Chapter 175 - 175: An Angel Sent By God. (1/2)

Vampire Kings Castle.

”Your Majesty, I came here today to ask your permission,” Natashia spoke in a surprisingly respectful tone.

”...” Vlad looked at Natashia with his blood red eyes; 'Interesting, she's gotten stronger, just like that little girl...' He could already imagine what had happened when he realized that an older vampire became a little stronger suddenly, something that was normally impossible.

After all, the older a noble vampire got, the harder it was for them to get stronger.

”Permission for what?” Vlad spoke up, clearly pretending not to understand why she was here.

”I want your permission to challenge Clan Horseman for the title of vampire count.” Natashia continued speaking in a respectful tone.

”...You know you don't need my permission for this, right?” Vlad's eyes glowed a little blood red.

”I do not know.” She was completely honest.

”What do you mean?” Vlad asked.

”Never before in vampire history has there been a consecutive game for the title of vampire count.”

”…” Now that Natashia talked about it, Vlad thought it was true. He didn't make an explicit rule for it because he didn't think it was necessary.

Vlad thought about what to do, but it didn't take him long to make a decision:

”Annasthashia Fulger.”

”Yes, your Majesty?”

”Do you remember the unspoken rule of our world?”

Natashia's smile grew unnaturally, ”Yes, I remember.”

”What is the unspoken rule of our world?” Vlad asked with a small smile.

”The strong are always right.”

”I'm glad you remember.” He continued with the same smile.

Vlad knew, he knew their race is a bunch of proud and arrogant beings, and because of that, he let them do what they wanted as long as they didn't break the main rules he made.

He needed to keep some ground rules so these vampires could live in society.

But if there was one thing that never changed in all the rules he made, it was: 'The strong are always right.'

Why didn't he do anything about that vampire thinking?

It's because he's strong.

Vlad could count on his hands the beings who could challenge him and have a chance to emerge victorious, and none of those beings were vampires.

And over the millennia, he just got stronger and stronger. He just needed to sit here, and his body would naturally get stronger.

He was not like these noble vampires.

He was an irregularity, a monster; that was why he didn't see the need to train. After all, he believed he had learned everything the world had to offer in the thousands of years he'd wandered the Earth.

And there was also another reason why he didn't take proactive steps to change that thinking.

The thoughts of all supernatural beings are the same: 'The strong are always right.'

Some societies like wolves take this more to the extreme, and some societies like witches don't believe it. But overall, it was common knowledge to all beings in the supernatural world that if you lose to a stronger being, it's your fault for not being strong enough.

”Do what you want, Annasthashia.” Vlad gave his order, then he closed his eyes.

”Yes, Your Majesty.” Natashia's smile was so wide that it caused a little discomfort in the man standing next to the king, ”I will definitely do that.”

Rumble, Rumble.

Natashia's body began to be covered by the lightning, and just as she was about to leave, Vlad suddenly spoke:

”Before you go... I was curious about something.” He opened his eyes and looked at Natashia.

”Huh?” Natashia looked at Vlad, ”What are you curious about, your majesty?”

”Why are you in such a hurry to get back what you lost?” Vlad's eyes seemed to glow a little red as if he was looking through Natashia's entire being, and nothing could go unnoticed by his gaze.

”…” Natashia was silent.

”Is it pride? Is it out of a sense of duty? I can not understand.” Vlad could guess Natashia's thoughts, but he wanted to hear the response from the woman's mouth.

”I apologize if this sounds disrespectful, but you're mistaken, your majesty.”

”Oh?”

”The reason I'm going to get it all back isn't because of some shitty motive like 'pride', or a sense of 'duty'.” Natashia's smile grew, as her cheeks turned a little red, then she spoke with surprising conviction:

”I will recover everything for my happiness, for my daughter's happiness, and for my husband's happiness.”

Hearing the word 'husband'. Vlad's eyes twitched so much now, he held back the urge to facepalm and continued to stare at Natashia.

Seeing the woman's gaze, he thinks, 'So this is all about that boy, huh?'

”I see. That's a good reason.”

”Right? That's a better reason than something like pride or some bullshit like that.” Natashia smiled.

”…” Looking into the woman's lifeless eyes, Alexios Alioth can't help but think; 'Does that man have some kind of magnet to attract crazy women?'

”Yes, Indeed. You are correct.” Vlad agreed with Natashia's words, but it was pretty obvious to Alexios that Vlad was only agreeing out of politeness since he didn't want to prolong his conversation with Natashia too much.

”Speaking of your husband... Where is that man?” Vlad asked just out of curiosity. He wanted to know if Natashia knew something, considering all he knew was that Victor was in the human world.

Natashia's face took on an annoyed expression, ”...I know he's in the human world and somewhere near my daughter's old mansion.” She just remembered that she should research more about Victor.

'How come I, as your wife, don't know anything about you, my husband!? That is inadmissible!' Natashia thought.

”But…” Slowly a loving smile grew on her face:

”I bet wherever he is, he's definitely having fun.”

...

Somewhere in California.

Victor looked into the moonlight with his blood red eyes:

”Ahh~ as expected, it's a beautiful night tonight, isn't it? My Maid.” Victor's shadow began to shift, and soon the silhouette of Kaguya's shadow appeared.

[Yes, My Master...] Kaguya agreed with Victor, and then she continued:

[What are you planning to do, Master?]

”Hahahaha~, we're just going for a walk, my Maid.” Victor flashed a smile that showed all of his sharp teeth. He was definitely not just going for a walk.

[...I see... Whatever the master decides to do, I, as your Maid, will be by your side.] Kaguya spoke in a neutral tone, but it contained a very visible determination.

”Thanks, My Maid.”

”N-Noooooooo!” A scream was heard in the distance by Victor.

Victor stopped looking at the moon and looked towards one place, as his world started to change to blood red, and his vision began to widen like an eagle's vision until it stopped in one place.

In this place, Victor could see a group of beings with their bodies glowing green, and he could also see two beings that had their hearts beating.

And one of those beings that had a beating heart was being surrounded by beings with green energy.