This is the first time the members here besides me, Asia, Xenovia, and Irina, will be meeting this person.
Sister Griselda apologises.
“I apologise. I should have come and greeted you all much earlier……but it didn’t fit my schedule, and I am regretting how incapable I am.”
She really is polite. But, in terms of how she acts towards one person—
“Oh my? Xenovia, you don’t look well?”
Irina asks a question to Xenovia which has a meaning behind it.
“……Don’t tease me, Irina.”
Xenovia puts on a stiff face and tries not to be within the Sister’s sight, but—
The Sister grabs hold of Xenovia’s face with both her hands!
“Xenovia? Do you hate seeing me that much?”
“……N-No. It’s just……”
“Just?”
“……S-Sorry I couldn’t answer your calls.”
So the phone call that Xenovia was ignoring was a call from this Sister huh.
Receiving the apology from Xenovia, Sister Griselda lets go off her face.
“Yes. Very well done. Since I gave you my number, you should at least give me a call. Understood? You can at least have dinner with me, right?”
“Of course. I would be concerned about you since we are in the same region once again.”
It seems like they are a troubled little sister and a capable older sister. Rather, this is a new view, since Xenovia who is always acting so mighty is showing a cute reaction like this. I have witnessed an unexpected thing once again.
We finished our introductions like this, and now we only have to wait for the Vampire guests to arrive.
The night gets even darker—
It became completely silent outside, and we felt something abnormally cold from outside by the time everyone exchanged a few words. Every one of us sensed it, and we looked out the window towards the direction where the entrance of the old school building is.
Rias stands.
“Looks like they are here. ……The presences of Vampires are cold like always.”
Rias looks at Kiba. Kiba stands, and then leaves the room after bowing to us.
……He must have gone to welcome the Vampires.
I then remembered about the information that everyone told me about Vampires earlier.
Vampires are beings that can’t enter a building which they haven’t been invited to come into. They don’t appear in mirrors, and they don’t have shadows.
They can’t cross running water, they hate garlic, and they are weak against the symbols of the Church—the cross and holy water.
And they can’t heal themselves unless they sleep in their coffin.
Gasper who is a half Vampire is a bit different from that description. He has a shadow, and he appears in the mirror. He can walk across rivers, he is overcoming garlic, and it isn’t like he has to sleep in his coffin.
Apparently it’s because the human blood inside Gasper is stronger. ……That’s why he can sleep inside the box.
The reason why Kiba went downstairs is because the guest Vampires are purebloods, and they won’t be able to come in without being invited.
We, the servants of our [King] Rias, stood up from our seats and lined up next to her to welcome the guests. Shinra-senpai also stands behind Sona-kaichou.
Irina is also standing behind Sister Griselda who is sitting on the chair. Akeno-san is on standby in front of her personal push cart so she can serve them anytime. Azazel-sensei is basically the only one who is sitting down casually.
We wait for the guests in a posture where the [Kings] and Boss-class people are sitting down, and their subordinates are standing upright.
And our Vampire-kun, Gya-suke is……
“…………”