Chapter 121: A proposal from the king. (1/2)

”You passed,” Vlad spoke in a neutral tone as he held the Greatsword's bloody blade with one finger.

”HAHAHAHAHAHAHA~” Victor laughed a lot. He looked very happy.

Why was he happy? The answer was simple. The moment he attacked the king, he had a glimpse of what he wanted, a vision of the 'top'.

He finally had a clear goal.

”...” A deadly silence fell in the king's hall, and all that could be heard was Victor's demonic laughter.

They couldn't process what had happened in front of them; everything was too fast.

This man... Wrong, Victor morphed into something that appeared to be close to a vampire count form. He then created a full-blooded Greatsword and suddenly appeared in front of the king, and all they heard after was the sound of an explosion.

'Good, he seems to have seen it.' Scathach nodded in satisfaction.

The king lifted his finger slightly, and suddenly Victor flew towards where he was before. His whole body was cut and broken, but he didn't care. He just continued:

”HAHAHAHAHAHA~” Laughing.

Vlad sat on his throne again, leaning back comfortably while resting his head on his hand, and soon his whole appearance was covered by darkness again.

Scathach lifted her stupid disciple up.

”Oh? Thanks, master... But soon-... Huh?” He was going to say he was going to be fine, but his vision started to blur.

Then his transformation was undone.

”Fool, do you think doing repetitive damage to your soul is a good thing? You're lucky you haven't slipped into a coma yet.” Scathach bites her wrist and shows her wrist to Victor.

”Suck.”

Victor doesn't deny it, opening his mouth to bite Scathach's wrist.

”Good.” She displayed a small, gentle smile.

”…” People who knew Scathach just looked at this scene in disbelief. Was this the same monster they knew? Was she ever this kind and gentle before? Did they smoke something illegal that is making them hallucinate?

”Oh?” Vlad raised his eyebrow; 'I see... So that little girl finally found someone... And to think he was going to be someone who has that blood.' He chuckled inwardly as he thought of the irony of fate.

Sensing the silence of the place, Scathach looked around and spoke with an annoyed face:

”What?”

”N-Nothing.” All the princes and princesses spoke at the same time.

Except for Ophis, who was looking at Victor with concern. Suddenly Ophis looked toward her father and muttered,

”Evil Father.”

”O-Ophis...” Lilith and Elizabeth stuttered a little. Although she spoke in a low voice, everyone present heard her words.

”...” A small invisible sweat fell from the king's face. He didn't expect this kind of reaction from his youngest daughter. He glanced at Victor thinking, 'It's that kid's fault, huh?'

Finished sucking his master's blood, Victor started to feel a little better. His wounds were regenerated, and soon he got up.

”Did you see?” Scathach asked.

”Yes, I finally have a path to pursue… But it's still too far away... Far, far, far away...” Victor finally understood something.

'For vampires, the barrier of time is absolute.' That's what he understood. Why?

The king, despite having stopped training and despite never trying harder to get stronger, was still the strongest.

The reason? He is the oldest vampire alive, and his status as the Progenitor of an entire race granted him many benefits as well.

A monster of flesh and blood sat on that throne.

Sigh

Victor sighed, and then he spoke in a disappointed voice:

”Ahhh, it's too bad.”

Victor's voice caught everyone's attention.

”What is such a shame?” Scathach asked.

”If I had been born 1000, no, 3000 years ago, I feel like I could put up a decent fight against him, sigh… it's really a shame.” Despite that being said, Victor couldn't imagine living away from his wives, and if he had been born 3000 years ago, he wouldn't have found his wives... He wouldn't have found Scathach.

Although he likes fighting, he likes his wives better.

”...” Scathach exhibited a small satisfied smile when she heard what Victor said; 'It was because of this personality that I started to love you…' Her face distorted into a strange expression; 'Huh? What did I just think-.' She couldn't finish her reasoning because she suddenly heard someone laugh.

Someone she hoped she would never hear laugh.

”HAHAHAHAHA~” Vlad Tepes, the king of vampires, the vampire who is respected by everyone, was laughing a lot now.

”…” Seeing their father laughing, Vlad's children's brains came to a halt. They couldn't believe what they were witnessing.

'This must be a dream!' they thought at the same time.

”Master...” Alexios Alioth didn't know how to feel either when he saw his king lose his composure.

Vlad ignored everyone and said, ”This is the second time anyone has said this in my entire existence. Isn't that right Little girl.”

”Tsk, don't call me that, Old-man. And I was young at the time.”

”You're still young to me.”

”That's because you're a walking bag of bones.” Scathach held up her middle finger.

”Oh, Master said that in the past too?”

”Yes, she was a lively girl.”

”Hmm...” Victor started to think, ”I can imagine. She always has this aura of blood around her, but she's surprisingly-.” Victor was going to say she was kind, but Scathach just punched him in the stomach.

”Cough.” Victor had his breath escape his lungs for a few seconds.

”You're talking too much, stupid disciple.” Scathach's eyes glittered dangerously.

”Well, you guys seem to have a good relationship.”

”...Y-Yes.” When he caught his breath, he said, ”I love Scathach so much.” He displayed a gentle smile.

”...W-Wh.” Scathach was taken by surprise.