At that moment.
A clearing in the intermediate passage of the Vampire Legion’s 2nd Dungeon.
“Hm, hm, hmm.”
Chief Adjutant Akamond sat on something with his legs crossed, humming a tune as he fiddled repeatedly with a piece of paper covered in human writing.
His entire body was drenched in human blood, yet he enjoyed it leisurely, as though dousing himself with cold water on a sweltering day.
Corpses filled the surroundings.
These mixed adventurers and common soldiers had been on a search party of some kind, and their bodies were all covered in wounds from something sharp.
“Uu, uuh….”
The few survivors trembled in fear and terror, unable to dare open their mouths.
Those who opened their mouths died on the spot.
The living were those who hadn’t shouted, “I’d rather die than beg a demon for my life!” at Chief Adjutant Akamond.
Whoooosh.
Along with the bleak sound of a cold wind blowing in through some window frame.
[I have returned, Sub-master.]
From Chief Adjutant Akamond’s shadow, a knight shrouded in pitch-black darkness emerged.
“You’re back, Silpi.”
[Yes. I delivered the compiled report to the Trainer.]
The headless Dullahan.
Nevertheless, bending at the waist, the Dullahan showed respect to Chief Adjutant Akamond.
“What was his expression when he received it?”
[At first he was surprised, but then he licked his lips as if intrigued.]
“He didn’t seem to know she was a noble?”
[Yes.]
“Hmm.”
Chief Adjutant Akamond stroked his mustache.
“Whether he conducts such training on commoners, or whether he simply doesn’t care even if they’re nobles.”
[……..]
“He didn’t seem particularly concerned about status, but you know how some humans tremble before nobles and royalty.”
[Could it be… do you wish for ‘them’ to be trained by the Trainer? Your…]
“Shhh.”
Chief Adjutant Akamond winked one eye and rose to his feet.
“If we’re going to create ‘Royal Blood’ anyway, wouldn’t it be better to use those with noble blood, as the humans say?”
[……..]
“But it’s a shame. Tsk… If the princess is a virgin, will the Trainer take her virginity? Should I expect him not to touch royal blood? Well, no, it wouldn’t matter even if she weren’t a virgin, but still.”
Chief Adjutant Akamond pursed his lips.
[Is her virginity important to you?]
“Hm? Isn’t it obvious? This is my personal desire, separate from the Trainer.”
Chief Adjutant Akamond licked his lips and grinned.
“A vampire maid legion that assists the Master. Those who protect and guard the Master while maintaining their purity. What a charming notion!”
[……..]
“After all, it’s a recreation of the miracle the Trainer created, the ancient blood- ahem.”
Having been chatting away excitedly, Chief Adjutant Akamond quickly cleared his throat and changed his expression.
“I must be getting old. These slips of the tongue keep increasing. Forgive me, Silpi.”
[It is fine. I am the Sub-master’s servant, after all.]
“That’s a relief. By the way… I feel sorry for the Trainer.”
Chief Adjutant Akamond swept his gaze over the corpses and captives collapsed on the ground, then spread both arms.
“There are no virgins.”
[……..]
“No, there aren’t even any women.”
[I… have a question.]
“What is it?”
[Do you not corrupt men?]
“…….”
Chief Adjutant Akamond openly furrowed his brow.
“You want me to place filthy men under the Vampire Princess’s command?”
[Is the Trainer not a man?]
“He’s a human. Vampires are a different story.”
[……..]
“And above all, how could a male Trainer train men?”
Chief Adjutant Akamond tilted his head as if asked something obvious.
“If he were such a man, I would immediately petition the Vampire Princess to cut the Trainer’s throat.”
* * *
My neck feels somewhat chilly, as if someone in the Vampire Legion is thinking about killing me, but for now, I focus on the ‘present.’
“Eris Albatea. Age 21. The only child of Count Albatea.”
“…….”
“The House of Count Albatea is quite a powerful count’s house in the kingdom. But the only child. You must have had many suitors from a young age; why haven’t you married yet?”
“……A knight.”
Eris answered in a low voice.
“Because I… wished to become a knight.”
Eris is a knight.
Among knights, she is one with considerable talent.
“A talented knight, no doubt. I’ve heard the rumors. That you were aiming for the gold badge.”
This was one of the miscellaneous pieces of information the porters had.
Was it Jake, or some other guy?
I recalled one of them sneering at me: “She’s going to be a gold-rank adventurer, so don’t even think of looking at her carelessly, scum.”
I didn’t pay much attention to it then, but it’s important now.
“The moment those shackles come off, you’ll overpower me with the strength of a gold-badge adventurer… no, even greater.”
“…….”
Eris is strong.
“And even if you kill me, the demonic members of our legion who subdued you will subdue you again.”
The reason she was captured anyway is because the Vampire Legion is fucking strong.
To the extent that the moment Chief Adjutant Akamond personally stepped in, the search battalion—realizing ‘Eris has fallen’—was annihilated in an instant despite mustering their full strength.
“…You’ll die though?”
“If my death becomes a death worthy of that much, then so be it.”
Death is painful but not frightening.
Honestly, it is a bit frightening, but even without the right of regression, I would have devoted myself to the present.
‘I probably would have moved even more desperately.’
Regression is just a save point.
In the end, what matters is how I move.
“So, let’s talk leisurely about our ‘deal.’”
“…….”
“Eris, you’re listening and answering so obediently because the deal is somewhat agreeable to you, aren’t you?”
“…….”
I’m still holding Eris’s hand.
But from the moment I proposed the deal, Eris hasn’t tried to pull her hand away.
“…What do you mean by not touching the Albatea County?”
Got her.
Eris recited the terms of the deal.
“What’s so strange about it? It’s a proposal for a mutual pact of some sort between our Vampire Legion and the Albatea County.”
A secret treaty.
“Do you think Count Albatea would make a contract with demons?”
“If not, his daughter may lose her life or become a demon’s plaything for life, you know?”
“…….”
“Don’t forget. I can do with you as I please.”
Honestly, Eris is an incredible waste.
But for a ‘Trainer,’ Dalia is the more valuable existence.
Save?
That just means I can ask them to bring me any virgin and creampie her.
“But I’m doing this because I’d hate to see you die, so I’d appreciate it if you cooperated willingly.”
“…Are you serious?”
“Dead serious.”
She’s a woman whose virginity I took and whom I’ve creampied three times already.
She has the flaw of passing out easily from climax, but that can be gradually fixed with experience as she gets used to my cock.
It’s just that as a virgin she couldn’t endure my cock and passed out; what’s wrong with that?
“Listen carefully. To begin with what will be made public: the House of Count Albatea is being threatened by the Vampire Legion of the Demon King’s Army.”
“Threatened….”
“His daughter has been taken hostage. Count Albatea will naturally try to dispatch a rescue party. Right?”
“…….”
Eris nodded heavily.
“Among them will be knights of your house whom you’ve known since childhood, as well as mercenaries hired in haste. But could they ever defeat our legion?”
Creak.
“It would be difficult, wouldn’t it? If that were possible, humanity would have already conquered not only the Vampire Legion but the Demon King’s Castle as well.”
A cold reality.
A single count’s house cannot defeat a legion of the Demon King’s Army.
“Continually dispatching rescue parties will begin to drain the Albatea house’s fortunes, and the Count will be crippled by compensation payments to the bereaved families of the dead. Driven to a dead end, the Count might even personally come to the dungeon to rescue you.”
“The Count…!!”
“He was an excellent knight in his day, wasn’t he?”
This, I learned through Dalia.
“That knight’s talent surely came from the Count, didn’t it? I heard that in his active days, he was an incredible powerhouse comparable to a diamond-rank adventurer.”
Though he retired after having a child, Count Albatea is quite a dangerous man.
“He might not defeat the legion, but he could inflict enough damage to sever one of the legion’s ten fingers. We don’t want that either.”
“So….”
“It’s a deal disguised as kidnapping and blackmail.”
I pointed alternately at myself and Eris.
“Anyway, you were indeed captured as a prisoner. You’re practically a dead woman walking, but the news that you’re alive will be delivered through Viscount Gilbert’s house.”
“…….”
“If you live and work for our legion here, we Vampire Legion will not touch the Albatea County.”
This is the core of the secret treaty.
“You’ll be working here like me. Your role isn’t much—guarding the training room and assisting me.”
Eris may never have seen a pussy in her life, but when she holds a sword, she pulls her weight.
“The world will think of you as a captive plaything of the Demon King’s Army. Are you afraid society might imagine you being gang-raped by demons? That can’t be helped. Once you’ve been defeated and captured, it’s only natural for the world to think that way.”
“…….”
“But even accounting for that, isn’t it a more than profitable bargain? In a situation where you’re practically confronting the Vampire Legion… the Albatea County will be safe.”
If there’s a reason I’m going this far.
Not yet.
‘She’s primed for female corruption, but not yet ready for vampire corruption.’
Having not gone through an ordeal of professing her faith like Dalia, Eris is not yet at a stage where she can be offered on the altar of corruption.
‘I have to dye her slowly.’
Whether by making her nod her head at the promise of getting my cock if she becomes a vampire, or by slowly losing something toward humanity through the benefits and peace gained from a secret treaty between two forces.
The moment she comes to see demons not as monsters that must be unconditionally killed, but as sentient beings capable of dialogue and trade.
‘Then she’ll fall into becoming a vampire.’
The moment she receives humane treatment within the Demon King’s Army, the shadow of corruption will seep into Eris’s entire body in an instant.
That tightrope walk is my job.
“Why.”
Eris opened her mouth.
“Why are you proposing this deal?”
“That’s…”
“Count… my mother, do you think she’ll agree to the deal willingly?”
“…….”
If there’s a reason I insist on a secret treaty with the Albatea County.
“Well, imagine what you will.”
It’s not solely because of the vampire mother-daughter pair I’ll have someday.
Definitely not.
“…To Mother.”
Eris quietly opened her mouth.
“I’ll write… a letter.”
Bingo.
“Good. I’ll give you a reward.”
“A reward… what—”
“Isn’t it obvious?”
There is only one kind of reward in the training room.
“You’ve been aiming your gaze downward since a while ago.”
From the moment I began explaining the deal, Eris’s gaze had been fixed on my erect cock.