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Chapter 157: They never learn.

Some minutes later.

Rumble, Rumble!

Sasha returned to the old mansion through the painting of her ancestor, and the first thing she saw was a group of hunters.

"Welcome back, Sasha Fulger," Julian spoke with a gentle smile.

But Sasha ignored him and started looking for Kaguya and Maria.

Maria was fine, she was only unconscious a considerable distance away, she looked around again.

When she found Kaguya, her whole face froze.

Kaguya was without arms and legs, and the flesh of her belly was exposed. Her whole body was covered with sores, and she was a bloody mess. Yet despite her current state, Sasha saw that Kaguya was still alive.

She appeared to be being restrained by some golden chains.

'Mother Fuckers!' Sasha roared internally.

"Who did this?" She pointed at Kaguya with her hand shaking. She was very shaken, angry, and worried, but she controlled herself and didn't show it in front of her enemies.

"Lady Sasha how about-." Julian tried to say something, but Sasha wasn't in the mood for it.

"I asked..." Sasha looks at Julian with her red eyes, "Who did this?"

'Calm down, I can't be angry now...' Sasha squeezed her hands tightly together.

"..." Julian felt strange to see Sasha so calm, he thought that if he made that demonstration, the heiress of Clan Fulger would be angry, and he could use this emotional breakdown to capture her.

'Looks like the maid isn't that important to her, huh?' He completely misunderstood the situation.

"Answer me!" Sasha's voice is so loud it sounds like lightning strikes the ground.

"No matter who did it, a sinner must die, that's the mission God gave us," Julian spoke with absolute conviction.

"…" Sasha's eyes twitched. She was fed up with these fanatics, were they going to take away someone else important to her!?

"Zandriel!"

A tall man suddenly appeared from the ceiling and landed behind Sasha, and with one quick move, he lashed out at Sasha's back with his swords!

"Die, Demon!"

"I see..." Sasha's body was covered in lightning, "You guys made a big mistake." And Zandriel's attack passed by her.

"... What are you talking about?" Julian felt strange when he saw Sasha's worried face.

"There is one person who likes this maid a lot." Sasha suddenly disappeared and kicked Zandriel in the face!

BOOOOOOOOM!

The man went through the wall and fell into the garden, looking like he was knocked out.

"And by hurting this maid, you made an enemy out of him..." Sasha's face darkened, she was worried about Kaguya, but she was even more worried about Victor's reaction. What would happen if Victor saw this scene? The last time something like that happened, he battled two vampire Counts.

'I will kill them all.' Sasha decided. She was going to use her powers and try to kill everyone, but then she heard:

Rumble, Rumble.

It was too late.

'Oh no... He arrived so quickly when he felt my emotions...?' Sasha was correct, Victor was heading towards an empty spot to fight Mizuki, but when he sensed Sasha's emotions, he quickly flew towards her.

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

Someone suddenly fell from the roof of the mansion.

The man looked around, and when his gaze fell on Kaguya, all of a sudden, his whole world seemed to freeze.

"Who are you!?" Julian yelled fiercely as he cautiously looked at Victor.

'This man, do I know him from somewhere?' Julian felt that Victor's appearance was all too familiar.

"Darling, please calm down!" Sasha didn't care about the enemies around her since she needed to calm down Victor first. If she didn't, he'd do another stupid thing that would put him in danger.

She was happy that he was going to be angry for her, but she was also very worried about what he was going to do.

What if he attacks the Vatican over it? She didn't want to see her husband dead because of his recklessness!

Rumble, Rumble!

Sasha appeared beside Victor and spoke again in as calm a tone as possible, "Darling, please calm down-."

Victor looked at Sasha for a few seconds.

"..." Sasha froze as she looked into Victor's gaze.

His gaze was as dark as a black hole, and she couldn't feel any emotions coming from his gaze or the connection they had! It was very strange! He didn't even seem to have recognized his own wife!

'This is bad, this is bad! I have never seen my husband like this.' Sasha feared Victor's reaction was worse than she'd initially thought.

'I need to bring the girls, I can't stop him alone...' Sasha decided. She knew that with the girls present, Victor wouldn't fight them. After all, he loved her friends a lot, but she didn't have a lot of time left, she needed to go fast!

Rumble, Rumble!

Sasha's body was covered in a golden glow, she took on vampire count form, and in the blink of an eye, she was gone.

"Wait-." Julian was going to try to stop Sasha, but he was just too slow, "Tsk, our target got away."

As she flew through the sky, she thought; 'Darling, please don't do anything stupid... Don't leave me alone...' Small tears fell from Sasha's face.

Victor ignored Sasha and walked towards Kaguya, as he seemed to be in a trance.

"... What's going on here?" Suddenly everyone heard a woman's voice.

They looked up into the hole Victor opened and saw Mizuki's appearance.

"General Mizuki? Why are you with the demons?"

"…Julian, what are you doing here? I thought I came alone." Mizuki was sure she didn't bring any subordinates with her.

"Orders from my superior, I'm sorry, but I can't tell you," Julian spoke in a neutral tone.

"..." Mizuki's eye twitched, "You can't even tell a General?"

"Although you are a general, you are not my superior," Julian responded with disdain.

"I see..." Mizuki's face was not pretty now.

"...My Maid..." Victor knelt on the floor and slowly brought his arm closer to Kaguya's body.

"…" Everyone looked at Victor.

Victor lifted Kaguya's face, her face was missing an eye, and the entire left side of her face was burned.

Despite being a horrendous sight, Victor didn't feel disgusted, "Kaguya."

Kaguya slowly opened her eye, but she seemed to be having a lot of trouble:

"...MM-Master..."

"You did a good job, My Maid. Leave everything to me, okay?" He displayed a gentle smile.

"..." Kaguya exhibited a small smile.

Victor lifted his arm and pulled his sleeve a little away as he bit his arm, "Drink it."

Kaguya didn't argue. She was in no condition for that and, dragging her dying body, she opened her mouth and bit Victor's arm.

Gulp.

The moment Victor's blood entered her stomach, the wounds that had been slow to heal before began to heal at a faster rate.

Kaguya's eyes began to glow blood red; 'Delicious…'

Seeing that Kaguya's condition had stabilized, Victor ordered:

"My Maid, rest in my shadow."

"Y-Yes..." Kaguya's body slowly began to darken, and at a slow pace, she fell into Victor's shadow.

Victor got up from the ground and looked at the moonlight with a dark expression like a black hole, as he seemed to be thinking deeply about something.

"Ouch, that girl knocked me out for a few seconds." Everyone heard Zandriel's voice.

"Zandriel, are you alright?" Julian asked.

"Yes, where is that woman? And where is that mercenary?"

"We lost our target, and the mercenary ran off somewhere."

"Mercenary?" Mizuki looked around and saw a man crouched in a fetal position behind a pillar while shaking so badly, he looked very scared.

"This is bad, this is bad, I didn't get paid for this! I need to get out of here now!" He was muttering under his breath, but despite trying to get out of the room, his legs wouldn't move.

[Foolish disciple, run away from this place! As far as possible!]

"Master? What-."

"Worms!"

"!!!" Everyone quickly looked towards Victor, and the moment they looked at his face, they froze in fear.

"His face... is gone..." Mizuki gulped, the only thing visible on Victor's face now were his red eyes and his teeth.

[Tsk, stop staring at his face, you'll be swallowed up! Quick, get out of here!]

Mizuki couldn't move. She was paralyzed.

"...W-What is this, Monster!?" Julian couldn't believe what he was seeing, and, in his long journey as a hunter, he had never seen anyone who made him so afraid.

Victor looked at the two hunters, "Who did this… Noo, in the end, it doesn't matter. Everyone is guilty." Victor's voice made the spines of the two trained hunters quiver in fear.

Victor's body was suddenly covered in lightning, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of Zandriel.

"Monster-."

Before he could say anything else, Victor grabbed his throat and pulled!

"..." He seemed to have shouted something, but nothing was heard.

Victor then moved on to both of the man's arms and pulled!

Crack, Crack!

Sounds of bones and flesh being ripped apart could be heard, but he still wasn't satisfied.

Victor broke both Zandriel's legs, then, when the man finally knelt in front of him, he took the bandanna off the man's head and looked into the man's eyes.

"Blood red eyes, like a vampire..."

"Zandriel!" Julian yelled in concern.

Victor utilized his special vision, he looked at Zandriel; 'A vampire's bite, and a human's heart…' He had never seen anything like it on someone's body before.

"I wonder what your secret is." Then, using his fingers, Victor crushed both of Zandriel's eyes:

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" He screamed in pain

"Oh? Your throat has been regenerated." Victor flashed a big smile.

Victor placed his hand on the man's throat and pulled his throat out once more, but before the man's regeneration could activate, he froze his entire body in an ice structure.

Victor suddenly turned his face away and looked at Julian with his eyes glowing blood red:

"You seem to be the leader. You will tell me everything I need to know."

Julian's eyes lost focus, and he replied, "...Yes, Master."

"But before that..." Victor's entire body began to release a strange darkness.

"You will suffer."

"..." Mizuki just stood there, since she couldn't move.

[Quickly, get out of here!] Her master yelled again.

"Y-Yes." Mizuki woke up from her stupor and removed a talisman from her pocket, she quickly used a lightning incantation, and in the blink of an eye, she fled the scene.

"AHHHHHH!"

As she fled, she only heard Julian's cries of pain.

However, before she got far enough away, she suddenly fell to the ground when she felt a gigantic pressure falling on her. She looked back at Sasha's mansion and saw a kind of black aura covering the entire mansion.

"W-What is that?"

[...] Abe-No-Seimei was silent.

"Master!" She demanded answers.

[I saw something like this a long time ago... When that man arrived in our country, something like this happened...] Abe-No-Seimei seemed to be recalling a traumatic past.

"That man!? What man are you talking about!?" She completely lost her composure. She just couldn't calm down after feeling 'that'. She never felt anything like that with any of the vampires in the past, this was just monstrous…

"The King... The King of all Vampires, Vlad Tepes."

"..." Mizuki opened her eyes wide.

...

Chapter 158: They never learn. 2

On top of a building several KM away from Sasha's old mansion, two beings were looking towards the mansion.

These two beings had blood red eyes that shone, creating a stark contrast in the dark night.

"What do we do? Zandriel has been captured, and if this continues, they will know our secret." A woman's voice was heard.

"...I have contacted SWAT through one of our faithful. They will break into that place and retrieve the body of Father Julian and Father Zandriel." A man's voice was heard.

"Father Bruno is going with SWAT to keep everything under wraps."

"This is the safest option right now."

"Is it okay to involve humans in this?" The woman asked

"Yes. The new Count seems to care a lot about his old life, he won't cause any problems for the humans." The man spoke with absolute certainty.

"..." The woman was silent and seemed to be thinking of something.

"Despite having absurd strength, at the end of the day, he is not a monster, he still has his human side… He will not commit mass genocide."

"And when he leaves, we'll retrieve Zandriel's body. It doesn't matter if he finds out about our secret. Eventually, everyone would know that; this is just a little bit sooner than expected… But."

"We must retrieve Zandriel's body at any cost."

"..." The woman agreed with the man's words. Zandriel's body was just too valuable to fall into vampire hands.

"When humans invade the place, do you think he's going to retreat?" the woman asked.

"Yes, I think so."

"...You seem to be 100% sure of that." The woman spoke in a curious tone, "How do you judge the personality of the new Count?"

"Why the sudden question?"

"Just answer." The woman demanded.

"…Well, he is a loyal and protective man to his family, he likes to fight strong people, he seems like the kind of man who would never turn down a challenge… Overall, he could be a hunter if he were not a vampire. He has good qualities."

"...I think a little differently."

"..." The man looked at the woman.

"I think he's like a caged monster."

"His wife and his family are the chains that keep this monster caged… But when he's poked, he won't mind releasing this monster. You see it, right? His 'face'."

"...Yes." The man wondered what that abnormality was since he had no record of that kind of power.

"Normally, this man wouldn't cause trouble in the human world, but he's not in a good state of mind right now… He's just seen someone precious to him in a pretty deplorable state."

"And you, my friend, provoked/defied this monster. What do you think will happen?"

"... Fuck." Only now did the man realize what he had done.

He seemed to think about what to do for a bit, but then he said, "Well, some human lives are unimportant, they breed like rabbits."

"..." The woman just looked at the man with a neutral gaze.

"Let's go back, we need to report what we've learned to our superior... Oh, don't forget to bring the faithful who passed our test. They'll be good tools."

The woman looked at Sasha's old mansion, which had several helicopters flying over the place, and when she saw the SWAT entering the mansion, she exhibited a small disdainful smile. 'Let's see if you're a monster like they say, Count Alucard. '

"Okay…" She spoke.

…

"…" Leona looked at Violet once more. It's been a few hours since Victor, Edward and Fred left, and since the moment they left, Violet hadn't said anything.

She just stayed silent as she stroked Zack's head.

To be honest, Leona was internally freaking out; 'Why does it seem like I'm the only one caring about this weird situation?'

The sound of the door being opened was heard, and soon Fred and Edward appeared:

"Sup, we're back." Fred was the first to speak.

"…" Violet narrowed her eyes when she saw that Victor wasn't with them.

"Where's my Darling?"

"..." Fred was silent and turned his face. He didn't want to answer that question. He felt that something would happen if he answered that question.

"Victor left with Mizuki somewhere, they looked like they were going to fight or something."

"Oh..." Violet's eyes darkened a little when she heard that Victor went out somewhere with a woman. She wasn't worried about Victor, she knew he was a trustworthy man, but she was worried about Mizuki.

"...?" Suddenly Violet felt something, and, for a few seconds, Violet placed her hand on her heart while looking in a direction; 'Sasha… What happened?' She could feel immense anger and a lot of worry coming from Sasha.

But the moment she felt these emotions, the emotions disappeared as if everything Violet was feeling was an illusion.

But Violet knew it wasn't an illusion.

"..." When Edward saw Violet's gaze, he began having flashbacks to the past when he dated a woman who was mentally insane.

"I knew it…" Fred nodded his head several times; he's 100% sure that if he had answered that question, he would be the one receiving Violet's gaze right now.

Violet went back to looking at Zack, petting the cat, who seemed to be unconcerned about everything. He was even sleeping while drooling... He was a lazy cat.

"Finally, you came, honestly. I was about to freak out when I was left alone with this woman." Leona spoke in a low voice.

"Why?" Edward asked.

"Well, she hasn't said anything since you guys left, the mood was super weird." Leona was honest.

"I think this is normal? As a Yandere, she only cares about Victor." Edward spoke in a low voice.

"Yandere, huh. I knew Victor had weird tastes, but he went way beyond that this time... Although I can't help but be jealous." Fred said.

"...Do you want to wake up with a knife in your chest?" Leona spoke coldly.

"..." Fred broke out in a cold sweat when he imagined someone waking up next to him, and suddenly that person stabbed him!

"It's alright! As long as you never cheat, and accept a Yanderes' feelings, you'll be fine! Probably…" Fred wasn't sure, considering he wasn't experienced in these matters.

After all, reality was very different from fiction. He knew that Yanderes react badly to various situations because normally, all the protagonists of these animes were indecisive and never showed the affection that women were looking for...

"You guys know I can hear you, right?" Violet spoke.

"…" The three were silent.

A strange atmosphere fell over the place.

"You know? I don't really care what kind of friendships my husband has. He seems to value you a lot, and because of that, I don't interfere too much. And unlike what this woman expects me to do, I won't go crazy over the fact that she tried to turn my husband into a wolf."

"…I wasn't expecting you to freak out," Leona spoke in a neutral tone.

"Really? Well, in the end, it doesn't matter."

"Oh? Why?"

Violet flashed a big smile, "Because, he's mine. In the end, I came out victorious; there's no point arguing on a useless subject, right?"

"…" Leona's eyes sparkled a little blue.

"..." Edward and Fred were in a cold sweat now.

Rumble, Rumble.

BOOOOOOOM!

"What!?" Fred yelled.

"!!!" Leona and Edward quickly assumed a combat stance when they saw the being in front of them.

A tall monster covered in lightning passed through the door, but as it was too tall, it ended up destroying the door.

"Sasha?"

"Violet, I don't have time to explain, come with me." Sasha grabbed Violet and left.

"Meow?" Zack woke up because of the noise, looked around then, noticing that Violet wasn't around, he did what any cat would do in this situation, he went back to sleep...

"Just what was that?" Fred asked.

"…And to think that one of his wives could access that form…" Leona spoke up.

"Yes... It's surprising, isn't it?" Edward commented, looking at the damage, he said, "I'll put it on Victor's account."

"Yes." Leona nodded.

"Hello? Guys!?"

"…" The siblings looked at Fred with a tired look.

"Can you explain?" Leona asked.

"Fine..." Edward took the job.

...

Inside a black car, Ruby looked out the window; 'Sasha…' Like VIolet, she could sense that something was wrong.

"Natalia, can you hurry up a bit?" Ruby asked.

"Yes, Lady Ruby." Natalia accelerated the car even more.

After the incident that happened at the bar, Ruby asked Natalia to go to her apartment that she had in this city. She went to pick up some things she had forgotten in that place.

Now, they were heading back to Victor's house.

"Lady Ruby, are you really planning to do as you say?"

"Hmm...? Of course." Ruby looked at Natalia with a neutral gaze.

"...I am absolutely sure that what you are planning to do will directly provoke the three kings." By the three kings, she was talking about the king of vampires, wolves, and the queen of witches.

"Does not matter." Ruby flashed a small smile of disdain, "They were in power too long, they wouldn't complain if someone took their place, right?"

"Well..." Natalia didn't continue to speak and just thought; 'I shouldn't have listened to this conversation.' She was honest with herself,

"No need to worry too much, what I'm planning could take years to materialize. I think it will take about 500 years?" As an immortal vampire, all Ruby had left in this world was time. She could wait.

And that's also why Natalia didn't want to get involved since, at the end of the day, she was still just an 'ordinary' human. One day she'll die of old age. And, as the heiress of a Clan that served the king directly, she was supposed to share this information with the king, but...

'Currently, I'm serving the Snow Clan, so this has nothing to do with me.' She completely ignored the subject, and she's going to pretend she didn't know anything.

After all, this problem would only happen after her death.

A few minutes pass, and suddenly.

Rumble, Rumble!

The noise of lightning hitting the ground was heard nearby.

And in the blink of an eye, Violet and Sasha appeared in the car beside Ruby.

"Sasha? And Violet too, what happened?"

"Natalia, use your powers, take us to my old mansion!"

"What's going on?" Natalia asked.

"Hurry up!"

"..." Natalia looked at Violet to see the white-haired woman nodding.

Natalia said, "Okay."

…

A few minutes before SWAT stormed the place.

"Who sent you?" Victor asked Julian that had all his limbs facing strange directions.

He seemed to have gone through intense torture, and his eyes were lifeless as if he had mentally broken.

"General James," Julian spoke in a robotic tone.

"What does this man want with my wife?"

"He wants the blood of the heiress of Clan Fulger, the former Clan of Count Vampires."

"..." Victor clenched his teeth visibly.

"What were your orders?"

"Capturing Clan Fulger's Heir alive or dead."

"Is he not afraid of Clan Fulger's retaliation?" Victor was curious about this.

"Since Clan Fulger is no longer a Clan of vampire counts, he thought it was okay. The plan would work if it weren't for the failed mission of Agent Carlos and Ex-Agent Maria."

"And why does he want my wife's blood?"

"He wants to make new 'faithful' to our cause… The blood of a vampire of a stronger lineage seems to be the best ingredient to make more 'faithful'."

"...?" Victor didn't understand, but when he remembered Zandriel's eyes, he made a face of disgust.

Using his eye powers, he looked again at the tall priest. He saw vampire bite marks on the man's neck and saw that the man's heart was glowing like a human's.

"Hybrids." That was the only thing on Victor's mind right now, and it would also explain Zandriel's high regeneration, even now the priest's body was regenerating.

"That bastard wants to use my wife as a lab rat, huh...?"

"How many of you came to capture my wife?"

"A group of hunters who were killed by Ex-Agent Maria, two veteran hunters, and a mercenary werewolf. It's just those who came with us."

"Werewolf?" Victor looked around with his eye powers, and when he saw a body covered in a green aura, he said,

"I found you."

"HIII!" The wolf tried to run away, but in the end, it was useless, and, in a flash, Victor appeared in front of the wolf and grabbed him by the neck. He brought the man's face close to his eyes and ordered:

"Tell me everything you know."

"Yes…"

After interrogating Julian, Victor went to interrogate Zandriel, but the man didn't know anything and just looked like a broken human who kept talking.

God is this, God is that. His mindset was totally broken, and the torture that Victor caused him didn't help much either.

All Zandriel became was a messy puddle of blood and flesh.

Since it was a waste of time trying to speak to a mentally broken man, Victor created a sword of ice and pierced Zandriel's heart and brain.

Despite having killed the man, he didn't dispose of the body since he thought that this man's body could tell more things to him than the man himself.

'I will send someone experienced to check this corpse for me.'

Soon after, Victor went to interrogate the werewolf.

The werewolf was the most useless of the three; he was just a tool. He took a job at a place called 'The Lost Club', and because of that, he was here.

His job was the same as the hunter Julian. He was going to help capture Sasha, and then he would get his money, a quick job.

"Tsk, useless." Since the werewolf didn't know anything either, he killed him too.

Now Victor was sitting on top of three corpses with an annoyed expression, and his mood was horrible.

The disfigured image of Kaguya wouldn't get out of his head, and that only made his mood worse and worse.

Suddenly, he felt his cell phone vibrate. Victor took his phone out, seeing that he had an unread message. He raised his eyebrow when he saw that it was a message from June, clicking on the message from the witch.

…

"Hey! Hey! I know I'm in the way, but I did something for you! Thank me later!"

/ / / /

[Contact Number for Countess Scathach.]

...

When he read the witch's message, he laughed a little and said:

"That witch does weird things, even though I didn't ask for anything."

"..." Victor stared at the cell phone screen for a few seconds; he was thinking about what he should do with this phone number, then he came to a decision.

He saved the number June sent him, and then he called it.

'Will it connect?' He thought.

The call sound was heard for a while until it suddenly connected:

"Victor?"

Hearing the voice of the person on the phone, Victor exhibited a small smile, "I didn't think it wouldn't connect, considering we're too far away. As expected from a witch, I guess...?"

"How are you, Scathach?"

...

Nightingale.

A woman was sitting on a throne of ice, and she looked very bored.

"Two days ..." she murmured. Only two days had gone by since Victor had left Nightingale to go visit his relatives in the human world.

And these past two days were a boring hell for Scathach. She didn't feel like doing anything, so she just sat on her throne and waited for something interesting to happen.

She felt like she was going back to her days of utter boredom.

"Mother…" Siena appeared in the room.

"What? If it's that old man, tell him to fuck off, I won't create an army."

A few days ago, Vlad, the vampire king, sent Scathach to build an army, but the woman strongly refused. She didn't want to make an army; it was too much work, and in the end, it was not worth it. She alone was enough to handle anything.

"It's not that... Look." Siena took something from her pocket and showed it to Scathach.

Scathach raised an eyebrow, "What is this?"

"It's the phone I asked June to get for you before she went to the human world." Siena lied, but she didn't have a choice since she couldn't say she went to the human world and asked June to make her a phone.

Why did she do it? It's quite simple. Even though it had only been two days, Scathach's mood just got worse. She had gone back to what she was before she met Victor.

And Siena didn't like that. Although it was a little frustrating for her, she couldn't deny that she preferred her mother when Victor was around.

Because of that, she asked June to make a phone for Scathach. She thought that by getting in touch with Victor, even if it was by phone, her mood would improve.

'My mom can't go to the human world now, the king seems to be more active lately. I don't know what he's planning, but my mom better be around just in case.' Siena felt that something big was going to happen at some point in the future, and as Clan Scarlett's strongest protector, their mother needed to stay home.

"Oh?" Scathach rose from her throne and walked towards her daughter.

When she got close to her daughter, she picked up the phone and saw that it was an old red phone, "Why did you ask her to do this?"

"Well, I thought you would need..."

Suddenly the phone started to vibrate.

"Is someone calling?" Scathach looked at the phone and saw Victor's name.

Unconsciously, a small smile appeared on Scathach's face.

Siena peeked a little at the phone screen, and when she saw Victor's name, her gaze twitched a little as she thought; 'Fate is a bitch sometimes.'

Scathach answered the phone and called out:

"Victor?"

"I didn't think it wouldn't connect, considering we're too far away. As expected from a witch, I guess...?"

"How are you, Scathach?"

"...I'm fine, just a little bored."

"I see, that is like you. Is Vlad harassing you too much?"

"Yeah, he's asking me to make an army, can you believe that?"

"You accepted?"

"Of course not."

"Hahahaha, that old man must be having a hard time."

Seeing the smile on her mother's face that appeared after just talking to Victor for a short while, Siena thought, 'Cringe! Why don't you get married already! Or better yet, why don't you get a room!? What hate! Ughyaaaaaaa!' She had her childish side too.

"Humpf" Siena turned her face away and walked towards the exit with heavy steps!

'I don't want to be here listening to my mother and her future husband!'

"What's happening? Why can I hear helicopters?"

"…" Siena stopped walking and looked at her mother.

"Oh, don't worry, that's just some annoying bugs."

"Victor…-" Scathach was about to say something, but Victor interrupted.

"I called because I wanted to ask something."

"... Which is?"

"What would you do if you found out someone was hunting Ruby?"

"…" Scathach's gaze immediately turned icy.

"What would you do if you found out that this someone planned to use Ruby as a lab rat to create hybrids?"

"And most importantly..." Victor's voice seemed to grow heavier, "What would you do if the people targeting Ruby sent a group of humans to hunt you down?"

"..." A silence fell in the place, and the only thing that could be heard was the noise of a helicopter coming from Scathach's phone.

"Victor, you already know my answer, right?" Scathach's tone was quite cold.

"Yes, I know, but I want to hear it from you."

"Raise your hands, and drop the phone!"

Scathach and Siena heard a man's voice.

"... Mother." Somehow Siena was starting to get worried; 'This fool, how can he get so much trouble in just two days? TWO DAYS!'

"…" Scathach was silent, her answer was obvious, everyone knew what she was going to do, but the question was; 'Foolish disciple, are you really prepared to take this step?'

Unlike Victor, who was a human in the past, Scathach was never human, so she never had this feeling called 'humanity'. She was born a vampire and grew up a vampire. But Victor was different and still had his humanity.

"Scathach, they set a trap for my wife, and hurt my precious maid."

"...What...?" Scathach suddenly felt she misheard, and all the worry she had had just died away with that simple phrase. 'Did they dare try to hurt Ruby? My daughter!?'

"When I arrived at this location, Kaguya was between life and death, she was without arms and legs, her stomach was open, and half of her face was disfigured."

"How do you think I'm feeling right now!? I'm so angry, I'm so angry I don't know what to do, torturing these bastards isn't enough!"

"…Why don't you leave this place? With your power it should be easy, right?" Siena suddenly spoke.

Scathach looked at Siena with an annoyed look, but Siena ignored that.

"That voice... It's Siena, huh?"

"I said, drop the phone!" The two women heard the man's voice again.

"Siena, you know my personality. Do you think I would run away from this place?"

"... I do not think so." Victor was a man who never turned his back on a challenge. No matter who it was, if someone pointed a gun at him, he would point his gun too. He was that kind of man. And those humans have already pointed their guns at Victor.

'If he hasn't done anything yet, it's because he's expecting something from my mom…' Siena looked at her mom.

"In front of me now are just ordinary humans, humans with no power at all. They're not super powerful vampires, they're not werewolves who are powerful like a vampire or a witch who uses complex magic. They are ordinary humans, just ordinary humans... Humans who like me have a family waiting at home."

"Tell me, Scathach… what am I supposed to do?" Despite speaking in a neutral tone, Victor's voice carried a weight never before heard by Siena.

'Mother, please make the right decision.' Siena thought.

"...Victor, what are you waiting for?" Scathach spoke.

"Huh?" Victor didn't understand.

"They set a trap for your wife! My daughter! They hurt your precious maid, why are you wasting your time calling me!?" Scathach roared, her eyes starting to glow blood red.

"... Fuck." Siena facepalmed.

"..."

"You know very well what to do!"

"Search for everyone responsible for what happened today and, when you find everyone responsible, destroy everything and everyone!"

"Everyone who challenges you must die!"

"Everyone who raised a sword against you must die!"

"DON'T LET ANYONE LIVE TO TELL HISTORY!"

"Search and destroy! It's simple, right!? Why are you wasting time!?"

"..." Victor continued in silence.

Scathach's face took on an obvious expression of annoyance, "Why are you showing this pathetic side to me!? Are you feeling sorry for these humans!? What is this cheap sentimentality!? Victor, remember what you are!"

"You are a vampire!" Her voice echoed throughout her mansion, and it didn't stop there; her voice entered Victor's ears and shook his entire existence.

"..." A moment of silence fell around them, suddenly they heard Victor's voice:

"Yes, indeed… Yes… You're correct… I am… I am a vampire." Victor's eyes flashed a dangerous red glow:

"Pfft… It was so simple, why was I thinking so much? HAHAHAHAHAHA~" Victor started to laugh, it was a relieved laugh, it was the laugh of someone who has just given up on something.

Suddenly, he stopped laughing and said,

"Thank you, Scathach." Victor suddenly hung up the phone.

"…" A moment of silence fell around them, and all they heard was the sound of the phone.

Siena looked at Scathach's face, which now had a big satisfied smile:

"...Mother, is everything alright?"

"About what?"

"Mother, you just encouraged Victor to lose his humanity."

Scathach squinted her eyes a little, "Do you care so much about humans? That's not like you."

"Mother, don't change the subject. You know damn well I don't care. I'm just worried about my sister's husband's mentality." She spoke the truth. For Siena, no matter how many humans died in front of her, she wouldn't even feel a thing. For her, humans were just cattle, and that has never changed.

"..." Scathach was silent for a few seconds, as she seemed to be thinking about something. She finally opened her mouth and said:

"It's okay... Eventually, he would have to lose this cheap sentimentality, it would hurt him in the long run. Now is a good opportunity."

"…" Siena nodded. She didn't agree or disagree and just listened in silence to her mother's thoughts.

"And Victor has me. As long as I exist, he'll always be fine." Scathach exhibited a small loving smile, and soon she started walking past Siena. But, as she walked towards the exit, her face slowly began to change, and it became an annoyed face:

'These idiots, they never learn, huh?'

"…" Siena opened her mouth wide in shock. She turned and looked at her mother; 'Did she really not realize what she just said?'

"Siena, Lacus, Pepper! Pack your things! We're leaving!

"Yes, Mother!"