"he's at my house now. That should be obvious." She spoke with a face of disdain.
"..." Natasha nodded and seemed to think for a few seconds, "I want permission to visit your territory."
"You want?" Scathach raised her eyebrow when she heard Natasha's tone of command, she didn't like it at all, and her eyes began to slowly change to blood red.
"Fuck." When Natasha realized what she said, it was too late.
Bloody pressure left Scathach's body.
"!!!" Natasha's whole body felt heavy, she felt difficulty breathing, a feeling of fear covered her body.
'H-Has she gotten stronger?' She clearly remembers that she wasn't so strong back then!
The same was happening with Agnes, who got caught in the crossfire, she couldn't move.
"You two seem to misunderstand something." Scathach's voice sent shivers down both women's spines.
Crack, Crack!
Her pressure was so intense that the walls, furniture, and everything around it started to break!
"I don't give a damn if my disciple is your 'son-in-law'. To me, you don't mean anything. I just came here because, even though I don't care about it, my disciple is married to your daughters, and mine."
Suddenly the pressure coming from her body disappeared.
"…." An uncomfortable silence descended over the place.
Scathach's eyes returned to normal, and another shock hit the room.
"Y-Your eyes…" Adonis stammered as he pointed at Scathach.
When everyone heard Adonis' voice, they also looked into Scathach's eyes, and only now did they notice that her eyes were no longer blood red like she was bloodthirsty!
"Hmm?" Scathach turns her face and looks at Adonis:
"Oh, you are here. I didn't notice."
"..." Adonis was speechless, but it wasn't because Scathach didn't realize his existence; that was normal for him. Instead, he was speechless because she managed to solve her bloodlust problem.
And if she managed to solve her problem, that means she found someone to replace the husband she killed...
He knows that Scathach's male standards were very high, and her standards are so unattainable that he doubts there is a man that one day could completely satisfy the requirements to be with the strongest female vampire.
"How did you solve your problem?" He was quite curious now.
Just who is this man she married?
"That is none of your business," Scathach said.
"…" He was speechless again. Wasn't she colder than usual? Why is her mood so bad today?
"Darling?" Agnes raised an eyebrow.
"Aren't you curious?" He looked at Agnes and totally ignored his wife's gaze.
"I am, but…." Agnes nodded, then added:
"It's none of our business."
"Hahaha, glad you understand~" Scathach flashed a cold smile.
"…" The group won't lie and say they weren't curious, but they don't want to provoke Scathach's ire for something 'small' like this.
As much as they are curious… Dying of curiosity.
Agnes and Natasha were a little shocked internally by something else too, without them noticing, Scathach got stronger again, it's been some time since the two women met with Scathach, and they clearly remember she wasn't as strong as she is now.
If their memory serves, the last time they spoke to Scathach was when Ruby was kidnapped in the past, and, at the time, Ruby was 3 years old, and currently Ruby is 21, which means...
This monster just got stronger in just 18 years!? This is impossible! The strength of an older vampire doesn't grow that fast! Something must have happened!
'Stopping to think, Violet also had a sudden increase in strength...' Agnes' eyes sparkled a little.
"Maybe it's my son-in-law's fault?" She unknowingly spoke aloud.
"…" Scathach's smile broke, and she looked coldly at Agnes.
Agnes felt uncomfortable when she saw Scathach's face, and she quickly changed the subject:
"Scathach, I ask your permission to visit your house. I want to see my daughter's new husband."
Scathach's eyes became more neutral, and then she said, "Okay, I give permission."
"Eh...?" Was it that easy!? And what was that whole show a few minutes ago!? Agnes was speechless.
Agnes thinks for a moment, and then she understands. 'Oh, it's been a few years, and I've already forgotten how to treat this woman...'
Scathach's temper was very different from what she remembered, she is calmer. Normally, she was very intense, and because of that, she forgot the basics of how to treat Scathach.
This is something all vampires should know when encountering Scathach; Be humble, or you'll get your ass kicked by her. Agnes had completely forgotten about that.
The same happened with Natasha.
"Scathach, can I visit my daughter and her new husband?"
"..." Scathach looked at Natasha, "Yeah, of course, you can."
A smile threatened to break out of Natasha's neutral face, but she held back.
"But before that..."
"Luna!" Scathach's voice echoed through the mansion.
"Yeshhh," Suddenly, a white-haired Russian maid appeared.
"Were you Sleeping?"
"...I was not."
"Wipe your mouth first. You're drooling." Scathach rolled her eyes.
"!!!" Luna quickly wipes her mouth and looks to Scathach for any order from her.
"Deliver the contracts to these guests." She pointed to Agnes and Natasha.
"Yes!" Luna disappeared, and a few seconds later, she returned with several golden contracts in hand.
"And us?" the men asked.
Scathach just waves a hand for Luna to hand over the contract to them too.
Right after that, Scathach totally ignored the two men since, in her view, the two men weren't worth her time.
The white-haired man was only good for being handsome, and the other man had the same purpose as the first man, but unlike the first man who tries to be useful, the other is just a waste of air.
And to make her mood even worse, which is bad since she knows that today is Victor's date with Violet, the two men reek of talentlessness.
She spent so much time with Victor that she completely forgot that other men aren't like him.
"... What is it?"
"Hmm?" Coming out of her thoughts, Scathach looks at Agnes:
"Are you blind? Or are you illiterate?"
'...Okay, her mood isn't good today, just what happened to her mood, it's so…dark?' Agnes thought.
"Why this contract? I just want to see my daughter's husband." Natasha spoke.
"Tsk." Scathach clicked her tongue with visible annoyance.
"Listen. The contract is simple. You must sign and keep all the information you learn from my disciples to yourself, and if this contract is broken, I will know." Her eyes glittered dangerously.
"And I will pay you a visit~."
Agnes' eyes flashed in annoyance, "Scathach... Are you threatening me? Yes, you're strong, but you can't fight alone-" She was going to keep saying that Scathach couldn't fight alone with an entire Clan of Vampire Counts, but she couldn't continue her words…
"Agnes…" Scathach's voice came out in a demonic tone that left Agnes completely paralyzed.
"Don't make my mood worse. Or I promise you, the next words you say will be your death sentence."
"..." Everyone felt a chill rising in their spines, their bodies froze, they couldn't move, they swallowed their saliva, in front of her, and they just looked like scared children.
Was she that angry? They could see that she was being very serious this time, and they knew that if they teased her any further, she would do what she promised.
'Master...' Luna felt her master go back to what she was before she met Victor.
Slowly, the pressure coming off of Scathach's body began to fade, and as she spoke, she clearly wasn't in the mood for more bullshit today:
"The contract is simple. Shut the fuck up about my disciples. I don't want to hear any leaked information about him. By doing that, you can see my son-in-law. It's simple, right?"
She is very overprotective! That's what everyone thought.
It is common knowledge that it is quite difficult to find information about the Clan of Scathach, and why? It's just that the woman herself is very overprotective of her daughters, she hides any kind of information about her daughters from the public, and the Ruby incident made her very paranoid.
And everyone in this room knows she only gives her daughters that kind of treatment! After all, they signed a similar contract when their Clan heirs began to bond with Ruby.
They also understand that Scathach would not allow her daughter to marry someone 'useless' or 'talentless'.
And when they remembered Victor's fight, they understood that he screamed potential.
The curiosity of the vampires present was once again piqued.
Just who is this man who managed to cause such a strong reaction in this crazy woman? They needed to know! They needed to meet this man!
"…" After a moment of silence, the group signed the contract since they were just too curious to step back now.
"Good." Scathach flashed a small, cold smile when she saw the group signing the contract.
While this meeting was taking place Krishna was back at the mansion trying to figure out a way to use Spatial magic.
"No matter what I try until and unless I know a simple spatial spell I can not get started to make one of my own."
"Spatial magic is not something witches have distributed very often and the globe which Violet has is just a beacon..... the real spatial magic is what that greedy witch uses and just watching is not enough I need to see the symbols..."
Suddenly a woman came to Krishna's mind, "Almost forgot about her!! but to get to her I need to go back, Natalia should be able to help me with that."
Krishna moves towards the room where he sensed Violet was choosing outfit and knocked on the door.
"Yes?" Ruby
"It's Krishna can I come in?"
"Sure" Ruby replied
Krishna entered the room to see Violet in the middle of a plethora of clothes with Yuki helping her and Ruby and Sasha sitting on the couch some ways away from her.
"I just wanted to know if I could borrow Natalia for a bit."
"Natalia, do you want to go back to Earth? there are other ways for that."
"Yes but I have some other stuff to do and Could use her help in going to the places since they are like on opposite ends of the earth."
the door to the wardrobe opened but inside of it looked like a portal, soon Natalia walked out of it just to see everyone staring at her.
"Hello?" Natalia said awkwardly
Violet looks at Krishna, "After I go away with darling Natalia can assist you in whatsoever you want....if darling trusts you than so do I"
Violet never had many interactions with Violet and Krishna actively avoided Violet since he knew Victor had a special spot for her. Of course Krishna told this to Violet and she appreciated the effort and since then had a good impression of Krishna.
".....Did Violet just act mature??" Sasha says in shock
"I am mature bitch it's just that everyone I talk to tries to hog my darling's attention!"
"There she is" Sasha smiles.
"Lady Violet. My master is waiting for you in front-"
"Darling~!"
Before Kaguya could even finish, Violet opened the door and ran somewhere.
"...She never waits for me to finish..." Kaguya felt like sighing as she looked toward the room.
Krishna was smiling looking at her "Hello dutiful maid"
"Hello annoying man" Kaguya says
"Hahahahahahaha I like it that you are frank with only me"
"I am not frank but rude to you since you were rude to me"
Saying this she moves back toward the gates.
Krishna also moves toward the gates when he sees that Natalia was staring at her.
"Natalia you need to go before she screams."
"Ah yes of course" Natalia a little flustered runs toward the gates.
'He did not change much..... but it almost feels like he became more handsome?? and less threatening.' Natalia thought as she got to the gates.
"NATALIA!"
"Yes, Yes. I haven't forgotten my duty. No need to scream, Lady Violet." A portal appears at the entrance to Scathach's mansion, and soon Natalia exits the portal.
"Oh? You're back, Natalia." Victor displayed his usual little smile, very different from the one he used to show his wives.
How long has it been since we have seen each other, Lord-... Eh?" Natalia was speechless as she looked at Victor. Is he really Victor? Huh? Were six months enough for him to change so much?
Natalia couldn't express her feelings clearly. She was just surprised by Victor's sudden change; his whole atmosphere changed! He was exhibiting a very different natural confidence than before. Every time she looked at the small smile on his face, she felt an air of danger and unpredictability, and more importantly... She felt like she was in front of a natural predator.
That was a feeling she only had with a few vampires. 'Has his growth in power changed him in any way?' She felt it was possible. After all, it's quite common for vampires to be influenced by the power it awakens.
And just as suddenly that feeling had come it went away and a feeling of safety surrounded her.
"You really need to keep your aura under control..... be extra careful on Earth now that you are a vampire even humans with low strength will feel like a predator is around them if your aura leaks and there are a lot of them due to those damn systems."
Natalia looks back to see Krishna behind her,' So it's his aura that made me feel secure... I see so he got better at controlling his power due to which he feels less threatening....this, was nice of him.'
"Yeah Yeah I will make sure of that don't worry and I also remember to tell about your group to any humans I meet who do not have any systems."
"Good have a nice date You two."
"Where do you want to go?" Natalia smiled again with the same gentle smile.
"We don't know." The two spoke at the same time.
"Eh...?" She was speechless.
"Hahaha, don't look at us like that. Violet and I aren't planners; we just do whatever we want. Right, Honey?"
"…" Violet didn't say anything, she just displayed a loving smile that confirmed Victor's words.
"..." Seeing the 'love' in the air, Natalia felt like she had eaten dog food now.
"Do you have any suggestions?" Victor asked.
"Well, if we're talking about romantic dates, the obvious choice is Paris, right?" At least she, as a woman, would like a man to take her to Paris on a romantic date.
"In that case, we're going to Paris." Victor didn't think much since he didn't have much experience in dating, considering he never went on a date in his life. And for him, wherever he was with his wife was enough.
"Yes!" Violet thought the same as Victor. As long as she was with Victor, it was enough! It doesn't matter the place, the time or the time of year!
Natalia nods and snaps her finger.
"Done." When she said this, a portal appeared behind her.
"Come on, Darling!"
"Before that, take this." Natalia threw two bracelets.
The two raise their hands and take the bracelet she threw.
"What is that?" Victor asked curiously.
"A magic tool that automatically translates what you say into the local language since you can't speak French, right?"
"Oh." The two spoke at the same time; they totally forgot about it.
'It's quite cute how similar they look….' Natalia flashed a motherly smile.
The two put the bracelet on their wrists, and, right after doing this, the bracelet seems to glow green and soon fits perfectly on their wrists.
"This is interesting," Violet spoke.
"Honey, have you never used this?"
"Yes, after all, I didn't travel much to other countries."
"We have to change this in the future, right?" He displayed a gentle smile.
Violet takes Victor's arm and says with a big beaming smile:
"Of course."
Soon the two walk toward the portal.
"Have fun~." Natalia dismissed the two with a gentle smile.
As soon as they go through the portal, the portal is undone.
"…" An uncomfortable silence fell in the room.
"I must look for a husband." She decided that when she saw the atmosphere of happiness and love in the couple.
She turned back and bumped straight into Krishna.
"hahaha seems like that lovey-dovey atmosphere really got to you huh" Krishna chuckled a little looking at the blushing maid.
"looking for a suitable man while being part of Clan Alioth is very difficult, right?"
"!!!" Natalia was taken by surprise, she never expected that anyone could catch her off guard! She quickly jumps back and looks toward the voice.
Seeing a woman with long black hair and golden eyes, she immediately recognized the woman:
"... June... Your hair has grown."
"Greedy witch" Krishna nods in greeting.
June looks at Krishna and falls on her butt. June was a powerful witch and she could feel the mana that was emanating from Krishna.... it was he was the eye of a tornado made of mana but the mana seemed to be dancing around him in total harmony..... what shocked June the most was that the info she had on him was quite wrong.... according to info Krishna was almost as powerful as a mediocre witch with good control of her skills but seeing this he should be at least as strong as the witch queen's daughters!!
"I hope everything you see here remains a secret"
June nods her head.
"Do you promise?" Krishna asked like a 5-year-old child.
"Yes I promise," June says hurriedly
"good" Krishna says as he stops showing his mana.
'He did that on purpose! but why?' June thought
"I hope you have good news for Lady Sasha." Natalia said after she saw Krishna stop intimidating June
"Yes, I do..." She spoke with a serious face, "But before that..." Her body broke out in a cold sweat.
She looked at the place and said, "Can you ask them to stop looking at me with that look...? I'm almost shitting myself."
Natalia looked up and saw Lacus and Siena standing on top of the mansion as she looked at the two of them with their eyes glowing blood red.
They looked like they were about to attack at any moment.
"..." Natalia's eyes sparkled for a few seconds.
June didn't like that look in Natalia's eyes at all, she had a bad feeling.
"I do not know her," Natalia spoke and quickly turned and entered the mansion.
"Eh...? W-Wait-" June was going to say something, but suddenly, she felt two hands touching her shoulder.
"Why don't we talk a little? I have a basement made for people like you~" Siena flashed a slight smile that showed her teeth.
"Don't worry, it's a very welcoming place." Lacus continued.
"We even have a very comfortable electric chair." Siena.
"Some coffins with nice thorns that pierce your skin." Lacus.
"We have lovely tools that can easily remove every part of your body." Siena.
"It's a very welcoming place~" The two spoke at the same time with small smiles on their faces.
June's expression changed several times, and tears threatened to fall from her face. Just from the hair of the two women, she knew who they were, and she heard a rumor that Scathach's daughters were crazy like their mother, fearing for the future, she did the most obvious thing:
"N-NOOO!" June quickly covers her body with magic and runs.
She ran away...
"Oh? I like to chase my prey~" Siena licks her lips, then runs after her.
"You can't run away from me." Lacus' body turned to mist, and soon she chased June as well.
Looking back, she saw the two women chasing her with rather frightening looks, "Hiiii!" After that, she started to pick up the pace.
"Cursed that sadistic maid!!"
Hearing June's screams, Natalia flashed a cold smile.
Despite being a professional maid from a renowned clan... She was very petty at times.