Lola closed her eyes, heightening her sense of smell while figuring out where the lady was. She was glad she sprayed her lady's favorite perfume before they left the duke's mansion. It was an expensive product from another continent that the lady received as a gift from the empress. Thus, Lola assumed that nobody else in the empire had the same scent as her lady.
"Any luck finding clues?" Coton asked the maid after coming back, checking the nearby areas. "She shouldn't have gotten far from here. The duke already ordered the guards to close the gates and make sure that a single soul won't leave this place until the lady is found," he said, reassuring Lola, who had been frowning since the duke told her that the lady was missing.
"I just can't believe that he would lose her. She isn't a little girl and he could have noticed when she left or taken," Lola stated, clicking her tongue. "Is he always that unreliable?"
