Chapter 214
The Sound of the Bell
Danton watched Lord Gerberga eat bread from my hand and then said in a worried voice,
“Lord Gerberga . Have you had enough? We can bring more food right away . ”
“Cluck-cluck!”
Gerberga cried loudly .
Danton did not know what Lord Gerberga meant and stopped for a second .
Then he looked at Luchila, who was smiling .
“There was enough food . Right, Lord Gerberga?”
“Cluck-cluck . ”
Lord Gerberga nodded his head in agreement .
“I think he was just happy that Mister Locke offered him food . And so he ate it . ”
“I-I see . Well, it wouldn’t do to feed him too much as well . Especially if it meant he could not eat dinner . ”
“Cluck?”
And so I stopped giving Lord Gerberga bread .
Lord Gerberga then buried his head in my hair .
On the other hand, Grulf had finished eating . He put his jaw on my lap .
“Fooo…roof . ”
He wagged his tail expectantly .
“Grulf . Be quiet . ”
“…ooof . ”
He whimpered as he looked up at me . But I wouldn’t give him anything .
Grulf had already eaten .
Grulf was a spirit beast and not a normal wolf, so there was no harm in him eating human food .
However, it was also important that he learned to wait .
And so I just patted him on the head instead .
And then Danton seemed to remember something .
“So, you really finished the magic tool? I’m not saying I don’t trust you or anything…”
“Yes, it’s finished . Mors and Kathe are highly capable . ”
“No! It was all Mister Locke . ”
“Yes, that is right . ”
We ended up all praising each other once again .
“We finished one of them, in any case . Would you allow me to install it in the entrance of your mansion?”
“I was going to ask you to do that very thing . ”
“Thank you . ”
And then I explained the features of the magic tool to Danton .
That the radius was as long as five men and that it detected all dark ones .
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And when it detected something, a bell would ring .
“So it will detect all of the dark ones?”
“Yes . This was because it turned out to be more difficult to only have it trigger when there was someone who was charmed . ”
“I see . Well, it is more useful this way . ”
When we were finished eating, Danton called the rest of the chiefs .
When they were all present, I explained everything to them as well .
Then I told them of our plans .
“We only have one now, but we should be able to make more soon . ”
“We will pass them out to all of the tribes within two to three days!”
Kathe added . And the chiefs thanked us .
After that, the youngest of the chiefs raised his hand .
“Uh, Mister Locke . I have a question…”
“What is it?”
“This alarm sound . What does it sound like?”
“Uh…”
–Ring-ring-ring-ring…
“It sounds just like that! Right, Locke?”
Kathe said with a big grin .
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“Exactly!”
As I said this, I took Lord Gerberga off my shoulder and put him in my jacket . Then I ran off .
Before leaving the room, I called out to the chiefs .
“Go and check the children!”
“Leave it to us!”
Most of the chiefs were veteran fighters . They understood the situation immediately .
However, Luchila and Kathe looked surprised .
“Mi-mister Locke?”
“What happened?”
I ignored them and ran to the room with the magic tool . There was no time to explain .
Mors was quick and he followed after me .
“It’s an invader, isn’t it?”
“Yes . ”
I answered simply as I ran .
Grulf was now running with me as well .
The room with the magic tool was in a windowless corner of Danton’s mansion .
We had wanted a room with no sunlight .
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So it should have been a room that was difficult to enter .
We arrived in no time . No more than 10 seconds had passed since the alarm went off .
However, there was no one in the room .
“Did they escape?”
“But I don’t see any holes in the wall . ”
“Grulf . Smell the room . ”
“Groof . ”
I left Grulf and Mors to search the room and went to check on the magic tool .
It was broken . It seemed like it had been destroyed by brute force .
My impression was that it had been done to stop the alarm .
I threw it in my bag, just in case I needed it later .
“What happened?”
Kathe asked when she arrived . Luchila was not behind her .
She had probably been taken by the chiefs along with the other children .
“A dark one has entered . And the magic tool was destroyed . ”
“What! But this is the beastkin mansion!”
“Indeed . This is a matter of great significance . ”
It was the mansion of the chief . The last fortress against the vampires .
And so it was incredibly bold of the enemy to come inside .