On the other hand, when Zion was busy following the masked man around, a certain princess sat on the ground and stared off into space in a trance. It seemed as if she was thinking about a serious topic as a frown crossed her forehead. Just then, two soldiers walked inside the corridor of the prison and stood in front of her cell.

They all had grave expressions on their faces, and then their expressions changed when they came in front of Lia. They all became angry as they stared at Lia with bloodshot eyes. "So you're the person who's supposed to be the criminal on the boss's behalf."

Lia raised her eyebrows and glanced at the soldiers. Just now, they seemed to have revealed to her something important about the case. They spoke about a certain 'boss' who had supposedly told them about her. Her brows furrowed. Could this man be the real murderer who wanted to shift all the blame on her shoulders?

When she thought of that, her face flushed with anger. But seeing as the perpetrator wasn't present here, she could only direct her anger toward the men sitting right in front of her. She glared at the soldier standing closest to her and said, "Go and tell your boss to come and see me personally! If he's a man, he should come and face me directly instead of stabbing me behind the back!"

The soldiers ignored her words and continued gossiping. "When will they catch that human? It's taking so long!"

Another soldier sneered and said, "It's just a human! What are you worried about? He can't do a single thing on his own! Don't worry. Before he can even think of creating trouble for the boss, he'll be caught."

Just as the two of the soldiers were gossiping, footsteps echoed in the corridor. Lia's ears perked up as she glanced at the main door of the prison. The door opened and someone else entered the dark corridor. Three more soldiers approached the cell, and the two soldiers from before stopped talking. It seemed as if they didn't want to talk about their 'boss' in front of others.

Did that mean not all the soldiers side with this boss? Lia's brows furrowed as she stared at the soldiers standing just outside the cell. Then one of the soldiers who just marched inside said in a prideful tone, "Are you ready to confess?"

The two soldiers from before glared at her and exchanged a glance as they took a few steps back as if they were obedient guards who weren't just gossipping about a certain boss in front of Lia.

The dhampir princess sneered and refused to glance at them anymore. She shifted her dark gaze toward the group of guards who just arrived and said in a haughty tone, "As if! I haven't done anything, and you don't have the right to get a confession out of me without any evidence!"

"No evidence?" The soldier who seemed to be the leader said and glared at her. "The queen herself said that she doubts you the most! That's the best evidence for me!"

Again with that damned queen. Couldn't she just sit back in her room and stare at that ancient tree all day long? Lia was angry at Odina, but she also knew that the main killer wouldn't be the queen. She was aware of the elf queen's personality very well. That girl was a patriot who could do anything for her race. How could she go around killing kids when she loved every single one of her elf citizens?

When Lia thought of this, her expressions turned darker. That elf queen was certainly a hypocrite. At one time, she would show her compassionate nature to everyone, and when she turned around, she would be ready to kill thousands of people who were willing to harm her citizens as if nothing else mattered for her. People from different races were also living beings! She didn't have the right to kill other people!

This was perhaps the reason why Lia wanted to believe that a dhampir girl could kill so many kids from Viridis kingdom but not her citizens. As if all the elves were naive and innocent!

Lia grumbled as she thought to herself.

Then the silent spy soldiers suddenly opened their mouths. "If she's not confessing, I say we should just force her to confess! In any case, hadn't the elf queen told us herself that she had suspicion on this dhampir girl? If she said so, we should believe our queen blindly!"

"Yeah!" Another spy soldier joined his friend and added. "It would be a sin not to trust her!"

The leader soldier thought for a while before nodding as if he considered the spys' words to be true and logical. Then he turned toward Lia as he opened the door to the cell. He walked over with a dark expression on his face and bloodshot eyes. "Let's get started."

Thankfully, the elves still had a trace of 'humanity' in their hearts. They didn't torture the girl themselves but called for a group of female soldiers. The latter started hitting Lia with long iron sticks continuously as the rest of the soldiers watched the scene with dark expressions on their faces.

Even though Lia didn't utter a single word, her entire body was shrouded in pain. Her limbs trembled continuously as she pressed her lips in a thin line to try her best to stay cool and collected. No matter how many times these people hit her, she decided to stay silent and endure.

But even after half an hour, when the soldiers continued to hit her, a hint of darkness flashed in her eyes. She stared at the faces of those ladies and the guards standing way behind them with a cold and icy gaze. It felt as if she were trying to remember the faces of these people so that she could take timely revenge against them in the future!

After a few rounds of hitting, when she still didn't utter a single word, the soldiers stopped and wiped their foreheads. "Leader, she's still not saying anything."

"Let's stop here for now. We'll come back tomorrow and continue." As the leader said, he crossed his arms over his chest and walked away followed by other guards behind him.

At this time, none of those people noticed that the dhampir girl's eyes were extremely dark as if she were ready to go on a killing spree!