The Confession

As Ken was requested by Lacey, he excused himself from the banquet. After a while, he finally reached the dungeon cell Lacey was in.

"Ken! I'm going to be killed!" Lacey shouted the first thing that came to her mind when she saw Ken.

When he saw the tear-stained face of Lacey, he was a little shocked. Lacey was someone who was brought up like a princess and was taught to never cry in front of others as it was unsightly to show your weakness to others.

"Lacey, we're not going to kill you! Although Kazuya was truly enraged, we're not going to execute you!" Ken tried to calm her down.

"No… I'm going to be killed! I-I did something I shouldn't!" Lacey said as she started crying once again.

"What do you mean?" Ken was confused as to why Lacey would be so determined that she was going to be killed.

"I… I'm so sorry… *sob* I cooperated with your enemy. I told them that Kazuya was back and that Lilica was pregnant! No matter how jealous I was, I shouldn't have fell into their trap and cooperated with them! I'm so sorry… *sob*" Lacey apologized as her tears fell endlessly. Now that she was reflecting back on the incident, she was really impulsive. She shouldn't have agreed to the enemy's plan in the first place. How could she think of harming others so easily?

"So, the reason the information was leaked as because of you?!" Ken felt shocked at her confession.

"I'm sorry! I gave in to my feelings without thinking! Now that they know I have failed, they're surely going to kill me!" Lacey apologized sincerely.

"Do you know who the mastermind is?" Ken tried to ask for information on the enemy.

"No… All I know is that he has a very strong magical power. Even on par with us vampires. His lackeys are mostly other demons, but his hideout is in the human world. That's right! I have his phone number!" Lacey said as she took out her phone and handed it to Ken.

"I just called him in hopes that he would help me but from our conversation, I can tell that he's going to kill me! There are many spies in the palace too! I don't know when I'll die but I need to give you this information! Hopefully, I can help you guys track the enemy down." Lacey said as she felt that death was creeping on her.

"I'll give this to Kazuya. This is a really big clue! Do you know anything else?" Ken asked hopefully.

"I'm sorry but I don't know anything else. He's very secretive." Lacey replied, feeling dejected that she hadn't gotten more information on the enemy.

"It's okay! You've already helped us by giving this information to us. The enemy won't be able to do anything to you as long as you stay in the palace. I'll go bring the phone to Kazuya and come back quickly." Ken tried to cheer her up as he turned to walk away.

"Wait!" Lacey tried to stop him since she knew that if she was left alone, she would surely be killed. However, Ken had already went far away and couldn't hear her.

On the staircase leading to the dungeon

"Where are you going, Ken?" Lilica asked when she saw Ken walking up the stairs.

"Kazuya and Lilica! I was about to give this to you guys. Lacey said that she was in contact with our enemy. The one ho gave her the idea to harm Lilica was the enemy." Ken said as he handed the phone to Kazuya.

"As I thought." Kazuya replied.

"You knew she was involved?" Ken asked as he felt amazed at his cousin's intelligence.

"There's no way she would be able to think up such schemes by herself." Kazuya replied.

"You're so smart." Ken murmured."

"Of course, my husband is the smartest in the world." Lilica playfully boasted about her hubby.

"Urgh! Stop with the public display of affection! Anyways, you guys are going down to interrogate Lacey, right? Can you lessen her punishment? She was manipulated by the enemy." Ken pleaded for his friend.

"We'll see." Kazuya replied as he continued going down the stairs. He still felt angry that Lilica was almost stabbed.

The three of them went down to the dungeon. However, as the went near Lacey's cell, the stench of blood became stronger. This caused Kazuya and Ken, who were vampires to stop in their tracks. The smell of blood was a little too much for them. Both of their eyes turned red just from the strong stench.

Lilica saw how the two of them were affected and decided to continue walking forward without them since she knew that they couldn't go too near to places with a strong stench of blood or they'll lose their rationality.

Lilica walked on and soon, she noticed that something was off. The floor in front of Lacey's cell was covered with so much blood that made Lilica feel nausea.