Centerio lay down on his bed in his room and took a breath.
It had been a tiring day. He had been humiliated, the young man had brought the vampire tribe to him,he imprisoned him, and now lord Urcan was dead.
It had been a tense day.
Worst of all, he had to serve that young man. He has no desire to pledge allegiance to him.
(If it wasn’t the pledge, what was it ……?)
Centerio was thinking.
(Question should be related to the vampire race….)
As he closed his eyes, memories of his childhood came flooding back.
When he went out to sell some freshly made cheese and came back, there was no sign of anyone.
《Mom?》
There was no reply.
《Dad?》
Four soles of feet were sticking out of the grass.They were his father and mother. On their necks were the marks of vampires sucking on them.
After that, he was taken in by a priest of the Spirit Church, and studied hard. He learned to write and even became the head of the household at Solum Castle.
But he never forgot his parent’s death.
There was no way he would talk with vampires.They are nothing but killers.There was no way he was going to let a murderer write a pledge.
Anyway, it was the order of Urkan-sama,he didn’t have any choice but to follow it.
[Pardon us. Caretaker has left.]
Three knights from the garrison had come in.These are dogs he has raised.
[It’s already spreading since the morning huh.]
The knights nodded. Because of the woman’s chatter, word of the spirit’s curse would spread throughout the town.
He has to prepare a caretaker for that man as well.
An excellent woman?
She is unavoidable.I’m giving that cheeky little boy a hindrance and to silence him.
[New caretaker?]
[We are arranging but she is a considerably good woman.]
[She is the woman I saw at the tavern before, but her breasts are big and that one too–]
The knight smiles obscenely.
[That’s fine. You can allot a woman to a young man, then you can hear anything.]
Knights nodded.
[Then, stick this out tomorrow.]
Centerio handed over the parchment signed by previous castel lord, Urkan.
After receiving it,the knight’s complexion changes.
[This is—-]
[It’s not surprising. It’s my town’s long-cherished desire.]
The knights fell silent.
[What do you want to say?]
[Isn’t now a bad time for that?]
[You’re a knight and you’re telling me what to do? This is the decision of the Lord Urcan.]
[Does The current lord of the castle know this…]
[He doesn’t need to know.]
[Isn’t it bad? If the curse of the spirits falls on him—–]
[If that young man will just die, it doesn’t matter.It doesn’t hurt or itch]
[But to remove the inhabitants from a prime location in order to favor the elves…]
[It’s fine if you said that it’s to remove the curse.]
[Shouldn’t we wait a little longer? I heard that the lord of Lusa Castle gave a gift to an elf child when he visited the school affiliated with the Spirit Church and established a connection with the elves. Wouldn’t it be easier if you let the lord of the castle do the same thing?]
[Of course I will have to do that.However that much isn’t enough.To show the elves, we must unite and have to do advance preparation first.]
The knights were all silent at last.
Centerio thought that it might be impossible for these people to understand the same reason as his.
That humiliation.
That frustration.
It may be impossible to ask them to understand that. Only those in a higher position can understand the way of thinking of those in a higher position.
[Anyway, put it up. It is also the will of the late Urcan-sama.]
The knights nodded and left the room.
Centelio put the parchment in a drawer. He thought about putting it in the safe, but decided that no one would be stupid enough to come back for it.
After lying down for a while, Centelio took the candlestick and left the room.I’ll have to work without sleep tonight.
One more step.
2
As Centerio left his room, the window of his room opened.
The one invading was a stunning bombshell with black wings folded behind her back—-valkyria.
She opened a drawer.
Her aim is pledge.
She knows there are 3 copies. If two of them, one for the castle and one for the church, are lost, the pledge will be invalid.
[Is this?]
She pulled out a parchment.
She read the words in the darkness as Vampires don’t need lights.
[What is this?]
She raised her voice.
[Valkyria, we are leaving.]
Her father called from outside.She closed the drawer, grabbed the parchment and stepped outside.
[I’m surprised, though.To see the lord of the castle dead.]
Her father said.
[In addition the man who captured you is the lord of the castle, which makes things difficult.]
[I will do it again.After all whose daughter I am?]
Zeldis laughed.
3
Next morning, the women of solum were gathering at the we on the outskirts of the town.As usual, the wells in the town were not producing any water. As a result, they had to leave Solm and wait in line for the well on the outskirts of town.
[That’s a lot of hard labour.It’s a real problem. If we have to go back and forth to this place again and again, we won’t be able to sustain ourselves.]
The women grumbled to each other.
[Is it seirei-sama curse after all?]
[It’s like a curse.]
[Is that so?]
[I heard that the lord of the castle died last night at midnight.]
The womens were in an uproar.
[I heard that the caretaker came home crying.She said he was fine all night and then suddenly died.]
[By that, Wasn’t they in the middle of that?]
[just as he was about to take off his clothes as usual and go to bed, he suddenly started suffering and left just like this. In the middle of the night, the whole castle was awakened and there was a great commotion.]
[So who’s running the castle? Centerio?]
[That’s——-]
Chattering womens fell silent.
A big-breasted girl covered in bandages was about to approach them.
They let her pass silently.
As she passed by.
[What are the Mummies doing coming here at this hour?]
They tilted Their heads in confusion.
5
Hiroto was having breakfast with Soichiro in his room. Barley soup,black bread and freshly squeezed milk.
Fortunately, the wells in the castle are still producing water. However, the wells in the town have run dry, and there is a huge line of people waiting at the wells on the outskirts of town.
Souichiro told him what he had heard from Caravela yesterday.
It seems that Centerio, Urcan and the others were very desperate about the elves. I’ve heard that they called people from the town of Secondaria, which was just asking to be embarrassed.
[I’m sure they’re just living of vanity.]
Souichiro cut him off.
[Maybe inviting the elves is like inviting high infrastructure technology.]
[The technology seems to be monopolized by the elves, but I’m not sure I want to call them.]
[But you probably want to meet elf girls right?]
[Not particularly.]
Souichiro feigns ignorance.
[I’d like to meet an elf, too.sooner or later you can meet on Secondaria.]
There was a voice at the door. Centelio had entered the room.
[I’m sorry to interrupt your meal.For your schedule for today, you will be inspecting the town.]
[Inspection?]
[Since you are a castle lord, I think it might be better to show yourself to townspeople.]
[I see.]
[After that, there is discussion about caretaker——–]
[Caretaker?]
Hiroto asked back.
[If one becomes a castle lord, one needs a woman to take care of oneself. In this country, it is customary for the lord of the castle to have a young lady to look after him.]
Souichiro stepped forward.
Will it be such an enviable situation? I have a face like that.
[What about me?I am also a Deferente.]
[Selection is only for castle lords.]
Centerio replied coldly.
[For the time being I will choose a dressed up beautiful woman from my side]
Dressed up Beautiful women —- what an unpleasant nuance.
He is also curious about the way he says on my end.
Even though it’s his caretaker, will he let Centerio choose?
Their relationship has never been good at the moment. Can he let such a person choose the woman who will take care of his personal needs?
[Ah, It’s all right.I have someone in mind.]
Hiroto stopped him.
[Have someone in mind?]
Centerio showed a startled expression.
[What kind of woman is she?]
[Don’t tell me, a vampire——]
A soldier called out from behind the Centerio’s flustered face.
[I’m here to report! There is a woman here who claims to be an acquaintance of Hiroto-sama.]
Centerio lay down on his bed in his room and took a breath.
It had been a tiring day. He had been humiliated, the young man had brought the vampire tribe to him,he imprisoned him, and now lord Urcan was dead.
It had been a tense day.
Worst of all, he had to serve that young man. He has no desire to pledge allegiance to him.
(If it wasn’t the pledge, what was it ……?)
Centerio was thinking.
(Question should be related to the vampire race….)
As he closed his eyes, memories of his childhood came flooding back.
When he went out to sell some freshly made cheese and came back, there was no sign of anyone.
《Mom?》
There was no reply.
《Dad?》
Four soles of feet were sticking out of the grass.They were his father and mother. On their necks were the marks of vampires sucking on them.
After that, he was taken in by a priest of the Spirit Church, and studied hard. He learned to write and even became the head of the household at Solum Castle.
But he never forgot his parent’s death.
There was no way he would talk with vampires.They are nothing but killers.There was no way he was going to let a murderer write a pledge.
Anyway, it was the order of Urkan-sama,he didn’t have any choice but to follow it.
[Pardon us. Caretaker has left.]
Three knights from the garrison had come in.These are dogs he has raised.
[It’s already spreading since the morning huh.]
The knights nodded. Because of the woman’s chatter, word of the spirit’s curse would spread throughout the town.
He has to prepare a caretaker for that man as well.
An excellent woman?
She is unavoidable.I’m giving that cheeky little boy a hindrance and to silence him.
[New caretaker?]
[We are arranging but she is a considerably good woman.]
[She is the woman I saw at the tavern before, but her breasts are big and that one too–]
The knight smiles obscenely.
[That’s fine. You can allot a woman to a young man, then you can hear anything.]
Knights nodded.
[Then, stick this out tomorrow.]
Centerio handed over the parchment signed by previous castel lord, Urkan.
After receiving it,the knight’s complexion changes.
[This is—-]
[It’s not surprising. It’s my town’s long-cherished desire.]
The knights fell silent.
[What do you want to say?]
[Isn’t now a bad time for that?]
[You’re a knight and you’re telling me what to do? This is the decision of the Lord Urcan.]
[Does The current lord of the castle know this…]
[He doesn’t need to know.]
[Isn’t it bad? If the curse of the spirits falls on him—–]
[If that young man will just die, it doesn’t matter.It doesn’t hurt or itch]
[But to remove the inhabitants from a prime location in order to favor the elves…]
[It’s fine if you said that it’s to remove the curse.]
[Shouldn’t we wait a little longer? I heard that the lord of Lusa Castle gave a gift to an elf child when he visited the school affiliated with the Spirit Church and established a connection with the elves. Wouldn’t it be easier if you let the lord of the castle do the same thing?]
[Of course I will have to do that.However that much isn’t enough.To show the elves, we must unite and have to do advance preparation first.]
The knights were all silent at last.
Centerio thought that it might be impossible for these people to understand the same reason as his.
That humiliation.
That frustration.
It may be impossible to ask them to understand that. Only those in a higher position can understand the way of thinking of those in a higher position.
[Anyway, put it up. It is also the will of the late Urcan-sama.]
The knights nodded and left the room.
Centelio put the parchment in a drawer. He thought about putting it in the safe, but decided that no one would be stupid enough to come back for it.
After lying down for a while, Centelio took the candlestick and left the room.I’ll have to work without sleep tonight.
One more step.
2
As Centerio left his room, the window of his room opened.
The one invading was a stunning bombshell with black wings folded behind her back—-valkyria.
She opened a drawer.
Her aim is pledge.
She knows there are 3 copies. If two of them, one for the castle and one for the church, are lost, the pledge will be invalid.
[Is this?]
She pulled out a parchment.
She read the words in the darkness as Vampires don’t need lights.
[What is this?]
She raised her voice.
[Valkyria, we are leaving.]
Her father called from outside.She closed the drawer, grabbed the parchment and stepped outside.
[I’m surprised, though.To see the lord of the castle dead.]
Her father said.
[In addition the man who captured you is the lord of the castle, which makes things difficult.]
[I will do it again.After all whose daughter I am?]
Zeldis laughed.
3
Next morning, the women of solum were gathering at the we on the outskirts of the town.As usual, the wells in the town were not producing any water. As a result, they had to leave Solm and wait in line for the well on the outskirts of town.
[That’s a lot of hard labour.It’s a real problem. If we have to go back and forth to this place again and again, we won’t be able to sustain ourselves.]
The women grumbled to each other.
[Is it seirei-sama curse after all?]
[It’s like a curse.]
[Is that so?]
[I heard that the lord of the castle died last night at midnight.]
The womens were in an uproar.
[I heard that the caretaker came home crying.She said he was fine all night and then suddenly died.]
[By that, Wasn’t they in the middle of that?]
[just as he was about to take off his clothes as usual and go to bed, he suddenly started suffering and left just like this. In the middle of the night, the whole castle was awakened and there was a great commotion.]
[So who’s running the castle? Centerio?]
[That’s——-]
Chattering womens fell silent.
A big-breasted girl covered in bandages was about to approach them.
They let her pass silently.
As she passed by.
[What are the Mummies doing coming here at this hour?]
They tilted Their heads in confusion.
5
Hiroto was having breakfast with Soichiro in his room. Barley soup,black bread and freshly squeezed milk.
Fortunately, the wells in the castle are still producing water. However, the wells in the town have run dry, and there is a huge line of people waiting at the wells on the outskirts of town.
Souichiro told him what he had heard from Caravela yesterday.
It seems that Centerio, Urcan and the others were very desperate about the elves. I’ve heard that they called people from the town of Secondaria, which was just asking to be embarrassed.
[I’m sure they’re just living of vanity.]
Souichiro cut him off.
[Maybe inviting the elves is like inviting high infrastructure technology.]
[The technology seems to be monopolized by the elves, but I’m not sure I want to call them.]
[But you probably want to meet elf girls right?]
[Not particularly.]
Souichiro feigns ignorance.
[I’d like to meet an elf, too.sooner or later you can meet on Secondaria.]
There was a voice at the door. Centelio had entered the room.
[I’m sorry to interrupt your meal.For your schedule for today, you will be inspecting the town.]
[Inspection?]
[Since you are a castle lord, I think it might be better to show yourself to townspeople.]
[I see.]
[After that, there is discussion about caretaker——–]
[Caretaker?]
Hiroto asked back.
[If one becomes a castle lord, one needs a woman to take care of oneself. In this country, it is customary for the lord of the castle to have a young lady to look after him.]
Souichiro stepped forward.
Will it be such an enviable situation? I have a face like that.
[What about me?I am also a Deferente.]
[Selection is only for castle lords.]
Centerio replied coldly.
[For the time being I will choose a dressed up beautiful woman from my side]
Dressed up Beautiful women —- what an unpleasant nuance.
He is also curious about the way he says on my end.
Even though it’s his caretaker, will he let Centerio choose?
Their relationship has never been good at the moment. Can he let such a person choose the woman who will take care of his personal needs?
[Ah, It’s all right.I have someone in mind.]
Hiroto stopped him.
[Have someone in mind?]
Centerio showed a startled expression.
[What kind of woman is she?]
[Don’t tell me, a vampire——]
A soldier called out from behind the Centerio’s flustered face.
[I’m here to report! There is a woman here who claims to be an acquaintance of Hiroto-sama.]
