Chapter 27

1

The capital city, The Chishin Academy High School Division, Student Council meeting room on the first floor.

"There's only one month left until the president's position is up for election."

"Hanya, since no one else is running, can't my brother be elected?" Wenxin sat slightly away from the chairman's seat in the meeting room.

"But Qin Yang has been missing for nearly a week. His safety is important. Who is hiding him? If he doesn't appear next month, the vice president will take over, but the vice president of the third grade cannot assume the position."

"Don't worry, my brother has a habit of disappearing. After the first weekend of school, the pyramid incident... I won't know every time my sister goes missing."

"The first weekend of school? What did Xiao Yang do?" Xiaoyao asked in surprise, seemingly just realizing it.

"Cough cough, she's just there to make up the numbers. The repetition is more impactful with three instances." Xiao Qiong awkwardly changed the subject. She was the most beautifully dressed that day, and those who paid attention would understand what had happened. "I actually agree with Wenxin. The contract shares our lives with Qin Yang. If he dies, can we still live on waiting for him? So rest assured."

"Although that's true, he did disappear. I worry every day until he comes back. Shi Xueqi, who went to Jincheng with him, shouldn't be the last person to have seen him. And besides, Qin Yang mentioned welcoming challengers for the president's position." The vice president was not sitting but standing at the acting president's desk.

"According to the military's information at the time, Qin Yang jumped into the spell Eva Magic in Jincheng. Eva Magic was eventually destroyed, but Qin Yang also disappeared with the assassin. After that, the great disaster occurred in the eastern sea area. Although there is no direct evidence linking the acting president to the disaster, the outside world believes so." Tesha's information came from the military's reports, which were the most comprehensive at the moment.

"I heard it was to save a maid. Was she the last one?"

"The maid, Lan, was not the last one. Perra was the last person to have seen Qin Yang." Qin Ying walked into the meeting room, and all the members of the Student Council were present.

"Perra? Who is that?" Wenxin heard an unfamiliar name. Perra was someone Wenxin had never heard of. Perra only appeared late at night, a name that probably many people in the room hadn't heard before.

Qin Ying's face showed a hint of displeasure, as if Perra had said something she shouldn't have or something that didn't sit well with Qin Ying.

"To know who Perra is, you should ask your brother. But after the great disaster, she came to the Duke's Palace with the maid Lan. She didn't say anything else, just mentioned that Qin Yang went missing in the Eastern Sea, and asked us to hurry and find him."

"Oh! Perra, it's been a long time since I've seen her!" Lilith suddenly woke up from dozing off on the table. All the girls looked at her as if she knew something.

"Don't all look at me. Perra is the Queen of Vampires. Her relationship with Qin Yang is probably that of food and ally. Qin Yang resolved the restrictions on vampires entering The Demon Realm during winter break."

"Vampire!" Hanya was the one most strongly affected by the mention of vampires. She had definitely heard of the "Shattered Cloud" being used to hunt vampires. Even if her master hadn't explicitly said anything, whenever she appeared with the "Shattered Cloud" sword, those elders would reveal some information one way or another.

"What's with that surprised expression? Afraid of vampires? It's okay, I heard the vampires nowadays have been able to control their bloodlust. They just need a little bit of blood when they use their abilities."

"You see, even my brother didn't inform me about the alliance with the thousand-year-old vampires. It's really bothersome."

"If she's the vampire queen, then it would explain the consecutive vampire incidents in the capital."

"Oh, Vice President, please stop talking about these unrelated matters. The key is that this Perra knows what Qin Yang has done. We just need to find her and ask her directly." Yu Yuanching interrupted their conversation and got straight to the point.

"We can't find her."

"What do you mean by 'we can't find her'?"

"We can't find this person Perra. We've searched the entire capital for seven days and couldn't find anyone decent. So, today, I came to ask all of you with contracts if you can join me in the search." Qin Ying stated her purpose for coming. These past few days, she had still been acting as the Duke, dealing with many matters, the most crucial of which was clearing up the remnants of "Leisure".

"Where... should we search?"

"The five countries connected to that sea area. We've searched many places in the coastal areas of Othrie over the past seven days, but Qin Yang disappeared in the eastern sea region, so if not in Othrie, it must be in one of those five island countries. As long as we get close to Qin Yang, the contract will surely guide us." Qin Ying banged the table, speaking with conviction. She really hoped that the Vice President and the others could help. Actually, even if she didn't say it, they would still go.

"What about the Student Council?" Yu Yuanching asked this. For Yu Yuanching, she was more interested in knowing where Qin Yang was since she was here to provide information about Qin Yang to Ma Rutian.

"Only three people don't have contracts: Qing Xuemeng, Liu Qingqing, and Tesha. Leaving just the three of you obviously won't be enough. I also have to stay behind to handle official matters. Nofice has been in a coma since Qin Yang disappeared, probably due to insufficient magic power from Qin Yang. But relying on just five people, one from each country, is also unreliable. So, what should we do?"

"My sister also has a contract!" Lilith enthusiastically recommended her sister.

"Na Na? So, the bodyguard sister has already fallen."

"Haha~" Lilith felt a little embarrassed and covered her mouth and nose with her hair. She felt like she had said too much.

"Go ahead, Lilith. Is there anyone else with a contract?" The Vice President asked openly.

"Well, actually, there's no one else, except for Elena..." Lilith unintentionally mentioned Elena, and the atmosphere in the meeting room suddenly became heavy, especially for Hanya and the Vice President, who seemed particularly sad.

"Um, besides her, there's only Perra! She woke up because of Qin Yang's blood, and she often bites Qin Yang, so... she might... have a connection to him... maybe." Lilith noticed that everyone's expressions were even more strange, feeling like her tongue had gotten all tangled up.

"She bit Xiaoyang?"

"That gossip is crazy, letting the vampire drink its own blood."

"No, he's actually secretly raising a bunch of vampires!"

"Huh? What's the deal with my brother awakening the Vampire Queen with just a drop of blood?"

"Wenxin, it's normal that you don't remember when you were cursed with the dagger."

"Does it hurt when a vampire bites you?"

"It's like being bitten by a bug, except vampire teeth are so sharp! Although Qin Yang has tough skin."

"Is it difficult to find veins in someone with tough skin? Do they bite really hard?"

The girls suddenly changed the topic because of a focal point.

2

Qin Ying came out of the student council building and was called by vice president Li Liu at the entrance.

"Vice president, don't you trust me?"

"We will take care of Qin Yang's situation immediately, but I want to know why the internal conflicts in the eastern sea area are only now being announced to the empire." Li Liu asked the question that everyone inside the empire wanted to ask. This matter had been circulating among the five nations about a month ago, but Othrie had not mentioned a word. They must know something between the four dukes and the emperor.

"It was King's absolute concealment. Strictly speaking, I don't even know. In fact, we can't interfere with anything regarding the Dragon Clan, can we? In the end, Qin Yang will handle this. Regardless of how we think, today's events are inevitable."

"After finding Qin Yang, I will ask the King clearly."

"Third Princess!" Another figure stood outside the garden gate. He wasn't human but a demon, a demon lord.

"Forst Lord!"

"Hey hey, the Third Princess and Lilith can call me Coyalu. I don't care much about the title of Forst Lord. I want to live again using the name Coyalu." Coyalu's tall and young appearance showed his vitality after his youthful body was restored. His older self almost became a star of the Demon Realm's Red Sky because of Tony's dark sword.

"But you are still a demon lord. As a princess, I cannot be rude."

"Never mind. Are you really planning to go?"

"You've been eavesdropping, Forst Lord?"

"You were just talking loudly. But your decision is very difficult for me and Yuzhe."

"Difficult?"

Coyalu's expression became serious and restrained, no longer showing his youthful vigor.

"Yuzhe and I, as left-behind demons, are here to protect all of you. If you all scatter to choose my father in the five nations, how can we ensure the safety of the Third Princess and others? Aside from you, if you leave this room, the people in this room will also become targets. Since Tesha, it's clear that the attackers are not only after you. Tony, who was once a new demon lord under me, is definitely not an ordinary demon that can be deduced by common sense. So please rest assured and stay here. I'm certain that father also agrees with my decision."

"He agrees? He has done so many things without our agreement, so why should we seek his agreement?" Qin Ying immediately found a refute to Coyalu's words, and Li Liu also nodded in agreement with Qin Ying's words. Regardless, they had made up their minds to do this, and Coyalu's persuasion had no effect.

"Third Princess! You..."

"Forst Lord, if it were your wife, what would your decision be?"

"My wife..." Forst Lord actually had many women, but he only had one wife, who was the mother of Xiaoyueqi. He couldn't forget how stubborn he had been and why his wife took their daughter away. At this moment, he wondered what the outcome would have been if he had decided to search for his wife instead of stubbornly challenging the Demon Dragon.

"Well, please be careful," Coyalu said after struggling for a while.

While Coyalu was talking to the Third Princess, Yuyuanqing walked alone on the school path and naturally entered the convenience store, leaning against the counter.

"Boss, a bag of spicy strips."

"One dollar."

The bald boss sat behind the counter, holding a detective novel in his hand.

"Tony, is Pia okay?" Yuyuanqing smiled at the counter.

Tony put down the book and stared at Yuyuanqing with his bald head and tight eyes!