Kibaou and Diavel, Driven Out of the Knights of the Blood

As he walked, Akasaka impatiently answered the two girls' questions.

"If I leave, what will you do? Wait to die?"

"So I decided to stay."

"Besides, if I can die together with two top-tier beautiful girls like you, I'd say I'm getting a good deal."

"Better yet, when we die, the two of you can lie in my arms, and we can be buried together in one coffin."

"After all, I'm risking my life to keep you company. A little request like that after we die isn't too much, right?"

Asuna and Usagisawa Misumi stopped at the same time, their cheeks flushing crimson.

Akasaka had inadvertently stirred the hearts of the two girls, making them feel as though deer were racing through their chests, their hearts pounding wildly.

Yet Akasaka remained completely unaware...

Meanwhile, Heathcliff was exhausted as he prepared to return to the Knights of the Blood headquarters.

The reason Akasaka had spared him was because he had agreed to Akasaka's three conditions... More on that later...

The moment Heathcliff returned to the guild, he saw Diavel sitting on his throne.

That was the seat reserved for the guild president.

Heathcliff's face immediately darkened.

Diavel was somewhat awkward as well.

He had thought Heathcliff was already dead, which was why he had smoothly inherited the position of president.

After all, the man had been missing for three days and three nights without a single word.

So Diavel had announced publicly—especially to the members of the Knights of the Blood—that their President, Guild Leader Heathcliff, had most likely died.

And as the vice president, or vice guild leader, he had naturally taken this throne.

There had not been the slightest resistance.

What was he supposed to do now? The rightful owner had returned. Should he step down and give up