Chapter 80: Everything is Connected. (1/2)
Victor disappears behind Elizabeth and appears sitting on the ice throne he created.
”Fast~”
”HaHaHaHa, did you like it, Ophis?”
”Mm,” She nodded.
”Is different.” She pointed to herself.
”Hmm? Yeah, what I did is something different than what you do.”
”Different...” Ophis seemed to be thinking deeply about something, but actually, she was just enjoying Victor's caresses.
”She seems attached to you, Victor.” Scathach spoke.
”Yeah, but I don't care; she's cute.” Victor displayed a gentle smile.
Realizing that Victor wasn't doing anything else, Elizabeth began to slowly calm down.
Not just her, everyone started to calm down.
”Fuaaa...” Pepper lets out all the trapped air she's been holding, ”That was intense...I thought they would fight any second.” She spoke in a low voice.
”Really... I really can't understand Victor anymore. He's becoming too unpredictable; this is bad for my heart.” Lacus spoke in a joking tone to alleviate the situation.
”It's our mother's fault... It's all her fault...” Siena said.
”…” The three sisters agreed.
”I'm glad nothing happened...” Yuki's heart was beating very fast, she didn't want to fight the king's family; that was just suicide! But... As a vampire, she liked Victor's attitude... But that's something she'll never say out loud!
”What are you doing, Maria?” Luna asked curiously.
”Nothing,” Maria replied, she made a gesture with her hand, and soon, all the wires she had spread around the room began to be collected. She acted on instinct, but internally, she didn't know why she did it. 'Why was my first reaction was to try to protect that man? Is it because of the master's order? But the master didn't order me to protect Victor...'
”Darling~” Violet had a silly smile on her face, she wanted to hug Victor, but that child! That child was stealing her place!
”Violet, we need to talk,” Ruby spoke seriously.
”Heh?” Violet didn't understand.
”Come here. We need to talk about something.” Sasha grabbed Violet's right arm.
”Huuh?”
Ruby approaches Violet and grabs her left arm, then the two women drag Violet to the corner of the room.
”W-Wait... My D-Darling-”
”Shut up, we need to talk,” Ruby spoke in a deadly serious tone.
”…” Violet was speechless, she had never seen that expression on Ruby.
Soon the two wives started to lecture Violet. Calling the king's daughter a 'bitch' was something above the level of disrespect… She needs to be more self-aware of her status!
What if, because of her words, a political war broke out!? Lots of vampires were going to die because of her decision! That was Sasha and Ruby's concern.
As Ruby, Sasha, and Violet talked, Victor spoke:
”Princess, have you ever heard a Chinese proverb that said: because of a nail, the shoe was lost; because of the horse, the message was lost; because of the message, the war was lost.”
”...I've never heard of it.” Elizabeth continued to speak as her eyes slowly turned to violet.
”The lesson this proverb teaches is quite simple to understand….” As he stroked Ophis' head, Victor looked up at Elizabeth with a small innocent smile on his face:
”Because of a mistake made by someone, an entire war was lost... Everything is connected. So remember, it only takes one small mistake for an entire empire to fall to ruin.”
”...” Elizabeth felt her whole body go cold when she heard Victor's words:
”Is this a threat?”
”Threat? Pfff... That's just advice coming from someone who learned from the best teacher in the world.”
”...” Scathach exhibited a small smile when she heard Victor's words, she didn't have time to teach Victor much. Still, one thing she made sure to teach was the mentality of a warrior who goes to war. After six months of intense torture and with a disciple willing to learn, can work miracles...
”...” Elizabeth was silent, ”I see... I will remember this.”
Then she turns her face away and looks at Scathach, Ruby, and Sasha:
”What is your relationship with them?”
”They are my wives.” He replied.
”...W-Wh?” She thought for a moment that she was deaf.
He pointed to Scathach, ”She's my mother-in-law and my teacher.”
”Hi~, I'm his mother-in-law~” She spoke with a gentle smile as she waved her hand.
”…” Elizabeth didn't know how to react when she saw Scathach playing.
He pointed to the three sisters, ”Those are my friends over there. Oh, you can exclude Siena; she's not my friend at all.”
”Pfft.” Pepper almost started to laugh but stopped when she saw Siena's gaze.
Lacus shook her head when she saw her sister's attitude.
”That one is my maid.” He pointed at Yuki.
”...” Yuki made a simple gesture of respect.
He looked at Maria and flashed a small smile as if he understood something, ”She's Sasha's maid.”
”...” Maria repeated Yuki's gesture.