After I died, my personal maid rebelled.

My friends, please remember that your family will always be your pillar of support. — July 13th, Luna.

No one objected to the plan to sacrifice Cage. After a moment of silence, Medivh indicated that there were no problems, and everyone quickly began preparations.

Jenny went to fetch the man; only she knew where Cage was being held. The Marquis of Barton remained silent, simply squatting at the entrance of the Duke's mansion, sharpening his knife. Evelyn, under Medivh's tutelage, began setting up a magic circle.

Everyone was as busy as if they were preparing to slaughter a pig for the New Year. Before the pig was caught, several days later, Luna and Jacob finally had the opportunity to listen to Medivh recount various important intelligence.

Luna was mainly responsible for listening, while Jacob was responsible for taking notes.

Just as Medivh said, he didn't know how much longer he could survive in this form, after all, it was a forbidden magic recorded in ancient books, but no one dared to actually use it.

Therefore, every minute and every second is extremely precious.

"Your Majesty Frank and Archbishop John of the Royal City can be regarded as dead men. They are puppets whose souls have dissipated. The real Frank and John died in that catastrophe."

"No wonder, he not only doesn't ask for his wife back, but he hasn't even mentioned his children. I even wrote to him saying that his children can already crawl on the ground."

A hint of sadness flickered in Luna's eyes. Frank had been very good to her and very tolerant; she had even wanted to personally dethrone him...

"Child? Whose child?" Medivh's eyes widened suddenly. To be honest, his ghostly appearance was truly frightening.

"Frank's child, don't you know? After the curse broke out in the royal city, Leia took her child and came to the Northern Territory with a bear."

Luna pointed to Leia, who was organizing documents in the office area next door. Leia, with red eyes, buried her head in the pile of documents and pretended not to hear anything.

She was also saddened to hear of Archbishop John's death.

"Bring it here, let me see it." Medivh stopped talking about information and adopted the attitude of an old man who wouldn't give up until he saw the child, leaving Luna speechless.

"Stop fooling around, old man. Aren't you afraid of scaring the child with that look on your face?" Luna just wanted to get the information as soon as possible. If she could contact her brother later, she could help him quickly grasp the situation.

Stubborn Medivh glared at her fiercely. After a moment of silence, Leia, knowing she was in the wrong, wiped away her tears, ran out quickly, and returned shortly with the child in her arms.

Just a second ago, Medivh was furious, but the moment he saw the child's chubby little face, his mouth turned into a wide grin.

Medivh played with the child for a while, but unfortunately the child couldn't understand language yet, so he didn't say anything to the child, who had a few strands of hair pulled out.

"Luna, promise me you won't tell him anything. Please let him live a peaceful and ordinary life like a normal person."

"Whether this world will ever be at peace is still uncertain." Luna pursed her lips, as if suddenly remembering something, and couldn't help but sigh at the wonder of fate.

"My elder brother didn't name him; it's probably waiting for you to name him."

Medivh froze, then a name slipped from his lips, "Adrian, his name is Adrian."

Watching the child being carried away with a heavy heart, Medivh didn't even have time to feel sad before Luna said quietly, "There's also the daughter of a hero in the Duke's mansion. If you want to witness little Adrian's marriage in advance, I can arrange it for you."

Unable to tolerate Luna's impulsive nature, Medivh repeatedly emphasized this point.

"Don't be ridiculous. You'd better keep a close eye on my future wife! I've had enough of those crazy girls."

"Yes."

Luna drawled out the last syllable, "What do you mean? Is Thorne's daughter so disliked? She was created after a fierce battle!"

As the exchange of intelligence continues and the story progresses, a great sage named Baltazar gradually emerges.

This person is extremely dangerous. He is currently controlling the undead army, Diana's body, and a calamity that is the incarnation of a duke from the southern territory, and has also taken the unconscious hero hostage.

Luna was stunned. What a terrifying enemy! Let her brother handle it.

Luna was more curious about Thorne.

"You mean, Thorne grew some kind of metal inside his body after mating? Heh, what exactly is he? But my brother also said that his thing is like a tranquilizer, and even Lilith's emotions have been stabilized a lot because of it."

"mood?"

Medivh seemed to have grasped something crucial, but couldn't quite put his finger on it.

As the two were talking, the office door was pushed open with a bang, but the person who entered was not Jenny, but Eleanor, who had returned from the war.

"I've heard about what happened."

Elena casually hung her trench coat on the hanger and strode toward the spot Luna had made for her, with Paul and the others immediately following behind.

She crossed her legs and sat down, taking the hot tea Leia offered with a cold laugh. Addressing the head on the desk, she said, "Perhaps you could explain why the Central District is waging war against the Northern Territory?"

"Of course, these are minor issues. I've pieced together quite a few clues over this period, so... who exactly is behind Frank?"

Medivh sighed. The danger of any curse or calamity was not even a tenth as great as that of the woman before him.

"They weren't standing behind Frank; Frank became their puppet."

Medivh patiently explained again, as he didn't want Eleanor to cause another global brawl.

"Are you sure you can find His Majesty the Duke?"

However, it was clear that after digesting the information, Elene was only concerned with matters related to Oswald.

Whether it will succeed is still unknown...

With a clang, the door opened again, and this time it was Jenny who came in. She nodded to Alene and waved for the soldiers to bring in Cage, who was wearing anti-magic stone handcuffs.

Cage looked utterly dejected. What happened to the promise of being freed after the war? Why am I being escorted and imprisoned? Can't I just be given a quick death?

Hey, why is there a severed head here? Wait, why are more and more people coming in?

The goods were successfully delivered. Alini took a sip of tea and asked Medivh, the professional, a question.

"How many kilograms do you need at once? Is twenty kilograms enough?"

Medivh rolled his eyes at her. "I really don't know if you have any concept of weight."

The head actually spoke! Cage was so frightened that his face turned pale, but Medivh's next words almost made him faint.

"Let's unlock the magic-suppressing handcuffs first, cut off a section of the hand to see the effect of the sacrifice."

Anti-magic stone handcuffs...

Cage looked around and found that everyone around him was staring at him intently, as if they were looking at a rare treasure rather than a person.

At the same time, Luna, having drawn her sword, was walking quickly toward him.

"The Northern Command will forever remember your sacrifice, Cage. Consider it an offering of your blood and flesh for the Duke!"

"Wait! Wait! There's too much of that!"

The sharp blade gleamed coldly, and two burly men who had appeared behind him pressed him down hard, leaving Cage unable to move and only able to beg for mercy.

"At least let me die knowing why!"

"There's not much to explain. You probably won't die, but you'll be missing some parts."

Luna stood before him, raising her sword high. "For the future of the Northern Territory, we must use our own bodies to find our brother. Don't worry, cousin, my sword is swift."

Cage's face turned deathly pale as all the blood rushed to his brain to maintain his precarious sanity.

First and foremost, it is certain that they are using some kind of forbidden technique, attempting to use the flesh and blood of their loved ones to find the missing Oswald.

Luna cannot be sacrificed as a offering; otherwise, even if the Duke could be found, no one in the Northern Territory could withstand his wrath.

Damn it... I'm actually the most suitable one!

"Wait a minute, Luna, I have another question."

Cage was panting heavily. Under his pleading gaze, Luna stopped what she was doing and gestured for him to ask quickly so they could continue with the process.

He swallowed hard, biting his lip as he looked at the head on the table. "Bone...is a bone okay?"

Medivh replied, "The heavier the better; in fact, bones and internal organs are the second most suitable, after the brain."

"Then, what about the bones of the dead?"

Upon hearing this, Luna chuckled, "You're planning to dig up Uncle's grave? Don't even think about it. I already dug it up. There's nothing there, just rotten stuff."

A question mark slowly appeared above his head. Without time to think about the situation of his father's tomb, Cage took a deep breath.

"Actually, there is another well-preserved body in the Charles family, Luna."

As a member of a collateral branch of the family, Cage always knew secrets that even Luna and Oswald didn't know.

And that damned old butler, he clearly knew! Even now, he didn't step forward to help me!

"Before you and Oswald were born, the Duke and Duchess had a child, but their firstborn son died before he was a year old."

Seeing Luna's pupils contract as if she wanted to make a sound, Cage quickly interrupted, "I'm not lying. You can verify it with the old butler yourself later."

"Listen to me, your uncle and aunt really like that child, so they asked an alchemist to make him an incorruptible alchemical coffin. I don't know the exact location, but you'll definitely find it if you look for it."

"His flesh and blood are the most suitable for Oswald, the perfect sacrificial material."