Chapter 27

The only time he dared to look at her was when she laughed sluggishly and amusedly, echoing through the hole like a gentle breeze. Without thinking, he forced himself to look up. Her face had softened, and her head had become far more animated than the average shadows, though the devious amusement that had replaced her regard was still a little unnerving.

"Rise, immortal. What a sweet vampire you've created. Yes? But you're still a slob because you failed to tell me your name."

He winced, realizing he wasn't doing himself any favors in the eyes of the mother of the Dark Creature. As politely as he could, he revealed, "I-I am Darwin of the secret order."

"Ah! Good, I understand you're a member of the Vampire's Secret Order. Yes?" Alicia made an observation. "It's a beautiful order, but it's lethal. l it's from Redberg, right? Amid the Cold Mountain ranges, a place of death, great famine, plague, and war existed. Yet, witches are revered by the locals as sacred being