Chapter 33.2: Vampire (2)
I looked down at the top of the girl’s head, dangling from my arms and eating frantically, feeling a little awkward.
…But is okay?
Wasn’t she eating longer than one would normally do?
It should be okay since I had super regeneration.
“…Fah.”
Soon, exhaling a full breath, the girl opened her mouth.
And later, she looked at me with a look of embarrassment and said;
“I’m sorry…”
“It’s fine.”
I wiped the blood off my arm and checked it. The wounds quickly regenerated and disappeared without a trace.
After that, I could have a normal conversation with the girl as if her boundaries had been lifted.
The girl’s name was Rudica.
She was a vampire from a place far north of Calderic, not from Elrod Forest.
The reason she ended up being a slave was like this.
“There was a fight between the tribes. The bad tribe killed our tribe and took over our homes.”
Because she was young, her vocabulary was poor, but I could understand it enough.
So, there was a war between the vampire tribes living in the mountains, and the tribe she belonged to was defeated and pushed out.
And those who barely survived scattered and left the mountain range, and Rudica’s group was said to have wandered around in search of another home and encountered slave traders.
“Humans said adult are annoying and killed them all. My mom and dad too. And they caught me and my sister.”
“…”
The humans they encountered were probably the slave hunters of Valkilov.
They probably thought they couldn’t control adult vampires because they use blood magic, so they must have killed all of them.
Vampires, elves, beastmen, etc., regardless of race, finding and capturing a few tribes living in nature, away from the world, was the best way to get slaves.
It’s nothing new, but it’s an annoying story just listening to it.
…But wait, a sister?
That meant she wasn’t alone and had a sister.
Rudica’s words continued.
“My sister was caught trying to protect me, and I was hiding and then caught.”
“Right.”
“Hey, humans keep saying something about an auction, and they said they moved my sister there first. My sister is probably at an auction.”
Rudica said in an urgent tone.
From what she was saying, she didn’t even understand what an auction was.
I became apprehensive inside as I looked into her earnest eyes.
Is she asking for help…?
Rudica continued to say, crying.
“C-can’t we get help from other vampires from the place called Elrod Forest? I have to save my sister. She was trying to save me…”
Now that I see it, this was the reason she reacted when she heard that there was another vampire tribe in Elrod Forest. It was, of course, an absurd idea.
I was silent for a moment, then nodded.
“Don’t worry, I’ll save your sister too.”
Rudica’s face brightened at that.
“Thank you! Thank you so much…”
…I said nothing, but the situation seemed to be troublesome.
However, her sister was still imprisoned, so I couldn’t take her alone to Elrod Forest.
Let’s go to the city of Domihawk for now.
I had an invitation to the auction.
First, I went to the city of Domihawk to learn more about the auction, and then decide what to do next.
***
After staying in the city for a day, we headed straight for the city of Domihawk.
It wasn’t far from Cubax, so it didn’t take long by carriage.
Whoops.
While on the move, Rudica continued to eat with my blood.
It’s not that vampires couldn’t eat ordinary food, but she insisted on only my blood because of the taste.
I ate my meal with one hand, with Rudica hanging from one arm.
Baros said, looking at her with distasteful eyes.
“Stop being rude to Lord Ron, vampire, and eat my blood. Do you know who the person you’re drinking blood from is?”
I said it’s fine, but he’s still doing that tenaciously.
Rudica, who opened her mouth, looked at Baros, and shook her head.
“I don’t like it… it smells bad.”
“What?”
At those words, Baros gave a slightly shocked expression.
Vampires had blood that suited their taste and blood that didn’t.
Apparently, elf blood didn’t suit her taste. I guessed she liked human blood more.
…Human.
A thought suddenly came to mind.
Come to think of it, I naturally thought that the race of this body was human, but was that truly the case?
Although Asher did not differ from a human on the outside, she was still not a human, but someone belonging to the White Moon tribe.
There were many other races similar to humans in this world. Couldn’t I be one of those races too?
It doesn’t seem like this body has any special abilities, though…
So, it’s probably true that he’s just a human.
I brushed away all my bitter thoughts and focused on eating again.
After eating, we got back on the carriage and set off.
