The city of Kings.

AUTHORS NOTE: UNEDITED CHAPTER

Aidris pov:

" How long do you intend to keep watching from the shadows?"

Aidris eyebrow shut up upon hearing her question. He thought he had concealed himself thoroughly, For the first time in his long life, someone has been able to detect his presence while cloaking himself with the shadow.

Since he has been found out by her, there was absolutely no need for him to keep hiding, so he revealed his presence.

"Hnm, how are you able to see and detect my presence weak vampire?"

Not liking the fact of being called a weakling, Elena stared daggers at Aidris. "Well, going by the fact that a high and mighty vampire God like yourself is unable to conceal his presence from a weak vampire, then I guess the real weakling here is you and not me."

"Audacious, you must be courting death." Aidris said with clenched teeth and his aura leaking out for the first time without control. the entire apartment threatening to collapse under his strong killing intent.

Noticing that the other party could end her life with a snap of his finger, Elena swallowed hard before apologising.

"If you're done here, you may go." Shaking her head in disagreement, Elena clenched her hands before responding. "I wish to learn the way of the shadows from you."

I do not teach weaklings, especially not someone with a smart mouth like you. Fully expecting the rejection, Elena decided she wouldn't take no for an answer.

In the meantime, she would go back to the castle before Alacad notices her absence. before leaving, she asked. " may I know the name of the one who saved my life?"

Aidris ignored her all together before taking a seat . noticing he had no intention of telling her his name, Elena sighed, brought out a piece of paper, and a pen wrote her name and left it on the bed.

Blaze has been activated. the next moment, she blazed out of the room, leaving behind dust and after image as she made her way to the castle.

The next couple of days passed by rather quickly, with Elena visiting Aidris residence over and over again. she had finally got him to losen up a bit around her. At least she now knew his name.

She had also spent her spare time with Lydia, Zareth, Emiera, and Aruh. sparring with them and also planning their future together.

It was finally the coronation ceremony day, and Arwin had finally arrived in the castle with Lord Antoine.

present in the castle were the other Lords and vampire nobles. Alacad had asked the maids to dress Elena up in a traditional vampire attire one only royalty were allowed to wear.

At this point, she was walking side by side with him to the teleportation room, where the other nobles were waiting patiently for them.

Elena had asked several times where they were heading to, but Alacad insisted It was a surprise. upon arrival, every single vampire nobles present in the teleportation room all dropped on one kneel before saying in unison. "Paying respect to the King, Long may you reign."

Alacad nodded slightly before saying, "Rise." With that, he stepped into the teleportation portal with elena, and the other Lords and vampire nobles followed behind them.

while the vampire Lords made use of the teleporter in Alacad castle, the simple citizens were using the giant teleportation stop elena had noticed in the city some days back that was still under construction at the time.

The citizens were all surprised to see the giant sign at their arrival port stating, " WELCOME TO THE CITY OF KINGS."

while leaving the third kingdom, no one knew where the teleporter led to. Everyone was simply obeying the degree of their new king, which was for all them to go through the portal.

Apparently, Alacad had created a new city from scratch, a city that will serve as the new capital of zastlevania.

From this city, he will rule over Zastlevania while also creating an opportunity for a new Lord/Lady to take over the third kingdom.

The ones who oversee the entire coronation were the Lords, the all stepped forward one after the other and gave a short speech why electing a new king was the best way for the vampires to achieve greater heights.

Following which, An announcement was made that before the king will be crowned, all seven Lord from the seven kingdoms are required to drop their blood on the King's crown as a symbol of unity and acknowledgement from the seven kingdoms.

[Chatter. Chatter]

those below began murmuring. Sitting on the stage above was Alacad in a Lofty throne. Next to him was Elena. Three chairs from her left were occupied by three of the Lords. The other three chairs to Alacad's right-hand side were occupied by the other three lords.

At this point, the citizens realised that all together, eight vampires were sitting on the elevated platform.

the question on their mind was the identity of the vampire girl that was sitting close to Their new king. some believed she was the new Lady of the third kingdom, while others believed she was to become Alacad's queen.

[chatter. chatter]

The murmuring continued once more. seeing this, the one making the announcement quickly continued.

"As we all know, choosing a new lord/lady is a very serious affair. one that isn't taking lightly. Our new king has instructed that the new lord/ lady of the third kingdom will be elected by trial today.

A list of suitable candidates has been compiled by the noble families of the third kingdom. Those who will be undergoing this trial today are

1. Austin

2. Elena

3. Raden

4. Kyle

these are the ones with the purest bloodline of Lord Dracula. the announcer said.

[chatter. Chatter]

Everyone was talking about the lady in the midst of the male vampires. It was common knowledge in the entire 7 kingdoms about who the three other vampires were. Not only have they been present in social gatherings of the vampires over the years, but it was also very normal for vampires to know the look, name, and achievement of every vampire nobles.

Not only were 90% of the vampire in attendance unable to identify Elena, but they were also sure they've never seen her before in any social gathering.

In fact, the only ones who knew her were the students of Z.W.A. the guards and maid in the castle, as well as Lord Antoine and the teachers of Z.W.A.

Everyone had their own thoughts about the mysterious vampire girl. Alacad, on the other hand, was enjoying the attention elena was getting.

If everything goes as planned, Elena would become the Lady of the third kingdom, and she'll become just another pawn in his grand plan.

Seeing the Lady on the platform, Aidris eyes lit up as he chuckled lightly, who would have thought the weakling would be someone of great importance.

At this point, the lead instructor Gerald finally understood why he was unable to dig out anything about Elena, back in zastlevania Warriors Academy. turns out she was a noble from the third kingdom.

While everyone was having their own thoughts, Dracula voice sounded in Elena's head, Later on, you should be careful around that Raden guy. Not only has he surpassed the mage Rank, but he's in the second level of the Draconic Vampire rank.

And I'm sensing the same dark energy that was present in that Sammy kid from him. Hearing Dracula mention Sammy and the strange dark energy, elena quickly looked over at where Raden was standing.

To her surprise, the latter was also looking at her. When both of their eyes met, he smirked coldly.

this simple gesture sent shivers down her spine.