After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

"Do you know where Aize is now?"

"Where? Isn't it in Tafea?"

"No, that's not right."

Rosalyn leaned on her cane, smiled, and shook her head meaningfully:

"A few days ago, he led a small group of knights from Tafia to the capital of the Kingdom of Arte, Arte. It's said that a severe blood plague has broken out there, and the city has been almost completely overrun by blood slaves."

These words made Uriel and Nain look at each other in bewilderment.

As brave warriors, they knew very well what the blood plague was and how dangerous it was.

So, my first reaction to hearing this was disbelief.

"Are you kidding me? If there really was a blood plague in the capital, why didn't the church hear anything? How did you even know?"

"Well, this is naturally the revelation from the goddess."

"Again? This kind again..."

"The goddess said that Aize is in danger. If possible, I really want to rush to the capital to help, but unfortunately, I can't leave because of Xiaoya's matter~"

Rosalyn held her face, and her smile finally faded a little, turning into a slightly worried expression.

"But Aize is also a partner—even if he leaves the team, that won't change. So, can you go to the capital and help him in my place? Please."

Chapter 97 The Unworthy True Ancestor

When Aize regained consciousness, the sky had already brightened. The dazzling sunlight poured into the room through the window without reservation, making it impossible to open his eyes.

Sitting up in bed, he looked around.

He could vaguely recognize that it was still the same room where Charlotte sucked his blood last night, except that the tightly closed curtains were completely drawn open.

"Uh...what happened?"

Still a little confused, Aize scratched his hair.

The last clear memory was the moment when Charlotte's fangs pierced his skin.

The subsequent content was a mess due to the influence of the blood clan's magic, as if it was blurred, and the details were impossible to recall.

I just remember that the feeling of having my blood sucked was quite... No, that doesn't matter.

It doesn't really matter if you don't remember the details. Charlotte simply lost control and drank too much blood, causing her to faint. She only woke up now.

Touch the bitten neck.

The wound has healed without even a scar left.

Move your body again.

There was still some numbness and sluggishness, but that was all, no other discomfort.

You shouldn't have to worry about any sequelae.

After confirming this, Aize breathed a sigh of relief.

Then--

"Lord Aize, you are awake. How do you feel?"

Laura's voice came from the side.

As the mastermind behind harming Aize, it is understandable that he was motivated by considering his master's interests, but it is really too disgraceful for him to have ended up like this.

Aize was naturally also angry and turned his head suddenly:

"How does it feel? If you're not careful, you might actually turn into a mummy! You... uh?"

He choked in the middle of his words.

The blonde housekeeper was currently being tied up in a way similar to that of a gangster, and then hung upside down on the chandelier in the room.

The location of the hanging is quite particular. The sunlight coming through the window is projected squarely on her body. For a vampire, this is not a comfortable situation.

But even so, she was still able to greet Aize calmly and decently.

I don’t know whether to say that their professionalism is amazing, or that high-level vampires are indeed very tough.

But no matter what, this scene was too shocking for Aize, who had just woken up from a coma, so much so that he was stuck there with his eyes wide open.

It took a while to come back to my senses:

“…What…are you doing?”

"My master's punishment is that I must remain in this state until Master Aize wakes up and punishes me further."

As she spoke, Laura exerted a little strength, and her bound body began to swing like a pendulum.

"Honestly, it was a bit strange at first, but it was quite fun once you got used to it. Before Master Aize woke up, I had already managed to spin around the center 100 times in a minute."

As a long-lived species that has lived for hundreds of years, the mental state of high-level vampires is somewhat seriously ill by human standards.

Simply put, it's just idleness.

Aize had no experience of this before, but today he finally saw it.

"Uh……"

I don’t know where to start complaining, Aize’s eyes are almost narrowed into a line.

After struggling for a while, I decided to let it go and not delve into it too deeply.

He scratched his hair again, sighed deeply, and asked:

"How long was I unconscious? Where is Charlotte now?"

As soon as the serious question was asked, the housekeeper, who had been wandering around faster and faster, stopped immediately, almost ignoring her inertia.

Seriously, how did you do that?

Regardless, this goes against common sense, doesn't it?

I can only say... vampires are really amazing.

"It's around ten in the morning now. Master Aize has been unconscious for nearly fourteen hours."

The housekeeper replied expressionlessly as always:

"As for the Master, isn't she... always there?"

"ha?"

Following Laura's gaze, Aize looked towards the entrance of the room.

Only then did I discover some abnormal conditions that I had just overlooked.

This mansion is still occupied by the vampires. Except for the bedroom where he lives, other places, including the corridor outside, are still shrouded in darkness.

At this moment, the bedroom door was not completely closed, but was ajar, leaving a gap through which one could see the dark corridor on the other side of the door.

And a pair of hands.

A pair of pale hands, whose owner could not be seen, stretched out from the darkness and were clawing at the door panel.

In the darkness behind these hands, there is even a pair of faint red eyes.

And the moment Aize's gaze met those red eyes, the latter trembled as if he had been electrocuted.

He pulled his hand back almost immediately and hid completely behind the door where Aize couldn't see him.

What is going on?

Aize cast a doubtful look at Charlotte, who shook her head helplessly.

"Master, she seems to feel very guilty about sucking your blood out of control. She doesn't dare to see you because of this. But even though she says she doesn't dare to see you, she can't let it go. She hides there, peeking at the door every few minutes."

As if to confirm Laura's statement, the hand and red eyes appeared again at the crack of the door.

how to say?

The first thing that came to Aize's mind was the scene of cats and dogs that had made mistakes hiding behind the door and not daring to see their owners.

But due to lighting and perspective issues, it became a faint white hand and red eyes in the dark.

No matter how you look at it, it looks more like a scene from a ghost photo.

Red Eyes——Charlotte, after realizing that Aize was looking at her, immediately disappeared behind the door again.

This made Aize sweat profusely, and Laura looked disappointed, shaking her head helplessly.

"After all, I've lived for hundreds of years, but once I get involved with Master Aize, I still become like this. Even though he's my master, even though he's a True Ancestor, it's still a little funny."

"Uh……"

Aize didn't know what expression to make for a moment.

"I was hoping that Master could take advantage of last night's opportunity and use the vampires' methods to capture Lord Aize in one fell swoop. If he had succeeded, even if I was executed, it would have been worth it. But the result was still this disappointing..."

“Stop talking!!!!”

The half-closed door of the bedroom was suddenly opened, and Charlotte was finally fully revealed to Aize's sight.

His limbs have fully recovered, and even the burn marks all over his body have disappeared without a trace. The paleness of his skin has also returned to the normal level of a vampire.

It can be said that Aize's risky behavior still played the desired therapeutic effect.

But beyond that, the situation is more nuanced.

The face that usually seemed extremely arrogant and conceited was now flushed red, his lips were tightly pursed and trembling constantly.

He looked extremely nervous and didn't dare to look Aize in the eye. Tears could even be clearly seen welling up in his blood-red eyes.

To sum it up in one sentence: Who are you?

She is completely different from her usual Charlotte.

"How dare you say that!? Who caused this to happen? I can heal that minor injury myself, why would I have to do something unnecessary like this!?"

The vampire girl rushed over, and while continuing to avoid Aize's sight, she came to the upside-down Laura, kicking her in anger with a crying voice.

This made Laura's body shake like a sandbag, even causing the chandelier chain to crackle.

But the housekeeper herself remained expressionless.

He even continued to criticize his master without mercy:

"Master, this is a bit unreasonable. Haven't you always intended to enjoy the blood of Lord Aize? I just fulfilled your wish, no..."

"Who wants to do it this way? You'll remember it completely after it's over! If this is the first time, what are you going to do when you remember it later?"

"Is this what you care about?"

“…Ugh!!!”

Realizing that she had said the wrong thing in the confusion, Charlotte quickly went from being panic-stricken, confused, shy and at a loss to being angry and embarrassed.

A single wing made of blood formed at the shoulder almost instantly, instantly throwing Laura and the chandelier that held her firmly against the wall.

Then, he rushed forward immediately, dragging Laura, who was still tied up and unable to move, and the master and servant came to Aize's bed together.

"Um...um...I...I didn't mean to do that last night. I was injured so badly that I don't remember anything at all. When I came to my senses, I found you lying in front of me. No, no, no, I'm not trying to shift the blame. What I meant was that I'm not usually like this. Although I did want to suck Aize's blood, I definitely didn't intend to make you faint and almost lose your life. Anyway, anyway...anyway, I'm so sorry!"

Without daring to look Aize in the eye, Charlotte spoke a lot of incoherent words.

It was so fast that not only Aize, but even she herself didn't know what she was saying.

But in short, it means to apologize.

As the next True Ancestor, Charlotte is very proud of her identity, just like other vampires.

But at the same time, as the most senior vampire in existence, she was also very clear that the so-called aristocratic manners of the vampires were nothing more than a performance to cover up their bloodthirsty beastly nature.

Remove the disguise and all that remains is the terrifying and disgusting nature.

Therefore, she was very worried that after Aize noticed this, he would become disgusted and afraid of her, so she kept trying hard to disguise herself.

As a result, when he was at his weakest, he was given such a terrible treatment by his subordinates, and naturally his mentality exploded.

If Aize didn't wake up safely.