Re: Love & Magic

“Phew…Finally, we are out,” Vernisia sighed as she came out from the labyrinth and appeared at the end. Several seconds later, Zevien also came out before Vernisia quickly hugged him. “What was that at the end? That bat shadow wanted us to go inside the castle.”

“Yes,” Zevien nodded with a frown on his face. “We also have no other choice but to go inside that castle because we can’t fly out of that place. That castle might be the only way to escape.”

“Hmm? So many calls and messages?” Vernisia looked at the calls as they were mostly from Erica and her parents.

Zevien also saw many messages and missed calls in his Digi-watch and read some of them before his face changed. Vernisia was also shocked after reading some messages.

“Let’s go,” Zevien said with a solemn expression as he and Vernisia left their abode.

“Finally, you are out!” Erica said with a worried expression as she and Dan had been waiting outside for thirty minutes. “What do we do now? If Alucard doesn’t reach there in one hour and twenty minutes, they will kill our parents,” she said as her eyes were almost teary.

“How do we go there in the next hour? It’s too damn far,” Vernisia said anxiously as she walked to and fro. “Can’t we ask them to give us more time?”

“No, he rejected it,” Dan said as he grit his teeth. “He believes that Alucard is in Starlight city.”

“Blood Sun Organization!” Zevien grit his teeth furiously before he took out his Star Door relic and infused 10,000 mana in it before closing his eyes. ‘The best place to open the Star Door would be that meeting room in the city lord’s office that I was brought to after that disaster,’ Zevien thought as he focused and tried to open the Star Door there.

“Blood Sun Organization? Are they behind this kidnapping?” Dan asked.

Zevien nodded while his eyes were still closed. A second later, he opened them as he managed to create a Star Door in the meeting room and then opened another star door in front of him. “Yowen told me that there’s a 50% chance that the crystal that opened that portal belonged to the Blood Sun Organization. It’s the only major dark organization left on the Gaia continent after the recent purge.”

“So they found out that Alucard was the one who took their crystal, and then they found out Alucard’s linking with you….probably via the Admission Medallion,” Vernisia said as she became more anxious.

“It could be other countries as well, but since Yowen said 50% chance of Blood Sun Organization…,” Dan frowned.

“They will definitely k-kill our parents,” Erica as her lips trembled. “They are a cruel bunch and won’t hesitate to kill.”

“What should we do, Zevien?” Dan asked with a somber expression. “You have connections with powerful people. I’m sure we can do something to prevent the worst.”

“I’m going to Starlight City right now via this door,” Zevien said. He thought for a moment and decided to get the academy’s help. “You three should go and tell the upper echelon of the academy about our situation. Listen, only tell the Headmaster and head teachers!”

After saying that, Zevien walked towards the Star Door.

“Wait, Zevien! Take this with you,” Vernisia said as she gave him her first relic, Restore Stone.

Zevien nodded as he took the stone and entered the Star Door with a cold glint in his eyes.

…

After coming out of the star door, Zevien saw City Lord Cargil and Merax pointing their weapons at the star door, ready to attack anytime, but they were surprised to see Zevien.

“What’s the matter?” Cargil asked as he saw a somber expression on Zevien’s face.

Merax stood up and locked the door.

Zevien quickly told them about the entire matter in the next minute.

“Merax, call Raven and tell her to gather near the Underground Black Star area with Touma and Blondina,” Cargil said.

“On it,” Merax nodded.

“I’ll call Yowen and let him keep tabs on the entire Underground Black Star area,” Zevien said as he contacted Yowen.

Yowen—, “Yes, boss?”

Zevien—, “Yowen, we are in trouble. Vernisia and Erica’s parents were kidnapped and will be killed in one hour. The kidnapper’s target is Alucard, and they are likely from Blood Sun Organization because Alucard doesn’t have any enemies except for them since I stole that crystal.”

Yowen—, “But I was only 50% sure of that crystal belonging to the Blood Sun Organization. Anyway, whoever is behind this kidnapping, we have to prevent the worst first. Tell me about the whole situation.”

Zevien told the whole situation to Yowen in the next minute.

Yowen—, “Alright, I’m on it.”

Zevien—, “Also listen, when you see any information going far away from the city in some weird channels, track it. Tell Electra to follow it. Blood Sun or whatever is behind this kidnapping, I won’t let them live peacefully. We have to get their location. If you get it, then contact Vernisia.”

But Zevien hoped that it was indeed the Blood Sun Organization because, that way, even the academy would work together with them to wipe it out.

“So, you’re going there?” Cargil asked calmly.

“I have to go,” Zevien nodded as he transformed himself into a vampire and took out his vampire outfit from the storage ring, and wore it.

“We will do our best,” Merax said with a nod. “Raven, Blondina, and Touma will enter the Black Star area in disguise after you. Since, once you enter there, they will focus on you.”

“Got it,” Zevien nodded before he looked around the meeting room. “Is there a way to leave the building directly from this meeting room?”

Cargil nodded as he released some of his mana and pressed it somewhere in the wall before the roof of the meeting room slightly opened.

“Thanks,” Zevien said before he flew out. This City Lord’s office building was one of the tallest, which made it easier for Zevien to travel directly to his destination without trouble as he was high in the sky.

“Let’s hope everything goes well,” Zevien muttered as he flew towards the Underground Black Star area.