Chapter 53 (2/2)
Ruppel frowned deeply
I sihtly “No Harman had informed me earlier, dear brother”
“So that’s hoas,” the Third Is “I don’t see any of our other brothers present today I’m sure they had to return to their individual territories as they are all burdened by their duties So don’t be too dejected by it I too am bound by my own duties and can only stay here for a short while”
He s like that, I figured that he was just as bad at lying as Harman
“Thank you for those words”
I put on a shtly patted my shoulder
“I saw you raise a bit of a commotion earlier I feared that you’ve reined in your wild streak after returning to the ioodness! You and your fiery te on and on, but still didn’t forget to studyany foolish thoughts”
The smile on his face moved over to his eyes this ti this occasion with the hopes of trying your luck at the emperor’s throne, you and I would’ve ended up as enemies So all I can say is I’m truly relieved”
The corners of his lips curled up with his head now cocked to a side
“Just like how it used to be We carry on as ays have, do you understand? You only have to do what I tell you Ah, if you want, then I canyour heart desires will coain
“Well then, I’ll be on my way now”
He then promptly exited from the banquet’s venue
No sense of presence, was it…? I thought that I could figure out the reason why That fool’s style was to say what he wanted to say and then leave, just like that
I ignored that idiot and continued with co the list
“…I’ain and settled down before pushi+ng the list towards Har there stiffly
“Here, this is the list of the vampires within the imperial court”
“Have you really located everyone, your highness?”
Har much wider than before
“This isaround seriously, I’ood look at their faces, then I’ll find it hard to deteruess what? Most of them have their faces turned away fro If that’s not it, then they sahat I did to Count Fo was up, and deliberately avoidedthis is only a portion, your highness?!”
“I’ve only gone through the ones on the ground floor I haven’t had the chance to go up to the first floor of the banquet hall yet”
“There seehness”
Yeah, I was surprised by that too
About one hundred aristocrats, servants, and maids were present in the hall Twelve of them turned out to be vampires, five aristocrats plus seven servants and arded by their peers, apparently They probably treated the others well in order to hide their true natures This would be rather si up the livestock pen
“Your highness, are you sure all these people are vampires?”
“You don’t trust me?”
Harman shook his head at h there isn’t any proof?”
“Anyone would trust you after witnessing all the hness”
Well, that’s a relief then Here’s one person who did believe inon It’s two people noasn’t it?
I glanced at Charlotte for a second before continuing on, “Absolutely bloody brilliant, this damn Theocratic Empire I had no idea that it’d be this hopeless”
This was only the banquet hall Which her nu within all corners of the imperial palace
Even at a casual estimation, there should be at least over thirty of the them run around unchecked, anyway? Did Gaia’s love and mercy really embrace every fool under the sun equally?
“There’reas the Vampire Count back in Ronia, can they?”
Harenitors’, your highness”
“Progenitors?”
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“You already know the evolution process of an undead, don’t you?”
If a zoh de even further, eventually it’d end up as a vaenitors’ were existences ‘born’ through that process, and their origin would be considered as ‘vain with As for the existences ‘birthed’ froenitor as a sort of a clone, they were called a ‘blood-creation’ These were beings that inherited the powers of a vah the undead’s evolution
Harman continued on, “They should all be blood-creations, your highness Unless the Progenitor’s balls are rade-A steel, the creature itself wouldn’t dare and hide within the borders of our Theocratic Empire”
Thankfully, this meant that they were all considerably weaker than the Vampire Count we ran into back in the Ronia fiefdom On the flip side, it also ers, instead