Can the sadness that magic cannot take away be offset by love?

*

Despite his family's objections, Charles Unsettling insisted on going out again to find Alexia.

The adults couldn't do anything about him, so they sent several subordinates with good magical skills to follow him.

*

Alexia was on the run.

Her arms and legs were cut open by the ice blades, and blood kept flowing out, but she dared not stop to catch her breath even for a second.

Tonight, she was going to the Novello family banquet with her brothers, but they were not in the same carriage. On the way, a group of people suddenly attacked her. Some of her attendants had already lured away many of the attackers, while others were protecting her closely and fighting for a long time against the attackers who were relentlessly pursuing her. Now, all the family attendants who knew her whereabouts had been killed, but one of the attackers was still chasing her.

As her dizziness and blurred vision worsened due to excessive blood loss, Alexia found a corner to hide in, knowing in her heart that this was a premeditated operation.

All means of contacting anyone had failed, and combined with what Ellex had told her before, she realized that the attacker was most likely from the Novello family, who wanted to use her to threaten the family into breaking their contract with Moonbeam.

She knew that her brother had ulterior motives for attending the banquet, and she didn't want to delay the family's plans. All she could do was protect herself and avoid being caught.

*

Charles Unsett lost his way while searching, and unknowingly separated himself from his entourage. He wasn't afraid at all, only thinking about finding Alexia as soon as possible—his intuition told him that something must have happened to her.

He had no idea that the blue bell he wore for his vanity, which was said to be able to break through any barrier, had inadvertently led him into a magical barrier that the Noviro family had set up in advance for Alexia.

By some stroke of luck, Charles eventually found Alexia—when a man in black held an icicle as thick as an arm, aimed at the girl's abdomen.

Charles seemed to be frozen in place, unable to move. Alexia was covered in blood, but she gritted her teeth and remained silent—she knew that within the barrier set up by the Novello family, her voice could not reach out to attract rescue, but would only attract more and more enemies.

*

In the Lawrence Dungeon, Little Iris was resting with her eyes closed when she suddenly sensed a warning coming from the magical mark she had left beside Alexia.

This is a dangerous sign.

Iris sprang out of bed in a flash. Over the years, her understanding of magic had improved considerably. She sensed Alexia's location, then closed her eyes and chanted a spell, transferring her consciousness to the living person closest to Alexia at that moment.

This long-distance consciousness transfer spell consumes a huge amount of energy, has a short duration, and will cause serious damage to her mental state. This is the first time she has used it, but she can't care about that now.

Her body fell onto the bed, and her consciousness was transmitted into the target's body. Before she could fully take control of the body, she saw "herself" holding an ice shard and stabbing it hard into the girl's abdomen.

In that instant, Iris suddenly felt a warm touch on her hand, and the sounds around her gradually became clearer. The stench of blood in the air suddenly intensified—in this extreme situation, she swiftly took control of the body, but it was too late.