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#6

Putting aside the shameless attitude of our great ancestor for a moment, it was true that the blood-sucking desire that had been aroused thanks to drinking her blood had subsided.

Even though she fixed me as a pretty girl with a sly face…, I was grateful for this part.

But if I hadn’t become a vampire in the first place, wouldn’t this have never happened?

I did feel that way, but still… . Thanks to becoming a vampire, I was able to come all the way here to get the hippocampus bat’s wings… , so I consoled myself by telling myself not to think too badly.

“By the way, I felt a desire for bloodsucking for the first time since coming here. Why is that?”

“Hey, you’re a witch and a vampire, right?”

“That’s right.”

“It was the power of the witch that awakened you as a member of the other world. That is why your identity as a vampire, which had been suppressed by that power and had been sleeping, awoke when you came here.”

“Uh… So I’m not a witch anymore?”

“No. You become a witch and a noble of our night at the same time.”

Is it good…?

That would be great, right? Being able to control two different powers at the same time.

… I’m still a little worried though. What if non-conflicting forces collide and cause an explosion?

But since I became a vampire, I haven’t felt sick or anything like that, so I guess I’m okay?

If I had a problem in the first place, I think my 14th century grandmother Jinjo would have been the first to tell me about it… .

Immediately afterwards, she added an explanation, perhaps taking my feelings into consideration.

“Don’t worry too much. It won’t harm you.”

“Really?”

“That’s right. Although rare, there are instances where two monsters appear together. You can think of it as one of those cases.”

“Um… .”

A witch and a vampire… .

Yes. As I promised earlier, I will figure out a way to grow as a witch.

It was a moment that made the anticipation for Walpurgis Night, also known as the witches’ banquet, even greater.

“Now, the last question.”

“What is it?”

“I came here to get the wings of that seahorse bat. Where are they? I heard they’re around here… .”

“Hmm. That’s a seahorse bat. I’ll let this lady guide you. Follow me.”

“Yes… .”

I followed Jinjo, who was walking ahead, and moved awkwardly.

From the moment I first entered Gosung, it was so beautiful that it was almost like a stone on my ear.

It felt simple rather than flashy, but the aurora and pure white moonlight that covered the other world gave it an old-fashioned beauty.

Something… , it seems like strange things have been happening since I came here.

Suddenly, you feel like you want to bleed, you fight that annoying Jinjo, and you also have the experience of walking up to such a pretty castle.

By the way, this guy is said to be wandering around the world. With such a striking face, wouldn’t he be likely to make it onto the news?

“Mr. Jinjo.”

“… … .”

“Excuse me~”

“… … .”

“Mother.”

“Yeah. Why is that?”

“I heard your mother travels all over the world.”

“Yeah. That’s right.”

“Have you ever been noticed and almost got defeated by a hunter?”

“Phew… . Your way of thinking is cute.”

“in…?”

Did I say something cute? I don’t think so.

She shrugged and answered.

“For 1400 years, I have been a hunter… and have survived among similar beings. There have been countless dangerous enemies.”

“Really??”

“Then. Just because she’s a real woman doesn’t mean she’s invincible. She’s a living being with blood flowing through her body.”

“But how can you live for 1400 years…?”

“Because a vampire’s lifespan is endless. Of course, that doesn’t mean there is no death. If you are killed by a hunter or something similar, as Aga said, you will die. We are also organic beings that have death.”

“I see. Does that only apply to Jinjo?”

“All who inherited my blood.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

My lifespan is theoretically infinite…?

The immortality that Qin Shi Huang dreamed of is right in my hands.

But is that really a good thing?

I felt more skeptical than pleased by her words.

I knew from Ryu Se-hwa and Hinamori that the lifespan of vampires was far longer than that of criminals, but I never thought… that there would be no death from aging at all.

This was beyond my expectations, and naturally, side effects and negative aspects could come to mind.

The sad fate of having to send away the precious people we have built relationships with, one by one.

Bound by the shackles of infinite lifespan, boredom and wear and tear build up, wearing down humanity.

If someone were to hear this, they might say it’s the grumbling of a well-fed person, but if you truly give them immortality, what would they say in response?

Thank you? An honor?

Well… I don’t think so.

and.

I could read the terrible loneliness in her hazy, lonely smile.

perhaps….

Perhaps, her creation of Elder was also a process of finding a companion who would understand her, who was cursed with life?

I could make that guess.

“How many elders have you recruited so far?”

Jinjo was silent for a moment.

After walking down a long hallway, she finally answered heavily as she took her first step onto the stairs.

“I don’t know because I didn’t count.”

“At least they made so many that it would be hard to count them.”

“… … ”

“How many of them are elders so far?”

“… I don’t want to answer.”

I was able to find the answer in her attitude as she turned away from me with a cold expression.

There are almost none. So, that’s why you continue to have Elder as your subordinate even now.

But… Elder, like Jinjo, was said to not die, so how did he enter eternal sleep?

“You said Elders don’t die.”

“… Yeah.”

“But why? So many elders disappeared?”

“… I took it with my own hands.”

“What is that…?”

“It is a mother’s duty to fulfill her child’s wishes.”

Jinjo ended it and never brought up the related story again.

How did she present the end to the elders?

As the Master of Elder, did he take the blood of his followers who wished for death?

If so, they would no longer be monsters, would have aged again, and ended their lives as humans.

But what if that’s not the case?

How could she give peace to her child who wished for death?

Couldn’t he have personally cut off the lifeline of a tenacious vampire with his own blood magic?

Personally, I hope that her story is the former, but only she knows the truth.

But if it was such a lonely and difficult fight, wouldn’t she have taken her own life?

Queen of the Vampires. Jinjo.

I don’t know how powerful a monster she is, but if she was a being with near-immortal life force that no hunter could stand against, wouldn’t it have been impossible to even choose the final option?

It was a moment when I felt a little sorry for the woman who had given me the curse of the azalea.

#7

“The seahorse bat lives here.”

The place she guided me to was a large rock cave that could be seen if you crossed the forest by the side path leading to the right gate of the castle.

Inside the rock cave, there was a lake filled with water dripping from the ceiling, and in that lake lived a seahorse that swam with its wings.

That’s a hippocampus bat.

Certainly, it has a strange impression, like a cross between a seahorse and a bat.

“Why are you keeping these animals here?”

“They say they aren’t specifically raised. The native creatures have changed under the influence of the providence of this place.”

“I see.”

“So. How many wings does a seahorse bat need?”

“Hmm… I think 10 sheets would be enough.”

“10 chapters… . Okay. I will give it to you myself.”

The red energy that bloomed from her fingertips spread out in a cloud of blood. Soon, it seeped into the lake and pulled out five seahorse bats.

The seahorse bat, caught in the mist, was so gripped by her dominance that it could not even move a single hair and could only silently accept her touch.

Crunch.

Jinjo’s slender fingers brushed past the hippocampus’s wing, and as gently and cleanly as if cutting tofu, the wing was cut off.

Jinjo, who had torn off all ten wings, threw the wingless seahorse bat back into the lake and gave me the wings he had torn off.

“Here it is.”

“Thank you, Mom.”

“Are you going back now?”

To be honest, I’m done with this place.

However, I decided to stay here a little longer because I was concerned about the conversation with Jinjo earlier.

Of course, not for long.

I have to go back and make a cure for Soojin… .

“… I’ll be there in a bit.”

“Yes. There are many empty rooms in the castle of the main woman, so get some rest and go. It must have been a long journey, so you must have had a hard time.”

“Yes. I was already very tired. And hungry. Drinking blood doesn’t satisfy my hunger, right?”

Because earlier, instead of respecting the elderly, there was an attack on them.

I threw some crude but endearing small talk at Mr. Baldra.

Just a little bit, but her face seemed to brighten up.

“Then let’s eat!”

I followed her back, bouncing around with a bright smile befitting a 14th century woman, and a smile came to my lips without me realizing it.