Bone Duke: ????

"Let's sort out the current situation."

Joshua sat in Bone Duke's castle, holding a cup of red tea brewed by ghosts.

"You awakened the Black Dragon Grand Duke, who had been asleep for a long time, discovered that he had lost his memories and was prone to emotional outbursts, and then your old lover... no, the Grand Duke of Blood gave you the suggestion to come here and listen to the Lich Lord perform?"

"The Lich Lord possesses an instrument capable of soothing living beings. That was what he said... Lord Redri has always been tormented by anger and hatred, and depression troubles him as well."

Elder Enya had a hand pressed against her chest. Judging by that motion, she was treating... the abrasion on her chest from when she fell earlier.

"Child of the Forest, please help me find Lord Redri. He is extremely weak in his current state." Elder Enya stepped forward and pleaded with Joshua, no longer caring about appearances.

"Ahem... you should ask Bone Duke about that."

With Ciri beside him, Joshua could only lift his teacup for a light sip and look elsewhere.

At that moment, the sound of a piano suddenly echoed through the castle's great hall. The instant Joshua heard it, the surrounding light gradually dimmed, and silvery-gray radiance scattered across the floor-to-ceiling windows of the castle.

The exhaustion from Joshua's sleepless night was dispelled by a sense of tranquility.

The piece Bone Duke was playing was the first movement of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata."

This was not the first time Joshua had been affected by Bone Duke's piano.

"This isn't... illusion magic."

Ciri tightly gripped the ring on her finger. It could resist even the Purple-robed One's illusion magic, yet when she heard Bone Duke's performance, she still felt a change in her