Chapter 174 - 174: The Obsession And Love Of A Mother-in-law. (1/2)

Nightingale.

Clan Fulger Mansion.

Inside an office, a woman with long blonde hair who was wearing a rather noble long white dress was organizing some documents.

”Ugh, this paperwork never ends!” Natashia thought that the real enemy of all sentient beings was paperwork, and she wanted a way to speed up this tedious process.

”Hmm, if I use my lightning to increase my speed, I'll end up destroying all the papers…” She started thinking of ways to increase her pace. If she kept up her current pace, it would take forever for her to find her husband again!

She thought and thought, but in the end, she couldn't find a solution, ”Ugh ...”

She even started to think about hiring a witch to help in this tedious process, but like Scathach, she did not trust the witches'

”I do not know how my sister can trust that woman…She's a witch, you know? They can't be trusted.” Natashia''s eyes sharpened when she thought of Hecate.

Knock, Knock.

Suddenly someone knocked on the door.

The woman's face took on a visible expression of annoyance, but soon her face returned to normal since she knew that the only people who could bother her when she was working was her butler or her sister:

”…What is it, Jeff? I'm busy.”

”Lady Natashia, we received important information from one of Countess Scathach Scarlett's daughters,” Jeff spoke in a neutral tone.

'One of Scathach's daughters...?' Natashia put her hand to her chin and started to think, but it didn't take her long to figure out who she was. After all, there was only one woman besides Scathach in Clan Scarlett who had enough influence to contact her Clan whenever she wanted, considering if a small clan did that, they would just be ignored.

Although Clan Fulger was no longer a vampire count rank, the prestige the family had built over 2000 years couldn't be dissolved so easily:

'Oh, it's that girl, huh? What does she want with me?'

”Enter.” The woman ordered.

Soon a man wearing a butler's suit entered the office, he was tall and appeared to be a little older. This man's name was Jeff. Similar to Kaguya's Clan, Jeff was a butler who was part of a subordinate Clan to Clan Fulger.

The name of the clan that Jeff was part of was called 'Larkin'.

As a subordinate Clan that had served Clan Fulger since Natashia's mother's generation, Clan Larkin in the past had several members, but now the Clan was in decay due to a past incident that killed many Clan Larkin members.

The Clan had been reduced to just Jeff and his son, who were the only survivors.

He closed the door and put his hand on his chest in a gesture of respect, and then he said,

”Lady Natashia, we have received information from Lady Siena through a Witch named 'June'.”

”Oh?” Natashia's eyes sparkled with some interest, 'Is Clan Scarlett getting involved with witches now? Things have really changed over time...'

In the past, it would have been unthinkable for the Scarlett Clan to employ the help of the witches, but it seemed that things were no longer the same.

”...” Natashia kept looking at the man, she was waiting for him to finish what he came here for, she was busy you know!? She never thought organizing her Clan would take so long. 'I'm missing my husband...'

When the butler saw Natashia's gaze, he realized that his master was going to enter her own world again, and since he knew it was very irritating to wake her from that state, he spoke.

”Apparently, some hunters set a trap for Lady Sasha.” The butler dropped the bomb.

”...!” Natashia's face took on a serious expression as she looked at the butler with her eyes glowing blood-red:

”...What did you say?” She spoke in a voice so demonic that it sent shivers through the butler's entire existence. And, once again, he was reminded that the woman in front of him, despite acting strange at times, was a former countess, an existence whose very own name caused fear in ordinary beings.

”... I-...” The butler was going to say something, but he couldn't. The pressure leaving Natashia's body was too great, and he felt he was carrying the world on his back.

”...” Natashia narrowed her eyes, she took a deep breath and calmed down, and then she spoke again:

”Continue.”

”...” The butler sighed in relief when he realized that his master had retracted the pressure she was releasing from her body, then he looked at Natashia with a neutral gaze and continued:

”Lady Sasha had returned to her old mansion, apparently she had gone to retrieve an important item she left in the mansion, and when she arrived at that location, she was ambushed by the hunters.”

”...” Again, Natashia's gaze twitched as she heard what the butler said.

”How is my daughter doing? Is she fine?” Even though she was speaking coldly, it was quite obvious that she was worried about her daughter.

”Yes... Count Alucard was around at the time, and he took care of the situation.” By handling the situation, the butler meant that the new count had killed everyone involved.

And Natashia knew this:

”Oh…” She flashed a loving smile; 'As expected of my husband!' She laughed inwardly.

”...?” The butler didn't understand Natashia's smile when he mentioned the new count's name...

'Don't tell me the rumors are true?' The butler opened his eyes a little in shock.

A rumor had been going around among the servants of the Clan Fulger mansion, and the rumor was quite simple:

'Apparently, Lady Natashia Fulger is in a relationship with the new Count of Vampires.'

The rumor was born when a maid heard Natashia talking aloud that she was going to do this and that with her 'Husband', and she heard Natashia screaming that she wouldn't be left behind just because the man became a count!

It didn't take a high-IQ brain for the maid to understand who her master was talking about.

And as a hardworking maid, what did she do?

She told another maid…

And that maid told another maid, and that other maid told another maid, creating a cycle that spread the rumor like a wildfire. Soon everyone in the mansion knew about Natashia Fulger's new relationship...

A hardworking maid indeed…

Did Natashia do anything to stop this rumor from spreading? Of course not. In her mind, this wasn't a rumor; it was an absolute truth.

Natashia suddenly got up, walked towards a picture of a woman, stopped in front of it, and looked at the woman with a slightly annoyed look:

'Why didn't my breasts grow like yours, Mother?'

Rumble.

She reached out her hand, and lightning shot out of her finger and hit the board, but when the lightning struck the board, what Natashia expected to happen didn't happen...

Surprisingly, Natashia wasn't upset.

'...Julia, you sneaky maid.' She exhibited a gentle smile. She wasn't annoyed by what the maid did. After all, it was for her daughter's sake!

How could she be angry?

But... She was quite annoyed about something.

Rumble, Rumble.

Lightning started to cover Natashia's body, her hair began to float as if it was defying gravity, a frightening pressure started to leave her body, her face distorted with pure hatred.

”Those fuckers…” She clenched her fist angrily.

Rumble!

The lightning covered Natashia's entire body as if it were an aura.

Natashia's lightning seemed to be reacting to her anger and began to spread around.