Chapter 78: The game day.
Soon the day of the game between Sasha's aunt Victoria Rider against the leader of the Clan Horseman arrived.
As it was an important and festive occasion for Nightingale society, women and men can be seen in elegant clothes walking around the capital.
The capital was in a party mood, and the bored vampires couldn't wait to see what kind of game it would be... But one thing was certain; they were eager for it to be a fight. After all, it's very rare for two Clans with the level of a vampire count's power to fight each other.
"Hmm... Security is tighter than before." Violet spoke as she looked around, she was wearing a black dress with a violet flower on her chest, along with long black socks and black boots, around her neck, a black choker could be seen.
"Tsk, I don't like this. I feel like something is going to happen." Sasha was quite impatient, she was wearing more modern clothes, a pair of black jeans, a plain white shirt, and a black coat, she had pinned her long blond hair, which had grown in those six months, in a ponytail.
"Just smile, girls. Look at our husband. He doesn't look worried." Ruby spoke with a fake smile on her face. Like Violet, Ruby opted for a simple red dress with black accents, the only difference being that Ruby chose a slightly bigger dress because she didn't like people looking at her body.
Although even wearing a little bigger dress, the chest and ass areas were still a little tight...
"..." Victor didn't say anything and just continued with a small, simple smile on his face as he walked in front of the group. He was wearing the outfit he got from Scathach; the only difference was that he was wearing elegant red glasses that were rather old-looking. He found these glasses in Scathach's personal bedroom, and he thought it would be a good idea to use them to disguise the use of his eye powers.
After all, when he used his powers, his eyes glowed a very visible blood red.
The current group was separated from the other girls, and Victor was with Violet, Ruby, Sasha, Maria, and Yuki. Following through his shadows was Kaguya, she decided to accompany Victor through the shadows to provide information when needed.
The other group, Scathach, Ruby, Siena, Eleonor, and Luna, were already waiting in the VIP room.
Victor and his wives took a while to get ready because they were too lazy to get out of bed.
"Maria, stay close, or you'll get lost," Victor spoke without turning back as he continued walking.
"…" Maria, who was walking a little way away from the group, was speechless, 'Is he treating me like a child?' She thought.
"Yes, Lord Victor," Maria replied as she approached the group closer.
"Hehehe~" Violet approaches Victor and grabs his arm:
"You look excited, Darling."
"Oh? You noticed?"
"Of course, I know everything about you."
"Hahahaha." He laughed amusedly when he heard Violet's words, then he replied:
"Yes. Indeed. I'm excited."
Sasha, seeing Violet's attitude, wanted to do the same, but she was embarrassed. She wasn't shameless enough to take Victor's arm in the middle of so many people!
Ruby walks elegantly beside Victor and takes his arm:
"Oh?" Victor exhibited a small smile, "I thought you would be embarrassed."
"I am, but you're my husband, so it's okay."
"Heh~"
Seeing the teasing little smile on Victor's face, her cheeks took on a healthy little shade of red.
Sasha bites her lip when she sees this situation. Because of her shame, she couldn't take the initiative. When she was going to enter a sea of negative thoughts, she suddenly felt comforting emotions coming from Victor through their connection.
"Don't think nonsense, dear," Victor spoke without looking back. "Just take your time."
"..." Sasha was a little surprised, but she exhibited a small gentle smile:
"Mm," She nodded.
[Master, you're a philanderer, you always know where to attack, huh?] Victor heard Kaguya's voice in his head.
"What are you talking about? I just worry about my wives…." He spoke in a low voice.
Being close to Victor, his wives heard what he said, but they ignored it since they knew that Kaguya was in his shadow.
Although they were curious about what they were talking about, they seemed to be talking about them.
[...] Kaguya didn't know how to react to Victor's honest words.
"Master, we have arrived." Yuki suddenly spoke out loud.
...
In a VIP room reserved only for the family of vampire counts, Scathach's group was waiting for Victor.
Suddenly, all the women hear the sound of a door opening.
"Victor, you arrived... You guys were late, huh?" Scathach says, she looks at the glasses Victor was wearing and nods in satisfaction.
Victor looks at Scathach, who was sitting on an ice throne in her usual clothes:
"It can't be helped. I felt like the bed was a quicksand of comfort, so I didn't want to get out of bed." He replied.
"Heh~" She displayed a seductive smile, "I hope you treated my daughter well."
"M-MOTHER!" Ruby's face turned red with embarrassment.
"What? I just asked that because you are so lazy in the morning." She displayed an innocent smile.
"Well, she's not wrong, and Ruby also sleeps naked...So," Lacus commented with a small smile...
"Some things must definitely have happened." Siena smiled.Awawawawa," Pepper just had smoke coming out of her head, she seemed to be thinking about something she shouldn't.
"...Y-you guys..." Ruby didn't know what to say, and, in the end, she just sighed.
"Hahahaha, don't tease my wife so much." Victor walks beside Scathach, he snaps his fingers, and soon an ice throne a little different from Scathach begins to be created.
"Oh? You got better at creating ice structures."
"All thanks to your training…." He flashed a small smile, then sat down on the ice throne and crossed his legs.
"Kakaka, I know." She laughed.
"…" The women looked at the two with a speechless expression.
"Why did you create these ice thrones? Can't you guys just sit in the chair?" Sasha asked as she pointed to two simple but rather elegant chairs.
""Hell no. I will not sit in that simple chair.""
The two spoke in unison with a face of disgust.
"..." The group was silent; they just didn't know how to react.
This was the VIP Room, and it was equipped with the finest furniture in the vampire world, yet they called these luxurious seats a 'simple chair'.
Somehow, the women were already more used to this scene. They were slowly accepting the fact that Scathach was creating a male version of her and the only one that was freaking out internally was Eleonor, she had never seen another person so similar to her master.
The group spreads out and starts to sit on the chairs and sofas in the VIP room.
Victor looks through the glass of the VIP room towards the arena, "Hasn't started yet, huh?" He spoke in a low tone, then he looked at the arena with curious eyes.
Seeing the Plebeian vampires sitting in the stands, he began to inspect everyone; 'That one over there is strong, that one over there is hiding his powers.'
He looked at all the vampires who he had an interest in and judged their strength. After being trained by Scathach for so long, he could somehow evaluate a person's level based on behavior and a 'feel' that surrounds the vampire.
It's something very difficult to put into words, but it's something like a warrior can know if the other warrior is strong or not.
Sensing a glance in his direction, he turned his face and looked at another VIP room through the glass; the eyes behind his glasses started to glow, and his world turned blood red.
He focused his attention on the individual who had a large red aura surrounding them.
"Heh~" Victor's smile grew distorted.
"Oh? Did you find anyone interesting?" Scathach looks to where Victor was looking.
"If I'm not mistaken, that room is where Victoria's family is." Scathach spoke.
"My Aunt?" Sasha gets up from the couch and walks beside Victor, she looks where Victor is looking but doesn't see anything, she just sees a normal room with totally black glass.
"Interesting... Interesting indeed..." Victor turned his face and ignored them for the time being. He looked into another VIP room and saw a woman and a child sitting in a chair. They were both alone in the room, but Victor could see several vampires protecting the place outside.
Victor found something interesting with the child, she had a very distorted aura as if two colors were mixed incorrectly.
The child suddenly looked towards Victor and then disappeared.
"???" Victor was confused; 'She disappeared? Do not tell me….'
Soon Victor could feel someone sitting on his lap.
"Father."
Seeing the child in the gothic dress, he displayed a gentle smile:
"Hello, Ophis."
Chapter 79: The game day. 2
"Father."
Seeing the child in the gothic dress, he displayed a gentle smile:
"Hello, Ophis." He stroked the little girl's head.
"Mm," Victor leans her head on his chest and closes his eyes:
"Hehehe... Father~" She shook her head from side to side, she looked like a spoiled child who found her father and wanted a hug!
"F-Father?" Violet, Ruby, and Sasha almost choked.
"KAKAKAKA" Scathach was laughing like crazy.
"Hey, what are you doing!? Get off him!" Violet's jealousy didn't discriminate between gender or age… In a way, Violet's jealousy was true gender equality.
"Stop, Violet. Don't touch her." Scathach suddenly stops laughing and warns Violet with a serious look.
But Violet ignored Scathach's warning and held onto Ophis's body.
Suddenly Violet stops moving, and her eyes go blank as if she were dead.
"Violet!?" Ruby and Sasha spoke at the same time.
"Sigh... Stupid girl, I warned you."
Victor's eyes glittered dangerously when he saw Violet's state. He looked at Ophis, seeing the little girl's apologetic face... He sighed, he patted the little girl's head, and looked at Scathach:
"What is this?"
"She'll be fine soon, don't worry..." Scathach first soothed Victor's emotions, then she continued:
"That's what happens when Ophis is touched, she was born with a special condition that charms everyone who touches her... And she also sees the memories of the people who touch her."
"..." Victor strokes the little girl's head, now he understands why she lived isolated, for a child, it is difficult to see the memories of vampires who live for many years:
"Are you okay...?"
"Mm..."
"Father Memory... Good." She leans her face against Victor's chest again.
Suddenly, Violet's face distorted into anger, and she breaks the spell.
"Oh? It was faster than normal." Scathach spoke with curiosity.
Violet looks at the girl with angry eyes:
"Don't look at her like that. She's not to blame; you're the one who didn't listen to me." Scathach spoke.
"…" Violet closes her hands and opens them several times.
Soon, she lets out a long breath.
Sigh...
"Okay. Why is this little girl here again?" She asked in a neutral tone.
"Are you okay, honey?" Victor asked.
Ophis's body trembled slightly when she heard the way Victor called Violet.
"Yes... I am... Why is she here?" She asked again.
"I don't know, she just came out of the blue," Victor replied. He understood that Violet's mood was not good.
"...Are you okay, Darling?" She asked with apprehensive eyes. After all, she personally felt the powers of Ophis.
"Yeah, I don't feel anything," Victor spoke honestly, he didn't feel anything, and he also didn't feel like someone was reading his memories, though he wasn't sure what kind of feeling it would be if someone read his memories.
"..." Everyone except Victor, who was looking at Ophis, looked to Scathach for answers.
"Don't look at me. I don't know either~."
"..." Seeing the innocent smile on Scathach's face, everyone didn't believe her.
"T-This…" Violet's eyes were glowing blood red when she saw the position Ophis was in, but even so, she didn't move.
"…" People who had known Violet for a long time were shocked by this display of control; they thought she wouldn't be able to stand it.
Ruby and Sasha could tell from their connection that Violet was angry, but it was silent anger. It was anger mixed with possessive jealousy.
Suddenly the door opens, and soon everyone can see a woman with long black hair and violet eyes.
Violet turns her face she looks at the woman.
The woman looks into Violet's violet eyes, and, noticing Violet's obvious features, the woman could understand that she was someone from Clan Snow, and only one woman from Clan Snow had violet eyes.
"Who are you, bitch?"
"Sigh…" Everyone except Victor and Scathach sighed when they heard what Violet said.
"What a rude person…who are you?" She already knew who Violet was, but for some reason, she didn't want to lose this dispute.
"I asked first."
"…" The woman didn't want to answer.
"Princess, are you sure she's here? We must not enter this place in such a rude way…." The guard was terrified.
"Why are you afraid?"
"Kakakaka, you're as clueless as ever, Elizabeth."
S-Scathach." The woman stuttered. Now she understood why the guard was scared.
"How's that old man doing?" Scathach spoke.
"...He's the king, you know?"
"Do I have the face of someone who cares?"
"…" Elizabeth was speechless, she knew that the only person who could speak those words so casually was Scathach, and for the sole reason that she was strong!
Elizabeth ignores everyone and looks at the second ice throne, she walks a little to the left, and soon she sees Ophis lying on Victor's chest.
'Again? Did she find him because of the mark?' She glanced at Victor, who was sitting on an ice throne, and then she looked around again, and seeing several women of high social standing, Elizabeth's curiosity was flickering frantically.
She even tried to use the king's shadows to find information on Victor, but they didn't find anything, actually... They haven't returned yet, and she didn't think too much about why they haven't.
'They have been eliminated...or are being tortured.' She thought. She knew Scathach's personality well, and if someone broke into her house, that was the fate of fools who tried to break into her home.
"...Just who are you?"
Victor looked at Elizabeth and flashed a small smile, "My name is Victor... Didn't I say?"
"…" Elizabeth wanted to hit the ground in frustration now!
"Bitch, don't look at him. You're going to infect him with some kind of dangerous disease." Violet spoke.
"Huuh?" Veins began to pop in Elizabeth's head, she was a noble person and could ignore some insults, but she was not a saint who would take insults in silence.
"Why don't you go away and take this-…child with you?" Violet didn't want to insult a child since even she knew it was something horrible. Though, the little girl didn't do anything.
"Shoo, Shoo." She spoke as if she were talking to a dog.
"...I'm still a princess, you know?" She commented with a fake smile, "I can make you disappear-" She couldn't finish her words.
She suddenly felt very heavy, and an overwhelming feeling engulfed her entire body, her body broke out in a cold sweat, and slowly, she turned her face away.
When she looked into Victor's blood-red eyes that were visible even through the glasses he was wearing; her whole world seemed to go colorless:
"...Repeat what you said," Victor spoke with a cold tone that sent shivers down Elizabeth's spine. He could ignore arguments; after all, his wives did that constantly. He thinks it's a woman thing. But threats? Those he did not tolerate.
"I- I..."
"Princess!" The guards ran, but suddenly a much greater pressure than Victor fell on them.
Quickly, they stopped walking and looked at Scathach.
"Good, if you took one more step, I would have to hand your heads over to the king~." She flashed a crazy smile. Then, she snaps her fingers, and thorns of ice begin to hover over all the guards.
They gulped and didn't dare move. Although they had a duty to protect the princess, they didn't want to lose their lives uselessly. They knew that if Scathach killed them, nothing would happen to her.
"Disappointing." She hoped they would fight. Then, at least she would have an excuse to kill them all.
Soon she lost interest in the guards and looked at Victor, she was interested in what he was going to do.
"I'm waiting..." He slowly tapped the ice throne with his finger, like he was counting.
The sound of his finger touching the ice made the situation even more terrifying for Elizabeth.
Elizabeth tried to ignore the fear in her heart and slowly began to gather her powers. Then, her eyes changed to blood red, and an overwhelming pressure began to leave her body.
"Oh?"
Confidence restored, Elizabeth displays a cold smile, "I'm still a princess... And I can make her disappear at any time, no matter if she's a daughter of Clan Snow or not." She repeated what she said and added the ending as if it were an absolute truth.
Victor's eyes glowed brighter, and his pressure began to build.
"…" Everyone was expecting a fight to start at any moment, but something happened that left everyone with no reaction.
Victor's pressure disappeared as if it had never existed.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA" He started laughing like crazy, and slowly he began to clap his hands.
"Good! Good! That's the spirit! If not, I would be disappointed!"
"Huh?" Elizabeth did not expect this.
"..." Violet, Ruby, and Sasha didn't know how to react, and that applied to all the women in this room, so they just watched everything in silence.
Scathach just displayed a big smile on her face, she looked pleased with something.
"Believe me, Princess..." Victor's image began to blur. "Before you can touch a strand of my wife's hair…-"
"!!?"
"You would die." Victor appeared behind Elizabeth and spoke in a low voice in her ear.
Elizabeth's whole body froze in fear when she heard what Victor said, she couldn't even react to his speed! And she could also see that crazy woman was smiling as if supporting what Victor said!
She couldn't move, she didn't even dare turn back now, she feared that if she turned around now, she might die!
Chapter 80: Everything is Connected.
Victor disappears behind Elizabeth and appears sitting on the ice throne he created.
"Fast~"
"HaHaHaHa, did you like it, Ophis?"
"Mm," She nodded.
"Is different." She pointed to herself.
"Hmm? Yeah, what I did is something different than what you do."
"Different..." Ophis seemed to be thinking deeply about something, but actually, she was just enjoying Victor's caresses.
"She seems attached to you, Victor." Scathach spoke.
"Yeah, but I don't care; she's cute." Victor displayed a gentle smile.
Realizing that Victor wasn't doing anything else, Elizabeth began to slowly calm down.
Not just her, everyone started to calm down.
"Fuaaa..." Pepper lets out all the trapped air she's been holding, "That was intense...I thought they would fight any second." She spoke in a low voice.
"Really... I really can't understand Victor anymore. He's becoming too unpredictable; this is bad for my heart." Lacus spoke in a joking tone to alleviate the situation.
"It's our mother's fault... It's all her fault..." Siena said.
"…" The three sisters agreed.
"I'm glad nothing happened..." Yuki's heart was beating very fast, she didn't want to fight the king's family; that was just suicide! But... As a vampire, she liked Victor's attitude... But that's something she'll never say out loud!
"What are you doing, Maria?" Luna asked curiously.
"Nothing," Maria replied, she made a gesture with her hand, and soon, all the wires she had spread around the room began to be collected. She acted on instinct, but internally, she didn't know why she did it. 'Why was my first reaction was to try to protect that man? Is it because of the master's order? But the master didn't order me to protect Victor...'
"Darling~" Violet had a silly smile on her face, she wanted to hug Victor, but that child! That child was stealing her place!
"Violet, we need to talk," Ruby spoke seriously.
"Heh?" Violet didn't understand.
"Come here. We need to talk about something." Sasha grabbed Violet's right arm.
"Huuh?"
Ruby approaches Violet and grabs her left arm, then the two women drag Violet to the corner of the room.
"W-Wait... My D-Darling-"
"Shut up, we need to talk," Ruby spoke in a deadly serious tone.
"…" Violet was speechless, she had never seen that expression on Ruby.
Soon the two wives started to lecture Violet. Calling the king's daughter a 'bitch' was something above the level of disrespect… She needs to be more self-aware of her status!
What if, because of her words, a political war broke out!? Lots of vampires were going to die because of her decision! That was Sasha and Ruby's concern.
As Ruby, Sasha, and Violet talked, Victor spoke:
"Princess, have you ever heard a Chinese proverb that said: because of a nail, the shoe was lost; because of the horse, the message was lost; because of the message, the war was lost."
"...I've never heard of it." Elizabeth continued to speak as her eyes slowly turned to violet.
"The lesson this proverb teaches is quite simple to understand…." As he stroked Ophis' head, Victor looked up at Elizabeth with a small innocent smile on his face:
"Because of a mistake made by someone, an entire war was lost... Everything is connected. So remember, it only takes one small mistake for an entire empire to fall to ruin."
"..." Elizabeth felt her whole body go cold when she heard Victor's words:
"Is this a threat?"
"Threat? Pfff... That's just advice coming from someone who learned from the best teacher in the world."
"..." Scathach exhibited a small smile when she heard Victor's words, she didn't have time to teach Victor much. Still, one thing she made sure to teach was the mentality of a warrior who goes to war. After six months of intense torture and with a disciple willing to learn, can work miracles...
"..." Elizabeth was silent, "I see... I will remember this."
Then she turns her face away and looks at Scathach, Ruby, and Sasha:
"What is your relationship with them?"
"They are my wives." He replied.
"...W-Wh?" She thought for a moment that she was deaf.
He pointed to Scathach, "She's my mother-in-law and my teacher."
"Hi~, I'm his mother-in-law~" She spoke with a gentle smile as she waved her hand.
"…" Elizabeth didn't know how to react when she saw Scathach playing.
He pointed to the three sisters, "Those are my friends over there. Oh, you can exclude Siena; she's not my friend at all."Pfft." Pepper almost started to laugh but stopped when she saw Siena's gaze.
Lacus shook her head when she saw her sister's attitude.
"That one is my maid." He pointed at Yuki.
"..." Yuki made a simple gesture of respect.
He looked at Maria and flashed a small smile as if he understood something, "She's Sasha's maid."
"..." Maria repeated Yuki's gesture.
Victor looks at the guards, who still have ice spikes at their throats, and ignores the men.
"T-Three...?" Elizabeth tries to process everything she has heard, 'he is married to two heiresses of houses with the title of count, and a former heir to the title of count... And he is the disciple of Scathach!?'
Elizabeth was speechless. If he were just Scathach's disciple, she wouldn't mind. After all, the millennia-old woman has many disciples. But he's married to this crazy woman's heiress too!?
"Kakakaka, she broke completely." Scathach chuckled when he saw Elizabeth's expression.
"Are you sure about telling the princess about your relationship with these women?"
"Do I look like I care? It's not like it's a secret."
"Kakakaka, you're right."
Remembering something he wanted to talk to her, Victor said, "Scathach, don't overdo it."
"Hmm? What do you mean?"
"Don't eliminate the rats, just torture them."
"Oh? Do you know?"
Victor just pointed to his eyes.
"...This is a very convenient skill."
"Indeed."
"Why don't you want me to eliminate the rats?"
"It's a waste."
"Waste?"
"Yeah… If they're dead, we can't fight them. Why didn't you kidnap them and use them as a training puppet for your daughters? After all, they are strong."
"..." Scathach looked at Victor as if she were looking at a genius:
"Fuck, why didn't I ever think about it?" She puts her hand to her forehead in disbelief.
"You're very overprotective, I love that about you, but you need to let your daughters train a little," Victor commented casually. He also wanted to fight those men she eliminated.
"..." Scathach looked at Victor with a neutral expression, 'Did he really not understand what he just said?'
"ZzzzzzZZzzz"
"Hmm?" Victor looked at his chest, "Did she sleep?"
"...I think you will become a good father in the future," Scathach commented, and for a few seconds, her green eyes sparkled a little, she was clearly planning something.
"…" Elizabeth stops thinking bullshit and looks at Ophis, and, seeing Ophis sleeping peacefully on a stranger's chest, the only thing she can think of seeing Ophis' current state is; 'I hope the father doesn't see this, he's going to freak out.'
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Suddenly everyone heard the voice of the advertiser.
"The game between Clan Rider and Clan Horseman is about to begin!"
"Finally..." Victor said he hoped to see something interesting.
Hearing the advertiser's voice, the women stopped what they were doing and looked out into the arena.
Everyone, including the audience, was soon able to see four individuals walking towards the middle of the arena.
"That's my aunt."
"Oh?" Victor looked at the woman who was walking towards the middle of the arena. He could feel that this was the same woman who was in the VIP room a little way away from him.
The woman had long blonde hair and blue eyes, she was wearing a long elegant black dress, she had a gentle smile on her face as she walked towards the center.
Victor examines the woman up and down and then looks at Sasha. Then, seeing the obvious differences in the chest, legs, and ass areas, he asked with genuine curiosity:
"Is she really your aunt?" He couldn't help asking that question. The woman was just very different from Sasha, and the only things alike were her hair and blue eyes.
"Yeah, she's a lot like my mom as usual..." Sasha replied as she looked at her aunt.
"..." Victor was speechless:
"…Genes are an unfair thing sometimes." He spoke in a low voice…
"What are you looking at, Darling?" Ruby asked with narrowed eyes.
"I was just admiring how beautiful my wives are." He smiled.
"...." Ruby was a little embarrassed, but she was getting used to her husband's charm, she won't fall so easy!
Victor flashed a small smile and snapped his fingers, and then soon, three more ice thrones were created beside him.
"Feel free." He pointed to the thrones.
Sasha, who was closest to Victor, sat next to him, Violet sat next to Sasha, and Ruby sat next to Violet.
"Kakakaka, they complain so much, and in the end, they did the same thing." Scathach laughed.
Victor exhibited a small smile and stroked Ophis' hair, who was sleeping on his chest, then he looked at the arena again. He saw that a rather tall man was heading towards the center of the arena.
The game was starting...