159 – Blood Mother – (complete)

Paaa!

With Lyncia’s appearance, the situation was reversed in an instant. Flamrus roared, waving his fiery mane, and each time a flame raged and the surroundings became as bright as daylight.

The Blood Relatives tried to reduce the damage by spreading around, probably because of Kazimir’s instructions, but the range of flames emitted by Flamrus was so large that a considerable number of vampires were engulfed in flames.

“Good! Run more!”

Lyncia shouted with a wide smile.

Even in the game, the weakness of clans was fire-attribute attacks. In that sense, Lyncia’s use of Flamrus was not great, so it was the perfect choice.

The vampires who managed to escape through the raging flames hurriedly ran in the opposite direction, but this was also in vain. Those who managed to escape were killed by Flamrus jumping in and biting them or crushing them with its forelimbs the size of a house.

“Flamrus, burn the forest down! It’s going to wipe out everything, even the remnants.”

Grrr?

She even said that with a slight smile on her face. She looked back at her master, looking slightly weary of even Flam Ruth, but she reluctantly spread her flames throughout the forest as Lyncia nodded her head with her determined gaze.

A huge fire covers the forest, and it burns with a crackle, turning the sky red.

“Grincia…… That forest must be someone’s home…….”

I wondered if burning the forest was like setting a house on fire to catch bugs.

“Huh. You also did Freed.”

I had no choice but to lower my tail at such a disgruntled backlash.

Coming to think of it, I also had a record of burning down the Lumen El Great Forest. Of course, it was Millia’s decision, but I was the one who finally approved it.

Well, it will be fine. I nodded and looked at the poor roaring trees.

“Besides, I don’t want to leave any of these heinous kin behind.”

It was Emma who flinched at Lyncia’s words.

So why are you reacting?

As I stared at the flames soaring to the end of the sky, a familiar sound effect hit my ears for a moment.

[ Ending – #86 / 「Puppet Clan」 ]

＞ Avoid

＞ Survival score +2

“Whoa.”

There was a similar dead end in Act 7. Is it judged that I evaded and defeated this time? I called for joy in my heart.

And then there was a hand pulling at my sleeve. Looking over there, said Emma, swallowing her saliva.

“Little boy.”

“Yes.”

“Spiritual magic, after all, is scary. From now on, don’t be mean to my empress.”

“Only Lyncia is like that.”

At least Lautrec wouldn’t do that.

I muttered softly as I saw Lyncia smiling brightly in front of Flamrus spewing hellfire.

“Status.”

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Lyncia Hodier Ayrn

[Achievement Level: 6 / Empress at Dusk]

[Leadership 11] [Power 11(+1)] [Intelligence 24(+3)]

[Spirit 11 (+4)] [Charisma 15] [Luck 11 (+2)]

[Stress 6/10]

[List of talents]

– Obsession

– Paranoia

[Remaining Survival Points 33]

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“… ….”

In the meantime, Leadership, Intellect, and Luck increased one by one.

For some reason, the attractiveness level went up by 2, but it seemed that the work at the prom had an effect.

I was dumbfounded and let out a dry laugh.

“As expected, it’s a scam.”

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“Huh. As expected, mana consumption is extreme.”

As Flamrus returned to the spirit realm and Lyncia sat down on the grass in exhaustion, she began to hear the sound of horses hooves from behind.

Looking back, it was a group of knights led by Yuriad, composed of the guards and the detached unit of the Capital Defense Forces. Apparently, he came looking for Lyncia.

“Grincia.”

“Yes.”

“Who did you tell you were coming here?”

“Of course I didn’t. The situation is urgent.”

“…… Write.”

Of course, the imperial palace was in an uproar. The Empress left the imperial palace with a huge spirit without a word.

Eventually, Yuri Erd, who approached us, couldn’t contain his astonishment as he saw the burning vegetation on the horizon. And, of course, that piercing gaze was directed at me.

“Frid, did you do it?”

“How could that be? This is all…….”

I looked towards Lin Xia, but she was blowing her whistle, looking at the distant mountains.

“Lyncia! Say something…… !”

“Me, it’s a hot day…… ? Maybe because there was a fire…… ?”

Lin Xia casting her hand fan in an awkward position. She was nervous, and her complexion was pale, and sweat was beating from her forehead.

She felt betrayed, but Yuri Erd’s eyes couldn’t be fooled. He placed her hand on her forehead and let out a low sigh.

“Your Majesty.”

“…… Yes.”

“Lies do not work.”

“I’m sorry.”

I reluctantly apologized, but what followed was an excuse.

“Ha, but the blood relatives showed up and Fried was in danger…… The situation is too urgent to just watch…….”

“… ….”

“So…… So…… Mmm.”

Having said this, Xia Lin shut her mouth. No matter how dangerous she was, that was not enough reason for the empress to run away.

“…… Uriad, uh…….”

Maybe that’s why Lincia chose a different way.

She stared up at Uriard with eyes like those of wet kittens.

It was quite a calculated gaze, but it exerted a devastating effect on the imperial virtuoso Yuriard.

“…… Keugh.”

Yuri Erd grabbed a corner of his heart and shook his head.

“This time… ….”

“Yes!”

Lyn Xia’s eyes lit up in anticipation, but before long, a cold word came to her.

“Not this time. Administrator Higgins was furious.”

“…… Ah.”

Lyncia’s expression turned white.

“I would like to make extenuating circumstances, but as a commander of the guards, I am powerless.”

“Ah, ah!”

In the end, the skit concluded with Lynn Xia being grabbed by her ladies-in-waiting who approached in haste.

Right before being dragged away, Lynxia looked at me and gave me her saving look, but… ….

“…… It’s definitely a hot day.”

She decided to completely betray her.

“Fu, freed! It’s too much!”

In the end, Lynxia was dragged away calling her my name, and Yuriard let out a small breath as she looked at her back.

“Ha ha. Freed.”

“Yes.”

“You did a great job. I hear that the apostle of blood has appeared.”

“I borrowed my body.”

“…… Hmm.”

Yuri Erd clicked his tongue and looked at the burning forest.

Instantly, his gaze went back to Emma through me.

“Emma, I’m glad you’re all right.”

“…… Well, thanks to the help of this kid and the empress. If Jim had been alone, he would have been killed by Kazimir.”

“Hmm.”

Looking in my direction, Uriad nodded.

Perhaps it means I did well.

Well, even from the Empire’s point of view, the value of an ema is quite high. As he was an apostle in the past, he had a higher understanding of the church’s behavior than anyone else.

In fact, it is safe to say that most of the Jinjo forces within the empire were destroyed through this operation. The rest are the vampires artificially created by Kazimir and the few remaining True Ancestors.

Of course, Kazimir’s army still had a huge number left, but it was encouraging that the enemy’s strength was greatly weakened prior to the fourth act.

“You are very hurt. Prepare the wagon. Come ride it.”

“Yes.”

“Emma, what will you do?”

“What am I…… Let me ride with this child.”

Uriad nodded and mounted his horse again. Then he started fighting the fire with battle mages recruited from the National Guard.

Emma and I got on the horseback provided by Uriard. Emma and I were the only ones in the spacious carriage, but for some reason she was sitting right next to me.

As she frowned strangely close, Emma reached out her hand and laid it on her wound.

“What, what are you doing?”

“Stay still.”

Emma took a small breath and blew her strength, and the strange mana condensed in her wound, and she began to heal in an instant.

“…… Whoa.”

“No surprises. It’s basic blood magic. How about becoming a blood relative? You can do this kind of art too.”

“Okay. I hate being a bloody vampire.”

“That’s right too.”

Ema giggled and settled down a little further away.

How long has it been?

She opened her mouth first.

“I was loved.”

“How many times are you talking about that?”

“hahahaha.”

Ema looked in my direction with a slight smile.

The bloody eyes caught the moonlight and shone bright crimson.

“Still, thanks to you, I am able to live a long and thin life. Thank you.”

“Okay. Anyway, I acted prudently.”

Was it her own expression of s*xuality that healed her wounds?

She looked out the window, resting her chin on her cheeks.

Then she suddenly remembered what Lin Xia had said, and she turned her head to Emma again.

“You know what? She said earlier that she had used a cognition-disabling spell……. Was it time to talk about the oath?”

“Yes.”

“Why did you do that?”

“That was to keep our conversation from leaking.”

“Kind of…… Is it like caring?”

At my question, Emma put on an ambiguous expression. But what comes to her mind immediately is a bittersweet smile.

“Babe, it’s a little different. The reason why Jim used the cognitive impairment magic was out of concern for the Empress rather than consideration for you.”

“What do you mean?”

“Because the moment her empress found out about the oath, she knew that if she loved you that much, she would definitely choose a different path.”

“…… Another way?”

I tilted her head, not understanding.

Emma hesitated for a moment, then let her shoulders hang down.

“Well, since it’s a body that has been saved once, I’ll tell you.”

Then she continued.

“The subject of the oath is you, the little one. In other words, if the subject dies or becomes incapacitated, the entangled constraints also disappear.”

“Yes.”

“Yes. That’s what I thought.”

Ema sighed deeply.

Then she looked out the window, in the direction of the imperial palace where Lynxia was dragged, and closed her eyes.

“If the empress who loves you so much finds out about this… ….”

“… ….”

“I thought he might try to incapacitate you and kill your sister himself.”

I couldn’t bear to react to those words.

“Of course, as you who are entangled in the oath, you must desperately stop this. Because it’s set that way Because the world has defined it.”

“… ….”

“That’s it.”

When I didn’t answer, Emma glanced in her direction.

“I’m sorry. Jim said something nonsensical.”

“No.”

I shook my head and looked out the window again.

A roaring tree forest.

As I stared at this, a strange feeling of anxiety sprouted in my heart.

I wasn’t sure if these were my feelings or Fried’s.

“f*ck.”

I cursed softly so that no one could hear.