episode_0088

#3

Arrived in Norway.

Perhaps because of the high latitude, it felt quite chilly even though it was still summer.

No, it feels more like warm rather than cool.

Anyway, to get to where the seahorse bats live, I had to head to the base of the guy who turned me into a vampire.

What kind of hardship is this in a world where even language is incomprehensible?

That’s what I’m saying.

I really need to learn interpretation magic, or create a related artifact.

It’s an interpretation artifact… .

If you make that, won’t you sit on a pile of money?

It’s perfect for people who don’t want to study English or for business purposes.

Ehhh.

With such silly thoughts in mind, I checked the route from Oslo Airport, Norway, to my destination.

I think it was an island located northwest of Tromsø.

Tromsø is located quite far north within Norway.

To be honest, the car ride was such an arduous journey.

The first place I arrived was Oslo Airport, and the distance from Oslo to Tromsø was a whopping 1700km.

The distance from Onsong County in the extreme north of the Korean Peninsula to Haenam in the extreme south is 976 km.

You’ll get a sense of how far away it is.

That’s why, at first, I had no choice but to take a plane to Tromsø.

After that, I took a taxi, a bus, and even walked, and moved diligently in the direction that Ryu Se-hwa had guided me.

The journey wasn’t easy either.

Since we couldn’t communicate, I had no choice but to ask around and find my way to the area where the true ancestor’s hometown was, using only my poor English and the power of a smartphone translator.

While moving like that, I received a lot of strange stares from the local people.

Taji. He seemed very curious as to why a little oriental boy would come here alone and wander around.

Actually, there were people who came to me and asked me that.

Well, it might be strange.

If I didn’t have this kid-like appearance and just looked like a mature college student, I wouldn’t have been looked at like this.

It’s so sad.

After the distance became close, I considered the cost-effectiveness by considering space transfer techniques.

Since moving so arduously in a completely foreign land was so tiring, I had a strong desire to use magic to get rid of it, even if it meant incurring a small pension cost.

Why not just consider it a trip abroad and travel around with an excited heart?

That’s true, but… .

I guess I’m the hikikomori type.

I’m tired and I’m just getting tired.

Could it be because you came alone?

Would it feel a little different if I came with close friends?

Anyway, at a point about 20km away, I used the space teleportation technique, consuming the alchemy materials and mysteries, at the coordinates I had received in advance.

A red flash appeared,

I arrived at the coordinates of the vampires’ hometown that Ryu Se-hwa told me about.

I took a moment to think back to what she had told me.

‘When you first go there, you’ll probably be very surprised and you’ll realize what you are.’

‘And it is said to be a really beautiful place. When you see the magnificent scenery that is hard to see on the Korean peninsula, you feel your heart open.’

As she described, the sheer scale of the terrain was quite impressive, perhaps due to the influence of glaciers.

I don’t know if I should call it a river or a sea, but the wide valley cut between the swirling waters was spectacular.

I think we called that something in geography class… . Was it a karst area? (It’s a fjord coast)

Eight, I don’t know.

Anyway, once you get here, you definitely get a feeling.

At first glance, it looks like an ordinary uninhabited island, but

I feel a huge barrier surrounding the entire area.

What should I say… .

Does it feel similar to the curtain that the Baekdu Mountain monster created around the heavens and earth last time?

The only difference was that while the Baekdu Mountain monster had a blatant presence, this place really felt like a barrier, and unless certain conditions were met, you wouldn’t even feel a sense of discomfort.

The condition is probably Jinjo’s blood… .

I also inherited blood from that woman, so I guess that’s why I feel this kind of boundary.

“Here, if I spill blood, the barrier will probably let me in.”

I rummaged through my bag and took out a needle.

Then he gently pricked the tip of his index finger, causing drops of blood to spurt out.

As I tilted my finger, a pretty drop of blood flowed down my skin.

Immediately afterwards, he fell to the stone floor with a thud.

The blood did not stay or harden on the rocky ground.

It seeped in naturally, as if it were a dirt floor.

Gurrr!

A change has occurred.

The sky split open and a pitch-black curtain covered it.

And the ground was reassembled, into a dark-colored, but well-paved stone path.

From the ground sprang up gnarled shrubs, the sea waters became fresh, and in their place a great castle appeared, shrouded in mist.

In the sky covered by a curtain, a pure white full moon was rising brightly, and a beautiful aurora was hanging over the ground, illuminating it.

The mystery of the vampire.

The providence of the vampire.

This place, built under the laws of vampires, was not Earth.

To be exact, it is a separate world built on top of the Earth.

It was a world behind the scenes.

And, I was feeling what Ryu Se-hwa had told me.

I said I would be able to feel what I was… and it was really true.

I feel like the concept of ‘self’ is pouring down like a shower, wetting me.

It may not be a literary expression, but that’s really how I felt.

My identity as a witch, which has been a solid foundation in my heart since I was taught by Master Eugene, and which made Jin Ha-neul a member of the other world.

The bloodline of the night nobility that had been suppressed by it, I felt it boiling over as if it was going to explode since I arrived here.

I feel like I’m not out there.

This feeling of feeling bigger as a vampire than as a witch.

Maybe it was because of the moonlight, but my skin seemed whiter.

The canines grew sharper and tickled the lower teeth.

In this way, my identity as a vampire makes my heart beat faster,

A burning thirst made my head spin.

There is no fundamental thirst that cannot be quenched by water.

‘Blood… I need blood.’

I walked in a daze towards the direction where the smell of blood was coming from.

It was pointed straight at the large castle.

Thanks to the aurora and moonlight, I had no trouble walking along the road despite the lack of any lights.

Perhaps because my wildness was so heightened, my visibility was better than during the day when the sun was out.

The castle gate was open.

A bright red carpet covered the entire floor of the castle, and the walls and ceiling were lined with very expensive-looking decorations and artwork.

“Wow. How much is all this?”

I went inside with such admiration.

They even covered the stairs with carpet.

I like it because it’s soft and fluffy.

Inside, and the higher I went, the stronger the smell of blood became.

The thought of being able to drink blood brought a smile to my lips without me realizing it.

Hehehe.

It looks delicious.

I have to drink it all up in one gulp~

The skinny bushes outside the window had grown so high that they looked as small as a 100-won coin, and there were no more stairs to climb.

Should we call it a window? There was no glass, but it was a wide, open window that filled one side of the outer wall.

In short, one side of the hallway was half-open, and the length of the stairs stretched out to the left and right.

I turned right, following the scent of blood, and quickened my pace, my feet still treading on the soft, blood-red carpet beneath my feet.

So, after walking and walking, we finally arrived in front of a large door.

I think it’s here… .

If you think about it, I walked down a fairly long hallway, but there was only one door.

How big is this room?

With that thought in mind, I placed my hand on the doorknob.

The door wasn’t locked, I just pushed it slightly and it opened easily.

The door was so big that I was a little nervous about whether I could push it open with my own strength. I guess it was well-oiled.

I inwardly praised the caretaker of this castle and stepped through the open door.

And then I saw.

A girl sitting at a desk in a prime spot receiving moonlight and the dazzling aurora glow streaming in through the long window, like a curtain, hanging from the high ceiling.

Silver hair? No.

The girl with long, snow-white hair had eyes that were brighter and shone brighter than any other vampire I had ever seen.

She stared at me, an intruder who had suddenly barged in.

Then, he smiled.

And then he whispered to me.

“Welcome.”

It was a warm welcome that was light, yet extremely friendly.

I had no choice but to know.

Who is the woman in front of you?

Ever since I set foot here, in the vampire sanctuary, I’ve felt

Because my ‘self’ as a vampire is speaking to me.

The woman in front of me is the one who turned me into a vampire.

The elder vampires who claim to be my sisters revere and respect me as their mother.

Queen of vampires… .

Maybe, she will be my queen… .

That he is Jinjo.

“My daughter.”

Jinjo laughed.

Smile.

This fucking bitch… is laughing?

Are you laughing now that you’ve turned me into a loli character who can’t even grow??

Got beat. You son of a bitch.