Inside the restaurant, a young woman was lying on a bed. Her dark hair was so long that they came down to her bosoms. Unfortunately, she wasn’t up. Her eyes were closed as she remained unmoving. Only heavy breathing could be heard from her.

Her lips had turned red, and her face turned pale, making her seem like the people who were surrounding her.

An old man, seemingly in his sixties, was sitting near the woman with a table before him. A bowl was on the table in which he was crushing some herbs to make something.

Many different kinds of herbs were spread all around the table.

“Some water,” the old man commented, reaching out his hand towards the back. A dark-haired Vampire picked up a jug of water and handed it over to the man, who dropped a few droplets of water in the bowl before keeping the jug down.

Everyone in the hall was worried about the woman on the bed who had just been poisoned, but not everyone was worried for the same reason.

The old man was worried because he knew the importance of time. If he delayed a lot, the woman could die, and she could be executed for not being able to save her.

On the other hand, the Vampires were worried that they were going to be killed by Lord Carlisle for failing to protect Yovana. She was poisoned in their presence, and they didn’t even know.

There was another person who was worried. A middle-aged man was standing in the back, biting his nails. It was his restaurant, and it was their food that had brought Yovana to this condition. Even if she was healed, he was going to get in trouble, but if she wasn’t healed, he could only imagine the kind of trouble he was going to be in.

He still didn’t know who could’ve poisoned the food and why.

A red-haired Vampire glared back at the middle-aged man. “If anything happened to her, I would personally crush your skull.”

“I am not behind it,” the short bald man responded, struggling to get his voice out. He gulped again. ” I’m sure that bastard is behind it! Since I fired him today, he did something to the food to mess with me!”

“Don’t worry. I sent someone to bring him here as well. Even if he’s behind it, you’ll die together with him if something happens to lady Yovana,” the Red-haired Vampire stated again as his deep red eyes looked at the restaurant owner.

“How long before your medicine is ready, doctor?” He shifted his attention to the white-haired doctor. “Her condition is critical!”

“Patience, Lord Lorenz. This isn’t easy. I need to make sure that everything is in perfect quality, or I’ll have to make the concoction again, and we can’t afford that,” the doctor responded as he kept hitting the bowl.

After a few seconds, he wiped his forehead, which was covered in sweat. “We are done. Open her lips.”

Lorenz stepped forward and opened the mouth of Yovana.

The old man also stood up with the bowl and placed it near the lips of the beautiful woman. He started pouring down the medicine inside her mouth, emptying the bowl, which didn’t have much anyway.

He kept the bowl on the side and checked the nerves of Yovana. “You can close her mouth and make sure it doesn’t spill out. She should be fine by morning if nothing goes wrong.”

Boom~

The door of the room opened, and two middle-aged men barged inside, seemingly worried. The two men were followed by their human guards, who stood outside.

“We came as soon as we heard. How is Lady Yovana?” Both the men asked at the same time.

The restaurant owner looked at the two men, slightly surprised. The two great family heads were here as well. This thing was escalating so much. Now the one person who wasn’t here was Lord Carlisle, and if he came here, then it was game over for him.

Weiss and Igor family heads were here, both seemingly worried. However, the Weiss family head seemed more worried as this land was under his authority, and he had given the permission for the restaurant to run here.

He glared at the restaurant owner as if he was going to eat him alive.

“According to the doctor, she should be fine. However, that doesn’t mean we will drop this matter! Someone attempted to poison lady Yovana! This was an indirect attack on the Carlisle Family and Lord Carlisle. Whoever did it won’t be forgiven!” Lorenz exclaimed.

It was evident that he was controlling his anger a lot. He wanted to crush the neck of the restaurant owner already. However, he was controlling himself since he wanted to find the real culprit who could’ve dared to do it.

He knew that the restaurant owner wasn’t behind it! That man could never dare to do it since it was his restaurant, and he was going to die first if anything happened to lady Yovana here.

“Of course! Whoever did it need to be punished! This isn’t a small thing! That person needs to be made an example of!” Weiss’ family head exclaimed.

“Oh, that we’ll make. Don’t worry,” Lorenz smiled as he glanced back at the restaurant owner. However, his smile wasn’t a happy smile. It was a terrifying smile as if a devil was smiling. His two sharp fangs came to sight through that smile.

The restaurant owner glanced at the door, eagerly waiting for Lancaster to be brought here so he could be free.

Outside the restaurant, the two Vampires were getting closer with Lorenz.

From another end, Atlas was also moving closer to them, patting his chest. He knew he had a tall mountain to climb. Not only did he need to stop the two Vampires without letting even a blood drop fall, but he also needed to make them free Lancaster. At the same time, he needed to keep his identity as a Progenitor secret.

Lancaster raised his glance, stunned to find Atlas coming toward him.

“Huh?” Confused, he looked back, slightly surprised. Didn’t they leave Atlas behind in the house? How did he reach the restaurant before them?

‘Even if he’s a Vampire, how did he get here so fast without being seen? Also, why is he even here? Is he here to free me? Don’t tell me he’s going to fight the Vampires? He can’t do it! Everyone will know about him! His plan will be spoiled! He needs to stay a secret for his sister! I can’t let him do it!’ he thought.

Looking straight into Atlas’s eyes, he started gesturing him through his eyes, telling Atlas to leave and let him go! He also moved his lips, repeatedly saying, ‘Go.’

He made sure to not even whisper so Vampires couldn’t hear him.

Seeing his gestures, Atlas was pleasantly surprised. Even at a time like this, he was worried about him.

“See, Lilith?” Atlas muttered. “That’s why he’s worth saving.”

“I still don’t understand how you’ll do it. Just remember, one wrong step, and you won’t get a redo!” Lilith responded, sighing.

Atlas didn’t say anything as he adjusted his cloak properly to make sure his face was properly hidden.

There was only a five-meter gap between the two sides, and each step was decreasing that distance.

Finally, Atlas reached the Vampires.

“Lancaster? What are you doing back here again? Didn’t I leave you home an hour ago after you were kicked out of the restaurant for dropping water on a lady accidentally?” he exclaimed as if he was really surprised to see Atlas here again.

Innocently, he didn’t forget to mention the exact time when he had taken Lancaster back, also mentioning that it was right after Lancaster was fired for dropping water, so he didn’t have time to poison. In one line, he let out all the crucial information out and hoped that the Vampires caught it.

Lancaster understood what Atlas was trying to do. He wasn’t here to fight, but he was here as a witness.

The two Vampires also stopped, seemingly lost in some thought. They looked back at Lancaster.

“I’m being accused of poisoning Lady Yovana after I was fired. They don’t believe me! I’m so glad that you happened to be here! Maybe you can prove my innocence!” Lancaster exclaimed. “I wasn’t even here when that happened since I was with you on my way back home.”

“Of course.” Atlas agreed.

The leading Vampire frowned. “Are you sure it was right after he spilled the water that you took him?”

“Of course. I remember walking right here when I saw him being tossed out by the shop owner. I asked him what happened, and he told me about the water incident. I took him home. My Lords, I’m being honest. This man couldn’t have done it. He was with me. Someone is trying to fool you!”

The frown on the Vampire’s faces became deeper as they looked at each other. If it was true, then it certainly proved that Lancaster was innocent, but they couldn’t let him go after bringing him so far. They needed to bring him to Lorenz for him to decide.

Both of them nodded at each other before they turned to Atlas. “So you’re a witness.”

Atlas nodded.

“Good. Repeat the same statement before Lorenz. He will decide what to do with Lancaster. However, if you’re caught lying, you’ll be punished in the same way.” The Vampire stated.

Hearing that he would need to come as well, Atlas was gobsmacked. There were too many people there who had seen him in the first. If they got to know he was here, the situation was going to get from bad to worse.

He wanted to find a way out, but it was too late. His hand was grabbed by the leading Vampire as he was taken back to the restaurant! The only way to free himself was to show his strength which was to put him in even more trouble.