Vampire Palace

Reeva woke up feeling a breath tickling her forehead.

It had been 5 years, and she had never felt such a peaceful morning.

Even though she had only fallen asleep at dawn, she felt she was already in excellent condition.

Reeva's eyes widened when she saw a man sleeping in front of her on the same bed with arms wrapped around her waist.

When she wanted to get rid of the hand, suddenly, the large hand draped her shoulder and hugged her.

'How can I sleep with a man I don't know?'

As she searched for the answer, she remembered those brown eyes that turned bright red when exposed to the moonlight.

The man's hand was so strong that she even had trouble breaking free from the hand, pulling her closer.

'The contract has been made! From now on, you are mine.'

A faint memory began to appear in her mind. She hoped that the memory was just a remnant of her dream.

Reeva struggled with her memory, trying to remember what contract she had agreed with the man before her before they ended up in the same bed.

***

Reeva was a 20-year-old girl from the human race. She was a top-tier Monster Hunter.

She has blue eyes with waist-length silver hair.

Since her parents died due to a vicious monster attack in her village 10 years ago. Reeva was raised by her grandfather, the master of the Monster Hunter Association in the city.

After the tragedy, the silver-haired girl vowed to exterminate all the monsters in retaliation for her parents' death.

Despite sacrificing her precious childhood happiness and replacing it with hard training, she did not mind it. She thought that her joy had been lost since she lost her family.

Reeva was educated directly by her grandfather to become the strongest Hunter, with no mercy, even though she is the grandson of the master. But strangely, she managed to get through the hellish training where anyone could die at any time.

One day she received orders from her grandfather to kill a blood-drinking monster rumored to be attacking at a banquet held every winter by the Imperial Family of the Chamore Empire.

Reeva came disguised as a noblewoman to do some reconnaissance.

There she looked at the men and women dancing in the middle of the hall with satisfied looks.

"Looks good to them."

Reeva, who was sipping a glass of juice happily, suddenly frowned.

'One on the top and one on the stairs. To think that they could infiltrate the guests without getting caught...'

Time and again, she kept an eye on the movements of her target monsters and confirmed their numbers before acting.

At the end of the banquet hall, there were the voices of people secretly whispering love, small children wondering about their appearance, and the piercing smell of perfume and people.

'Again...'

Several times her vision turned cloudy and became evident.

This was unheard of from her hunting experience. Even the colorful dresses and the light reflected by the crystal chandelier exhausted her.

'Damn, I lost him...'

As Reeva walked to widen her range of vision, she suddenly stumbled and put down the champagne glass she was holding.

The sudden movement made the eyes of the people around her and the knights catch her.

She had slightly raised eyes and light blue and silver hair that fluttered around her waist.

In addition to her sensual appearance, the white halterneck dress showed her seductive figure.

Ever since he had this body 5 years ago, he was slowly but surely growing.

It was safe to say that her appearance, which was beginning to change, matched the arrival of her former life.

Unable to bear the symptoms that came, Reeva immediately headed outside the banquet hall to rest and refreshed her mind.

Outside the banquet hall, she shifted her steps, looking for a place to lean on.

"Ah...?"

After a few breaths of fresh air, she realized that her dizziness wasn't due to the pungent smell from the banquet hall. Someone had mixed her drink with poison.

Footsteps were heard approaching from the banquet hall to the balcony where Reeva was resting.

"I didn't think it would be easy to find the intruder. Today I won't let you ruin our party."

"So you mixed the drink with the dope?" Reeva sighed as she looked at the man in the suit.

Even though she knew she had been framed, she still looked calm and relaxed.

"Only stupid people drink juice at parties. I'm surprised you can be this stupid." Without much ado, the man ran to Reeva.

His black eyes turned red, his fingernails slowly began to lengthen, and fangs were visible in the corners of his mouth.

Reeva was silent when the vampire ran over to attack her.

"I should say that since my prey came naturally to me, I don't have to bother pulling you out forcibly."

*SWOOSH*

A dagger darted across the vampire's face and scratched the man's pale face.

The sudden attack made the man stop his steps and jump away.

"Why didn't I see the attack?"

"You think I'm the only one caught in a trap?" Reeva shifted and showed a small bowl that was burning onions.

"Onion? How did it get here?"

"Late!"

Reeva pulled the Twin Daggers from her thighs and dashed towards the monster that had a human-like appearance.

Unhurt, Reeva can finish off the monster quickly.

"That's she is!"

Some of the vampires on the balcony above found the position of the Monster Hunter on the balcony of the 3rd floor, and they looked angry when they saw that their comrade had been killed by the Monster Hunter.

"Damn it, how come the number of vampires outnumbers the information!" Seeing that there were too many of them, Reeva immediately jumped down from the balcony.

The vampires wouldn't let the monster Hunter escape and immediately chased after her.

"What a cheat, jumping from the 3rd floor has no effect! Aria!"

Reeva shouted to signal her friend on standby outside the banquet hall.

*highlight*

The light from behind the window immediately lit up and shone on the 5 vampires who had just landed.

The vampire's senses of vision were momentarily stifled by the bright light from the spotlight.

"Reeva, finish them off." The girl controlling the headlight came out from behind the window and asked her companions to complete their task.

*Slash* *Slash*

The blurry vision made Reeva choose to immediately finish off the monsters.

Reeva sighed and walked towards Aria after slashing all the heads of the vampires.

"Aria, give me the antidote. Someone has already told the vampires about my habits. Aria, why are you silent?"

Reeva was surprised because her colleague did not answer her question. She, who was curious, immediately looked at her friend who was behind the window.

She was shocked to see Aria seem to be shouting at her, but strangely she couldn't hear her companion's voice at all.

"Reeva! Watch your enemies!! They're still alive!"

On the other hand, Aria tried to scream as loudly as possible and give a body signal to let her know that there were still vampires who hadn't died because her slash missed.

Reeva finally realized that the poison in her body had begun to interfere with her senses, making her hallucinate a little.

Although I managed to realize it, it was too late. After destroying the spotlight, the surviving vampire immediately dashed off to attack Reeva.

"Unlucky!" Reeva immediately turned around to dodge the attack, but the vampire was moving quickly. She saw his attack but failed to avoid the decisive blow.

*Bam*

A strong punch landed in her stomach, causing her to dart and crash into the window where Aria was hiding and shattered.

"Reeva, we have to back off!" Aria, who was not good at fighting, immediately approached her partner and took her to hide.

Even though she knew they would be found soon, at least Aria could check Reeva's condition.

"*Cough* We can't retreat. With my condition, they can catch up with us easily." Reeva spat out a mouthful of blood and refused her colleague's invitation.

Aria panicked when she heard the rare sound of feet approaching them.

"Your wounds are not serious, but the poison has spread throughout your body. I hope the antidote will work!"

With trembling hands, Reeva accepted the medicine and drank it immediately. After the antidote worked, Reeva came up with a new plan.

"Aria, I will buy time for you to escape. I will catch up with you as soon as the opportunity arises. I can't finish them all. There are so many vampires at this banquet."

"I'm sorry, I failed at finding information." Aria looks sad because her ability as an informant can't help her partner.

"No problem. From the start, we were framed by our client. If you manage to escape, my task will be lighter because I only need to protect myself."

"Fine, I trust you." Aria immediately packed her backpack and gave a small box to Reeva. She immediately ran in the opposite direction of the vampire's arrival.

*staff*

"Where are you going? You must have been waiting for me. Now I'm at my best."

Reeva came out of hiding and confronted the vampires who wanted to chase after Aria.

'I've killed 5 vampires, but why are there now 7 vampires in front of me!'

Feeling slighted, the vampires immediately attacked Reeva.

Even though she was outnumbered, she didn't flinch and immediately ran toward them.

The battle lasted long enough for Reeva to defeat the 7 vampires alone.

"Ha ha ha, this is the last one."

Reeva runs out of steam after killing the last vampire. She had to go the extra mile because vampires could regenerate quickly. She had to separate their heads from their bodies to kill them and stop their regeneration.

With a body full of wounds and covered in blood, Reeva walked into the forest to find a place to rest.

One thing the silver-haired girl didn't realize was that her battle was witnessed by dozens of fiery red-eyed monsters from the balcony.

*snaps*

"Kill her!"