The instant Risa’s fangs pierced his neck, she began draining his blood at a terrifying speed. It was far faster than anything Rhys or Meave had ever experienced when feeding her.The vampire immediately felt his strength slipping away.The gap in their bloodlines was already suppressing him, and now every drop of blood leaving his body weakened him even further. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn’t break free.“Stop!” Eryk shouted as he rushed toward the arena, panic written all over his face. He no longer cared about the duel. All he wanted was to save his familiar.Before he could step onto the battlefield, the supervising teacher blocked his path.“If you enter the arena, you will be disqualified.”“Who cares about that?” Eryk roared. “She’s trying to kill my familiar!”He tried to force his way through, even gathering Mana to intervene.Unfortunately, those few seconds were all Risa needed.She continued drinking until there wasn’t a single drop of blood left inside the v

At the same moment, Grace and Thalia threw open the door to the vice principal’s office. “Vice Principal! Rhys… Rhys…” Grace bent over, struggling to catch her breath. Wyndia looked up from her desk with a puzzled expression. “What happened to Rhys?” she asked. “Did he harass someone again?” Knowing Rhys’s usual behavior, that honestly seemed like the more likely possibility. Grace finally managed to steady her breathing. “Rhys has been kidnapped!” The color drained from Wyndia’s face. “…What did you say?” “Rhys has been kidnapped,” Grace repeated. “Meave just informed us. She’s investigating the room with Skylar right now, and I’ve already sent the others to notify the teachers.” For a split second, the entire room fell silent. Then Wyndia’s body trembled. Her face darkened so quickly that Grace instinctively took a step back. The floor suddenly shook beneath their feet. The entire office quaked violently as if an earthquake had struck. Bookshelves rattled

“!!!”William’s eyes widened.For the first time since this conversation began, the confidence on his face cracked.Rhys looked at him and let out a disappointed sigh.“Think about it carefully.”“You like comparing everything to chess, don’t you?”“Then let’s use chess.”He smiled faintly.“The only reason I moved my pieces was because the black pawn had already moved and exposed its own king.”He shook his head.“You and I were never playing chess against each other.”William shot to his feet.“You…”“What?”Rhys looked completely unimpressed.“Do you really think kidnapping me was the smartest move you could make?”“For you, maybe.”“Because I wanted you to believe it was.”“If you were truly as clever as you think you are, you would’ve realized that already.”William’s body stiffened.His thoughts raced back through everything that had happened over the past several days.It all started with the public execution.The academy had descended into chaos almost overnight.Grace became

The battle quickly drew everyone’s attention.Students walking through the academy stopped in their tracks the moment they heard the explosions. Others rushed toward the source of the commotion, thinking the academy had come under attack again.“What is going on?”“Isn’t that the student council?”“Look! Even the teachers are heading over.”Confused voices spread through the crowd as more students gathered outside the damaged building. Powerful waves of Mana continued pouring out from inside, making everyone nervous.“Is that Grace?”“Skylar’s fighting too!”“But… why are they attacking William?”“Did they finally turn against each other? I thought most of the council disagreed with Grace already.”The scene only became more confusing.Before the rumors could spread any further, one of the teachers stepped forward and raised his voice.“Everyone, stay calm. Everything is under control.”The students immediately turned toward him.“There is a traitor among the students,” the teacher co

Rhys and Meave spent the entire day wandering around the city together.For the first time in what felt like forever, neither of them had to worry about conspiracies, kidnappings, secret organizations, or life-and-death battles.It was just the two of them.They visited shop after shop, trying on different outfits simply because they could.Money was no longer something they had to worry about.Naturally, there was one thing Rhys was looking forward to more than anything else.Swimsuits.Before coming to this world, he had assumed they either didn’t exist or would be painfully conservative because of the world’s level of civilization.He couldn’t have been more wrong.The arrival of countless familiars over the centuries had brought pieces of their original cultures with them.Although the world still retained most of its own traditions, many customs from other civilizations had blended into everyday life.Including fashion.Rhys silently celebrated the discovery.‘Long live every fam