He’s putting on a very complicated expression. Of course. Since the real Vampires that chased him out are coming here.
It seems like the Vampires coming here aren’t from Gasper’s family, but he still can’t hide the fact of being nervous.
After a while, there is a knock on the door.
“I have brought the guests.”
Kiba opens the door and brings in the guests in a gentleman’s manner.
The one who comes in is a doll-like little girl who is wearing a dress worn by those princesses back in the Middle ages. The reason why I thought she is like a doll is because she has a very beautiful face.
Her eyes, nose, and even her mouth look like those western dolls where she doesn’t seem like a human, and her beauty seems like it was made by someone. You can say that she is flowing with a very mysterious atmosphere. She has long wavy blonde hair, and it makes her look like a doll even more. And the colour of her face is really bad that she looks like a corpse.
Unlike Gasper who is pale because he has been staying inside hiding, she has a skin colour which doesn’t seem alive.
Her very red eyes are darker than those of Gasper.
Can I presume she is the same age as us from her appearance? Like Devils, Vampires also have a long lifespan, and I hear that they can change their appearance to their liking……
—!
I open my eyes wide after looking at her feet.
—There are no shadows.
……So she is a real Vampire then. No, that’s obvious. It just reminded me once again.
There is a man and woman wearing a suit behind the girl. Her escorts. Are they her bodyguards?
Both of them have a bad skin colour, so they must also be Vampires. I can sense a cold and sharp presence from them.
Ah, I also realised one more thing. I can’t feel even a glimpse of their aura. They don’t have any kind of lifeforce-like thing around them.
The girl—the guest Vampire greets Rias and us politely.
“How do you do, people of the Three-Great Powers. I’m especially honoured to meet two of the little sisters of Maous and the former Governor of the Fallen Angels.”
Being urged by Rias, the girl sits right across from Rias.
She introduces herself before sitting.
“I am Elmenhilde Galnstein. Please call me Elmen.”
……It certainly is a name which sounds so exaggerating. It certainly has a noble ring to it.
Sensei puts his hand on his chin.
“……Galnstein. If I’m correct, it’s one of the two big factions of Vampires, and it’s a household which is ranked one of the highest among the Carmilla-faction. It’s been awhile meeting a pureblood and noble Vampire……”
Carmilla-faction—
Yes, I had Rias and Sensei teach me about the world of Vampires to a certain degree beforehand.
Vampires are a resident of darkness that have existed since ancient times. They have similar rankings and weaknesses like High-class Devils. But, Devils are residents of the Underworld. Vampires are beings that live in the darkness of the human’s world. They may seem similar, but their views and culture differ a lot.
Devils and Vampires have continued living by using humans while not stimulating each other’s territory. The Heaven—the part where the servants of God being our natural enemies are the same, but both sides have distanced themselves from each other while not fighting together.
The Devils have settled down on the three-side battle this summer by agreeing to the alliance of the Three Great Powers, but the Vampires aren’t even trying to sit down for negotiation.
Because of that, they still have quarrels with the Heaven—the warriors of the Church.
—Well, I will end my basic information about Vampires here, but the problem is about the two big factions.
Apparently, an incident which split the world of Vampires occurred several hundred years ago.
That gave birth to the Tepes-faction and Carmilla-faction. Tepes have the principals of men standing above women, and Carmilla-faction have the principal of women standing above men.