"By 'they deserved it', you mean it has something to do with Dracula Worshippers, am I right?" said Chris after a short thought, totally avoiding Kazuki's questions.
"Hmm... Why would you think I will answer your question right now if I refused to answer it earlier?" Kazuki asked back, with no intention to answer that question of Chris.
"If I am not mistaken, that music from the gramophone has a very strong hypnotizing effect, right?" said Chris, who sounds slightly passive-aggressive while once again avoiding her question.
This response of Chris had certainly caught Kazuki off guard that she actually showed a surprised look for a second.
"Yes, you are right, it is a piece of ancient music that said to be created by a Greek God." said Kazuki who finally starting to answer Chris's question.
"Ah... Greek Gods huh? Ha... I know someone who actually killed a Greek God in order to save a young girl, they told me that those Greek Gods are not very strong that the previous Dracula might be able to defeat them all at once. But I believe that it's has nothing to do with the Greek God, it's just the previous Dracula is the strongest Dracula that had ever existed. No wonder those worshippers are so hyped about that." said Chris, who sneakily turned the topic back to Dracula.
"What? Strong? If Dracula is that strong, they wouldn't even need a group of idiots to protect them with the life of the other children." said Kazuki, sound emotional, and fell for Chris's trap.
"Uh-huh... I did mention about the 'previous' which is the one that passed away about a thousand years ago." said Chris, who sounds a bit sarcastic and pleased by the results of his small tricks.
"Ah..."
At this moment, Kazuki found out that she had been tricked, with the information that accidentally leaked out from her mouth, she is now filled with a strong tension and anxiousness. She finally realized that man who is casually talking by her side is not just any simpleton pretty boy she thought he would be.
However, what Kazuki doesn't know is that she isn't the only one that feels tense and anxious in this room. Despite looking so relaxed, Chris is having a high level of distress as well. Keeping his composure while worried about Seito and the others is certainly not an easy task, furthermore, he doesn't even what happened to Sky, whether he is safe or not, as he can't really feel Sky's magic flow while Kazuki didn't even let him know or show him anything about Sky unlike Seito and the others.
At this moment, Chris's stress level is so high that he would destroy the whole place to save all of his friends but he knows that if he actually did so, they would lose this important clue forever. Thus he has no choice but to hope that everyone would be able to hang in there before he successfully gathered the information they needed.
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In the other room, Itsuki is getting tied up by a long steel chain on his hands and legs while getting hanged to a hook on the ceiling. Kazuya is continuously whipping him with a strong leather whip with a rather distorted expression without saying a single word. Despite being covered by all sorts of wounds of various sizes, Itsuki remained his consciousness.
After some frantic whips, Kazuya changes his weapon from the whip to a piece of huge bamboo cane and continues to beat Itsuki maniacally with the bamboo cane. After the loop of continuous beating, changing weapons, continue with the beating. Kazuya finally stopped his movements and spoke.
"You must be wondering what have you done to deserve this torture, don't you? Or rather you must have forgotten what we had gone through because of you, huh?" said Kazuya as he cracked his knuckles along with his neck joint.
While Kazuya is cracking his own neck, a hideous scar can be seen at the side of his neck...
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In the plain room where Sky is locked in.
After a short rest, Sky once again opened his eyes before forcing himself up from the bed. Then he started observing and examining the room he is in, and with no doubt, he found out that the door is locked from outside and probably with some extra locks, the door itself is quite strong and hard, it's probably not a good idea to break it by force. Sky sighed as he already expected this outcome. Without any choice, he continues to look around the room while examining the wall in detail to find if there's any way to escape the room.
After a short detailed observation, Sky noticed there are numerous of tiny ventilation holes which are too small for even to get one hand in. However, through the special pattern of the installation of the ventilation hole, Sky realized that there is actually a way to open the locked door. The pattern of the ventilation system arrangement is quite unique, it seems to be avoiding some specific area on the wall.
Sky examined those purposely avoided areas on the wall where he can reach without any excessive climbing, with detailed observation, he noticed some extremely tiny and slim metallic strings that are attached to the wall. He carefully touched one of the tiny strings and felt a rather strong yet unusual flow that constantly passed through it. Sky traced the path of the tiny string and magic flow before realizing that the tiny strings are actually connected to the door.
Sky took a deep breath with his right hand holding onto his chest that is still aching with the prickling sensation. After the pain faded a bit, he placed his right hand onto a specific spot of the wall where numerous of the tiny strings can be seen gathered and slightly sparkling as light reflected on it...
**Chris's statements on Greek Gods are just his own opinions and has nothing to do with the writer.
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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