Eternal Thief

Chapter 1553: Getting Noticed! (1)

“Yes, yes, hello Father. You summoned me. Why?”

Veyra smirked as she playfully chided, almost looking like another version of Seris, “Be nice, Seris. Your father’s heart might stop.”

Seris giggled at her mother’s silent taunt to her father, “If it did, I’d just restart it. His hall is literally beating anyway.”

The Marquis closed his eyes for a moment and sighed in exasperation because in this abyss, the only thing he couldn’t deal with was these two women whom he cared for and loved the most.

“…She truly inherited your tongue.” He muttered wryly.

Veyra smiled serenely, a hidden danger lurking behind it, “You say that as though it displeases you.”

Marquis Blood Fiend did not comment; instead, his gaze hardened as he looked at his daughter.

“Enough. Seris, this matter is important. Sit.”

But Seris only clung tighter to her mother, her playful red eyes gleaming, not afraid at all with Veyra beside her.

“Important enough to pull me from my Heart Chamber?” She teased. “Then it must be something… interesting~.”

Exasperated, he looked at Veyra meaningfully, clearly wanting her to talk some sense into Seris, but he was speechless when Veyra ignored him and continued to cuddle her daughter.

Marquis Blood Fiend finally gave up on instilling manners in his daughter after all; as long as she only did it when they were alone, it didn’t matter, and he knew that if someone else were present, Seris would’ve acted appropriately.

“This is indeed interesting…” Marquis Blood Fiend spoke with a hint of bloodlust flickering in his fiendish eyes, almost mirroring his daughter’s, “See for yourself!”

The next moment, Marquis Blood Fiend pointed his finger at Seris’s forehead, and a crimson streak flashed into her head, and she didn’t dodge.

Once the crimson streak entered her forehead, Seris closed her eyes, and Veyra didn’t disturb her while she continued to stroke her daughter’s hair lovingly.

“Ahem, don’t spoil her too much, or when the time comes…” Marquis Blood Fiend sent a spirit transmission to Veyra.

However, before he could finish his sentence, Veyra gave him a deadly glare in warning and coldly replied through spirit transmission, “I don’t want to discuss that right now. Let’s see when the time is upon us!”

Marquis Blood Fiend silently yet profoundly looked at Veyra, nodded, and sighed ruefully before glancing at his daughter dotingly.

At that moment, Marquis Blood Fiend’s expression instantly became stern again because Seris had opened her eyes, and they were filled with astonishment.

She looked at her father and questioned with a hint of disbelief, “Is all of this really taking place in that backwater Black Hermit City? Even her highness has gone there?”

Marquis Blood Fiend solemnly nodded, “Indeed, this information is the most recent one I’ve acquired through my sources. Moreover, from a friend of mine, I’ve acquired another piece of information that I’ve already shared with you.

“Furthermore, by now, the others within the Hollow Ring and neighboring territories, especially other Dukes, have also heard about this news. Right now, probably all eyes are on the Black Hermit City, and the actions of her highness, Dread Duchess.”

A cunning light flashed past Seris’s eyes as if she picked up the underlying meaning within her father’s words, and she didn’t seem like that spoiled girl at all anymore, but an astute lord.

“This ’Young Lord Nomad’, who is he? Before he was followed by the Vault Keeper and made the Abyssal Bone Marquis lose almost all his face in public, and now he was being followed around by Mirage Shadow in Black Hermit City.

Lastly, this upheaval seemed to be related to Young Lord Nomad, and the Dread Duchess’s personal visit to the Black Hermit City is most likely related to him as well. Just who is he, and why is the Dread Duchess paying so much attention to me?” Seris couldn’t help but ask her father while silently concluding on her own.

Marquis Blood Fiend knew his daughter well as he merely stated, “Haven’t you already concluded? Well, I’ll still give you my opinion based on another matter that I haven’t shared with you.

“A few nights back, the entire Evernight Council seemed to have done something, and I only know that in this event, at least five Evernight Dukes have personally moved, and her highness, the Dread Duchess, was among them.

“No one knows what they did because everyone is keeping a close lid on it, not to mention every member involved in this event was a big shot of the sanctuary, not to mention the Evernight Dukes.

“However, with that kind of force gathering all of a sudden, people are bound to notice, not only that, this force could easily annihilate 95% of the entire Abyssal Plains. But nothing like that sort of happened, and they all came back with nothing to be found about what they’ve done.

“Lastly, after this mysterious gathering, the Evernight Council is opening the gates of Evernight Sanctuary well before the appointed time, and the rumor is that this protocol is for an esteemed guest of the Evernight Council. This is all I know for now…”

Seris was astounded when she heard this ridiculous piece of information, and even her mother, Veyra, had a similar look on her face, since it was her first time hearing about this event.

All of a sudden, Seris seemed to have discovered something as she couldn’t help but exclaim in disbelief, “Wait! You’re telling all of this right after revealing the information about the Black Hermit City, and the focus of this information being this Young Lord Nomad…

“Finally, that esteemed guest of the Evernight Council for whom they are going to open the Evernight Sanctuary…don’t tell me it is exactly this Young Lord Nomad?!”

Veyra was also astounded as she looked at Marquis Blood Fiend for confirmation. Although Seris had inherited her personality, her mind, all of it came from her father.

Marquis Blood Fiend’s lips curled up with a hint of approval, “It’s just a speculation, but based on all the clues, the chance of it turning out to be true is extremely high. That’s why, before others realized the same thing, I need to contact this Young Lord Nomad and see if you can befriend him!”

Suddenly, Marquis Blood Fiend’s expression turned grave as he meaningfully added, “And who knows, he might be able to help you with your situation!”