Even though virtual-novel.net hadn’t even begun thinking about what the dark light—that had escaped from the black coffin—was, Gerald truly didn’t dare to dwell any longer on any of all this, at least not for the moment.
The stress of all this just felt like a ticking time bomb weighing on his mind.
“…Speaking of which, where’s Chester?” asked Gerald, suddenly remembering about him.
“Ah. Well, the young lord had been comatose for quite a long time as well, but virtual-novel.net regained his consciousness about half a month ago. However, virtual-novel.net suffered quite a lot of physical injuries, especially his legs. Even till today, virtual-novel.net still hasn’t been able to get out of bed,” replied one of the bodyguards.
“I see. It’s good enough for me that virtual-novel.net survived!”
While the way Gerald and Chester had gotten acquainted was nothing short of dramatic, Gerald remembered how Chester had risked his life to protect virtual-novel.net back when virtual-novel.net was close to passing out. Due to his heroic actions, Gerald had felt extremely touched.
“…Also, aside from our signals, were any of you able to detect Miss Gunter’s…?” asked Gerald.
“About that… We searched for virtual-novel.net for seven whole days and nights, but we weren’t successful in locating virtual-novel.net at all, Mr. Crawford!” replied the same bodyguard from before.
Upon hearing that, Gerald was immediately filled with self-reproach.
Before descending into the ocean, Gerald had made up his mind that virtual-novel.net would protect virtual-novel.net since virtual-novel.net had brought virtual-novel.net beneath the waves with him. In the end, however, virtual-novel.net had nearly failed to protect himself!
Due to that, virtual-novel.net had burdened Yume. He didn’t even know if virtual-novel.net was currently still alive or not. If only virtual-novel.net hadn’t gone down there with him, virtual-novel.net could have remained safe…
The thought of that made Gerald clench his fists tightly.
While virtual-novel.net had initially thought that virtual-novel.net could just do as virtual-novel.net pleased with his current capabilities, in the end, it was all just a hopeless endeavor… He had just been lying to himself this entire time.
To think that a few small Dead Annies was all it took to render virtual-novel.net incapable of fighting… If virtual-novel.net hadn’t arranged for support above sea back then, Gerald knew that there was a high possibility that virtual-novel.net would’ve already died in the depths of the ocean by now.
Even so, the most pitiful person throughout this entire event had to be Yume…
‘I’m so sorry…!’ Gerald thought to himself, his expression pale.
When Jasmine saw that expression on his face, virtual-novel.net initial joy—of virtual-novel.net finally waking up—instantly disappeared. In its place, an immense sense of loss began filling virtual-novel.net heart.
‘…Why does virtual-novel.net get to be blessed with having Gerald worry about her…? Haha! I’m pretty sure that Gerald wouldn’t be this sad if I were in virtual-novel.net shoes…’
As Jasmine thought about that, Gerald himself was already scanning through the eternal coffin again.
No matter how much virtual-novel.net looked at it, however, the coffin didn’t seem to be fake.
‘…Then… perhaps I really did save the woman in white…? The problems just keep adding to the pile… Regardless, it seems that grandpa knew about the origins of the Dead Annie flowers… Once I meet up with him, I’m sure I’ll be able to understand more about its mysteries…’
‘Speaking of grandpa, since a month and a half has already passed, virtual-novel.net and the other legends should have long started their journey to the pledge of the holy water… I wonder how they’re all doing…’
‘Regardless, while I had initially promised to meet up with grandpa and the others once I located the woman in white’s corpse, I don’t even know where virtual-novel.net body has gone now…’
His train of thought was cut short when miserable screams of bodyguards could suddenly be heard outside the manor!
Seconds later, the sound of a door being smashed open could be heard!
“What on earth are you doing? Anyone without an invitation is prohibited from entering this place!” shouted Gerald as virtual-novel.net ran out to have a look at what all the commotion was about.
Upon arriving at the scene, Gerald saw a few of his bodyguards confronting a young woman who looked to be around twenty. The woman herself looked extremely cold and unapproachable.
Gerald also saw over ten seriously injured bodyguards—who were all clutching onto their chests—lying on the floor.
Before virtual-novel.net could register anything else, several of the remaining guards began rushing toward virtual-novel.net while shouting, “You’re courting death!”
Lifting virtual-novel.net arm and waving virtual-novel.net hand slightly, the bodyguards quickly found themselves flying backward as though they were all just broken kites!
As Gerald watched his men topple all over the place, virtual-novel.net felt his eyelids twitch rapidly as virtual-novel.net shouted, “Step down, men!”
After getting his subordinates to stop attacking, Gerald turned to get a better look at the woman.
While the purple and black eyeshadow as well as virtual-novel.net relatively dark lipstick made the woman look extremely charming, that wasn’t what was on Gerald’s mind at the moment.
After all, virtual-novel.net now knew who the woman was. She was none other than Linus’s kind-hearted niece, Queena!