19 Episode 19: The Monster in the Goga Story (1/2)

”Vampires......?

”Are you talking about that gaga story?

Ilia and Miss Raini ask to confirm. Regardless, Miss Raini saw a rare and bewildering color on Ilia's face.

Nothing strange about the reaction between the two of them. Vampires are nothing but gay tales, at least in the perception of ordinary people.

Says a monster sipping people's blood. I can't keep my parents' word, and if the sun goes down and I'm walking away, I can speak to a beautiful person.

He's so beautiful, he sucks up blood and becomes one of the vampires when he follows him as he is invited.

But no one has ever actually seen a vampire, and the damage has not been reported. So it is only the existence of the Goga story. It is thought to be a creation to make children listen.

”Not when you're a vampire, but you're trying to tell me that vampires are real.”

”Is it not?

Miss Raini and Ilia all aligned in my rhetoric and looked suspicious. Honestly, I don't want to talk about it. Because there is no certainty as to why. But if my hypothesis is correct, Miss Raini will still be a vampire.

If we don't talk hypotheses, though we don't prove it, we can't move on. I open my heavy mouth in sigh.

”I say vampires are prototypes of vampires.”

”Vampire prototype?

”I have a story based on a vampire's gaga story. Hypothesis inferred from materials and artifacts with few records at the time. So there is no certainty. Still listening?”

”... let me hear it”

Miss Raini nods with a serious look on my foreboding face. It's about me, so I guess I'm desperate. I nod one at Miss Raini like that and keep explaining.

”I think the prototype of a vampire was born out of some wizard study.”

”Wizard, is it?

”Yes. Vampires are those who magically embody immortality in a limited way. Half-dead, but one who fell into a demon who gained long lives by magical powers. That's the vampire.”

Miss Raini was relieved by the hypothesis I told her. Because of the tension, the hand I was holding on my chest is shaking. I keep talking pretending not to notice it.

”It was a long time ago. I don't know exactly how many generations ago it was. It is certain that it was before the vampire's gaga story spread. There were certainly people who became archetypes of vampires in those days. The figure, read and painted from the remaining research material, is a man who risked his life on a magical quest, who fell into despair and madness with an understanding of the time of death”

It's a coincidence that I found that record. I am surprised that there are vampires and named beings in this world, and I have been wondering where their origins came from.

Working also as an adventurer, I coincidentally took the opportunity to browse the Wizard's research materials to become a prototype of a vampire. It is called a “forbidden book,” a book describing knowledge that should not be spread in the country. The research material was one such forbidden book.

”Shall I call him for convenience? Being a prototype of a vampire, he was an excellent wizard. And by studying magic, he was trying to trace the truth of the world. But there's one difficulty with him.”

”Difficulty......?

”Life expectancy. No matter how capable a wizard is, it cannot withstand life expectancy. He has become afraid of death. I didn't do anything good to decay in the middle of the road. At the end of his talent and obsession, he has completed one study. It was about” taking it away from others. ”

”... take away?

”If you're old, be young. If you cannot make up for your own life, transfer it from one person to another. Take it away from the” others ”so as to make up for what is missing. He has completed such magic. By incorporating the blood of others into himself as a mediator, he tried to cross life expectancy and limits.... and I'm guessing”

”Is that a guess?

Ilia asks me with a suspicious look on her face as she follows the story och. I guess it's because I was clouded at the end for talking so much. That's why I didn't want to be honest with you.

”I also only read it from research material and all I had to do was fill it in with my imagination. I don't know the boulder until the details of the procedure, and I just guessed it in the first place, so I might be wrong. But if my reasoning is correct, the wizard has somehow gained the power to sustain himself by taking the blood of others while dying.”

”... can you make magic like that?

”I don't think there's anything I can do. My ideas are flying by the time I just try, and my ethics as a person are broken. I didn't think it would be real if I couldn't even solve this place. But I had a tip.”

”Is that a hint?

”It's a demon stone. Yes, I built the Demon Stone. If you just can't reproduce it by magic, you can create a demonic stone that” has the ability to fulfill what you want ”. In your own body.”

Whether the words I tell you were a shock, Raini covers his mouth with his hands. Ilia is breathtaking with rare eyes open.

I said it briefly, but I just think of it as an act where human ethics are clearly broken. Not to mention what I wanted is like immortality. To feed others for this is more of a monster than a human being.

”A body with an approaching death period cannot produce enough vitality. Then you can take it from others. Generate the demonic stones necessary for this purpose and take life from others via blood. That's how Bakemono, a prototype of vampire heritage, was born.”

”... does that really exist”

”I was half-hearted until I saw Miss Raini. But there were speculations that it might be true. Because vampires are” born of people ”demons. Conversely, it does not occur naturally. 'Cause I was originally a“ human ”. Otherwise vampires will not be established. And I think it's like an infection for a vampire bite victim to be the same vampire.”

If you can create a demonic stone, if it has the effect of degenerating people. And if you can increase that demon stone. If this is true. It also coincides with the legacy that the bitten person will be one of the vampires.

”I don't know if vampires are already moving on their own volition, or if they are being driven by demonic stone functions to operate.... Anyway, no matter how magically good you are at transcending people, there are limits on your own. So what do you think we should do? Miss Raini!”

”What!? What, um... I don't know”

”Then give me the answer. The answer is to increase the number. And he became a vampire. I guess this is what he thought. You can embed the same demon stone. That way we'll all be the same creature”

Miss Raini breathed. I guess it's because I imagined the sight. Even I would be frightened if I imagined it.

If you can embed the Demon Stone into your people, you can let the Demon Stone suck magic after that. If there is no ethic or nothing there that respects humanity, it can be done. In fact, I'm doing something similar, engraving...

”That's probably why vampires used to be recognized and crusaded as demons. But people are learning creatures. Vampires derived from people, of course, may have thought about it. If you can't make a stand and move, you should be dispersed in the darkness. Until one day the time comes.”

And the vampire disappeared from the history of the table. But the vampire threat isn't gone. At the very least, it is possible that the story of Aga remained as a lesson so that people will not forget, and that time has changed its appearance.

That's just a guess. Because there is an overwhelming lack of material to fill that conjecture and reality.

”There have been no reports of vampire damage, or maybe they hunted it all down. Or are you lurking somewhere so you can't find it? I'm most afraid you don't know.”

”... so, you know. Why did Princess Anisphere think I was a vampire?

”Because it matches the hallmark of vampire heritage, the ability that vampires are predicting to be gaining if my assumptions were correct. Strong charm, mental interference close to brainwashing. It takes more of our own kind, and it takes more of us to get confused with the world.”

It is believed that what was attacked by vampires became vampires and that being one of them was due to the power of this brainwashing. And the fact that vampires still have a legacy of being beautiful enough to lure people into it makes me wonder if they're either transformed or fascinated.

”Leaving aside whether Miss Raini is actually a vampire or not... no, that's the problem, but the other problem is piling up...”

”... let's sort it out. First, Miss Raini said she was a half of an estimated vampire and a thoughtful demon.... Are you sure it's half?

”So, like the magical experiment where Miss Raini was implanted with demonic stones? I don't know about that, and it doesn't even look like they're implanting demon stones and causing mental anomalies. If it happened to be the idiosyncrasies that the Demon Stone would become in your body, wouldn't that be the subject of an autopsy?

”Or autopsy!?”

I don't think it's a possible case of autopsy, although it's bad for Miss Raini, who's bluishing her face. Anyway, I don't know any other examples. Even if the autopsy goes too far, there's a good chance they'll kill you.

”Whether Miss Raini is really a vampire or not, that's a problem, but it's not. The issue that must be given the utmost importance is the power of Miss Raini. He's fascinated without consciousness, and his effect is enough to captivate the children of powerful men, starting with the royal family?

”It doesn't taste good, no matter what you think. The country will be disrupted even if he wants it or doesn't want it. You can't let that happen.”

Ilia shrugged frowning. Yes, there's actually confusion going on because of the people Miss Raini confused me with.

”And if Miss Raini was truly a vampire, the fact that the vampire lived to modern times is confirmed. It is possible that Miss Raini will be used in human experiments to explore countermeasures against vampires. Although noble, Baron, you are too weak to protect Miss Raini”

”The worst is the possibility that Miss Raini will be kidnapped and used.”

”If you let it spill out of the country, you don't know what kind of trickery you can put on it.”

The problem is piled up even if I count it by the fold.

One thing, Miss Raini's fascinating effect is that mental interference can overthrow the country.

Two, if the source of that power was a vampire, the reality of the vampire could be confirmed and Miss Raini could be used as a material for research.

Three, it would be very unpleasant if this information did not remain in the country and was known to another country and Miss Raini was taken away.

These three alone are going to give me a headache. In fact, there are other problems just raising things that are understandable and critical.

”It's the most dangerous thing that you can't control yourself.”

”... Speaking of which, how does the princess take action?

”This is why I suspect Miss Raini is a vampire, but we rebel each other that Demon Stone doesn't really like the compatibility between demon stones”