Chapter 156: Chapter 156: Midnight

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After a knock on the bedroom door, a magnetic voice followed:

“Brother Aron, I’m here to discuss tonight’s action plan with you.”

The visitor was indeed Cass.

Thinking about his father’s issues and the unfamiliar feeling of returning to the family, Cass felt restless in his room… Unable to bear it any longer, he decided to chat with Han Dong.

Moreover, Cass had even thought of spending the entire night with him, closely monitoring the situation upstairs.

“Wait a moment!”

After about a minute, Han Dong eventually opened the door.

By this time, Knight Silist had already hidden in the closet.

If she took the initiative to approach him, especially seeking him out in the middle of the night, it could potentially tarnish her reputation as a member of the Holy Knights Group if word got out.

She hid in the closet, silently waiting for Cass to leave.

Unfortunately, Cass kept talking endlessly.

Han Dong tried to hint at him indirectly to return to his room to rest.

Yet to his surprise, not only did Cass not return to his room, but he even called Sophia over, presumably because it would be easier to mobilise with the team together.

Additionally, they only required a single person on watch duty while the other two rested… If there was any movement upstairs, the watchman could promptly alert the others.

In the face of this particular progression of events, Han Dong was truly helpless.

If this continued, the noble Knight Silist might end up being caged in a wardrobe all night.

“Where’s your sister?” Cass inquired.

If there was any serious situation tonight, they may have needed the assistance of this Punishment Knight.

“My sister said she had something to attend to and left half an hour ago.”

“Hmm… As Formal Knights, we have to bear much heavier burdens; there’s likely some kind of situation in the Knight Regiment that she needed to address.

Given these circumstances, I’ll be relying on you all for tonight.

Fiya, you and Brother Aron should rest first. I’ll keep watch… I’ll wake you guys up if there’s any abnormal situation.”

At that moment, Han Dong immediately interrupted, adamantly insisting:

“Let me keep watch tonight! Cass, you stayed up late last night handling ‘miscellaneous things’, didn’t you? You probably didn’t rest well, didn’t you? Let me do it tonight.”

“Alright… Indeed, I didn’t get much rest.”

Considering Han Dong’s increasingly robust body, Cass agreed to his demand.

Immediately, Sophia cast him an exceedingly grateful look, her eyes sparkling; this way, she could ‘sleep’ together with Cass…

Though they were both still clad in their coats, the mere fact that she could lay on the same bed as Cass satisfied Sophia immensely.

Cass fell soundly asleep not long after retiring to bed.

Though Sophia’s eyes were closed, she was far from sleepy.

Her heart pounded rapidly within her chest, her chubby little hand moving slowly atop the bed, wanting to touch Cass’s sturdy arm. However, she immediately withdrew it when she got close.

She repeated this ‘contradictory’ action over and over again.

Han Dong just sat at his desk like this, silently waiting for Sophia to eventually fall asleep so that Knight Silist could leave her cramped confines in the wardrobe.

Han Dong occasionally glanced helplessly at the closet.

He waited patiently for a full two hours.

Only after numerous repetitions of Sophia’s internal conflict did she eventually relax and grasp Cass’s arm gently, falling asleep.

Creak

The wardrobe door opened, and Knight Silist, having waited so long in there, was bathed in sweat, some of her white clothing even soaked through by perspiration.

While departing the dormitory, she deliberately removed her long boots, treading barefoot on the wooden floor to avoid making unnecessary noise.

Knight Silist held her index finger to her lips all this while, signalling Han Dong not to speak with her.

However.

Just as she had arrived at Han Dong’s location.

Her sharp senses as a knight made her abruptly turn her head…

Only to see Sophia sitting up slightly in bed, staring blankly at her.

From the start, Sophia wasn’t actually asleep at all, having been too excited.

Picking up the minute movements in the room, she opened her eyes and just happened to witness her sister, clutching her long boots, standing next to Han Dong at the desk.

From Sophia’s viewpoint, the two were completely together, coupled with her sister’s drenched appearance, gave the impression that they had just done something…

“Fiya, shh!”

Knight Silist blushed, attempting to prevent her little sister from speaking.

“Sister, you…” Sophia couldn’t comprehend what she had just witnessed, her mind a foggy mess.

At the same time,

Tap, tap, tap

The sound of footsteps from upstairs reverberated clearly into everyone’s ears.

Unfortunately, just as the gear clock on the desk aligned the three hands at the number ’12′… the air was permeated with a sense of eeriness.

“Cass!”

Han Dong promptly woke Cass up, discarding all these minor details in his mind.

Upon being abruptly awakened, although Cass seemed slightly surprised to see Knight Silist in the room, his main concern was the sound of footsteps coming from the third floor.

From the direction the footsteps were coming from, it was clear that his father was not taking a ‘midnight stroll’.

Rather, it sounded like he was ‘pacing’ inside his room.

Han Dong immediately asked, “The butler said your father digs up the courtyard when he sleepwalks; what time does that usually happen?”

“Between 4 and 5 AM.”

“The time now is midnight… there’s still a four-hour gap. It’s highly plausible that your father did other things in the house during his sleepwalking episodes.”

“Let’s hurry up and head there!”

“Alright… but let’s try to keep quiet so we won’t be detected.”

Being that this anomaly happened to his father, Cass was slightly anxious and led the way.

Han Dong deliberately took the rear, whispering, “Vino… Let’s ready ourselves for this issue regarding the Martini family first.”

“I understand!”

Under sufficient lighting, one would have noticed that Silist’s cheeks were flushed a bright red.

Due to her family background and status as a member of the Holy Knights Group, she cared deeply about these details.

“Vino, could you handle our rear? I’ll take point.”

“You… taking point? This event seems less than straightforward. When the clock struck twelve earlier, I already felt a clear sense of eeriness permeating this mansion.”

“Rest assured, I, at least, won’t be contaminated… Plus, having Vino covering our rear is the safest choice.

Although it is highly unlikely, we can’t rule out the possibility that the entire Cass mansion has been completely ‘invaded’.”

They had to anticipate and prepare for the worst possible scenario, formulating the safest resolution.

“Hmm…”

Silist held a special Fate Item in her hand.

“Sacred Object – Judgment Cross of Celt.”

Using the sacred object as the core, it could construct ‘Light Weapons’ of any form.

The previous light shields and ranged holy light physical attacks used against the Fallen Bei were all functions of this cross.

Should any Evil Thing appear, Silist will activate the cross to instantly obliterate it.

With Silist covering their rear, Han Dong only needed to focus on what was up ahead.

“Cass… Let me take point! I recently learned a new observational skill from ‘Stitching Studies.'”