Operation Red Book

It was dusk, with wind and rain raging. The night was so dark that one could touch the thick black fog in the air with just one hand.

There was no one on the street. In such horrible weather, even a toad who particularly enjoyed rainy days would not want to come out.

Dorian thought the same. He hated rain, lightning, and flying in thunderstorms even more.

But he still did it. In the middle of the night, during a thunderstorm, he transformed himself into a green flame, sneaked into the enemy's territory, and brought back the two useless subordinates...

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Lord Dorian..."

The black figure in the left hand is Beatrice. She is wiping away her tears, looking like a crying black-skinned doll.

"shut up."

Words filled with anger popped out bit by bit. Even if you didn't look at his face, you could feel the chill of his fangs just from the sound of his voice.

"I just asked you to go and see her strange disease. I didn't ask you to declare war on SCO in such a high-profile manner!"

"I'm sorry, Lord Dorian..."

"It's because of her! My wand was almost taken away from me!"

The one in the right hand was Arnold, he bared his fangs, and every glare he shot at Beatrice was extremely sharp.

"Shut up, too."

An angry voice resounded from his throat, much louder than the blue thunder in the sky.

"You can't even do a small rescue. I told you to keep a low profile. You can't be invisible! Can't you transform?!"

"Yes, but..."

"But you didn't even try to rescue Beatrice!"

"Yes! He doesn't want to save me at all, he just wants the wand and that sexy priest!"

"This woman is very troublesome, Lord Dorian! Look what she has done!"

Arnold poked Beatrice's face with his wand, and his legs swayed back and forth in the air.

"He manipulated a soulless person to jump into the river, broke into SCO alone, not only did he get the wrong mission target, but he was also easily taken advantage of by that group!"

"But I have rescued Miss Ivy! She was able to come out of the vampire lord's consciousness space intact. You must admit that I played a big role!"

Beatrice waved her fist at Arnold fiercely, and the tattered black cloth with tattered fringe looked like a mop soaked with dirty water.

"So what! You didn't take that Oriental man seriously at all! From the beginning to the end, your only target was that witch!"

Arnold dodged Beatrice's long sharp nails and said coldly.

"When Lord Dorian turned into a hurricane to rescue you, you took the opportunity to tell the witch about our plan, right..."

"Don't try to deny it, Beatrice! I heard you grab that burgundy wool curl and whisper in her ear the date of your wedding with Baron Rex, and you asked her to come and attend..."

Dorian frowned and tilted his head, a dangerous red light gradually spreading in his eyes.

However, Beatrice did not act like a spoiled brat as imagined. She sniffed and tucked her wet black curly hair behind her ears.

"She is my best friend and deserves to be there for my most important moments."

"The most important moment? This long-planned wedding? How ridiculous..."

"What do you know, you yellow-haired rooster! What woman doesn't look forward to her wedding!"

Beatrice yelled, her face almost crumpled.

"Besides, this is my first wedding... Lord Dorian, you must understand..."

Dorian did not express his opinion. His brows were still furrowed, but the red light in his eyes had quietly disappeared.

"Moreover……"

Beatrice suddenly felt confident. She looked at Arnold proudly, her red lips stretched out.

"You didn't take Miss Ivy seriously, did you? When that little girl made you furious, you really swung the sickle at her neck!"

"I found out who framed her! Isn't Dalton's betrayal more important than her life?!"

"What did you find out? Miss Ivy herself spooned that into your mouth, in return for you revealing Lord Dorian's true identity!"

"Nonsense! Crazy woman, how dare you compare yourself with me?"

"You bastard! What qualifications do you have to put yourself above me?"

"enough……"

The evil spirit-like voice echoed in the rain and fog, and Dorian's figure gradually grew larger with the echo in the void.

His eyeballs turned scarlet, and his cheeks and forehead were covered with circles of glowing black lines.

A pair of blue-black pointed horns emerged from the olive-colored hair, curling and growing like a giant goat's horns.

"what……"

A blue, foul air spurted out from both sides of the sawtooth, frightening the two figures on the left and right to tremble.

"If you two...can't...live in harmony..."

A bolt of lightning flashed from the sky, illuminating the fire burning in Dorian's eyes.

He suddenly flew far away, at a speed so fast that it was impossible to distinguish with the naked eye.

"Just... reflect on it carefully..."

After saying this, he raised his arms high and then suddenly let go.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh-"

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa——”

Below was the surging Thames River. Two dark shadows that almost blended into the night fell from a height, broke through the river surface, and were quickly covered by the waves...

The river water continued to surge wildly, and its temper slowly calmed down only after the rain stopped during the day.

Ivy woke up at the time when the Thames was flowing peacefully. She felt sore all over, had a splitting headache, and her vision was blurry.

"Student Ivy!"

Joshua's figure swayed beside the bed. Ivy rubbed her eyes and blinked several times to avoid double vision.

"Joshua?"

"Are you feeling better?"

Joshua grinned, revealing two neat rows of white teeth.

"My head hurts, and my body feels a little uncomfortable..."

Ivy glanced at Joshua in confusion. He looked fine, but Ivy always felt something was not right.

"You just drank Ms. Bell's potion, and it hasn't taken effect yet..."

"You look me in the eyes."

Ivy suddenly regained her strength. She grabbed Joshua's collar with one hand and brought them closer.

"What...what's wrong...Ivy...Ivy..."

Joshua looked flustered, his cheeks flushed, and his eyes darted around unnaturally.

"I'm asking you... Tsk! Look at me!"

Ivy got angry again. She stretched out her hands, held Joshua's head tightly, and forced him to look at her.

"Why didn't you wake up after coming out of Lord Leon's consciousness space?"

"I... I don't know, I fainted... at that time..."

Joshua whispered back, his body twisting unconsciously as he tried to control his flailing eyes.

"Don't lie to me!"

"I……"

"I know you're lying! Tell me now!"

"I... Lord Leon played some tricks to make it look like I passed through the mirror, but in fact I didn't..."

"what?"

Ivy exclaimed, and she moved closer to see if Joshua had any scars on his body.

"No, no need... I'm not hurt..."

Joshua blinked desperately. It was too close. Ivy was too close...

He instinctively shrank back and quickly escaped from Ivy's grasp.

"It's okay, Ivy-san, he, he didn't do anything to me."

"Not long after you left, the world began to collapse, first the roof of the castle, then the floor tiles, and finally the walls..."

"The helmet servants fled in all directions, and Lord Leon flew to the moon. I ran downwards desperately, but the collapse was behind me. I had no choice but to run outwards."

"Fortunately, the stream in Monet's garden was still there. I used all my strength and stepped into the stream covered by the sea of ​​flowers at the last moment..."

"Then I woke up, and you were crying very loudly, shedding a lot of tears, Ivy..."

Joshua scratched the skin under his eyes with his index finger and touched his flushed neck. His neck was smooth, with no blood holes or bruises.

Ivy finally let go of the burden in her heart. She sighed deeply and slowly covered her sore eyes with her hands.

"Um... Ivy..."

There was that mosquito-like sound again. Ivy always found it annoying before, but now she felt unusually calm.

"Do those words you said while crying still count? That is, that...we are friends...we are best friends..."

"Do me a favor?"

Ivy interrupted Joshua without hesitation. She didn't want to discuss those embarrassing scenes now.

"Move it away, or to the other side."

She pointed to the mirror facing the bed.