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Chapter 188: A wolf there, a wolf here, wolves everywhere! 2

Two men were sitting on the large sofa in the backyard of a house.

Adam's backyard was large. Not nearly as massive as the one behind Violet's mansion, but it was big enough to fit several people at a barbecue, even having its very own large pool.

With just a glance, visitors could see the care and attention Adam had put into this backyard. Everything here had been customized down to the smallest detail to suit Adam's taste.

'Barbecue, huh?' Victor looked at the backyard with a nostalgic look, remembering how he often came here when he was younger. He tried to remember the taste of the meat he always ate here, and when he remembered, he flashed a small satisfied smile.

"..." Adam looked at Victor out of the corner of his eye and exhibited an imperceptible little smile since, despite having his prejudices against vampires, the old man could still see the old 'Victor' in this man who was next to him.

He had changed entirely in physical appearance, he was taller, stronger, and he had this unshakable confidence that you could see in the little smile he made.

Even under the gaze of an Alpha like Adam, the man just kept smiling as if he had found everything funny.

But Adam knew that wasn't it; Victor wasn't the arrogant type. He's the fun-loving type, and it seemed he shared something similar with werewolves. His fun was found in fighting.

How did he know this? Well, he had plenty of time to watch Victor growing up. Victor always had a powerful personality, but it was suppressed due to his lack of strength and prevalent illness.

'I thought he would suffer with vampires because he has the Golden Blood, but he seems to be doing well.' Adam thought. He also couldn't ignore the fact that despite it being the afternoon, Victor didn't seem to be affected by the sunlight.

In fact, he was bathing in sunlight, which for a werewolf like Adam was a little ridiculous.

'The Snow Clan? Did they find a way to make vampires walk in sunlight?' Adam wondered, he thought this was dangerous, but...

That's not my business.

'I'm retired!' He refused to abandon his lifestyle.

"So boy? Why did you come here?"

"Hmm? For nothing, I just came to visit an old friend…" Victor replied as he looked out over the garden with a serene face.

"..." Adam looked at Victor with a neutral gaze as his face said, 'Are you serious?'

"What?" Victor looked at Adam out of the corner of his eye, "Why are you making this face like someone stole your chocolate?"

"Just because I'm a vampire now, I can't visit my friend?"

"...I mean, that does normally happen."

"Fuck normalcy, I do what I want." He spoke with absolute confidence as his eyes lingered on the garden.

"Oh?" Adam displayed a small smile.

What Victor hated most was this story:

'Ah, this is not normal. Vampires and werewolves can't be friends. Ah, you can't do this. Ah, you can't do that.'

Every time Victor heard something like that, he would stick out his middle finger and deliver a self-righteous 'Fuck you! I do what I want, Bitch.'

So what if his childhood friend is a werewolf? That doesn't change anything.

So what if his friend's father is an alpha werewolf? That doesn't change anything.

Victor is a vampire, and because of that, he can't speak in a friendly tone to his childhood friend?

Victor would say, 'Fuck you'.

Just because his childhood friends are from another species that is apparently in conflict with the species he was a part of didn't change anything.

Just because you're a vampire doesn't mean you should act like an emo.

Just because you're a werewolf doesn't mean you have to act like an idiot.

For Victor, this is just bullshit.

He will observe a situation, assess, and make a decision. He hates herd thinking and likes to make his own decisions.

Even if his decision is wrong in the future, he doesn't care; he will leave the consequences to future Victor.

Victor doesn't like to be chained, and that thought came from deep in his heart.

"…" Looking into Victor's eyes that were glowing blood red, somehow, Adam couldn't help but compare him to the king of the wolves.

It wasn't about strength; it was something else. He could feel a sense of 'apprehension', a feeling he only felt when meeting the king of werewolves.

"Anyway, Old man."

"Huh!?" A vein popped in Adam's head. He was still young, you know!?

"Who are you-" Adam was going to say something, but Victor interrupted him by saying:

"When are you going to get a wife?"

"…" Adam just opened his mouth in shock.

"I mean, despite being old, you don't look old, so... Go find a werewolf woman, have snu snu, and raise more kids! I want to see my grandchildren!"

"..." Who are you, my fucking mother!? That's what Adam wanted to scream now.

"Fuck you." Adam raised his middle finger at Victor.

"Hahaha~." Victor laughed amusedly.

"..." And soon a silence fell in the place, the two men stopped talking and watched the Garden in silence.

A few minutes passed, and Adam suddenly asked:

"That incident at the old mansion, that was you, right?"

"Yes."

"Why did you do that?" He asked curiously. He didn't seem angry or was feeling any sympathy for the humans, just appeared to be curious.

"Have you ever heard the phrase: 'Those who lift the sword against another must be prepared to receive retaliation?'"

"...Yes, I heard that a long time ago..." He remembered his mother saying something similar in the past.

"That's what happened that day."

"...Hmm...-" Adam was going to say something, but he stopped when he heard what Victor said.

"You have visitors."

"..." Adam narrowed his eyes, felt around, and felt nothing, but a few seconds passed, and then he felt five beings approaching.

Adam's eyes opened wide.

"How did you notice them?"

"Secret." Victor displayed a small smile.

"This Kid…" A vein popped in Adam's head; 'This boy has a gift for teasing people.' He thought.

"They've arrived." The moment Victor spoke, five individuals appeared.

"Adam William-."

"You are..." The man opened his mouth wide; he never thought he would find whoever he was looking for here.

Victor exhibited a small friendly smile and looked at the individuals with his special eyes, "Sup, Boys, and Girl...Girl...?"

"Oh?" Victor focused his attention on the woman as he suddenly got up from where he was sitting.

And sauntered towards the woman.

"..." The woman narrowed her eyes a little. She felt strange when she felt Victor's gaze as if the man could see everything about her. It was as if she couldn't hide anything from him.

When he was close enough to the woman, a man standing beside the woman spoke:

"Step back!" He tried to touch Victor, but he just touched the air as if Victor had passed through his hand.

"Oh...?" Adam's smile grew a little.

"Wha-," Before Anderson's other subordinates did something.

Anderson held up a hand and stopped the group from acting.

"Anderson?"

"Leave him alone..." Anderson's eyes sparkled with curiosity.

Victor started walking around the woman as he watched her with his eyes. He observed every inch of the woman with his eyes, then stopped in front of the woman and crouched a little, looking at the woman's trained abs with curious eyes.

Did he look like a man who was sizing up a woman in a strange way, a pervert perhaps?

At least that's what it looked like to those who didn't know about Victor's ability.

"..." The woman felt strange, clearly seeing that Victor was not looking at her with lustful eyes, while all she could feel from him was curiosity.

Suddenly he rose and spoke while looking into the woman's eyes:

"Woman, you're weird." That was Victor's honest opinion, the woman in front of him was emitting a kind of aura he had never seen before, and he couldn't even see an exact color of her aura. It was just too weird.

"...That's not a very nice thing to say to a woman."

Victor exhibited a slight smile, "...Yes, indeed."

But then he turned and walked back to where he was sitting, Adam's house and his own house; they are some of the few places he didn't mind sitting down without having to create a throne of ice.

"But it doesn't change the fact that you're weird." Victor continued as he walked.

Victor sat back down on the sofa, looking up at the sky, and saw that it was still afternoon, "Since you seem to have something important to discuss, you can pretend I don't exist."

Victor lay down on the couch without putting his feet up. Of course, he wouldn't. He was not a rude man.

He took a pair of red glasses out of his pocket and put them on.

Soon, he closed his eyes, and as if by magic...

He slept..." A silence descended on the place, and everyone looked at Victor with an expressionless look.

Is this man not very comfortable? Is he really going to ignore our existence? And why did he sleep so fast!?

Anderson's male subordinates wanted so much to scream now.

'A free man...' Anderson could already tell what Victor's personality was.

A self-paced personality while ignoring the world, that was his assessment of Victor, and in a way, he wasn't wrong.

"..." The woman looked at Victor with a neutral gaze, seemingly thinking about several things.

"Oh... Teacher." Victor suddenly woke up and lifted his glasses a little.

"What?"

He exhibited a slight smile, "I don't judge your tastes; after all, you are a grown man. But if you want to do a gangbang don't call me. I won't participate. I'm a married man, and I promise you I won't tell your daughter that either... It's between us, a brother's secret." Then Victor pulled his glasses down and went back to sleep.

Victor was a man who knew how to take care of his friends. He would definitely keep what happened here a secret!

Crack, Crack.

Everyone could hear the sounds of something breaking. What was that something? It was Adam's patience, of course!

"..." Veins began to pop in Adam's and Anderson's heads. Even Anderson's subordinates and the woman were irritated with Victor now.

But like an older adult, he managed to remain calm and said:

"Forget this boy, tell me what you want here."

"..." Victor's smile grew a little when he heard what Adam said, but it soon faded as if it had never existed.

"Hmm...I wanted to ask you something about your oldest son...And I wanted to ask if you knew of Count Alucard's location or if you had any clues as to where he was, but I never thought I'd meet him here. Are you guys close?"

"... My Son?" Adam ignored Anderson's question and asked his own question.

"Yes, is he still part of your Pack?" Anderson looked at Adam.

"Of course he is. He's just in a moment of rebellion."

"Hmm... That's not what he said."

"Tsk, just ignore him. He's a stupid boy."

"Hahaha, hearing you call him your child is funny. Do you know that by human standards, he's almost a middle-aged man?"

"It doesn't matter, to me, he's still a child."

"I see."

"Now tell me. Why is he here." Anderson asked as his eyes glowed sapphire blue for a few seconds.

"Hmm..." Adam thought about what to say, and when he was about to say something, everyone listened.

"Liza, what are you doing!?"

Adam and Anderson looked at Liza and saw the woman approaching Victor at high speed while her eyes were glowing gold. She looked quite annoyed.

"Die!"

Liza clenched her fist and attacked Victor with all her strength, but just as her fist was about to reach Victor's face, something suddenly happened that left everyone speechless.

Victor raised his hand, captured the woman's fist, and, with a martial arts gesture, deflected the force of the woman's attack upwards, causing the woman to lose control of her own body.

"Eh...?"

And before the woman or anyone else could understand what happened, the woman fell into the lap of Victor, who was sitting down at some point during the process.

"Woman, you are very tense. How about relaxing a little?" Victor exhibited a sneaky little smile.

"Let go of me-... Ahhh~-?" The woman put her hand over her mouth. She didn't understand why she moaned just now.

Victor lightly touched the woman's trained Abs, "Try a little of the technique my master taught me and calm down; you're very tense~."

A small stream of lightning left Victor's finger and went to the woman's abs.

"Ahhhh~"

"Oh, I forgot to say, don't get too relaxed, or you might die~."

"Wh-Wha-..." She was about to say something, but Victor released another electric current near the area where the woman's younger sister was.

"Ahhhh~" Incoherently, the woman closed her legs tightly. Something was coming!

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Chapter 189: A wolf there, a wolf here, wolves everywhere! 3

"Ahhhh~" Unconsciously, the woman closed her legs tightly. Something was coming!

But she held that 'something', she would not demonstrate a shameful action in front of the king's son! Don't underestimate her, she was a strong woman!

She opened her eyes a little, and seeing her friends' lack of reaction, she thought; 'W-Why is no one helping me!?' But soon her thoughts turned to a blank sheet when she felt this hateful man speak something in her ear:

"It's okay…" Victor lightly touched an area of ??the girl's neck, and an electric current came out of his finger.

"Ahh~," The woman opened her eyes wide and moaned.

"It's okay~... Don't hold back, relax your body..." Victor lightly touched an area just above the girl's ass, and again an electric current came out of his finger.

"S-Stop-... AHHHHHHH~!"

Fushhhhhhhhhh

A suspicious liquid squirted from an important area of ??the woman.

Maybe, she wasn't such a strong woman...

"Oh? You still haven't passed out? As expected from the wolves' resistance." Victor's smile grew as he felt challenged when the woman didn't pass out!

And then, like an experienced masseur, Victor touched every part of the woman's body, avoiding the important parts, of course. After all, he didn't want to be accused of sexual harassment. All he was doing here was a massage!

It's not his fault the woman was reacting that way!

Definitely not his fault!

"Ahhh~, S-Stop-... Ahh~." The woman moaned like an innocent girl, a very different view coming from the calm, serious woman she presented herself as before.

"Shhh... Just relax, and leave everything to me."

"I- I do not want- ...Ughhh." She looked like she was going to say something, but she just squirmed all over and couldn't form coherent thoughts!

The pleasure she was feeling right now was dangerous! She felt like she might die if she relaxed too much!

And she wasn't wrong…

"...Aren't you going to do something?" Adam pointed at Victor since he found Anderson's lack of reaction strange.

"Oh, Right." He was so surprised by the series of moans coming from Liza that his brain shut down for a few seconds... Or minutes...

The same happened with Anderson's subordinates. Due to the amazing sight in front of them, their brains shut down completely.

When Anderson attempted to move forward to stop Victor, everyone heard the man's voice:

"Done."

"Eh?" Anderson and his subordinates were dumbfounded again.

Victor stopped massaging the woman's body and didn't touch her anymore. He just rested his arm on the armrest and looked at the woman with a small smile on his face. He was waiting for something interesting to happen.

The woman's appearance was a total mess. Her hair was wildly disheveled, and her clothes, which were tiny, were threatening to reveal the important parts of her.

Suspicious liquids were leaking from an important place, and she was very sweaty like she was fighting a very long battle.

She was very dazed and completely red in the face, her breathing was disorganized, and she had a big smile on her face.

"That was so good…~" As if in slow motion, the woman started to fall towards the sofa.

The woman lay down and then fell into the sea of ??unconsciousness.

K.O!

The woman who was a warrior respected by werewolves was defeated by a 'simple' massage!

"…." Everyone stared at her with open mouths. With just a few movements, he was able to do this with a serious woman who rarely smiled!?

All the men looked at Victor in shock. This man was scary in a lot of ways!

The eyes of all the men sparkled a little as they looked at Victor, as they were all thinking the same thing:

'...If I could learn these techniques...' They felt that their night life would be more interesting if they could learn this technique.

"Umu, as expected. This technique is splendid." Victor nodded several times in satisfaction. He was pleased with the girl's reaction.

Victor looked at the woman and thought, 'Hmm...I think I overdid it...I usually use that level of intensity when practicing on Scathach. I got a little too excited when I saw she could withstand a light massage... Whatever, that's not my problem, and now what are these men going to do?' Victor's smile grew a little in anticipation.

He was expecting some kind of reaction from the men, and if they decided to fight him, it would be even better!

'Ah, but I need to take them elsewhere first, I don't want to damage the Professor's house.'

"…" Once again, the men felt strange. As men, they could understand other men, and in this exact moment, Victor had no excitement or lustful desire for the woman lying down.

He just conveys a sense of accomplishment, like he'd done a good job, and somehow he was excited? They could feel the urge to battle coming from the vampire.

"..." A few seconds passed, and nothing happened. The men didn't react as Victor had expected.

'Well…' As he was too lazy to wait, Victor looked at the woman.

Victor pulled the woman away from him a little and lay down again.

Realizing that the men were still looking at him, Victor spoke:

"Oh, I'm sorry to interrupt, you guys can continue." Victor picked up his glasses that fell on the couch at some point, put them on, then closed his eyes.

"..."

The men had so much to talk about now that they just couldn't express their emotions.

First, why is this vampire so weird!? Doesn't he realize the situation he's in!? He's treating this place like it's his home!

Will he really ignore the beautiful woman lying next to him!? He won't do anything!? Not even looking with lustful eyes? Is he gay!?

Second, what is this technique!?

Third and most important... Can they learn this technique too!?

And fourth, which wasn't very important, the subordinates looked at their leader with a strange look because Anderson wasn't doing anything!? Is this man right in the head!? Wasn't he Simp for that woman?

Bruh, Come on! How can a good Simp not protect his goddess!

... Werewolves are definitely not right in their heads...

'I made the right choice not to let my daughter get close to this abomination.' Adam seemed to have reached an awkward conclusion.

...

One hour later.

Strangely enough, no one came to interrupt Victor during his sleep, and even the vampire himself didn't understand since he expected someone to attack him or something.

But unexpectedly, nothing happened, and since he didn't feel threatened, he actually fell asleep.

But don't get confused! He may be sleeping, but who was Victor!? He was the man who was trained by Scathach, and he could react to any kind of murderous intent coming his way! Even while sleeping!

As Scathach has said in the past while training Victor:

"A good warrior must be prepared for all situations!" And because of that thought, she would attack Victor at any opportunity, even when he was sleeping!

...though she never attacked when they were sleeping together...

A strange woman indeed.

"Hmm..." A tall tan-skinned woman with long black hair that was completely disheveled opened her eyes slowly.

The first thing the woman saw when she opened her eyes was a black outfit, and she looked like she was sleeping on top of someone.

"...Huh?" It took her a while to process what was happening, as the woman looked up and saw the face of a pale-skinned man who appeared to be sleeping.

When she saw the man's face, suddenly, several memories began to resurface in her mind.

"!!!" Her face turned completely red with embarrassment, but aside from the embarrassment she was feeling right now, she was feeling another emotion.

Rage! She was mad at this bastard! How dare he do this!

How dare he make her feel... Those strange sensations!

"I'll kill him..." The woman seemed determined to kill Victor, but when she saw the man's face sleeping peacefully, he looked so beautiful to her, he looked so innocent, and soon she felt a little sense of satisfaction in her heart, and a thought began to surface in her mind.

'Maybe I should kill him another time...' She flashed a small smile.

'Wrong!' She shook her head several times and thought; 'I will kill him! Now! That bastard humiliated me! This is unforgivable.'

'Maybe later…' She backed away again.

'Nooooo! I will kill him now!'

...Women were hard to understand!

While the woman was thinking about what to do, time began to pass, and soon night came.

Victor suddenly opened eyes that were glowing in a dangerous way.

"!!!" The woman was startled by the man's sudden action.

Killing intent began to leak out of his body and spread around him.

Gulp.As Liza was closest to Victor, she could feel everything, and she was paralyzed. She had never felt such a strong intent before.

... And that was amazing! He was incredibly strong!

... Is this woman right in the head?

"It's time." His voice echoed throughout the house, and as if defying gravity, his body began to float upward.

"Wha-." The woman looked like she was going to say something, but she stopped talking when Victor straightened his center of gravity and picked her up like a princess.

"You look like you're out to kill someone, Alucard."

Victor turned his face and looked at the dark man, "Yes, I will, Anderson."

"Oh?" The man looked at Victor's smile with an interested face.

Victor pointed at Anderson, "Anderson, the son of the werewolf king, the next time we meet, I want to fight you." Victor's glove's magic circles glowed brightly.

"..." Anderson's smile grew, by the man's reaction, he definitely liked what he heard:

"Oh, we're definitely going to fight... After all, that's what I came to find you for."

"..." Seeing how the man reacted to his words, Victor's smile grew in such a distorted way that it startled Anderson's subordinates a little.

"pffft..." Victor tried to hold back his laughter, but...

"HAHAHAHAHA~!" He did not make it.

His laugh was so loud that the furniture in Adam's house started to shake a little, and, although it sounded like an insane laugh, it wasn't. It was a laugh of happiness.

Victor could tell the man in front of him was strong, and most of all, he wasn't a coward! A small anticipation of their next encounter began to grow in Victor's heart.

"Boy, you're going to bother the neighbors." Adam suddenly appeared with an annoyed face.

Victor stopped laughing and looked at Adam, "Professor, take care. And try to find a wife soon, I want to see my grandchildren."

Veins snapped in Adam's head, "Boy, I'm older than you! And you're not my father!"

"Of course not, I would never let my son have this ridiculous mustache."

"What...?" A killing intent began to leak out of Adam's body. He won't forgive an insult to his mustache!

Rumble, Rumble.

Victor's body was covered by lightning while displaying an innocent smile. He then said:

"See you in the future, Ciao."

RUMBLE!

Lightning seemed to strike Victor's body.

Fushhhhhhhhh

He soared up into the sky like a golden rocket, and when he reached the clouds above, he shot off in one direction!

BOOOOOOOOM! BOOOOOOOOM! BOOOOOOOOM!

Three sonic booms in a row were heard, and soon all anyone could see was a golden trail across the sky.

"That idiot! What happened to that vampire thing about not attracting attention!?" Adam really wanted to strangle Victor now. It seemed that since Victor became a vampire, he had acquired an expertise in teasing people!

He even seemed to do it unconsciously! And, despite being irritating, for some reason, Adam couldn't hate Victor.

It was a strange feeling.

'Is it because I've known him since he was little?' Adam felt it was because of that too, despite having become a vampire, Victor never disrespected him.

Despite being a vampire, he still called him 'Professor' and respected him as before.

Adam liked that, and even though he didn't like leeches, he felt he didn't care if this vampire was Victor.

His charisma was just that great.

"...One thing I have to admit, he knows how to go out in style." Julian, a tall, dark, muscular man who had hair in a short ponytail, spoke up.

"That's true…" Juan, a tall man with golden hair, nodded.

"..." Liza looked at the golden trail with an emotionless look, as she seemed to be thinking several things. When the golden trail was no longer visible, she looked at the sofa.

Sniff, Sniff.

She sniffed the air a little; 'I will remember your scent... Next time, I will kill you.' She promised herself.

"Adam, can we stay here?" Anderson suddenly asked. He had the expression of someone who was trying too hard not to follow the man and attack him since he really wanted to test the strength of the new Count.

... Who did he want to kid? He just wanted to fight someone strong!

Anderson clenched his fist tightly.

'But not now... It's not the time...'

"I wouldn't deny a request from the king's son, but! Don't shit in the garden! Don't harm the garden! If you break this rule, I will kick you out!"

"..." Anderson and his subordinates looked at Adam with a neutral gaze. Are you thinking we're dogs or something!? They wouldn't shit in the garden!

Probably!

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Chapter 190: Resolving issues from the past.

[A/N: Merry Christmas everyone! Thank you so much for the support you are giving me without you all this would not be possible! I hope you like the chapter! Umu, Umu!]

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Somewhere in Texas, in a town that seemed to be abandoned.

A woman wearing a modern maid's Outfit was walking towards a certain location. She had blonde hair tied in a ponytail, sapphire blue eyes, and was around 180cm tall.

The woman turned onto a street and looked straight ahead, as her vision seemed to widen a considerable distance:

"An old mansion, huh…" Maria thought hunters had bad taste in picking places to stay, as always.

Even though she was going to meet her supposed lover/boyfriend, Maria wasn't very excited, since she knew this was just a trap, not to mention that…

Maria looked up at the sky.

Above the clouds, a man with black hair and red eyes was watching the place.

Maria couldn't see beyond the clouds, but she knew he was there, she could feel it. Even if she wanted to, she could never forget Victor's presence.

"Is it okay for her to go alone, Darling?" Sasha, who was beside Victor, asked. As she still didn't know how to use the floating ability of vampires, she had to lean on Victor to stay still in the air.

Victor, who was lightly holding Sasha's waist, said:

"Yes."

"..." Victor stopped looking at Maria and looked at Sasha:

"Are you worried about her?"

"I am not." Sasha was honest.

Victor flashed a small smile when he heard Sasha's words:

"To answer your question, it's pretty obvious that this is a trap, so we should just do as Ruby said."

"Use the trap to our advantage, huh?" Sasha spoke with a small smile. She still remembered the little meeting they had before coming to this place. Of course, Maria was not part of that meeting since the less the maid knew, the more likely it was for the plan to succeed.

"Yes." Victor knew that, among his wives, Ruby was the most capable of thinking up complex plans, and because Victor trusted his wife completely, he would go along with whatever she proposed.

'Although…' Victor looked at the old mansion, focused on his eyes, and saw a strange 'darkness', it was as if he couldn't see beyond that point, a blind spot in his usually reliable ability.

Victor trusted Ruby and her plans, but he also knew that his wife was weak against unpredictable situations. Knowing that, Victor suggested that he would stay in the air with Sasha and watch over everything.

"In one place in the mansion, I can't see anything. Something like this happened in the past when I went to visit Clan Horseman, I don't know what it is, but stay alert." Victor reported what he saw through the small communicator that was in his ear.

"Okay, Darling." Ruby spoke.

While Victor stayed in the air with Sasha, Violet, Luna, and Ruby would stay on the ground and take care of the situation, reporting any unforeseen issues they found to him.

Today, they're just here to prevent something from happening to Sasha.

This was a family situation, Sasha's problem, and because of that, Victor didn't want more people to come.

And he very much doubted that Scathach, Siena, Pepper, or Lacus were interested in this subject.

For better or worse, Scathach only cared about her daughters. Although she'd known Sasha for a long time, and Violet too, she wouldn't intervene unless absolutely necessary.

"She's entering... Oh?" Victor looked carefully at the silhouette of the man who appeared out of nowhere; 'That darkness is obscuring my vision, I can't see beyond that. The man must have come out of that place...' That was an obvious thought.

But despite being obvious, it didn't stop bothering Victor, as he was very used to using his eyes to obtain information from enemies.

"A man's silhouette appeared, I don't know if it's Carlos, but I'm assuming it is because of his height."

"..." Sasha squeezed Victor's shoulder tightly, and her eyes began to glow slightly blood red.

Even though Victor wasn't sure if the silhouette was Carlos or not, just hearing Carlos' name made the woman angry.

With the same smile, Victor said, "Calm yourself, you'll have him delivered on a silver platter, Honey. Just wait a minute."

"Yes... Darling." Sasha's grip began to soften.

...

Maria went through the door of the old mansion and looked around. She noticed that this mansion was very old and was completely dusty. She then trained her eyes on the thing that stood out the most in this mansion, which was a broken statue.

She looked down and saw a tall bald man. His atmosphere was different, he was wearing different clothes, but she could recognize him.

"... Carlos..."

"Welcome, Maria." Carlos exhibited a gentle little smile, "I missed you."

"…" Maria didn't know what to say, what should she say? Why did you call me? Is this really a trap? How did you rise so fast in the organization?

If she said; 'I missed you too.' She knew this would be a lie, but at the same time, true. At first, she missed him, but her feelings began to die down as time passed.

She didn't know if that was because of the thing she had turned into that night, or if it was because of herself... She didn't know.

And these were all just useless questions, and she knew it... She just didn't know what to say, and since she didn't know what to say, she was silent.

Carlos looked at Maria as if sizing her up, his face slightly distorted when he saw the outfit the woman was wearing.

"You became a maid of those leeches..."

"Yes. As you know, I didn't have much choice at first." Maria spoke.

"Yes... I know... I definitely know..." Carlos looked at a broken statue that was behind him:

"I still have nightmares when I go to sleep of that night. The night I lost you."

"…" Maria's gaze twitched a little. What did he mean by lost me? Maria felt something strange coming from Carlos' words, and, despite being a little sentimental, her logical side was fully functioning, even she was surprised by it.

She thought she would be more shaken when she saw Carlos in person.

But she was not feeling anything... Nothing? Wait, isn't she feeling something?

Actually... She was feeling something. She felt hungry! She felt that eating Carlos now would give her heavenly pleasure!

... HUH?

'What's happening to me!?' Maria held her head, and she started to doubt herself. When she asked herself that, she remembered Sasha's big smile:

"Ah... I understand now..."

This was destined to happen the moment Maria became a Ghoul.

What is a Ghoul?

It's a subspecies of vampires who only think about satisfying their own desires.

And what is the main wish of the Ghoul?

Eat!

Although a King Ghoul is supposed to be an intelligent being, that doesn't change anything, considering the word 'intelligent' just means they have the mental capacity to make decisions. It didn't mean anything about their feelings.

For a Ghoul, anything other than satisfying their desire was useless.

'She knew that... She knew that, and because of that, she smiled like that...' Maria thought of Sasha, her current master.

"...I still have nightmares..."

Maria awakened from her thoughts and looked at Carlos.

"Because of this nightmare, I decided to change, I decided to completely focus on getting stronger no matter the cost, and thanks to my efforts, I caught General James' attention, and he gave me strength."

"...You..." Maria opened her mouth in shock when she saw Carlos's blood-red eyes.

Carlos started walking towards Maria:

"A philosopher named Friedrich Nietzsche once said: He who fights with monsters must beware lest he also become a monster."

Carlos adjusted the glove that was in his hand, and soon his right arm started to be covered by a kind of black aura, while his left arm was covered by a golden aura:

The man's skin began to grow paler, "When you stare into an abyss, the abyss stares back at you."

"Have you fallen so low that you became what you swore to hunt, Carlos!?" Maria stepped back a little,

"Yes, Indeed!"

"Idiot!" Maria yelled angrily.

Carlos ignored what Maria said and continued, "In my case, I chose to jump into the abyss of my own volition. I needed power, the human limit was clearly defined, I needed to become a monster to defeat the other monsters."

"But it's okay... Despite being a monster now, I know God hasn't abandoned me, the proof of that is my left arm."

Carlos clenched his left fist tightly, and the power in his arm began to grow.

Fushhhhhhhhh

An intense golden aura started to be released from Carlos' left arm.

A distorted smile that showed his sharp teeth appeared on Carlos' face:

"God is with me."

"Carlos…" Maria pulled further away from Carlos.

"And today... Is the day my nightmares will end, while my beloved will finally rest in peace."

"Don't talk like I'm dead! I'm not dead!"

"Wrong..." Carlos suddenly disappeared and reappeared in front of Maria, "You're already dead."

Carlos punched Maria with his left arm!

Cough.

Maria spat blood from her mouth when she felt the punch impact her stomach.

And suddenly.

BOOOOOOOM!

An absurdly powerful golden blast released from Carlos' arm and sent Maria flying towards the wall.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Maria screamed in pain.

...

Hearing Maria's scream, Ruby looked at Violet, and both women nodded at the same time. It was time to act, but she stopped her movement when she heard.

"Don't move now, Ruby, Violet, and Luna." Victor's voice was heard over the communicator.

"...why?" Luna, who was silent, asked as she looked at the mansion from the top of a building.

"Just wait a minute, it's important to Sasha." Victor suddenly disconnected from communication.

"What is he planning?" Luna asked as she looked at Ruby and Violet.

"... We do not know." The two responded at the same time with a lifeless look.

"Darling is becoming more and more unpredictable, and that's irritating." Ruby turned her face to the side.

"Yes, even I can't understand him sometimes, and it pisses me off... Maybe I should lock him in the basement and do an interrogation?"

"...He's just going to think this is a new kind of prank from you, and in the end, you're going to end up doing that."

"Oh... That's true." Violet couldn't deny it.

"Tsk." Somehow Ruby got even more upset.

"..." Violet looked at Ruby with a neutral face and flashed a little imperceptible smile while she looked like she was planning something.

...

BOOOOOOOOM!

Maria hit the wall that surprisingly didn't break. Her body was all burned, her skin had long since gone away, and all that was left was the visible flesh of the body.

Maria then fell to the ground.

Cough, Cough.

Blood came out of her mouth as she tried to get up but couldn't, and her body didn't seem to respond to her command.

Step, Step.

Hearing the sound of someone approaching, she asked in a difficult voice:

"W-Why...?"

Carlos took hold of Maria by the neck and stood up:

"Shut up, Demon. Don't make that face to me. You're not Maria. Maria is dead. You will not have my compassion."

"Demons must die so mankind can be saved," Carlos spoke with full conviction in his words.

"..." Maria just looked into Carlos' red eyes with an emotionless face, and slowly.

Crack, Crack.

Something inside her started to break, soon...

Bloody tears began to fall from her eyes.

Carlos was no longer the man she knew in the past; if he was the old Carlos, he would foolishly try to help her. That was the man she knew, but this man... He was just trying to kill her.

He just saw her as a demon, he was not trying to see her.

"... Tsk." Carlos was shaken for a moment, but soon he closed his fist and attacked Maria's face with his right arm:

"Don't make that face towards me!!"

BOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The punch was so hard that Maria quickly broke through the wall and landed on the grass outside the mansion.

Cough.

Maria coughed up blood again while she looked up at the sky, towards the darkened clouds and pale moon.

Slowly, a man accompanied by a woman with blond hair came out of the clouds.

The man looked at Maria, and his distorted smile grew wide, as his face seemed to disappear, while all Maria saw was the man's eyes and smile full of sharp teeth.

'Ah...I understand...I was left to die, huh?' Somehow she thought this was natural since she was the woman who had murdered someone precious to that scary man's wife.

He wouldn't let her live.

Carlos appeared through the hole and walked towards Maria.

"..." Sasha looked at Maria with a cold look, and then she looked at Carlos with the same look.

Slowly, she looked at Victor, and seeing his 'face', she said:

"Are you planning to let her die?"

"Of course," Victor responded with the same smile, his response was instant!

"..." Sasha was taken a bit by surprise by Victor's response.

"No Mercy." Slowly, Victor looked at Sasha:

"She is the woman who killed Julia, your mother. Those two are responsible, so of course, both must die."

"Maria will die by the hand of the man she loved, and Carlos will die by yours in whatever way you see fit."

"They're both going to die today!"