was this body’s mother. Even if a lot of it had been lost, the remaining shouldn’t be used by the cheating trash couple and their offspring.

Naia arrived at the villa area after about half an hour. She found a secluded place outside and hid her car. Villa communities were gated and had security guards. She’d rather not leave any traces there.

Speaking of which, this was the perfect time to sneak into the house, wasn’t it?

The old man was in prison, the daughter was in a holding cell or an interrogation room somewhere, and the son was likely partying at a bar (a bad reputation wouldn’t make him hide away; it’d make him more desperate to show his face).

Even if there were still servants, it should just be a few. Who knows if their salary had been delayed, either.

Naia chose a nice spot to teleport in, and then jumped again in spots she knew didn’t have CCTVs. She quickly arrived outside the old house’s fence, and then entered through a hidden corner as well.

She pretty much served as a slave of this house, she knew everything.

As expected, a lot of the legitimate displays like paintings, antiques, and so on were gone. They were either sold or taken, so she didn’t have much hope for the main vaults either, which were all located in his study.

However, Nadia knew Houser had one hidden somewhere, one that only he knew of.

The guard against Nadia—someone everyone in this household saw as the meek fool—was very low. Her sense of presence was even lower.

It was how she inadvertently witnessed a few secrets here and there, including the affair between the butler and a maid, and that maid’s sister with the sperm donor.

Nadia had actually witnessed a rendezvous of the latter, but she was threatened by her father that if she caused any trouble, she would get kicked out. Nadia only had her father by this time, so she was naturally more obedient than others.

It was also how she knew that Houser had a separate vault in his walk-in closet! It was hidden under the watches, and it looked like a typical cabinet.

Before making her moves, she took sleeping pills and poured a few into the water pitcher. Gina was here, and she knew her habits, so this lemon water would be served to her soon. She also added some to the rest of the water gallons, so that the remaining servants would also get groggy.

She waited a few minutes before moving and going straight inside. The CCTVs or the dogs had nothing to do with her. They wouldn’t be able to catch her anyway.

She went straight to the target walk-in closet in the master’s bedroom. It was quite large, larger than the entire apartment units of an average household.

There were not as many watches or jewelry as it was before, and she decided to take them all. There were no CCTVs here, so she could act wantonly.

She also took the clothes, the bags, and the like remaining. Though she never cared for them and she’d probably ignore most, they could be exchanged for other things in the future.

She lifted the upper display cabinet to reveal the hidden vault underneath. The vault was quite high-end, but she wasn’t too intimidated and began to unlock it. Just as how her generation was taught basic computer science to recover data from ruins, they also knew how to unlock vaults.

She opened it up and saw several ingots of gold, jewelry, and wads of cash. There were also a lot of documents, mostly property. She took them all! Since these things were hidden, maybe they’d be easier to exchange, even if she had to go through the black market.

Interestingly, underneath the pile of documents, she saw one related to her.

That was the day she found out that she did have a passport!

...

In retrospect, this made sense. They had compulsory education here, and after her custody was transferred to the sperm donor, she was enrolled in the same school as Carina, which was a prestigious school.

They probably required a passport, and judging by the fact that the passport was still valid, it was Houser who processed it. It was likely just for reputation. After all, it could become a bullet against them by their rivals if his own daughter didn’t have such a basic thing.

Naia happily restored everything in place before disappearing, planning her first abroad trip!

...

Freisa City

"We have found her."

Kael, who was currently walking on crutches, paused his steps. He got someone to take his crutches, and he walked to the sofa without them, albeit his movements were not too quick.

This progress was nothing short of miraculous. There were several doctors begging to study him, and Kael casually promised to cooperate within 3 months, otherwise, he wouldn’t recover just because of the pressure.

The scholars were somewhat stuck with this explanation, but they couldn’t do anything about it.

When he sat down and raised his head to look at Michael. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Without a need for prompting, he continued with his report. Since they found her on Freisa City’s bus stop, they had begun tracing her.

They temporarily lost her again in the border town, but she reappeared again in Amber City. It was illegal to access the public CCTVs unless they were law enforcement, so they mostly depended on dozens of private investigators.

"Her name is Nadia Cerra, almost 20 years old, and...presumed dead."

"What?"

It was then that he found out what she had been through. Honestly? Even Michael was shocked. Should he say that these two young men and women were fated, just because of their pitiful experiences?

"How is she now?"

"She is doing well. We haven’t gone far enough to see what she was doing outside the city, but we do know some of her future steps."

"She has booked a flight to Varma Country."

Kael narrowed his eyes, long fingers unconsciously tapping on the armchair. "Varma, eh?"