Blood Castle, 1st floor.

The faint sconces emit a red glow, banishing some of the darkness from the silent corridor.

Compared to the other floors of the castle, the first floor, where a large number of servants gathered, was not overly decorated, from the carpet to the walls, it exuded a simple atmosphere.

In the middle of the night, most of the castle servants had rested or returned to their quarters.

And it was in such a place, which should have been quiet...

Footsteps suddenly sounded.

Leaving the banquet hall, Hughes, a tall blood clan, after a few corners, came to the door of a utility room.

The room looked very old, and the handle under the door was rusty.

It's like a corner that has long been scrapped and forgotten.

Standing at the door of such a utility room, Hughes slowly took out a pair of gloves from his pocket and put them on his hands.

Squeak...

The gloves pressed against the rusty doorknob and turned, and the utility room door made an old noise before opening outward.

"Who...!?"

An exclamation suddenly came out from inside the house, as if he was suddenly discovered when he was doing something unsightly.

"Don't be nervous, it's me."

Hughes looked at the young manservant in the abandoned utility room with a panicked look on his face, and casually closed the door behind him.

The next thing he looked at was that he left the young manservant and turned to a badly injured little girl lying on a stretcher at the manservant's feet.

"How's she doing?"

Hughes asked the young valet aloud.

"In... My lord, after the healing potion you gave, at least the life is... There is no risk anymore. ”

The young manservant replied in a trembling voice, his eyes drooping, not daring to make eye contact with the tall Bloodclan opposite.

"Hmm..."

Hughes stepped forward and walked over.

He bent over and half-squatted next to the little girl, and a ray of red light flashed at his fingertips, and instantly submerged into the little girl's body.

In the surprised eyes of the young manservant, he saw that the little girl, who had been pale due to excessive blood loss, gradually turned rosy.

"I've healed her injuries, and after a period of rest, she should be fine."

Hughes stood up, turned to the young manservant and continued:

"As for you, the next task is to take good care of this little girl and wait for my orders later."

“...”

Finding that the young manservant was silent and did not respond to himself, Hughes raised his voice and asked a little dissatisfied:

"Any questions?"

"Big... Adult, this little... Child, can really make me and... Did that maid get in touch? ”

The young manservant couldn't help but say what was in his heart.

"Hmph, otherwise what else can you rely on to get close to zero?"

"This little girl is already the only intersection between you, if you don't grasp this, I think you are a lifetime, and you don't want to be able to say a word to zero."

After Hughes's words, the young manservant muttered to himself in a daze.

"It turns out... It turns out her name is Zero..."

"If you understand, take her and go out."

The tall bloodline glanced at the young manservant faintly, and gave the order to evict the guest.

Later, Hughes, before the other party carried the stretcher and left the utility room, added another sentence at the end.

"Do a good job, as long as you do what I say, the maid you like, she must be yours in the end..."

"Whether she wants it or not."

After the young manservant paused, his body was agitated, and finally he carried the little girl, and his steps were more vigorous and quickly left from here.

Boom...

The door slammed.

In the utility room, it seemed as if only Hughes was left, but this tall blood clan was still standing in place, as if he was still quietly waiting for something.

That is, soon after...

Squeak...

The door to the utility room was opened again.

And this time it was a short and fat little boy who appeared at the door.

"Oh, Hughes, is it really good that you deceive other people's feelings like this?"

"I think in the entire castle, only you, Young Master Addie, are the least qualified to say such things."

Hughes didn't show a surprised expression at the arrival of the youngest son of the head of the family, Irene and Eluna's younger brother, Add.

He praised in a flat tone:

"And, young master, your ears are still very good as ever."

"Well, okay, let's get down to business, after all, no one is rich in time."

The little boy waved his chubby little hand.

"Today, Aluna has made contact with that human family according to the plan and under our guidance."

"In this way, I think something funny should happen between my two sisters, right?"

It's like I can think of the aftermath.

A smile appeared on Add's round face.

But soon, the little boy's eyes were still darkened, and he used a somewhat positive tone.

"Well, in the end, Eluna is still too weak to compare with my eldest sister and hold it up, that is, it is used as a means to distract Erin."

"As for what can really make me abolish Irene, it still depends on the ranking battle after that."

"So Young Master Addie, are you planning to do something to the eldest lady in the ranked battle?"

Hughes finally asked out loud at this point.

But unexpectedly, the little boy in the shadow opposite shook his head with a smile.

"As for the matter of hands, there are already other bloodlines in the ancient castle who are doing it for us."

"Other... Bloodline? ”

"No, it's my poor second uncle cursed by the Academy, Elder William."

Add laughed sarcastically.

After that, the little boy took out a diamond-shaped crystal from his trouser pocket and handed it to Hughes.

"This is..."

"With this crystal, you can lock the mark planted by Elder William on Erin, and their purpose is to let the contestants of foreign races join forces to besiege Erin."

"So what we're going to do is..."

Hughes took the small clear gem that Eddie had handed him.

"I've asked the people of the academy to help me find a way to reproduce this crystal, what we have to do is to add fuel to the fire, secretly help them again, and hand over the crystal to more demons."

"As for the rest of the world..."

"We just have to sit and watch the show."

Nodding, Hughes was about to put away the crystal specimen, but the little boy opposite spoke again.

"Don't worry, it's not this thing I really want you to do right now."

"Speaking of which, is that friend of yours, Nick, okay now?"

Eddie suddenly popped up like this sentence as if out of nowhere.

"Except for the fear of revenge from Irene, nothing else matters."

Hughes didn't understand, but he answered truthfully.

"That's right..."

The little boy looked thoughtful in his eyes.

He was quick to say:

"During this time, make an excuse, you take this friend of yours to leave the castle and go out."

"Preferably it could be..."

"Stay out there for a while."

Hearing this, Hughes finally couldn't help it.

"Why? What do you want to do? ”

"It's very simple, just use that friend of yours as a bait."

The little boy blinked his big eyes.

"Bait?"

There was a hint of understanding in Hughes's voice.

Add smiled at this and explained casually:

"Do you think, if you are an ordinary person, if you two are looking for trouble like this, even if the final result is just thrilling, but in the bottom of your heart, you will still have a sulky breath, right?"

"I thought that if that human still had hidden power, the fate of the two of you today should not be so simple."

"Not to mention missing arms and legs, but at least it's a little more embarrassing."

"But now it seems..."

Completely oblivious to the twitching corners of Hughes's mouth beside him.

The little boy continued his self-talk.

"Could it be that my intuition is wrong, that human family really has no combat power at all?"

"Or is he..."

"Are you really that cautious?"

Feeling that he couldn't get an answer just by thinking about it, Addison simply gave up.

The trap of "bait" was laid down, and it could be regarded as his last test of the human family.

Take a long breath.

All that had to be said was done, and the little boy was ready to leave.

However, before leaving, he was still a little curious and asked Hughes again.

"By the way, by the way, as a reward for the transaction I gave you some time ago, how is the human servant who bought it from the black market?"

"Does Young Master Eddie even have to care about such a personal matter?" Hughes frowned.

"Tsk, I'm just curious, there are so many demons on the island, why do you want to torture, but only the human race, so fond?"

Hughes was silent for a few seconds after the little boy spoke.

Press down on your finger.

There was a crisp sound between the bones.

The tall blood clan in the darkness, in those calm eyes, finally had fluctuating ups and downs.

With a bit of fanatical excitement, Hughes's voice rang out from the utility room again.

"Because..."

"Their screams... It's best to listen to. ”