"Do you want me to strengthen myself with the result of your sacrifice?" Lauren asked, her heart beating fast in her chest.

Seeing the tears flowing from his sister's eyes, down her pale cheeks and onto her dress, Vicente narrowed his eyes, not expecting this from the cold Lauren.

"Lauren... It's not about what I want, it's about what we can do. Either we do this or the family will be destroyed. I won't be here in a few years, maybe months." His voice was unwavering, cutting into Lauren's heart as she found herself in this horrible situation once again.

"No! I can't lose anyone else!" She cried as she hugged him tightly, trembling with fear. "You can't think like that, Vicente. Let's fight side by side! The two of us against Demien. You can stop cultivating and we'll defeat him together."

Sensing that something was wrong, Vicente grabbed his sister's face and looked at her more closely, seeing her beautiful but now very sad face.

Her lips were pressed together, her eyes were red. The veins in her forehead were bulging, while the temperature in her head was boiling.

She shivered and said, "I remember everything already." Her voice was shaky, her heartbeat so fast that Vicente could hear it. "I remembered everything. It happened when Annie was born."

Vicente opened his mouth but said nothing, watching his sister in silence, his eyebrows knitted together.

"Why?" he asked after a moment.

"I feel... I am ashamed of the things I have done. I-I'm not proud of the things I've done or said." She turned her face away, tears flowing even more from her opaque eyes.

"It wasn't your fault. They controlled you, brainwashed you, and ordered you to do terrible things!" Vicente raised his tone, showing her she shouldn't hate herself.

But deep in his heart, he was happy to have his sister back before he left; another relief for him.

"I'm not sure..."

"It's good that you remember everything. Nina and Annie will need you when I'm gone. It will be your duty to protect them and ensure the continuity of the family," he said deeply, returning to her major topic after her revelation.

"What if I fall too?" She asked. "You won't be here to support me and I might not even survive your fight with Demien."

"If that happens, may the gods have mercy on the continent. Not only humans, but all living things in our land will eventually succumb to death," he said in a stern tone, leaving no room for debate.

He sat down again and said in a whiter tone, "But that won't happen so easily. Although I'm not sure of my current strength compared to his, I'm difficult to face. If I feel I don't stand a chance against him, I will flee with you so that we can become stronger. There are several 6th stage vampires on the continent right now. It will be enough for me to kill one of them to make us both stronger."

Unable to argue, Lauren could only sit back and go along with her brother's plans.

"All right. When exactly do we leave?"

"I don't know. It could be a week, a month, or a year. I think the enemies are looking for ways to find me. Sooner or later, they will try to use my family against me. So the moment they show themselves in the south of the continent, it will be time for us to move." He anticipated the enemy's movements.

"This is worrying. How are we going to guarantee Nina and Annie's safety?" She asked in a worried tone.

"Through my robotic armor. My sixth ability can create distortions in space that can shorten long distances. I'll prepare an escape system and some robotic armor to be ready to take them away as soon as danger appears near them.

Demien won't act against them directly, because he'll be chasing me or confronting me. It's his minions that will do that. But my armor is fast enough to outrun them."

She believed her brother, despite the uncertainty of the method.

"That's all we can do. Against Demien Bloodthorne, we can only take our chances. There are no foolproof plans against him." He admitted the worst.

"That's a shame..." She sighed in defeat, feeling that much blood would have to be shed before there would be peace in Polaris Realm.

"Alright, let's do what you suggest. I hope the future isn't like you imagine it to be," she said.

Vicente sighed with a mysterious smile on his face. "Me too."

She stood up and suggested, "In that case, you'd better get back to the Seidel Kingdom while there's still time. Prepare as many methods as you can. There's no time to lose."

"Yes, I'll do that. But first, I have to give you a gift." He stood up as his Magic Gems glowed brightly, the mana in the environment changing instantly.

Lauren frowned, feeling her brother's immense power. "A gift?"

The six pentagrams of Vicente's first magical form emerged from his body, while the Dragon's Amulet also went into action.

"It's time for you to see again, Lauren!" He said with a sincere smile on his face as light gradually emerged from the darkness for the black-haired woman, who gradually saw her surroundings after almost two decades of total darkness.

At first, she saw the surroundings of the room, which were very blurry, with many shadows and a few colors. But in less than a minute of Vicente's powers working, the sharpness, brightness, and range of her vision increased significantly.

She opened her eyes wide as she once again saw Vicente. She saw her brother's majestic configuration of pentagrams, six pentagrams, five cyanthree of them almost indigoand one green.

But what caught her attention most was the face of her brother, who currently looked very much like the junior version of their father, Andrew.

"Vicente..." She murmured happily, unable to hold back her tears at finally being able to see him again.

While his sister cried, Vicente felt close to fulfilling all his duties as brother and head of the family. 'When I get back to Seidel Kingdom, I'll make sure Nina gets her hearing.'

His current powers were so high that even though he had thought it impossible to cure his sisters of their ailments, he could now give them the sight and hearing they had lost over two decades ago.