Chapter 104: The Phantom of the Big-Breasted Vampire

Ye Wangxue’s “husband” was truly explosive.

Not to mention Sophia and Himan, even Hall was startled.

And although her voice wasn’t loud, it was very clear.

Anyone present who was paying attention could basically hear it.

He didn’t dare to directly tell Ye Wangxue not to call him that.

Before they came, Ye Wangxue had said not to make her angry at this party.

She had been a bit abnormal recently, and he was afraid she would directly blacken.

But facing Sophia’s questioning gaze and feeling the cold aura emanating from the empress, Hall still said nothing.

He just remained silent and watched their performance.

Sophia also didn’t act rashly and simply shook hands with Ye Wangxue.

Then she said, “It’s just that I wasn’t informed in advance that the Seventh Princess would be coming to the party. I was a little surprised.”

“Oh, I thought of a certain occasion where I recently heard that Hall and I were not on good terms. Because I have been feeling unwell lately, it was Hall who went to the Xia embassy earlier, and I came with him after I recovered a bit.”

Ye Wangxue raised her eyebrows, thinking to herself that Sophia didn’t directly start a fight with her when she called Hall ‘husband’.

From this, it was either that Sophia didn’t like Hall that much, so her reaction was minimal.

Or it was because Sophia felt that Hall didn’t like her, Ye Wangxue, that much.

Ye Wangxue thought it was the first possibility; she was very confident.

Then Ye Wangxue looked around, but did not see Leticia’s figure.

She was not a local noble of the Papal State and did not know much about the cardinals.

She felt a little surprised.

“Miscalculation…” Ye Wangxue cursed inwardly.

Now that Leticia was not here, the lethality of her “husband” was greatly reduced.

And every move was strongest the first time it was used.

There were so many reporters on the scene.

At the latest, tomorrow, Leticia would know.

It was impossible to use the information gap to do it again.

Annoying.

Ye Wangxue was so annoyed.

So she squeezed the hand she was holding with Hall’s, but her expression remained normal.

Hall didn’t feel much pain and just silently separated from Ye Wangxue.

The rest of the process was rather boring.

He was basically taken by Himan to meet and chat with the new nobles who were on good terms with the Faxtius family in Saint Louis.

He had no interest, but Ye Wangxue’s performance was very decent.

She had the demeanor of both a princess and the mistress of the Faxtius family, and she was even more attentive than Himan.

It wasn’t for any other reason, but mainly to save face.

If she and Hall really didn’t get married in the future, people would say it was a pity that he had missed such a good girl.

Hmph, hmph, that guy Hall would surely regret it then.

Time passed like this until seven o’clock.

Hall and Ye Wangxue, who had been led around by Himan, finally had time to sit down.

Their seats were in the center of the innermost part of the hall, with two other tables on the left and right, near the stairs leading to the second floor of the entire crystal castle embassy.

This position was slightly higher than other places because there was a platform.

It was the head table.

The only people who could have dinner with them at these three tables were Sophia, Marquis Chekov, and some non-marginal local young masters and brothers of Saint Louis, as well as those who currently held titles.

Even so, in the celebrity-filled Saint Louis, the seats were very tight.

Himan and Ye Wangxue were on Hall’s left and right, while Sophia sat directly opposite Hall.

By now, most of the guests who were supposed to come had arrived.

Sophia didn’t seem to plan to wait any longer for those who hadn’t.

But there was still an empty seat beside Sophia, which belonged to Christine.

For some reason, she had not arrived yet.

Sophia also knew that Christine’s true intention was not the wine.

A Saintess Candidate basically didn’t care much about food and drink.

Accepting her invitation to come, instead of accompanying the cardinal to the cardinal’s party, was purely to see Hall.

So she was not in a hurry.

Hall didn’t care either.

Leticia was not here, and Ye Wangxue was relatively well-behaved, just playing the role of Mrs. Faxtius well.

During the party, the nobles clinked glasses and talked eloquently.

Sophia took the initiative to toast Hall, saying that he had saved her once in the Demon God’s Labyrinth not long ago.

This information was very significant.

Everyone in the Western Continent knew that the Winter Saintess’s combat power was second only to the Hero.

Hall could actually save Sophia in a critical situation?

They thought to themselves, shouldn’t it be the other way around?

“Then, this lonely one will use this cup of wine to repay Baron Hall. I hope we can meet again in the Kingdom of Cateline next year.”

The meaning of invitation and appreciation became even more obvious.

In the past, the nobles of Saint Louis had only heard that Sophia and Hall had a good relationship.

Now Sophia said in public that Hall had saved her.

That was a clear indication.

“Then I will return the toast to Her Majesty of Cateline on behalf of Hall.”

Before Hall could raise his glass, Ye Wangxue, who was sitting beside him, stood up first and raised her glass to Sophia.

The two young women were frozen opposite each other across the table.

Himan immediately felt that something was wrong and pushed him with her arm.

“Hall, are you just going to sit here?”

Hall had originally wanted to just watch.

Now that Himan had said something, he had to stand up and raise his glass.

“Her Majesty of Cateline, I and the Seventh Princess will return your toast together.”

Now Ye Wangxue was very satisfied.

Sophia sat back down, a little unhappy, and drank the wine in one gulp.

The time was eight in the evening.

It had been more than an hour since the official start.

The seat beside Sophia was still empty, which made many people wonder what was going on.

It was true that the princess of the Child family had slight social anxiety, but it was unlikely that this Her Majesty of Cateline had social anxiety.

Tarasha, on the other hand, knew this was Christine’s seat.

She wondered why that Saintess had not arrived yet.

According to the previous plan, Christine was supposed to come to the party and then leave immediately.

After all, she still had to prepare for the New Year’s Eve blessing ceremony.

If she came too late, there would not be enough time.

Hall didn’t care too much.

He had eaten and drunk his fill and planned to do nothing until everyone had finished eating.

At the latest, at ten o’clock, he would go to Childland in District Twelve to find Leticia in advance.

If Ye Wangxue wanted to follow, he also had an excuse.

At worst, he would just let Ye Wangxue follow, and it would be best if Himan also followed.

According to Hall’s current understanding.

If it were just Ye Wangxue and Leticia, they would indeed argue very fiercely, but with Himan, the situation would not get completely out of control.

But soon, two men in the signature uniform of the Judgment Bureau entered the party hall.

One of them was Investigator Jaffman, who had investigated Hall before.

Jaffman walked straight towards them.

Himan was a little nervous, thinking the cardinals were going to investigate Hall again.

Then Jaffman really did arrive beside Hall and handed him a document with a golden cross on the cover.

Now everyone’s eyes were on them nervously.

But after Jaffman handed the document to Hall, he only said one sentence.

“Baron Hall, please open and read the document alone in a corner to ensure that no one else knows the contents of the document.”

Then he quietly left the Cateline embassy, without revealing any more useful information to anyone else.

But those who had some connections with the Judgment Bureau knew.

The head of the external affairs department of the Judgment Bureau at the table just now had also been taken away by another specialist.

Outside the Cateline embassy.

Not long after Jaffman left, Hall went out alone with the document.

Although Ye Wangxue, Himan, and Sophia all cast doubtful glances.

They did not ask.

The Judgment Bureau was a violent organization directly under the cardinals, and usually carried out secret missions for the Papal State.

And, Himan had seen a bloodstain in the golden cross.

The meaning of that symbol was.

—Vampire-related.

“Vampire-related content, a bit troublesome.”

A light snow was still falling under the dim yellow streetlights.

After confirming that there was no one around, Hall tore open the file bag.

He also recognized the symbol on the outside of the file bag and then took out the contents.

“A vampire is active in Saint Louis? How is that possible…”

After a brief look at the contents, the general meaning was that there was a vampire active in District Twelve of Saint Louis.

To ensure safety, they needed to dispatch personnel to secretly patrol within Saint Louis until dawn.

“It looks pretty good. If I have a mission, I’ll have a reason to see Leticia… But then again, the probability of a vampire entering Saint Louis without being immediately discovered is very low. So in the game, unless the Demon God’s daughter entered Saint Louis, the player could find traces of vampire activity in Saint Louis. Could it be that the Demon God’s daughter is also in Saint Louis at this moment?”

Hall was shocked.

He thought to himself, it couldn’t be this ridiculous.

The heroine who was least likely to appear in Saint Louis had appeared in Saint Louis.

In the game, if the main line was about the Demon God’s daughter, it was very easy for her to die in the early stages if she came to Saint Louis.

To prevent her from dying, vampires would come to protect her.

But no matter what, he had to go and see.

After all, the book said that as long as Hall could ensure that nothing happened in Districts Ten to Twelve tonight.

The current ban on his file would be lifted.

The last sentence on it was.

—Looking forward to your performance, Hall Faxtius.

And in this file bag was also a pure white cross pendant.

In the center of the cross was a line of gracefully carved small characters, a name.

—Christine.

“That old thing from the cardinals doesn’t really want me to be the captain of the Black Knights, does he?”

Hall was walking on the streets of District Ten.

Because Districts Ten to Twelve were all commercial areas, the streets were bustling with pedestrians, and most of them were in pairs on this special day.

The combinations were also many, from what Hall had seen so far, there were men and women, men and men, women and women, and women, men, and women, as well as men, men, and men.

And him, he was alone.

He just wore the pure white cross on his chest.

According to the book.

This thing could detect nearby vampires.

If a vampire appeared nearby, it would gradually turn red, the closer the more obvious.

However, after wandering around District Ten for half a day and going to the square outside the Hero’s Cathedral, he had not detected any vampire activity.

Hall did not doubt that there was a problem with the cross Christine had made, so he continued to wander around the underground street of District Ten.

This time, no trace of vampires appeared, but instead, the cross began to turn black.

This meant that there were demons, or rather, cultists, in the underground street of District Ten.

Thinking of the Salvation Church, Hall just turned a blind eye.

When the Red Queen had attacked them in District 10, there must have been spies of the Salvation Church in the underground street of District 10.

But this also made Hall wonder.

Christine’s cross was so useful, why didn’t the cardinals give this thing to the elites of the Judgment Bureau and have them search every corner of Saint Louis?

Weren’t they afraid of not finding the heretics?

Those people were not philanthropists, and Christine’s say would not be higher than the cardinals’.

After all, in the later stages of Christine’s route, there was a plot where Christine was forced to decipher an ancient super-large-scale destructive ritual forbidden art.

When it came to dealing with heretics, the cardinals could be more heretical than the heretics.

“So maybe only I can use it?”

Hall thought as he walked.

There was no vampire activity in the underground street of District Ten.

So he prepared to go to District Eleven to take a look.

But before he could leave the underground street of District Ten, he was called from behind.

“Hey, Mr. Hall, don’t you have a date tonight?”

It was Julia.

The flaxen-haired girl looked travel-worn.

She had just returned from the Demon God’s Labyrinth.

No matter what, she was leveling up and earning money at the same time.

Ever since she was hit last time, she had become even more diligent.

However, this could only barely allow Julia to pay the next three months’ rent to her landlady in advance.

Originally, she had also thought of inviting Hall for New Year’s Eve, but then she felt that she was not qualified enough now, so she gave up.

But when she came back, she saw Hall’s back on the street and for a moment thought she had seen wrong.

So she followed Hall for a while and then called out to him at this dark corner of the passage.

“Julia, do you live around here?”

“Yes, Mr. Hall. I live in the underground street of District Ten.”

Julia was a little sad, knowing that Hall had never wanted to get to know her in his daily life.

“Should I come over to your place for a visit?”

“I have something to do, so let’s not.”

Hall really wanted to get on good terms with Julia.

Unfortunately, the relationships with the various heroines had been messed up by him before he lost his memory.

Seeing Julia show a hint of disappointment, he said again, “Come with me to District Eleven. I’ll treat you to something to eat. Julia, you should like spicy rabbit heads. There’s a restaurant in District Eleven that makes good ones. The rabbits are all selected from a pasture in the Kingdom of Elan where the land is nourished with magic.”

“Spicy rabbit heads?”

Hearing these four words, Julia’s eyes instantly lit up.

Although bunnies were very cute, she wanted to eat this.

Moreover, her liking for spicy rabbit heads was awakened because of him.

It was when he had just saved her.

Julia, the young Hall, and that blonde girl had their first colorful and delicious meal at her small table.

Because she had been hungry for too long, if she hadn’t been shy, she would have definitely fought with the blonde girl for it with her chopsticks at that time.

Later, when they left, Julia wanted to eat spicy rabbit heads, but there was no such dish in the small town.

It was almost two years after Hall had left that Julia went to the largest city in the south on a mission and then ordered a plate of spicy rabbit heads.

The taste was not as authentic as the few wild rabbits Hall had caught back then, not to mention the price was ridiculously expensive.

Feeling deeply ripped off, Julia had never eaten it again.

Did he still remember that she liked to eat spicy rabbit heads?

He hadn’t completely forgotten her.

“Yes, we’ll go and eat now.”

“Alright, Mr. Hall!”

The restaurants in Saint Louis were all high-end.

Because the magic lamp design they used was a huge expense, this part of the decoration was basically included in the food pricing by the owners.

Many people said that eating in such a place was a big ripoff.

But the minor nobles of Saint Louis would only bite the bullet when paying the bill and calmly say, “You don’t understand.”

Hall didn’t care.

The Faxtius family was a great noble family.

Coming to this kind of restaurant, he would get at least a 30% discount, and they would even send over a few new dishes.

The restaurant owners would be happy to see the duke’s son come to their restaurant.

The day after he ate, they could have a newspaper specializing in food reviews write a soft article to achieve a promotional effect.

So although Hall only ordered a strawberry smoothie and a plate of spicy rabbit heads for Julia today, the small table by the window where they sat opposite each other was still full of dishes.

“Isn’t Mr. Hall eating?”

“I just ate at the party at the Cateline embassy. I’ll just watch you eat.”

The black-haired youth had ordered a cup of hot coffee for himself.

Because he wasn’t used to drinking things that were too bitter, he had added a lot of milk.

Actually, Hall wanted to drink a happy water, but after looking at the menu repeatedly, there were no soda-type products.

“Oh, thank you, Mr. Hall, for treating me to a meal.”

Julia thanked him sincerely.

She didn’t immediately start eating, just held the strawberry smoothie, occasionally looking at Hall.

Hall, on the other hand, was looking at the street outside the window, wondering when the vampire would appear.

If they did, it would be best if everything was peaceful.

After all, in the game, if the player didn’t recruit the Demon God’s daughter, and Christine survived until the mid-game, the vampires would send assassins to assassinate high-divinity female characters like Christine and Lorraine.

Although the current timeline was considered the early stages in the game, with the mess he had made before he lost his memory, he couldn’t be sure what the vampires who had come to Saint Louis this time wanted to do.

But soon, Julia’s voice interrupted his thoughts.

“Mr. Hall, the cross you’re wearing…”

The center of the cross had a faint hint of red.

Because it was not obvious, it was not easy for Hall to notice without looking down.

“It’s probably because of the lighting. The one on your side is red.”

“Oh, maybe I saw it wrong.”

“Hurry up and eat.”

“I know~”

Julia started to eat the spicy rabbit heads with her rice.

In the middle, she even picked up one with her chopsticks and brought it to him.

To this, Hall waved his hand, indicating that Julia should eat it herself.

“Is Mr. Hall going to refuse a friend’s kindness?”

Her voice was slightly wronged.

And the moment the word “friend” came out.

Hall felt the progress bar had come.

So he immediately agreed and ate the spicy rabbit head Julia had brought over.

It was quite fragrant.

But his attention was quickly drawn to a woman at the main entrance.

So big.

I mean, the butt.

Oh, no, it’s the chest.

“What is Mr. Hall looking at?”

Julia also noticed the woman.

The woman’s figure was so prominent even under a black trench coat, it was a bit terrifying.

“Nothing.”

Hall grabbed the cross with his hand.

The cross was getting hot.

It had started to get hot and red the moment that woman came in.

A vampire?

But why would a vampire come to this kind of restaurant?

His gaze followed the woman’s movement, and Julia’s gaze also followed Hall’s.

The spicy rabbit head in her mouth suddenly didn’t taste as good anymore.

Thinking of this, she fiercely took a few more bites of the rabbit.

But because of the blind spot in their vision and the obstruction of the restaurant’s inner walls, the woman’s figure soon disappeared from their sight.

It looked like she had gone to a private room.

Was she meeting someone?

Hall lowered his head and thought.

The reaction of the cross would not lie to him.

A vampire in Saint Louis could meet with people.

It could only be related to the Salvation Church.

And according to the Salvation Church’s usual practice, one Sage was responsible for one area.

Mandosha Flower was active in Saint Louis every day.

This meant that it was very likely related to Mandosha Flower.

Seeing Hall keep his head down and not look at her, Julia didn’t know what to say.

Originally, she was very happy to be treated to a meal by Hall.

Now, she was not so happy.

The meal proceeded in silence.

Halfway through, Hall only felt the temperature of the cross begin to cool and the reaction weaken.

He suddenly turned his head.

The big, big trench coat woman had already left the restaurant.

“Julia, I’ve already paid the bill in advance. You can go back early after you finish eating.”

“Ah?”

Julia was startled.

She knew Hall had a mission.

Hall had also told her it was a patrol mission from District Eleven to District Twelve.

Her original intention was to accompany Hall after the meal.

But Hall nodded and chased after her.

Seeing the direction Hall had disappeared in, it was the same direction as the black trench coat woman he had been paying attention to earlier.

Julia held the spicy rabbit head, but the chopsticks suddenly broke.

Then she muttered.

“Is figure that important?”

Hall caught up with the black trench coat woman in the light snow and night.

The other party seemed to be heading for the entrance of the underground street of District Eleven.

But he didn’t use the holy emergency magic scroll from the book to notify the Judgment Bureau, nor did he immediately go forward.

He just slowed down and followed her from behind.

If a vampire was arrested in Saint Louis, or even judged, the protective vampire queen would retaliate against the Church.

This would only lead to an acceleration of the game’s plot, with constant minor and major frictions.

It was best to make sure the other party wouldn’t cause trouble.

After entering the underground street of District Eleven, the black trench coat woman immediately turned into a dark alley.

Hall could only choose to follow.

Basically, only the main road in the underground street had lights, and most of the residents had taken the once-a-year opportunity to go out and have fun on the streets of Saint Louis.

The entire underground street had very little light.

In the darkness, the white cross gave off a faint and terrifying bloody color.

And what surprised Hall even more was that the holy magic scroll in his pocket began to glow.

“Emergency message?”

He chose to temporarily stop following and take out the magic book.

But the message inside was so explosive it was beyond words.

It clearly stated—the Saintess Candidate of the Bal Empire was attacked by a vampire assassin and is suspected to have lost her holy power after being injected with blood containing the Demon God’s power. She is currently unconscious.

“December 31st, they can succeed even on a day like this?”

Hall was very surprised.

But there was no time for him to be surprised.

His combat instinct made him sense the sharp edge of a sword.

He subconsciously jumped back a big step, but the opponent was relentless.

The small figure in the darkness moved at high speed between the narrow walls on both sides.

“Hey, little human boy, you dare to follow me? Are you ready to leave your last words to Viscountess Parousia?”

Viscountess Parousia temporarily stopped.

She had failed her sneak attack just now, and now she wanted to spread her vampire wings behind her back for a quick battle, which would require some time and energy.

But she didn’t expect to hear the black-haired youth, who had retreated into the depths of the darkness, say.

“Viscountess Parousia? You may not be… my opponent.”

Because this woman’s nickname among players in the game was [One of the Five Vampire Wastes].