Only after hearing Wei Yenwu's promise did Chen Huijie calm down.
"That's right, Little Chen. I think you should listen to your uncle on this matter."
"The situation with the Ursus Fourth Army Group is unclear right now, and the war is on the verge of breaking out. We would all be very worried if you went to Ursus now."
"And we miss Little Talulah very much too, but the current situation doesn't allow it."
"Once the situation stabilizes, even if you don't say anything, we will arrange for you sisters to meet."
"Trust your uncle, and trust me. In this matter, our goals are the same."
Seeing Chen Huijie had softened, Madam Fumizuki's timely words completely calmed her down.
"Alright, I'll listen to you both."
Chen Huijie said calmly after taking a few deep breaths.
"Now then, next is the matter of whether Miss Flandre Scarlet will stay in Lungmen."
"Officer Chen, as a member of the Lungmen Guard Department, what is your take on this?"
Wei Yenwu took a puff from his pipe and looked toward Flandre.
"As a Guard Department Operator whose duty is to protect Lungmen, I still have certain reservations about a Blood Demon joining us. However, as a sister, I trust Talulah's judgment."
Even though she didn't know what world-shaking things the young girl before her had done, Chen Huijie still firmly trusted the Talulah she hadn't seen in decades.
Wei Yenwu hadn't expected Chen Huijie to say that. He was silent for a while before looking at Flandre.
"So, Miss Blood Demon, I'd like to ask you a question. What do you usually eat?"
"Human blood, of course—the fresher, the better! Flandre isn't an adult yet, so I can't eat expired stuff like the grown-ups do."
Flandre's words left everyone momentarily choked for breath.
Sister, do you even hear what you're saying?
You're the one asking for a favor here, couldn't you be a bit more tactful?
Or at least tell a lie to fool everyone?
You're being so frank that it's impossible for anyone to continue the conversation.
And what do you mean by 'grown-ups can eat expired stuff'!
"...You can only consume fresh blood?" Wei Yenwu tried to prompt Flandre in this way.
"Of course. Though some people say a virgin's blood is tastier, it tastes about the same to Flandre, so I'm not picky."
Flandre's words left everyone speechless.
"Then how many people's blood do you... consume for a single meal?" Wei Yenwu felt that this girl was perhaps a bit too honest. Even if he didn't know if she could stay in Lungmen later, getting some information about Blood Demons through her made the invitation worthwhile.
"It's not that much. Based on a normal person's blood volume, Flandre can go about a month without eating after finishing one."
Hearing this, the group breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, a Blood Demon didn't eat one person every day; otherwise, Terra's population really wouldn't be enough for them to go through.
"You have to kill a person every month. Don't you feel there's anything wrong with that?"
The righteous Miss Chen couldn't help but speak up and ask.
"Eh? Flandre has indeed killed many bad people, but there's no need to do something as strange as killing one person every month!" Flandre didn't quite understand what Chen Huijie meant.
"If you drain a person dry, won't they die? Isn't that called killing?"
Chen Huijie indicated she wasn't an idiot; she knew whether a person lived or died after being drained of blood.
"So why would I drain a person dry?"
"Big sister said something like... sustainable blood-sucking... yes, sustainable blood-sucking."
Flandre looked at Chen Huijie with an expression that said 'You're so silly, not even as smart as Flandre.'
Wei Yenwu understood her words and couldn't help but be surprised.
"You mean, you only drink a portion of the blood?"
"Of course! Although Flandre used to make a mess of things by accident, the current Flandre won't!"
"Take four or five sips from one person, and they can recover after resting for two days at most. Ten people are enough."
Flandre's words made everyone feel much more relaxed, and they saw hope for her to stay.
After all, if she needed to kill one person every month, even Lungmen's death row inmates wouldn't be enough.
But if the blood volume could be spread out, Wei Yenwu had many ways to call people in for voluntary blood donations every month.
Considering the news Flandre brought about Talulah, he began to make some calculations.
"Then, I have one last question. Was the incident with the Fourth Army Group your doing?"
Wei Yenwu stared intently at Flandre as he spoke.
"Although Sister Talulah and the Old Stubborn One both said this matter needs to be kept secret, since you all already know, there's no harm in telling you."
Flandre then recounted everything, starting from the betrayal within Reunion Movement to how she successfully drew the attention of the Fourth Army Group, giving Joseph the chance to enter the munitions depot and detonate the explosives, and then her escape during the ensuing chaos.
After listening, everyone fell into silence once again.
Chen Huijie also looked at the girl beside her with a face full of shock.
Even though the other party had shown many tricks in front of her, she still couldn't imagine how she had managed to pin down the elite forces of an entire army group by herself.
That was the Ursus Fourth Army Group, not the Lungmen Guard Department.
The gear in those people's hands were all top-of-the-line stuff.
Moreover, the quality of the Fourth Army Group's soldiers was extremely high; even with the same equipment, there was still a significant gap between Guard Department Operators and them.
The fact that she could withstand so many people and still retreat unscathed—this strength was several times more terrifying than she had imagined.
"So it really was you!" Wei Yenwu's gaze was somewhat complicated.
He looked at the girl before him, recalling the intelligence from Ursus in his hands. Not only had she not lied, but she had also supplemented many actual details that his spies hadn't managed to find out.
From this, he could imagine that the movements on the Ursus side were likely not aimed at Yan and Higashi, but rather a preparation to seek revenge on Kazdel to the south.
But could the Fourth Army Group, having lost more than half of its explosives and being distracted by the Infected soldiers, really gain an advantage over the Sarkaz?
Wei Yenwu felt it would be difficult; the other party might suffer another severe loss.
And his guess was not wrong.
In the autumn, the recovered Ursus Fourth Army Group boldly marched south between Leithanien and Yan, pointing directly at Kazdel.
Facing the arrival of the massive army, which looked as if it intended to completely destroy Kazdel...
Theresis, the Great Blood Demon Lord Duq'arael, and Nachzehrer of the King of Carrion each led three armies to meet them head-on.
In the early stages, although the Sarkaz army fought while retreating, the Ursus side didn't gain any advantages. Instead, because they were unfamiliar with the weather in Kazdel, they were ambushed by Theresis and stumbled right into a Catastrophe that was about to break out.
Leveraging the might of the Catastrophe, the three Sarkaz armies surged back, sending the Fourth Army Group scurrying in a panic. After losing two High-speed Warships and having tens of thousands of soldiers killed or deserted, the main force of the army group retreated back into Ursus territory in disgrace.
After this battle, the faint voices of the remaining opposition within the Sarkaz were swept away, and the entirety of Kazdel was basically under the complete control of Theresis.
As for the Fourth Army Group, because of these two losses, it was nearly annexed entirely by the young Emperor and could only retreat to the northern noble territories to rebuild its strength and wait for the next rise.
The result of the Old Nobility becoming more subdued was that the oppression faced by the Infected became even more severe.
That's right—not only did it not lighten, it became even worse.
The reason was that someone had to pay for the losses this time, and what the northern nobles lacked least were mines.
And the operation of mines required workers.
Ordinary people wouldn't be willing to do such dangerous work as mining Originium.
So they could only seize the Infected.
Thus, the Infected within Ursus territory were once again targeted by the Reconnaissance Squad.
This forced the entire Reunion Movement to go into hiding to avoid being targeted by the army.
Flandre was unaware of all this. At the moment, she was standing at the entrance of a private villa.
This villa was a location carefully selected for her by Wei Yenwu.
First, it was very quiet and far from the crowds, so she wouldn't have much interaction with others.
Then, he promised to arrange a batch of voluntary blood donations every month and have a portion sent over to Flandre's side.
This way, she wouldn't need to go out and hunt for food proactively.
Flandre, in turn, was not allowed to proactively attack ordinary people within Lungmen territory.
Of course, Flandre also raised an objection to this, which was that if someone proactively attacked her, she would also have the right to fight back.
Wei Yenwu agreed to this point but stated that Flandre could not intentionally provoke others first.
And so, she moved into this carefully arranged villa (prison).
After entering, Flandre was quite satisfied.
The entire villa was built in a Gothic style, very similar to the Scarlet Devil Mansion where she had lived before.
Moreover, Wei Yenwu had specially prepared an entire room full of various books, as well as a TV, game consoles, and such for her inside.
In any case, the meaning was clear: as long as she didn't wander around at will, there would be no problems.
Seeing the room full of books, Flandre turned and closed the door.
"Patchouli would probably be very happy if she saw this room!"
As for the game console, she didn't understand it, and she wasn't a certain NEET Princess from Eientei, so she had no interest in playing games.
Walking to the innermost room and seeing the large bed, Flandre happily threw herself onto it.
"Waa! So soft!"
After rolling around on the bed several times, she narrowed her eyes and happily fell asleep.
When she woke up again, it was already the next day.
Flandre was startled awake by the bright sunlight.
"So bright... the sun is so big!"
The sky in Lungmen was completely different from the gloom of Ursus; even in the morning, it was very bright, so much so that one could hardly open their eyes.
Standing on the balcony, Flandre stretched and then decided she must draw the curtains when sleeping at night.
Let's go out for a stroll!
Anyway, Wei Yenwu said there weren't many people around here.
Once the thought occurred to her, Flandre set off immediately.