I'm Only Looking Out for You

Ren waved his hand.

While being with Gabriel, the most beautiful woman in the Heaven, would certainly be a feast for the eyes, a dry, uninspiring meeting would obviously be much more boring.

Seeing that Ren refused, Gabriel simply nodded slightly, handed over the rest of the matter to Griselda, and then opened the teleportation array.

However, before leaving, Gabriel looked in Valerie's direction again.

The feeling of being watched by a powerful figure from the Heaven made Valerie, a half-vampire, quite uncomfortable.

He cowered behind Ren, completely trembling.

Seeing this, Gabriel sighed slightly, "Mr. Ren, I entrust Miss Valerie to your care. The Longinus within her must not be misused again."

After saying this, Gabriel hurriedly left.

"Well..."

Carmilla noticed Gabriel's hurried expression and knew that the matter was of great importance.

In comparison, what her territory experienced was much less severe.

At least there were few casualties, but the city suffered severe damage.

However, after learning about the situation, Griselda quickly proposed using technology from the demons to repair the city, shortening the restoration period from the original year and a half to about a month.

Carmilla readily accepted this, and the peace agreement proceeded smoothly. Carmilla abandoned the policy of non-contact and quickly set a date for a formal signing with Griselda.

Only at the very end did Carmilla turn her gaze to Ren.

No need for words of gratitude; Ren was quite straightforward, offering only some tangible reward.

Carmilla was not angry at his request; in fact, she felt much more at ease.

After all, she was genuinely worried that Ren might make some demands that she couldn't fulfill.

If it's just about money, then it's much easier.

It wasn't that Ren didn't want anything else, but after digging deep into the Tepes Faction' territory, he realized that all these vampires had left was money.

Literal meaning.

They really only have money to offer.

There were no other treasures.

Before the meeting was over, Ren left the conference room with Valerie.

Griselda and Carmilla continued to discuss the details of their collaboration.

The hallway outside the door.

Elmenhilde, a vampire girl with skin as white as porcelain, stood by the railing overlooking the city.

Upon seeing him emerge, he stood at attention and looked at Ren.

"Lord Ren, what are your next plans? If there's nothing else, could you please...?"

"It's time to go back; we've been out for quite a while now."

"Huh?! Leaving so soon?"

"Is there anything else?"

Ren looked down at the uneasy girl; her delicate, porcelain-doll-like face appeared even paler in the dim light, as if she were wearing a mask.

"No... it's nothing, I just felt... well, since Lord Ren has other matters to attend to, I can't insist you stay. But if you have any other requests in the future, the Karnstein Family will repay any kindness shown to us!"

"There's... there's still..."

Elmenhilde lowered her head, her deep red eyes like beautiful rubies.

The words seemed to be stuck in his throat, and he couldn't utter them for a long time.

"I... I... I have nothing else, Lord Ren. Thank you again for your help tonight."

Ren waved his hand and left with Valerie.

She was alone in the corridor again, Elmenhilde suddenly felt completely empty.

I want to say something, but I don't know who to say it to.

As for this side, the family members are all extremely busy and overwhelmed.

She was summoned here because she had direct contact with Ren.

Suddenly, she felt a pang of annoyance.

Oh, my true ancestor, after spending so much time with Lord Ren, I still don't know how to contact him.

Chapter 256 I'm doing this for your own good

But just as I finished thinking that, a gentle breeze swept by.

A familiar face came into Elmenhilde's view once again.

"This is my address. You can find me here."

After saying that, Ren turned and strode away.

As I rounded the corner, I saw Valerie looking on with curiosity.

Why... why did you tell her where you live?

"Since she said she wanted to repay me, what will she do if she can't find me later?"

Although he has already activated the Teleport Anchor here, the likelihood of him coming back here in the future is not high.

It would be better to leave Elmenhilde a contact address so that she can find him in the future.

Of course, the main reason for his sudden return was that Valerie seemed to have some issues with Elmenhilde.

Are you jealous?

"No, no, I just feel... Miss Elmenhilde's attitude towards you is a little different."

Pureblood vampires are arrogant and have a pure sense of superiority over other races, especially humans.

Elmenhilde's sudden change of attitude toward Ren cannot be explained solely by the fact that she saved his life.

After taking a closer look at Ren's face, she roughly understood what was going on.

Indeed, high-quality modeling is always beneficial, no matter where you are.

She was just feeling a bit uncomfortable.

"You don't need to lie to me, I can tell... and of course you don't need to worry."

Before she finished speaking, Valerie was already quite pleased.

Is Ren the kind of person who is extremely devoted to one's feelings?

"I have many female confidantes, and you can't possibly have all the troubles. So for your mental health, I advise you to get used to it as soon as possible."

"This should be easy for you, after all, in a patriarchal society like the Tepes Faction, the king and nobles should have had quite a few wives."

"..."

Valerie fell silent.

It wasn't that I was angry at Ren's remarks, just a little annoyed.

But as Ren said, she should get used to the days to come.

Even if the Tepes Faction had not undergone any changes, as a mixed-race woman, she would inevitably be married off to a nobleman's son in the future, whether as a wife or a concubine; she would never be the only one in the family.

Dusk spread across the sky, and the setting sun hung close to the horizon.

The light in the jungle grew dimmer and dimmer, and a few streaks of sunlight filtering through the branches and leaves gently clung to the cool tree bark.

When Ren arrived, it was still daytime; when he left again, it was already dusk.

Having just left the darkness, he returned to reality and experienced a sense of disorientation.

At first, he was even a little surprised that it had suddenly become light.

Even though it's not very bright right now.

Ren quickly adapted and was about to leave when he saw Valerie standing there, stunned.

A cool breeze was blowing.

Wearing a coat, Valerie gazed intently at the distant red sun.

As she looked at it, she suddenly had a feeling that it was all unrealistic.

Since birth, she had never seen the outside world, let alone the fiery red sun hanging in the sky.

Once upon a time, she only knew about the sun and what it looked like through old comic books in the castle.

Seeing the actual scene with my own eyes now fills me with a deep sense of emotion.

In this situation, Ren De wanted to compose a poem, but found that he couldn't find a suitable ancient poem even after searching through his entire vocabulary, so he decided not to embarrass himself by doing so.

"Let's go, I promise you'll see a bigger and rounder sun tomorrow."

"Um..."

Valerie nodded emphatically.

Ren carried Valerie as they flew through the air.

Because I brought another person, I couldn't use the Teleport Anchor.

After resolving the incident, he did not return directly to Kyoto, but instead went to the former headquarters of the Khaos Brigade and found the Ophis watching television.

"Ophis, I've come to take you away."

Because they were quite familiar with each other, Ren didn't tiptoe in after entering.

Ophis's little head peeked out from behind the television, a strange light flashing in his dark eyes.

Although she wasn't good at expressing her emotions, Ren could tell she was happy.

As for the reason, it's probably because Ren arrived as promised.

Having been stranded on Earth for thousands of years, either being deceived or on the way to being deceived, Ren's trustworthy behavior earned him much favor from Ophis.

Otherwise, how could a dignified dragon god willingly let someone pat his head and sit in Ren's lap?

Ophis did not respond, but simply nodded.

Valerie, being new to the human world, was extremely curious about everything around her.

Upon seeing Ophis, he nodded to him.

With her vampire-like sensitivity to scents, the girl deduced that the long-haired black-haired loli was not human, though she had no idea the specifics.

They were just observing out of curiosity.

Living alone in such a huge estate, having such a large room all to myself, with screens playing animations and snacks... is this paradise?

"Ophis, there are conditions to taking you away. Once you're with me, you must listen to me and not wander off. If anyone else tries to take you away, you must refuse. If they intend to use force, you can resist, but be careful not to hurt anyone else."

Ren spoke earnestly and patiently, as if he were educating his own daughter.

Although the Ophis is said to be the strongest in the world, to put it bluntly, he seems to be missing a screw in his head and doesn't bother to verify the truth of what others say.

Ren felt that since he had managed to abduct her, others might be able to do the same to Ophis in the future.

Although so far, I'm the only one who can treat Ophis like a friend, I'm always just in case.

In his hands, Ophis was a harmless pet.

But in someone else's hands, it would be a unique strategic weapon.

Moreover, Lizevim is currently missing. If the seal on the Beast of Revelation were broken earlier than in the original storyline, then they could simply close the gate and release Ophis.

With his own abilities and in alliance with other mythological powers and chief gods, defeating the Beast of Revelation would be a piece of cake.