From now on, the vampire girl escapes from the world

"Lily... Where's Lily?..."

Ai'er jumped up quickly.

When I looked around, I couldn't see the petite girl.

"Damn it!" Ai'er hammered her little hand against the wall:

"Lily...what are you doing...!"

225. The Converging Road

Yarti, who had just returned, landed in the yard and pushed the door open.

Ai'er supported himself against the wall with his fists and forced himself to stand up, even though his little body was not yet fully awake.

Seeing the somewhat angry atmosphere in the room, Yaerti was stunned for a moment, then she quickly walked around Ai'er's little body and looked into the room.

The sheets were still in ragged folds.

The black-haired girl on the bed disappeared without a trace.

"Lily...ran out again?"

Yaerti was a little surprised - she seemed to have never expected that Lily could still run away alone under such strict supervision by Ai'er and Coco.

Maybe... Lily has a special ability to run around when no one is paying attention?

Coco was silent.

Instead, Ai'er gritted her teeth and said, "I was tricked..."

"...?"

"Lily was thinking about running away from the beginning... No wonder..." Ai'er remembered the several blood bags she had temporarily given to Lily.

I was completely touched by that pleading look - no, I was fooled...

In comparison, Coco is much tougher.

Not as easily deceived as myself...

But Yaerti was still a little confused after hearing it.

"...You mean, Lily used magic to knock you out and then ran away?" Yaerdi rubbed her forehead slightly, her messy long hair covering it, and her tone was a little puzzled:

"That's not like you, El. Are you too relaxed? ...With the magic of the elves and the five senses of the orcs, no matter how strong Lily is, she can't outwit you..."

Yarti thought back to Lily in her normal days.

He couldn't even stand steadily...how could he have the strength to knock down this elf who even acknowledged his own strength?

It sounded like a baby toddling over and shaking its fist - and knocking its parents to the ground.

Elle was silent for a moment.

"No, if it's Lily...right. Come to think of it, you don't know Lily at all."

"...What's going on?" Yaerti sensed something was wrong from Ai'er's words.

Even Coco moved her little ears unconsciously when she heard Ai'er's words.

This little orc also had no idea how strong Lily had reached - he knew she was very strong, but that was all.

In Coco's subconscious mind, Ai'er, who had always been dominant, might be the stronger one. But as she went along, this idea became more and more contradictory to her experiences.

There were often times when Elle relied on Lily. The two of them were equal partners intertwined with each other.

Ai'er was once a great elf. What on earth is Lily, who can be relied on by the great elf?

"I know. You've always been curious about how the wound on Lily's arm appeared and how it could be suppressed..." Ai'er shook her head: "But it's different from what you guessed at the beginning - it has nothing to do with us elves. Lily just used her original power... to resist the erosion of the wound."

Yaerti couldn't help but widen her eyes in surprise.

If, as Ai'er said, Lily was the only one who could withstand such injuries alone - what kind of monster was that girl...?

"She falls easily, falls asleep easily, and occasionally becomes sensitive. These are just proof that Lily is fighting alone."

As Ai'er spoke, her tone became a little low: "If it was the usual Lily... no matter what happened, she could easily solve it..."

"..."

"...I know I'm still too weak in front of Lily...but. I just want to do my best...to help Lily..." Ai'er whispered, and as if defeated by her inner unwillingness, she pounded the wall fiercely: "But...why, why?! She ran away alone again this time...Lily is always like this, always like this, alone, not telling anyone...It was the same when she faced the Beast Spirit last time..."

However, no matter how many unwilling questions they asked, they could only echo in this small room and could not reach Lily's ears.

Ai'er might still be angry at Lily for not choosing to rely on herself completely at this time. Instead, she had to protect Ai'er under her own protection with her broken body.

Yaerti suddenly understood many details of the past.

Why did Lily pull Coco out at that time?

How did he detect the person who had been hiding on the road?

And the clue to the spirit of the beast...why did it arrive in his hands so smoothly?

That Lily. Perhaps she had understood all of this long before this group of people.

When they first met, Lily's painful trembling blinded Yarti's eyes, and she failed to perceive Lily's other nature.

"..." Different thoughts mixed together, and everyone fell silent again.

Elle may know that Lily may have done something terrible, but she has no clue about the girl's whereabouts.

The worry in my heart about Lily's safety only grew stronger.

At this moment, Coco suddenly felt a little pain in her shoulder again.

A sparrow that flew onto the roof frame landed on Coco's shoulder again, pecking at her with its little beak.

“You bastard…!” Coco, who was thrown away by Lily, was already annoyed enough, and waved her hand again.

The little bird flew away, but flew back again with perseverance.

Ai'er suddenly noticed it and was startled: "Where did this bird come from?..."

Coco was also stunned after hearing this.

The window of the room was closed from the inside. This meant that if the sparrow wanted to get in, it had to make several turns, enter through the front door, and pass through the yard and the living room.

Maybe he didn't come in by mistake, but was brought in by someone.

"Could it be Lily..."

Coco moved her little ears and caught the sparrow's slightly anxious mood.

These animals do not have advanced languages, and Coco can only understand what the little sparrow wants to say from the emotions and movements of its calls.

"It said..." Coco said, "...it asked us to follow it. Someone ordered it to do so."

Someone? Who?

Ai'er and the others immediately had a guess.

...Except for Lily who is at the event, there will probably be no one else.

Lily couldn't understand the chirping of sparrows - but she was more than capable of giving them instructions using the magic of suggestion.

She believed that Coco might be able to sense the message she left behind - or rather, this message. Perhaps it was only left for Coco.

Coco raised her hand, and the sparrow circled a few times before finding the door to leave the room.

A chattering sound came from outside the door, asking them to follow.

"Let's go." Ai'er said, "Let's... go find Lily."

……

An Ling was sleeping soundly in the next room - I don't know if she was also affected by Lily's magic.

El didn't wake her up, but left a note explaining where she was going and asking the human cub not to run around like Lily.

When walking on the street, the atmosphere seemed a little weird for some reason.

It was as if something hidden here...tense at the same time.

The night sky was dim and a sudden strong wind blew through Ai'er's hair, brushing her hair over her ears, and she opened her eyes again.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion...the color of the night sky seems to have changed.

After following along the way, Ai'er guessed where the group was heading.

Maybe... it is the one that was finally solved, and it might be the location of the entrance to the artifact.

The distance gradually closed. The sparrows suddenly flew around in all directions, and no one knew what they were looking for.

"...It's like this again." Coco said:

“…It’s lost.”

226. The Last Door

"get lost?"

Ai'er looked at the flying sparrow in surprise. As a clue to lead the way, couldn't even find its purpose?

"…It was the same last time." Coco recalled: "An eagle led Lily and me towards Lady Ai'er, but we got lost halfway."

Ai'er had actually heard Coco talk about this matter.

If it wasn't for the interference from the beast spirit itself...

"It's the World." Ai'er remembered.

Last time, the battlefield of the Beast Spirit was enveloped by the world of angels, and the direct connection between the coordinates was cut off.

That's why the leading eagle couldn't find the way.

This time, I'm afraid it will be the same...

"Let's keep walking a little further." Yaerti took the lead and walked forward. She also realized that the goal might be the final coordinates.