163 088. Church of Caiolium -1 Part One

“No! Let me go! Don’t hurt me!”

The Second Imperial Prince, Ruppel, was screaming out desperately.

Unfortunately, he was still placed inside a small chest.

The chest in question was made with ‘Eltera’, the type of metal that boasted high resistance against magic. A Vampire who lost much of its strength wouldn’t even be able to resist when trapped inside.

Oscal and several Paladins stood tall around the chest. They were going to keep an around-the-clock surveillance during the trip, starting from this moment onwards. Since they were dealing with the Second Imperial Prince, they needed to strictly keep out anyone wishing to come closer.

Several carriages were lined up before us. One of them held the arrested Third Imperial Prince Ruppel, and White was also riding with him in the same carriage. With this, our preparation to depart to the Theocratic Empire was completed.

I shifted my gaze away from the carriages and stared at the Aslan royal palace.

…A portion of the structure had completely collapsed.

“Never mind gratitude, you still have to deal with the yearly tribute problem, don’t you? Actually, I’m also sorry about that. That wasn’t something I could mediate on, unfortunately.”

“I believe everything will work out fine, Lord Angel. It may be difficult for us right now, but without a doubt, the situation will improve for us in the future.”

“Well, if you say so.”

I smacked my lips ruefully. What a positive child she was.

Tina continued on, “Please call on us anytime if you need help. I promise to do my best within my powers.”

“I’ll happily accept the sentiment, at least.”

Honestly speaking, I didn’t think I’d be in a serious need for Aslan’s aid in the future. Even if a war against the Vampires did break out, there was no way the Theocratic Empire would crumble down so easily.

More than anything else, Tina would be too busy with managing the unstable Aslan for a good while.

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“Your highness.”

Even I couldn’t tell what they were about.

“How is it going?”

I asked, but that only elicited a groan from Harman’s lips.

“Your highness. It seems that this warp magic circle has been installed here since a long time ago.”

My brows furrowed all on their own from that. The ‘long time ago’ bit implied that the Vampire bastards had prepared several warp magic circles in various parts of Aslan, and that they did it quite a while ago, too.

I asked, “Does that mean the Vampires have been freely using warp magic whenever they want?”

“The possibility of more Vampire warp magic circles being installed besides this location is quite high, your highness. It’s likely that these things were prepared ahead of time in case they needed to escape in emergency situations. To make matters worse, the technology behind the circle is quite considerable as well. According to the Alchemists, they have not seen a magic circle technique this exquisite before.”

I heard that the Vampires had activated the warp spell without the use of sacrifices.