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Duke Ariana of Franz.

A village on the side.

“Yes? Is that really all? ”

Merchant Lawrence has returned to his homeland, Franz.

Although home to the capital, Francis is quite expensive, so he decided to settle in the duc of Ariana, a little further away from the capital.

“Why don't you like it? ”

Even in the countryside, it is adjacent to the capital, so the value of the land must be expensive.

It was less than half what he expected.

Lawrence looks at the chief in front of him.

He's an impressive old man.

She's in her 70s.

It looks pretty wrinkled, but it's quite stubborn.

“What you said before is the price of land. I can't help it if I don't like it. ”

Lawrence looks at the chief suspiciously.

He has worked as a merchant and has been suspicious of unusual transactions like this.

“Is there a reason why the land value is low? ”

“It's as simple as that. ”

The chief sighed deeply.

“There's been a lot of disappearances in Duc Ariana lately. ”

“... missing? ”

“Yes, two or three people disappear a week. I heard it was the work of a strange demon named Palmer. ”

It's also dangerous.

I think I know why the land value is low.

When Lawrence showed his reluctance, the chief glanced at him.

“Or don't. There's no place in the world that can afford to live this cheap. I don't know if you know this, but the duc's population alone is more than 130,000. Do you know what that means? ”

The chief pointed at Lawrence.

“There are many times when you die of illness or get hurt by work. Maybe disappearances are actually related to that."

Obviously, when you're adjacent to a city, a lot of that happens.

Farmer is practically the devil of fairy tales.

“What will you do? ”

Lawrence's concerns didn't last long.

“I'll buy it.”

Lawrence told the chief he was going to buy the land.

That night, the chief temporarily gave me the village's house.

Lawrence returned home to his wife.

“Shabby.”

Lawrence glances at the shabby lungs.

“Whatever. It's good to have a roof. ”

Lawrence's wife muttered, holding the baby in her arms.

Lawrence looks at the baby.

The baby looked ugly.

Skin is as dry as black. I was too small.

Lawrence looks at his wife.

She takes care of the baby with a pleasant smile.

As a wife who didn't have a baby, she seems to think of it as a child who picked up a baby in the forest.

“Have you looked into the preschool? ”

Lawrence sits across from his wife.

She nodded and said.

“There's a church nearby. It was created by Rufel Olfalls, the former three princes. ”

“... the traitor? ”

“Honey, be careful what you say. ”

Lawrence shuts up.

She's right. If we misinterpret the stories of the exalted ones, we will suffer greatness.

Especially in Franz, the allied kingdom.

"This is the church the Holy Father supports. I decided to work there. ”

"..."

What do you mean, work?

Lawrence looks embarrassed, but after a while he looks at his wife.

My wife is smiling happily, poking the baby with her fingers.

Well, if she likes it.

Lawrence stands up.

His wife asked him.

“Where are you going? ”

“I just stopped by to see you. The Chief explained the geography of this place.We need to see where we live. ”

“It's late at night. ”

“Well, what's going on in this countryside? ”

Lawrence looked at his wife and said,

“I'll be back in a minute, so go to bed first. ”

“... be careful. They say it's hectic around here these days. ”

“Of course.”

Lawrence left the house.

It's a disaster. The Duke has 130,000 citizens.

Frequent disappearances are common among commoners.

Lawrence went to the town hall where the chief is.

When I knocked, the chief opened the door.

The chief is wearing a long monk's uniform.

You send Lawrence inside.

Lawrence's expression hardens when he doubts about the chief's outfit.

“Welcome. I've been waiting.”

Lawrence looks back, looking at the men beyond the chief.

More than 10 people standing in monks' uniforms.

In the center of it is a blood-stained rune, and you see a man groaning naked, tied on top of the rune.

Lawrence looks at the chief, swallowing a dry saliva.

“Welcome, Lawrence. You.”

This chief.

“I need you to go to the underworld. ”

He was a devil worshiper.

Lawrence hurriedly looks back.

At that moment, the man with the club struck him.

Lawrence falls to the ground.

In the fading vision, Lawrence hears the chief's voice.

“From now on, you'll have to struggle to live in the underworld. ”

The chief smiles and looks down at Lawrence.

“That way, Palmer will love it. ”

* *

“Palmer?”

As I ate the bread, I looked at Seran.

“Yes, that's what we call it. No, that's what the locals actually call it. ”

I crossed my arms and looked at Serran and said,

“Are you a vampire in human form? Then I won't be able to do it. You can see a lot of people every day.... ”

“No.”

Serran shakes his head to the left and to the right.

"The Vampire is not a human being. ”

"..."

Serran pulls out a parchment from his arms.

I looked at her parchment.

On parchment there is a picture.

Hairless baldness, long, elongated fingers, nose, and a monster with wide ears.

It looks like a Goblin with long jewelry.

What about this?

“It's Palmer. ”

“That's a good drawing. ”

“Right? I drew that. ”

Serran empowers the neck.

It seems that there are considerable craftsmanship in art as well.

I looked at Serran.

“But it would be easier to catch them if they weren't human. Or is he so strong...? ”

“I don't know if I'm strong, but I've never seen you before. ”

It's a contradictory story.Even though you haven't shown yourself, you still have this painting.

Serran put parchment on the table and gave it to me.

“Farmer never reveals himself. And yet they abduct people and lock them underground. ”

“How to kidnap?”

“There are those who worship him. ”

I could be a vampire worshiper.

“What do you mean, kidnapped? ”

“Let them fight each other. ”

I frowned and looked at Serran.

“He calls it farming. We keep people in the basement, we let them fight each other, and we feed on survivors. It's like harvesting crops. ”

“... it's a hobby. ”

“The Vampires do. I don't know if it's a vampire.”

I caught parchment.

This is how Serran talks about it.

I haven't seen Farmer, and I haven't found any trace of him, so I called for help.

However, there is a contradiction that details Palmer's character.

I looked at Serran, but she was single.

I sighed and said.

"For now, I'll send a trusted scout. ”

If the target is underground, there is no way for me to find it.

A place to explore and find nearby.

“And I will send you the Red Cross.

They are the finest in the hunt for vampires. They will be dealt with without delay.

Serran pauses in surprise and asks.

“Aren't you going to do it? ”

“It's not my job to do that. ”

“Then we shouldn't. ”

I looked at Serran.

“I want you to do it for me. I'll ask His Holiness to come with me. ”

“Is there a reason I should? ”

“I heard about your rumors. But it's hard to judge by the rumors. I want to see your power for myself. I wonder if he's really strong. ”

I've been having the wrong conversation.

I feel part of the content is missing.

I tapped the parchment with my fingers.

"Are you hiding something other than Palmer? If so, tell me, or I can't help you. ”

"..."

Serran is silent for a moment.

The twins carefully looked at me and said.

“Alan, I can't say that. ”

“Yes, this is something even His Holiness doesn't know... ”

Serran takes a breath.

“I will. You'll find out one day. Let me put it this way: Serran Ariana. ”

Serran looks at me.

“I can see the future through the House of Franz and its blood. ”

“I know that. ”

“Huh? How? This is known only to His Holiness and the Franz family... ”

Serran looks stunned.

“So what? Is it the apocalypse or something? ”

"..."

“Spit it out. Even the Imperial Court doesn't seem to be in a good mood. ”

This time, the twins panicked.

“... The rumors were true. They say you know how to tell a vampire apart and see through him. Are you reading minds? ”

I shrugged.

“If you had the ability to read minds, you wouldn't even ask questions. ”

Serran looks at me for a while and opens his mouth.

“Farmer actually figured it out on my own terms. You've inherited some of the power of the current King, King Zeyner. Farmer's just trying to sneak a peek at your skills. I wanted to see for myself. ”

"..."

“Yes, Palmer is an excuse. There's something else. It's important, so it's hard to explain. ”

Serran raises his hands and strokes the twins' heads.

“I can show you and tell you with visions and hallucinations. ”

“You mean the wonder of you two? ”

“... you know something? Only the Holy Father knows what the Franz are capable of... Okay, can you close your eyes? That's what Marvel and Bassel said. I'll show you what they're capable of. And I'll tell you about it. The real reason we're here. ”

“My lady.”

Charlotte calls out to Serran in a strange atmosphere.

I raised my hand against Charlotte.

Serran smiles bitterly.

“It might actually mean the opposite of a gift. ”

“That's ominous. ”

“Can I ask you a favor? Close your eyes."

I glanced at Serran for a while and closed my eyes.

Let's play a trick.

I also wondered what she and her twin brother would do.

You must be using [Wonder] to do something.

“Pull yourself together."

Serran hears a breath.

“I want you to relax and focus on your voice. ”

It is dark in sight. You hear only Serran's voice and the thumping of the twin brothers' heads.

“Soon, there will be debris in the world. ”

I tilted my head with my eyes closed.

“The sky will turn red. ”

When Serran spoke, I imagined an image.

I remembered the red sky.

“And..."

And...

“You'll hear screams. ”

“Gaaaahhhh -!"

I opened my eyes.

I can see the red sky.

The screams of the people are echoing everywhere, as if the eardrums were bursting.

- Hundreds of giants are waking up.

Serran's voice deepens, and his voice sounds real.

“You don't even know their grace, giants! ”

The Vampire King points at the spear.

At him, those with a dark, enormous shadow stare down at the vampires.

- Vampires want revenge, but they can't handle giants.

The Vampire King is in the hands of the Giant.

The other vampires are trampled under the feet of giants.

- We'll fight each other, but eventually we'll surrender.

The Vampire King kneels.

You bow your head and are humiliated by a kiss on the giant's foot.

- Giants will destroy the civilization we have saved.

Giants advancing.

I laugh out loud.

- It eats humans and crushes them.

They slaughtered humans for decades.

Lifts it up, eats it, picks it up and presses it down to trample it down like a bug.

- The first is our kingdom of Franz.

Franz's kingdom is on fire.

Numerous refugees have fled from the giant.

- Second, the Kingdom of Iceland.

“Everyone retreat -! Retreat -!"

White the Crown Prince raises his sword and fights the Giants.

- Three, the Kingdom of Rome.

“Sa, help me! Please, please. I don't want to die -!"

Barus Victoria, heir to the throne, is bitten and bitten by a giant.

- And the Holy See.

Giants have marched on the Holy See.

Tens, hundreds, thousands.

Shadow-covered beings flash and smile.

- No one can stop him. No, we can't stop him. I wasn't ready then.

All the strings of fate that I had passed so far were broken and gone.

- We're victims and sacrifices. The Holy See gives us time to save humanity. That's all I can do. And...

I opened my eyes wide.

A figure standing in front of the Giants on the march.

- What can stop them.

Wearing Amon's Skull Armor.

Since then, paladins in magnificent white armor have been pillaged.

- A saint chosen by the gods.

Standing there is the Holy Father.

No, it's not.

That's not the Holy Father, that's the Holy Father.

Holy Allen Olfalls.

I stood up for myself in the future.