Keep Your Curiosity

For the rest of the time, Ren played games with Nagisa Akatsuki, and the other two, which eased the awkward atmosphere considerably during the enjoyable game time.

It was nearing noon.

The scorching sun baked the earth, Itogami Island was as if it were enveloped in a steam oven.

From a distance, the entire island appears to be twisting and steaming in the heat.

Due to the aftermath of yesterday's battle, all the schools on Itogami Island decided to give students a day off. Therefore, although Nagisa Akatsuki and Aurora had already completed their enrollment procedures, they still needed to postpone their studies for a day.

Although Yase Kanon had already been enrolled in school, her school start date was postponed by Nangong Nayue to the same day as Aurora and the others because of Yase Kensei's situation.

Just as Ren was playing an online game with the three little ones, leading them on a triumphant advance and preparing to destroy the enemy's high ground, Nangong Nayue returned home using spatial teleportation magic.

Seeing Ren playing video games with three middle school students, her instinct as a teacher made her frown slightly.

"You lot, classes officially start tomorrow, aren't you going to start preparing for your lessons right now?"

Despite her somewhat unclear speech and rather young appearance, her petite body exudes a uniquely dignified aura of a witch.

Dressed in a pure white Gothic Lolita outfit, paired with a lace folding fan, her clear blue eyes held a cool and sharp edge.

Although Ren thought it was cute, he knew that the students would probably react like mice to a cat.

Aurora was even less promising.

Despite being the Fourth True Ancestor, she was the one they feared the most among the three.

After chasing the three away, Nangong Nayue finally looked at Ren properly.

The witch's brows furrowed slightly, her blue eyes held a hint of frost, and a slight smirk played on her lips, a flicker of disdain and helplessness crossing her gaze.

She clearly didn't sleep well last night either.

However, since the doll's body was maintained by magic, there were no dark circles under its eyes.

But all those words ultimately boiled down to a soft sigh.

Anyway, she had nothing to do with him, so it was none of her business what others wanted to do.

She simply warned him to be more careful in the future and not to lead the children astray.

At the same time, Nangong Nayue felt a subtle anxiety deep inside.

It felt like someone had snatched away your toy.

But Nangong Nayue didn't think too much about it, after all, there were countless things more important than these romantic feelings right now.

"I just went to the Management Corporation. The head of the Lion King Organization contacted me. The candidates for the Feast of the Crimson will meet tonight to discuss the specifics of the Feast of the Crimson. If you want to participate, head to the watchtower on the northeast dock at midnight tonight."

"Are you going?"

Ren: "I'm not going."

Nangong Nayue: "?"

Seeing the witch's bewildered expression, Ren lost interest.

What kind of meeting will the Electors hold Feast of the Crimson?

This scene is just like the "King's Banquet" in the countless Holy Grail Wars in Fuyuki City of Type-Moon, with absolutely no substance other than mutual boasting.

Of course, for Ren, nothing happens without a reason.

The quest hasn't even refreshed yet, and you expect him to deliberately go out into the wilderness at night to starve with other people? That's just plain stupid!

"Alright."

Nangong Nayue was too lazy to care, since it wasn't her who was going to participate anyway.

"I'm going to prepare my lesson plan."

With that, the witch prepared to leave.

But before that, she suddenly stopped and turned to look at the sisters, Liana and Veldiana: "Soon, arms dealer Zaharias, who is also the main initiator of this Feast of the Crimson, will land on Itogami Island. Due to the rules, the Itogami Island officials and I cannot take action against him for the time being. I also hope that you two can exercise restraint."

"After all, you are not participants, and you don't have the Fourth Primogenitor as a bargaining chip."

After saying this, the witch quietly left.

The two sisters understood that those words were both a warning and a reminder.

They were not electors within the established rules.

Of course, this doesn't mean they can't take revenge on Zaharias; it just means that if innocent people are harmed in the process, they will be considered criminals.

How can the hatred of killing one's relatives and seizing territory be easily forgiven?

Thinking of this, Liana pulled her younger sister to kneel before Ren.

At the same time, a new task also appeared before Ren.

Chapter 294 Keep Your Curiosity Intended

[Liana - Karyana has issued you a new quest]

[Mission: Family Revenge]

[Objective: Kill arms dealer Zaharias]

[Arrival: Liana Karyana, Veldiana Karyana Affinity +60, World Anchor Fragment *1, Random Reward *1]

That's great.

Even if the formal procedures of the Feast of the Crimson were followed, that arms dealer would still die once. Now that there was another mission to complete, Ren decisively accepted it.

"Get up, all of you. I can take care of that arms dealer for you."

Ren saw the two sisters still kneeling in front of him and spoke calmly.

Upon hearing this, Liana looked delighted.

She didn't actually have high hopes for it.

Unexpectedly, before she could even utter a word, Ren seemed to read her mind and knew exactly what she was thinking.

This made her wonder if Ren might have the power to see into people's hearts.

This kind of thing started to show signs as early as Gozo Island.

Everything that has happened so far seems to be within Ren's expectations.

Thinking of this, Liana couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, her previous attitude towards Ren hadn't been insincere; otherwise, if he had discovered her disloyalty, it would have been uncertain whether she and her sister could have avenged their family.

After she finished thinking about it, her respect and awe for Ren grew even stronger.

Afterwards, I'll have to give my naive younger sister a proper lesson, making sure she always holds Ren in the same reverence as the True Ancestor.

Ren had no idea what they were imagining.

However, judging from Liana's eyes rolling wildly, one can roughly guess what's going on.

He ignored it and instead opened the mission map to check the current target location.

"System, track the current mission objective."

[The location of the mission objective, Zaharias, has been marked.]

As soon as the system notification sounded, a striking red dot appeared on the minimap.

However, judging from the map, the other party is not currently within Itogami Island's territory; its location is on the island nation's mainland coast, clearly indicating that it is planning to come to Itogami Island.

Seeing this, Ren didn't plan to set off immediately.

Since the target is Itogami Island, there's no need for me to travel across the ocean to kill prey that will come to me willingly in the future.

On a night of full moon, a gentle sea breeze was blowing.

Compared to the scorching heat of Itogami Island during the day, the coastline is somewhat cool at night.

This is especially true for coastlines near the ocean.

The temperature difference between day and night reached an astonishing twenty degrees Celsius.

The waves crashed against the rows of seawalls, and milky white foam washed over the smooth stone walls.

At the top of a watchtower.

A boy dressed in a loose robe, adorned with gold and Jewel Treasure on his hair, face, and limbs, who looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, quietly looked down at the brightly lit Demon Sanctuary.

Black hair, brown skin, and golden eyes that could easily pierce the darkness.

He looks young, but he exudes a lion-like majesty.

Not long after.

A golden mist appeared behind him.

The mist twisted and shaped, eventually transforming into a blond male vampire dressed in a pure white suit.

"The scenery in the Demon Sanctuary is quite nice, Your Iblisveil."

"Heh, in the end it's just a fake land created from scrap metal and magic, nothing more than a pile of junk in my eyes."

Iblisveil said expressionlessly.

"It's an astonishingly large amount of junk, but that's precisely what makes humans so interesting."

As soon as he finished speaking, the blond vampire bowed to the young vampire.

"It is an honor to meet you, Your Iblisveil. I never expected that you, a direct descendant of the Second True Ancestor, would deign to descend upon this Demon Sanctuary in the far east."

"This is, after all, a past seventy years of leisure. To entrust this matter to those who know nothing of etiquette would be utterly unrefined."

Previously, arms dealer Zaharias led his men to storm his hometown, killing many of his men, damaging his castle, and even nearly killing him himself.

This was a huge disgrace for Iblisveil.

To wash away this humiliation, Iblisveil traveled across the ocean to Itogami Island to await the arrival of the arms dealer, intending to step in and reclaim everything he had lost when he appeared.

The reason we are here tonight is because of a notification from the Lion King Organization, which has gathered all participants of the Feast of the Crimson together to finalize the details before the official start of the battle.

Iblisveil came here hoping to meet an arms dealer.

Now, he feels that almost everyone he sees is mocking him.

As a direct descendant of the Second True Ancestor, he was nearly killed by a lowly arms dealer.

Even if it wasn't the arms dealer himself who nearly killed him, but rather several of the host bodies of the Fourth Ancestor under his control.

"Your Highness is so refined; I deeply admire you."

"That's what the blonde vampire replied."

"But I'm curious Vattler, what is your reason for coming here? Is it to devour the Fourth Progenitor, or me?"

Iblisveil spoke, a faint golden light shone in his pupils.

This is both a declaration of one's lineage and a warning.

It's not surprising that he would say such a thing.

After all, the blonde vampire in front of him was named Dimitrie Vattler. He was originally just an ordinary old-generation vampire, but his strength increased greatly after he devoured two elders of his own race during a war.

He was exceptionally active, and many small countries were destroyed under his rule.

Therefore, Vattler is also known as the vampire closest to the True Ancestor.

"Please don't joke around. My target this time is neither you nor the Fourth Ancestor. Even though I have a strong interest in her, aren't you curious about that person who has become quite famous recently?"

Vattler actually knew of Ren's existence even earlier than the others.

This is because the task of tracking down the remnants of the Black Death Emperor Faction that was assigned to Nangong Nayue was given by him personally.

Later, Nangong Nayue, who wasn't very familiar with Ren, also mentioned this to Vattler.

Thus, Ren came into Vattler's view and was placed in a very important position in his heart.

Unfortunately, he continued to contact Nangong Nayue afterward, hoping to obtain firsthand information, but...

"You mean that person? It's said that the current owner of the Number Twelve host is quite mysterious; he actually managed to snatch the Number Twelve from the heir of the Caruana family."