A long, long time ago…
There were many legends about vampires.
Legend has it that they were vicious thugs, monsters who hunted humans and drank human blood for fun.
Legend has it that they were a group of elegant and gorgeous nobles who spent their long years in the deepest of ancient castles.
The powerful vampires were almost immortal beings, and no one can kill a real vampire. But at the end of these legends, they all ended with the victory of humans over vampires…
Because these stories were written by humans! What humans imagined, in their minds, was the perfect ending.
But today, the script was written by a vampire instead.
Lucius once told his sister that he didn't know how many stories about vampires there were. Yet, a large number of them had the same plot, the ancient and powerful vampire count fell in love with a human woman who should have become his food and eventually caused his destruction.
Lucius has never believed these fairy tales, made up by the human.
.....
The Central City, inside the Royal Majesty's bedchamber.
Lucius sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Naiya, who was asleep in the bed.
The alchemical bullets did not nest inside her body, and with her vampire physique, the small wound that tore her abdomen has almost all healed by now. Naiya's potential was far more potent than what Lucius imagined. He felt slightly happy about it, but he couldn't understand why.
Lucius gazed at Naiya, who was sleeping.
As a person who had absorbed the feelings of hundreds of millions of people, Lucius did not figure out what this feeling was.
Because… Lucius had been bored for far too long, maybe because of that…..
Strangely, when Lucius aimed at Naiya and René and pulled the trigger on Naiya, he didn't feel a thing. She was just an ordinary puppet, and the only difference with those blood puppets is that she has her own consciousness.
Killing her became so common in his perception.
But was it really like that?
Lucius was not sure.
Anyway, Lucius was not a sentimental person. Instead of thinking about this, it was better to think about the possible factors in the next plan.
Lucius's hundred years of wisdom were used to kill his targets. Unlike any of those vampire counts, they used it to flirt with chicks.
When his finger was on the trigger, the tyrannical emotion that surged up from his Death River in Lucius's body even almost made Lucius fire a shot on Naiya's forehead to punish this troublesome junior.
But for the sake of the next plan, Lucius scratched that idea. —Yes, everything was for the next plan.
Just under the watchful eyes of Lucius, lying on the bed, Her Imperial Highness finally woke up.
....
Naiya does not know how many times in a row, but every time she woke up from a coma, the person standing by her side was always Lucius...
Only Lucius alone.
Naiya sat up in bed, looked at Lucius, who was at the window, and suddenly opened her mouth faintly and asked.
"Did you… kill her?"
She asked with an icy tone.
A word that she could never utter in front of Lucius, but now...
"Does Your Majesty's guilt still lingers? I have personally set up her grave if you want to mourn for her."
In response to that icy tone voice that Naiya said to him, Lucius instead smiled at Naiya and replied with a smile.
That smile, however, was fake.
Having known Lucius for a long time, Naiya certainly knew what was hidden behind his smile.
"Then what should I do next?" Naiya sat up with no expression. After finding out that her abdomen was wrapped in layer after layer of bandages, she shrugged that off. She began to put on her clothes nonchalantly.
"You are wounded, I advise you not to run around until you have healed."
This concern, again, was fake.
Naiya knew about the injury on her body. However, she still wanted to walk off the bed, feeling her feet on the ground, soft and without any strength, this uncomfortable feeling. But the fact that she was injured made her feet lost their strength, and she almost accidentally fell to the ground.
But a hand reached out and held her.
"Put away your strong girl act and have a good rest before tomorrow enthronement ceremony!"
Naiya fell into Lucius's arms. She felt her heart beating furiously.
She knew that Lucius did not really care about her at all, but...
But ...
Naiya held on to Lucius's clothes for dear life, unwilling to let go, as if she was begging Lucius to stay by her side.
She recalled the moment she was betrayed by René. She had no way to trust anyone anymore, only this embrace was real.
But Naiya was quickly pushed away.
Naiya's body fell heavily against the wall at the back, and Lucius seemed unwilling to meet her eyes.
"There is a limit to your impertinence! Next generation..."
"..."
The scarlet pupils of Lucius looked down at Naiya, who had fallen on the bed, but she did not dare to look at him again.
'Tomorrow everything will end.'
A glass bottle filled with crimson liquid appeared in Lucius's hand ...
These liquids are bubbling, emitting such a vigorous aura!
Finally, it has come to this day.
Lucius threw this bottle of liquid, which represents destruction, to Naiya.
"Drink it, this will be the last power I give you, drink it and then even a saint can't fight against you… Your Majesty, you will be the strongest existence in the world."
Revenge? the kind-hearted Naiya was not a girl who likes to hold hatred at all. Even after what she had experienced, she was able to forget about all that and continued walking ahead.
From the beginning, she was not meant to kill. She was born to protect, not to kill.
This was the highest concentration and most stable bottle of black light virus in the hands of Lucius, the only bottle in the world.
After he gave her such a precious substance, he expected her not to make any mistakes again. He didn't question her loyalty because he knew that her loyalty to him was unmatched.
After he gave her the bottle, he immediately left the vicinity, he was afraid ...
He began to feel afraid after he watched Naiya gazed at the black light virus and remain motionless.
An inexplicable panic appeared in the heart of Lucius.
'Damn…'
Lucius pulled open the door and walked out of the room after heavily closing the door, leaving only Naiya alone in the room.
...
Sitting down on the bed, Naiya's gaze was fixed on the black light virus that was emitting a crimson lustre in the darkness.
'How many people have been killed for this power?'
Power was something that many people devote their lives to pursue ...
Lucius gave her unimaginable strength.
But what is it that she wanted to pursue?
Naiya asked herself…
"What do I…want?"
"What do I want to achieve…?"
Eventually, her confused gaze became more and more determined.
Naiya stood up from the bed. Power suddenly surged through her body.
She picked up the Black Light Virus and followed the direction Lucius had left, chasing after him at a fast pace.