In Which He Decided to Be a Helper

"Hey, do you know how to dissect the animals? Wait, do you guys even have water here to clean them? No, what about plates and stuff?" The God of Freedom poked one vampire and one human that was lying on the ground. The only response he obtained from them were groans of pain.

He frowned. At this rate, the animals were going to go bad. His gifts were going to be spoiled! Mortals were weaker than he thought. He was not even using much of his strength to beat them up and they were already acting like they were about to die. He even used less strength when it came to the humans!

"What is your purpose for coming here, human?" The first vampire the God of Freedom backhanded asked. "We are not foolish enough to continue on fighting back against something we cannot defeat. You do not plan on killing us, but you refused to let us go." The vampire with black hair gestured to his fellow vampire companions and livestocks. The vampires no longer resisted the 'human' before them as they had been beaten thrice when they tried retaliating and escaping from the station. They could not keep regenerating their wounds; their energy would run low, and it would make them hunger for blood faster. The wiser decision was to stop.

The God of Freedom stopped poking the poor vampire and human, and turned his head towards the black-haired vampire. "For now, I want these people to eat, but I don't know how to cook. For a long-term goal, I want to build a community of vampires and humans here."

The vampire scoffed. "The humans are merely livestocks for us to consume. Why must we live on equal footing with our prey?" Although the vampire mocked the humans' inferiority, the human in front of him was a monster that could not be classified as a human.

"Because I said so," the God of Freedom immediately replied. "Besides, it is not like the blood of the sickly and malnourished humans is that delicious, right? That is why you guys are weaker compared to the other common vampires out there. For example, Sanguinem. Aren't the common vampires there stronger than all of you here?" He then tapped his head. "And here I thought vampires are smarter than humans because they have dulled emotions and are able to think more rationally."

The black-haired vampire gripped his sword, but did not lunge at the God of Freedom. He let out a breath to calm himself down; the fact that a mere human was affecting him this much was an embarrassment to the vampire-kind. And although he did not want to acknowledge it, he also knew that there was a sliver of truth in the human's words.

"So, do you know how to cook?" The God of Freedom never had the need to cook and the only time he had ever eaten any kind of food was when the God of Gluttony decided to share some of his collection with him.

"I only feast on human blood. Why would I know how to cook?" The vampire cocked his head towards a group of humans. "You should ask the livestocks instead."

"Aren't vampires originally humans?" The God of Freedom tilted his head, noticing the shocked looks on the humans' faces. "Oops, I forgot that normal people didn't know. My bad~"

All of six of the vampires' pride were hurt by that question; they did not want to be compared to the inferior livestocks. Alas, their actions were not dictated by emotions. They just bared their fangs and gritted their teeth upon hearing the human before them exposing their secret.

The humans turned towards the vampire, their faces a myriad of expressions. Most wore anger on their faces while a few had pity written all over their facial features. One human shouted, "How can you do this to us when all of you used to be humans too!"

The God of Freedom busied himself with his gifts, taking out his sword to try and cut up the animals. However, he paused here and there to watch the spectacle between the vampires and humans unfold.

"We are the predators, and you are the prey. It is as simple as that. What other reasons do we need aside from that?" One of the vampires laughed as they stood up from the floor, their companions following suit.

"Losing your humanity and acting like you are far superior than us... You should be ashamed!" The woman who was the first human to speak up earlier, raised her voice. In her hands, she held no weapons. However, perhaps because the God of Freedom was there, she had gained a streak of courage as she stood firm in front of the bloodthirsty vampires.

"The only thing us vampires should be ashamed of would be our past as humans. Unlike you livestocks, we are neither greedy nor do we seek out the forbidden. The world turned out the way it is because you couldn't keep your greedy hands to yourselves." The black-haired vampire growled, his fangs peeking out of his mouth in the dim level B3 of the station. "We provide you with protection, and you shall provide us with your blood. However, the ungrateful nature of humans is clearly manifested by you. Humans are never satisfied by what they have."

The woman recoiled from the sharp, accusing words of the vampire. Her mouth opened and closed, but she had nothing to retort back.

The God of Freedom used his sharp black sword to cut up the legs of the dead deer. Was this how dissecting them worked? While doing so, he kept his ears open for the delicious development of the two races.

"And you." The vampire his sword at the God of Freedom. "You wanted to build a community where vampires and humans can live in harmony? Do you not see that we can never set our differences aside? The only way for the world to be at peace is for the humans to be under the vampires' reign!"

"Hmm, I don't think so." The God of Freedom halted his actions of cutting up the animals and turned towards the groups of vampires and humans. "It is not like the vampires will be driven to extinction that easily for the humans, and the humans are not so weak to just succumbed under the vampires' rule, so why don't you guys just cooperate with each other and make lives easy for everyone?"

One of the vampires clenched his sword as he spat out, "Stop spouting drivel, human!"

"Vampire-san, you should reel in your ego and pride. By properly giving the humans you call livestocks living necessities, you will have access to better quality of blood," the God of Freedom reasoned. He addressed the humans next, "You guys should get along with the vampires as well. Unless you can defend yourselves from the Horsemen, you are bound to the vampires because you need their protection. The vampires give the humans proper shelter, and the humans give the vampires quality blood. This mutualism is fair, no? Both humans and vampires 'work' for food to feed themselves.

"You common vampires are strays because your sires had abandoned you. The humans are homeless because of the population regulations their own kind set upon the cities, depraving them from having entering a proper settlement. How long will all of you live like derelicts? This station is not even a proper home."

"Like you have said, we are mere common vampires who were thrown away by our sires! We already have our hands full dealing with the Horsemen so they don't kill the livestocks, and added with the Vampire Annihilation Unit breathing down our necks, how do you think we are going to procure food for these livestocks if we can't even have a moment of peace?" The black-haired vampire—also acting as the leader of the vampires there—lashed out, something uncommon for a vampire to do.

"I'm... I'm sorry." Surprisingly, it was not the God of Freedom who spoke up, but the female human. "We...didn't realize, and were ungrateful."

The other humans also muttered apologies and they sat down on the ground, no longer willing to argue about their rights with the vampires. After all, the vampires were their benefactors, even with all of the vampires' neglect of giving proper food and shelter to them. And, as much as they wanted to deny it, the fact was that, the government had abandoned them.

"Of course you didn't, being the ignorant sheeps that you are." The vampire did not want to admit it, but he still had emotions, and the fact that the humans backed down and knowing their place, had placated a bit of his anger. "We are fine the way we are now," he asserted, his tone harsh.

"Mm, I don't think so~" The God of Freedom said in a sing-song manner. He continued, "The humans are barely holding on as they starve, and with each bite of their necks, they are destined to die. You will then need to search for new livestocks to replenish the dwindling supply of blood, but that presents a risk to your lives. The Japanese Imperial Demon Army will not tolerate your existence once they find out about this place, especially those from the Vampire Annihilation Unit."

"Are you threatening us?" The vampires readied their weapons, their red eyes glowed in the dark.

"Nuh-uh. I'm just stating the facts." A gentle smile made it to the God of Freedom's face as he spoke his next words, "With my help, both the vampire society and the Japanese Imperial Demon Army that had cast all of you away, will be nothing. I will help you build a strong community of your own, one that will not be dictated by those who discarded you away."

The God of Freedom used his charms to strengthen his persuasion, affecting not just the humans, but even the vampires who considered nothing to be beautiful. Both the humans and vampires were entranced by the 'human' before them, compelling them to accept his words. He reached out his two hands to the vampires and humans as his silver eyes crinkled into a smile. "Shall we start a revolution?"

That day, because of the whims of the God of Freedom, the storyline had shifted far from its original course, with the future Vampire–Human War as the major deviation that would set everything off.