"Dust to dust, earth to earth, wealth, beauty, and ugliness all have their masters."
"But you need not suffer."
"Speaking only of the mundane world, so many lonely souls dwell alone."
"Yearning and longing are better replaced by letting him rest in peace..."
Dylan moved to a brisk rhythm, his feet dancing through a dazzling series of tiny steps. Like a small nighttime whirlwind, he circled around the Youzui Hunting Team and the Edge Hunting Team, humming a tune he had just learned, utterly ignoring Xiao Xiao's stern expression and the astonished looks from the Edge Hunting Team hunters.
The robe that had gotten soaked when he had "accidentally" fallen into the water had already been dried by Dr. Xiao's superb magic. Aside from a few strands of dried waterweed clinging to the hem, it looked practically brand-new.
But that did nothing to mend Vampire Werewolf's wounded heart.
"Z-Zheng Qing?"
A strange, petite witch came running up, panting heavily. She stopped in front of the dancing boy, her face bright red, and raised her hand as she stammered, "Y-you dropped something, something on the ground."
In her palm lay a cufflink set with a black spinel gemstone. Its pale golden rim shimmered enchantingly beneath the soft moonlight.
Yet in Dylan's eyes, this black, glass-like thing was nowhere near as lovely as the pretty girl's eyes or her fair neck. The splendid gleam flashing across the gemstone was also far less captivating than the sweet blood flowing through the witch's veins.
"Oh, thank you so much."
Vampire Werewolf seemed to have returned to the Full Moon ball at Thorn Castle. Like a true gentleman, he placed one hand over his chest, bowed slightly, and thanked her politely. "It is precisely because this world has girls like you, whose hearts are filled