The Accidental Vampire

Even though Razil sent Atlas away, he didn’t relax. He told his men to intensify the security of the City to make sure no one could get inside without them knowing.

Not only that, he even sent two of his Werewolves to sneakily keep an eye on Atlas to make sure they actually go away and not turn back on the way.

Atlas and others found the carriage, which was waiting on the edge of the road with the carriage driver.

“Atlas, two wolves, are following us,” Lilith warned Atlas as she opened the carriage.

“Don’t worry. I’ve known for a long time. It doesn’t matter. We are actually leaving this place.”

“We are really leaving?”

“Of course. We won’t be coming back to the Kingdom. We are done here.”

“What? What about Atlan? How will we get to him if we don’t come back?”

“We won’t get to him. We will get to us.” Atlas smiled as he made Lilith and others enter the carriage before himself going inside after telling the driver where to take them.

Just as he had said before, he actually told the Driver to leave.

The carriage started moving and left the place.

Despite the carriage leaving, the Wolves didn’t leave. They were instructed to follow the carriage for over a hundred kilometers before coming back.

“What did you mean he will come to us?” Lilith still didn’t understand what Atlas implied. What did he mean when he said Atlan was going to come to him?

“Look, we both know that it’s impossible to get the Key from Razil. Trying itself is foolish for now. So it’s better we don’t even try when we have a better option.”

“What better option?”

Atlas folded his arms as a smile spread across his lips. “Yovana, tell Lilith what you told me along the way.”

“What did you tell him?” Lilith shifted her focus to Yovana, wondering what made Atlas so happy.

Atlas gazed out the window, already knowing what Yovana was going to say.

“When I had left your room back in the physician’s house, I ended up hearing Razil’s conversation with the Wizard.”

“You mean with Zhang? What conversation?”

“From what I managed to understand, Lord Atlan is going to be transferred tomorrow. His custody is to be given to Zhang, who will take him, possibly to the Franc Clan.”

“Atlan’s custody being given to Zhang?”

“That’s right.” Atlas’s fingers tapped the wooden carriage. “If we want to take Atlan, instead of taking them from the Kingdom of Wolves, it’ll be much easier to take him from the Franc Clan. I’m sure you know the location of the Franc Clan. Don’t you?”

“That’s why we don’t need to go back to the Kingdom of Wolves. Instead, we just need to know the direction that Zhang will take to set a trap for him. Instead of fighting an army, it’s much easier to take down a Warlord. Moreover, I also have some personal scores to settle with him.”

“It doesn’t work like that.” Lilith shook her head. “If he is taking Atlan with him, I don’t think he will use normal routes of Travel. He will use a Portal Spell to teleport back to his clan. And that is if he is actually given the custody of Atlan.”

“I’m sure Razil would notice that I tried to steal Atlan from his castle. There’s no way he won’t notice it when he goes to get Atlan. And if he finds out, he would also know that it’s not safe to hand over the custody to Zhang in fear of us taking Atlan,” she continued.

“I don’t think that would be the case,” Yovana chimed in. “Even if Razil knows about what he attempted to do, he still can’t keep Lord Atlan. Zhang talked about some kind of agreement, and he looked really determined to take Atlan with him. That’s why he didn’t storm off even if Razil went against him on the battlefield.”

“Zhang isn’t going to leave Lord Atlan in the Kingdom of Wolves. As far as our attempt is concerned, I don’t think it will scare an arrogant person like Zhang. Instead, he would ask for the custody even more.”

“And why would he do that?” Lilith’s brows furrowed.

“Because he would be worried. This time, you were able to get so close to Lord Atlan. That would make him understand that we know where Lord Atlan is kept and how to get to him. He would insist on taking Lord Atlan with him, thinking we won’t know that he has him.”

“If I’m not wrong, Lord Atlan will be taken by Zhang, and no matter what Razil says, nothing will matter,” Yovana stated.

Since she was the only one who heard the conversation between the two, she had a better idea of where those two stood on the issue.

“Moreover, Zhang would be worried that we would attack the Kingdom of Wolves again to take Atlan. He doesn’t believe that Razil can stop Lord Castiel alone, and he openly says it. That’s why he would want to change the location, so the new location was unknown to us.”

“I also agree with Yovana.” Atlas nodded. “I haven’t interacted with Zhang much, but from what I saw, he isn’t someone who is going to listen to Razil. That’s why we need to get to the next destination and keep things ready.”

“Moreover, that is better for us as well. Even if Blood Council attacks the Kingdom of Wolves, they won’t find Atlan there. We can have an upper edge in this situation.”

“I think what they say sounds like a fair assessment.” Lancaster was also satisfied with the assumptions, finding them highly likely.

Even Lilith couldn’t deny that this was the case either. Every theory of Yovana was right on the mark, especially about the personality of Zhang. Moreover, it was only now that she understood why Zhang apologized to Atlas so easily instead of storming off in anger after Razil’s refusal! So he was after Atlan.

“Fine. We would go to the Franc Clan. I also have some old scores to settle with them as well.”

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The two Werewolves followed Atlas’ carriage for a really long time, covering over a hundred kilometers. It didn’t appear as if the carriage was going to stop or return.

After making sure, they returned back to the Kingdom. They went straight to Razil in the castle, informing them of what they saw.

“That’s good. Though even if they go farther, they can still return anytime. It’s better to stay wary. You did good. Go and join the others in patrolling.”