9 – #02. Jinjo Vampire (4)

She turned her head slightly to look around.

Except for the man standing in front of me, I couldn’t see anyone else. Then, can we say that the person who found me right now is this guy?

“It’s been a while.”

He casually extended his arm and offered a handshake.

“It’s been a while.”

“Do you not accept handshakes?”

“…… I don’t think it’s the right time.”

In response, he smiled awkwardly and nodded his head.

Since Neira said he would kill me, this man is also an enemy.

I remember the man who stood in my way.

A vampire who is one of Neira’s direct descendants and has lived for quite a long time.

He usually played the role of Neira’s servant, but there were so many women around me at the time, so meeting and talking with him was one of the few same-s*x exchanges.

“I didn’t expect to see you again like this.”

“Me too.”

I lightly brought my hand to the sword at my waist.

Can I win?

I wasn’t sure. No matter how much I developed my skills after that, I couldn’t compare it to the real thing. Even more so when it is an alien vampire and this man who has lived for a long time.

“I want you to meet my master.”

“…… I’ve been told too many times to live.”

“Is that so?”

Leni was trembling in my arms.

Mea, she said, regretting being alive was the punishment inflicted upon me.

It’s something I don’t know, but it’s absurd to choose death without struggling when there are so many reasons to live.

So I drew my sword and pointed it at him.

“Do you think you can win?”

Opponent is a vampire.

Compared to ordinary humans, their physical ability and magical powers, and at least the length of their lives, could not outperform the battle experience that would make a difference.

Even my ability only works for the opposite s*x.

Of course, I didn’t intend to use it, but other than that damn ability, I didn’t show any particularly significant difference compared to other humans.

That’s right.

When I was enjoying life, I only enjoyed paradise by hiding behind women’s buttocks, and I never even thought of achieving anything myself. I got out of there and barely started walking on my own, but that career was too short and insignificant.

I already felt my body stiffen against the formidable enemy.

A body that instinctively shrinks.

My body first realized that the vampire standing in front of me was strong, and my legs started to tremble slightly. The sword in my hand must have had a similar weight to the one I was using, but since I was actually going to use it in real combat, nothing was this heavy.

“I didn’t want to use coercive means.”

“Then can’t we just pretend we didn’t see it?”

“I enjoyed my relationship with you in the past, but that doesn’t outweigh my loyalty to my master.”

It’s fussy.

He forced a smile and raised his sword.

I didn’t think I would be able to move at all if I didn’t laugh like this. There was a very dangerous smell around this man, and I felt a sense of pressure that exceeded even that.

Seriously, if he was careless, he would fall to his knees right away.

“…… The owner was very happy with the time he had with you.”

“That is all an illusion.”

“Why did you leave there? Wouldn’t this have happened if I had just lived there enjoying appropriate pleasure and happiness? Couldn’t we just live like nothing happened?”

Nothing happened?

Living like that has already reached its limit.

The death of the first woman I met.

Through that, I realized the sense of disparities around me at the time.

A miniature garden created by my selfishness.

Overwriting people’s hearts, saying that it was all over, and not caring about their sincerity, they just created a paradise for their liking.

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Dangerous woman in the world, proud woman, great woman. After gathering such people in one place and receiving all kinds of adoration, I mistook myself for a great human being.

It was all a fake made by me forcibly.

Their hearts were overwritten by me. Their love is just a curse. It was my complacency and selfishness that created such a disparately twisted relationship.

“It was all a lie.”

“What if it’s a lie? Everyone there was happy. Our master, and certainly you too.”

His words reminded me of something that happened in the past.

After hearing about the appearance of the true ancestor vampires that disturbed the northern part of the empire, and the empress’ concern that the damage caused by them was enormous, she headed there with confidence, thinking that a woman could solve it.

Since meeting me, Neira has erased all violent acts and aggressive attitudes, and she just wants to be by my side.

But that’s how the true ancestor vampire could easily melt into human society.

She was always in trouble with something, and above all, her worries deepened because she periodically sucked human blood to make victims.

‘A date?’

‘Yes. Let’s go on a date.’

So I invited her into her human society.

Racial limitations are unavoidable. However, he felt sorry for her, who sucked her blood and killed humans and felt no emotion about it.

It was an arrogant thought, but at that time I knew I could change it.

I took her and looked around her various places.

It showed various experiences and human groups that can be had near the islands. And what melts into it and fits naturally.

‘Seo. This is pretty much it, no. I really like it.’

She put one of her lollipops in her mouth and laughed innocently.

Killing and killing people in that appearance, I couldn’t find the true vampire who was once called an enemy of the empire, and I felt proud of her minor changes.

In that way, I continued a one-way exchange.

Overwriting her heart, I just filled my self-satisfaction.

“It would be a lie to say that everyone was happy.”

He said everyone was happy.

Then, who was the woman who committed suicide in front of me? Could she have committed suicide because she was really happy? So bitterly, she resents me until the end and confesses that she loves me?

“…… I would be very grateful if you could come.”

“Sorry.”

If I had been alone, I might have followed him.

If I could atone for her sins with this life, if that would ease her mind a little, I was willing to stick my neck in with a smile.

However, there is a life that has been reaped.

I’ll take care of it, a delicate girl I’m responsible for.

“I can’t die here.”

“…… Is that so.”

White light was leaking little by little from the sword body.

I heard that the temple’s blessed weapons often scatter pure white light like this, but I didn’t know how far I could go with this.

No matter how good your weapon is, if you can’t reach it, it’s okay.

“Leni. I’m sorry, but please wait here for a second.”

“…… Yes.”

The girl said nothing.

She didn’t say don’t die like before, but she didn’t say cheer up.

He just gently held my hand and gently caressed it.

I gently put Lenny down and turned her head again.

“You’ve become quite an adult while I haven’t seen you.”

“It seems like this is what happens when you have children.”

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Did he lift the sword with a bitter smile?

At that moment, I felt that my vision was slightly shaking. When I came to my senses, the figure of the person in front of me just a moment ago was blurred, and before I noticed it, red nails were right in front of my nose.

“Kuk!!”

My body reacted before my eyes, and I drew the sword.

The unbelievable sound of nails and swords clashing echoed around, and even though I had just blocked that single stroke, my arm felt numb.

“I can feel your skills.”

It was close.

If I had been a little too late, his nails would have pierced my shoulder blades. He was familiar with the physical abilities of vampires, but dealing with them directly like this felt different.

Speed that the eye cannot follow.

The level is so different that you even get the illusion that there is an afterimage.

This time on the left side.

There was no time to breathe. What you can catch with your eyes is just a blurry afterimage.

I had no choice but to follow the path he had passed, and after that, I instinctively moved my sword and held it out in the direction he moved.

The sound of iron colliding with iron.

Before the resounding sound in this secluded mountain disappeared, the second and third strikes flew in one after another.

“You have learned well, but I am still lacking.”

“Ha ha ha… ….”

I thought I had a good block, but there was a deep cut on his left shoulder.

Blood running down the hem of his clothes to his arms.

He twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled as if he had smelled it.

“As expected, the smell of your blood is not bad. The fragrance of those who agonize, the scent of blood of those who agonize. You know what? Vampires are known to prefer human blood, but they prefer the blood of those who wander and crave it most.”

“…… It’s the first time I’ve been evaluated as an excellent prey.”

I was moderately sarcastic at his words and fixed my posture.

It doesn’t make any sense.

I was only able to play with his speed and power forever. If you just go on the defensive and try to receive the attack, your defense will be reduced little by little and it will collapse.

Taking the initiative against someone stronger than me was absurd, but even if I stayed on the defensive, it was no different than just sitting and dying when there was no hope.

My former swordsmanship teacher said.

If you meet an opponent you can’t beat, run away.

What if that doesn’t work?

‘It doesn’t matter. In that case, I have to bite my teeth and give it my last breath.’

I also asked you not to get involved in such a thing, but what should I do if I have already encountered it.

I caught my breath and looked ahead.

Perhaps once.

With a weapon full of spells like this, it seemed like it could deal significant damage to the enemy with a single attack. Of course, I don’t know what it’s like because I didn’t face it directly, but it’s meaningless if I don’t fight.

Breathe in gently, exhale slowly.

Quietly.

Around the time when only the lingering sound of the wind blowing in the forest lingered in my ears, I smiled dejectedly as I met the eyes of the red eyes staring this way.

“You know. I know that?”

“Yes?”

“Actually, I wanted to die from before.”

There was a time when I was prepared for death.

There were times when she cut her wrists herself, and there were times when, like the girl who fell to her death in front of me that day, she stood on top of her high cliff and tried to jump down from it.

I hated everything.

This power, this world, and relationships that have already been messed up.

Among them, the one I hated the most was myself.

“I wanted to die so much, but when I tried to die, I was so scared that I couldn’t die. My teeth chattered and my legs trembled, and I always got frustrated at that threshold.”

“What is that…….”

“It’s funny.”

When I was about to die in order to give up my life, I was so scared, but now that someone else’s life is in danger, I’m confident that it’s okay.

“When I wanted to die, I couldn’t do it, but when I tried to live, I became prepared to die.”

“What are you talking about…… !!”

Kicks off the ground and runs forward.

I balanced my body forward and ran as if I was being shot.

Life has no meaning.

However, there were people who wanted that life to continue.

Mysteriously, I was afraid of giving up my life meaninglessly by myself, and I didn’t know what to do.

Even if I die here, even if I live here.

Feeling that my life had meaning, my fear became a handful of dust and was blown away by the wind.

Only once.

I just wanted to move forward, even if it was meaningless struggle.

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