"Cheers!"
Only the three of us were sitting in the quiet inn, Annie raised a glass of ale. When we three clinked our glasses, the cups filled with ale swayed like a wave.
"Gulp, gulp, gulp, Kyaa! Sweet!"
"What does a little lass like you knows about what real alcohol tastes like?"
As I said with a grin, Annie burst out.
"Of course I know, the taste should able to create an atmosphere! Atmosphere, you know. And you eat up that atmosphere!"
"Huh... so you know the basics?"
"Haha! Today, this ssy life and this ssy country, all over, guhahaha! It’s all thanks to you, stubborn guy!"
"If you hug , you die."
"Kek. Goodness, stubborn guy is so cold. Doesn’t even appreciate a hug from a pretty woman like ."
"Pretty? You? When, how?"
Annie frowned as I looked up with my eyes wide open in shock.
"Stubborn guy should have died in the final, huff."
"Then you would have been a server here for your whole life and then poof, death of old age."
"Um... I would be so sad if you died. Oh, more than that, oppa! I have a question... What did you get as a prize?"
Annie asked, her eyes twinkling. While pretending to be polite, the old geezer Stanley also pricked up his ears.
"Why are you curious about that?"
"Why, , curious? You just won the Battleground Championship! You must have got sothing amazing, right, right?"
"It’s not huge or anything like that. I just received 1 million gold and two other items."
"Bollocks... One million..!"
Annie’s mouth widened.
Wasn’t the amount she earned from betting was two hundred forty thousand, excluding commissions?
She was amazed when an amount close to four tis of her own popped out.
"Item... What items did you get?"
"Not really an item, I just got three ordinary rings."
I got three rings for winning the battle.
Bleeding Ring.
Increases the chance of bleeding. During bleeding, the opponent takes damage equal to 2% of their maximum HP every 1 turn.
Perm’s ring.
Negates the first low-level magical attack initiated at the start of the battle.
The green ring of an unknown knight.
Durability increases by 10%.
Although they are not bad rings, the reason I participated in the Battleground Championship is because of the green ring of an unknown knight.
The Ring of an Unknown Knight Series.
I’ve already collected two out of four! Now, if I just collect two more and go to that dungeon to upgrade...
"What kind of rings are those, yup?"
My thoughts were broken by Annie’s face that suddenly intervened in the middle of my thoughts.
Gosh, don’t pull your ugly face like that. I just failed my concentration.
I pushed Annie’s face away with my palm.
"How much curiosity do you have? When you are curious, rather make a plan for your life."
"Keke, that’s all already set up. I will change to Prona Kingdom."
"Prona Kingdom? Why there?"
"Among other kingdoms, the land there is the most fertile, isn’t it? I’m thinking of buying a suitable farm and so slaves to look after the farm. While the slaves works, this lady will play and eat!"
"Hoh... that’s a great life plan, haha."
"I know, right? To be honest, I really wanted to go to the Empire, but the taxes there are too much..."
Annie’s shoulders drooped down naturally. I patted her on the shoulder, and consoled.
"Still, it’s not bad if you want to switch to the Kingdom of Prona. It’s peaceful and quite beautiful there. But how are you going to get to the Prona Kingdom?"
"I’m thinking of putting an escort quest in the Adventurers’ Guild. Wouldn’t it be okay to spend about five thousand gold to hire two or three strong people for my protection?"
"Oh. So, a woman with so heavy two hundred and forty thousand gold is going to go that long way alone, accompanied by three adventurers? What, should I praise your courage, ha?"
Annie tilted her head for a mont. As soon as she realized what I was saying, her complexion turned blue.
"W, Well, then, how about travelling with a caravan? I think it will be crowded enough and safe too!"
"Why would they accept you when you and them don’t even know each other?"
"That’s... right... Can’t you then just give them... so money?"
"Would a rich businessman accept a lump of luggage for so pennies? You sure think differently from normal people."
"Wu..."
I thought money would solve everything... Annie grabbed her head and muttered.
I smiled at the slight and turned my gaze at the old geezer sipping his ale beside us.
"Can’t you just ask for help from the old man here? It’s not like you don’t know him, right?"
"Eh? Why is old man coming here all of a sudden?"
"In the outside world, old man is a pretty great businessman. It’s those who sit on the big top."
"No, wha, big top?!"
"Hmm."
As Annie opened her eyes wide and looked up, the old man coughed in embarrassnt.
"Gee, is it for real? Sta, Senior Stanley! Help eee!"
Annie fell on her knees abruptly and started hanging from the old man’s legs. Old mam Stanley tried to pry her apart in embarrassnt, but she wouldn’t let go of his legs as if she had t her last pillar of hope.
"Stop, stop, I ant to help from the beginning. So let go."
"Really? Co then and say nothing more! In other words, alcohol with peanuts!"
That was when the inn was getting noisy.
Rattle.
The inn door opened and a man entered.
* * *
The hierarchical social order is fixed among vampires.
Who is born with a nobler blood and who is not? Their birth permanently determine the status of a vampire.
A lower rank vampire cannot oppose a vampire nobler than them.
Especially if it is the family master who shared their own blood with them.
The sa is true for Krappa.
He fell into Haley’s sight two hundred years ago and beca a vampire. He didn’t know it until he beca a vampire, but after becoming a mber of her family line, he realized it.
How noble and great his master is!
’I will never let master down.’
"Hey there~ Handso brother~"
The drunk Annie tapped on Krappa’s shoulders.
How dare such a inferior thing dare touch my noble body!
Should I just pull out that filthy arm? No, I have to endure, it’s my first priority to carry out master’s orders!
"What?"
"Is that real? You ca to see this oppa all the way from the finals?"
Well, she speaks in a tily manner.
So be it, I’ll rcifully put off the idea of pulling out your arm.
"Yes, that’s right. It was such a mind blowing scene. To be honest, I still can’t forget it. That’s why I wanted to et my idol in person, so I followed after."
Krappa looked back at Kieran with a friendly smile. It’s because the person in question was wearing an indifferent expression since he ca.
After a mont of awkward silence, Kieran opened his mouth.
"What about the others?"
"Yes?"
"There must be other people who should have followed besides you."
Other guys?
Oh, is he talking about those trashes?
"Haha, I did notice a few people like those. But they can’t stop from eting my idol."
"What did you say your na was?"
"It’s Howl."
Of course, he wouldn’t tell the lower human the true na he was bestowed with. So Krappa took the pseudonym of Howl.
"Yes, Howl. I won’t turn round to spew aningless talks. And, I really don’t like anyone lying to ."
"Yes?"
"Don’t lie."
Kieran’s eyes looking on Krappa fell coldly.
’...did he noticed?’
How?
No, that’s not important now.
If he has noticed it, there’s no point in acting now.
"...since when?"
"From the very beginning. The bastards in this city won’t stand a winner who has beaten their sponsored warrior like that in the finals.
At least, I was thinking, they would sneak up while I was sleeping or sothing. So what did you do with those rubbishes?"
"...killed them all."
At Krappa’s words, the air in the inn froze. Annie and old man Stanley looked at Krappa with hardened expressions, the alcohol’s intoxication had completely gone away.
anwhile, Kieran’s eyes were still cold.
"Why?"
"It was unavoidable. They were plotting to kill you, Kieran-sama..."
"No that, why did you kill them? Even if it wasn’t for you, they would have died in my hands anyways. All I’m asking is, what have you got to do with looping around and killing them?"
What to say now?
Yes, just spew shit.
"Because I admire your skills! So, it was hard for control myself, to let those guys attempt to do things like that. Kieran-sama, please let’s go together! Give a chance to learn in the wider world!"
Krappa bowed his head and shouted out enthusiastically.
For him, the honorable henchman of a top rank vampire family, bowing his head to a human is a great sha.
However, in order to fulfill his master’s orders, this level of sha can be drunk down his throat!
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