episode_0052

Vampires can fly, but some of their descendants can fly.

Since not everyone can fly, a separate carriage is provided for the banquet hall.

However, it was no ordinary horse leading the vampire’s carriage.

A blood-red maned horse with bat wings on either side.

A unique horse called a blood horse drives the carriage.

“Alfred! I’ll be back!”

“Lady, please take care of yourself.”

“Don’t worry! Because Rumi has a strong older brother by her side!”

“The burden is no joke.”

Are you smiling while saying “?”

“That’s because it’s my first time fighting multiple vampires. I’m already happy to think about messing around!”

A fight with a dragon, said to be the pinnacle of living things, is bound to be difficult no matter how you are.

However, for a vampire, it would be barely possible to achieve balance.

It was just fun because I was going to have a battle on a different level from the lukewarm battles I had experienced so far.

“I think I know a little bit about why my brother became stronger… … .”

“I said it’s okay to run wild, but please don’t destroy everything. Because there are limits to what I can fix.”

“I can’t guarantee, but I will adjust accordingly.”

“I will trust you.”

“Don’t believe it.”

After saying goodbye, Rumi and I got into the carriage.

As expected from a carriage provided to a vampire, the ride was the most comfortable among the carriages I had ever ridden.

Rumi said it was so soft that she was rolling around on it.

It was a time when I was smiling happily while watching the child’s lively behavior.

The carriage began to move slowly and its body tilted backwards.

A carriage runs through the pitch-black night sky to go to the banquet hall.

The blood gauntlet galloped as fast as it could through the clouds that obscured the stars and the moon.

“Hwaam!”

“Sleepy?”

“Because I usually sleep around this time. I took a nap for the banquet, but I can’t help feeling drowsy.”

“Then sleep until we arrive! Rumi will wake you up!”

“It’s okay, if my hunch is not wrong, an incident is bound to happen before we arrive.”

The word ‘smooth’ does not exist in my life.

Obstacles inevitably appeared along the way.

Sure enough, there was a carriage approaching the carriage we were riding in.

If you look at the blood gynecomastia at the head of the carriage, you can tell that it is another vampire attending the banquet.

“Ugh… !”

“What should I do?”

“Rumi will leave. Because it’s polite to say hello!”

“Okay.”

Rumi confidently stood up from his seat, but his hands were shaking.

This probably means that there is not a single vampire who is friendly with her.

Out of the corner of my eye, I looked at the carriage that was running alongside our carriage.

A young male vampire boldly opens the door and walks out even though he is in the sky.

Hesitantly, Rumi opened the carriage door and got out.

They are both vampires, so even if they fall, they won’t get hurt.

“Ho? Someone said, isn’t it Miss Rumi Vlad, the shame of our vampire clan?”

“Ah, hello. Lord Ceferi.”

“I thought I would never see you again after being embarrassed at the last banquet, but it was surprising.”

“Rumi didn’t do anything… !”

“Even though your entire clan has testified that you are the culprit, are you still planning to turn away?”

“It’s a conspiracy!”

“Haha, it’s a conspiracy! Like a child, you don’t know how to admit it.”

“Ugh… !”

“If you have a conscience, I wish you would return like this. If a vampire like you participates, the quality of the banquet goes down.”

Ceferi pushes Rumi to the point where it makes me feel uncomfortable watching him.

Rumi kept her mouth shut and said nothing.

If you say something that hurts your mouth for a hundred days, you will know that no one will listen to you.

Rumi quickly said goodbye and closed the carriage door.

Then, with tearful eyes, he sat down next to me and wrapped his arms around me.

“You worked hard.”

I patted her head and comforted her while looking out the window at the same time.

Ceferi was snickering at us from his spot.

Oh, you’re an interesting friend.

I also smiled back and covered the window with a curtain.

The sound of a door closing from outside was heard along with the cries of a blood gauntlet.

It seems like he left for the banquet hall ahead of us.

“I don’t want to reveal the painful past, but if it’s okay, can you tell me what happened at the previous banquet?”

“… … .”

Rumi nodded cautiously.

But she didn’t say anything for a long time and just held my arm even tighter.

I think I need to start by comforting Rumi.

“It’s hard to say, isn’t it? Then, would you like to hear the interesting story I prepared first?”

“… … Yes.”

“Once upon a time, there lived an arrogant young vampire. That arrogant vampire young man was a very mean guy who always harassed the cute vampire girl.”

“Is that Lord Ceferi?”

I didn’t give any answer to Rumi’s question.

He just smiled and continued talking.

“Then one day, a fun party for vampires was held. The arrogant young man wanted to attend the banquet with a magnificent carriage, a trusty horse, and elegant attire. While on his way to the banquet hall, he found a cute vampire girl.”

“Ugh! That happened just a moment ago!”

“The arrogant young man tried to harass the girl as usual, but he made one serious mistake. That means there was a bastard next to the vampire girl! Even after being humiliated with the girl, the maniac never stayed still.”

“… … The end?”

“It’s over.”

Unfortunately, the story ends here.

I think Rumi will be able to see the backstory with her own eyes soon.

“Tell me more! I want to know what the bastard did!”

“You will be able to check that in an hour, sir.”

“Tell me now!”

“No, you’re not telling me what happened in the past, right?”

Rumi puffs up her cheeks as if they are about to burst.

He was glaring at me as if I were being mean, so I slyly avoided his gaze and whistled.

“… … Rumi was simply enjoying the banquet.”

“But?”

“The banquet hall was turned upside down when an incident occurred in which the blood stone of Lady Camilla, the host of the previous banquet, disappeared. Rumi was quietly watching the situation from a corner of the banquet hall… … .”

“Have you been accused of being a criminal?”

“Woah, I’ve never seen it, let alone stolen it, but the bloodstone came out from under Rumi’s dress. Because of that, everyone criticized Rumi, calling her a thief, slandering her, and even pulling her by her hair… … .”

Rumi explained in detail the treatment he suffered when he was falsely accused of the bloodstone theft incident.

On the way, she started to cry, whimpering and making noises, but I didn’t stop her.

It hurt my heart to recall the memories of that day, but I had to endure it.

I have to tell you everything that happened to Rumi so I can decide how much of an outrage I will have at the banquet hall.

So I ended up listening to Rumi’s story for about an hour.

Rumi experienced something terrible from vampires that lasted for an hour.

Not only did they give a girl who had not committed a crime a ridiculous punishment of paying compensation for her blood every month, but they even tortured her.

Torture such as sticking needles inside fingernails and toenails, and torture by locking them in an iron maiden for two days to drain their blood.

Since they are vampires, they won’t die that way, but pain doesn’t discriminate between races.

Every time I heard the story, my smile disappeared and my head grew cold.

Now I understand why Alfred tolerated his rampage.

Thanks to this, I realized how best to act.

“Now tell me your story too!”

“Unfortunately, I don’t think that’s necessary. We’ve already arrived at the banquet hall.”

“Deadly!”

“Well? Even if you look at the situation outside, can you say it is cruel?”

As soon as the carriage landed on the ground, I flung open the door to show off.

Even though we hadn’t even entered the banquet hall yet, the situation outside was very noisy.

On the road to the banquet hall, a carriage I had seen somewhere was left broken down in the middle of the street.

The wheels fell off in all directions and the passenger seat was completely destroyed.

The vampire riding inside was sprawled out on the floor, so the carriage stopped in front of it.

“Lady, please get off carefully.”

“Ah, yes… !”

I got off the carriage first, holding Rumi’s hand as she got off, and guided her to get off the carriage slowly.

Vampires and their relatives gathered around Ceferi’s broken carriage.

He escorted Rumi proudly in front of him.

“I don’t know who he is, but he’s a man with no dignity lying on the ground. If you have a conscience, I hope you return so as not to degrade the quality of the banquet!”

“Phew!”

Rumi, who had a gloomy expression on her face the whole time inside the carriage, finally smiled as soon as she checked Ceferi’s carriage.

He must have seen that the wheels of the carriage were subtly cut.

At the moment Rumi and Ceferi were talking, I scratched the wheel of the carriage at a speed that neither of them could notice.

Fine cracks that cannot be seen unless you look closely.

However, the moment the carriage lands, the crack widens and all the wheels fall off, causing a catastrophe.

“Miss, did you like my story?”

“Oppa is the best!”

Although there was obvious hostility towards Rumi from those around her, she did not lose her smile.

A firm belief was conveyed through her hands exchanging warmth.

If I’m by your side, you’ll feel like you’re not afraid of anything.

“Then, let’s start our banquet.”

“Yes!”