Demon King: Hero, don't run away!-Chapter 521: Endurance

Silver Teeth Clan village, office on the third floor, moonlight filtering through the window, casting a neat pattern on the clean floor.

A young girl in a pale blue dress was sneaking around a recently tidied room, looking for something.

Even now, Dream Moon couldn’t believe her father would do such a thing.

But what she found unbelievable was not what had happened seven years ago, but rather, earlier today at dawn, her father had burst into the storeroom and taken away their race’s Racial Essence.

The sudden turn of events had disrupted the plans that Dream Moon and her mother had painstakingly devised.

Mother and daughter knew Lotcar’s character and were sure that Lotcar had been framed.

They had tried multiple times to prove Lotcar’s innocence, but they quickly realized the harshness of reality.

Committing such a crime, at a time when everyone despised Lotcar, they couldn’t present sufficient evidence. Mere words would only make them a target for collective animosity, and they would be ostracized.

Only with the passage of time, as people gradually calmed down, and with enough evidence collected, would they have a glimmer of hope.

Unfortunately, Kai Bu was overly cautious, and the evidence Dream Moon and her mother collected did not increase over time. freeweɓnovel~cѳm

Dream Moon had often fantasized that her father would return, take them away from the village; even if no one else believed him, as family, they’d be willing to.

Dream Moon had even stealthily suggested to her mother that they leave the village to find their father.

Yet her mother shook her head, telling Dream Moon not to rush, that given his character, as long as he lived, he would undoubtedly return to the village to reveal the truth.

Before then, they needed to collect enough evidence to be able to help Lotcar as much as possible.

Seven years had just flown by.

And in those years, Dream Moon’s mother fell seriously ill and passed away.

Dream Moon also followed her mother’s last wish, pretending to loathe her father, getting as close as possible to Kai Bu to extract more useful information.

Perhaps her mother’s death had had an impact. This year, she had reaped much, only lacking that decisive piece of evidence.

Dream Moon was not in a hurry; she believed that as long as her father returned, Kai Bu would certainly slip up.

Sure enough, Dream Moon saw Kai Bu communicating with a dark shadow she’d never seen before, convinced that she and her mother had acted justly all these years.

But at that moment, she was a bit careless and startled Kai Bu. She could only come out of hiding with a worried expression, trying her best to dispel any suspicions Kai Bu held toward her.

When Lotcar arrived in the village, Dream Moon still lacked conclusive evidence. In order for the plan to proceed smoothly, she had to confront her father harshly, to convince Kai Bu that she firmly stood on his side.

She had to appear indifferent to her father’s exile.

Her efforts eventually paid off. After her father forcefully took the Racial Essence, the villagers chose to follow the Old Clan Chief’s advice and pursued him, leaving the acting patriarch Kai Bu with a twitching mouth, clearly dissatisfied.

Dream Moon detected the scent of evidence. She stealthily followed Kai Bu to the Clan Chief’s Room on the third floor, peering through a gap she had prepared.

As expected, Kai Bu was once again contacting those who had conspired against her father...

The small vial that Kai Bu used to communicate with the Curse Sect, filled with a dark shadow, was what she needed. If she could just get her hands on it, she’d have decisive proof.

But the event that unfolded earlier this morning was a double-edged sword...

Having decisive evidence was undoubtedly lucky, but...

"Wouldn’t this ensure the loss of my right to inherit the position of Clan Leader? If I fail, wouldn’t my mother’s death be meaningless? Haven’t I pretended to be the obedient girl staying here all these years for nothing?"

Dream Moon and her mother had also planned to bring Lotcar back to the position of Clan Leader.

But with what had happened, even if Lotcar could return, he would likely lose the right to succeed as Clan Leader.

Overshadowed by a flood of negative thoughts, Dream Moon didn’t stop searching. She knew that Kai Bu would hide the evidence very carefully and regularly dispose of it, so she had to act quickly.

If only she could find that bottle, the clues she had been discreetly gathering over the years would connect into a line, exposing Kai Bu’s crimes.

Since she could no longer rely on her father, it was up to her. Dream Moon would not allow years of effort to go down the drain.

After rummaging around in Kai Bu’s office, Dream Moon finally found the bottle under a floorboard, containing a vanishing shadow but still imbued with residual Dark Magic.

Dream Moon carefully took out the cloth she had prepared, ensuring not to leave her scent or fingerprints on the bottle, and gingerly lifted it from beneath the floorboard.

Bringing the bottle close to her nose, Dream Moon didn’t catch even a hint of Kai Bu’s scent on it.

Kai Bu’s scent, along with his fingerprints, had been wiped clean.

Dream Moon’s brow furrowed slightly, her hesitation growing. If the bottle bore no trace of Kai Bu’s scent or fingerprints, what use would it be even if she had it...

Just as she seemed to glimpse hope, it vanished in an instant.

Clamping her teeth tightly, she pondered for a moment, then decided to put the object back in its place.

But just as Dream Moon bent down to return the item to its original spot, the lights in the office suddenly turned on. Dream Moon hastily used her foot to slide the floor tile back into place, concealing the small bottle behind her back.

The person who entered was none other than Kai Bu.

"Dream Moon, what are you doing here?" Kai Bu asked with a benevolent smile, "Today is the Full Moon Festival, you should be enjoying the festivities with everyone else."

"Uncle, I heard that your office was in a mess from the wind," Dream Moon responded with an exceedingly natural smile, "I thought I’d come and tidy up a bit more, so here I am. I didn’t turn on the lights because I was afraid others might find out and say I admire you. What brings you here, Uncle? Surely you don’t want to work some more?"

"I just came back for a rest. There’s been a lot to deal with today, and I don’t want to work anymore." Kai Bu approached Dream Moon as he spoke, "This has been tidied up many times already, no need for more. Go join the others in the Full Moon Festival festivities!"

"Alright, Uncle, I’ll go change my clothes. You should get ready too. In a while—"

Dream Moon didn’t get to finish her sentence before a Sharp claw unexpectedly clamped around her neck, pressing her against the wall.

Dream Moon looked incredulously at Kai Bu, only to see his gaze filled with nothing but coldness and ruthlessness.

"Uncle... why?" she managed to squeeze out the question.

"Why?" sneered Kai Bu, "Dream Moon, surely you don’t think I’m unaware of the little schemes you’ve been up to behind my back?

I know very well you’ve been collecting evidence all this while and burying all of it in your mother’s grave!

That day I spoke out as your final warning. Who would have thought, despite that, you still didn’t learn your lesson and continued to shadow me!

Did you really think I hadn’t detected the sound of your footsteps?

If you want to hide, you should at least be as silent as I just was. Only then might you become a Hunter worthy of the name."

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