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Chapter 329: Fulger Sisters.
Rumble, Rumble.
Lightning struck in front of Clan Fulger's mansion, and soon a woman could be seen standing where the lightning struck.
The woman had long golden hair, blood-red eyes, and was wearing a rather luxurious black dress. The dress mainly consisted of black, but for the more observant beings, you could see details of red on the choker she was wearing and on the dress itself.
After Victor accepted her, Natashia began wearing clothing colors that matched the usual clothes that Victor always wore, which were burgundy, red, and black.
The reason for this? Not even she knew, she just felt satisfied like that.
She wanted to feel closer to Victor. She wanted to be closer to him than anyone else, and if possible, she wanted to share her existence with him or be in his shadow like Kaguya.
She wanted more, more, more, more.
And maybe because of the desire she'd always had, and that had only grown stronger after Victor accepted her, she'd sought out clothing colors that matched the man himself.
Her level of possessiveness and love could easily break any gauge designed to measure that kind of energy.
She easily passed over 9000 love powers.
Natashia looked at her mansion and took a step, quickly disappearing and reappearing in her sister's room, who was still sleeping.
Looking at the woman who was almost a copy of herself with minor differences, like how Victoria seemed to have a more 'gentle' face, she acted perfectly like a noble and rarely lost control like Natashia herself,
Natashia approached her sister's bed, took a nearby chair, sat next to her sister's bed, and gently, as if she was a loving mother, began to stroke her sister's head.
"Daughter, protect your little sister. In a society that values power, she needs more time to develop."
Natashia thought about the words of her mother, Carmila Fulger.
From when Victoria was born, Carmila had a special place in her heart for Victoria.
Unlike many stories where the child was rejected for being useless, this didn't happen here for just one reason.
Natashia herself.
She was born talented, and therefore, Carmila had her heir, so when her second daughter was born sometime later, she wasn't upset that she didn't inherit the power of lightning.
But that changed when the sisters' mother died...
Victoria was an unusual case even in Vampire society. After all, it didn't matter if you had talent or not, a power would definitely be passed on to the next generation even if the individual didn't have an absurd talent. In theory, that individual should inherit some kind of power.
For example, even if Victoria wasn't born with a strong lightning power, she should have inherited a small part of lightning's power, and in theory, she should be able to create small sparks even if she couldn't use lightning to its full potential like Natashia.
'Mother, looks like I failed to protect my little sister too, huh...' Because of a state of weakness she fell into in the past, she ended up missing most of her daughter's development and almost lost everything her family had built.
Sigh.
Natashia sighed a little and tried not to think about it. After all, chasing the past was like becoming a museum, and she was not planning to be one.
"Little sister, wake up. We have work to do."
"..." Victoria's eyes flickered a little, and slowly she opened her eyes.
"Natashia…?" She looked at her sister with a sleepy face.
"Wake up, sis." She continued stroking Victoria's head.
"...Give me 5 minutes...Maybe five years..." She turned over and went back to sleep.
"..." Natashia looked at her sister, a little surprised that she was acting so spoiled.
'Where is the woman who hardly slept and worked non-stop? Was my sister kidnapped? Who is this person lying here? She is suspicious...'
Natashia thought a little about what she should do, and soon a big smile appeared on her face. She had the smile of someone who was planning something bad.
"Little Sister, if you don't wake up now, you will become a grandmother."
"!!!" Victoria opened her eyes, and her eyes were glowing blood-red:
"What do you mean?" She suspected this was her sister's trap, considering that her sister always liked to tease her!
"As I was walking into this room, I heard moans coming from your son's room… Congratulations, you're going to be a grandmother!" She spoke as if she was very happy for her little sister.
"..." Victoria sat up in bed and looked towards her son's room.
Focusing her supernatural hearing on that spot, she heard something:
"Ahh~, Tatsuya, you're really good-." She quickly stopped listening, and her face went completely dark.
"Hecate, you bitch... I didn't hire you to have sex with my son..." She growled with a crazy expression.
"..." Natashia looked at her sister with shock visible on her face, the face her sister was making now was a face very similar to Violet's.
'Is she possessive of her son? That boy is fucked! Hahahaha~' Natashia pitied Tatsuya's fate of having a possessive mother. Usually, men who had mothers like that would only get married after a long time.
'...Wait, is he really doing inappropriate things?' Natashia wasn't curious enough to hear the groan of anyone other than her husband, and because of that, she just ignored it.
Seeing Victoria's face grow more lifeless, Natashia nodded in satisfaction; 'As expected, our mother's genes run through our veins! I always wondered why my sister wasn't like me, and the reason for that was because she hadn't found her 'treasure' yet.
Victoria got up from the bed, ran towards Tatsuya's room with supernatural speed, quickly kicked in the door, and saw her son...
He was mounted on top of a Hecate who was lying on her back.
"What are you doing?"
"Hecate asked me to massage her." Tatsuya replied in a neutral tone as he went back to massaging her.
"...." Natashia looked at this strange situation. She knew that her child was denser than a black hole itself, she also knew a woman in love when she saw one, and Hecate was definitely not a woman like that.
After all, she was a Witch, so she preferred money and ingredients that could help her research.
"…Anyway, Mother. Why did you break into my room with a kick?"
"I was practicing how to become a special forces woman." She spoke with a convincing face.
"...Oh..." Tatsuya honestly didn't know how to react to that strange answer.
"Anyway, I have work to do." Victoria turned and walked out of the room.
"Control your moans, Hecate. I don't want the servants to create any more strange rumors."
"... Eh? Yes, Lady Victoria." Hecate blushed a little when she heard what Victoria said. She wasn't moaning loudly on purpose and just wanted to tease the boy a little.
...
Victoria appeared in the office, and soon she saw her sister, who was reading some files while singing some music in a steady rhythm.
"HmmmHmmmHmmm."
It was quite obvious that she was happy, her aura was radiant, and the office environment seemed to be a beautiful warm spring, a very relaxing feeling.
'Since my sister met that man, she's gone through big changes, but this is the first time I've seen such a big change... Just what happened?' Victoria gave some thought to the things that might have caused such big changes in her sister.
"Oh, you're back, little sister."
"Have you finally managed to swallow that man inside you?" Victoria asked curiously.
"Can I expect that I will have another niece or nephew soon?" She continued with a sly smile on her face.
"Unfortunately, I couldn't swallow him, but..." Slowly Natashia's expression began to change, "He accepted me."
"...Oh..." Victoria was taken aback by Natashia's gentle smile.
The pink atmosphere in the room exploded, and Victoria felt like she was in a completely different world.
'For her feelings to be so strong that it could cause these visions for me... This is ridiculous... But..."
"I'm happy for you, Sis." She flashed a small smile.
She understood very well the feeling her sister was having, as she had the same feeling when she'd met Tatsuya's father.
"... Thanks." Natashia laughed a little.
She placed the document she'd been reading on the table and took a seat in the chair intended for the leader of Clan Fulger.
"Now that our Clan is stable thanks to our efforts and my husband's little help," Her whole atmosphere changed and became more serious.
"It's time to lay down the plan to regain our full influence in this territory. I won't be satisfied until I monopolize all trade in this territory as it was in the past."
"…A trade you lost." Victoria couldn't help but point out.
"Ugh... She's not me... I mean, she is me, but she's not me at the same time." Natashia pouted, she didn't want to look for excuses, but essentially this whole situation was the fault of her other personality.
"... I know." Victoria flashed a small smile, "Because of your other personality, we created a Backup plan if you suddenly went crazy and changed your personality again."
"Yes... That will never happen again... But it doesn't hurt to have an emergency plan." Natashia herself didn't know what that plan was. She did it on purpose, considering that whatever knowledge Natashia knows, her other personality would also know.
Because of that, she left the entire plan in the hands of her trusted younger sister.
'I'll still find a way to kill that bitch...' Natashia didn't want to risk reverting to her old self and Victor hating her because of it.
She knew he was not so mean as to blame her for something she didn't do, but even if she trusted Victor, she wanted to make sure that woman never took control of her body again.
Sigh...
Natashia sighed, she knew that Natasha was essentially a personality created due to her past weaknesses.
But it was no use complaining about spilled milk. She just wasn't in her good times in the past.
'It's been a long time since I felt as calm as I do now...'
"What is your plan?"
Natashia woke up from her thoughts and looked at her sister:
"We will use your little monster."
"My business?"
"Yes, you will buy all our rivals' properties."
"…will they accept it?"
"They don't have a choice." Natashia's smile distorted:
"Remember that the authority of a Vampire count is equivalent to that of a King of a country in their territory."
"But… What about our reputation? And is it okay for you to give me that much power?"
"Of course, I trust you with my life." Natashia displayed a gentle smile, she didn't even have to think about that answer.
From the beginning, she always trusted her sister, but due to her own problems, she neglected her sister after her mother's death.
'I wasn't in a good state of mind at the time…' She felt like sighing as she thought about the past.
"...." Victoria opened her eyes wide when she heard what her sister said.
"I- I see..." She stuttered a little, and her face turned a little red as tears of happiness threatened to fall down her face, but she was very good at controlling her feelings, don't underestimate a businesswoman.
"About our reputation... I have a method." Natashia tapped the table in a steady rhythm.
"We will create a rival shell company, we will make an 'orange' as the CEO of this company, and this company will start threatening our rival merchants. These men in the future will have no choice but to sell their company to us for their company to survive."
"...." Victoria thought about it a little and said:
"It can be done, although it will take a little time if we use this 'orange' as a weapon and give it resources that can compete in the market... But it will take a long time." She emphasized this point twice.
"I know, this is the longest method, but it will ensure that our reputation doesn't get worse than it already is. If we use it well, we might even improve our reputation."
"... Hmm... How about using the demonic beast?" Victoria spoke after some thought.
"…Huh?"
"You are strong, Sis. You can take the demon beasts around our territory and tame them... Then, when you have full control of the beasts, you make the beasts attack our territory." Victoria remembered that her sister did this a lot in the past. She'd beat the demonic beasts so much that the animals started to fear her.
"The demon beasts will invade our territory and 'conveniently' destroy our rivals' bases. After which, you appear as a 'heroine' and save the day by killing the beasts and 'help' the merchants by giving money to help rebuild their bases. Of course, the interest will be a little high... And in case they don't pay the debt, we will put a clause that they must use their company as collateral." She explained everything in a single breath while making a neutral smile.
Seeing her sister's face of disbelief, Victoria thought she was not satisfied, and she elaborated further on her plan:
"Of course, there is a possibility that they will pay the debts. After all, Noble Vampires were rich, especially those men who had spent a long time accumulating resources, but we will ensure that they may never be able to pay this debt... help the Snow Clan and prevent them from taking blood from the human world, in doing so their food manufacturing will stop for a while.
"Long enough for them to get bogged down in debt, and we've swallowed the whole territory again."
"......." Natashia was speechless as she listened to her sister's explanation.
"Of course, there are other options too. If you want to hear them, I can explain." Victoria laughed when she saw her sister's face, which changed from disbelief to pride.
"… Hmm… I mean, why are you going to ask the Snow Clan for help?" She made a strange expression.
"Well, duh. You were accepted by that man. Therefore, you will become his wife in the future, and your 'sister' who shares the same man with you is the heir to the Snow Clan."
"…Oh… It is crazy that somehow makes sense." Natashia sighed.
"Of course it does... She is your sister, she will help you." Victoria laughed.
'To be honest, I don't know about that… Normally, when a man has multiple wives, the wives can't get along… I just have to bet that my sister's relationship with that man's wives is good enough for the other women to help us.'
Natashia thinks for a moment and replies, "We will leave this as a last resort, name all the options that do not harm our reputation, and I will decide after listening to everyone." If possible, Natashia wanted to solve this problem herself and didn't want to involve her other 'sisters'.
It was also a way of proving to her husband that she was a good clan leader and a good woman.
"Sure." Victoria soon continued to explain the options to her sister.
