"To fool someone who wants to be fooled is easier than to fool someone who doesn''t care about you," Yovana smirked. "This should be easier than we thought. If he wants to believe us, the Town Head shouldn''t be much different."


    "Since he would be so desperate to woo us, it should be easy to make him believe as well. After spending some time with him, we can be on our way back," she further added, being really confident about her assumption. There wasn''t any reason not to be.


    "I hope so."


    The carriage followed after the three Franc n members. Everything that Yovana had said about that appeared to be really urate since they were also discussing how easy it was going to be from now on if the deal went through.


    "We won''t have to run back and forth to distant cities. I can''t wait for that day." The young Witch smiled. "No matter what, this deal needs to go through. If the Town Head didn''t agree, I''d personally make him agree."


    "There''s no reason for him to not agree."


    The house of the Town Head appeared to be in the middle of the town, while the hotel where As stated was at the edge of the town.


    Standing on the balcony, As watched the carriage leave, carrying Lilith.


    After the carriage disappeared from his view, he walked back to the bed.


    He sat on the bed and picked up Lilith''s Grimoire. Throughout the journey, Lilith and Yovana tried to teach him how to read the Grimoire, and he was mostly sessful as well.


    He was able to read and understand the spells that were written in the spell book for the most part. At least he was confident about thenguage part. From the book, Lilith even taught him how to use some powerful spells that he could use.


    She didn''t ce too much burden on As'' head by trying to teach him too many spells. She only taught him a few spells at the start that she believed were crucial for him and coulde in handy.


    She also taught him one spell secretly that wasn''t written in the Grimoire. She taught him the spell to hide his aura and make sure that no one could find out what he really was. The spell was simr to the spell that was keeping the Vampire Bloodline of Yovana under the wraps, but it was more versatile as it didn''t really affect his bloodline.


    Even with the spell in action, As could still use the abilities he had received as a Vampire.


    "If everything goes well, we should be able to meet An. Getting him to give me his Key Fragment would be the hard part though. Since Castiel wasn''t his friend, that makes the equation even moreplicated. The only way would be through ckmail."


    " Fortunately, his freedom is on the line, along with his daughter. That should be enough of a reason to convince him, hopefully. Either that or he''ll gopletely bonkers. I hope it''s the former."


    "However, I''m yet to talk to Lilith about my n. Even with An''s key fragment, I would only have one. Only Lilith knows where Castiel''s key fragment is kept. Hopefully, she will understand my motives and give me the key.


    "With Castiel''s key, I would have two of the four puzzle pieces. I also know where the third one is. That Blood Council Member holds the Key Fragment of Ramiun. I didn''t want to have a conflict with him, but if it''s for Mise''s sake, I wille for him."<novelnext></novelnext>


    "I have what he needs after all, so luring him should be easy as well. He wants my key, but he''ll end up giving me his own key. That''s the easier part. The harder part is getting the fourth key... The key of Progenitor Lucius..."


    Letting out a tired sigh, As fell onto the bed, letting his head rest on the pillow. "I don''t know where Lucius is. Let alone me; I don''t think even the Blood Council knows."


    "Without his key Fragment, I''ll only have three key fragments of the four, which shouldn''t be enough. If I''m not wrong, we need all four. That still leaves the fourth one..."


    "I don''t have an infinite amount of time in this body. Finding Lucius is something I must do at the earliest, but how. Wait... An! An was the only one of the four Progenitors who didn''t go to sleep! He had been roaming this earth for a long time. If there is anyone who knows where Lucius went to sleep or where he wasst seen, it would be him!"


    "Unlike Castiel, An didn''t have any enmity with Lucius, so it should be highly likely that he would know. Even if he doesn''t know where Lucius went to sleep, he should at least know where he wasst seen."


    " He would also know where the Vampires from Lucius'' lineage live. It won''t be easy to locate him but at least I would have a ce to start."


    Better than no hope was a distant hope, and that''s what As ced his mind at. He didn''t think about how low his chances were. All he cared about was the fact that there were chances. As long as there was even a one percent chance of sess, it was worth it for him.


    He picked up the spell book once again and started going through the spells once again. No matter how many times he was taught a spell, it was stillplicated enough. He wanted to memorize the spells so much that there was no room for making mistakes.


    In one ce, As was memorizing the spells from a book, and in another ce, the writer of that spell book stepped out of the carriage.


    Lilith, Lancaster, and Yovana stood before the house of the Head of Town. The house wasn''t luxurious from any angle, but it was still the best this town had to offer.


    Since Lilith was being escorted by people from the Franc n that came here often, they were allowed right inside the house without any questions being asked by the guards.


    In fact, even after they entered the house, they didn''t need to wait much. As soon as the group of six took a seat on the two couches, an old man entered the hall.


    Lilith, Lancaster, and Yovana stood up. They needed to give courtesy since they were pretending to be merchants. On the other hand, the three from the Franc n didn''t bother. They remained seated.


    The old man was slightly surprised to see three new faces.


    "Are they also from the n?" he asked the young mage.


    "They aren''t from the n. They are from a merchantpany."


    "Oh? A merchantpany and here? Which one? I know quite a few, so maybe I recognize theirpany already."