Zion's eyes squinted as he continued to watch them. It was a good thing that he had decided to come here. For some reason, he had a hunch to keep an eye around the palace and people living around in the capital city. After all, he could only find the person who could fit his description of the murderer at this place.

Just then, another person entered the scene who ran through the corridor as if he were a little kid who loved running around the house, and he hit the brakes when he entered the throne room and frowned after looking at all these people. He was a teenager with long white hair and blue-colored robes over his body, looking like an elegant prince. Then he turned to look at Odina and asked in the tone of innocent youth, "Who are these two people, sister?"

Zion wondered how many siblings this queen elf had in this palace. Two had already come out, and one of the men with a handkerchief earlier seemed more like a henpecked husband who cared too much for his wife.

Before Odina, who had also followed them all inside, could reply, the girl in white dress pursed her lips and sniffed as if she had just cried. She brought the handkerchief to her eyes and wiped the tears as she said in a soft voice, "Who could it be other than the killers? They have murdered so many children that even I want to punish them." She paused and turned to the teenager in front of her eyes. "Johan, you also know how reluctant I am in the face of such things. I don't want to see even criminals suffering, but these people have killed many of our children. How can I continue to practice compassion?"

After hearing this, Johan's veins popped up as he glared at Lia and Zion. First, he looked at the human servant and spat. "It's understandable for a human to be in such a situation. They have no sense of justice and would do everything ordered by their masters, but," he said and glanced at Lia as a hint of hatred appeared in his eyes. "What happened to you, dhampir lady? You are supposed to have a good relationship with us. What happened to that?!

"Did you throw it all away when you were attacked back then? Or are you taking revenge just because we didn't come to help you guys out?! Do you even know when we received the news of the war? By the time we heard of it, the king had died, and the enemies captured the palace! Lady, if you're taking revenge against that, you must be blind! Why don't you go back and face those evil and black-hearted people who made trouble for you, huh?! You-"

"Enough," Odina spoke in a serene voice, and the teenager shut his mouth, but his eyes filled with anger still stuck at Lia as he continuously stared at her face as if he were ready to hit her multiple times. The queen glanced at the soldiers calmly and said, "Take them away, and keep them locked until I say another word."

The soldiers dragged Lia and Zion away. They were taken through another corridor that was so long that it made it feel almost as if it would never end. The entire team walked and walked for half an hour before they could reach the prison area. There was an iron gate at the end of the corridor as two guards stood at either side of it with swords around their waists and spears on their hands.

When these guards saw other soldiers bringing a dhampir girl and a human back, they expressionlessly opened the iron gate with a key hanging on one of the guards' belts. This time, Zion's eyes were stuck at the guard's face who was opening the door. Back when he had faced many elves, he had noticed that when they used magic, their eyes would glow for a second. So if this guard were using magic to open the door, Zion's action to escape this prison would become harder.

But fortunately, the door was locked with only a key. After opening the door, the guard walked back and gestured to the soldiers to do what they came here for.

The soldiers also didn't hesitate before dragging Lia and Zion inside and shutting within two adjacent prisons created out of bars as they glared at the dhampir girl once more before heading out. The iron door was shut closed tightly, and they could hear not a single sound coming from the outside. Just as Lia and Zion finally came into isolation, the dhampir princess's expressions changed, and she turned into an angry bird who was locked in a cage and desperate to come out.

"They dare to treat me like this!" Lia let out an angry snarl. "I'm sure the elf queen had recognized me, and yet, she chose to shut me inside this prison! She did it on purpose! That damned two-faced queen! Let me out! Once I'm out, I'll show you who's powerful! Do you think you can control me here in prison?! Hah, you're wrong! Once I'm out, I'll make sure to torture you to death!"

Zion, who heard the crazy words of his dhampir master, facepalmed himself. They were still in prison, and everyone could hear them from the outside. Just what was this dhampir princess doing making a scene like this? If these words were to reach the queen, Lia would be in serious danger. He shook his head.

He could tell that there must be a reason why Lia chose to hide her hatred of elves from him. But he knew for sure that Lia wanted to keep it hidden. If she wanted that, she would at least have to make an effort to shut her mouth and not say words like this, but who knew that Lia would end up venting like this once they were alone? It seemed that the elves poked her sore points again and again to make her react like this.

"Master….shouldn't you at least try and act like you don't have any relationship with the elves?" Zion didn't care about it anymore now when Lia showed off her thoughts like this in anger. He bluntly said, "Weren't you trying to hide the fact that you don't have anything to do with the elves? What happened to that now?"

Lia's body stiffened when she heard those words.