22 Being targeted by a noble and talk with the first

It was a normal day. The school had ended and both I and Ai were just lazing around in the living room. Last month, a lot of things happened and one of the biggest ones was me moving in with the school princess Tsubaki Ai who is a half-vampire. Pretty crazy things have happened to me from that moment onwards like I don't know, me getting to know that all the vampires in the world are behind my blood.

Out of that, my life is pretty normal and I decided to turn on the television and Ai just jumped and sat on my lap without even asking.

"This is my territory now!" she said childishly probably smiling.

From this close, I could smell the sweet scent she had on. Her body was cold and soft at the same time and her white hair and head were obstructing my view. I tried getting her off because I could not see anything that was on the television but she was too powerful.

In the end, she lowered her head and asked me to hug her from behind. Her head was just under my chin and she was caressing my hand which was wrapped around her waist.

"Hehe, Kazu-kun is so warm," she said while giggling.

"You say that whenever you hug me."

"But I am merely stating a fact. Is that something I am not supposed to do?" she said mimicking my voice. "And I love this warmth so much."

"And I get cold so yeah, equal exchange."

"Hehe."

It was seven in the evening and the dinner was ready but we decided to have it at eight. Well, it was not really decided but we normally have our dinner by eight.

I was going through the channels finding to watch something but then my or more like Ai's eye caught something. She stopped my hand at the news channel and we both stared at the digital screen. It was about a case of a large murder in a club that happened. Apparently, it was a very popular club in the area which was surprisingly not very far from where I used to live. It was only a thirty-minute or so walk to that place but there was something that caught my attention.

Since the number of people killed or more like massacred in this club were so many and no evidence of anything happening at all was what made this entire incident weird.

"There was also quite a weird thing that was found was that most of the people killed either had their heads chopped off or their hearts ripped but the one thing that was most common in all the victims was that there was a bite mark on their body. All the victims had no or very little blood in their bodies. Rather than left to bleed, it more like looked like the blood was extracted out of their body."

Hearing the reporter our ears perked up because both of us knew that there was only one type of creature who was capable of that. But what we saw next was something both of us were not prepared for.

"On one of the walls of the club was written in blood, "We are coming to get the blood of the first." I don't know what the persecutors meant by that but it could be a code of some sort. Our team even checked the security footage but they could not see who was responsible for doing such a thing. While people were brutally killed, there was no one doing that in the footage, it just looked supernatural," the officer on the television said.

I looked down at Ai and she looked up at me. Our eyes met and we both immediately understood that this was something which would be really hard to deal with.

"I think that both of us heard the message correctly," I said to Ai and she nods her head. "Do you think that it is a large-scale attack by a group of vampires?"

Ai thought a little about that but shook her head.

"The number of victims was too many in this incident, so there are some theories I can come up with, but the one which is that sounds the most logical and scary was..." Ai's voice turned dark. "...that a noble is after you now. They might have also been the same one that sent those assholes last month. But..."

"Because it took such a long time you think that it is highly unlikely but we don't know who we are actually dealing with so let's prepare for the worst," I said and Ai nodded.

The situation was very problematic since I don't think they are easy foe in any way. They went as far as to cause a massacre in a club and gave us an open warning. They knew it would be covered by the news which is why they used it.

This opponent seems that they are completely confident with their ability so there are only two things I can narrow the possibilities to. One, which it is either a group of novices who have come to an alliance or we are dealing with an actually more than three hundred years old noble.

We had to be on guard right now and not make any rash decisions. Ai was biting the nail of her thumb so hard that it might just come off. Her nails have protruded out and were really sharp. I placed my hand on her shoulder making her turn towards me.

"So, what do we do?" I asked her because even though I have some idea, Ai would know a lot more than me.

"I think that it is a noble that is targeting you now," she said with her face tensed up. "Confronting them without knowing anything will be a fool's choice so I think we can do one thing."

"Which is?"

"You have to stay at home before I get more information on them. You are their target so it is better if I do this," she suggested.

"But Ai that is too dangerous."

"No need to worry about me Kazu-kun. I will be fine as long as I don't do anything rash."

Knowing her, she might pull off another stunt of such sort. I cannot let her do that because this time the enemy was on another level. I have no idea just how strong the enemy was so going out in such a situation like this would be really foolish. The problem was how to convince her.

I know what she is saying is also not wrong but there can be another way to find out things.

"Kazu-kun, I am sorry," she said to me with her mouth trembling.

"For what?"

"This."

I felt a sharp pain in the back of my neck and my vision started getting blurry and I fell unconscious.

My head felt light and I was completely in a dark place. I was standing there with zero visibility. I felt a cold hand on my shoulder and I turned around taking a defensive stance.

The person who stood before me was a large man with broad shoulders and a golden yellow beard. His face was pale white and he wore a large black robe covering his entire body. It almost looked as his head was levitating in the dark if not for the fact that the robe did not cover the clothes he wore underneath.

"Finally, I get to meet you," he said.

I could tell by his voice that he was someone who had experienced a lot of things in his life. He had a grin on his face and his arms were wide open as he stepped forward and hugged me.

"Hahaha, I am so happy I could finally meet you. To think that it was a boy just makes me sometimes question how weird fate is. You look just like me in my young day," he said.

"Wait a minute, who are you?" I asked him getting out of his hug.

"Oh, you don't know me? Well, that is a very question weird boy because I think that you do know about me. Looks closely at my handsome face and perfect self, you can tell who I am," he said with a wide smile on his face. Wow, he sure is not ugly at all.

"Ugh..."

No matter how much I look at him, it looks like I have no recollection of who this man is. I don't think I ever met him and the amount of excitement in his behavior made me feel uncomfortable a little. I eyed him a little more but shook my head making him frown.

"Man...it looks like I have lost my charm after being dead. I was always told by Sarah that I was a very charismatic person but boy the kids today don't know how to respect their predecessors," he said scratching his head and then looked at me. "I know, time for a quiz boy. I am going to ask you five questions and if you answer all those then you should probably know me and you are just lying. If I find that you are lying, I will not hesitate to torture you till you beg me to kill you."

He said the last line in a chilling voice making me stop breathing for a moment. When he said that he would torture me this much, I could tell that this man was not joking at all. For a split second, I think I saw a dark terrifying shadow emerge from behind him.

I nodded my head trying to keep my cool and not lose my composure.

"The first question, what is the first-ever vampire called?" he asked while walking around me.

"The first. Honestly, I find it pretty weird that they just call him that," I said my honest thoughts.

"Interesting, why would you think so?" he asked in an amused voice.

"I just think that they were pretty lazy just calling the first vampire the first. I mean it was actually what I said before without the word vampire. At least give him a cool name like the lord of the night," I said suddenly feeling comfortable.

"So you think that the lord of the night sounds a lot cooler than the first?"

"Of course, I mean just imagine it like this," I said and stood next to him. "At one side we have THE lord of the night and then we have the first."

"Hmm, now that you say it that way, it sure is true. Then what do you think the first should have been called instead?"

"I think he should be called something like the lord of the day or something like that for two reasons," I said raising two fingers. "First, it sounds better and though it sounds like a title that some "nice" person would have and when they actually meet him, it would be a big shock. Second, from the story I heard, they were lovers of some sort so won't it sound nice? The lord of the night is in love with the lord of the day."

The man held his chin thinking while nodding his head saying "umu" at each nod. That is a lot of nods that he is doing. After that, he burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha, you do say some interesting and amusing things, boy. I like you," he said slapping my back. "Next quest-"

"Aren't you going against your word now?" I said interrupting the man.

"How is that?" he said raising his eyebrow.

"You said you will ask me five questions and you have already done that. In fact, you just asked me a sixth question which clearly went against what you said earlier."

The man stared at me, right into my eyes with a blank expression before bursting out in laughter. This laugh was not for making fun neither it was because I said something funny. It was because...

"Amazing, amazing boy, you just outsmarted me with your own words. Hahahaha, I don't remember how long has it been since someone did this to me," he said still laughing.

I just stood there looking at him while he looked like he was having the time of his life right now.

But one question still lingered in my head.

Just who is he?

After he stopped laughing, he took some deep breaths to get back air in his lungs. He was still holding his stomach and a big smile was formed on his face.

"Now please answer my question," I said getting his attention. "Who are you?"

His smile turned into a little frown looking as if he was a bit disappointed.

"All this amazing talk and you still have no idea who I am?" he said.

"I do have one idea but I want to hear it from your mouth."

"Oh? And why do you think what I will say is the truth? I might just lie to you and you won't have any way to prove that I was actually lying."

"I know I have no way to prove what you will say is a lie or not but I know is that in this entire conversation you were trying to tell me something," I said putting my hands in my pocket. "You were trying to tell me indirectly who you are. The first."

A huge grin formed on his face and he pats my shoulder with enough force to throw me down but I somehow held my ground.

There were only one of the two people who can talk about the first in such an overly familiar way as if they are talking about a friend or someone close. The other one is supposed to be a female and should be sleeping right now leaving him which means...

"That is right, I am the first. The one and only," he said posing and making himself look bigger. "But honestly, now that I have properly talked to you, I think it was the correct decision to give you the mission. Like hell, I am a man of science and logic but I worked on the basis of a little prophesy."

"Wait a minute. I think you lost me along the way," I said stopping him. "What mission are you talking about and about choosing me? Wasn't this supposed to be a coincidence that I have your blood?"

"You are a smart boy, you will get it. I am sure about it," he said and the dark place felt like it was falling down apart. "Looks like you are about to wake up boy so my time is up but I did not really expect to have a nice chat with you. It would be nice if we talked more but looks like it cannot happen now. Your woman is really a strong one. She does remind me of Sarah, so..."

While he started rambling about how great this Sarah person or the lord of the night was, the floor below my feet broke down and I started falling down in never-ending darkness. I looked up and the first waved at me widely while grinning.

A single speck of light could have been seen coming from below and I looked down as the speck of light turned into a little circle that started getting bigger. Soon, it turned big enough to envelop the entire place and my eyes opened. The light fell in my eyes making me cover them and I felt something soft and warm wrapped around my body. It was quite a familiar feeling. My neck hurts a little bit when I reached up to rub it, I felt my pillow placed there.

I was in the bedroom. Oh right, Ai probably knocked me out too...don't tell me.

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