Violet felt a bit overwhelmed.

The “Wishing Spirit Artifact” mentioned by the vampire grand duke Julius, assuming it was the same thing she knew, shouldn’t it be somewhere in the Oaken Grand Canyon? 

Even if someone had found and taken it, it was originally under the command of the Eternal Throne. How did it become related to the vampires again?

There were also some aspects of the “Wishing Spirit Artifact” itself that caught Violet’s attention. She recalled a certain swordsman who had also made a wish using this artifact. If, according to the vampires, the “Wishing Spirit Artifact” was a divine bequest and could only be used by so-called direct descendants, did that mean…

The amount of information was too overwhelming, and the priestess was getting confused. But now wasn’t the time to slowly study these matters. Julius was about to take the vampire loli Lucine, and another likely prince, for a private discussion.

Two options lay before Violet:

Option One: Ignore them and continue wandering around the mansion, looking for other pieces of information.

Option Two: Tail them, further eavesdrop on this plan that was clearly targeting a certain princess.

… Although she didn’t know why the orchestrator lured her here and witnessed the vampire’s plan, from the current perspective, it indeed played a positive role. After all, even Violet hadn’t anticipated that this political turmoil would involve long-hidden races like the vampires.

However, under the current circumstances, tailing wasn’t a very good choice. Perhaps it was just a feeling, but the vampire loli princess named Lucine Constantius probably already noticed this side.

Do you remember that a certain mouse once mentioned that vampires are very sensitive to the flow of blood within living organisms? The vampire who had easily inflicted harm on it used this method to expose Prakaka’s invisibility.

In terms of concealing traces, Violet wasn’t much superior to Prakaka. Therefore, as the highest-ranking princess among the vampires, it was quite likely that she could penetrate her invisibility.

Or perhaps, it was the “Blood of Dawn,” the equipment of Aphra, that could be sensed by Lucine, who was obviously connected to her.

Although the abilities demonstrated by the opponent were currently insufficient to pose a threat to the priestess, she hadn’t forgotten that there was an invisible hand manipulating the chessboard behind the scenes.

Maybe, allowing Violet to enter this place, be discovered by these vampires, and result in a conflict with mutual damage was part of their plan.

Well… the term “mutual damage” might be a bit exaggerated, but being led around by the nose was always unpleasant.

Moreover, if there was something here that interested Violet more than the secret negotiations of those vampire elites…

That would be the direction pointed by the “Blood of Dawn” in her hand.

After encountering Lucine, the vague information transmitted by the brooch suddenly changed. It no longer pointed to the vampire princess but resonated with a certain position high in this building.

Decision made.

No matter how formidable the person behind the scenes was, they couldn’t possibly know that Violet possessed this “Blood of Dawn.” Following the guidance of the brooch would undoubtedly lead to results beyond their expectations.

Having made up her mind, Violet no longer paid attention to the several vampires who had just entered the first-floor inner room. Concealed by the “Chameleon Cloak,” she began to ascend the spiral staircase.

After going up, Violet discovered that the overall style and shape of this mansion’s architecture, described as a barrel, actually resembled a kind of cone when inverted.

As one ascended, the circular corridor became smaller, and the number of rooms decreased accordingly…

Upon reaching the highest fifth floor, the rooms here were reduced to less than a tenth of the second floor, exactly six rooms. Several doors stood opposite each other, seemingly forming a peculiar hexagram shape.

This thing was definitely not designed randomly.

However, for a moment, Violet couldn’t pinpoint what was wrong.

Perhaps all the vampires had gathered in the hall on the lowest floor, and just like the previous few floors, there were no guards here either. Although the room doors were locked, to be honest, at this level, it didn’t pose any difficulty for Violet as long as nobody was watching.

After easily unlocking the door using physical lock-picking techniques, the priestess walked into one of the randomly chosen rooms.

“Oh…!”

Upon entering, someone was almost frightened by the four red lights shining in the darkness.

But soon, Violet found that the red light was not some terrifying abnormal creature but rather eyes, human eyes.

In the dim room, two maids stood, one on the left and one on the right against the wall.

They wore standard medieval maid uniforms in black and white, hands pressed against their abdomens, standing straight as spears. The older one looked about twenty years old, and the younger one appeared to be around Lilya’s age.

The two girls looked very similar, likely sisters or something of that sort.

Although there was no light, Violet could still see their hair and eyes, all in a dark red color, the classic color scheme of blood vampires. In the dimly lit room, this sudden appearance was indeed a bit scary.

Moreover, the state of these two girls also intrigued the priestess.

Firstly, no normal person would stay in a completely sealed room, moving around in an environment with no light. Even among vampires, Violet had never heard of such a strange habit. They only feared or disliked sunlight.

Moreover, since Violet entered the room, the two sisters had not moved at all. They remained still like wooden stakes, even when their line of sight fell on the opened door, showing no intention of coming over to close it.

They certainly couldn’t see the priestess clad in the Chameleon Cloak, making their behavior even more unusual.

Even the maids waiting in the room might realize that something was wrong when the locked door suddenly opened, and the timid ones might even scream.

After giving it some thought, Violet casually closed the door, letting the room plunge back into darkness before moving in front of the two maid sisters to observe further.

First, she covered the room with a barrier to prevent any unexpected situations. Then, Violet took off the Chameleon Cloak, revealing her appearance.

Still, no reaction.

The vacant dark-red eyes of the two maids didn’t even show any movement, not even the slight adjustment observed when the door was opened.

“?”

Violet frowned. With a wave of her hand, she cast a low-level illumination spell, dispelling all the darkness in the room and making it brightly lit.

However, even at this level, the two sisters still did not show any obvious reaction. Their eyes only squinted slightly, seeming a bit uncomfortable with the sudden bright light.

“???”

“I just don’t believe it!”

Determined, Violet directly placed her fingertips on the shoulder of the maid who seemed to be the older sister and activated the 【Information Detection】 ability.