What Gift

Rustle~!

A heavy scraping sound rang out.

The tightly sealed coffin lid slowly opened, then fell onto the carpet with a bang.

Snow-white fingers gripped the edge of the coffin as she slowly sat up.

Long brown hair draped over her shoulders. Her features were sharply defined, exquisite and beautiful, her delicate brows slightly raised above a pair of blood-red eyes.

Her skin was pale as snow, smooth and lustrous like porcelain.

She wore a black high-collared gown, its collar and bodice adorned with exquisite red embroidery depicting roses, thorns, and other patterns.

The vampire leader, Association hero, and leader of the Whisperers—Lilith Ann Beshmit.

Lilith let out a soft breath, her voice cool and clear. "What does he want now?"

The butler stepped forward and took out an exquisite black gift box, repeating what he had said earlier. "Island Master Wu Heng sent you a gift. It arrived together with the latest issue of the newspaper."

A gift?

Lilith turned to glance at it, then extended her slender, fair hand and took it, placing it before her.

She gently tilted her head and casually untied the ribbon around the gift box.

As the leader of a race and a hero of the Association,

what hadn't she seen before?

Especially not a gift sent from a little place like Treasure Island.

Still, she was somewhat curious about what Wu Heng would send her.

After all, he always did things beyond expectation.

She set the ribbon aside, and the gift box unfolded to either side.

At the same time, the items inside came into view.

On the left was a book with an exquisite cover depicting a black-haired, black-eyed man. The words Great Detective Complete Works One were written on it.

There was no need to guess. It was the story