“Seems like they haven’t seen us yet,” Ruella remarked.

In response to Ruella’s words, Hazen parked the car behind the gardener’s shed and turned off the engine.

“It looks like they are searching for something.”

“Could it be the key?” Mitchell suggested.

Upon Mitchell’s words, Ruella nodded.

“They don’t know about the key. To conquer Count Kuran, you need to collect seven keys, which is a mission in the game. So, they wouldn’t have come to retrieve the keys.”

“Then what are they looking for?”

Hazen questioned, but no one knew the answer.

Without them noticing, Count Galt continued to linger near the staircase leading to the second floor for a while and then emerged, riding a horse, disappearing from view.

When his figure was completely out of sight, they got out of the car and entered the hall.

Due to the recent battle, there were no intact walls in the mansion, and the floor was broken in various places. They started searching everywhere to find Maria’s severed hand.

“I found it! Maria’s hand turned into water when she died. No wonder we couldn’t see it.”

Tien pulled out the key from a bluish small puddle, wiping it off and saying.

They gathered around Tien and looked at the purple key, making strange expressions.

Although the fight was not over yet, it seemed like the end of their long journey was in sight.

“What Count Galt was looking for earlier, let’s also search for it.”

Hazen said as he headed to the spot where Galt stood.

“We need to know what it is to find it. And there’s no way we can find what Count Galt couldn’t.”

Despite Kite’s suggestion and Hazen’s curiosity, they inspected under the stairs on the second floor.

“Anyway, we’re not going directly to capture Count Kuran. Let’s look around a bit. Since there are six of us, we might see something Galt couldn’t find.”

Hazen’s words made sense, so they went to the stairs and started looking around.

After sending a chat to Line, the Countess Laine, Ruella joined the search.

“There’s nothing in the space under the stairs. Not on the walls or the floor. If that’s the case, Count Galt probably just left.”

When Raphael shook his head, saying there was nothing, Tien suddenly shouted.

“Look at this. It’s a pedestal. And it’s wearing a ring.”

“A ring?”

Everyone ran to the white statue at Tien’s sudden cry.

“It’s really wearing a ring? Should we take it off?”

When Hazen reached for the ring, Tien hurriedly stopped him.

“Wait a moment. Just in case, let’s buff and then take it off. It looks exactly like the ring the Duke gave us. But that statue might suddenly turn into a person and attack us.”

Since Tien’s words made sense, they started preparing for an attack.

After everyone finished their preparations and stood ready for an attack, Kite raised his shield and said.

“Ruella, step back a bit. We’ll take it off after counting to three.”

After finishing his words, Kite began counting.

“One, two… three!”
With great tension, they took off the ring, but disappointingly, the statue showed no change.

“What’s this? Nothing special.”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and approached Kite, looking down at the ring he held.

“Could this be the ring that Count Galt was wearing?”

At Mitchell’s words, Raphael grinned.

“Why would it be in Maria Kuran’s mansion?”

“Perhaps Galt wasn’t searching for something but trying to hide it?”

“If that were the case, he would have hidden it in a safer place.”

Hazen objected, but Mitchell didn’t back down.

“If we hadn’t seen Galt’s actions here, would we have guessed that there was something like this here? The owner of this place is dead, and the mansion has collapsed.”

“Is that so? Anyway, without asking directly, we won’t know the reason. Let’s take it for now.”

After leaving the mansion, they got back into the car.

“Hey, isn’t that the Marquess of Laine’s carriage over there?”

Looking ahead at Hazen’s words, the carriage of the Marquess of Laine was parked in front of Maria Kuran’s mansion.

They seemed hesitant to enter, probably due to anxiety.

Approaching, the window opened, and the Marquess of Laine waved her hand.

She still had a displeased expression, cautiously speaking to them as she observed the car they were in.

“Ruella, I was wondering whether to go in or not. It seems the lakeside park has become chaotic because of Maria Kuran. I don’t know the situation inside the mansion.”

Through the open window, the Marquess of Laine sent a greeting.

After briefly glancing at the lakeside, Ruella spoke to the Marquess of Laine.

“I was just about to leave. Don’t worry about over there; let’s go. Close your eyes for a moment. Like when we suddenly appeared in the hall of Laine Mansion earlier, we might move to another place, so don’t be too surprised or faint.”

With her words, the Marquess of Laine nodded, then said something to her husband.

Seeing everyone ready, Ruella pressed the return button and returned to the Peros Mansion.

“You’ve come back just in time for a meal.”

Emma, who was tidying up the messy garden, approached with a welcoming expression.