Chapter 84: Sold out

*LEON*

When I last saw Vicky, my soul had followed after her. Now sitting in this office, I felt like a soulless shell, even though my situation was already precarious.

Conrad's deal was just a scam. He didn't even care about Osip's wedding. From the beginning, his goal was Vicky, and now he wouldn't let her go no matter what I did.

Long ago, Conrad acquired a lot of loot by supporting the Allied Holy Order. Those captured Kindred became his test subjects, and he became obsessed with immortality.

But the purity of the blood of the lower-level Kindred was too poor to satisfy his needs, so he targeted Vicky. I made things too easy for him. Leaving her would not make my father give up his plan, nor could it be delayed. That meant I had to change my own plans.

In addition to this matter, Arthur was also pressuring me with every step I took. It had been him that wanted to take away my hotel, not my father, who had no interest in my small business at all. He got tired of playing th