"My apologies, Your Holiness. We didn't detect anyone entering the premises."
"Please punish us for our negligence!"
Lisa and Lara kneeled in front of me in the backyard as I sat on the bench, holding the letter I found in my room.
"Stop apologizing," I said in a cold tone, devoid of any emotion. My brows squinted together as I tried to trace anything related to this letter.
Milea was gone, even from my radar. Her dot wasn't present in the entirety of Academy City, even after I ran around from one end to another at my highest speed.
That meant she wasn't here, and Mia wasn't either.
The probability of Mia getting kidnapped was high after what happened to Milea. But why? And what did the letter mean by [You're mine]?
I asked Garcia and Cecil to protect Vivian and Eliza to be safe. To be safe, I also installed a barrier magic item around the mansion, not allowing someone other than us to enter.
"Explain what happened while I was cooking and talking to Vivian and the others. Tell me if you noticed something strange, no matter how small that is." I ordered the twin nuns, and they nodded firmly.
They began to explain what they thought was an unusual sight tonight. And the only thing they could think about today was a full moon. Nothing was different from the usual except for that.
"Anything else?" I asked.
The twins shook their heads.
"Forgive me, Your Holiness."
"We didn't know anything more. Everything is normal. And even Mia acted normal when she went to the church to pray."
"We never expected she would also be kidnapped or didn't return."
Both of them responded alternatively. This was getting nowhere. There was no clue except for the letter written by blood.
'Wait. Blood?'
When I thought about it again, this was already a clue. If this was written with real blood and not ink, which was the case in this letter, then I already had a clue in my hand.
What was left was the person who could follow this clue and tell me where this blood came from.
"I will be leaving. Protect this mansion, and don't let anyone enter before I return."
"Yes, Your Holiness!"
"We will protect it with our lives."
Nodding at their answer, I took out a [Teleportation Gem] I ransacked from Cecil's treasure. There were many of them, and there were even a few to teleport to the Border City.
It had been 3 days since I went there, and I thought I would need to return this fast. Whoever kidnapped Milea and Mia surely had a magic item to keep their presence from getting known by even my skill.
'My enemy could be a noble or something similar.'
That wasn't important. I was about to have the best day in my life after training Milea to be obedient but to think they kidnapped her.
I knew she would be fine because she would definitely suicide if she was about to get in trouble, but knowing Milea, she could also be waiting for me in that place just to know whether I would save her or not.
The problem was Mia. Her personality probably didn't allow her to kill herself, as she would be afraid before doing so.
"I have no choice but to make a move after all."
Muttering so, I activated the [Teleportation Gem] and arrived in the Border City.
Because it was night, the Border City felt more alive than usual. No, it wasn't just because it was night, but probably because many people visited this time.
Drunkards were everywhere, and the people who patrolled could be easily seen as they wore a raven badge on their upper left hand.
Beatrice had done a good job making this city better. But unfortunately, I didn't have time to visit the Succubus. My goal was the pink dot on the other side of the city.
I moved immediately, jumping from one building to the other. I attracted some attention, but I was fast enough that my body became blurred.
Some people from Raven Group tried to follow me as they noticed me, but none of them could even follow me for a second. And I ignored them because I had no time to sit around and listen to what they had to say.
Before long, I reached another area, deep inside the Border City. The buildings looked different from the entrance where I teleported to. Almost no light was present, as they would only hurt the people living here if the light was too much.
Behind some buildings, a small tunnel could be seen at the end of this area. That was the tunnel connecting this Border City to the one in the Sin Kingdom side.
My goal lay at the highest building.
The person I was searching for had noticed me. She was standing in the middle of the balcony on the fifth floor, looking straight at me with a warm light shining behind her. Her twin-tailed white hair fluttered against the wind, and she smiled and looked up at me as I landed on the railing.
"Good night, what a beautiful moon, isn't it? Though I couldn't watch it, which is a shame." She giggled with her hand in front of her small lips. "Now, what brings you to me, Arthur?" The girl, Lucy, asked me in a sweet voice.
"I need a bit of your help. In exchange, I will give you my blood." I replied and took out the letter with words written in blood without wasting any time explaining unnecessary things. "Track this blood for me."
"Hmm, let's see."
Lucy took the letter from my hand and read it. Her expression morphed to surprise before she sniffed it. Her nose moved slightly, and then she narrowed her eyes.
"How curious." She muttered, smiling widely. "It seems that you have quite someone who has fallen for you, Arthur."
"… What do you mean? Can you track this blood or not?" I asked curiously as I looked at Lucy, gesturing for her to continue.
"I can." She replied. "But do you want to meet her so badly? Don't you already have me and a lot of other girls as well?"
"Just reply to my question. I am in quite a bad mood right now."
Almost all of Lucy's replies were different from what I expected. It was as if we were not on the same page, and she thought I wanted to meet this letter's owner.
'Ah, right, I haven't told her yet.'
"The owner of this letter kidnapped two of my nuns. I need to find whoever has it and save my nuns."
"Ah, so that's why you wanted to find her." Lucy clapped her hands in understanding and jumped to the railing, bowing curtly as she held the end of her skirts. "Please allow me to drink your blood first, Arthur. Then I will help you to find her."
"Feel free to," I replied, unbuttoning my skirt and showing off my bare nape. "Do it quickly."
"Thank you for the meal."
Lucy's eyes shone in excitement as she opened her mouth, revealing two sharp fangs, and she drew closer to my neck. I felt a prick on my neck and felt my blood drawn.
"Hnn–!"
The vampire girl let out a pleasured moan as she slurped my blood. She sounded like she enjoyed it so much and began to hold me tight, pushing her soft breasts against my chest.
"Ahnn… Delicious!" She exclaimed in a sultry voice. She backed away and licked her lips, which turned red from my blood dripping off her mouth. "It's delicious, Arthur. As promised, let's find the Half-Vampire, the owner of the blood."
It seemed like I had come to the right place this time.
"I am counting on you, Lucy."
