Renil looked at Gasen and remarked, “Don’t you think that a family reunion is always touching, Gasen?”

“…”

“At the same time, it’s also troublesome. That’s why it’s better for us not to witness that embarrassing sight, right?” Renil grumbled.

“…”

“What? You want to see it and cry like a baby?!” Renil exclaimed.

“…”

Renil nimbly evaded Gasen’s punch and quickly ran away.

Deff could not believe his eyes. He ran and hugged the young boy, who was much smaller than him. He cried, “Diel!”

The young boy looked shocked, his eyes widening. He could not speak a word, and all he could muster was unintelligible gibberish. He had spent so long on his own that he forgot how to speak.

Deff bit his lips and said, “I’m sorry… Your brother is sorry… I’m very sorry… Really… I’m really sorry…” All he could do was repeatedly apologize like a fool, hugging the young boy even more tightly as tears streamed down his face. “Thank you for being alive… Thank you… Diel… Thank you so much…”

Diel had managed to run away just before he was sold as a slave, but the hole he had escaped through collapsed, and the place he had dug himself into was the vampire castle’s basement. Vampire ghosts had appeared whenever he tried to leave the place, and Diel had survived for so many years by eating the flesh of dead vampires and drinking any rainwater that seeped down to the...