Chapter 21: Vampire Incident (Part 4)

I reflexively grabbed Leo by the scruff of the neck and pulled him back.

It was because Leo’s momentum looking at the woman was unusual, and a dark red energy was swirling around the woman.

Both of their momentum was very unusual.

And it’s fine to enjoy a fight, but the opponent is bad right now.

This place was not a suitable place to fight in earnest.

“Gack?!”

“Calm down a bit.”

A strange scream escaped Leo’s mouth as his neck was suddenly pulled back, but that wasn’t my concern.

Was it because of the difference in strength?

I furrowed one eyebrow as I forcibly grabbed Leo by the scruff of his neck and threw him over.

Even though he had become lighter than when he was a man because he had become a woman, it was difficult to pull Leo back.

‘Does this mean that strength D is hopelessly insufficient?’

I thought there would be a difference in strength with Leo, who was a hero, but I didn’t know it would be this much.

I could definitely feel that I had become weaker.

At times like this, I miss the body of Damian Radius.

Then I could confidently reveal my identity to Leticia…or maybe not.

I briefly imagined myself being summoned in the body of Damian Radius and meeting Leticia.

‘It’s been a while, Damian. ‘

‘Where have you been without telling me?’

‘I love you, Damian.I really love you.So let’s not be apart anymore.’

Goosebumps rose all over my body.

There is no delusion like this.

Why, why do I only remember Leticia’s ecstatic expression with a black collar in her hand?

It’s scary.

The fact that no other face comes to mind is a horror to me.

Gulp.

I swallowed dryly, glanced at Leticia, and then turned my gaze to the woman in front of me.

Yeah.

What I need to worry about now is not my future.

Anyway, the woman didn’t seem to have any intention of fighting, so there seemed to be no need to fight unnecessarily.

Besides, the opponent is not an ordinary opponent.

She’s not a half-blood, but a pure-blood.

She’s a demon who looks to be at least a noble, with the power to easily turn a mere vampire into a lump of meat.

She must be a vampire, right?

It would be troublesome to make such a vampire an enemy now.

Leo, who frowned as if he didn’t like this situation itself, looked at me and asked.

“What are you doing?”

“You know.There’s no need to fight.”

“…Yeah.As you said, there’s no need to fight that woman.”

“You’re surprisingly easy to accept.Then… “

“Do you, even though you’re a demon, not know?

That woman’s identity.

If you knew that woman’s identity, you wouldn’t say such a thing.”

Whether I made a puzzled face at those words or not, Leo took a deep breath and added.

“I remembered.I don’t know why I forgot about a demon that I couldn’t possibly not know.”

What, who is it?

Even if I asked, Leo was silent.

Leo, with a tense face, pointed the holy sword straight at the woman and pursed his lips.

Is she an enemy to be wary of?

It was as if the Demon King had appeared.

I narrowed my eyes.

If Leo, Leticia, and I all attacked at once, the probability of winning is high, but that woman’s power is honestly unknown.

Even a little while ago, she deflected Leo’s holy sword with the back of her hand, so she’s definitely not an ordinary person.

The holy sword is a sword that destroys demons.

It is a great demon weapon made with a sword that purifies unclean mana and punishes the demon itself.

It’s the ultimate weapon called by the grand name of the holy sword.

The hero is the being chosen to wield it.

It’s normal for most demons to not be able to withstand just touching the holy sword and disappear into ashes.

Even an apostle, who is called the right arm of the Demon King, wouldn’t deflect the holy sword with the back of their hand.

But that woman only suffered a slight burn on her skin.

No other wounds were visible.

Even that was healed in no time.

The woman, who lightly shook her hand, said.

“It hurts, it’s the holy sword after all.It doesn’t seem to be a fake.”

“There’s no way the holy sword would be fake.”

“…There are many bugs pretending to be heroes, so it can’t be helped.”

“So what’s the purpose?

There’s no way the Demon King would send you for just one rebel.”

At Leo’s questioning, the woman shrugged and showed the vampire in her hand.

Even though both his legs were cut off and he had only arms without hands, he was alive.

Vampires are a race with very tenacious vitality.

At being held in the woman’s hand, the vampire groaned in pain.

“I just came to deal with it myself because I heard that my kin were doing something useless among humans.There is no other reason.”

“You?”

“Then.Who else would step up if not me, the representative of my kin?”

“Ha!”

At the woman’s words, Leo snorted as if it were absurd.

“You’re talking nonsense.Should I say it’s an honor that Her Majesty has come in person?”

“Leo.”

“Stay still, Leticia.Three months?It’s absurd.You send an apostle, saying you want peace between demons and humans?This is a breach of contract.Isn’t it, Your Majesty?”

The vampire queen, the first apostle of the Demon King, ‘Ancestor’ Lumani Tepes.

The fact that you, an apostle called a walking disaster, came is a problem.

Leo pointed the holy sword at the woman called Lumani Tepes.

“Seriously.”

Revealing the woman’s identity with a cool face, Leo asks again in a low voice.

“There won’t be a second time, Lumani Tepes.Tell me why you came in person.Stop saying you came to deal with rebels.You could have sent a subordinate to do that.”

“It’s the same for you, Leo Starfield.If you had become such a ridiculous figure, you could have sent the wise man, but you brought not only the wise man but also a half-blood.”

The red eyes shine strangely.

At the sharp point, Leo flinched for a moment.

Lumani, who saw through Leo’s identity in an instant, laughs in a sarcastic tone.

“Did you have a desire to become a woman?Well, it suits you quite well.Much better than when you were a man.”

“Should I take that to mean you want to fight here?”

“Did you become narrow-minded when you became a woman?”

“What?!”

“Did you also lose your patience?No.I’m glad that your hot temper is the same.”

The woman called Lumani Tepes, who saw through Leo’s identity, let out a sneer.

Leo was about to say something while moving his lips, but realizing that he had reacted too sensitively to the provocation, he closed his mouth without saying anything and spoke calmly.

“There’s no point in hiding it since I’ve been found out.Well, I didn’t intend to hide it from the beginning.There’s a reason I can’t tell you, and I won’t tell you.For your information, my power is the same as when I was a man, so don’t get any funny ideas.”

“That’s why I said I don’t want to fight.This incident is just me acting independently without His Majesty’s order.I’ll also deal with the rebels on the way.”

“It’s a violation of the agreement for an apostle to invade the area where humans live.”

“If you want punishment, tell His Majesty.I won’t be coming out of the demon realm for a while.But it’s a clear fact that I helped you.Isn’t it, hero.”

A tense battle of wills continues.

By the way, was she curious about the vampire’s half-blood with the hero?

Whether her interest in Leo had waned, Lumani, who had cold eyes, now looked at me and narrowed her eyes with an interested expression.

I took a step back at the creepy feeling of my identity being revealed to the core.

[Yuri(S) trait is automatically activated.As the trait is activated, ‘Lumani Tepes’, a woman you are seeing for the first time, feels an unknown favor towards the player.]

What the hell…!

Then Lumani raises one corner of her mouth.

The Yuri trait is taking effect.

This doesn’t feel good, I thought, and Leticia grabbed my shoulder and pulled me towards her, then glared at Lumani.

“Don’t covet her, Tepes.She’s mine.”

“…Oh, she already had an owner.More than that, a vampire’s half-blood that the wise man is protecting…it’s even more tempting.”

“Unfortunately, Charlotte is under contract with me, so she can’t make a double contract.”

“Huh, you made a contract with a vampire, and a half-blood at that.”

Things are getting interesting.

Lumani, who let out a chuckle with a pleasant expression, looked at the vampire in her hand and smacked her lips as if it were a pity, then threw the vampire towards us.

Splash.

The vampire, who couldn’t land because his legs were missing, crashed to the ground and screamed.

‘The regeneration is quite slow.’

I calmly assessed the vampire, the real culprit of the incident, who had fallen to the ground in a miserable state.

It’s regenerating little by little, but the regeneration speed is significantly slower than that of a normal vampire.

On closer inspection, there were traces of something burning on the legs and cut arms.

Lumani, who wiped the blood on her lips with the back of her hand, licked her lips once and said.

“Take it, it’s okay to hand over one or two traitors.”

It was definitely not the attitude of treating one’s own kin.

It was the gaze of someone looking at garbage, or perhaps even less than garbage.

At the same time, Leo, who covered one side of his face and let out a deep sigh, waved his hand in the air as if he had lost his strength.

“…Sigh, okay.There’s no point in talking any more, it’ll just make our mouths sore.I’ll let this go, so go back to the demon realm quietly.”

“I was going to go back even if you didn’t tell me.I’m done with my business.Hmm, before that, just a moment.”

I was listening to the conversation between the two while my shoulder was held by Leticia’s hand, and I suddenly opened my eyes wide at the feeling of my chin being pulled.

When I opened my eyes wide and looked forward, Lumani Tepes was already holding my chin.

What.

“Hoo.”

Lumani’s eyes, emitting a strange red light, narrowed.

At that time, I met Lumani’s eyes head-on for the first time.