"Still nothing... No messages left..."

Shirley was sitting on the throne, her forehead slightly furrowed.

Indeed.

After repeated confirmations, all the high-level fighters of the lineage, including her mother, had completely disappeared.

There were no signs of a struggle, nor messages left behind.

It was as if they had evaporated into thin air, sending a chill down her spine.

"Your Highness Shirley, I have tried several urgent communication methods, but received no response," Luna said, a bit anxiously.

This is really problematic...

Shirley thought to herself, maintaining a calm and serene appearance.

After all, even though she was still a child just over two hundred years old, she occupied the highest position in the family and needed to take responsibility for managing it, so she couldn't show signs of panic.

"Princess Shirley..."

At that moment, a vampire maid rushed in.

"The druid princess has arrived..."

"Oh?"

Shirley's eyes lit up as she ran outside to greet her.

Karina, watching Shirley run out, immediately became anxious.

"Shirley, slow down, don't run..."

As soon as Nicole saw Shirley outside, the leaves around her began to shake violently.

"Um... it's not what you think. Did you come here for something?"

"Mom... disappeared..."

Upon hearing Nicole's response, Shirley's suspicions were confirmed.

Not only was her mother missing, but even Nicole's mother, the druid queen, had also vanished.

If things got worse...

"Luna, go contact the other races. I need to ask about the current situation."

Although it seemed unlikely, she had a gut feeling that reality was exactly as she feared.

After sending Luna to contact the other races, Shirley continued, "Was there anything unusual before your mother disappeared?"

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Nicole hesitated for a moment.

"I... went out... to play... when I came back... mom... was... gone."

She went out to play and returned to find her mom missing.

How was her experience so similar to hers?

But now was not the time to dwell on that.

She invited Nicole inside, and the three of them went to the room that Luna had just prepared.

The distances between the different races were vast, making communication inconvenient, so they had already set up a magic circle for the quick transmission of important information.

In a slightly dark room, a luminous spirit gradually emerged from a circle on the floor, becoming clearer—it was the harpy Sylvia.

"Shirley, listen to me..."

Then Sylvia saw Shirley's current appearance.

"Wow! You, you..."

"This, I can explain..." Shirley said, a bit embarrassed.

Why did everyone react like this upon seeing her?

Was it just because she looked like a pregnant little girl?

Why all this excitement?

Back when she read comics...

Uh-huh...

The second to appear was Princess Rosamund from the Arctic.

"Something happened..."

"Wow, Shirley, you, you..."

Then came the mermaid princess Norma.

"Glug glug..."

"Glub glub glub!"

Next were the fairy twins Zola and Zoe.

"Shirley, my mommy... Ah!!!" Zoe screamed.

Zola frowned, looking thoughtful. "I see..."

God knows what she was thinking.

Finally, it was the ghost princess Tiffany.

"La la la! Listen to me, my mommy disappeared... Oh wow!"

Tiffany covered her mouth, looking surprised.

"You and Karina finally got to this point? It's been a few months? It looks like you're about to give birth?"

Karina scratched her head and smiled shyly.

"Why are you laughing like that?"

Saying this, Shirley gave Karina a light tap on the head.

"Uh-huh, based on your reactions, I already know we’re all in the same situation. Our mothers have disappeared for some unknown reason, so..."

"Wait!"

"Don't say that!"

"First, explain what your situation is now!"

"Are we going to have to bring gifts in a few days?"

"Ha... haha..."

Shirley forced a few laughs.

It seems that, in their eyes, her appearance was even more important than the disappearance of their mothers.

"This is just because I drank a bit of divine blood and I'm feeling bloated."

"Eh?"

"Really?"

"Don't fool me."

"Yeah, there's nothing embarrassing about it."

"Karina, what's going on after all?"

"Well..." Karina said in a somewhat confused tone, "it's all... just as Shirley said. What she says, that's how it is..."

The words were fine, but the tone clearly wasn't!

Surely, after Karina spoke, everyone looked at Shirley with an expression of "I understand."

"You all, seriously... can you be a little more serious at a moment like this?"

Just when the atmosphere was finally returning to normal, Shirley felt a bit exhausted.

"Our elders are missing, and the timing should be more or less the same. The only thing I can think of is that, previously, Karina and I opened a large door in an ancient ruin and were transported to a strange room, where we received what could be considered rewards..."

"Is it possible that this event is related to the disappearance of the elders?"

After Shirley spoke, everyone fell into deep thought.

"How about we compare the timings of when things happened?" Tiffany suggested.

Then, based on their individual methods of tracking time, the conclusions were quite different from what Shirley had imagined.

The disappearance of the elders occurred at different times, some before and others after, not simultaneously.

Could it just be a coincidence that the disappearance of the elders was unrelated to the door of the ancient ruin?

"What should we do now? Something terrible could happen..." Zoe said, worried.

"For now, let's stabilize our groups and not panic. Given the current situation, even if the humans make a move, it won’t be now."

"We mainly need to stay alert to unknown threats. If something unexpected happens, we should contact others immediately and not handle it alone."

After making temporary arrangements, the princesses dispersed.

With the changes just beginning, stabilizing their groups was their priority.