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Chapter 18: The Mysterious Vase at the Midnight Auction
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As soon as she left the mansion, Lucia ran frantically.

Despite her feet being sore and burning from not wearing shoes and her muscles screaming in pain, she didn't stop.

She had to escape from this place, break free from the abyss that had buried her!

The frantic guards were hauling sand at the mansion to extinguish the flames.

The tallest guard, presumably the leader, shouted, "Move faster! We can't let anything happen to Miss Lucia!"

The Gullwing family had a betrothal agreement with the Henry family.

If anything happened to Miss Lucia now, and she couldn't be married off, the Henry family wouldn't let them off lightly.

The Gullwing family couldn't possibly contend with a giant like the Henry family!

The guards and other servants picked up their pace to put out the fire.

Ten minutes later, the fire was finally extinguished.

The guards quickly searched every intact room, like the bathroom and dressing room, but they couldn't find a trace of Lucia.

Not even a shadow.

The guar
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