Chapter 34: Lenka

　　Edward set a large Old Empire gold coin worth 200 Constantine gold coins on the table and said, "Here's a large gold coin, put it here for now."

　　The black market merchant wanted to go get it, but the noble gentleman pressed the hilt of his sword against the gold coin: "When I'm sure this bottle of medicine will work, I'll naturally let you take it."

　　He randomly selected several tablets from the vial and tried several times to either scrape or cut them, finally making sure that the vial was the real deal.

　　He released the hilt of his sword that was pressing on the gold coin, and the merchant picked it up, then asked, "Other goods, don't you want them?"

　　"Don't."

　　The man then quickly gathered up his things and then turned around to leave.

　　Instead, your son called out to him, "Hey, you..."

　　"What?" The man stared back at Edward.

　　"You're a vampire, aren't you?"

　　"So what if it is? You hunters, do you kill even non-hostile Bloods?"

　　".... Won't. Speaking of which, without knowing your name, how will we contact you if we want to buy potions again in the future?"

　　The merchant thought for a moment and said, "My name is Hanks, and I'll be back here occasionally in the future, so if you want to trade, write a note and put it on the back of the door with a nail."

　　"Got it, see you later, Hanks."

　　"Hmph, see you later, vampire hunter."

　　After Hanks left, Hector and Edward also left the mansion.

　　Being able to buy blood medicine tablets at such a low price was a pleasant surprise.

　　But on the way back to the guild, Chief Hector wasn't too happy.

　　"Kayne, how did you figure out he was a vampire?"

　　"Guess."

　　The chief administrator nodded, it was actually quite a good guess for this kind of thing, the upstream suppliers that had connections with the Jounin Empire were mostly vampires.

　　"But, Kayne, there's a rule in our hunter business."

　　"What?"

　　"When you see a vampire, you have to kill it."

　　"How can that be, we can't kill Master Baldwin, can we?"

　　"The Guildmaster is an exception to the rule, but we must kill any vampire that is unfamiliar to us."

　　Edward was a bit surprised, "But if we kill that merchant just now, then what's the difference between us and the bandits?"

　　"So, we have another rule."

　　"Oh?"

　　"If you don't want to kill some vampire and the other person isn't hostile, then treat him like a human and don't say anything about him being a vampire."

　　"Uh, wouldn't that be fooling yourself?"

　　"It's really self-defeating if you really want to say it, but there must be a reason why this rule would be passed down."

　　".... Okay, I'll keep that in mind."

　　Edward knows that many industries have some seemingly ridiculous rules. But in fact, many rules are really summarized by the predecessors of this industry with blood and tears.

　　In fact, he vaguely sensed the significance of the rule.

　　Humans and vampires, have an unshakable hatred, and hunters who see vampires as prey are even more unlikely to coexist peacefully with them.

　　Hunters recognize that vampires are inhuman, bloodthirsty monsters, so they can kill vampires without legal or psychological burdens. This is the basic of the vampire hunter's profession to be able to stand.

　　Therefore, even if we delude ourselves into thinking of vampires as human beings, we have to maintain the view that "vampires are all bloodthirsty monsters", otherwise the foundation of the profession will be shaken.

　　Since this incident, although many hunters knew about the fact that Master Baldwin had turned into a vampire, but knowing that, they still regarded Baldwin as a human in their inner mind.

　　If one recognizes that the Master has turned into a vampire, one must have the awareness that one will definitely make an enemy of the Master and will eventually fight to the death.

　　In fact, in the end, it's also the fact that the logic system of this world is not sound enough.

　　The hunters don't know the principle of "problem solving".

　　But after thinking these things through, Edward also understood the painstaking efforts of Chief Steward Hite, and he was still very grateful to the Chief Steward.

　　Soon, the duo arrived at Secret Silver Street, and a few more steps brought them to the guild gates.

　　"That's right Chief Steward, I don't have any books to read these days, so you go back first, I'll go to 'Ancient Literature' to buy a few books."

　　"Good." Chief Hector still had a lot of things to take care of, so he returned to the guild on his own.

　　Edward turned around and headed for the Ancient Literature bookstore.

　　However it didn't go far before a woman in a cloak stopped him.

　　"Excuse me, are you Kayne the Vampire Slayer?"

　　The woman covered half of her face with the hood on her cloak, revealing only a small, cute nose and full lips.

　　"Yes, what did you want to see me about?"

　　Seeing that Edward had acknowledged her identity, the woman lifted her hood to reveal a very sweet and lovely face and long, curly, pale blonde hair.

　　But it was the two long, pointed elfin ears that the long hair couldn't cover that caught the eye the most.

　　"My name is Lenka, and I would like to ask you a question about the cause of my sister's death."

　　"Eh?"

　　Edward couldn't help but be a little confused.

　　"Please... Take a moment to speak."

　　After a while, he was led by Rinka to a tavern not far from the "Stigmata Skin" guild.

　　The two men found a secluded table and sat down facing each other.

　　"My sister is called Renshi, a singer-songwriter who left her home at a very young age and came to Constantine, and a while ago we suddenly received news of her death."

　　"I'm sorry, but I don't know this Renshi-sama."

　　"I inquired at the Knights here earlier, and heard that you had found your sister's remains."

　　Your son froze for a moment before remembering that he had found the bodies of several assassins earlier with Chief Hector and Lei Lei.

　　Among them were Elvish women.

　　"Uh, this Renzumi-sama you speak of, does she have a part-time job other than being a singer-songwriter?"

　　Lenka cocked her head for a moment, her face flushed red, and she said with an angry look on her face:

　　"It won't! My sister is not like that! You humans are so annoying, why do you always have such strange associations with us elves? I really can't stand you short-lived races, all you think about is reproduction..."

　　"I mean, has Renzumi-sama ever moonlighted as an assassin?"

　　Lenka froze, and after a long time stumbled, "Assassin .... Assassin? I don't know... Sister she's very good at archery .... Oooh .... Not that kind of part-time job?"

　　Edward really wanted to roll his eyes and ask, "Sister do you want some decontamination powder?"

　　Nevertheless, as an honorable and passionate gentleman, he said in all seriousness, "I don't know what you're misunderstanding, but if it was the elven female I found, she was indeed dressed as an assassin at the time of her death. Can you describe the general features of the sister?"

　　"Ah yes, sis she's probably ...."

　　After some specific descriptions, Edward determined that the sister the elfin girl was talking about was the female assassin.