156 – Blood Mother – (3)
“Yes. So? Didn’t that vampire woman do another harm to Fried?”
… ….
“What did you say? Not overheard…… No, you didn’t collect it? Cognitive impairment? What is that? Did that vampire woman cheat? Right?”
A girl with silver hair sits by the window where the moonlight shines through and speaks to herself in the air.
Of course it was the emperor of the empire, Lynthia Ayrn. Lynxia sometimes raised her voice with an exasperated expression, but she tilted her head in a puzzled way.
From a distance, she looked like a deranged person, but it seemed that she was currently communicating with the spirits. According to rumors, thanks to her contract with the Spirit King, Lynn Xia’s surveillance network has developed to the point of covering the entire capital.
Lucy, the exclusive maid who had been watching her silently, let out a sigh. She put her broom down and crossed her arms.
“Your Majesty, wiretapping is a bad thing anyway. It is also illegal under imperial law. You’re saying you don’t like the national guard too?”
“This is not eavesdropping. It’s called wiretapping. It’s something I must do as an emperor.”
“Ah, yes… ….”
Perhaps that’s right.
Lucy looked at Lin Xia’s back and shrugged her shoulders.
Lynxia seemed to be getting to know the situation through her spirits scattered all over her.
To be more precise, she was monitoring the progress of Fried Isco Val on the Ho border.
A few days ago, from the moment the Hu border came to ask for the emperor’s blood, Lin Xia hadn’t slept properly and had been eating her food all day long. She
She asked why.
“Vampire! It is also said to be the first true ancestor! Do you know how dangerous vampires are to the Empire? Besides, she only saw her as a picture, but she said she looked very evil.”
“…… Well, I think it’s definitely dangerous, but…….”
“For a woman like that, it’s impossible for Fried to entrust her back!”
With this argument, she was continuing her selfish surveillance.
Actually, Lyncia’s words weren’t without reason.
The first vampire, Emma. It was because her notoriety could be clearly known even from the story handed down from generation to generation. She made a river of blood, and she committed countless deaths.
“What did this woman just say? She has to listen somehow.”
“What was the story about?”
“I don’t know!”
“… ….”
Are you kidding me?
With that thought, Lucy wrote her impression, but her Lynxia expression was serious.
“It’s a cognitive impairment magic.”
“Recognize…… Impede?”
“Just as assassins disappear, sorcerers use a catch technique called deterrence magic. An enchantment that completely erases mana signals. Even the spirits can’t track it like this.”
As if reading a Korean book, Lynsia said that.
Probably the knowledge I learned from Lautrec.
“At least this woman noticed the presence of spirits around her.”
“…… Isn’t that dangerous?”
“That’s the problem.”
Jilgeongjilgung.
Lynxia seemed nervous and chewed her stretched nails. Her pretty nails were messed up because of it, but she didn’t care at all.
“…… Lucy.”
“Yes.”
“I’m going myself… ….”
“Absolutely not.”
Lucy answered with a single knife. Lin Xia also nodded her head with a regretful expression.
“I think we’d better just ignore it. It’s embarrassing to say this, but isn’t the national defense force strong?”
“…… Yes.”
“How can such a strong national guard be defeated by a vampire or something?”
At least, the Fried Escobal Lucy knew was such a demon.
He can break down an underground canal just by swinging his sword, and climb over cliffs and castle walls just by leaping. It is even said that in the end, it rose high into the sky and caused a great explosion. It may have been a bit exaggerated because it was Lyncia’s testimony with the bean pods tightly covered, but Fried Iscobal was undoubtedly the strongest man in the Empire.
No matter how much he is a vampire who can make a river of blood flowing with a corpse of phosphoric acid, he wouldn’t be able to eat for a week.
With that in mind, Lucy brought out his words, and Lynxia nodded her head with a puzzled expression, as if she was convinced.
Lucy was certain. Lynchia’s feelings were more like a kind of jealousy than a concern that Iscobal might be harmed.
Lucy went straight to Lynxia and put her hand on her window frame. Perhaps because she had been exposed to the night air for a while, the back of her hand was startlingly cold.
“Why don’t you believe in the Guardians of the World now? To love is to believe.”
“… ….”
According to her own words, on the day of the prom, Lin Xia proposed to Hu Gui-kook to marry her.
When Lucy heard that story, she thought her liver would fall to the floor. It was unfamiliar to her that the empress, whom she thought would only be clumsy, woo her and suffer from her love.
However, when she looked at Lynxia’s flushed face, she was right that she was still the one she knew.
“Let’s talk about that vampire later when the Guardian Knights return to the imperial palace.”
“…… Ugh, ugh.”
“Shall we have a meal first? I heard today that the court chef Geoffrey made an amazing stew.”
In that way, her softly coaxed reporter, Lin Xia, swallowed her gulp.
She must have been starving near the capital without even eating and drinking.
In the end, Lin Xia reluctantly, as if she was slightly resentful, rolled her eyebrows and nodded her head slightly.
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“Little boy, you are loved.”
“What?”
“A lot of that too.”
What kind of nonsense is this old woman talking about?
These words came out of nowhere as Emma was camping in front of a bonfire after clearing another blood relative’s hideout.
“You can have a little more pride, kid. The answer will be closer than you think.”
“No, so what are you talking about?”
“hahahaha. I’m really curious to see what Cleta’s face will look like.”
Why is Cleta’s story suddenly appearing?
As I continued to glar at her, Emma chuckled at her.
“Ah, I don’t have to know anything. It’s just this mother’s complaint.”
Ema smiled happily and looked away from the flickering fire. Then, he stares at a point between the sheer forests.
“What, again.”
She followed her gaze, but couldn’t see anything. She couldn’t be identified even with Fried’s eyesight, so she wouldn’t have anything particularly dangerous around her.
“There is such a thing.”
In the end, I had no choice but to accept Emma’s answer, not her excuses.
Silence follows.
I felt ashamed, so I took out a nearby tree branch and threw it into the fire.
“That’s done, how long do you have left? Is it over?”
It was already a long journey that lasted for nearly four days.
Half a day ago, I heard from Milia through the magic tool that most of the hiding places within the Imperial Territory had been cleared. All of the strongholds that Emma had taken were destroyed, so it could be seen that the position of the blood relative within the empire was definitely reduced.
“There are no longer any remnants of blood relatives within the Imperial Territory.”
Ema also nodded and agreed with me, but added briefly.
“On the surface.”
“On the surface?”
“Those who become vampires in a slightly different way cannot be detected because they are not related by blood to Jim.”
“A different way?”
Are you saying there’s no other way to become a vampire than being bitten by a vampire? I frowned, and Emma smiled wryly.
“It is a method of creating blood relatives through artificial blood transfusion. It’s perfect for mass-producing remnants.”
“… ….”
Does that mean that artificially created vampires can evade Emma’s radar?
It was said that there were still many vampires left in the Imperial Territory.
“The way to catch… ….”
“I don’t think you can tell unless you get up close and face to face.”
“Tsk.”
I clicked my tongue.
In the end, it was said that the quantity of the most important blood relative could not be greatly reduced. Well, I also thought that things worked out too well.
While thinking about that, Emma lowered her head slightly.
“I don’t know, but most of my remaining blood relatives are probably vampires created this way.”
“… ….”
“It is probably this way that Kazimir has grown so much in such a short time. It was also because of this that I had a conflict with Jim.”
“Were you close with that apostle?”
“Jim made the first…… They were blood relatives.”
As if recalling that day, Emma stared at the shimmering fire with a hardened expression.
It took several minutes before she spoke again.
“Well, in that sense, I guess I wasn’t doing my job properly as a mother. I was just drunk on family fun.”
“You look sad.”
“Didn’t I tell you earlier? It is simply pitiful.”
I don’t know much about the internal affairs of blood relatives.
However, it was known that Emma had been thrown out by the newly seized Kazimir, and that she was living her life under the protection of the Empire with a stake more than a hand’s length in her chest.
“Do you resent your blood relatives?”
“Not at all. Didn’t you say The pride of blood relatives is stronger than you think.”
“Hmm.”
Well, she doesn’t know what she’s thinking.
I poked the tinder again.
The sound of a bonfire burning. The sound of strong wind flowing through the trees. The sound of a squirrel climbing a tree branch.
And among the environmental sounds, I detected dissonance.
Kagak.
“…… This.”
A rustling sound.
It was definitely not a sound you would hear often in such a remote area.
“Little boy, you must have felt it too.”
Emma had already taken her place, and she was sitting on top of the tree trunk.
I also put my hand on her scabbard and raised her body.
Iron gruck.
Soon, the sound gradually got closer, and I figured out what it was.
The sound of an arrow moving in a quiver.
At last a hunter walked out, wearing a leather tunic and carrying a bow slung from his back, looking bewildered.
“…… Are you a hunter?”
You may have gotten lost, or you may have come from a distance to see a bonfire. Either way, he’s not a threat.
When I finished my judgment and was about to open her mouth, Emma put her hand on my shoulder.
“No, wait.”
“Huh?”
“Didn’t I tell you earlier? You can tell when you see it face to face.”
“…… No way.”
I hurriedly frowned and looked at the hunter.
A seemingly normal-looking face of a man. However, her skin was shockingly pale, and her eyes were slightly red.
“Are you blood relatives?”
“Yes. Apparently, they noticed our existence too.”
I drew my sword.
And as soon as the hunter, no, the vampire saw my sword, he stumbled and threw up blood from his mouth.
“Cheuk. Gehehehe!”
The vampire collapsed with that deathbed and didn’t move anymore.
“…… Emma, did you do it?”
“No. This… ….”
Ema took a deep breath and continued.
“It’s like some kind of possession.”
As soon as he finished his words, the bloodied hunter raised his head.
However, the impression was markedly different from before.
The reddish eyes were dyed black, and the expression was also calm. Above all, a dark red fog hovered around him.
Soon the guy’s mouth opened slowly, and a calm male voice came out from inside.
“It’s been a while, mother.”
“… ….”
“I didn’t expect a reunion like this, but it’s nice to see your face.”
I hurriedly looked at Emma, her lips trembling slightly.
Emma spoke her words slowly.
“…… Kazimir.”
I realized after hearing Emma’s words.
“I’m sorry for borrowing your body like this. I guess it’s because I’ve been busy lately.”
The man, the fresh-blooded apostle Kazimir, smirked.
That smile was similar to that of Phaedras, the apostle of the abyss whom I met in the spirit realm.