A day passed, and Guren arrived at the execution ground; she didn't want Lord Ferid to suffer the torture for even a second longer.
"Hey, a day has passed, right?"
The Vampire guarding nearby checked his pocket watch and replied.
"Not yet. There are still twenty hours left."
Guren felt he was intentionally making trouble and said fiercely.
"What do you mean?"
The Vampire answered casually.
"Lady Krul's 'one day of Sunlight Torture' means the duration of exposure to sunlight must reach a full day. You've come to pick him up too early."
Guren gnashed her teeth.
"Even so, it's impossible for there to be twenty hours left! He's already been exposed for four hours today!"
"Exactly, just four hours today. Yesterday's two hours were too short; it only counts if they are exposed for at least six hours a day. If it gets cloudy later, those four hours won't even count! Hey! Don't get violent, go ask Lady Krul yourself!"
Guren looked at Ferid. Ferid's eyes moved, signaling for her to leave. Only then did Guren depart in anger.
Though his body was being tortured, his mind remained sharp. The deep-thinking Seventh Progenitor was currently plotting something in his head.
Because of Luke, Ferid had very few secret supporters over the years, making it impossible to marginalize Krul. He would have to use Krul and the Seraph Experiment to his advantage, ideally by enlisting the power of other High-ranking Ancestorss.
He also needed to find an opportunity to get rid of Luke. It was a long and difficult road ahead!
...Luke and Krul had also arrived at the boundaries of Nagoya by this time.
Luke slammed on the brakes. Krul looked at the surroundings; there was nothing but dense trees.
"Why stop here?"
Luke looked completely serious.
"We've run into big trouble... I don't know the way!"
Previously, Hiiragi Shinya had only provided a general direction without giving a specific route.
Krul grabbed Luke's collar without any warning.
"Are you an idiot?"
"It's a small issue. Anyway, it's nearby."
The two got out of the car. Luke leaped into the air, quickly scanning the surroundings from above.
"Lucky! Found it."
After landing, Luke said with a smile.
"There's a large mansion built on the western hillside; it should belong to the Ichinose Family. I wonder if Guren is there. The Seraph inside him... Wait for me, Krul!"
It didn't take long for the two of them to cross the forest and arrive in front of the mansion.
Luke pulled a spiderweb off Krul and said with a laugh.
"That's what you get for not waiting for me, hahaha."
Krul had a dark expression and remained silent.
From the outside, there was little security around this old-style mansion, only a few surveillance cameras.
"Should we just barge in?"
"I'll go check first. Logically, no one would guess we're coming, so the defenses shouldn't be too strong. If I die, remember to pay respects to me every year~"
"It would be for the best if you died."
"I'm heartbroken. I'm going in."
"Be careful."
Luke jumped into the courtyard, and no alarms went off.
Clang!
Luke kicked open the door and walked into the hall. There were no guards, only a few maids.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
Seeing Luke barge in so violently, they let out piercing screams.
"Don't scream! I'm one of you!"
But these maids worked for the Ichinose Family; how could they not recognize a Vampire? They all scrambled upstairs.
"Sigh, this is troublesome."
A few minutes later, Luke shouted from a second-floor window to Krul outside.
"Come in! There are hardly any people in this house! They've all been called away urgently by the Imperial Demon Army."
Krul leaped directly onto the windowsill.
"This is quite rude~"
Krul glanced at the maids lying unconscious all over the room and gave Luke a look for him to interpret.
"Where is the Seraph laboratory you mentioned?"
Luke observed the surroundings and said.
"I don't know. Let's split up and look. There should be a secret door or a basement."
Luke summoned his Demon Sword and asked Kyle to help search.
Half an hour later, Krul found Luke in Guren's room.
"Any clues? What are you doing?"
Luke was reading Guren's Growth Record, recorded by Sayuri, with great interest and said with a smile.
"Krul, when Guren was thirteen, he wanted to see Mahiru, but the Hiiragi Family stripped him down to his underwear and hung him upside down from a tree! Hahaha!"
Krul clenched her fist and punched Luke on the head.
"You bastard, didn't you come here to find the Seraph? What's with you comfortably reading someone else's dark history right now?!"
Luke rubbed his head, flipped to a page in the growth record, and showed it to Krul.
"I found it~"
Content: Young Master Guren is sixteen years, two months, and eleven days old. Today, the Head of the Family called Young Master Guren to the basement again. Terrifying roars came from inside. I'm so curious about what's hidden in the basement, but I'm just Young Master Guren's guard and don't have the right to go in with him.
Young Master Guren is sixteen years, four months, and seven days old. Today, I was scolded by the Head of the Family for approaching the basement in the Side Wing. Fortunately, Young Master Guren pleaded for me. I will definitely repay Young Master Guren with my life!
After reading it, Krul turned and walked toward the Side Wing.
Luke casually tucked away Guren's dark history growth record, followed Krul, and asked with a smile.
"You misunderstood me. Aren't you going to apologize?"
Krul replied with a smile.
"You're quite happy, aren't you? No need to thank me."
Luke:?
The two arrived at the Side Wing. It was a study and didn't look like it had a basement entrance.
Luke confidently explained to Krul.
"There's definitely a mechanism; that's what novels always say! For example, this painting—what normal person hangs their own black-and-white photo in front of their desk?"
Luke fiddled with Guren's black-and-white photo. After a while, nothing happened.
Click!
"See? See!"
Hearing the sound of the mechanism operating, Luke pointed at the slowly rising basement entrance and said excitedly.
Krul rolled her eyes and gestured for Luke to look to the left.
Turning his head, he saw the Demon Sword pressing against a pen in a nearby pen holder.
Krul joked.
"It seems your sword is more reliable than you are~"
Kyle was also very happy to hear this, flying in front of Krul and tilting the blade.
Krul felt a hint of surprise at this scene; the sword actually knew how to bow!
"Alright, nothing more for you to do. Go back."
Luke said emotionlessly, then with a wave of his hand, the Demon Sword disappeared from Krul's sight.
"Oh, it seems a certain someone is unhappy about being upstaged."
Krul teased.
Luke shrugged and said indifferently.
"Being upstaged is nothing. As long as no one tries to take you from me, it's fine."
"Tch, how sappy!"
Luke retaliated using Krul's words from earlier.
"You quite like hearing it, don't you? No need to thank me."
Krul crossed her arms and walked down to the basement.
"If you keep rambling, the Seraph might have already taken over the world."
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