After seeing Emlyn out of the villa, Cosmi returned to the basement and stood before the iron-black coffin.
"Grandfather, why did you let that Emlyn continue buying the characteristics that already belong to us Sanguine, and even promise him he could profit from the price difference?"
"The price offered by the people from that organization behind him showed no sincerity at all. Wouldn't it be better to bypass them and hunt them directly?"
Nibis's voice drifted eerily from within the coffin. "The premise for bypassing that organization is that we can find where they hunt those polluted Vampires."
"This is something even Duke 'Full Moon' failed to accomplish personally, despite using a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact belonging to us Sanguine."
After a moment of silence, Nibis continued, "Either that Fool personally took action to conceal it, or the place where that organization hunts those polluted Vampires isn't on the Northern or Southern Continent."
"Not on the Northern or Southern Continent? Then... at sea?" Cosmi was somewhat puzzled.
Nibis's voice continued echoing from within the coffin. "Those were Duke 'Full Moon's' exact words. He seems to have made some guesses, but he did not explain them in detail."
"This involves certain secrets. Restrain those little thoughts of yours and do not investigate."
"Anyway, it is merely a matter of spending some money. To us Sanguine, that is the least important thing."
Cosmi pursed his lips, then seriously nodded at the coffin before him. "Yes, Grandfather."
"Alright, I will continue sleeping. Leave this matter to Mistral from now on."
In an underground office beneath Bayam's Sea Wave Cathedral.
Sea King Jahn Kottman leaned back in the seat at the head of the room with his eyes half-closed, listening to the report from Cordova Royer, the Mandated Punishers deacon in charge of this