We can only speculate whether the ancestors of the Castel family married elves.

In the next few days, the interior of the manor was relatively peaceful.

However, Boulder City is a little weird.

During these days of "retreat" in Charlotte, the rumors in the city about the collusion between the Castel family and the Blood Demon became more and more intense...

Even the priest who came to the manor every day to make extra money was interpreted by the public as a guilty repentance of the Castel family in order to cover their eyes.

There are some who are even more vicious, even describing Charlotte as a blood demon who borrows corpses and resurrects souls, a succubus who seduces people's hearts...

When she heard the old servant angrily telling the news she had learned, Charlotte felt somewhat guilty.

Because this last rumor... in a sense, part of it is really true.

Obviously, someone is still behind this.

It is absolutely inseparable from the vassal nobles of the duchy, and maybe there is even the secret instigation of the duke.

Other than that, there were no more assassinations.

The opponent seemed to be quite afraid of the demon-hunting knights, even though most of the people patrolling were trainee knights, so they stopped taking action.

In the blink of an eye, a week passed...

The Duke's birthday party is tomorrow.

And at the same time.

In a luxurious manor in the outer city.

Sebas, the president of the Rose Society, who was lying leisurely on the soft bed, enjoying the fruits peeled by the demi-human maid and elegantly holding a goblet filled with red wine, finally saw the people below and searched.

After investigation, the information was compiled.

"Huh? It turns out that the church's divine bell rang a few days ago?"

"Hey, the great priest did a good job of blocking the news."

"Thorns...roses...so that's what it means."

Looking at the files on the table, Sebastian touched his chin with interest.

In front of him, on the parchment at the top of the file, there was a clear copy of the pattern of the sacrificial circle in the basement of Castel Manor that night!

I saw Sebastian picking up the parchment, drinking red wine elegantly, and thinking:

"The Countess of Castel had a cursed page in her hand. She wanted to sacrifice her granddaughter to communicate with the Blood Demon Archduke, but she died in the sacrifice of a mysterious existence..."

"I got the cursed page from her, and soon after I was summoned into the dreamland by the Lady of the Night..."

"The Grand Duke of the Blood Demon is one of the five crown princes of the Blood Clan and the leader of the Dark Clan 'Shedite' of the Blood Clan."

"Ms. Dark Night is very likely to be the one who returns from the Vampire Race..."

"coincide?"

"Or... is there some deeper connection between the two?"

Sebastian's eyes gradually deepened.

He put down the parchment and picked up the drawing paper underneath.

On the drawing paper is a beautiful blonde girl.

Wearing a holy white dress, she was kneeling in front of the statue of the god Harald, praying with her eyes closed.

The holy light shone on her body, making her look extremely holy, like a descending angel.

"Charlotte de Castel..."

Sebastian rubbed the drawing paper, his clear eyes full of appreciation for beauty:

"As expected of the heir to the Castel family, she is indeed so beautiful that even the pure white witch is inferior to her."

"However, being able to survive that kind of sacrifice is not something that ordinary people can do."

"Perhaps, she has experienced something and knows something..."

Thinking of this, Sebastian fell into deep thought.

He continued to scroll down and came to the recent collection of information on Boulder City.

"Huh? There are still such rumors?"

He was slightly startled.

After flipping through it casually a few times, Sebastian sneered:

"Hey, these greedy human nobles are really shameless! They are not ashamed to bully a child!"

And when Sebastian turned to the last page, his eyebrows suddenly raised:

"The Duke's birthday party?"

After pondering for a moment, his mind moved slightly and he had an idea:

"It's interesting, maybe... this is a good opportunity to investigate in person!"

He put down the information, drank the red wine in the goblet, then stood up gracefully, and ordered to the accompanying demihuman maid:

"Prepare me an elegant dress and some decent gifts."

"I'm going to attend the birthday party at the Duke's Palace tomorrow."

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Chapter completed!