Chapter 232 - 231 - Hearts.

"I knew you had some involvement in this, Meduz." Luna looked at the horned girl in front of her. 

"I'm sorry about that." Meduz smiled and then took a few steps toward Luna and the other four inside the room. Luna gritted her teeth and looked at Meduz for a while as if she wanted to kill her right there.

"Don't be an idiot, we need to escape from this place right now!" Seeing that Luna was standing motionless while looking at Meduz, Lyace grabbed her hand and pulled her into the passage that had been revealed behind the closet.

Lisa, Phena, and Burmax had already entered the emergency exit and started running desperately to get away from Meduz.

"I don't want to leave, that girl killed my brother!" But Luna not wanting to leave started swinging her hand so Lyace would let her go.

"You idiot, this is no time to be thinking about that, someday you will have the opportunity to do something. If you try to do something now you will only kill yourself." Lyace continued to hold Luna's hand as he pulled her through the emergency exit.

They were down a narrow corridor while Meduz walked behind them quietly.

"There's no use trying to run, you guys won't be able to escape at all." Meduz who was getting farther and farther away shouted as he smiled and showed his sharp teeth.

"Damn, that girl is crazy. I knew she wasn't a person who would help us. But I couldn't imagine that she was the one who killed your brother." Lyace continued to run as he dragged Luna down the narrow corridor.

He was nervous and sweating non-stop. His heart was racing and he felt as if he was going to have a heart attack at any moment.

But he didn't stop running.

Luna who was holding his hand noticed the state Lyace was in as his hand was completely sweaty.

"You need to calm down, you're going to end up passing out."

"Don't worry about me, we're almost there. After we leave the mansion, let's split up, okay? That way it will be harder for us to be found."

"But..."

"You will go along with me and the others will separate from us, okay?"

"All right..." Luna bit her lips and then quickened her steps, forcing Lyace to run even faster.

It wasn't long before the hallway came to an end and revealed a staircase leading upward. From above, a light was coming, showing that there was an exit.

"Where are we?"

"We are underground at the moment, now come up." Lyace climbed the stairs and then an exit appeared. It was a wooden trap door, but it was already open.

Lyace went out and Luna followed him.

As soon as Luna got out, she noticed that she was in the middle of the mansion's garden.

"I didn't even know about this emergency exit." She said in surprise.

"We just found out a little while ago too. Lisa, Phena, and my son must have left the trap door open. But that doesn't matter now, run!" Lyace took Luna's hand again and ran, this time in the middle of the town.

All the locals who looked at Luna seemed in awe because of her beauty and also because of her importance to the country at the moment.

'Damn, everyone is looking at me, it bothers me.' She thought as she continued to run.

"Don't mind everyone, just keep running, let's hide in some inn."

"In an inn? Isn't that dangerous? We can get other people involved in this."

"You're right... Then how about we go to a more secluded place to hide?"

"I think that would be good."

"All right."

Lyace and Luna ran toward an alley.

The two continued running for a few minutes before they reached the residential area of the capital. There were many houses, residents, and most children playing in the streets. Luna who saw this looked worried.

"There are a lot of people here, especially children."

"Don't worry."

Lyace kept running and moved further away, reaching a place that Luna had not yet visited. It was the suburb of the capital, it was a place with only old wooden houses and the number of residents was low.

"What a disgusting place..." Luna said after noticing the stench and the amount of garbage around the streets.

"Well, this is where people who have no families and no income live."

"I see..."

"Here, let's hide in one of those houses."

"Right. I need to sit down immediately, I've never felt so tired as I do now. I've never run this much."

"Hahaha, I'm not in shape either. In the old days, I could run for much longer and also faster."

"..."

"Okay, I hope there's no one here." Lyace forced the door. The door creaked loudly as it opened. 

Inside, some noises started to be made. Luna looked a little frightened.

"Don't worry, it's probably rats or some other animal," Lyace said as he walked into the house. Everywhere he walked the wood creaked, looking like it would break at any moment.

"What a dirty place." A huge amount of cobwebs were all over the ceilings, as well as trash all over the floor. The stench of mold and garbage was unbearable, especially for those who were half animals and had a sensitive sense of smell.

"Let's stay here and wait a while."

"Okay." Luna crouched down refusing to sit on the floor and took a deep breath. But as soon as she took a deep breath she felt like she was going to throw up.

'Damn that stinks.'

Without caring about Luna, Lyace went to the window of the house and looked outside to see if Meduz was approaching or something.

"Are you worried about your son and the others?"

"Yes, they ran ahead and I don't know where they are now. I'm afraid that demon went after them."

"..."

"But would she get out? A demon-like her would cause a huge commotion in the middle of the capital."

"I don't know... But maybe she has some way of disguising herself or doing everything without being seen?"

"Don't say something like that, it makes me think she's here with us now."

At Lyace's words, Luna swallowed dryly and looked around startled.

Everything was silent, making the atmosphere even more macabre. But fortunately even after some time had passed nothing happened.

Lyace who was also apprehensive sighed in relief.

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On the other side of the capital, Lisa, Phena, and Burmax walked the street while looking for a good place to hide.

They looked around desperately for fear that Meduz would show up.

"I knew we should have waited for them, what if they were killed?" Burmax who always maintained a good posture began to despair and act in a way that Lisa and Phena had never seen before.

Lisa looked at him worriedly.

"Don't worry, I'm sure your father managed to escape along with Luna."

"I'm not sure... " Phena at the side looked extremely frightened.

Seeing this, Lisa grabbed his hand.

"Don't worry, I'm sure everything will be fine. That girl doesn't have the guts to go out and kill us in the middle of the capital."

"No, I'm sure she has the guts to do something like that. That girl suddenly appeared, she's a demon, she has nothing to lose." Burmax quickened his steps and turned left.

All around, there were many old houses and some residents were in the streets.

"I think we should hide somewhere around here for now. We've gotten far enough away from the mansion." Lisa looked around looking for somewhere she could hide.

The residents looked at the three of them a little frightened by the strange way they were acting.

So many residents went inside their houses while carrying their children and locked the doors.

"I think they are afraid of us." Lisa smiled and walked on along with Burmax.

Phena, on the other hand, stopped walking and looked back a little worried. 

'There's something strange around here.' She thought as she felt the presence of a person just behind the three of them. She felt the presence of a person but couldn't see anyone, it was something very strange.

"What is it, Phena?" Lisa who noticed her sister acting strange turned around and started walking towards her.

"What happened?" Lisa asked approaching, but still, her sister did not answer her.

Because of this, Lisa took her hand and placed it on Phena's shoulder. As soon as she leaned on her sister's shoulder, she noticed that Phena's body was cold and she was shaking non-stop for some reason.

"Hey, hey, what's wrong?" Lisa grabbed Phena's shoulders and turned Phena toward her, looking directly into Phena's face.

Phena was wide-eyed as she looked at Lisa with tear-filled eyes looking like was in pain. Lisa looked at her frightened sister as she tried to understand exactly what was happening.

"HEY, WHAT IS IT? ANSWER ME! WHAT'S WRONG?" Lisa began to shake her sister's body and look at every corner of her body looking for any injuries, but she found nothing.

"HELP ME HERE BURMAX, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH PHENA!" Lisa screamed desperately as she hugged her sister.

"BURMAX!" Lisa screamed again when she realized that Burmax was not moving.

'Oh my god...' But just then the reason Burmax wasn't moving was revealed.

His body fell to the ground and a beautiful long-haired woman suddenly appeared while holding two hearts in her hands.

"What a shame...."