155 – Blood Mother – (2)

“Did the apostle say that?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm.”

When the pale-skinned man bowed his head and replied, the elderly man sitting on the throne across from him laughed, exposing his long fangs.

“Looks like the monarch started something interesting.”

The man, the vampire duke Parche, muttered in a voice that did not go away with excitement.

“If it is enough to summon all the dukes…… I guess I can look forward to it.”

The positions of blood relatives are divided according to the hierarchy.

The leader of an old clan who is no longer in place, the first true ancestor Emma.

Her vampire blood she received from her. Depending on how strong the lineage was, the position within the lineage was also very different.

In that sense, Duke Parche Graham. In other words, the Graham family, as one of the only five true ancestors in the blood family, was demonstrating unparalleled power and reputation.

“Hmm.”

Torrureuk.

Blood drips into the cup. It is holding a human head.

Parche dropped his head to the ground and licked the blood that flowed out. A thrilling sensation. After all, there was nothing more beautiful than coveting blood.

A situation where blood relatives are lined up in front of him with their heads bowed and waiting for the words to come out of his mouth.

An order came down from Kazimir, the former head of the clan, the apostle of fresh blood. The blood relatives in each place were a message telling them to carry out their mission.

Parche, which was renting in the suburbs of Rumenel, was no exception. The order given to him was to gather nearby blood relatives and scatter them finely across the eastern part of the empire.

“What will happen?”

Parche muttered that and stood up from his seat.

Following his movements, several attendants hurriedly put on coats. As I waved my hand and went outside, I could see the inside of the castle, which was snowing even in the middle of summer due to magical measures.

“Lean.”

“Yes.”

“Obviously, when this work is over, the situation within the clan will change drastically.”

“Yes.”

“We need to act quickly.”

Parce put his hands on the balcony and breathed in the cold air.

“Keep an eye on the trends of the other four families. If there is even the slightest movement, be sure to report it right away.”

“Yes.”

On the surface, blood relatives were building a close alliance, but not all of them were like that. Because different vampire families were formed, the conflict between them was also severe.

That’s why Parche had a greater desire for the existence and power of the family than the duties of the entire clan. He cared as much as he did for his own people, so he never intended to give his place to another family.

In a sense, it was like the apostles competing to get even a handful of foreign press favors.

“You must never be behind them. Gain Kazimir-sama’s favor as much as possible. Even betraying his mother, he took this path. Then you have to stand on top.”

“I will keep this in mind.”

In this way, Parche begged his aide Rean to trust him.

“It is cold. Don’t go in.”

With those words, Parche pulled off his coat.

That was the moment.

Suddenly.

A silver line passes in front of my eyes.

The line shining in the moonlight rode Parche’s shoulder and passed the nape of Lean’s neck in front of his eyes.

“…… Uh?”

The moment Parche felt doubt, Le An’s neck, which was kneeling in front of him, was separated with a dull sound.

Blood gushed out like a waterfall, and in an instant, the gray tiles began to turn red.

“What, what!”

“Su, attack!”

But that cry was drowned out by another metal sound.

Parcche hurriedly looked behind him and saw that the escorts he was following were lying in a mess with their limbs severed one by one.

How dare you do such a shameful thing in your own front yard? It’s nonsense. It was impossible.

“Aww!”

Parche hurriedly drew his blood from all over his body. Unpleasant sensations of her mind wandering. A long, bloody blade extended from his palm.

And the moment he looked around, Parche was able to confirm the attacker’s appearance.

A man hanging from a castle wall in a strange position. Gray hair and moonlight eyes. It went well with the dull color scheme of the castle and seemed to become one with the background.

“You bastard…… !”

Parche swung his bloody blade.

The power of blood that has been accumulated over many generations. Blades filled with formidable destructive power and magical power rushed straight at the man. But he didn’t even try to counter it with the sword in his hand.

Parcche smiled at the premonition of victory.

Sak.

“… ….”

The bloody blade that flew at him stopped in the air. And the drops of blood escaped from his control and were sucked into a point in the air.

He was horrified. For Parche, losing control of the blood was out of the question. In other words, it means that the opponent also has tremendous knowledge of blood magic. There were only a few people within the clan who were capable of such a skill.

“Who, who are you!”

Parcze shouted.

“Is that Celia?! Are you Parmiel? Or is it Jin? Are you Serik?! Whose owner are you talking about!”

He shouted the name that hurriedly popped into his head. All of them were one of the five pillars of blood, like the family of Parche.

The answer was not a man, but an unexpected person.

A figure of blood appeared on the man’s shoulder, followed by a woman with black hair and red eyes.

“That arrogant attitude is still there, kid.”

“…… No way.”

Parche looked at her with her quivering lips.

Although it has already been nearly 20 years, the memories are still vivid.

The first true ancestor Emma. The progenitor of all clans. The girl who thought she would die was now in front of Parche.

“Eh, Emma… …. Why are you here……. All I knew was that he died…….”

“Oh, what…… It’s not like that.”

The woman, mother of blood, Emma scratched her cheek and shrugged her shoulders.

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“I made a contract.”

“Muh, what kind of contract are you talking about?”

“I don’t know. I beg you, won’t you just die?”

“Yes?”

A man jumped down in front of the bewildered man. And he thrust his sword faster than he knew.

“Keuuugh!”

Palce used blood magic in a hurry, but it was scattered at the end of Emma’s fingertips.

And a cool sensation wrapped around his neck. The wind brushed deep into my skin, and I felt quite a foreign body.

The field of view was reversed. Parche slowly opened his mouth as he looked at his body without his head, the man with his sword expressionless, and the smiling Emma.

“Uh, why…… Do something like this.”

It is not comparable to the progenitor, but he is also the true ancestor. He possessed a wonderful life force, and even when his head was severed, he was able to hold on to life for some time.

At his words, Emma sighed and extended her tail before she answered.

“We made a deal to destroy the clan. It seems that the conditions are not as bad as I thought.”

As for the last word, she put her hand on the man’s shoulder.

Parche doubted his ears.

The progenitor of the blood family is going to destroy the blood family he cultivated himself? Where does that make sense?

“I heard that there is blood that you will never taste in your lifetime. Furthermore… ….”

“… ….”

“Shouldn’t traitors be eradicated?”

At those words, Parche realized that Emma had understood the inside story.

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“Are you dead?”

“Yes. Dead.”

As she picked up the severed head of the Vampire Duke Parche, Emma nodded her head bitterly.

“Did you know each other?”

“I don’t know each other. I’ve seen this child since she was a baby, so it’s safe to say she’s the mother.”

“You look pretty sad.”

“Not really sad. It’s just pitiful.”

Muttering that, Emma wiped the wrinkles on Parce’s face.

The tofu of Parche, who had lost its life, began to rot in no time. Reluctantly, Emma put her head down as the foul smell of her wafted.

Afterwards, as she beckoned and used her blood magic, the corpses of her blood relatives that had been broken around her gathered in one place and transformed into spheres of her blood. Certainly, like the founder of blood magic, its power was enormous.

Well, just like Yuriard said, it seems that he can’t use his strength until he was in his prime because of that stake stuck in his chest.

Ema said as she slowly accepted the sphere of blood into her body.

“About that promise, can I trust it?”

“Yes. Because I already asked Lynchia.”

I could still see Lyncia’s dissatisfied expression.

But, well, it’s said that it’s in preparation for an attack.

With Lynxia’s blood and her vengeance against her blood relatives as her terms of the deal, Emma surprisingly easily passed over to us.

As befits the ancient ancestor of the clan, the power of Emma was great. Her blood magic not only limited the power of other blood relatives, but also hid her presence, allowing her to easily invade Graham Castle.

In addition, she borrowed her knowledge about blood relatives, and she was able to wipe out the shelters of blood relatives hidden all over the continent.

In fact, Milia, Uriad, and Lautrec, who had just restored the contract with Sylphy, were in a situation where they were shattering their base in the Imperial Territory as a team.

“Anyway, the empress seems to be following your words. Are you on good terms?”

“Well, by chance.”

“Because he looks like her sister…… Do you like it?”

I saw her glaring at her.

“Absolutely not like that.”

“hahahaha.”

With a dry laugh, Emma tilted her head.

“Then she doesn’t know anything about the oath?”

Emma sat down on her balcony with a hearty smile. Then she looked at me and she licked her lips.

Indeed, she was also a person who played a pivotal role in the tragedy of Iscobal at the time by participating in a foreign church. Then there was no way she didn’t know about the oath.

“I know.”

“That’s amazing on its own. She must have an assassin by her side who will kill her.”

“…… You can see it that way.”

I let out a deep sigh.

“Well, I’ll solve it somehow.”

“How?”

“No. Till now.”

As she responded with her strength to her last words, Emma nodded her head.

I raised my sword again and stood up.

“I will stop it even if it means killing Cleta.”

Kill Cleta.

For me, a modern person who is not a freed, it was a simple alternative that I could think of.

But my memory has already assimilated a large part of Fried’s. I don’t know if I’ll be able to keep my composure while crossing swords in front of Cleta.

Whenever Cleta’s story comes up, her heart races and her mind becomes dizzy. This proves that the consciousness of Fried, which is inherent in his body, is fluctuating.

“Hmm. I guess you don’t know.”

However, Emma’s reaction was quite unexpected.

“The oath is absolute. In that sense, kid, you can never kill your brother.”

“…… Why?”

“That’s because the oath decided that. You kill the Empress and save her brother. The weight of that one word is stronger than the weight of everything in the world.”

“What do you mean?”

“In other words, you cannot kill your brother, and your brother cannot kill the Empress. The Authority has ‘defined’ the world that way.”

To sum it up, that’s it.

I can never kill Cleta, and Cleta can never kill Lincia. The reason, of course, is that one of them is destined to live and the other to die.

“Is it determinism?”

“Well, that’s an almost similar explanation.”

So, is there any point in struggling?

As if my feelings were showing on my face, Emma briefly added,

“Of course, this is a fait accompli, but there is room for distortion.”

“What do you mean? Is there a way?”

“Let’s think about that on our own.”

Emma said that, shaking her leg.

“What choices will you make, and will you be able to fulfill them…… I am really looking forward to this mother.”

“I am not like your son.”

“But aren’t they like children?”

Ema said that with a giggle, and I sighed and pulled the hood back on deeply.

As expected, that b*tch was also seriously tasteless.

“Let’s go. Where is next?”

First of all, I was thinking of separating the limbs of my blood relatives before the fourth act.