“Hey, where are you taking me?”

“…”

“Aren’t you going to answer? I’ll make sure to tell Sir Eugene later and—”

“We’re going to the royal castle of Maren.” the black-hooded man answered urgently as soon as Eugene’s name was mentioned.

The woman was sitting on a saddle munching on some bread. She spoke with a smile, “You must be quite scared of Sir Eugene, hmm? Why did you kidnap me if this was going to happen anyway? I thought all members of the Dark Clan were smart like Sir Eugene and the others close to him.”

“Keugh…” The vampire gritted their teeth. He was Rohime, a vampire from the Roman Empire. If he could do as he wanted, he would have made sure that the female, sick raccoon-like wizard would have died young. In fact, a single knight he brought with him could have made sure that the wizard could never speak again. However, he could not do that because the wizard’s employer was the King of Maren.

‘I thought he was a high lord or similar, but to think he was stronger… That means he is a monarch…’

It was regrettable that the plan had been put into motion before gathering sufficient information. However, there was no use regretting it belatedly. It had already happened. Moreover, he had already received a message from Crown Prince Voltaire to take the wizard to the Dukedom of Maren without laying a finger on her. He didn’t know the details surrounding the crown prince’s order, but regardless,...