Chapter Volume 1, Diary of a Butler 8: The Music that has Changed Tempo (1/2)

Volume 1, Diary of a Butler Chapter 8: The Music that has Changed Tempo

Translator: Doza

Dear Father,

Thank you for blessing me from the heavens, allowing me to have finally found a good employer. I wholeheartedly wish for these days when we can get along so pleasantly to be able to continue.

After many days of playing truant from school, the young master returned to the days when he slept and woke up early every day, attended classes in school during the day, and did his homework earnestly upon returning at night.

Occasionally, the young master would still go out to eat midnight snacks. He would usually look for Ezart to accompany him, while I would usually drink blood by the side and occasionally utter a refusal to Ezart’s request for a fight.

Every morning, after sending the young master off at the door, I would carry a parasol as I delivered tea to the roof. Whenever I brought it up, Bramble would not say anything, not even to complain that the young master had disappeared yet again or such. However, whenever I collected the tea tray after waking up in the afternoon, the teapot would always be empty.

These pleasant and routine days continued for two weeks. Just when I thought that such a normal and routine lifestyle could at least last until the young master’s graduation, a very complicated matter arose.

One afternoon, after I had tidied up the tea tray, exchanged a few words with Dell, and greeted Bramble, I was just about to walk down from the roof when the door opened one beat ahead of me. There was a lady wearing a black hat behind the door. The wide hat brim shrouded her entirely under its shade, but it could not cover up the amorous rays radiating from her. Instead, the smooth curves of the black hat brim accentuated the enchantment of the shape of her face and her white skin, making one lose oneself in those blood-red lips on her face. She gave off the feeling that even if those pair of lips were to suck one’s blood dry, one would not have any regrets… Indeed.

An exceptional beauty filled with demonic charm like this was indeed the standard characteristic trait of a vampire. Since she appeared during the day, it was evident that her generation count was not distant. And in the world of vampires, one’s generation count was nearly equivalent to one’s strength.

At this moment, I also witnessed the excellent training of the bodyguards. Even though they were up against an exceptional beauty, their reaction was to immediately raise up their weapons. They made such a uniformed noise that it seemed as if there had only been one sound.

Facing the weapons of numerous bodyguards, the vampire beauty did not have a shred of concern. She slowly and deliberately pulled out a card from… from her bosom, and waved the card flirtatiously.

“Hold it,” Bramble shouted at everyone the instant he saw that card.

Then, he took out a cell phone and after momentarily operating it, the phone made a “beep beep” sound. He looked at the phone screen, and then nodded, saying, “Without a doubt, you are a person operating under our superiors. However, you are not in charge of this case. Whatever you wish to do, go and find my superiors to talk about it!”

“I have no intention of interfering with this case.” The fellow member of my race returned the card to her bosom languidly, and replied very seductively, “I only want to speak with him.”

The “him” from her mouth did not need any special indication. Everyone knew it was referring to me.

Upon hearing this, some of the tension in all the bodyguards dissipated. Some even laughed mockingly, and Bramble also gave me a disapproving look.

“I do not know her,” I promptly clarified… But right after that I received countless looks of disbelief, making me feel rather dejected. Are my words so unconvincing?

“However, I do know you, mister famous vampire butler.” She said, in a voice as sweet as honey, “I am Melody, an eighth generation vampire.”

“Nice to meet you, I am Charles Endelis.” I simply replied with my name, not wishing to state my own “generation count.”

Regarding the bodyguards who understood that the roof was a dark realm, they would probably also know about the strength that “a fifth generation vampire” signified. I was currently getting along very pleasantly with them and did not want them to be cautious towards me because they knew of my generation count.

Melody opened her pair of red lips, and said with a smile, “Handsome, could I have a word with you?”

I fell silent. No matter what the fellow member of my race wanted to do, I had to resolve this matter. Otherwise, if the young master became her next target, it would be terrible. I nodded and replied, “Alright.”

I took a step towards the fellow member of my race.

“Butler! If you can’t handle this great beauty, remember to yell for help! I guarantee that I’ll be the first to rush over to help you!” Dell yelled, and his words promptly led to a burst of sinister laughter.

Immediately, someone by the side laughed as he made cutting remarks, “They’re vampires on a date! Are you rushing over to be refreshments at the dinner table?”

I turned back to glance at him and Dell blinked at me. His words were normally rude and very sarcastic, but after several days of interacting with him, I came to realize that even if he did not spare others with his mouth, he was definitely a good person. These words were probably hinting to me that if I really met with trouble that I was unable to resolve, I could also ask them for help.

I nodded, grateful for his goodwill. However, in a fight between vampires, one was not allowed to have other races interfere, especially humans. This was a consensus among every vampire.

When I walked up to Melody, her languid voice rang out again, “Don’t go to the lower floors. Let’s go to another rooftop instead. In any case, you don’t mind the sunlight either right? If we went into the apartment to talk and broke the young master’s things, the two of us wouldn’t have a happy ending.”

“Alright.” I immediately agreed, but in my heart, I also understood that a fight was probably unavoidable.

Although Melody was wearing a pair of scarlet high heels, when she set out at a fast pace she still retained her elegance. She immediately jumped off the rooftop, and I started after her and leaped onto the neighboring large building.

But it was only one jump. After leaping onto the neighboring building, she stopped. This puzzled me. She should be able to tell that the relationship between those bodyguards and me was considerably good. If we were going to battle, we should have left their line of sight.

She turned around and then impolitely studied me for a while with her pretty eyes. She said, “I’ve heard you are a fifth-generation vampire, Charles Endelis.”

“I am.”

I nodded. It was not unexpected that she knew of my generation count. Just like what Mr. Kyle had said, I was very well-known within the vampire community. I was well-known not for my generation count, but because I wanted to be a butler. Vampires have always been good at being waited upon by people, but not serving others.

Thus, I held some admiration for her. Although she clearly knew that her own generation count was three generations apart from mine, she still dared to challenge me to a fight.

Melody frowned as she said, “You really don’t seem like a vampire.”

“Is that so?” I smiled faintly as I said with disbelief, “How am I not like one? I am a pureborn vampire.”

“Don’t tell me I’ve been the only one who has said this?” Melody said with certainty, “I don’t believe it. There have definitely been many vampires who said this the moment they saw you.”

This was actually true, and it has always troubled me. It was only because of my father’s wishes that I had never looked for an artist to sketch out my appearance… I suddenly remembered the painting that the young master had given to me. Could the appearance in that painting really be the feeling I give to others? Gentleness?

A gentle vampire. I could not help but smile wryly. It was no wonder I was so well-known among vampires. Perhaps it was not solely due to my identity as a butler.

However, no matter what I actually looked like, in any case, I had already lived a hundred and fifty years in this manner. I should settle the current situation first. I sighed lightly, and then asked, “May I ask why you wished to see me? In my recollection, it does not seem like we are acquainted with each other.”

Melody softly hummed as she walked into the shadow under the water tower. She removed her giant hat, and a head of curly hair cascaded down. She shook her head, her curly hair gently draping around her shoulders. In a relaxed posture, she leaned against the supports of the water tower with both hands crossed in front of her chest. She said with a slight arrogance, “Hmph! You don’t know me, but I know a lot about you. You stole my job!”

I froze, and then blurted out, “You are the vampire that Mr. Kyle mentioned before… The previous vampire that was sent to serve the young master?”

“So you know about that.”

The young master’s family was actually able to hire an eighth-generation vampire… The number of vampires belonging to the first ten generations was very low. They were always well-known figures in the world of darkness and few would agree to appear before large masses of people, let alone be hired by a human.

It was not surprising that Melody would be in such rage. It was already very difficult to get an eighth generation vampire to agree to be the young master’s bodyguard, and what’s more, to actually be rejected could be considered immensely shameful and humiliating.

I said with sincerity, “The young master is still young. He probably selects people randomly, nothing to do with one’s true capabilities. You do not have to be so offended like this. If you really like the young master and want to work by his side, I can…”

However, Melody interrupted me and retorted, “Who would like that little brat? I merely initially thought that I had already coaxed him into submission. Who could imagine that I would suddenly be replaced. Whatever I was feeling, it was just reluctance, that’s all.”

Feeling even more puzzled, I asked, “Since you do not like the young master, is it not better that you were replaced?”

“Hmph!” Melody’s face fell, and then she said coldly, “What good is there? If I’m not the young master’s subordinate, then I can’t get close to him.”

“Him? The young master?”

“Who’s talking with you about the young master!” Melody rolled her eyes at me.

I forced a smile. Were we not discussing the young master all along?

“He is…” Melody paused, looking hesitant as she thought for a moment, then continued, “I-Is the young master’s brother.”

“You want to get closer to the master?” I was startled. I did not think that this situation would be related to the master.

“Master?”

Melody looked amused as she said, “So that is how you address him? That’s actually quite fitting. He is indeed a lofty master high above the masses, and treats everyone as worthless dirt. The young master is the only exception. Only by being at the young master’s side, will the master spare a glance towards you…”

The moment she mentioned the master, Melody’s gorgeous face practically glowed with radiance. It looked like she truly revered the master.

However, I tried to remind her, “If your eyes are always fixed upon the master, then how can you serve the young master well?”

Hearing this, she was speechless for a while. She looked as if she comprehended what I’d said, but she still shouted obstinately, “What would you know? You’ve never seen the master before! You wouldn’t know that compared to the master, the young master is at most an obedient child. Anyone would treat the master as their idol!”

I fell silent for a moment, and then murmured softly, “If that is the case, then I can understand why the young master had to leave his home. No matter how much he loves his brother, he cannot live his entire life in his brother’s shadow.”

Melody sniffed coldly, and then gave me a warning, “But he is already destined to live in his brother’s shadow. Regardless of where he escapes to, the outcome will not change!”

I smiled as I shook my head, saying, “People will eventually become independent. The young master is not an exception, and he is already more than twenty years old… ”

“Shut up!”

Melody suddenly yelled. Her entire body had changed from her initially relaxed and leaning posture to being highly tensed, like a provoked cat. She completely lost her prior indolent attitude, which made me immediately fall silent and look at her with astonishment.

“You must never speak anything that will encourage the young master to become independent, especially in the young master’s house. If not, then pray that the master will mercifully give you a quick and painful death!”

At this moment, the color of the sky gradually darkened. Melody walked out from under the shade and stood in the light of the setting sun. She looked like a prophet who was glowing and was now proclaiming an unchangeable prophecy.

“Charles Endelis, do not think that a fifth generation vampire can change anything. This world is huge, deep, and wide. It isn’t something that a vampire like you, born in a vampire household, can understand! Right now, the young master is shielding you, but even if the young master is here, the master still has many ways of eliminating you. When that time comes, perhaps the young master would shed a couple of tears for you, but he would never fall out with the master for this reason.”

I looked at Melody. A ridiculous notion suddenly welled up in my heart, but I felt that it was highly possible.

“Was it the master who had you come and give me this warning?”

Melody’s body shook, and then glaring at me fiercely, she said in an icy tone, “Do you think the master is acquainted with me?”

Even an eighth generation vampire is unable to come into contact with the master? I was a little apprehensive. Just what sort of identity does he have…

Rat-tat!

Following two faint sounds, two sparks flashed beside my leg. Stunned, I looked down towards my feet. There were two tiny cavities in the ground, with two wisps of smoke emitting from them.

I was a little doubtful. This is…

“What are you daydreaming for!”

Melody shouted, and then charged over with the inhuman speed of a vampire. After shoving me away, she grabbed beside her with her hand and two wisps of smoke rose between her fingers. She opened up her hand. Two bullets fell out and dropped onto the floor, making a tinkling sound.

They really are gunshots!

At that moment, gunshots erupted. They were no longer the previously modest double shots, but a chain of uninterrupted gunfire. Melody and I dodged at the same time using our non-human speed, which made our silhouettes turn into flashes of shadows, thereby evading the rain of bullets.

“Why are they attacking us… Why would Bramble and the others want to attack us?”

While dodging, I also clearly saw the source of the bullets. It was from the rooftop of the neighboring building, which was also where Bramble and the others were. I even felt that I could glimpse Bramble’s gaze.

However, Melody did not have enough time to answer before Bramble and the others started firing again. This attack was more ferocious than the previous one. It was not merely bullets; they were also using energy weapons. This made the two of us even more serious in avoiding them. Perhaps the bullets would only hurt us for a moment, but the energy light rays could cut our skin apart.

Although the amount of blood loss from the energy light rays would not be much, even if the blood loss was minute, it was something that every vampire would absolutely go to great lengths to avoid. That was because blood was the source of our strength.

In the midst of this hail of bullets, Melody and I simultaneously dodged behind some cover, which was also the rear of the doorway to the staircase leading down. The moment I dashed inside, she grabbed my collar and yelled urgently, “Are you carrying any items that the master gave you?”

I pondered for a moment, and then took out the cell phone from my possessions and asked, “This is the cell phone that the young master passed on to me. But I heard that it was from Mr. Kyle, not the master…”

“Kyle is the master’s right hand man. The things he gives are equivalent to the master giving it. Do you think that with the master’s personality, there wouldn’t be a bug inside this device?” Melody glared at me as she shouted furiously, “Call the young master now, hurry!”

Under this sort of situation, I immediately followed Melody’s instructions. However, a formal voice came from the cell phone that kept on repeating, “Your phone is unable to make any calls at the moment.”

I pressed the stop button, and then said to Melody, “I cannot call.”

Upon hearing this, her eyebrows creased, yet she did not look surprised. Instead, she asked again, “Where is the young master now?”

I glanced at the color of the sky, and replied, “He should be back home already.”

“Come!” Melody flashed to my side and seized my hand, anxiously saying, “Find the young master. He is the only one who can save us.”

Before I could reply, I heard a loud sound. I turned my head to look. The iron door that was originally beside us was flying in mid-air; then it fell beyond the roof and thereafter tumbled down, leaving my range of sight… I hope there are no passersby below the building.