Chapter 158: Is it funny that the vampire sister disappeared?

XX days ago.

“Don’t worry, Lillian, I’m just going to take a quick stroll through that world. I’ll be back soon!”

Leaving these words behind, Charlotte stepped into the void rift before her and vanished.

Watching Charlotte’s disappearing figure, Lillian, who remained in the basement, couldn’t help but look forlorn.

Lady Charlotte was acting alone again, leaving her all by herself.

She also wanted to follow Lady Charlotte and go on a carefree adventure.

Unfortunately, after taking her in as a maid, Lady Charlotte hadn’t taken any other girls under her wing, meaning Lillian had to stay behind to watch the house whenever Charlotte went out alone.

‘No, Lady Charlotte must trust me the most, which is why she left the most important job of guarding the home to me.’

‘I can’t let Lady Charlotte down!’

After Lillian mentally encouraged herself, her gaze fell once again upon the void rift.

Speaking of which, Lady Charlotte had already gone to the other world; was it normal for this gate to the other world not to have closed yet?

It was as if it were still waiting for someone to enter.

At this thought, Lillian subconsciously reached out her right hand toward the void rift, but she stopped before her hand fully extended.

‘Forget it. Lady Charlotte said she’d be back soon. I should stay here and wait for her.’

Having made her decision, Lillian left the basement and began her daily cleaning duties.

They were currently living in the new territory tower Charlotte had obtained after earning the title of Star Witch through a special examination.

Previously, they had been staying at Master Chloe’s Night-Glow Tower.

However, because Lady Charlotte had accidentally blown up the Night-Glow Tower a while back, and rebuilding it would be time-consuming and laborious, they simply moved into this new high tower.

But since no other witch had obtained the title of Star Witch for nearly a thousand years following the death of the first generation Star Witch, Shera, the Star-Track Tower hadn’t been cleaned in centuries.

The dust inside was thick enough to mix with water and build a two-story house.

Cleaning this tower had cost Lillian a great deal of effort, and even now, she hadn’t completely finished cleaning every corner.

Gazing at the ruins of the collapsed tower not far away, Lillian, holding a mop and bucket at the top of the Star-Track Tower, let out a sigh.

“Sigh, Lady Charlotte just loves causing trouble for others! If she could have been just a little more restrained back then, I wouldn’t have to work this hard!”

After finishing her daily cleaning, Lillian looked at the position of the sun and estimated that Lady Charlotte should be getting bored of the other world and would be on her way back.

She returned to the kitchen and prepared a feast to wait for Charlotte’s return.

However, two hours passed, the sky grew completely dark, yet Charlotte still hadn’t emerged from the void rift.

The rift in the basement still hadn’t disappeared, so Charlotte shouldn’t have lost her way home.

“Lady Charlotte is being way too playful. What time is it already?”

Unable to wait any longer, Lillian covered the dishes and went to take care of the red-haired Blood Clan girl, Feiye Zhenhong, who was locked in a room on the second floor.

Zhenhong was the Blood Clan “sister” Charlotte had brought back from the Battle of Boundary Mountain a month ago.

It was said she was a rising leader among the demons.

As the True Ancestor of the originally weak Blood Clan, she not only made her clan exceptionally powerful but also unified the various demon factions that had been in a state of chaos for centuries.

She had consolidated all demon forces into a massive army and launched a grand invasion toward the human lands.

But unexpectedly, as soon as she left Boundary Mountain, she encountered Lady Charlotte, whose power was even more reality-defying than her own.

Despite giving it her all, she couldn’t win and was quickly shot out of the sky, becoming Lady Charlotte’s captive.

Charlotte had brought her back as if she were carrying a well-behaved kitten.

Normally, since Zhenhong was a True Ancestor and a new-generation Demon King who had unified the demons, she should have been handed over to the Holy Knights for interrogation.

But the Holy Knights’ methods of interrogating demons were quite brutal, and Lady Charlotte didn’t really want to hand this pitiful girl over to them.

Because the Commander of the Holy Knights, Lady Alice, owed Lady Charlotte more than one favor, Charlotte managed to keep Zhenhong at the Star-Track Tower as her personal s*ave.

She was kept in a small room, wearing a collar that suppressed her magical power.

Unfortunately, ever since Zhenhong was defeated by Lady Charlotte, she had been acting as if she had lost her soul, becoming completely catatonic.

Every day, she just sat on the bed staring at the sparrows chirping on the trees outside.

She wouldn’t respond to conversation and couldn’t handle her own basic needs, seemingly regressing into a two- or three-year-old child who required “Mama” Lillian’s care every day.

Thus, besides cleaning the Star-Track Tower daily, Lillian had the added task of caring for Zhenhong.

After bringing Zhenhong back, Lady Charlotte had ignored her, spending every day in the basement researching that cross-world magic.

After a month of effort, she finally figured it out and happily went to play in another world.

She acted like a free spirit with no restraints, with no one knowing where she went or when she would return.

Zhenhong was left behind in the Star-Track Tower, lonely and empty, and she had even become accustomed to Lady Charlotte’s absence.

As a result, Zhenhong hadn’t seen Lady Charlotte for a long time.

She had tried to escape a few times, but the Star-Track Tower was personally set up by Lady Charlotte.

Aside from Charlotte and Lillian, even Lady Alice would find it difficult to enter and leave at will.

So there was no possibility of Zhenhong escaping.

Later, Lillian couldn’t bear to see her like that and brought Zhenhong to Lady Charlotte’s bedroom.

She wanted to familiarize her with Charlotte’s scent so she wouldn’t fail to recognize her when she returned.

Zhenhong had stayed in Charlotte’s bedroom for a long time.

Lillian noticed she was starting to recover her old self, but her memory seemed to have developed problems.

She now only recognized Lillian.

As the only “adult” in this household, Lillian’s heart was truly full of mixed emotions.

But even though the road ahead was difficult, she had to keep moving forward.

Lillian sighed softly and then pushed open the room door.

“Sister Zhenhong, how are you today…”

Lillian was about to greet her, but before she could finish her sentence, she realized the room was empty.

Zhenhong, who should have been on the bed, had vanished.

“Eh? Sister Zhenhong?”

The True Ancestor of the Blood Clan suddenly vanishing from the Star-Track Tower was a very bad thing!

If the collar on her neck were to break, it would be equivalent to bringing an unprecedented disaster to Tsumuguri City once again!

Lillian cried out in alarm internally.

She quickly put down the food and began searching the Star-Track Tower.

She searched every corner, even checking the mouse holes, but she couldn’t find a single trace of Zhenhong anywhere.

‘Did she run outside?’

Lillian hurried out of the tower to search the surroundings.

However, it was already night.

Finding a scrawny girl wearing a collar in such a dim environment was not an easy task.

Just as she was frantically worrying about what to do, a familiar voice called out from nearby.

“Eh? Isn’t that Lillian! What are you doing out here wandering around so late? Are you out to look at the stars too?”

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