Chapter 371: Scathach's feelings.
Chapter 371: Scathach's feelings.
"Did you have fun?" Violet asked as Ruby and Victor left the room.
Ruby was dressed in a red sweatshirt and jeans, she was wearing little black boots, she was very stunning, especially with her small smile that oozed a sense of spring.
Very different from her usual cold expression.
"Isn't it clear?" Ruby answered Violet with a smile.
"Tsk, Bitch. If you weren't so against it, I would have invaded that place." Despite complaining, people could see some companionship and respect in Violet's words.
"Sleeping together is one thing, but sharing a bed while doing it... It's a little difficult, something I'd like to avoid if possible." Ruby was very honest.
Just having done it once in the past. She particularly disliked 'training' with her Darling in front of someone else. She preferred it when they were alone.
"I know, I agree with you too." Violet grumbled.
Currently, only Scathach, Violet, Ruby, and Sasha were present at this place. The rest of the Maids were busy with their own duties that Victor had given them.
Anna and Jeanne went somewhere in Japan, they said they wanted to see how the world had changed.
"Stupid disciple, I don't want to have a grandchild now." Scathach complained a little angrily, but no one knew if it was because she was irritated by what Victor did to her daughter or because she heard the whole thing.
"...We couldn't even if we wanted to, she's not an adult yet."
"What nonsense are you talking, stupid disciple?" Scathach looked at Victor as if he were looking at a fool.
"…Huh?"
"You are a progenitor."
"Common rules don't apply to you." Scathach had a look on her face that said, how do you not know that? It's common sense.
"..."
Ruby, Violet, and Victor were paralyzed.
"Does that mean it's possible for them to get pregnant? Isn't she a child or something by vampire standards?" Victor really hated the second part of that sentence.
"In normal terms, Yes."
"The reason it takes a noble so long to mature is because our bodies are getting ready for the first 'Boost', and when the first Boost happens, we officially become adults."
"But again, that doesn't apply to you."
"After she drank your blood for a long time, my daughter's body started to change, not only in strength, she started to evolve faster too... So she should have her fertile period in 30 years? Maybe less... Meh, who knows? Just be careful next time, and use protection."
"...Doesn't that mean that our adult phase will come sooner?" Ruby asked.
"…Oh, you're wrong. It just applies to the sexual issue of having children or something. Your 'boost' will still be in 500 years. That is something of a definitive rule for all vampires." Scathach gave all the mortals her elder vampire wisdom.
"...." The two women were speechless and looked at Scathach with an even more unbelievable expression.
How does this woman have so much knowledge of sex and a black hole in her feelings? They couldn't help but question it mentally.
'Is God trying to nerf her somehow?' Ruby thought.
That would be the only plausible explanation, after all, the woman is very powerful, and because of that, God gave her a density greater than a black hole!
That was the only plausible explanation!
'Ugh...' Ruby started to get a headache when she thought about this situation, just thinking about the possibility that she could have children at any moment.
She also didn't want to wear plastic or something since she liked the feel of her husband's flesh.
A thought that was shared with Violet.
The two look at each other and start talking with their eyes.
'Wait, why doesn't Adonis have this in his memories? Did he not know that?" Victor thought.
Victor was currently back in his black Yukata, but this time, it was a gold-striped Yukata.
Victor thinks, and thinks, but in the end, he decides:
'Whatever.' It's not like he would stop doing the act, and he also didn't want to use plastic on his little brother.
"Anyway."
"...Are you really going to ignore this?"
"Yes, it's not like I'm going to change my thoughts knowing that. I will carry on as usual, and if I have a child... So be it." He gestured as if he had no choice, then a gentle smile appeared on his face:
"It's not like I hate the idea of a Mini, Violet, Sasha, or Ruby walking around."
"..." These words put a small smile on the faces of the mentioned.
"...I see..." Scathach closed her eyes and displayed a small smile, "In that case, I won't say anything... In human terms, you are already an adult, after all, so do what you want. "
"Of course..." Victor smiled a little, "I always do what I want."
"Sasha?"
"Yes?"
"Do you want to go to Kyoto?"
Seeing Victor's smile, Sasha's entire face, which was mildly annoyed from hearing the two friends' practices, completely blossomed into a beautiful, expectant smile.
"Yes!"
Rumble, Rumble.
Sasha disappears, and in the blink of an eye to other people, she appears in a more casual outfit.
Jeans, white sneakers, and a white shirt, she had also tied her long golden hair in a ponytail.
And Victor...?
He stayed the way he was... He found that whatever he wore would look good on him, and he felt quite comfortable in that outfit too.
"Now it's night... Maybe some things are open."
"... Shall we provoke some gods?"
"Nah, we're just going on a Date."
"D-Date."
"Yeah."
"I- I see..." She tried her best to hide her expression, which threatened to break into a huge smile.
Before leaving, Victor approached Scathach.
"...?" Scathach looked curiously at Victor.
"I wonder if one day you'll enjoy seeing another smaller version of you running around."
All time seemed to freeze as everyone heard what Victor said. Even Scathach herself looked at Victor in shock, but then, at the moment Scathach's micro-expression showed that she was going to start reacting,
Victor flashed a big smile, and lightning began to cover his body.
"Wha-"
Rumble, Rumble.
He and Sasha disappeared, leaving behind a shocked and confused Scathach wondering what he meant by those words.
And Violet and Ruby, who watched all this, were standing there with pure shock.
"He really likes to play with danger..." Ruby couldn't help but blurt out.
"He wouldn't be my Darling if he didn't like it." Violet spoke.
"Indeed... He wouldn't be OUR Darling."
"..." Violet looked at Ruby and decided not to comment on those words.
Ruby laughed a little, picked up a phone, and said:
"Luna."
"Yes, Lady Ruby."
"Are you at home?"
"Yes..."
"...I know, okay. We were in a hurry, and we left you home alone."
"Sigh… It's okay, and I'm not alone, the gorilla is here too. What do you need?"
"I will ask Natalia to pick you up, we will be staying in Japan for a while, but we are planning to leave in a few days."
"... I already know..." Luna sighed again and said:
"Manga and anime, right?"
"Oh, you know me very well..."
"Since you are in Japan, I thought you would want to get everything straight from the 'source'."
"Umu, huhu. You are correct." Ruby didn't deny Luna's words.
"Get ready, Natalia is coming any minute."
"Yes, Master." The call ended.
Ruby looks back to her mother and sees the woman lost in her own thoughts.
"...Ruby." Scathach looked at Ruby with a piercing gaze.
"Yes, mother?"
"Are you pregnant?" She got straight to the point.
"Wha-...Of course not!" Ruby denied it with a slightly red face.
"...So why did he say that to me..." Scathach seemed to be in a very difficult puzzle.
"Idiot, he was talking about a child with you-."
"Violet, idiot!" Ruby holds Violet's stupidly honest mouth, "What are you doing!?" She whispered in a firm tone.
"..." Violet opened her eyes a little when she realized that she almost blew it.
"Hmm?"
"What do you mean, Violet?" Scathach's eyes narrowed, and Violet broke out in a cold sweat.
"Ruby, let her go."
"...But-."
"Ruby." Scathach's eyes shone brighter.
"Yes..."
"Now, spit it out."
"...." Violet's brain started to spin, she thought of a million excuses, but they all sounded so stupid.
She screwed up, and couldn't find an excuse to get out of this situation, so what would be the most logical thought to do in this situation?
"Darling was basically saying he'd like to have a baby with you."
"....." Ruby looked at Violet in pure shock.
Yes...
She threw the shit in the fan!!
If you can't solve the problem, just make the problem worse! Eventually, the problem will fix itself!
She is a staunch believer in that questionable dogma.
As silence fell around.
Scathach's inner thoughts were in chaos.
'A child with Victor? He wants to have sex with me... If he said those words, it's because he wants to, right? He also has potential, and he's a progenitor... If I was in the same mood I was in the past before Ruby, I could use his genes and have a strong son... But I don't see the need for that anymore.' She thought of the vampire who had the power to control water.
In the past, she was curious and, on a whim, decided to have a child, but she didn't want a useless, potential-less child, so she kidnapped someone who could add something to her bloodline, and that's how she found Ruby's father and basically used him up to what she wanted.
After she had what she wanted, she threw the man away, since he was no longer needed.
And Ruby was one of the best decisions she's made in the past...
But when she thought of doing the same to Victor, she felt a revulsion of herself and shook her head in denial. She no longer had any desire to have a child like that.
"Hmm, I don't intend to have another child. I will treat this as a bad joke." She completely misunderstood what Violet said.
"…Huh?" This time it was Violet who was shocked.
"I mean, Ruby is enough for me, and I don't want to throw Victor away."
Violet narrowed her eyes, and her mood worsened when she heard the way Scathach spoke:
"Woman, are you misunderstanding something?"
"Hmm?" Scathach looked at Violet in confusion.
"He likes you, and because of that, he wants to have a baby with you."
"…Eh?" Scathach opened her eyes wide.
"Didn't you hear, idiot? He loves you, he wants you as a wife."
"VIOLET!?"
"Oh, fuck off, Ruby. I'm tired of this shit. Someone needs to tell her the truth, and I didn't like the way she talked about my Darling."
"No one is going to throw him away, not even you... I dare you to say that again." Violet's eyes glowed blood red.
She didn't display her power, she didn't do anything. She just looked at Scathach.
And for the first time in a long time... A really long time.
Scathach felt... Afraid?
It was the same feeling she'd had when she'd first encountered her human master, the same feeling she'd had when she'd first seen Vlad.
But Scathach wasn't normal, she reacted to fear differently.
She would be excited! And want to fight with that person, after all, if she felt afraid, it was because that person is strong, right?
But... She didn't feel it now, she just felt fear and a confused feeling.
And she particularly didn't understand her fear, considering that she knows very well that Violet is weak, she wouldn't even get to her feet...
But this woman now can't help but feel threatening to her.
Yes! That's the correct word.
Violet looked very menacing to Scathach right now.
Thinking of Violet's words.
She remembered everything that happened between Victor and her.
Badump.
Every little memory she made with the man.
Badump.
"Master, I miss you." His cute moments,
"Scathach, shall we shower?" His exciting moments.
"HAHAHAHAHA~, Scathach, you are the best!" And his moments of struggle.
Soon her entire mind was painted with Victor's face that had his signature small smile, and she opened her eyes wide as she realized what Violet meant.
"...I see..."
badump, Badump.
Her heart was beating several miles an hour, and she felt it was hard to even breathe now.
"He loves me..."
'And I love him?' She asked herself, confused. Every time she thought of Victor, her heart sank, and an absolute truth popped into her mind.
"I love him."
Crack, Crack.
She felt as if something unimportant had broken, and a new worldview appeared to her.
"Yeah, congratulations, you had the breakthrough of the century." Violet rolled her eyes as she huffed, not feeling particularly happy.
But now that she's screwed up, as a faithful advisor to the dogma she's created, she's just going to mess things up even more!
... And be what God wants...
Bonk!
"Violet, Idiot! You had better ways of saying that!"
"Fuck off, Ruby. This woman just pissed me off, and I acted on an impulse, okay? But I don't regret anything."
"But-." When Ruby was about to say something, she heard.
"Ruby, did you know?"
"!!!" Ruby's body shook a little, and she looked at her mother.
"Well, yes... Actually, everyone knew."
"Everyone?"
"Natashia, Agnes, Adonis, Violet, Pepper, Siena-..." Ruby started to list everyone she knew and literally everyone close to Victor.
"...Wha--..." Scathach couldn't believe what she was hearing.
And then memories of Natashia talking to her came to her mind.
'...I'll know in the future, huh?... Is that what she meant?'
Vlad's insinuations started to make sense to her too.
'That old man knew, and because of that, he gave him the title of count…'
"Victor wants to be my mate, huh... My husband..." She started to think about it.
And the moment she thought about it, a memory came to her mind.
She was in a village, and in front of her was a woman very much like her, her mother... A woman she thought she would have forgotten the face of a long time ago.
"Listen, Scathach, if you ever have a husband, that man has to be stronger than you! And you have to like him! Don't forget to check if he has a personality too, don't be fooled! Not every strong man is good..."
"I don't want to get married now, woman."
Bonk!
The woman hits the girl on the head with an iron club.
"Listen when adults are talking, fool."
"Ugh…"
"Listen to me, Daughter... If you meet a man like that in your long life... Never let him get away! Not even if you have to torture him all day like I do your father, HAHAHAHAHA~."
"Believe me. He was just a weak piece of shit with a pretty face when I met him, but I liked him. He had a good personality too, so all he had to do was to be stronger than me!"
"All I did was make him stronger! With willpower and a little torture, you can do impossible things!"
"Now, he's a strong warrior who loves to fight, amazing, right!? Praise me!"
"HAHAHAHAHA~"
"Whatever, Mother. Let's get back to training! I want to fight the neighboring tribe!"
Bonk!
"Why!?"
"That's because you're stupid."
"I didn't do anything! I just want to get back to training, woman!
"...Sigh, why did you have to be born so like me..."
Scathach's memories shatter like a glass mirror, and she returns to the present.
Slowly, a little red-hued bloody pressure began to release from her body, her smile grew, and her eyes glowed blood red.
"... A husband, huh... Husband, a husband... Husband, husband... pfff... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA~."
"..." The bodies of the two women visibly trembled when they saw the state of Scathach.
"Look what you did, you broke her! I've never seen her like this before!" Ruby practically yelled at Violet.
'Looks like I found someone, Mother...' The bloody pressure from Scathach's body started to get stronger than before, as everything around her was breaking down on its own, while she was just standing there!
"Well, Fuck…"
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