I stepped out of the portal. My boots were muddy and blood mixed with rain fell to ground. Even with my visual prowess, I couldn't avoid all the other vampires council members sent.
"You look like shit."
"No fucking shit."
I threw the vampire to ground. Even though she was pretty lively before, as soon as she saw Elizabeth she behaved like a corpse. Elizabeth sat on a chair which could be even called a throne. She wore a gorgeous red dress which exposed her back. She mostly wore dresses but this time she looked even more breathtaking. Her hair which was free most of the time also made. She wore expensive looking jewelry which I guessed as magical artifacts. She sipped blood from a wine glass. How cliche.
"Ghoul ran away."
I wanted to finish the worst first.
"What?"
As her cold voice rang, I fell down on my kness.
"Argh!"
I felt like my veins were expanding enough to burst.
"One sentence. I will allow you to tell your pathetic excuses in one sentence. Now, go on."
She didn't even bothered standing up. She just looked coldly legs crossed. I understood why the vampire I brought played dead.
"She made a blood promise with Wolfgang!"
I felt the pressure lift from my body.
"Rise. Unbind her."
My wounds hurt. I pulled the rope and freed her. She didn't move. No, she tried to not move. Her body shook like crazy.
"Was Wolfgang there personally?"
"No, there was someone who called himself Will Talbot. He claimed he was underling of Wolfgang. I managed to chase him away but he got the ghoul."
Elizabeth took a deep breath as if to absorb what I told her.
"I thought you not killing the ghoul you created was a sin I couldn't forgive and you went and made a blood promise with a pack leader!"
I was pushed back due immense mana radiating from Elizabeth. She didn't even release her mana fully and I was pushed back physically.
"Stop playing dead and explain yourself!"
Vampire prostrated.
"Aunt Liz-"
"I am not your aunt! You good for nothing!"
Even though her anger wasn't directed at me, I felt like fainting. Also aunt, huh? Elizabeth had siblings. She turned to me.
"I will be taking her to council. You probably will be called by us."
Her eyes traced my body.
"There are clothes and a bath here. I don't want another family member of mine to humiliate me, do you understand?"
"Yes, mistress."
She grabbed the vampire and left the room without saying anything else. I looked through the room and found the clothes she mentioned.
"They are quite flashy."
It was an expensive set of clothes. A black blazer, black shirt and black pants.
"I know I like wearing black but this is a little bit extreme."
She even left a red tie which took me a lot of time to figure out how to tie correctly. I never wore something this formal before. My hand went to my face.
"I don't think council would allow me wear a mask in their presence."
I cleaned my body and wrapped my wounds. Even with drinking blood, I still didn't had any kind of instant regeneration abilities.
"It must be nice being a fucking werewolf and healing at instant."
Still, I healed faster than I was a human so I guess I can't complain. As I got ready, I heard a knock in the door. I nearly jumped to ceiling. I was too relaxed for a moment.
"Come in."
A man looking like a butler come in.
"Council requests your presence."
His tone was suprisingly respectful. I followed him. He lead me to big door and opened it for me. He signed me to go in. As soon as I walked in, huge amounts of mana and pressure hit my body.
"How disrespectful! Bathory, you should educate you Turned better."
12 chairs around a table shaped like reverse U. Every chair looked different as if to symbolize their owners. I put one knee down and bowed. I heard someone click their tongue. I could activate Hawkeye but if one of the members took offence even Elizabeth would have problems.
"You should have entered crawling here and put your forehead down, you maggot!"
Same voice rang again.
"Beel, you have no right to order around someone from my family."
Elizabeth's serious voice defended me.
"This not just about your family! A mongrel like him should respect our council!"
Beel Abel. Rival of Elizabeth. He was trying to attack her through me. I kept my mouth shut. Vampire Council wasn't a place I could speak without permission. Even though Elizabeth behaved friendly to me most of the time situations like this reminded me what I was to her in reality: A dog on leash.
"We must focus on the problem in front of us. So, as members of this council I request both of you to calm down."
A male voice I haven't heard spoke up.
"Burak Sarı, Turned of Elizabeth Bathory you may rise."
He continued. I stood up and looked at him. He was sitting on the middle. That told me who he was. He had blood red hair and wore glasses. He had overall serious and formal look.
"My name is Alucard Tepes, I am sure you know me."
He smiled a little.
"Yes, my lord."
Leader of vampires, strongest vampire in existence.
"When I heard my sister had a Turned, I wanted to meet with you. I also wanted to thank you."
Sister?
"My Lord, you shouldn't speak to a low life like him in this manner. He will believe he is something."
A woman I guessed as Melana Leviathan spoke. Alucard smiled to her.
"Do you think you have right to tell him how to speak, Melana?"
Elizabeth jumped to conversation.
"If you allow me I would like to finish what I was going to say."
He spoke calmly and in a kind tone while smiling. But if he was anything like Elizabeth, he could change his behaviour in a flash.