Maid? (1)
I stared at him. “Me? You want me to carry this bloody woman?”
Ugh…
Well, if the male version of me tried to carry her, that woman who looked suspiciously like Bathory probably wouldn’t just stand by. In my delusions, Bathory had always been fiercely possessive. The way she’d glared at me with jealousy earlier proved it. Hmph. Still, this one’s mine, you know?
And if my guess was right, this brown-haired woman had to be Cassandra. In my original delusions she’d been a reliable, sturdy man. Funny how things change.
She was the daughter of Khan, the leader of the Lycan race in my delusions—or at least, I’d always thought of him as having a son. If she died here, it would spark an all-out war between the Lycans and the Vampires. The entire country would descend into chaos. The war between Cassandra and Monica had been one of the central plot points of that particular delusion, after all.
Wait a second. In my delusions, all of them had been men. The fact that they were women now… did that mean this whole situation wasn’t my delusion, but the male me’s delusion made real?
Then… was I just a character inside a delusion too?
No. No, let’s not go there right now. The male version of me had said it earlier.
I have him. As long as I have me, what else matters? Even if I turned out to be some fabricated existence, no one in this world could ever be closer to him than I am.
“Sigh. Fine. You’re in a tough spot too, I get it. I’ll help.”
See? Look at that touched expression on his face. I know exactly what he wants. How about that? This is textbook behavior of the rightful first wife, isn’t it? Who else could possibly match him if not me?
“Well then, Bathory. Take care.”
“Autumn. Are you really sure you don’t need me to escort you?”
Just leave already. Shoo. She’s not Autumn—she’s Kim Ga-eul. The same Kim Ga-eul as me!
“It’s fine. This isn’t the dangerous era it used to be. Nothing’s going to happen. I’ll call you for sure, okay!”
“Mm. I’ll be waiting for you, Autumn.”
Ew~. Go away~.
Finally, I can be rid of that pink devil. If it had been the male pink devil, maybe he would’ve been charming.
Wait, what am I even thinking! I already have him, and I’m thinking about another man?!
I’m sorry. Me. I had a weird thought just now.
You’re the only one for me.
My name is Karen Erzsebet.
I am a high-ranking vampire who serves the Grace family.
I am the head of the Grace family’s intelligence department. For countless long years, I have been an outstanding retainer who has devoted herself to the one and only True Ancestor family. I hold a rank so high that among all vampires, I can be counted on one hand. Yet lately, it feels like my treatment has been rather poor.
For several months now, strange rumors have been circulating among the vampires. They claimed that the one and only daughter of the Vampire Lord who leads us—True Ancestor Monica—had some kind of problem with her sexual functions.
In truth, our Lord Monica is an incredibly beautiful and alluring person. She simply has an unusual lack of interest in men.
Originally, we vampires possess tremendous power, but as if in exchange, our sexual desires are extremely strong. Among vampires, irreverent jokes like “Maybe our Creator loved sex so much that He made us this way. If we ever meet Him, we should just push Him down,” are so common that they’ve practically become a trend. (If our Creator had been a beautiful man, I might have wanted to do the same.)
Despite that, unlike other vampires, our future mistress, Lord Monica, has never once gotten close to a man. Meanwhile, her mother, the current Vampire Lord, has been enjoying quite promiscuous relations ever since she lost her husband! (Of course, since she can no longer bear children from any man other than her late husband, Monica is her only offspring.)
Well… I had heard that even Bathory Hosa—the commander of the Vampir unit and the immortal ‘Pink Devil’—had never been close to a man for a thousand years. But she had her tragic story of parting with her previous husband, Autumn Grace. Their sorrowful tale of separation is so famous that there isn’t a single vampire who doesn’t know it.
Anyway, even after more than a hundred years since Lord Monica’s birth, there was still no sign of her forming any connection with a man. That was when disloyal rumors began to spread among us vampires.
In the end, the high-ranking vampire retainers of the Grace family gathered to discuss countermeasures.
And just like that, I ended up shouldering the entire burden. Wait, what? Before I knew it, I had become responsible for everything. I feel like I’ve been used. Even though I’m close with Lord Monica, doing something like this is a bit…
Still, this was a matter that could very well decide the fate of our entire vampire race. I steeled myself and carried out the plan. I gathered several carefully selected men and placed them inside Lord Monica’s bedroom. Surely she would like at least one of—
Yeah, right. I got beaten so badly it felt like dust was flying off me on a rainy day. I suppose it makes sense. It probably wouldn’t work. Could our mistress really have some kind of sexual dysfunction?
Although I had acted somewhat out of line, I was still the highest-ranking retainer who had devoted hundreds of years to the family. The fact that she had assaulted me for acting in the master’s interest could shake the loyalty of the other retainers. Even Lord Monica should have faced punishment for that.
The problem was that this wasn’t the first or second accident Lord Monica had caused. Because of all the previous incidents, the current Lord was furious and ordered Monica to work at a clothing store inside a shopping mall as a form of house arrest.
Such a punishment was extremely unusual for someone who was essentially the next Lord in line.
Honestly, since the whole thing had started because of my mistake, I felt so sorry that I begged Monica, offering to do anything she commanded if she would only forgive me.
I never expected her to actually give me an order so soon, though.
Three months after Monica’s house arrest began, I received a call from her.
Something to look into?
What could she possibly need investigated while she’s stuck working at a shopping mall?
Beast bitch!
It was a derogatory term for the detestable she-wolves who had betrayed us and sided with the humans.
I thought we had taken care of all the ones who had infiltrated this country recently. Was this a new one?
That was true. That shopping mall was one of our useful strongholds. Any monster under our control would have avoided it. The fact that some creature had approached it anyway meant it was either a monster that had turned against us…
“Or a wolf pup sneaking in to target Lady Monica.”
I checked the footage sent from the management office. If this person really was a Lycan spy, Lady Monica could be in danger.
!!!!
This person… it couldn’t be…
Khan’s daughter, Cassandra?
I had confirmed that Khan’s daughter had dared to approach Lady Monica. Cassandra might be Khan’s daughter, but she was a being shrouded in secrecy. Very few people knew her face. Even within the intelligence department, only a handful did. To think she would invade our territory anyway. It was known that Cassandra’s combat ability was incredibly strong, but this was our home ground. I would make her pay the price for her fearless intrusion.
I urgently mobilized about twenty combat agents and rushed to the shopping mall. Because we had set out so suddenly, it took some time, and we arrived around two in the morning. When we reached the mall, I spotted a couple walking down the street across from us. The woman in the couple was carrying a blood-covered woman on her back… Huh?
What the—? That’s Cassandra.
What’s going on? Why are people who look like ordinary civilians carrying that bitch? Is Lady Monica safe?
For now, I ordered five of my subordinates to enter the mall and make contact with Lady Monica.
And I would secure this wolf princess myself.
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We approached the couple from behind.
“Human. Put down that she-wolf and step aside. I’ll spare your lives.”
There was no need to harm the humans too. Cleaning up afterward was already annoying enough, and they seemed like innocent bystanders. So we’d just take the bitch and leave the humans alone.
The couple turned around…
!!!!!
What the hell? How can a human be this beautiful? Is that truly a human being? A sacred appearance as if a male god who once lived in the heavens had descended to earth.
“Hm? A mere human with this level of handsomeness! No— I shall grant you the opportunity to become this Karen’s husband, male human.”
Yes. I’m taking that man with me. I hold the highest rank among the vampires here, so he belongs to me. With looks like that, he more than qualifies to be my husband. As a high-ranking vampire who has bedded countless men but never once married, the position of husband to a high vampire? A lowly human should be grateful to accept, shouldn’t he?
Shwoooo—
BOOM!!
Suddenly, a red flying object descended from the sky, slamming down between us and the humans.
What is this?
Is someone attacking us? In our own territory?
As the thick smoke cleared, what appeared was a figure with red hair and two long horns in human form…
“A maid?”
“I’ve finally found you. My master♥.”