Chapter 149
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Well, what happened with the former B Rank Vampires Silvio and Francesco, that formerly served Catarina and the Vampires behind the entire conspiracy of the Fragment of Evil? Well, they were turned into Fire Ghosts because they were burned alive by the powerful light of the God of Light from the priests!
Well, one of them, but the other was still crushed by his blazing fist of justice, so it counts.
When I caught the two souls as I killed them for the EXP, they were all freaking out, saying stuff like “It burns! It burns! Greeagaaaggaagg!” and stuff like that. It was very unsettling to see them, but I also found that within them the trauma of fire was intense…
I don’t know if it was just because of their deaths, but the two were actually buddies from before and had trauma with flames. Apparently, after learning a bit from their memories that I checked out, the two had a very tragic past.
Indeed, before they were turned into Vampires by the Vampire Clan, they were normal human kids, two friends that lived in the slums, and they were orphans since they had memories of themselves.
Silvio and Francesco were used to surviving in the slums, horrendously scrapping for food every day, until they committed the mistake of trying to rob people. A grave mistake.
Horrendous people caught them, and they were punished not by having their hands cut off but by having the hands of their “thievery” burned by blazing swords.
What the heck is wrong with these people?
They were not released after that; they were sold as slaves “to make up for the money” they lost by having some apples being stolen. Clearly these fat asses were just psychos.
And they were sold as slaves into another psycho that forced them to work in large fields and crops with barely a bit of moldy bread and water a day, while they were being whipped each time they couldn’t move.
It all ended when the entire manor suddenly was engulfed in flames when the owner fell asleep near a candle, which dropped to the floor and… well, it set everything ablaze.
All the slaves he had burned alive, but he managed to escape. And two of those kids were the two former vampires beside me.
But then someone showed up at the ruins and found out the kids were still somehow alive, barely hanging on.
He dropped some fresh blood from his finger into their mouths, made them gulp it, and the two kids quickly turned into Vampires. Being burned alive, they developed natural fire resistance. Something Vampires usually don’t have.
This made them useful day agents.
Incidentally, Catarina was also the same and went through the same. She was part of the kids there, the third one that survived.
Because of their uniqueness of having high-leveled Fire Resistance, they were able to walk in the sun while barely suffering any burns on their skin and became day agents to solve problems at day where Vampires couldn’t show up due to their natural weakness to the sunlight.
The artifacts they had still enhanced this resistance a bit, but I learned that they wouldn’t work properly without the resistance, to begin with.
I suppose this is why Catarina was so twisted… the two remember that she was constantly abused by their owner, whipped out, and probably… violated several times.
I… I felt so sad for them that I couldn’t really eat their souls, even if they had done bad things afterward, like assassinating innocents.
I instead decided to turn these two Vampires into Ghosts through the use of Fake Life into them. The two quickly turned into Flame Ghosts, D Ranked Undead. They were not as strong as before, but they might have potential.
After being converted, they were “guided” by my Undead Queen Skill Title, and this made them regain a part of their sanity, alongside acquiring a very strong devotion towards me…
And well, about Catarina… she’s sleeping for now. Well, her soul is. Her body was torn to shreds, but unlike these guys, I plan to bring her back to her body after I heal it using Undead Healing because if she had such amazing physical strength, it most likely means she could become a very strong ally.
So I am going to stitch her back and then bring her as a Zombie or something. That’ll do for her. She was very insane and rude to me, but I am willing to forgive her because I am just an amazing person, of course… I am a generous goddess!
Okay, enough egocentric thoughts for a little bit, time to cool down my head, and… ugh, deal with real life.
“Ahem, you guys should calm down a bit. You’re also violating my personal space, Silvio, Francesco,” I sighed.
The two former Vampires raised their eyebrows in surprise to this realization as they flew aside from me… just around two meters.
“I apologize, lady Maria. I was a bit rude myself too,” Sighed Silvio.
He was a softer man.
“Indeed. But we are aware that these three “friends” of you really want something else… so we must also procure our lady’s safety,” Said Francesco.
“S-Something else?!” Exclaimed Emeraldine in shock… once again.
“W-What if that’s the case? It’s nothing of your incumbency, vampires!” Shouted Partner.
“I think the same. You two are newbies in the party, so don’t you dare order us around,” Said Lucifer.
The three were fighting with the duo a lot. It was getting exasperating to the point of insanity.
“Okay, cut it out! Silvio, Francesco, you two… erm, go to my shadows for now. Go sleep with Catarina,” I said.
“V-Very well, if that’s what you desire….” Said Silvio.
“On it, my lady. But be careful of this trio. I sense some perverted emotions within their auras….” Muttered Francesco.
The two flew into my shadows as things finally calmed down.
“Ugh, I am not taking them out until we get to a new place, or we really need them,” I sighed.
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