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"My dear little brother, when will you come back ?" mumbled Kiara as she stared out of the window of the carriage she was in.

Ever since her little brother ran away from her back then, Kiara begun searching for him as soon as she found any sort of clues.

Sadly though, even though she discovered some traces of him, Kiara wasn't actually able to track him down, as by the time she arrived, Ben was long gone.

But even so, Kiara would not give up her search so easily, as the desire to meet her brother once again fueled her search for him, giving her strength.

Suddenly though, Kiara looked out of the window of the carriage, and towards the small village nearby, a faint frown couldn't help but appear on Kiara's face, causing her to faintly frown and get up from her seat.

"Wait for me a little bit," said Kiara as she suddenly jumped out of the moving carriage, causing the carriage driver to faintly nod and stop a few dozen meters away in the distance.

...

A few minutes later,

As he looked at Lady Kiara, who was walking towards the carriage with an emotionless look on her face, the carriage driver, who was just getting a good breath of fresh air, got to back onto the carriage, sweat filling the back with his head.

Thankfully for him though, at the moment, Kiara was in quite a good mood after finding those little things inside that village.

"You should hurry on, Elder Sister is waiting for me," said Kiara as she looked at the carriage driver with a smile on her face, clearly showing her good mood.

Hearing this, the carriage driver immediately made the horses speed up, as he knew that even though Lady Kiara was in a good mood, she was still not very merciful

...

Three days later,

The moment Kiara laid eyes upon the city in front of her, she suddenly shook her head, knowing that her brother was no longer here.

'As expected, by the time I've arrived at his location, he's already gone, I need to be everywhere at once if I really want to find him,' thought Kiara as she continued looking at the city, sensing the lack of her brother thanks to their blood connection.

But even though her brother himself was no longer here, this did not mean that her trip to this place was truly useless, in fact after walking through the gates of the city and to a certain house, a faint smile appeared on Kiara's face.

...

Silence, pure silence,

This is what Caedrel was hearing at the moment.

Neither he, nor his other two companions, dared to let out any breath, nor did they speak.

Interestingly, not even the rats, which usually made wondered around the wooden house, made any noise, as even they seemed completely terrified about what was happening.

Right now, three different rats stood next to Caedrel, completely frozen in fear.

As time passed, and Caedrel's weakest companion, who was just an official knight, slowly became weaker and weaker as he held his breath for longer and longer.

A moment later, just as Caedrel's companion was about to take in a quiet breath, a relatively loud creaking sound resounded through the room, as its door was opened.

After that, a single footstep made Caedrel's heart sink to the bottom of his chest, as whoever had entered the room walked inside.

"How pitiful of your brother, having to make friends with humans like these," said a rather young female voice, causing Caedrel's heart to return to its normal position.

...

"I see you haven't yet found your brother, Kiara," said Beatrice as she looked at Kiara, who was walking towards her with no apparent expression on her face.

"No elder sister, he has escaped once again," said Kiara, making Beatrice shake her head.

"He seems to have found some way to avoid you, after all, you haven't even managed to catch a single glimpse of him in these past three months," said Beatrice as she snapped her fingers, causing numerous ants to suddenly emerge from the walls of the room and take away the corpse that was standing in front of her and replace it with an unconscious but living human.

As she watched the pitch black scalpel of her elder sister cut through the flesh of the man in front of her, Kiara couldn't help but faintly nod.

"Yes elder sister this seems to be the case, now I have to go," said Kiara with no apparent expression on her face, causing Beatrice to faintly nod, allowing the young girl to quickly run out of the room.

As she stared at the departing back of the young girl, Beatrice couldn't help but shake her head, causing the humongous ant which had just entered the room from through another door to shake her head.

"Mistress, isn't it about time to harvest her," asked the earth and queen, Antonia, causing Beatrice, who had just carved out the heart of the man in front of her, to shake her head.

"It's still far too early Antonia, you do not have to concern yourself about things like this in my place, I know when that will arrive very well," said Beatrice as she added the heart to the pile that she had created, causing a bunch of ants to suddenly appear and get rid of the body, replacing it with a still alive human.

Hearing this, Antonia, who just wanted to help her mistress, couldn't help but lower her head in silence, making Beatrice shake her head.

"I do not have you here to give me pointers on Dark Magic Antonia, your purpose is something else," said Beatrice as she suddenly waved her hand, causing herself, as well as the pile of hearts beside her, to begin floating.

As she stared at the back of her mistress, which had two large wings on it, Antonia, who had been frozen for a while, finally got moving and walked out of the room.