The hall was silent. No one knew what to make out of this... this.
I felt an icy drop on my skin: it was blood dripping from the new guests. I was too shocked to be afraid. What the actual fuck had happened just now?! Who are they?! The f with this whole "overlord" thing?! Where was the Consulate?!
The "overlord" looked around and smiled satisfactorily:
"Well, well, don't be afraid! It is the day of celebration, isn't it?" They grinned. "I just happen to add one more reason to celebrate the day!"
They threw their hands up and sighed deeply and joyfully:
"You were waiting for the Consulate, weren't you? I am your Consulate now."
The Queen carefully came forward and asked with a trembling voice, while still holding her husband's hand:
"We are pleased to have you here, but can you elaborate on your position in the Consulate, please?"
The devious creature looked back at the Queen:
"Elaborate?" They smirked horrifyingly. "I killed them all."
"Oh..." The Queen went pale.
The hall livened up. Here and there whispering was heard. Then the vampire went on:
"Do you see the blood?" They pointed at their tunic-like dress. "Most of it is the consul-general Luna Moth. There is some of the vice-consul Xi Mirabilis on my back." They turned around. "Do you see?" They asked sincerely.
"I do, yes..." Replied the Queen.
"I killed them, so now there is no Consulate." They shrugged. "Well, at least for now, ha-ha-ha. There is only me and my knights."
They turned to the two standing behind her:
"Come forward, you two."
They obeyed and did as their master said. They both were as white as snow outside our castle. Damn, it seemed as if they were made of snow even, with this skin sparkling like it was made of tiny ice crystals. They were like mirror images of each other. Creepy but beautiful.
The "overlord" pat their hands and said:
"Meet my loyal knights - Sora..." They pat the one on their right. "And... Sora!" They did the same with the one on their left. "My little moonshards, you should say hello!" They folksy hugged the knights.
"Hello." The knights said simultaneously. I'm telling you, they were like one organism...
"love you!" Cheered the knights' master.
"Excuse me, but... Who are you exactly?" The King asked. "I mean, it is so very hard to defeat even one vampire, but the whole Consulate..."
"Oh!" Rejoiced the one-person-consulate, "Me? I am but a humble offspring of the Bloodlake family, my lord."
"Blood... lake? But they were..."
"Extinct? Murdered? Devoured? And, ha-ha, ages ago!?"
"Yes..."
"Well, you are right! However, I survived... and devoured those who got my family extinct... I did this all, as I already said, by... murdering them."
"So, you are the new vampire ruler, am I right?"
"You are!"
"Then, let's celebrate the occasion!" The Queen suddenly intervened.
"Yes! Yes-yes-yes-yes!" They chattered happily. "Oh, by the way, I go by yours she/they! And my name is Yuka. Yuka Bloodlake. The Vampire Overlord, ta-da!"
"Good! Great! I am the Queen of the humanity, I go by our she/her and my name is Aaleahya, just Aaleahya. Ta-da-da-da!"
The Queen swiftly grabbed the King by his shoulders and went on with this silly presentation:
"This is my husband! The King of the humanity! He goes by he/him and his name is Seth. Seth Highmount. Pam-pam!"
"Wow, the Queen is good with it!" The Bloodlake offspring clapped her hands childishly.
"Oh, well, thank you! We have a maid for you, dear Yuka Bloodlake!"
"You do?!" She was shocked.
Everyone was. Every eye was glued to this theatre of acquaintance. This was awkwardly hilarious, truly.
"Oh, yes, yes! Yes, we do!" The Queen glanced at me then at the King. The King then gazed at me with a face of utter obliviousness to the happening.
I cleared my throat and tried to play their game:
"Ahm... I am... your maid for this evening, dear vampire overlord." I fixed my cravat. "My name is Tamara and I go by she/her. I hope you'll like my services."
"Oooo! I like it! My own servant!" The black-haired vampire touched my cravat and looked me in the eyes. "Do you like what you see? I hope you see enough."
She just mentioned my bad eyesight?!
"I do see enough."
"So...?"
"I like what I see."