episode_0053

“Now that I think about it, what do you usually do at a vampire’s banquet?”

“Nothing! I just taste the blood of each race and ask about their current situation.”

“It’s normal.”

“Wow, the only special event would be an auction?”

“Are you even holding an auction at the banquet?”

“Vampires have been a race of collectors since ancient times.”

“I have certainly heard rumors that vampires each have noble hobbies and that they are sincere in their hobbies.”

“That’s why I had a hard time at the last banquet.”

“Ah… … .”

You said you were framed as a criminal even though you didn’t steal Count Camilla’s bloodstone, right?

There was a high possibility that the bloodstone was an item received at auction or after winning a bid.

Collectors hate having their items stolen more than anything else in the world.

That’s probably why he strongly rebuked Rumi.

The only problem is that an innocent person was accused of being the culprit.

Therefore, I plan to have a very grand event at this banquet.

“Okay, I guess I’ll have to participate in the auction later.”

“Is there something you want?”

“Well, if you watch, you might get what you want.”

After passing through a long hallway, we finally arrived at the main building with a gorgeous chandelier.

Neat ballroom gowns and beautiful dresses were visible everywhere I went, and the wine bottles stacked like a tower were impressive.

However, all the alcoholic beverages in the banquet hall contained a small amount of blood, so it was not possible to touch them willingly.

“Oppa, ok! I promised to protect Rumi, so I can’t drink!”

“It is a top-quality liquor that is not easy to find, but at least one or two glasses… … .”

“No! Because I will never allow it!”

“Hehe, this is what I’m talking about when I say rice cake in a picture.”

If I couldn’t drink it right away, I started thinking about secretly stealing a few bottles.

While I was vaguely looking for alcohol despite Rumi’s dissuasion, I felt a figure coming towards me.

Another sacrifice appears.

“It’s very uncomfortable to see you mumbling.”

“If you’re going to act like you’re in your own home, why don’t you go home? Miss Rumi?”

The vampires who approached this time were twin siblings.

With his silver hair and red eyes, coupled with his outstanding physique, he had an elegance that would even slap the face of royalty.

But to my eyes, it was nothing more than a bright apricot.

No matter how flashy and beautiful it is on the outside, what’s the point? Your mouth is a rag.

I quickly got between Rumi and the twins.

“I’m sorry to both of you, but Miss Rumi said she doesn’t want to talk to anyone today.”

“Who are you?”

“The greeting was delayed. My name is Aaron, and I am Lady Rumi’s bodyguard.”

It looks like “ was accompanied by an escort.”

“I’ll explain this only once, so listen carefully. Family members have no right to stop conversations between vampires, right? It was a very rude thing to do, but I will let it go out of my generosity, so please get out of the way right now.”

“You can’t do that.”

Anyway, this is the problem with vampires.

He pretended to be noble and a great man, but on the inside he was petty and extremely insidious.

They were very mistaken, so it is I, not them, who should show mercy.

However, the twin vampires, who had no way of knowing that fact, frowned.

“Befitting his master and squire, he is completely incapable of conversation.”

“Do you have to taste pain to come to your senses?”

“I’m sorry, but I’m not interested in the femdom play between you two, so I hope you find someone else.”

When they responded to the twins’ taunts with sarcasm, they frowned.

Feeling the threat of death, they clapped their hands and called out their relatives from the shadows.

A knight wearing dazzling silver armor.

The red eyes shining through the helmet showed that he had been given blood by a vampire.

“Get it out of our sight immediately.”

“It doesn’t matter if you cut off all the limbs and leave only the torso.”

“honorary name.”

A vampire knight strides forward.

“You are ready, right?”

“What is your resolution?”

It’s not really a duel.

I didn’t think there was any need to wait, so as soon as I stood in front, I kicked my leg.

The knight’s legs came off the floor and his body tilted to the side.

In the blink of an eye, he fell to the floor.

“Ugh… !”

Before he could behave even further, he stood up and seemed ready to attack again.

However, his arm, which tried to raise his body, was amputated.

Not only the arms but also the legs were cut off immediately.

Shock appeared on the knight’s face as he realized he had been cut down before he even realized it.

Not only the knight but also the twin vampires who were his masters were quite surprised.

A momentary gap.

What happens in that gap unfolds outside the scope of perception.

Unless you are a prosecutor who can step into the gap, you will be helpless.

Vampires who are not Lord-class only show a strange reaction.

“Please don’t approach the lady again. The next one won’t end with limbs.”

With a grin, I returned to Rumi.

Even Rumi wouldn’t have seen me swing the sword.

Still, her expression was very calm.

“Looks like you’ve already adapted.”

“Alfred said there was no need to try to understand him!”

“The clothes are good.”

Just having someone by your side who gives sincere advice without flattery makes life worthwhile.

“Since the welcome ceremony was held in a big way, there will probably be no one who will openly fight with you like before.”

“Yes! Thank you!”

“Not much to say, then I’ll be looking around the banquet hall.”

“Aren’t you going to stay with Rumi?”

“Don’t worry too much. The inside of the banquet hall is not very large, and you will always be visible.”

“Really?”

“Really, if anything happens, I will come right away, so you can rest assured.”

Our top priority is Rumi’s safety.

The next goal was to provide taffy to the vampires gathered at the banquet.

We are being very careful not to forget the order of the two.

Still, it’s a burden to handle everything on my own.

It would be nice to have a helper, but there is no way there would be someone in the vampire group who is close to me… … .

“Oh?”

In one corner of the banquet hall, I saw a woman chatting amicably while surrounded by men.

It was a somewhat old memory, so it was vague, but it was unmistakable.

She was a vampire I met 12 years ago.

She caused destruction and massacre with orcs and trolls as her subordinates.

In the end, they were the ones who tried to recruit me.

Suddenly a good idea occurred to me and I approached it cautiously.

I lured her away by asking for her cooperation regarding the event.

I don’t think she recognizes who I am because I’m wearing a mask.

Or maybe I completely forgot what happened 12 years ago.

I brought her to a relatively quiet corner of the banquet hall and pushed her into the wall.

They stopped acting like they were members of the organizing committee and took on a forceful attitude.

“Ji, what are you doing now!”

“Let me ask you a favor.”

“Butaak~? He wants to ask me, the noble man, for a mere seed… … Hehe!”

Facing the wall, I gently lifted my mask and revealed my face.

Then her words stopped mid-sentence and her eyes widened.

Even though 12 years had passed, he seemed to recognize me.

“Hello! We’re spherical, right?”

“Uh, how did you get here?!”

“The situation is complicated, so I can’t explain it.”

“Ugh… !”

Am I so scary that it makes me tremble?

It was a completely different look from just a moment ago, when she was elegantly laughing and chatting with the men.

Still, it wasn’t bad.

It will be much easier to control it with fear than with a friendly request.

“Do you remember that time? You wanted to make me your servant, so I put a condition on it?”

“I don’t remember!”

“Then I have to show it to you in person so that I can remember it again.”

“Instead of taking my virginity, you said you would prescribe a special medicine to prevent menstruation for 10 months!”

“Great, I still remember it!”

“That… … You don’t really mean it, do you?”

“If you don’t listen to my request, maybe I’ll be so sad that I’ll have to use your body to comfort me?”

“Ah, I understand! I’ll listen, so just tell me anything!”

The number of helpers who do what I want has increased.

This will allow you to move more comfortably.

“So what will you ask of me?”

“Take this first.”

I took a bottle out of my pocket and handed it to her.

It was a special medicine created by an alchemist at the request of Alfred.

“Just mix a drop of it with the alcohol in the banquet hall. That’s it! I won’t ask for more than that, so please try a little harder.”

“… … Before that, can you possibly find out what this is?”

“That? Bat estrus inducer.”

“Yes?”

“It’s a drug that makes bats go into heat.”

A vampires’ banquet held late at night.

I hope that vampires who pretend to be noble will be honest about their desires.

While they’re having a hot night, I’m going to rob the auction house’s warehouse.