"The atmosphere of this place is very different from anything I've experienced…" I spoke in a low voice.
Unlike the territory of Scathach that I didn't explore much, the capital had a very strange climate, the place, despite being well lit, had areas that were totally dark, and, although it looked safe, I could feel danger in the air.
The place was elegant, and at the same time old-fashioned, I could even see several vampires walking the streets in modern clothes...
The capital was a mixture of ancient architecture and inhabitants with modern habits.
The capital was a contradiction in terms; it was chaotic... But at the same time, it was beautiful...
I think this is what happens when vampires create a society? As they are an immortal race, they see no need to change structures and, because of that, there are old structures.
But as they need to live in society, they had to 'modernize' and not get stuck in the past.
It was strange… The city was very strange. I won't deny that fact, but it was interesting...
The people looked at this group which was walking together in various ways.
There was mainly eyes on Ruby, Sasha, Violet, Eleonor, and Scathach. Victor was being stared at by the women while Krishna was being stared as if he were a prey.
Krishna, Victor and Scathach walked on without paying any attention.
That was until Victor's patience broke and he began taunting the vampires but was stopped by his wives.
I too wanted to beat them but any aggression from my side will mark me as an enemy of the vampire race, but if Victor began it I could join in to 'Stop' Victor.
"Tsk, just let them loose." Scathach looked annoyed again.
"Mother... You shouldn't just say that because you're angry-" Pepper tried to say something, but Scathach just looked at her daughter when she wanted her daughter to shut up.
Pepper stopped talking and looked up at the sky as she began to whistle.
Whistle!
"What beautiful weather this is, right? Look at those cloudy clouds!" She started to stroke Chloe's mane with a pout on her cheek, but Chloe didn't seem to be enjoying it.
On the way to Scathach's mansion.
Eleonor didn't take her gaze off of Victor. Unlike the other female vampires, she wasn't stupid, she knew something happened when Victor looked at those vampires.
He had ordered the Vampires to fuck off and they had obeyed but also had said master while looking at Victor which was unlike the egoistical vampires.
Eleonor, why are you following us...?" Ruby asked.
"Now that Ruby says that… West Bitch why are you following us? Shoo, Shoo!" Violet spoke.
"..." Eleonor ignored Violet and was silent for a few seconds, then she said:
"Originally, I wanted to ask my master a favor..." She looked at Scathach, who was walking beside her daughters.
"But she said she wouldn't train anyone else for a long time... So I just decided to follow you guys to watch the game, and after the game is over, I'll go back home."
While all this was happening Krishna had seen Victor just wander off and decided to walk with him.
"What do you think of this place?" Victor asked
"hmmmm Its about what I expected... I bit modern but yeah pretty much what we had guessed in movies right." I replied
"Yeah hahahaha"
While we kept talking about various things the situation in the group was getting worse since the explosive Violet was there.
"Darling…? He disappeared!"
"Husband?" Sasha looked around
"Don't tell me Krishna went missing?" Pepper somehow thought of a green-haired anime character who kept getting lost in the group.
"They were probably kidnapped," Lacus deduced.
"Impossible... With my mother's current affection, she wouldn't let that happen," Siena said, but everyone in the group could feel a little jealousy coming from her voice.
Scathach ignores Siena's words and says, "If you're looking for Victor, he turned onto a random street a few blocks back and Krishna went with him; he seemed to be interested in a store."
Ruby sighed, she looked around and also noticed that someone was missing, "Where's Yuki?"
"That girl? She went with him".
"…Well, she's his Personal Maid," Sasha said.
"Indeed. It would be weird if she didn't go with him." Lacus agreed.
"Darl-"
"Don't freak out yet," Ruby spoke before Violet could say anything.
"Eh?" Violet looked shocked at Ruby.
"Don't look at me like that. How long have we known each other?" Ruby rolled her eyes.
"But Darling is gone!"
"Hmm... He's just curious about things around him. He looked like a country kid who came to the big city," Sasha said.
"And Krishna went with him too, He is less prone to create trouble and even pulls Victor out when he deems the situation getting out of hand... so its probably fine" Sasha said again.
"Both of them are trouble magnets it's just that Krishna looks at the consequences.....sometimes but Victor just jumps headlong...it's as if they complement each other." Ruby said with a sigh
"Trust our husband, okay? Just because he got interested in a store doesn't mean he's going to cheat on us with some random woman. He's not that kind of man."
"Indeed. My son-in-law is a faithful man and, Krishna is there too" Scathach flashed a provocative smile.
***************
Victor and Krishna along with Yuki walked into Shady gun shop and Victor began browsing while Krishna too looked around the shop.
Victor's eyes shine with curiosity as he sees some red daggers:
"Hey, old man. What is this dagger?" He spoke to a young-looking man who was in a tent.
The professional smile almost broke when he heard what Victor said.
"I'm not old."
"You are a vampire, right?"
"Yes"
"How old are you?"
"1645"
"My god..." He made a shocked face, "You are older than many human countries, as expected of an elder."
"..." Veins began to pop in the man's head.
"I am a young adult! Don't call me old!"
"Yeah yeah. But what is this dagger?"
"Listen to me! Damn it!"
"You didn't answer my question, old man," Victor spoke again.
"This is a dagger of crystallized blood..." He sighed at the end, and it looked like he's given up on something.
"What is it for?"
"To eat."
"Eh?"
"...From your expression of shock at knowing this is something common, I can tell you're a newborn."
"Although..." The man looked at Yuki.
"If you are accompanied by a Snow Clan Maid, then you are someone important..."
Victor flashed a small smile, "You're pretty honest, huh?"
"Living a long time simply makes you become a simple man."
"What is this store anyway?" Victor saw several red-colored weapons, and he even had a huge, completely red ax.
Initially, he entered the shop thinking it was a gun shop, but it looks like he was mistaken.
"This is a custom candy store."
"Candy?"
"Yes."
'Isn't that just crystallized blood?' Victor was curious.
He decided to buy to try, "How much is the dagger?"
"It's $300, and we accept debit, credit, and even checks. If you want to use illegal money, we can give you a trustworthy bank account."
"...Dollar?" Victor was genuinely confused.
"Vampires tried using their own currency but that went to hell in just 500 years so now they use ours.... were you not paying attention when Pepper, Ruby and Lacus taught you about all this." Krishna said with a smile which pissed off the shopkeeper
"Yes, I studied. But what they taught me were just stories about this world, etc. They didn't teach me common sense."
"I will pay in debit." Victor took out a black card that Scathach gave him.
"Okay... But before proceeding with the purchase..." The man looked at the window. "Is that child with you?"
"Huh?" Victor looked where he was looking and saw a child who looked to be about five years old wearing a black goth dress, she had long black hair and violet eyes.
Realizing that Victor noticed her presence, the little girl walks elegantly towards the door and enters the establishment, she walks towards Victor, just when she gets close to Victor, she takes his hand:
"Father"
"..." Victor was speechless.
"PFFFFFTTTTT HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH THIS IS HILARIOUS!! they are gonna kill you if they found out you sowed wild oats around." Krishna was dying laughing while Victor was just dumbfounded.
"You know she isn't mine."
"Of course I do but then why does she call you Father."Krishna stops laughing and gets a little serious.
"Father?" The little girl squeezed Victor's hand tighter.
Victor looked at the little girl, and then he knelt down and looked at the little girl in her eyes:
"What's your name?"
"Ophis"
"Ophis?" he questioned.
"Mm," She nodded her head in agreement.
"Why are you calling me father, Ophis?" Victor is absolutely sure he hadn't made such a beautiful daughter.
"Because you are my father...?" She spoke with a cute face.
The old man "..."
Victor "...."
Yuki "...."
Krishna "....."
"Makes sense" Victor and Krishna said at the same time.
It makes no sense! The old man wanted to scream at both of them.
"What's your father's name?" He asked.
"Father." She answered.
"... what's your mother's name?" Krishna asked this time.
"I do not know..."
"..." Victor didn't know how to react to the little girl's sad expression.
'Ugh, is she so hard to talk to because she speaks so few words?' He thought to himself.
"Is there someone responsible for you?" Krishna asked.
"... I do not know?" She answered.
"..." Victor and Krishna sighed.
"Well, Ophis. Do you know the capital?"
"Mm," She nodded.
"Let's take a walk then." Victor's thought was simple, if he walked around with this girl, her guardians would find her; at least, that was the excuse he thought to himself.
He lifts the little girl up and puts her on his shoulder.
"In the end, you decided to stay with her. I don't know if you're a dumb man or a kind man."
"Can't leave a little girl who is now my niece alone old man." Krishna said with a smile
Victor laughs as he fist-bumps Krishna and they both along with Yuki walk out of the shop
A few minutes after Victor left, a woman with long black hair entered the store accompanied by several royal guards:
"Did this little girl come through here?"
Looking at the image in the woman's hand, the old man broke out in a cold sweat, but with years of experience, he managed to keep his poker face.
"Who are you, ma'am?"
"Elizabeth Tepes." She showed the old man a badge she always carries with her.
"…" The old man's whole body shook when he heard the woman's last name.
Realizing he was talking to royalty, he did what every good citizen would do in this situation:
"Yeah, I just saw her go out with a tall man and a Snow Clan Maid."
He denounced Victor to the authorities…
Soon he pointed to where Victor left, and he also gave information about Victor's appearance.
"Good job, your store will be rewarded." The woman turned and left, accompanied by the knights of the royal guard.
When the party of four moved out Krishna suggested they buy her various things to see what she likes so Krishna and Victor went on a shopping spree and kept bringing various things for Ophis.
The girl was now wearing a black bunny hat that had red eyes, she was holding several crystallized blood candies.
Yuki looked at Ophis, and when she saw the slight smile on the girl's face stoic, she realized she was enjoying what Krishna and Victor were doing.
"Ophis, if you find anything interesting, just point your finger, okay?"
"Mm," She spoke as she licked the crystallized candy.
"..." Yuki sighed, although personally, she found it cute how Krishna and Victor spoiled a child looking like overprotective parents... But the problem is that the child is not either of theirs!
It's a random kid he found in a random place! This is kidnapping! She can somehow hear the police siren KM away!
Ophis points to a children's clothing store.
"Oh? Are you interested in clothes?"
"Mm... Cute"
"Let's go then!" When Victor entered the store along with Krishna, Ophis and Yuki.
Someone was watching him from a distance.
"What are we supposed to do, Princess?" A young-looking knight asked; he looked quite impatient.
The woman shows a small smile on her face:
"You won't do anything. Just wait outside the store."
"But, princess-." The knight was about to protest, but with just one look from the woman, he was silent.
"Wait here. I won't repeat myself again, okay?" She smiled 'gently' at the knights.
"Yes!" They quickly nodded in agreement.
The woman nods, satisfied, and then she walks towards the store.