It was dark, and the rain poured down.
Raindrops pounded against the glass window like a rapid drumbeat, especially noisy in the silence of the night.
Amid the curtain of rain, nearly all the lights in a villa within Saint Krui Di Monastery had gone out.
Inside the mansion, the corridors were pitch-black, the bedrooms silent, and every room was peaceful and still.
"Ehehehe."
Only in a guest room on the first floor did warm yellow light outline a woman's figure. Ifatia was lying at the foot of the bed, thoroughly engrossed in the program playing on the screen.
The glow of the screen illuminated her face and her delighted smile.
"You're so cute I want to eat you instead of breakfast."
"C-can you wait until after I finish breakfast?"
Rumble—!!
The cheerful laughter from the comedy show mingled with the flashes of lightning and thunder outside, forming a discordant duet.
Outside, the rain still poured heavily, droplets winding down the glass window.
The rain grew heavier and heavier, gradually drowning out the wind and the owls' cries, swallowing every subtle disturbance.
The torrential rain fell like pearls and arrows, hammering the earth.
The forest around the villa was cut off from the world by the curtain of rain, while the surrounding darkness seemed ready to swallow it whole.
Lightning tore across the sky. Thunder boomed, illuminating the mansion's pointed roof and towering chimney.
Outside the courtyard.
Night Raven's eyes pierced through the dense curtain of rain as he gradually approached the brightly lit mansion.
Through the rain-washed windows, the luxurious furnishings inside and the flickering lights by the windows could be vaguely seen.
Several hazy black shadows disappeared into the bushes, as if spying on something.
The howling wind splashed rain against the windows, adding to the gloom and