Upon entering the store, Ophis started pointing her finger at various cute clothes. Victor called an attendant and, when the attendant arrived, he asked:
"Do you have a locker room here?"
"Yes, My Lord. The locker room is in that direction. Follow me"
'My Lord?' Victor thought about the strange way the woman called him, but he thought the woman called him that because he was accompanied by Yuki; after all, her features screamed that she was from Clan Snow.
Victor took several clothes that Ophis pointed out and gave to Yuki.
"Eh?"
"I can't go into the locker room with a kid I barely know, right? That would be inappropriate."
"... Unexpected..."
"Huh?"
"I thought my master didn't have common sense." She spoke with a gentle smile, but her words weren't kind.
"...Just help Ophis change her clothes," Victor spoke as he took Ophis off his shoulders and set her down.
"Yes, Master." Yuki looks at Ophis and says, "Come on, Lady Ophis. I will help you change your clothes."
"Mm..." Ophis didn't say anything, she just held a part of Victor's pants as if she didn't want to be separated from him.
Victor displays a gentle smile when he sees this. He kneels and says, "Coming with you in that locker room would definitely be inappropriate. Just listen to Yuki, okay? I'll wait outside." He stroked her head.
When she felt Victor's caresses, for a few seconds, Ophis' eyes sparkled intensely, she seemed to have enjoyed it a lot... Soon, she closed her eyes as if enjoying herself.
Victor stops stroking Ophis' head, "Go. I will wait."
"... Mm, Father." She agreed.
"..." Victor felt his heart being caressed by the cuteness of Ophis now...
"We have definitely become way too attached to my niece" Krishna
"Says the man who calls a random kid her Niece" Victor
"She calls you father so she is my niece what else am I supposed to call her..... oh how I wished she would call me father but fate would have it like this so I simply spoil my niece" krishna
Taking this chance, the attendant approached Victor, "Lord, are you interested in buying this?"
Victor looks at the object in the woman's hand, "A camera?"
"Yeah, and it's not just any camera, it's a high-definition camera that was made specifically for taking high-resolution photos, and with witch technology, the photo is printed on the spot."
"... Interesting." Victor was interested, but he didn't see the need to buy a camera right now.
"I will buy it" Krishna buys the camera from the smiling attendant.
Soon Yuki walked out of the locker room with Ophis.
"Looks good?" Ophis asked.
"..." Victor didn't know how to answer.
Ophis' black dress was swapped for a black bunny coat and a pretty black skirt, she looked incredibly adorable!
Victor was speechless and, for the first time, he realized why cuteness is justice.
Krishna was already snapping various pictures when Victor told the attendant to get another camera and he too began taking pictures.
Two 195 cm tall men taking pictures of a cute little girl just looked comical to any passerby.
Yuki looks at Ophis and sees a small smile on the child, she seems to be enjoying it.
Feeling a gaze pierce his back, Victor stopped taking pictures and looked at Yuki:
"Don't look at me like you're looking at a criminal; I just realized I liked cute things." Victor was definitely not abnormal.
Krishna had already zoned out Yuki and was simply too engrossed in Cute justice right now.
The cuteness was meant to be appreciated!
Feeling someone pulling the fabric of his pants, Victor looked down:
"Ophis?" The little girl seemed to be hiding behind him.
He looked over to where Ophis was looking and saw a woman with long black hair with shades of violet, violet eyes, and pale skin common to vampires.
She had a nice womanly figure, she was thin and short for Victor's current height, about 172 cm.
But despite being thin, she had everything in the right places, B-cup breasts and a perky ass.
She was wearing a short black dress that looked to be quite simple, but at the same time very elegant, she had a black choker around her neck, and on that choker held a small black jewel.
She definitely has the appearance of a cool woman.
'Oh, she finally decided to show herself,' Victor had already noticed her for some time, and he just didn't do anything because he thought she had no bad intentions.
He shifted his attention and looked towards the wall, then his world changed to crimson red, 'They're still waiting.'
Victor's smile grew, he had already deduced the woman's identity, but the question was, what is her relationship with Ophis?
"She is her older sister." Krishna said while looking at the woman.
Victor flashed a small smile, "You finally revealed yourself. I was starting to wonder how long it would take you." He got right down to business.
"..." She was a little surprised that Victor didn't try to extend the conversation, so she displayed a small satisfied smile, she liked his attitude of not wasting time with useless conversation.
"Well... I didn't think the time was right to go in..." She looked at Ophis and the clothes Ophis was wearing.
Yuki approaches Victor and stands behind him, she had noticed the strange atmosphere between the two.
"Admit it; you just wanted to see more, right?"
"...Indeed, my sister is a bit quiet, so it's rare to see her exhibiting so many emotions."
Ophis' grip tightened on Victor's leg.
Victor stroked Ophis's head:
"You say, sister... But she doesn't seem comfortable with you."
"Complicated family." She laughed.
"I can imagine." Victor flashed a smile that showed his sharp teeth.
As he couldn't move properly with Ophis holding his leg, he picked up the little girl and placed her on his shoulder.
"…" The woman's eyes sparkled for a few seconds when she saw that Ophis easily accepted being touched. 'Is he not feeling anything? Interesting~.'
Like Ophis' sister, she knew of the little girl's special condition and seeing a person touching her sister directly and not being influenced made her quite curious.
"We didn't introduce ourselves, huh? My name is Victor Walker."
"Krishna Godkill" Krishna said
"Elizabeth Tepes, the daughter of the king."
"Oh... Cool." Victor didn't react much.
"..." Elizabeth didn't know how to react, she expected a reaction similar to the one from the owner of the store.
"Is she your sister?" He asked Ophis directly.
"Mm. Sister." Ophis nodded in agreement.
"Do you like her?" he asked.
"Mm, Sister is a good person, Father."
"F-Father...?" Elizabeth stuttered a lot, and her noble appearance of hers went away as if it never existed.
Currently, there were only Violet, Ruby, Sasha, Lacus, Pepper, Siena, Eleonor, and Chloe in the mansion.
Scathach had gone off somewhere, she had said she was going to visit an old friend.
Maria and Luna are in the human world.
"Things have changed since those two moved here." Siena sighed.
"You seem to dislike them?"
...At first, I had a certain prejudice towards him, but seeing him becoming strong in such a short time... And seeing him receiving my mother's affection..." Her voice began to darken every second she spoke.
Pepper and Lacus were once again muffling their laughter while now Ruby was told about everything by Pepper.
"Oh please, If Krishna asked you to move with him you might just go away" Ruby chuckled as she poked at Siena.
"Wrong. I'm not attracted to him. My opinion of him is neutral."
"…" Ruby rolled her eyes, she obviously didn't believe it.
"And you, Lacus?" Eleonor asked
"Hmm Victor is a good guy but I spent most of the time with Krishna so I know him more, He is a sweet guy who hides his nature behind his smile. Victor is straightforward but Krishna wears a mask for the world, but I have seen he is straightforward with people close to him like Victor, Mother and Siena... even me and Pepper."
"Sometimes when I talk to him, I feel like I'm talking to my mother, they are very similar in certain aspects, I think they match."
"...Why are you talking like he's going to become your father?" Eleonor was speechless.
"...Oh." Lacus didn't realize what she said.
"Krishna is a lot like my mother... But he's kinder than she is."
"Humpf. My mother's kindness is demonstrated through actions!" Siena snorted.
"I know, but I also miss hearing an 'I love you' or 'I was worried,' she's not a woman who says these things." Pepper commented a little sadly, she was the one who missed it the most; she was quite emotional about family issues.
"…" Siena and Lacus didn't say anything, but they internally agreed with Pepper's words.
The three foster sisters had the same feelings as Ruby towards their mother, they wanted to be closer to Scathach, but they didn't know how to go about it. And, because of that, they were also a little jealous of Krishna and Victor for being able to get close to Scathach so quickly.
Krishna's party had gained one more member while roaming around the capital, Elizabeth Tepes.
After roaming around for half an hour or so the group walked through several streets and stores, they ended up entering a street that had no vampire in sight, Victor thought this would be a shortcut to the other street, but it ended up being a dead end.
"Let's go back…." He was going to turn around, but suddenly Elizabeth said:
"Unfortunately..."
"Hmm?" He looked at the princess.
"I need to go home, and so do you, Ophis."
"!!!" Ophis quickly gripped Victor's neck tighter, she looked at her sister with an expression that said she didn't want to go.
"Ophis-..." Elizabeth tried to say something, but she was interrupted by Ophis.
"I don't want... Idiot."
Veins began to pop in Elizabeth's head.
"Pff... Cough. What?" A laugh almost escaped from Victor, but he quickly controlled his expression.
"This is your fault. She has never spoken those words before!"
"Eh? I'm innocent, believe me, I never lie. Look at my smile. Is this a liar's smile?" Victor smiled with a smile that showed all of his sharp teeth.
"PFFFFT" Krishna could barely hold his laughter while Yuki just sighed.
"…" Elizabeth rolled her eyes.
"Ophis, we have to go. You don't want to upset our Maid, right?"
"..." Ophis pouted cutely.
Ophis looks at Victor and says, "Give me."
"What?"
"Hand."
"Hmm...Okay." He saw no reason to refuse.
Victor reaches his hand toward Ophis, and soon she does something that leaves Elizabeth gaping.
Bite!
Ophis bites Victor's hand and drinks his blood.
"O-Ophis!?"
Victor looks at her with a curious look, he waits patiently, and in less than a few seconds, Ophis stops biting Victor.
"Yummy~" Ophis licked her lips.
Ophis then disappeared from victor's shoulder and appeared on Krishna's out stretching her hands.
"Hmm..." Victor analyzed the situation. He could feel that the girl didn't run somewhere, she just disappeared from existence; he couldn't even feel her presence for a moment.
'Some kind of concealment technique?' He tried to deduce what he just saw.
Krishna gave her his right hand while he tapped Ophis's forehead with his left hand embedding a small amount of mana
"What did you do?" Krishna asked.
"Mark."
"Mark?" Krishna looked at his hand in curiosity, but he saw no difference, and the wound Ophis had made has already healed.
Yes." She nodded and jumped off Victor's shoulder.
As she falls to the ground, Ophis' appearance begins to distort, she looks at Elizabeth:
"Returning."
"W-Wait!" Before Elizabeth could catch Ophis, the little girl disappeared, and all everyone could see was just a dark trail.
Elizabeth looks at Victor and, her eyes begin to glow blood red, then she speaks in an ordering tone:
"Keep what you saw a secret."
Victor looks at Elizabeth, then starts to laugh:
"Kakakaka. I will keep the secret, don't worry." He walks towards Yuki, takes the things he bought for Ophis, and quickly gives the items to Elizabeth.
"Eh?" Elizabeth was surprised by several things now, but unconsciously she held the bags.
"I also need to leave now. Be careful where you walk, Princess~." He picks up Yuki like a princess.
"M-Master?"
"Close your mouth, or you'll bite your tongue."
Not expecting Yuki to prepare, Victor takes a step in a random direction, then disappears.
Krishna follows him and they move back toward Scathach's mansion.