Chapter 145: Eternal rivals.
Arriving in the room where his wives were, Victor opened the door and entered the room along with Kaguya who had been accompanying him since he finished his training.
"Oh?" He looked around and saw that Ruby and Sasha weren't home. He used his eye powers, and saw that Natalia and Maria weren't home either. Even June went off somewhere.
"Darling, have you finished your training?" Violet looked at Victor.
"Yes..." Victor looked at Violet and asked, "Where are Ruby and Sasha?"
"Oh, they had to sort something out… No need to worry though. Natalia went with Ruby while Maria left with Sasha." Violet didn't say much.
"Hmm." Victor raised an eyebrow when Violet didn't say much, "I won't go digging into your business, but if you need my help, just call me."
He also had a few things he wanted to discuss about Maria. He didn't think it was such a good idea to leave Maria alone with Sasha, but he decided not to mention it. His wives weren't children. They were adults and they could make their own decisions.
Sasha definitely knew it wasn't such a good idea to have Maria accompany her. If she made the decision to leave even while knowing this, that was her choice to make…
And Victor would always respect the decisions of his wives.
But that didn't mean he wouldn't worry about Sasha...
"We know." Violet smiled gently.
"It's good that you know." Victor displayed his usual smile.
"Master, I'll go get your clothes." Kaguya suddenly spoke.
"Thank you, Kaguya." Victor exhibited a gentle smile. He then approached Kaguya and whispered into her ear: "When you get back, I want you to step into Sasha's shadow."
"..." Kaguya widened her eyes a little, but soon she bowed and left the room. She understood her master's concern, and knew it was her duty as a Maid to make sure everything went well.
Violet looked at the state of Victor's clothes, licking her lips, and swallowing a little:
"…What's this? Are you tempting me? Because if that's your goal, I can tell you that it's working!" Her eyes were glowing blood red. She was looking at Victor like he was a very tasty piece of meat.
"Oh?" Victor flashed a small smile: "My wife's a pervert, huh?"
"Do you have a problem with that?" Violet snorted.
"Do you see me complaining? I like it this way."
Violet turned her face away and said, "...Good." For some reason, she felt a little embarrassed… just a little.
"Hahaha." Victor chuckled gently: "I'm taking Zack to the vet now, will you come with me?"
Violet's eye twitched, "Are you going to your childhood friend's Pet Shop?"
"Yes, of course. In that place the service is free, and I want to see my friends too."
'I wonder what their reaction will be upon seeing my change~.' Victor wasn't as worried as he was about his parents.
"In that case, I will." Violet got up from the couch.
...
Victor and Violet were walking towards his childhood friend's Pet Shop.
Throughout their short journey to the PetShop, they walked hand in hand as they chatted with each other and played little jokes.
They looked like just another regular couple... That's if you ignored Victor's rather expensive looking black suit, and Violet's clothes that were similar in appearance to gothic cosplay.
And the cat that was on Victor's shoulders.
"Meow, Meow, Meow, Meow." Translation: I've become so numb, I can't feel you there, Become so tired, So much more aware.
... He was a very cultured cat...
Looking at Victor's outfit, Violet remembered something she wanted to talk to him about:
"Darling, why do you wear those glasses?"
"Well, these glasses were the glasses Scathach gave me."
"..." Violet's eyes twitched for a few seconds, but soon her expression returned to normal.
"Plus, I'm too lazy to wear contact lenses to hide my red eyes." Victor remembered that June had offered him contact lenses, but he saw no need to wear them.
After all, he only wore the glasses Scathach gave him when he was out in public. No normal human had such deep red eyes, and while it was better to hide them, wearing contact lenses when he was barely out in public sounded like an unnecessary hassle.
"I see..." Violet understood Victor's motives and she knew her husband respected Scathach a lot.
"Meow~."
"...?" Violet looked at Zack who was meowing a lot.
"What's his problem? Is he in pain? Why is he meowing so much?"
"Hahaha, of course not, he's just having fun." Victor laughed a little in amusement.
"???" Violet didn't understand anything.
Arriving in front of the PetShop, Victor looked at the open sign and entered.
"...Welcome..." Edward looked at Victor with his mouth open.
"Sup, Ed." Victor laughed.
"V-Victor!?" Edward practically yelled.
"Yo." Victor made a small gesture with his hand, he looked at Edward strangely: "Is it okay for you to scream like that? Don't you have customers?"
"Yes... we did… My sister had been taking care of some dogs recently, but the customers already came to get them."
"I see."
"Ugh...this place reeks of dogs." Violet put a hand to her nose.
"...Well, this is a Pet Shop, of course it's going to stink of dog." Victor spoke in a low voice.
"…" Violet looked at Victor with her mouth open, a little shocked, 'Did he not get my hint? Or does he not want to think about it? ... I think he doesn't want to think about it, after all, he likes his friends a lot.' She thought.
Edward looked at Violet. The moment he recognized the woman in front of him, his whole body froze for a few seconds; 'The princess of Clan Snow…' He thought.
"Edward, did you say Victor? He returned?" Leona suddenly appeared, looked around, and soon her eyes landed on a tall man.
"Sup, Leona." Victor laughed.
"... V-Vic-." She bit her tongue...
"Pfft, no need to be so shocked."
"How can I not be shocked!?" Leona practically screamed. 'Turning into a vampire changed him so much!? He looks like a completely different person.'
"Hahahaha, that's understandable I think." Victor scratched his cheek.
"Vic-." Leona was about to say something, but she stopped talking when she saw a woman with long white hair that reached the floor, curvy body, and wearing gothic clothes.
'Clan Snow's Heiress...' Leona seemed to growl for a few seconds.
"Meow!" Translation: Sup, Bitches.
Zack appeared on Victor's shoulder and raised his paw.
"Oh, you brought Zack too." Edward said.
"Yeah, I traveled for a few months, and he took advantage of that time to go without a shower."
"... He stinks." Victor's face distorted a little.
"Meow!" Translation: Lieee!
"... Well, most cats don't like to bathe."
"You are right."
"Hey Guys. Can you guys solve the problem with the internet? The internet in this place is very slow!" Fred suddenly appeared, and spoke out loud.
"Hmm? Who is this tall man who looks like a Riajuu? Somehow I feel like hitting him."
"Oh?" Victor looked at Fred and flashed a nostalgic smile.
"Sup, Fred. Are you still locked in your room looking for your 'holy treasure?'"
The holy treasure that Victor was talking about, was a legendary sword that could be found in an MMORPG…And why was this item a holy treasure? Was it because the item was strong? Wrong. Was it because the item gave status in the game world? Wrong.
The correct answer is: The sword had the function of transforming into a very beautiful female NPC …
And as a man of culture, Fred definitely wanted that sword for himself! The sword was unique! There was only one each server!
"…E-Eh." Fred gasped a little: "How do you know that!? I only spoke of this to Vic-...Huh?"
"Hahahaha, you're still quick to figure things out as usual." Victor laughed amusedly.
Like his other friends, he'd known Fred since he was little, and as long as he could remember, Fred had always had that kind of personality.
He was a kind and smart man. And despite having questionable tastes, no one in their circle of friends judged him for that. After all, most of Victor's friends liked anime too.
They just felt uncomfortable sometimes because he took his hobby to the extremes. There was once a time where he had spent close to 5,000 dollars on just anime related stuff.
He proclaimed himself 'a man of culture', although Victor didn't know what that was.
… This is just a secret of Victor's, but he had admired Fred a little when they were younger. After all, the man was always faithful to his wishes, and never cared what people said about him. In a way, he was an amazing guy.
"...I thought the vampire transformation was over when you played against Luan, but that doesn't seem to be the case." Fred suddenly spoke.
"…" Leona and Edward facepalmed. This man, couldn't he be a little more subtle?
"..." Victor's smile died. He removed his glasses, and looked at his friends with his glowing blood-red eyes.
'What is that?' Leona and Edward were feeling uncomfortable when they looked into Victor's eyes. They felt like they couldn't hide anything from those eyes.
Victor's world turned blood red. As he looked at Edward and Leona, he saw a strange green-ish energy covering their bodies. As for Fred, Victor just saw his heart beating, evidence that he was just a normal person.
"One human... And probably two-." Victor was about to say something, but Leona interrupted.
"Two werewolves."
Leona and Edward's eyes glowed azure blue.
What were werewolves? They were the race said to be the opposite of vampires.
If we looked at it as if this were a game, vampires would be the wizards who had an immense amount of magic power, while wolves were the warriors who had a great deal of physical strength and stamina.
Of course that was not all. Both sides had their quirks, and weaknesses too.
But the common knowledge of the entire supernatural community was: Vampires and Wolves were eternal enemies/rivals, they would never get along.
And Victor knew these things. But the question was, would Victor care about that?
The answer was obviously no! He always did what he wanted, when he wanted, and however he wanted!
Traditions and rules, limits imposed by others, would always be things Victor ignored!
"Heh~." Victor displayed a large distorted smile that displayed all of his sharp teeth. "That's interesting~, interesting indeed."
Sigh
"..." Violet sighed, she already knew where this was going.
Victor picked up Zack and handed him over to Violet.
"Meow?" Zack looked at Violet with a suspicious look.
"..." Violet ignored the cat's gaze, after all, he was just a cat, right? Right?
Slowly, Victor walked towards Edward.
"Victor?" Edward didn't understand Victor's reaction. He was expecting something friendlier. After all, he knew his friend, he knew Victor wouldn't mind this 'little' secret, but Victor's reaction now was just too weird!
But before he could make out anything, he felt a fist impact his face.
BOOOOM!
....
Chapter 146: The Lost Club.
Brooklyn.
In front of a nightclub, an all black luxury car was parked by the roadside.
"The Lost Club," Natalia muttered as she looked at the giant sign.
"Yes, this is one of the only neutral zones in this city." Ruby, who was in the back of the car, responded.
"Neutral zones, a place where all supernatural races could interact, as long as they didn't cause any problems..." Natalia looked at Ruby, "Lady Ruby, you do realize this is merely an illusion they created, right?"
In the supernatural world, there was no such thing as neutral zones. A conflict could occur at any time, especially when several races were involved.
"Yes, I know... But in this place, there is an ancient witch who can help me with what I need."
Ruby grabbed a briefcase that was next to her, opening it to find a completely black robe.
"Ugh, it's times like these that I envy Violet's powers," Ruby complained as she began to cover herself with her cloak.
The black robe was a full-body magical tool that served to cover a vampire. The effect of the robe was simple: it prevented sunlight from passing through the robe and caused a minor illusion to cover the wearer's original appearance.
If anyone looked at Ruby, they would see her original appearance, but... In reality, she would be wearing a suffocating cloak.
"I hate this." Those were Ruby's honest feelings, and despite having been wearing robes like this for a long time, she still didn't like it.
"..." Natalia didn't say anything, just opened the car door and got out, walked towards Ruby's door, and opened it.
Finished with donning her cloak, Ruby got out of the car.
Now out in the open, she looked up at the sky and saw the sunlight, but despite this, she wasn't feeling anything: no heat, no sensation of the skin burning, nothing.
Sigh
She sighed, a little relieved. She didn't want to feel her skin burning. Despite being trained to withstand such pain, it was still not a pleasant feeling.
She looked straight ahead and said, "Let's go."
"Yes, Lady Ruby."
The two women walked towards the club, and the moment they walked through the door, a security guard looked at the two women.
Ruby removed her cloak and handed it to Natalia.
"Name." the Security guard spoke.
"Ruby Scarlett, this is my personal maid," Ruby spoke in a cold tone.
"S-Scarlett..." The guard struggled to process what he had heard from Ruby. This was because the owner of this establishment had always warned him.
"Be careful of people who have the surname Scarlett, Fulger, Snow, and Adrasteia..." And she always reminded them of the characteristics of these four Clans to her subordinates. The orders they had were simple: if any member of these Clans arrived at this place, no one would offend them! Especially the Scarlett Clan!
Ruby looked at the cameras, and she seemed to understand something. Soon, she started walking towards the entrance of the club.
Natalia followed Ruby in silence, a little curious about what Ruby was planning to do.
The security guard didn't even try to stop the women from entering; he was just too terrified. He had heard several stories of Clan Scarlett from his boss. Initially, he had thought that these stories were something along the lines of a scary story told to children in hopes of discouraging them from misbehaving... But…
When he saw the damage caused by Scathach in the Vatican, he began to believe these stories.
Although this had not been transmitted to the human world, all supernatural beings knew what had happened that day, six months ago.
Just what kind of monster jumps into the middle of enemy territory like it's something normal, kills all the enemy generals, and leaves!?
As an average human, he couldn't understand such irrationality.
...
"Hmm..."
"You look worried, Johnny. What happened?" Eddy asked.
"It's been six months since Jessica had last shown up, I wonder if something happened."
Eddy's eyes twitched, "...Are you still going on about that?"
"Of course," Johnny spoke.
"Sigh…" Eddy sighed.
"Wolves and vampires can't be together, stop this Romeo and Juliet bullshit. Honestly, it's getting annoying. You're just making trouble for yourself."
"…again, I say. That's none of your business."
"…" Eddy looked at Johnny coldly, "Oh yeah? In that case, do whatever you want, but know something..."
For a moment, Eddy's eyes glowed neon green, "I'm loyal to Madam. If you've brought trouble with the 5 great vampire Count clans, I will voluntarily turn you over to the lions."
"...Yes, I know that. Don't worry..." however, Johnny suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at Eddy, "Wait a minute, did you just say 5?"
"…Aren't you aware of the news? What a great mercenary you are."
"Spit it out! What's this about there being 5 counts? Weren't there just four?"
"That information is going to cost a lot of money." Eddy flashed a small smile as if everything went according to plan.
"You stupid fox." Johnny's eyes twitched as he realized why Eddy put it that way; it was a way to gain his curiosity.
"Ugh." In the end, Johnny was still curious about the new Count. He knew that any supernatural being could tell him this information, but he was too lazy to find someone else. Plus, it wasn't like Eddy's price was drastic like the other supernatural beings or witches...
"Okay, I will pay...-" When Johnny was about to accept Eddy's deal, he stopped talking and looked around the club.
Suddenly, the entire noisy club was deadly silent, and the only thing that could be heard was the sound of music.
Johnny and Eddy looked for the reason for this, but when they looked at the entrance and saw a woman with long red hair, a curvy body, and green eyes walking in, they immediately understood what had happened.
'A beauty that can bring an entire room to silence...' Johnny thought as he stared at the woman with his mouth open.
'Shit, that crazy woman's daughter is here again.' Eddy facepalmed.
Although the way each of the men understood the situation was different.
The way everyone else looked at Ruby was the same: Fear. However, Johnny was not everyone else.
Johnny was about to get up, but the moment he tried, he was held down by Eddy:
"Forget it," Eddy spoke in a solemn tone.
"Huh?"
"She is one of the daughters of Scathach Scarlett, don't you see the characteristic red hair that is a trademark of Clan Scarlett?"
"…" Johnny swallowed hard when he heard what Eddy said.
Who was Scathach? Needless to say, even Johnny knew who she was. If he didn't, he wouldn't have survived as a mercenary for so long.
The rule was clear, don't provoke the Scarlett Clan, or that crazy woman would pay you a visit.
"If you were just any old idiot, I wouldn't mind you throwing your life away, but…you are the son of Adam, a former general of the king of the wolves. If you got yourself killed, your idiot dad wouldn't keep quiet."
"…" Johnny narrowed his eyes when Eddy called his father an idiot.
"Imagine the news." Eddy let go of Johnny's arm:
"Former General Adam's son provoked one of Scathach Scarlett's daughters."
"and not just any daughter, Ruby Scarlett. Scathach's favorite daughter."
"Johnny. Are you prepared to cause a war between the wolves and the vampires?" Eddy's tone was deadly serious.
Unlike vampires, wolves were very tight. If you attacked one, you attacked them all. Everyone knew this peculiarity, and this was one of the reasons why other supernatural beings did not attack the wolves that were part of a pack.
Even though Johnny was considered a lone wolf, a wolf that was out of the pack, his family was just very special, and they wouldn't keep quiet if one of their kids were killed.
Gulp.
Johnny swallowed hard, he wasn't a coward, but he wasn't stupid enough to do that.
"... You're exaggerating, I was just going to talk to her. After all, she's beautiful." Johnny sat on the bench again.
Eddy sighed inwardly in relief, but when he heard what Johnny said, he was speechless again:
"I wouldn't recommend doing that. I don't know what the relationship is between Ruby and him, but the new Count is a disciple of Scathach, and he's young. He won't be quiet if you do something to this woman."
"And the new Count… He's just insane. Seriously, what's wrong with that man?" Remembering the information he had received about Victor, he couldn't understand how he was so lucky.
How did that man manage to make friends with the three great clans?
"Oh?" Johnny was interested, "Tell me about the new Count, I will pay for the information."
"Well-..." When Eddy was going to talk about the new Count, he was silent and looked away.
"Where is Madam?" Ruby asked in a cold tone that sent shivers down Johnny and Eddy's spine.
"She is busy," Eddy spoke.
"..." Ruby just stared at Eddy in silence.
Feeling Ruby's gaze, Eddy broke out in a cold sweat.
"She really is busy. The new Count's appearance has left her mired with work since everyone wants information about the new Count."
"Hmm..." Ruby seemed to think of something.
Suddenly she said, "This is a service; in exchange for information about the new Count, your information network will support me with everything I need to know."
Gulp.
Eddy swallowed.
"...Can we refuse?" He really didn't want relations with Clan Scarlett.
"I am not my mother. Of course, you can refuse." Ruby spoke in a neutral tone.
"But... are you sure about that?" She displayed a cold smile.
"...?" Eddy didn't understand, he just looked at Ruby confused.
"The new Count is currently a hot topic, everyone wants information about him, and you're going to have access to that information... Do you know what that means?"
"...Money, prestige and influence."
They would receive a ton of money because of this information. Consequently, they would gain prestige in the supernatural world, and they would gain power and influence over some communities in the supernatural world.
"Right."
"But, that information would also paint a gigantic target on our backs." Eddy wasn't stupid. He knew that by getting this information and selling it, some groups wouldn't take too kindly to it.
Mainly the witches. Those greedy women wouldn't want to lose their monopoly.
"Risks and rewards. You won't grow if you don't take small risks."
'This is no small risk!' Eddy wanted to scream so much now.
'I think that being the daughter of Scathach, she probably doesn't understand the magnitude of the danger,' Eddy thought.
But his thoughts were completely wrong. Ruby understood the risks; she just didn't care too much.
Ruby wanted a personal information network for herself, and not just any information network, an information network that contacted all races.
Witches were good, but their prices were too high, and, in the long run, it was just a loss. She needed something for herself.
"…I don't understand something. Why are you talking to Eddy about this? Isn't he just a bartender?"
Ruby and Natalia looked to the side and saw a muscular man, and she immediately understood what he was. She could smell that wet dog stench miles away.
"Mongrel." Ruby's cold face distorted for a few seconds.
Ruby turned her gaze back to Eddy:
"Are you the type of organization to employ this type of Mongrel? No wonder Madam's network hasn't grown, despite spending so many years in this industry."
Crack!
Johnny broke the wooden counter:
"What did you just say, Bitch?" He growled angrily.
Chapter 147: Mongrel.
"What did you say, Bitch?" He growled angrily.
"…" Everyone was speechless when they heard what Johnny said.
"Is this man crazy...?" Someone spoke in disbelief.
A similar thought passed through everyone else's minds as well, and they just couldn't believe what they had just heard.
"Mongrel, are you deaf?" Ruby spoke in the same cool tone of voice.
Johnny growled, and then he said, "I was being cautious because of your Clan..."
"Johnny, Stop!" Eddy tried to stop the man, but it was useless.
Johnny balled his fist and attacked Ruby's face.
BOOOOOOM!
The attack was so strong that it caused a considerable noise, and because of the shock wave, some places broke and raised some dust.
Johnny had a big smile when he felt his attack connect. He didn't even care if she was a Count's daughter or not; he wouldn't let anyone trample on his pride.
The pride of an Alpha!
When the dust settled, Ruby was standing in the same spot, in the same position, and the skin on her face was covered with a thin layer of ice-like armor.
"Not impressed."
"!!!" Johnny felt shivers down his spine when he saw Ruby's blood-red eyes.
"Bitch-"
Before he could say anything else, his entire body was frozen and turned into an ice sculpture!
"Stop!" A woman's voice was heard in the club.
Ruby's hand, which was covered in ice, stopped inches from piercing Johnny's heart.
"!!!" What happened!? Everyone couldn't understand what had happened! In less than a few seconds, the whole situation changed drastically!
But one thing everyone was sure of, this woman, she was strong!
'This woman... She's just like her mother!' Of course, Eddy already expected something like this. Although Ruby was more tolerant than Scathach, she still had the same temperament as her mother.
Ruby looked at the woman, her eyes glowing blood-red:
"Madam. Control your dogs. I will not tolerate disrespect."
"Y-Yes." For a moment, Madam was shaken by Ruby's emotionless expression.
Yes... Just like Scathach, she doesn't tolerate disrespect. It wasn't just Ruby who behaved like that. All the daughters of Scathach had pride that their mother had molded in them, and they wouldn't bow their heads to anyone.
That was the main reason the Scarlet Clan was so feared. They were not afraid to provoke conflicts with other races; they were the kind of Clan that would set the world on fire with a smile on their face.
And the terrifying thing was that they had the ability to do that.
Scathach alone was like a walking nuclear bomb, while her daughters were all considered strong by ordinary vampire noble standards.
Being Scathach's favorite, Ruby was the same, and she was not afraid of causing conflicts. But, unlike her mother, who attacked everything and everyone, she thought it was a waste of time to provoke conflicts, especially in the vampire community.
But she also knew that vampires were greedy and arrogant beings, they were hard to control, and there would always be enemy vampires.
Ruby had thought about many ways to deal with these enemy vampires and how to put them to use. The most promising avenue she planned to pursue was to enslave any enemy vampires and use them for future plans. Then, if the vampire resisted, she would simply break their will to do so.
Vampires were immortal and had excellent regeneration. They just needed a little blood and could function for several months. They were basically machines that never broke down, an eternal workforce.
It was a simple solution to use against enemies. Why hadn't anyone ever thought about it? Ruby couldn't understand.
In her view, by coming into conflict with vampires, she was just reducing the potential workforce that could be used for something useful in the future.
What about other races? She didn't mind getting into conflict with them, but if possible, she would prefer to avoid fighting witches... Witches were just too troublesome to deal with.
"Fortunately…" Ruby pulled away from the man and looked at Madam with her eyes glittering wildly, "This man was weak, like an insect, he's not even worthy of my attention, but if it happens again in the future…"
" I promise you, this whole place will disappear off the map."
"... Scarlett... What are you doing here again?" Madam's face twitched a little, she completely ignored what Ruby said, but she got the message. She would make sure that wouldn't happen in the future.
She knew this crazy woman wasn't kidding.
"I need a service from you." Ruby flipped her hair over her back.
"Grr..." Suddenly everyone heard a wolf growl, and then:
"ROAAAAR!!"
BOOOOM!
Johnny broke free of the ice sculpture, and his whole body seemed to have grown some fur, and he looked much stronger than before.
Ruby looked at Johnny again, "Oh? So you're not just an ordinary Mongrel... You're their leader, huh?" She spoke when she saw Johnny's bright blue eyes.
'And to think I would find an Alpha in this place.' Ruby flashed a cold little smile.
"Bitc-…" Before Johnny could say anything, he heard a woman's voice.
"Little wolf, I wonder if you can breathe in space," Natalia spoke with a gentle smile.
"...?" Johnny looked at Natalia, but before he could speak or react to anything, his body was covered by a portal.
But before Johnny could fall through the portal and into the vastness of empty space, the portal broke.
"Ara..." Natalia looked at Madam and saw her hand glowing with several magic circles. Then, she looked around and saw several magic circles all over the club.
"I said, stop." Madam spoke in a deadly serious tone, "This place is neutral territory. If you want to fight, fight elsewhere."
Natalia ignored Madam and looked around, 'A witch's territory, huh.' She thought.
What was a witch's territory? As the name says, it was their territory, witches were beings that could do many complex spells, and the most dangerous place to fight a witch was in their territory.
After all, they could create various unknown spells that could kill or incapacitate any supernatural individual. Fighting a witch in their territory elevated the chances of losing to over 95%.
It was because of this quirk that Ruby didn't want conflict with the witches. They were just too troublesome, especially their queen.
"Scarlett, didn't you see that he was an Alpha? You would let your maid attack him even though you knew it? Do you want to provoke a war?"
"Hmm? So what if he's an Alpha?"
Huh?"
"So what if this will trigger a war?"
"Do you think I care about that?"
"…" Madam and Eddy were silent.
"In my view, he's just another wet dog, not that different from the king of wolves." Ruby walked towards Madam.
"Grrr…" Some of the wolves standing nearby started looking at Ruby with killing intent. They wouldn't tolerate an offense to their king.
"..." Ruby stopped walking when she felt the killing intent from all the wolves present:
"...There was once a time where my mother once said when I was little: 'Daughter, if anyone raises their sword against you, you must annihilate them all. Kill enemies, kill everyone related to enemies, Kill! Kill! Kill! Remember! Don't leave any to tell a story!'..." Ruby spoke in a cold tone that terrified everyone.
'That is not a teaching you should teach your own daughter!' Eddy wanted to scream so much now.
"And I carry these teachings in my heart…"
"You raised your swords against me. Tell me…" Ruby's voice was so dark and demonic it sent shivers through all the wolves.
Slowly she turned her face and looked at all the wolves while her eyes were hollow, "Are you ready to die?" A gigantic pressure started to burst out from Ruby's body.
Gulp!
All, including Johnny, swallowed dryly, and they could not move, as if they were trapped in an immense gravity well. They could feel in their spines a cold feeling of death.
And they finally figured something out:
A monster was in front of them!
Who was Ruby? She's Scathach Scarlett's daughter, and she's not an adopted daughter. She's Scathach's birth daughter.
Of course she's not weak! How could the birth daughter of the strongest female vampire be weak?
As the saying goes, the apple doesn't fall very far from the tree. Ruby was a perfect example of that saying.
"…" All the wolves, including Johnny, took a step back.
"Wise choice…" Ruby flashed a small smile that showed all her sharp teeth, she turned her face and started walking again, and as she was walking, she said:
"You guys are lucky I'm such a nice vampire… If I were my mother or my husband, this whole place would already be turned into a land without life."
Huh...? Everyone thought they were suddenly deaf.
Who's nice, woman!? You're not nice! You're just as crazy as your mother! Doesn't she realize that!?
She looked at Johnny, "Especially you, Mongrel. You were very lucky today. My husband is a very overprotective man, the moment you touched me, it wouldn't be death that awaited you... but rather a very long session of torture." She tossed her hair back and kept walking.
'Although I don't need my husband to deal with this garbage.' Ruby had her own pride, and like Scathach and Victor, she wouldn't leave her enemies for other people to deal with.
"..." Madam grinned when she heard Ruby say, 'her husband, huh?' She thought that was good information.
She could already figure out how to sell the information: 'Scathach Scarlett's daughter has a husband.' She could smell money.
'But… I need to know who her husband is.'
For a moment, Madam completely forgot what would usually happen to people who tried to sell information about Clan Scarlett, and when she remembered that, her face darkened, she thought; 'Forget it. The risks just aren't worth it.'
Seeing Ruby start walking, Natalia followed her silently as she looked at Ruby with a gentle smile:
"..." Hearing what Ruby said. Johnny's face distorted and took on a more animalistic expression. All of his teeth were sharp, and he looked like he was about to attack Ruby at any moment; he didn't like being treated that way!
"Johnny, stop. Or you will become my enemy too. " Madam warned him.
"…" Johnny clenched his fist angrily and backed away.
Fighting a witch on her turf was just plain nonsense.
"Good." Madam smiled since, as a witch, she didn't mind the wolf's conflicts with the vampires. She just didn't want conflicts in her establishment.
If it were up to her, Johnny could die anytime, and she wouldn't care. She'd just go, 'Oh? He died, that's a shame. I have lost useful manpower... Anyway.'
Madam would only care about something if that 'something' was her property, for example: The bartender, Eddy.
If Ruby hurt Eddy, Madam would be hostile towards Ruby. After all, Eddy was Madam's property.
Ruby walked past Madam and walked towards her office, treating this place like it was her own home:
"Come on. We have important matters to talk about... And I promise you that this matter will make a lot of money for you."
"Oh?" Madam flashed a greedy smile.
When Madam, Ruby, and Natalia went upstairs to the office.
Eddy said, "You fucking idiot."
"Shut up, I'm not in a good mood right now." Johnny looked around and growled:
"What are you looking at!?"
"…" The crowd turned away and went back to taking care of their own problems.
"I'm the one who's not in a good mood!" Eddy slapped his hand on the counter.
"You never listen to me!" Eddy's eyes glowed neon green from his fury, "And because of that, you provoked someone you shouldn't!"
"..." Johnny was speechless when he saw his friend explode with rage. He had never seen him like this.
Eddy took several deep breaths while he was trying to calm down:
"Listen to me, you idiot... This is my last warning. " He spoke in a neutral tone,
"Don't provoke Clan Scarlett, forget what happened here."
"Son of a former wolf general or not. The moment you become the enemy of Clan Scarlett, you will die."
"And your dad won't be able to do anything to help you."
"Okay…"
"…" Eddy looked at Johnny with a cold look; 'That idiot, he didn't listen to me, huh? I couldn't care less anymore. He can go and die a dog's death.'