Che Quan saw "himself" asleep in bed, seemingly lost in a deep slumber.
The bedroom door quietly opened a sliver, but "he" did not notice a thing.
Normally, this could never have happened. Che Quan knew all too well how alert he usually was. Trained into him since childhood, it was an instinct etched into his bones.
Yet he saw that his past self not only failed to notice, but remained soundly "asleep."
The uninvited visitors watched through the crack for a while. Seeing no movement from him inside the bedroom, they grew a little bolder and opened the door farther.
Wide enough for an average-sized vampire to enter.
They seemed about to come in.
Who could it be...
Che Quan stared without blinking.
He saw that the figures sneaking inside were none other than the two Old Castle guards.
They were Pureblood Vampires too, just of a lower rank. Che Quan heard them whispering.
"Did Lady Dess really give that order?"
"Absolutely." They carefully shut the bedroom door. "We have to get rid of His Highness tonight."
"H-how are we supposed to do that? His Highness is nobility among nobility, a Pureblood Vampire! Even ten of you and ten of me couldn't stand up to a single finger of his!"
"Shh, keep your voice down! Since her ladyship gave the order, all we need to do is follow it. No unnecessary questions. Besides..."
"Besides what?"
"...Besides, we have a powerful weapon. That servant was sent by Lady Dess to keep watch on His Highness. Once we kill His Highness, he'll collect the blood."
These two guards really did prattle on.
Che Quan grew impatient, and he was also puzzled as to why Jiang Cong had become someone sent by Dess. Dess was a pureblood noble who opposed him at