In the novel, Chase became close to both Nero and Anastasia during the Mock War.
Although he started seeing Nero as a love rival not soon after the Mock War ended, he still considered him a close friend.
By the current point in the novel, they had become good friends. So even when the whole class was shunning Nero, Chase sat with him.
So in the story, when Yelena asked Nero to choose a destination for the class trip, Chase helped Nero by giving him a city name he wanted to visit.
However, in this world, Chase never got closer to Nero since I interfered with the plot. Although I earned some Edit Points from it, now Nero is all alone.
This means there's no one who'll convince him to name a city for our trip, as he has no interest in things such as vacations.
However, I really need to visit the same city they visited in the novel. I need this class trip to head exactly where it was headed in the story.
And so, to make it possible, I sent Nero some texts. I asked him for a favor.
I asked him to name Silveserine City, the Silver City of Elves, as the destination for our class trip. And just as I had wanted, he complied with my request.
If he had ignored my text and given up his right to choose, I would've begged Amelia to ask Anastasia to name Silveserine City.
So yeah… Fortunately, I managed to save some of my dignity.
Hmm?
Why do I want to visit Silveserine City this badly, you infer?
The answer lies in the fact that a former member of the Seven Abyssal Vampire Kings is currently in hiding there.
Although that Vampire King was a woman, in the novel, she was still referred to as the former Abyssal Vampire 'King' and not Queen. I don't know why.
Anyway, moving on to the point, Vampire King is hiding there and in her possession lies something that I desire.
She has a mythical beast egg with her.
My plan from here on out is simple. I will go visit the Silveserine City, track down the Vampire King somehow, and kill her before I snatch the beast egg from her.
Now, let me tell you one thing: Abyssal Vampire Kings are strong.
They are the seven supreme rulers of the Vampires and their strength is only second to one– the Vampire Monarch.
The objective of these Vampire Kings is to somehow awaken their Vampire Monarch, who's still in his cocoon.
Yes, Vampires are born from cocoons.
I-I will give you a lesson about their life cycle some other time. For now, let's get to the point.
In order to awaken the Vampire Monarch, the vampire species must nourish them with living beings that possess mana - whether they be Elves, Dwarves, Humans, or even other vampires.
The amount of energy provided to the Vampire Monarch increases with the mana core ranking of the organism.
Simply put, the higher their mana core's ranking, the more nourishment they'll provide to the Vampire Monarch.
In some cases, vampires resort to abducting children with high mana core potential from the Northern Continent and raising them specifically to serve as perfect nourishment for the Vampire Monarch.
This is because children with high mana core potential grow up to become threats to the vampires, and it's difficult to subdue them and take them to the Monarch without killing them.
When a person is killed, their mana core breaks and the mana inside them disappears. After that, they are just a lump of rotting meat to the vampires.
Therefore, subduing children with high potential but no strength is much easier than fighting them when they have grown up and cultivated enough strength to match their potential.
From time to time, other Vampires may try to steal the high-quality 'food' meant for the Monarch's nourishment.
However, doing so is a capital offense that carries the penalty of death among their kind.
So when a certain Abyssal Vampire King committed the very same offense, she was sentenced to death.
However, since she was one of the strongest individuals of her kind, killing her proved to be challenging.
In the end, the Abyssal Vampire King fled with one of the high-quality 'nourishment materials.'
She managed to slip under the Union Military's border, severely injured and weakened.
She changed her appearance and hid in the Silver City of Elves, Silveserine.
After a year, the other Abyssal Vampire Kings dispatched an assassin to find and eliminate her.
The assassin tracked his target and trailed her to Silveserine City.
Coincidentally, Nero and his class were also on a Class Trip there at that time.
As fate would have it, their paths crossed and some of the cadets discovered the assassin's identity.
Class 1-A-1 engaged in a fight with the assassin, but unfortunately, many of them were killed before Nero was finally able to defeat him.
That day, along with those brave cadets, hundreds of civilians were also butchered, and countless homes were lost.
It was a tragedy…
The Tragedy of Silveserine City.
But that wasn't the end of it.
Since the assassin was killed by the Global Academy's cadets, the former Vampire King who was in hiding lived.
In volume 3 of the novel, all her injuries were recovered and her strength was regained.
However, for some unknown reason, she lost her mind. She came out of hiding and went on a massacre, killing hundreds of thousands of people.
She repeated the Tragedy of Silveserine, but this time, it was much, MUCH worse.
Following that incident, the Central Continent wasn't able to recover in time and Spider took advantage of it.
They waged a war of rebellion against the Central Government, worsening the situation even further.
Chaos is what came after that.
Needless to say, I can't let that happen. If what happens in the novel is to be repeated, then it will be disastrous for my survival.
So, I have two objectives here.
I'll kill the deserted Vampire King now when she's severely injured and weakened.
I'll take the mythical egg in her possession.
And then, I'll run the fuck away.
…What?
You don't expect me to fight the assassin and save the cadets who died in the story, do you?
Yeah, thanks but no thanks.
As far as I'm concerned, my safety is my first priority. I won't endanger myself for some strangers. Better them than me.
Besides, I'm sure Nero will handle everything on his own perfectly fine.
"Fuuu," letting out a deep breath, I slipped inside a black deep-neck t-shirt. "Next three days are going to be rough."
After combing my hair and putting on the most expensive watch from my collection, I looked in the mirror.
Damn, I was handsome.
Even though I dressed in some casual clothes - blue jeans, black tee, and a red shirt on top - damn, I looked hot!
I couldn't help but admire myself for a minute. Ahh, if only I had this face back on my Earth, I could've been a model!
"Heh~" only after I was done appreciating my handsomeness did I whisper out loud, "Status."
Suddenly a translucent blue screen appeared in my vision and I scrolled down to see my Edit Points.
===Status===
Edit Points→ 1,978
After interfering with the plot countless times now, I have accumulated a large sum of Edit Points.
Nodding in satisfaction, I slung a traveling bag over my shoulder and got going.
I've done my preparations for the Class Trip. It's time to go now.
I'm ready for the second arc– The Tragedy of Silveserine.
