Kidnapping

[You have discovered a part of the past. Follow in your mother's footsteps to learn more about >Scarlet Vermillion<.]< p>

The message was clear about moving forward, but… Strax was thinking about something, and his response…

"I don't want to." He suddenly said, making not only Scarlet freeze but also Albert, who looked at him with an expression Strax had never seen in his entire life.

"W-What?" Scarlet stammered for a second.

"You heard me. I couldn't care less," Strax said, pointing at her. "Despite you being a hell of a beauty that I'd love to make my wife for the rest of my life, you're more dangerous than my father—and mind you, my father's supposedly the strongest in the Human Realm," he said rationally and… quite honestly.

'Well, I tried to keep him alive, but it's your fault for wanting Scarlet to train him. Sorry, dear,' Albert thought.