"What exactly are you?" Sokya narrowed his eyes and stared intently at Digla.
But Digla did not answer him. Instead, he turned his gaze toward Xianna. Yetana unexpectedly stepped forward and stood before Xianna, blocking Digla's line of sight. "What do you want, monster?!"
"Move aside, Grand Duchess Yetana. This has nothing to do with you. I only want Xianna!" Perhaps Digla had taken Solam's words to heart, because he suppressed his impatience as he spoke to Yetana.
"How dare you!!! This is my country! Xianna is my sister! As long as I stand here, no one will harm her!" Yetana's words were not only meant for Digla, but for the Radiance Church as well!
"I'll warn you one last time, Grand Duchess Yetana! Hand Xianna over to me! Then you and your pitiful country can remain safe and sound. Otherwise... you'll find that the disaster Alfred, that half-baked fool, brought upon this country was nothing more than an insignificant farce!"
Digla had run out of patience! He had been searching for Xianna all this time, but Alfred had hidden her too well, leaving Digla empty-handed. Of course, Digla had not been wasting his time these past few days. Throughout that time, he had been preparing for something, and it was now mostly complete. Originally, if he still could not find Xianna, he intended to use that secret technique strictly forbidden among the vampires and bring disaster upon all of Toussaint. Then, he would not have to worry about failing to find Xianna!
And then Xianna had appeared.
"Don't even think about it! As long as the Radiance Church stands, you will never succeed!" Sokya had been unyielding all his life and had never accepted threats! Especially not a threat to his face from some aberration!
Digla did not even