Chapter 215: Chapter 215: Loli Kidnapped? Yuan Descends from the Sky, Furious and Ferocious

"Slow down, young masters!"

"The person from the painting got out again! Hurry and catch it!"

"How are our food stores so low? Young master, how much did you eat?"

"Miss, please go check! Kuku tripped again. Don’t let him start crying."

"HUFF... HUFF... HUFF..."

Inside the old castle, a large group of maids chased after the children, panting for breath.

They were terrified that a moment’s carelessness would result in the entire castle being destroyed.

This was far more exhausting than waiting on Sam!

Sam might be a brat, but he wasn’t this destructive!

These young masters and ladies...

They were either climbing walls to see the sights or jumping in the water to catch fish.

Whose paintings just have things that can run out of them?

Who says they’ll just take one bite, but then reveals an abyssal maw?!

And that kid who loves to cry—his crying was literally deadly!

But Count Yun Zhenyue had specifically insisted that they be well looked after.

This left the large group of maids complaining endlessly.

"Countess..."

"Shouldn’t we send them back? I’m afraid the maids can’t handle them."

The Blood Race head maid reminded her cautiously.

Hearing this, Yun Zhenyue simply shook her head.

She couldn’t watch four children by herself, so she had roped in the maids. After all, this was part of their job.

But she never expected that even the rigorously trained Blood Race maids couldn’t handle it.

After just a few days, they were all on the verge of collapse.

"They’re just... rather energetic."

"It’s normal for them to be a little mischievous."

Yun Zhenyue scratched the elegant hair at her temple, making excuses awkwardly.

She had been focusing all her energy on learning etiquette from the head maid these past few days.

She hadn’t been watching the children as much.

"Big Sister, this flower is for you,"

Meimei said, running over with a flawless little white flower in her hand.

"Thank you," Yun Zhenyue said softly, letting Meimei place the flower behind her ear.

Meimei still had another flower in her hand.

She subconsciously said, "I wish Loli were here."

At that, Meimei suggested, "Why don’t we go find her?"

"Are you all bored already?"

Yun Zhenyue asked curiously.

"Pretty much... This old castle feels a lot like the orphanage."

"I’d still rather go play with friends," Meimei said honestly.

"Then you should contact the Marquis. Let him know first."

"Okay~"

Soon, Meimei had gathered all her little friends.

Then, she switched personalities.

She had a maid bring over a bowl of water.

In just a moment, the figure of the Blood Race Marquis appeared on the water’s surface.

But when the children said they wanted to find Loli to play with,

the Blood Race Marquis looked completely baffled.

"Hasn’t she been with you all this time?"

"No," Meimei said, also confused. "After we watched the movie that day, Loli went back."

"But she hasn’t returned yet."

Hearing the Blood Race Marquis’s words,

Yun Zhenyue couldn’t sit still.

’Loli is missing?’

She hurried to the side of the bowl and asked, "That can’t be. I saw her walking toward Eternal Night Manor that day."

Hearing this, the Blood Race Marquis’s brows furrowed tightly.

"Loli has always been very well-behaved. Normally, she would have returned immediately after leaving you."

"Could she have been kidnapped?"

Kidnapped!

Hearing that word,

the children’s eyes all went wide.

That gentle, friendly Loli was kidnapped!

’Let’s get him!’

Seeing the children all raising their fists,

the Blood Race Marquis said slowly, "Perhaps this has something to do with the Duke."

"Actually, there’s something I never told you."

"About... Loli’s marriage engagement."

"Loli is engaged? Why do you like arranging marriages for your children so much?!" Meimei asked, perplexed.

"Yes. And it’s an engagement to the Duke," the Blood Race Marquis said bitterly.

A giant question mark appeared over everyone’s head when they heard this.

’Is this right?’

"What did you say? How could Loli possibly marry that Duke?" Yun Zhenyue found it inconceivable.

’Their status, their ages... nothing matches.’

’It’s a huge stretch to even call it a political marriage.’

"It’s like this..."

The Blood Race Marquis then explained the whole story.

The Blood Race Duke can draw power from bloodlines.

He benefits most from young maidens of the Blood Race—the purer, the better.

The so-called engagement was really just a way to make Loli a living blood bag.

And it wasn’t just her.

The daughters of other Blood Race nobles faced the same fate.

After offering their daughters to him, they would receive a handsome reward. It was considered mutually beneficial.

Loli had known the truth for a long time and had always wanted to resist.

Furthermore, ever since the Marquis learned of the friendship Loli had forged with the orphanage children,

he had been planning to give up on offering Loli to the Duke.

After all, the orphanage was far more important.

If the Duke got angry, he could still go to the orphanage for reinforcements.

He had heard, in particular,

that the Duke had become extremely short-tempered recently.

Before, when he absorbed their bloodlines, he would at least spare the young Blood Race maidens’ lives. But lately, he had gone completely mad, draining them until they were nothing but dried corpses.

’Perhaps it’s because of what happened last time?’

The Duke had wanted help from the people at the orphanage to ascend to the rank of Great Evil.

But he was met with their heartless refusal.

Later, Elaine was also killed by the Duke.

It was highly likely that he now harbored a grudge against them.

But since he didn’t dare take revenge on the orphanage children directly, he secretly abducted Loli instead.

"I believe that is most likely what happened."

"Perhaps... this is just her fate."

The Blood Race Marquis said helplessly.

He didn’t dare let the children go rescue Loli.

Nor did he dare plead with the Duke.

’This whole situation is just too difficult.’

"Fate, my ass!"

"You Blood Race people are too cruel!"

Meimei’s eyes turned red!

To think that this Duke was not only cruel to outsiders,

but wouldn’t even spare his own kind!

How is that any different from a beast?!!

The thought that Loli might be having her bloodline absorbed by him right now,

was enough to make all thirteen of Meimei’s personalities explode with rage!

Pangpang also said in disbelief, "No wonder Loli always seemed unhappy, like something was always on her mind. So this was it. You guys are a bunch of bad guys!"

Shoushou tightened his grip on his brush. "It’s been several days already. Could Loli have...?"

Kuku took a breath and said, "No way! We have to go save her now!"

At that moment, the children turned to look at Yun Zhenyue.

Her eyes, too, were burning with rage.

"I’m thinking the same thing you are."

"We promised to see the cherry blossoms together next year. How could she break that promise?"

"Shoushou, draw us a plane. Make it a good one this time. Don’t waste a second."

Hearing this,

Shoushou nodded seriously.

’There absolutely won’t be any problems this time!’

"Hey, you all..."

The Blood Race Marquis started to say something more.

Even he was prepared to give up.

A daughter... he was reluctant to lose her, but compared to making an enemy of the Duke, he could only let it go.

But Meimei retracted her power.

His image vanished from the water’s surface.

The last thing he heard was a single sentence from Meimei.

"It’s just crashing a wedding, right? We have experience with this!"

...

「A short while later.」

Shoushou had drawn a paper airplane.

It was clear to see

that the quality of this paper airplane was infinitely better than his previous drawings.

Loli’s fate was on the line.

The faster they were, the greater the chance of rescuing her alive.

"Let’s go," Yun Zhenyue said, taking a deep breath.

"This time, let’s call it... Operation: Rescue," Meimei said calmly.

But little did they know,

just as they boarded the plane,

a broken hand quietly gripped the underside of the paper aircraft.

Yuan had come from afar.

It had been following the children’s trail all along.

It could feel their current state of anxiety and rage.

Yuan remained expressionless, merely lowering its gaze.

A stream of blood-red light flowed around it, and the chains on its body emitted a faint CLINKING sound, as if they were about to break free.

Because of the children’s and Yun Zhenyue’s pleas,

It had shown mercy once before.

This time, it would not.