London

Chapter-14 London

Humans are the only beings who are amused by the suffering of their fellow men.

Alucard (Hellsing)

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In the dark streets of London, a beautifully decorated black carriage pulled by two red-eyed black horses calmly crossed the street, under the look of fear of the people around.

Above the carriage the red flag with a half-moon symbol in black waved in the wind breeze, announcing the arrival of Duke Scarlet to the whole city.

Inside the carriage, Cain looked behind the window at all the houses and streets with a bothered look on his face. As a vampire, his sense of smell is extremely sensitive and everything in this city smells very unpleasant.

To fool this damn stench, Cain pulled Sakuya into his lap and hugged her the whole trip while closing his eyes enjoying the light heat she emanated with her little body.

A day and a half ago they left the cave and went towards the city of London when they left the forest they found the carriage that Ettore had sent along with a servant and went straight to London although the road is shit, full of holes and mud.

The carriage slowly walked to a magnificent Palace that belonged to one of the members of the British royal family and stopped there waiting for the next orders.

Feeling that the movement of the carriage had ceased, Cain opened his eyes and looked out and saw a magnificent white Palace with a beautiful garden decorated for parties.

Sakuya got up from Cain's lap and started tidying the dented ones in his suit with all the care of the world and when he finished, he showed a satisfied smile and opened the door of the carriage for the two to leave.

When Cain came down from the carriage he was greeted by an old man wearing butler's clothes waiting patiently for him without any complaint.

"It is an honor to stand before such a noble presence as yours, Duke Scarlet. As your arrival was expected in the late afternoon, the parliament is not yet in force, but as you arrived earlier, the parliament of blood will begin immediately. Duke Scarlet, please follow me to the conference hall." The butler spoke in a respectful voice as he bowed deeply to Cain, showing him complete humility as if he were afraid to infuriate Cain.

You can't blame the poor butler for being afraid, the hierarchy of vampires and extremely strict. If there is any sign of offense on the part of the smaller party in question, the larger party has the right to kill the lower ranking vampire and no one can interfere.

"All right, I'll follow you to the conference room," Cain spoke with an elegant smile as he looked deeply into the butler who was a blood slave with a strong irritation in his heart.

Like a duke, Cain must be received by someone of the same rank and not send a mere blood slave to receive one of the most prestigious families in the world.

As he walked ahead, the butler felt his whole body become cold and knew immediately that a pair of bright red eyes were looking at him with strong murderous intent.

Cain followed the blood slave to a five-meter high black door with red details, and as he was about to enter the conference room, he heard something that butler made his heart full of anger.

"Duke, your blood slave is not allowed in, please make her wait here..." The butler stopped talking because he saw a pair of red eyes staring coldly at him, with an intention to kill so strong that he made the butler kneel down on the spot.

"Your words have offended me, slave... she is not a slave of blood who gave her life, in exchange for eternal life. She is my lady of blood when I enter this hall, I want you to kill yourself in front of your master, while you send him a message. Don't you ever dare send a slave to talk like he's the same as me, otherwise... If you don't regret being born into this world." Cain spoke looking coldly at the Butler kneeling on the ground while using one of the most famous vampire skills, mind control.

"Yes, my lord." The butler spoke with his lifeless eyes and walked mechanically towards the five-meter black door and opened the doors showing a beautifully decorated hall with hundreds of thrones lined up in rows.

At the top of the hall were seven thrones of different colors. The butler walked to the seven thrones under the shocked gaze of pureblood vampires and when he arrived in front of the green throne, he spoke the same words that Cain spoke.

"Don't you ever dare send a slave to talk like he's the same as me, otherwise... If you don't regret being born into this world." Hearing the words of the blood slave all the vampires thought they were hearing things. A slave in blood spoke in such an arrogant tone to a duke, that's the same as seeking death.

But the crowd was even more shocked to see the blood slave take a dagger and cut off his own head, which immediately splashed blood on the face of the dark-haired, red-eyed duke.

After that the hall was silent, all the noble vampires now knew that a fight was coming. Why did they see a man in his twenties with long dark blue hair wearing a black suit walking to the seven thrones and sitting on one of the thrones, the red throne of the Scarlet family? Next to the throne, a girl about thirteen years old wearing a maid's outfit was looking at the nobles with the expression of respect.

"I'm sorry Duke Blood Rose, your slave disrespected me so I had to take the plausible steps to resolve this, I apologize if I overreacted," Cain spoke to Edward Blood Rose with an expression full of elegance as he stared coldly at him.