Just as Sano was nearing despair, a Beastman mercenary suddenly panted over and handed him a twisted silver strip.

"We found this."

Sano took the silver strip and glanced at it.

Strictly speaking, it was a silver Magic Prohibition Collar.

The inside of the collar had clearly visible indentations from fingers, as if it had been grasped and torn apart by two hands.

Seeing this Magic Prohibition Collar, clearly out of place here, Sano instead took a breath of relief, and his anxious mood settled down.

Judging by the size of the claw marks, this must be the Vampire child Kamu spoke of...

"The person has been found, should be alright."

The Beastman mercenary was taken aback for a moment.

"Found?"

"Yes," Sano nodded, stuffing the silver strip into his pocket, "let the brothers rest, no need for us to intervene anymore."

"What about these corpses?"

The Beastman mercenary pointed to the wall smeared with black blood beside them.

Judging from the remnants of clothing scattered nearby, these guys didn't look like the expendable kind of mercenaries they were, rather they seemed well-to-do.

What if there were acquaintances of Lord Kamu among them?

However, Sano knew all too well that this possibility was nonexistent.

"Just a bunch of cannon fodder, don't bother with them."

...

In the wilderness not far from Black Wind Valley, several injured bats landed beside a grove of withered trees, transforming into the figure of a young girl.

She was severely injured, barely able to stand, and as soon as she landed, she stumbled and fell to the ground.

Seeing the injured girl, Nanfu Colin, who was waiting by the dry trees, immediately ran over in panic and helped her up from the ground.

"Sis?! How did you get hurt like this?"

Early that morning, she had dragged him out of the academy dormitory while he was still half asleep and didn't say where they were going, just told him to follow her.

Nanfu thought it was another case of following their father as before, but to his surprise, she took him directly out to the suburbs of Demon City, and moreover, in a rented carriage.

Then, all of a sudden, she threw him in this wilderness, asked him to wait here for her, and off she went on her own.

Nanfu dared not ask too much, just vaguely felt that something was not right, but he couldn't pinpoint what was wrong.

He anxiously waited for a whole day, almost dawn and still no sign of her, and now suddenly seeing her in such a pitiful state.

With Nanfu's support, Vivian stood up, bit her teeth, and stubbornly said.

"None of your business."

A hint of sadness suddenly appeared on Nanfu's face.

"Did big brother do this..."

"..."

Vivian did not answer, instead limping over to the carriage, leaning on the door to climb up, and sat down by the window.

Nanfu dared not ask more, only quietly sat across from her, accompanying her.

Perhaps because he was still young, having just celebrated his twelfth birthday, he didn't understand why his sister hated him so much.

Was it for the right of succession?

But that was something far in the future, more than a hundred years away...

After a long silence, he said softly.

"...I think, even if we have different mothers, it's not his fault. Of course, for him to lay such a heavy hand on his own sister, that's going too far."

He thought this would make his sister feel better, but unexpectedly, he once again became the target for someone's venting, kicked on the calf.

Although it didn't hurt, Nanfu still cried out "ow" in pain, his muscles remembering the all too familiar sensation of being hit.

He looked up to see his sister staring at him intently, her voice hoarse.

"Don't you dare talk about him like that."

Nanfu was stunned for a moment, looking at her as if she were a stranger, it took him a long while to muster up a confused reply.

"Huh?"

Without explaining, Vivian turned her face away, bit her lip, and a line of tears suddenly slid uncontrollably down her cheek.

It was evident she had been holding back for a long time, and now she probably couldn't hold back any longer.

"Go ride up front... Do you think this is a carriage from home?"

"... Alright, I'm going."

Knowing his sister wanted to be alone for a while, Nanfu reluctantly stepped out of the carriage, closing the door behind him.

At that same moment, he heard the sobbing cries leak out from the carriage.

The crying was like a storm hammering on the windows, like a flood breaking through a dam.

She was crying very bitterly.

And perhaps it was more than just bitterness.

There were feelings of injustice and regret, along with many other overflowing emotions...

Nanfu felt a chill up his spine and involuntarily shuddered.

In his memory, his elder sister had not been unbeaten in fights, but even if she lost, she never lost face, much less cried like this.

In his mind, his never-before-seen elder brother was now equated with a Horror Demon, as if he were a real Demon King.

Nanfu shuddered as he mounted the horse, unleashed the Vampire's pressure to subdue the restless beast, then took the reins and gave them a skilled flick.

It seems this elder brother was even more violent than his sister.

If that was the case, he would prefer to meet him later...

This love was too heavy, and he feared his small frame couldn't bear it.

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