Chapter 440: Leaving The Feast Early
Chapter 440: Leaving The Feast Early
"So, does vampires only drink blood?" Albert asked Carrie.
"…no. We can survive just by drinking blood alone, but we can still consume other meal just like other species. Though we prefer meat than vegetables," Carrie said.
"Just like the werewolves, huh? Well, you are now free to join our feast. It's a feast to celebrate our victory against you though. For those who doesn't want to go to our world, you are free to go anywhere. But before you join the feast, I want to ask you where the Vampire Queen is if you don't mind," Albert said.
"You're going to meet them?"
"Yes. As long as they have no intention in attacking us, everything is fine. And if they want to live in our world, I will need to do some adjustment so your group won't stay in the same place as them," Albert said.
Other than the remains of the Vampire King's army, Carrie and the others here, Albert still wanted to get more vampires? Is he going to build a vampire city in our world?
If there are too many vampires in our world, it will only bring more trouble since there's no one who can control them.
"Oh, and if there's any of you who make a contract with our summoners or tamer, you have more freedom. As long as you obey your master. Which mean you are free to go anywhere, suck the blood of anyone with your master's permission, and other stuffs. That's up to you though. Now, tell me where the Vampire Queen is."
Freedom? Isn't that more like slavery? Well, I can't say anything about it because I'm a summoner and he's right.
Even though I said that, I still gave them a lot of freedom. When Shelia or Graham want to explore our world or stay in their world, as long as they don't give me trouble, it's fine.
Though Graham still can't handle it when the girls are wearing slightly revealing outfits, so he rarely explores my world. I hope he's used to it since I brought all the angels to live with the werewolves who only wore revealing outfits.
Carrie told Albert the general direction of where their home that the Vampire Queen captured. She doesn't know where the Vampire Queen is, but the vampires over there should know where she is. I guess that's a start.
"Alright, let's go to where it is. Do you want to come as well?" Albert asked Carrie.
"…can I refuse?" she asked.
"Well, I guess you don't want to meet them. Don't cause any trouble here. Or maybe you can, but there are werewolves and angels here who are ready to fight you if you do anything. Roy, let's go."
"Sigh… of course I can't refuse it. What a pain. Spot! Come here!"
I called out to Spot who is swimming in the lake. He's sleeping there. I guess even though it's an artificial lake, the water is good enough for a sea serpent to swim in.
Spot quickly fly to where we are and asked us if we want to go somewhere.
"Spot. I'm thinking of meeting the Vampire Queen. Will you help me go over there?" Albert asked.
"Sure. Let's go!" Spot said as he transformed into his original size.
Obviously, Carmen will come with us. They are vampires who can't swim. It's best to have her with us in that case.
So, it's just us four. Spot who will bring us there, the king of a country, a queen of another country, and a plebian.
The other must be thinking that it's too tiring to be in a huge battle twice in a row, so they refuse to come. But are they alright with sending me who can cause trouble easily? I guess they have that much faith in me.
The three of us ride on the top of Spot's head. Spot didn't hold back at all as he used his full speed. If I didn't had Victoria to transform into a saddle for Albert to sit on, he will fall already and died a horrible death.
With Spot's speed, we can reach the location of Carrie's former hometown in less than two hours. I guess that's quite far. Even more when I feel that Spot's speed has increased by a lot.
"Spot, have you gotten faster?" I asked.
"Oh, you noticed? Seems like going with you benefits me greatly. After helping you guys defeat so many enemies, my strength has grown so much more than before I joined you guys," Spot said happily.
The stronger he became, the better it is for us.
"That's great. Keep up the good work," Albert praised the serpent.
"Thanks. But I don't think I can handle Alejandro's intimidation yet. I want to be at least strong enough to guard myself from that," Spot said.
I think he will be fine. If he keeps being around powerful monster like Andro, he will get used to it and won't get intimidated easily by other similarly powerful monster.
We're finally at a place where I can see Carrie's old home. There are about a hundred humanoid being over there, which I assume that all of them are vampires.
I remember how the Vampire King noticed me from far away, so if the Vampire Queen is here, she should be able to see me. But so far, there were no vampires in this place that noticed us flying toward them.
"That's the place she told us. But I don't think the Vampire Queen is here. Should we go greet them?" I asked Albert.
"Yes. Although it's quite far, we are still neighbor. There aren't any other villages or nests that we passed by, right? Let's greet them," Albert said.
Greeting our neighbor without any preparation. I hope they are not someone who are easily get mad. Or I might end up killing them all.
Well, maybe not me. But Carmen can. Though I can also summon a lot of water just by opening a portal underwater. But I can't control it.
Maybe I can just summon water by portal, and let Carmen control the water. That way, she doesn't have to use a lot of magic.
"Spot, let's make sure everyone can see you before we landed in front of them," I said.
"Sure."
Then, Spot fly above them in a speed slow enough for everyone so they can see us. And with his size, Spot's appearance is obvious as he can block the sun from reaching them. It's always funny to see people reacting to Spot's appearance. Even if they are vampires.
After flying above them, we landed in an open space big enough for Spot's real size to land, before he transformed into his small size while we jumped from him.
"Nice to meet you all, neighbors! May I ask who among you is the leader of this village if this place can be considered as one?" Albert said politely.
"…we have three dukes in this place. You can talk to us," someone stepped forward with two other men behind him.
"So, you are all Vampire Dukes? Well, I'm here to negotiate for a peace treaty between us. We're… how far are we from the village?" Albert asked me.
"Hmm… the previous Vampire King's army reached us after more than a week of travelling on foot. Let's say ten days on foot. But if they fly as fast as possible, the vampires can reach our village in just a few hours," I said.
"Okay. We're about ten days away from this place. Since I don't want to have any problem between us, so I want to ask for a peace treaty. May I ask where the Vampire Queen is?" Albert asked.
"You! You said about the Vampire King before! What's your relationship with him!?" one of the dukes asked me.
"I'm the one who killed him after he and his army trying to attack us. Do you want to test it?" I threatened the vampires.
"Roy, we're here not to make any more enemies. Let me be the one talking," Albert stopped me from stepping forward.
I have to say that we are good partner. He knows that I'm just acting to make them afraid. He asked me to come here just for that reason. This way, the negotiation will be over sooner.
"Well, if you know the Vampire King, you should have known that they left this place and trying to conquer another place, which is the place we absolutely have to protect. So, we killed most of the attacking vampires. To make sure that there won't be any vampires trying to fight us anymore, I'm here to negotiate with the Vampire Queen. Please tell me where she is," Albert said.
A king must be able to act. That's what he told me when we were drinking together in the past. And the king must be able to act really well that no one can tell that he's just acting.
My acting skill is still worse than Albert's, but after accompanying him several times, I can say that my acting skill has improved. Maybe other than being a circus clown, I can act in a play as well.
Maybe I should play something funny. I'll ask Victoria if she knows any good comedy drama from her world that I can play well.
"…"
The three Vampire Dukes discussed it with themselves. Will they show us where the Vampire Queen is? I hope so. I also don't want to fight unnecessary battle.
If we can be at peace with the vampires, we don't have to worry about them anymore.