The best care for the sheep is the shepherd
The place where the founder is located is the center of the principality, so it is said that the Mist Duchy does not have a separate capital. However, where Sijo wants to be is another matter.
Tyr wanted to show me the best part of the Mist Principality. Even with the same hand, there are bound to be fingers that you cherish more. While pretending to be fair, Tyr insisted on going to the grandest city.
“Eh~ It’s annoying when you go back from the military. Can’t we just stay here?”
“You should be here.”
“You are making a sad sound. ‘We’ are colleagues who have traveled together so far!”
Hilde clung to her with a smile on her face. Even a vampire can’t spit on a smiling face, so even Tyr couldn’t help but stare at Hilde.
‘Hilde… I don’t have any ill feelings, but I don’t want to get close to anything.’
In terms of emotions, Tyr tended to like Hilde. It was because Hilde’s unique insincerity and cynical tone resembled mine. But she can’t be close to everyone just because she likes her in the world.
‘I know too much about Hugh, and I want to know more. There are no secrets in the principality that should never be revealed…. You’re reluctant to tell me more about me and the principality. Even more so now that Ruskinia is dead.’
How wonderful it would be if a world where everyone could honestly speak their mind would come. But only I, a mind reader, live in that world. Tyr said while hiding his feelings.
“There must be a reason for coming to the principality. What is your business?”
Hilde, who vaguely noticed her feelings under cover, asked back.
“What is your business? Do you want to bring ‘me’ back quickly?”
“Then, did you intend to stay with the military family forever? Wouldn’t it be worthwhile to take you with you even if it’s a business?”
“Hmm. It’s a major national event, but isn’t it a bit out of place to do it on the street?”
“Be prepared because you will be looking forward to it. I hope the content follows at least half of your words. If not, you will have to reconsider your values.”
The cold conversation that hid the inside came to an end. Tyr then turned to me with a gentle smile.
“Let’s go. Phew. The Fortress of Twilight is a city built to block outcries, so it lacks in many ways. I want to show you the castle of full moon. There are still many things in the principality that I haven’t shown you.”
“Hmm. It’s good to go…. Tyr, are you okay?”
“Are you okay? What do you mean?”
To Tyr who asked me back, I gave a rather strict answer.
“I am the king of humans. A spokesperson for all human beings. But vampires consider humans to be domestic animals, don’t they? I don’t think you’re proud to show the sight of humans being treated like livestock in front of me.”
Of course, I am not a human rights activist. I am the king of beasts, and beasts basically have the property of eating or being eaten. Isn’t there a law that prohibits human beings from becoming domestic animals while taking other animals as livestock?
The only reason I opposed and overturned the military was because I felt the intervention of the Seonghwangcheong in the military command’s actions.
To be precise, it seems that the military and civilians are stopped by a saint who read the future before committing a crime. It seemed that he was trying to cut the human beast into something he wanted, so he helped the regressor who was trying to shake up the military. The appearance of the military headquarters was a little different from what I thought.
However, a vampire is a human being anyway, and although she can control it with her power, that is natural. In the first place, powerless people everywhere in the world are treated like livestock, but what?
Rather….
“Whoops. You are so underestimating me and this country. Even if I say that I have nothing to fear, will I show you the shame of the country?”
Tyr answered my rude question with a light smile.
“Let me show you before I go. What is this country like?”
The sea fog that rises from the sea of the sea is obscuring the sun and forming a cloud. Clouds blown up by the wind pass over the principality like a huge roof and come to a standstill when they meet a high mountain range. In the meantime, only one place. They flock to the low hills and escape.
A place that is dark all year round because sunlight cannot reach it. Where the sea breeze always blows. A place where the fishy smell is mixed with the bloody smell and cannot be distinguished.
Mist Principality flowing with grief and gore.
There….
“Now, it’s cheap! It’s cheap! We serve all types of meat!”
“We are selling paper! If this is a small piece, I will eat two months’ worth of rice and replenish my blood!”
“Over there. Where is Yailing seeking blood right now? If it doesn’t work, even tweet it.”
It was more lively than I thought.
Even walking down the market street, I don’t feel a dark or somber atmosphere. As it proves that it is not sunlight that illuminates people’s hearts, but leisurely life and food, the hearts of the people here are bright and healthy.
Standing in the middle of the street, I muttered in amazement.
“Why are you living well?”
“What do you think we are? One-sided exploitation of blood was stopped more than a thousand years ago. In that way, neither vampires nor humans could be satisfied.”
Wearing a hood made of darkness, Tyr showed me the lively streets and said,
“Squeezing out all the blood just because you’re thirsty is the same as digging up a well. Our harshness is directed only against the enemy. I will nourish and take care of my allies.”
There was no exaggeration in Tyr’s explanation. Salted meat, dried fish, milk and fat, cheese and oil, etc. Were full of things that make people fat. I couldn’t see wheat or rice that needed the sun’s grace, but I didn’t miss rice or bread when I looked at the various ingredients.
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What stands out in particular is the seafood. It ranged from rare fish to clams. Such a variety of seafood was difficult to come across unless it was in the Principality of the Mist. It’s because crazy people who go out to fish in the sea where the sea is staying are not common.
There is another more important feature. The Mist Principality is a country where vampires are the nobility. Vampires cannot eat food. In other words, all the food in this market….
“All food for humans, right? Vampires don’t need this kind of food.”
The economy of this market was all for humans. Tyr replied with a smile.
“Whoops. That’s the answer. Sometimes a bored vampire speaks up, but that’s just for fun. Vampires can’t taste it.”
“Not everyone is suffering from anemia. Why did I always think of this place as a dull gray city?”
“Cook-Cook. That’s not very wrong. Because it’s definitely gray. However, if too much blood is drawn, there will be not enough blood to drink tomorrow, so it is forbidden to draw too much blood.”
Tyr was very happy with my reaction. Like that or not, I also observed the street with a curious mind.
The most dangerous enemy to a human being is the same human being. Because humans inevitably have what they need.
However, vampires are slightly different even if they are the same human. They ask for ‘blood’, the most essential thing for humans, but they don’t know anything other than that blood. Vampires who have no appetite, no s*xual desire, no desire for sleep, purely ask for blood, and can yield the rest as much as they like.
Even blood is a resource provided only when the opponent is alive and healthy, so vampires might be the most ideal aristocrats. Like a shepherd tending sheep.
“A long time ago, there were people who claimed that they were kings or nobles, and that they were different from ordinary people even in the color of their blood.”
“It’s a lie. When I caught them all and squeezed out their blood, it turned out to be the same red. Vampires were the only ones truly of different blood.”
“That was the story of Tyr during his active duty. Anyway. It’s a bit fitting because it’s really ruled by other nobles. Vampires ask for money or food to be extravagant. At best, they will covet the body.”
When I said that I was coveting my body, Tyr flinched for a moment and scolded me.
“It sounds strange when you say you covet your body. Cleanse it with blood.”
“What the hell were you thinking? Blood is also a body, right?”
“Shouldn’t you speak clearly? So as not to get confused.”
No matter how much I think about it, there is nothing to be confused about. Isn’t it confusing Tirna with a basket in her head? A demon who wants to turn my body into a vampire!
“Come to think of it, the food sold in the market is all healthy food that is helpful for nourishment. Seonji, liver, meat, seafood, etc.”
“You’ve been driving it strangely since before. These are just food for easy replenishment of blood.”
“It’s all the same. Maybe it’s because I don’t have enough blood, so I’m craving some meat.”
It was difficult to find meat in the military. This is because turning grain into animal flesh for food was extremely inefficient. I’ve been told that compressed meat made in a cannery is a luxury I can afford.
However, how ironic it is that in a principality that produces human blood, meat is recommended to replenish blood.
Anyway, since we’re in the duchy, let’s splurge a bit. Looking around, I saw a store in my eyes. It was a shop that grilled large pieces of meat on skewers and cut them up on demand.
Seeing the large chunk of meat reminded me of Aji. Could the beast I left behind in Claudia be able to bear it even after seeing this? It might have been better to stay there than to disturb the security of the principality alone.
“Welcome!”
As I approached the store with lamentations, the owner greeted me with a bright smile for customers. I looked around the store and said.
“Two servings please with the best one here.”
“Yay! Wait a minute!”
Fat melts and flows from the meat, which is piled up in layers to form a huge lump. The owner cut the browned meat with a thick knife, put it on a plate, and served it to me with stir-fried vegetables and sauce.
I don’t know what kind of country the Mist Principality is, but at least it seems that food culture is not inferior anywhere in the world. I rummaged through my pockets. And it reminded me of something I had forgotten for a while.
Ah.
I did not bring any money.
Where is it? In the room? No, I didn’t even take the money out of the room. I left all my money with Claudia. After playing around with people who say it’s jannok or golden gyeong, I don’t value money.
“A guest?”
As if to get the money out quickly, the owner threw his eyes at my thick pockets. But what’s in your pocket right now isn’t money.
“The owner.”
“Yes?”
“All I have is a card, so can I pay with a card here?”
“Cards? What card?”
It was a card. An item created with the power of a demon god a while ago.
I took out nearly ten cards from my pocket and spread them out in front of the owner. Seeing all the cards with spades on them, the owner narrowed his eyes while thinking, “What is this?”
“As for this card, humans are a card made with a mystery that is difficult to guess. What a magic god created.”
I tried to sell it to the owner by wrapping it only in the truth, but the other party was also a seasoned merchant who had operated the store for nearly 10 years, so it was not easy. The owner opened his eyes and said.
“Are you kidding me?”
“Don’t do that. Look. If it wasn’t made by a demon god, how could there be so many of them?”
I constantly took cards out of my pocket. Too many cards for the size of the pocket spill out. In fact, I’m hiding the card I took out in my hand and pretending to take it out again, but to someone I don’t know, it will look like it’s popping out of my pocket.
“Look. Are there infinite cards?”
The owner was curious for a moment, but that was only for a moment. The seasoned owner said without doubt.
“That’s an interesting trick. But we only deal with money.”
“Can’t you see? Because the cards keep coming out? If you sell this to a scrap dealer, you will get some money.”
“Then go to the scrap shop and get them changed! Go away!”
As soon as I had the meat in front of me, I was pushed away. Sheesh, you look like an adult tired of society. All sympathy is dead.
Failed to eat the radio, I trudged back to Tyr and said.
“Tir. He dared to point his finger at me, Tyr’s guest. Please scold me.”
“Whoops. Even jokes.”
“No, it’s true.”
I mean it from the bottom of my heart, but I’m taking it as a joke. You’re right, I mean to harass you. I carried Sijo on my back, should I be treated badly? It is said that a position makes a person, and if I am in a high position, it is okay to be tyrannical!
“You can harvest everything in this street if you want, but that’s not what you want either. Now that we’re out of hiding, let’s watch more ordinary scenes.”
‘Walking the market street like this, it’s fun because it feels like we’re going out on a regular basis.’
What is normal? When you think so, it’s already special! Ordinary people can’t even sleep because they worry about money!
“It is said that even ordinary people have money. Without money, even the ordinary sights Tyr wants are like rice cakes in a painting.”
“Worries about money. Who do you think I am? The owner of this land and the beginning of all vampires. Could it be that I am in trouble because I do not have money in my land?”
“For some reason, I think Tyr will go through that. How many times have you not been through this already?”
My predictions were correct. Tyr, who searched the body, sighed softly. It was because Tyr was not a petit bourgeois who would consciously take care of the currency used by ordinary people.
‘Your face is worthless… ! I was hungry for vacation, but I couldn’t even satisfy my hunger! Can not help it. Now that it’s like this, even if I reveal my identity!’
This is it. That’s why you’re arguing with the powerful. It was a time when he was sharpening his blade of revenge against the owner who dared to throw away the guest of the founder.