As one expect, the vampire queen was on her throne, and the throne room was pretty dark and empty. She also looked quite pissed, so her anger added to the atmosphere.
"You are late,"
"Forgive us, Your Majesty. Deimos took some time finishing the goblin hero. However, his progress is remarkable."
"I am the one who decides that,"
Come to think of it, I haven't heard her name so far… calling her the Queen of the red flags seemed good enough for now, though. In any case, since I was standing while deep in thought, Roskarl pushed my head downward and forced me to bow to head too… the old lived for seven hundred years, and he still didn't know that women don't respect men who belittle themselves like that…
"Take him to the dungeon. He will be punished for returning late in due time."
"Ehh… Your Majesty, if I may suggest one thing…"
"You may not."
"Haaahh… this is useless and quite sad, gramps. This country is doomed with someone like that leading you all."
"You idiot, just stay quiet and don't make things worse."
"What is the worst that can happen? I already died, remember? I am going to a dungeon, too, even after a day of hard work. Might as well make things more interesting by making them chaotic too. How old are you, Queen of the Red Flags? You behave like a brat, so despite your appearance, you probably didn't develop your frontal cortex or some shit."
"... What did you say?"
A vein started to bulge on the vampire queen's forehead. That sure felt refreshing. I didn't have many chances to put spoiled women in their places before, but might as well don't waste those chances now. If you want to act like a bitch, you are going to be treated like a bitch.
Unfortunately, before I could enjoy that moment for a bit longer. I was suddenly teleported away to a cell… and Roskarl used something like Telekinesis to put me in an iron chair filled with nails, and he tied me up with some chains as well. I was lucky that I didn't have flesh. Otherwise, those nails would have hurt…
"Sorry, gramps. I like some nasty stuff, but I am not into bondage and I don't swing that way either."
"You never fails to put me in a difficult spot. Hopefully, Her Majesty will calm down after torturing you for one week or two."
"She sure has a lot of free time."
Roskarl sighed once more and then disappeared… I wanted to learn how to Teleport, too. If my guess is right, that spell should be learned by leveling up the Sloth path. Regardless… I wondered what I should do… I tried to free myself from the chains, but they didn't move a single bit… at least Roskarl left my sword behind, but I couldn't move it, so it was useless.
"I guess I will take a nap to kill time… even though I don't feel sleepy. Is this because I am a skeleton now? How my brain works now… wait, I don't have one, I just have a skull. I never thought that having a second life in another world would make me have such weird thoughts."
Even if I didn't have to, I probably could fall asleep if I tried enough. Even vampires can sleep from time to time, for long periods of time… Still, despite trying a lot, I failed in doing so, so I decided to kill some time planning my next steps. It would be boring, but tomorrow, I probably should get some levels in the wrath to become stronger and handle the sword better. Then I will try to solo the orc hero without magic… I wondered if he would be back by then, otherwise, I would just have to keep heading to the bottom of the dungeon until something happens.
While I was thinking along those lines, a couple of hours passed, and then, eventually, I heard some footsteps approaching. I could hear the sound of heels too, so soon I confirmed that it was the vampire Queen… she still looked pissed and she came with a toy this time, a malicious looking whip with a bunch of spikes in it.
"It is time for your punishment."
"As I said to the old man, I am not into bondage. I am not sure how much fun you can have with this body of mine, but just in case, my safe word is Cotton Candy Catastrophe."
"What are you talking about?"
"If you don't know, I would rather not explain either."
The vampire queen opened the cell and soon began to snap the whip points with her hands… it seemed that she was warming up to the torture session. At the same time, she started to breathe roughly as well and got overstimulated… my Spidey senses were warning me that the danger was coming, so I felt like sweating cold, but… you got the gist.
"Is that how you solve things here? Violence isn't the answer, violence is a question and the answer is yes… wait, this doesn't help my case here."
"... You never talked this much before."
"Well, you know… death changes people. I also heard that torture changes people for the worst, too. The type of worst that even you wouldn't be able to like. The worst for monsters should be good, right? Then torture will change me for the good, not that it makes sense, but…"
It looked like I was the type of person who talks a lot when I get nervous. It was better to just steel myself and shut up… perhaps I should focus on increasing my vitality as well tomorrow in order to make these torture sessions less painful.
In any case, it looked like the vampire queen was waiting for something, but my silent changed her mood… all of a sudden, she stopped playing with her whip and then let some tears flow and then she left.
"Why did you leave us?"