Against the World II: Transgression
Chapter 4: Silent Night, Part 3
It happened over a thousand years ago, several tens of years after Lake Deus was destroyed. At that time Vermyna had just returned from the village of Lizardmen: they asked her for help to be taken to Medea—they did not want to be attacked by the Knights Templar who had wildly destroyed the demihumans. Vermyna helped them because the elders of the Lizardmen used to be the guards who once worked in his castle.
While on her way back, Vermyna accidentally saw a small village that was quite remote. However, Vermyna did not see anyone there from far away, even though the houses were still in a very good state. In fact, the environment is so clean and beautiful ‒ does not indicate abandoned villages, let alone those destroyed.
Wanting to be sure, Vermyna flapped her wings and immediately swooped sharply— that was when her nose discovered the smell of blood that was so intoxicating. In fact, the blood of Retsu and Hernandez cannot match the smell of blood that his nose smelled. As a vampire with unparalleled self-control, this was the first time Vermyna had swallowed her own saliva just from smelling the scent of blood.
“Who else might have this amazing blood?”
Vermyna landed right at the gate, but he suddenly bounced away just as he was about to step inside. Vermyna managed to land well, but the shock on her face could not be lied to. He was Vermyna, the strongest member of the Deus Guardian, there was no way he could not feel a barrier right before him!
However, actually….
Vermyna growled, and once again approached the gate. This time he looked at it in detail. However, even after everything he could do he worked for, the result remained the same: there was no barrier. It made Vermyna's forehead frown, his legs once again he tried to move—
“Ghuah!”
—And he was bounced back.
Vermyna once again growled, vexation completely coloring her beautiful face like a doll. “...Thinking myself until bounced twice,” muttered Vermyna accompanied by a tongue whisper, before then standing up and coming back to the gate.
“Free trying, Edenia says anyone can't get in without my permission.” A dark red-haired boy with bloodstained eyes stepped confidently—he looked nothing more than a child at their twelfth age. “What do you want by entering this village, Miss Vampire?”
The smell of her blood so tickled Vermyna's nose and throat, but her attention had been drawn completely by the words the child had just spoken.
“Edenia...did you just say Edenia, the god who is adored by almost all races?”
“I don't know which Edenia you're referring to; the Edenia I know doesn't claim to be a god. Indeed, he can do everything, but he insists on saying that he is not a god.”
Vermyna's forehead frowned on its own. He did not expect at all to hear the day when the bastard Edenia would appear in front of the human—even though it was by hiding her identity as the ruler of the universe. Moreover, judging from the familiarity in the speech of the child, Edenia seemed to be quite familiar with the child.
“Who are you? Why do you know Edenia?”
To be sure, that kid can't be an ordinary kid. Other than his unrivalled blood quality, there must be something else special about him. Otherwise, there was no way he would be familiar with Edenia.
“Nona Vampire still hasn't answered my question, how can Miss Vampire constantly ask?” The boy raised his shoulders and turned around. “Come in, I let me. We can continue talking inside.” The boy stepped in right after.
Vermyna's eyes blinked a few times, before quickly entering the gate and following the child ‒ Vermyna did not hesitate in stepping, his intuition one hundred percent believe the child's words—and the intuition was not deceiving.
“I'm not afraid of anyone. Edenia said, other than Fie Axellibra, no one can beat me. And Edenia was never wrong. So, I have no reason why to be afraid.”
Observing the child beside her carefully, Vermyna found no real reason to justify her claim. His body does not emit ‒ powers he looks so normal, as normal as any other twelve-year-old boy. The claim he confidently spoke of looked empty, but—for some reason Vermyna's intuition told her to believe.
In less than two minutes, Vermyna found herself sitting face to face with the child inside the village's largest house.
“I see Vermyna Hermythys, queen of vampires. I came here out of curiosity with this remote, untouched village, and my intelligence multiplied when I smelled your blood. Now, explain. Whoareyou? How can you get familiar with Edenia?”
The child blinked twice, before then laughing widely, and then the laughter was replaced by an arrogant grin.
“Tak surprisingly you are very charming. How, want to be my girlfriend?” She did not wait for Vermyana's response (the queen was silent agape ‒ this is the first time she was teased). “You're the first most beautiful woman I've met in my life. Actually I want to say second, but.Edenia it is not a woman.” The boy patted his own eel—dia as if he was overcome with great regret. “Keeping things aside, I'm se—”
“Despite myself admitting your bravery for daring to seduce this superior me,” cut off Vermyna as her mind returned, “you still haven't answered my question.”
“Ha-ha-ha, I like you, Vermyna! I like women like you! It's love at first sight! It's so romantic!”
Vermyna refrained from massaging her own forehead. He wanted to snort, tell her he didn't have time to joke. However, the boy was really serious ‒ he really meant what he was calling for. Vermyna could not find the right word to say, for a moment he fell silent.
“...For you...you are just a child,” Vermyna murmured a moment later. “Too fast for you to talk such things...”.
“Ah, it looks like you're mistaken, Vermyna. My age today is 72 years 2 months and 14 days. I'm an adult, I'm old. Edenia stopped the growth of my body at the age of twelve ‒ Edenia said: ‘The body of age 11-13 is an ideal body, it's a body where the speed of production mana is in the highest stage. Having a body that is always in that phase will help make your mana capacity soar.’”
This kid..is he serious? Vermyna looked at him intensely, but he did not find the slightest lie in his speech. It also explains why it is not like a twelve-year-old child.
“Look at it,” propose the child. “I will answer all your questions, but in exchange you must be my lover until the day I turn 73 years old is right. Hows it? Very fair, isn't it?”
Vermyna frowned, not so fond of the boy's offer. But he was so curious. The boy knew a lot about Edenia. The child will be very useful to him. Moreover, his blood….
Vermyna let out a long breath. “Alright,” said, “cube yourself the honor of being your first lover, my lover for that period of time. Now, quickly, answer my question.”
“Heh, heh, heh. I know you'll agree. You also like me at first sight, right?”
“Hmph! Don't say much, answer my questions immediately.”
“Alright, alright.” The boy nodded his head in resignation, before then his expression was serious. “My name is Xavier Hernandez. Edenia was the one who took care of me ever since I was able to stand.”.