Chapter 12

"Why?" Yuna asked when she realized that Axel was looking for something. The well-built man was even squatting down, looking under the table, trying to find his watch strap. However, the watch strap was indeed missing.

"My watch strap is gone, Yuna. I don't remember where I dropped it," the man said in a panic, because there was something inside that watch strap. If Maurer found out, his plan would be ruined. 

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Meanwhile, elsewhere, Maurer was still staring in dismay at the razqa80 medicine that had burned to ashes. He walked over to the pile of ashes, squatting down while looking at something. 

Crouching down, he brushed away the dust covering a black object, so the ashes wouldn't obscure what he was seeing. A watch strap, yes, that's right. A black watch strap was lying under the ashes.

"Whose watch strap is this? Is i