"Your eyes?"

Saying this, Karina tried to reach out and move the hair covering the left side of Shirley's face.

However, Shirley grabbed Karina’s wrist directly, preventing her action.

“It’s nothing, it’s just that I can’t see…”

Shirley said with an indifferent tone.

After that, she got up from the ground.

“I’ve already killed the enemy. The remains are over there. The weapons she carried can be taken for research…”

Shirley continued speaking to herself and, glancing quickly, saw Luna’s body lying not far away.

She walked slowly to Luna’s body, ran her hand over the wounded face, and then lifted Luna into her arms.

“Let’s go back now and prepare the resurrection ritual.”

With that, she carried Luna’s body and returned to the temporary castle.

After she left, everyone watched her departure without taking any action.

“Princess Shirley... Isn’t it a bit strange?”

Eventually, Lamina couldn’t hold back and was the first to speak.

“Is it... because of the eye injury?” Yuri speculated.

Everyone looked at each other, still feeling that something was wrong, but that seemed to be the only explanation.

“Let’s go back to the old castle and see what to do. If necessary, we’ll call her mother to handle it…”

Before they could reach that conclusion, Karina had already run after Shirley and entered the temporary castle.

“Shirley?”

Karina called out Shirley’s name.

After a moment of silence, the familiar voice responded slowly.

“Karina.”

At this moment, Shirley was already wearing a black eye patch covering her left eye.

Compared to before, her voice and expression were much more normal.

“What happened to you? I felt that you were different before.”

In response to Karina’s question, Shirley just shook her head and pulled her into a nearby room.

Shirley and Karina sat in a chair, and Shirley settled into Karina’s arms.

“It’s nothing, actually, you should talk about what happened to you during this time.”

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Knowing that Shirley was avoiding her question, Karina decided not to press further and instead responded.

“After I was severely injured, I went to a place to recover. You know, in that condition I couldn’t control myself, so I couldn’t contact you until I was almost fully recovered, and then I came looking for you. And here we are…”

“And your spell?”

Karina shook her head with a bit of regret, saying, “Even though I tried to resist, I couldn’t remove ‘her,’ but not all news is bad…”

Karina seemed a bit excited. “At least for a few centuries, I won’t be affected by the curse anymore.”

She intended to use this news to cheer up Shirley, but after saying that, Shirley remained silent…

“Shirley…”

She looked at Shirley in her arms and found that Shirley had closed her eyes and was sleeping peacefully.

Realizing this, Karina said nothing more and just held her, closing her eyes as well.

…

“Knock, knock.”

“Princess Shirley, everything is ready. We can leave now…”

The sound of the knock on the door woke Shirley and Karina.

“Hmm…”

“How annoying, I should have told them to rest here before leaving…”

Shirley got up, stretching and rubbing her right eye.

“Come on, Karina, our journey through the human world is over. Next time, if we get the chance, we’ll come back!”

“That should be in a few centuries... Shirley, is there anything to eat here? I’m hungry…”

“Hold on until we get home. Anyway, we don’t need to walk back this time!”

“But I want to eat now…”

“Endure!”

After a brief rest, they seemed to have returned to their usual behavior, starting to argue again.

Only the eye patch Shirley was wearing made everything seem a little odd.

As they left the castle, in the clearing forcibly opened before them, there was a war carriage emanating a dark aura.

This war carriage was even more luxurious than the one Shirley had used to enter the human world.

It was pulled by two monstrous-looking beasts covered in black scales.

Five guardians stood beside the carriage, waiting for Shirley to be the first to board.

“Thank you for your hard work this time…”

“Serving the Bartoli family is an honor for us.”

The five guardians responded in unison.

In fact, as guardians of the family and in this era, unless there was a special reason, they couldn’t leave and could only remain dormant in the family.

Although they didn’t want to live such a boring life, the order had to be fulfilled...

So, due to Princess Shirley’s presence, being able to go out and hunt humans was something they were quite happy to do.

After a formal exchange, Shirley prepared to board the carriage and return to the castle to prepare the resurrection ritual for Luna.

But then...

“Oh? There are still humans left?”

Audrey smiled as she looked into the distance.

Hearing this, everyone followed her gaze.

“Is that girl?” Lamina frowned.

The person who came was the girl she hadn’t killed earlier.

Since she was in a hurry to return and the young woman was extremely weak, to the point of being irrelevant, she had been spared.

“Ah, so you let her escape? You’re really getting worse and worse.”

“Hmph, what do you know? She was so weak that I didn’t care to kill her. If she comes back to surrender, I can’t be blamed.”

Saying this, Lamina advanced to end Fishel’s life.

“Wait.” Shirley stopped her.

This young woman seemed familiar…

As if she had met her before?

To Shirley, Anna was an insignificant person, and even the previous memories were somewhat blurred.

“So, you came to join me?”

Shirley asked confidently.

Perhaps she was so captivated by her beauty that she couldn’t help herself…

After all, it wasn’t her fault for being so beautiful.

“Were you the one who caused the tragedy in White Horse City a few years ago?”

Anna asked.

“Tragedy?” Shirley hesitated for a moment before understanding. “You’re talking about those humans who offered their blood to me. Although their deaths don’t hold much value, I still enjoyed the spectacle of that blood.”

Who knows when she would have the chance to manipulate blood so freely again?

“So, you’re not here to join me?”

Anna shook her head firmly. “I would never ally myself with evil beings. One day, I will avenge the souls of White Horse City!”

“Hmm, ignorant girl!” Yuri said with disdain. “Princess Shirley, let me deal with this stupid human…”

“Let it be…” Shirley suddenly made a dismissive gesture. “Let’s spare her.”

Then, Shirley no longer looked at Anna and boarded the carriage.

Since Shirley had spoken, the others also did not insist and followed Shirley to the carriage, departing.

Behind them, Anna’s small figure fell to the ground, seeming to be in collapse…