That same night, soldiers brought five gold bars, saying that they were found underground in the Valt family’s house in Moncha. The gold bullions emitted a rapturous glow under the torch and were beautiful, but Raven could swear he had never seen them before.

But the gold bars served as clear evidence, and his father and brother died in the dirty underground torture chamber. Even after death, their heads were cut off and displayed on the castle gate. All the members of the Valt family shared the same fate. All except Raven.

Ruv Tylen had begged the count to give Raven a second chance to make up for his family’s sins as the boy had been forced into the incident regardless of his will and because he was not yet an adult.

Thus, he was dragged into the den of demons like a dog. But even as he was being dragged off, he didn’t know why this was happening. He knew only one thing. His greed had killed his father, and brother… as well as everyone from his family.

“Sir Valt, Sir Valt…" Isla softly called out.

Raven returned to reality.

“Sorry, I was just thinking about something else…”

Raven suddenly frowned as he replied to Isla. Something was strange. The pub, which had been buzzing with activity just a little while ago,...