Seeing Sno's smile, Emlyn couldn't help but shudder. The smile was so sunny, and he couldn't sense even the slightest pressure from it, yet instinctively, he felt a little afraid.
Perhaps it was a spiritual warning?
Although Emlyn was terrified, for the sake of his beloved treasures, he still forced himself to look Sno in the eye.
Sno paid it no mind. He rubbed Lily's head, then led the two of them upstairs. Before long, they arrived at a guest room.
"Ah..." The instant the guest room door opened, Klein nearly lost his composure. He had known that Emlyn might be a Vampire who liked dolls, but only after seeing the number of dolls in the room did he realize just how much this Vampire gentleman liked them.
"These dolls aren't cheap!"
Klein quietly sighed to himself. Looking at the dolls—some like figurines, some as tall as people, and some even a head taller than Xio—he had no idea what to say for a moment.
But Emlyn was beside himself with excitement. He immediately tried to rush into the room, only to be stopped by Sno—
"Dear Mr. White, have you forgotten something?"
Maintaining the Rabbit Cannot Catch Turtle at the doorway, Sno watched Emlyn repeatedly run toward the room yet fail to reach the dolls, his expression utterly miserable. Then he asked with a smile, "Forgotten something? What?" Watching his treasures lie scattered about another person's guest room in all their splendor, Emlyn failed to react at first. Sno raised an eyebrow and reminded him with feigned helplessness:
"Although I was keeping them for you, you did leave me collateral. Now that you're taking back the items you stored with me, shouldn't you return the collateral as well?"
"Collateral... You mean Dorothy?"
"Hey, hey, you've even given her a