Chapter 107: The Truth Behind the Sephiroth Graal
Ilulu grabbed Mitarai as the two of them began to phase out of the room they were in.
Now, they were out in the open, but the time and weather were different.
"You should probably learn a bit about this place, Master."
Takashi turned to Ilulu, "Do you have any information? And where exactly are we?" he asked.
A bright smile came upon Ilulu's face, giving a massive thumbs up, "Of course! Currently, the vampires are in a state of civil war between the Tepes, who are a male-dominated clan, against the Carmilla, who are a female-dominated clan. Both of them are reaching the limit of their territories."
"While I'm all for history, what's the catch with this Sacred Gear?" Takashi interrupted.
Ilulu pouted, "Don't distract me from my explanation, Master!" she childishly said, making him deadpan but relent.
"My friend told me that the third child of the current King Tepes is from a human lover, so she's a super duper rare Dhampir, meaning that she can have a Sacred Gear," Ilulu said, widening Mitarai's eyes.
"So she's the one with the Sephiroth Graal, another Longinus like his Boosted Gear," Mitarai finished, ignoring Ilulu's minor complaint at finishing her sentence again.
"Then again, what do we do now? Just casually approach her. No, vampires sound too much of a pain to be that cordial or even friendly."
Ilulu tugged at Mitarai's coat, "You should know that she's probably not in the best of conditions. Being both female and a half-blood is probably the worst combination for her."
Mitarai threw his head back in annoyance, "This is why I hate things like that. Always complicated, never easy," he grumbled.
"Well, I guess the only thing to do is to head for the Tepes Castle and hope for a miracle," Ilulu replied.
"What are you doing here?!" a feminine voice shouted.
Mitarai sighed at being caught so quickly, while Ilulu was ready to fight. "Master, look it's a doll and girls!" Ilulu said.
"D-doll! How rude can you be?! Identify yourself at once!" she ordered.
Mitarai looked towards the supposed doll, nodding his head at Ilulu's assessment.
They had long wavy light blonde hair, deep red eyes, and a beautiful face. They wore a red dress worn by princesses back in the Middle Ages, with an ornamented headdress.
"I guess she she does look like a doll, Ilulu," Mitarai replied back, making Ilulu smile at her Master agreeing with her.
The doll clenched her fists. "Are you spies of the Tepes faction?!" she shouted.
"Be warned that I am Elmenhilde Karnstein, a noble pure-blooded vampire of the Carmilla faction!"
Takashi got back on track, though he rolled his eyes at her bratty attitude. "We're envoys from the Three Factions! We've come to see if the vampire faction would be willing to join this newfound alliance," Mitarai calmly lied. 'I feel like a spokesperson.'
"That's a silly notion," the so-called Elmenhilde Karnstein said.
Right as she said that a group of vampires rushed out from the shadows. The girl's female guards were easily taken down, and she was grabbed as well.
"Help!" she yapped.
Mitarai summoned the Boosted Gear in one hand, while Ilulu went and smashed one vampire's face in.
Focusing his Boost power on it, Mitarai used the sheathed Ascalon and extended it far out into a long blade, cutting them all down in one swoop.
Elmenhilde Karnstein was a blushing mess as she found herself in Mitarai's arms.
"You okay?" he asked, putting her down when she nodded in response.
"Well, our work is done here, so you should probably go back with your guards to your castle and get some medical attention. I don't want to involve you in what we are doing." Mitarai turned to his Familiar and continued, "Let's go, Ilulu!"
Sprouting his devil and dragon wings, he took flight with his Familiar as Elmenhilde watched them leave, her doll complexion contrasting the redness of her cheeks.
"The Red Dragon Emperor," she muttered.
"Those guards were really strange, Master. It didn't seem like they were really there," Ilulu mentioned.
Mitarai noted this, "We might find our answers soon," he remarked, touching down and retracting his wings as they arrived at Castle Tepes.
"Fascinating!! Two non-vampires have managed to come this far into my region. I'm intrigued!! Come in."
Ignoring the awkwardness that came with that, Mitarai and Ilulu entered the red, wide room.
The room was dark, fitting given the creatures they were. The carpet was a blood burgundy, with gold and indigo lining and decorations. Many ornamental decorations, paintings, and statues littered the place in a symmetrical order.
King Tepes was an albino, to put it bluntly. He wore velvet-red robes, hiding his strong frame from sight. With a golden crown, painted with red jewels. The throne he sat on was elongated, clearly too long for him but it mattered not to him.
"What might the Red Dragon Emperor want with me?" King Tepes asked.
"As you can tell, I'm from one of the Three Factions. Recently, we've reached an alliance. I'm here as an envoy. Also, I feel like something is unnatural here," Mitarai said, looking from the king to his two sons, noticing that one of them looked like the stereotypical prick while the second one was eyeing his brother and father in a weird disdain, dismissing his presence; not that he thought highly of himself, but Mitarai was suspicious of that.
King Tepes leaned back, thinking things through. "For now, I'll let you stay the night. After all, I'm amused at your strength. It was you who defeated my royal guards so easily."
Sitting down on the bed, Mitarai didn't even think about going to sleep, still thinking about what to do, while Ilulu was more comfortable, lying on her back and swinging her legs back and forth.
"Ilulu, we're sneaking out. Do you have something to help us be sneaky?"
Ilulu jumped up and said, "Yep! With my perception magic, I can make us invisible!"
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