Reward.
What should I ask of the Vampire Princess?
Naturally, I must not cross the line, and naturally, the reward must not be excessive.
It must be something the Vampire Princess can accept, something that can serve as recognition for my achievements.
Or perhaps I should obtain an amnesty capable of erasing my “fault.”
In this matter, I had achieved one more accomplishment, but I had also committed another error.
“Please grant me exclusive rights over the vaginas of those who have fallen into vampirism.”
“...Exclusive rights over their vaginas?”
“Yes.”
The Vampire Princess tilted her head as though she had no idea what I was talking about, but I did not back down.
“With regard to the vampires I personally trained and corrupted, I wish to control access to their vaginas. I ask that no one be permitted to use them unless I have stamped my approval on that right of use.”
“Hm....”
“The vampires themselves may have sex if they wish. But if someone wants to use a vampire’s vagina, or do something with her body, please allow it only after I have authorized that use.”
“So you dislike other people using your pussies.”
“.......”
The phrasing sounded somewhat strange.
“Hmm, let me correct that. You dislike other people using your cock sleeves?”
“They are indeed my pussies, but yes, that is essentially it.”
I bowed my head in thanks to the Vampire Princess for changing the terminology.
“Vampires are alluring beings.”
“Mm. Continue.”
Just as I was about to go on, the Vampire Princess immediately nodded and waved her hand in circles at me.
“I said, continue.”
Was she testing me? No. Judging by the way her ears had perked up, she simply liked listening.
“They were so alluring that I found myself wanting to eat them out of nowhere.”
“Mm.”
“And so, without meaning to, I ended up having sex with Dalia.”
“Hm....”
The Vampire Princess stroked her chin with one hand and grinned.
“Trainer Azazel.”
“Yes, Master.”
“Are you perhaps trying to control even the cock sleeves you will have in the future, while subtly asking me to overlook your mistake?”
Damn.
She saw through me.
“Well, you see—”
“When you fucked Dalia after she became a vampire, you were enthralled by her pussy and rammed into her recklessly. But once you had finished, you realized you had touched a vampire and thought, ‘I’m fucked,’ didn’t you?”
“.......”
“Well?”
“A little, yes.”
“Not a little. That is exactly what happened.”
The Vampire Princess approached me with a bright smile and placed the tip of her slender index finger over my left chest.
“Your heart is beating faster. Is it because your true feelings have been exposed?”
“Perhaps that is the reason.”
“Are you wondering whether I can read your thoughts? Are you trying to hide your true feelings by filling your mind with all sorts of random thoughts?”
“As expected....”
“It is not like that. I can simply sense the flow of blood with great sensitivity.”
The Vampire Princess spread her hand and tapped my chest lightly.
“Be at ease, trainer. Unless you betray me first, I have no intention of casting you aside.”
“......Thank you.”
“But you are still human, after all. You were displeased when the human prisoners tried to sound you out and measure your worth, yet you were doing the same thing to me just now, were you not?”
“That was—”
“It is good that you are human. Fortunately, you have the right to do so.”
Was she being sincere?
“You have the right to ask for control over the vaginas of those who have fallen into vampirism. You have the right to speak to me about such things. You even have the right to say this after already fucking a vampire.”
“......Thank you?”
“It is something worth thanking me for. Hehe.”
The Vampire Princess lightly snapped her fingers.
A magic circle soon began to glow behind me, and a single-person sofa sprang out of it.
“Sit.”
The Vampire Princess pushed me in the chest.
I sat down in the chair, and the Vampire Princess rested one knee on the armrest and lifted my chin with her hand.
“There is something I am curious about.”
“Please ask.”
“What were you planning to do if that woman, Zentia, had forgiven them?”
“If Zentia had forgiven the adulterous man and woman and allowed them to live?”
“Yes.”
The Vampire Princess casually pointed toward Lilith’s report lying on the ground over there.
“...That would have depended on whether Zentia became a vampire or not.”
“Depended on that?”
“If she became a vampire and still wanted Kite—if she still wanted him despite having been cheated on—I would have gladly kept Kite alive and handed him over to her.”
“Why?”
“Because the only thing that mattered to me was whether Zentia became a vampire.”
I stared straight up at the Vampire Princess.
“You ordered me to train them in order to increase the number of vampires, so I am merely doing my best to obey that command.”
“Only for the sake of my command?”
“Yes. That is correct.”
“And if she had failed to become a vampire?”
The Vampire Princess was already convinced that Zentia had become one.
Indeed, now that she was inside that crimson, blood-red cocoon, barring some extraordinary problem, she would probably be reborn as a vampire just as smoothly as Dalia had been.
“Then my training of Zentia would have failed, so I would have targeted the next person.”
“The next target?”
“Yes. There is another woman, is there not?”
“You would have tried something with Maria as well?”
“I-I do not mean that I would have rammed my cock into her.”
In case there was any misunderstanding, I made one thing clear.
“If Maria, the other woman, decided to betray humanity and become a vampire, I could devise an entirely new training plan for her right now.”
“How?”
“There are many possible methods. I could tell her that Kite is dead, so there is no one left to look after her, or make her despair by having the surviving male prisoners continue to fuck her.”
“Would that make her desperate, like Dalia or Zentia?”
Desperation. Earnest longing.
That was what had driven them to fall into vampirism.
They had not abandoned humanity, but there was something they wanted so badly that they were willing to give up being human to obtain it.
“Dalia has faith in the goddess, while Zentia harbors a desire for revenge against her adulterous husband. And it is not something that would end with a single person—she seems determined to keep swinging that hammer in the future as well.”
“That is Zentia’s mission after becoming a vampire?”
“I proposed it, and she accepted without hesitation. Hahaha. Though, in the end, I merely placed a fork beside the feast you had prepared.”
“Excellent, my mistress. Food is always harder to eat deliciously than it is to prepare.”
“Ahahaha!”
The Vampire Princess seized my shoulders and laughed.
“I like it. I like it. Even knowing it is flattery, I truly do enjoy it.”
“I am glad you like it.”
“Yes. You want me to say something, do you not? You are trying to steer the conversation toward that, are you not?”
“.......”
“You said you would turn Maria into a vampire. Unfortunately, I do not think that will be possible.”
The Vampire Princess pointed toward the blood-red cocoon.
“She is waiting to drain her blood and kill her as soon as she becomes a vampire.”
“If that is the case, then I shall discard the entire plan to corrupt Maria.”
“Is that not a waste?”
“The plan was not intended only for Maria. If there is another similar case and I can use it on someone else, then it will still be a useful method.”
“Specifically, what sort of method?”
“This time, Kite’s sudden intervention caused Zentia to explode, but I realized there might be men who would stubbornly endure even while their lover was being passed around.”
In truth, my original plan had been closer to preparing for that possibility.
“Starting on the fifth day, I planned to put Kite in a different cell, then throw Maria into the cell opposite him together with the surviving men.”
“You would have allowed her lover to watch his subordinates rape her?”
“Yes.”
“Hm....”
The Vampire Princess smacked her lips.
“Trainer.”
“Yes, my mistress.”
“Your ideas are difficult for me to follow, but you will create the result I want by whatever means necessary, will you not?”
“Yes. I will give my life for it.”
Literally.
Even if I died, I would use the experience gained from that death to find a future in which I would not fail.
“Why do you go so far?”
“Pardon?”
“Why are you so loyal to me? Even though you are human.”
“.......”
The Vampire Princess brought her face close to mine.
“Give me a reason I can accept.”
“There are two.”
“What is the first?”
“They say that a man works for the person who recognizes him.”
It sounded like something straight out of the ancient Warring States period.
“If Your Highness the Vampire Princess had not given me the position of trainer, I would have been nothing more than a man carrying heavy bags around beneath men like Kite.”
Thanks to the Vampire Princess, I had been given the chance to begin a new life.
“You gave me the opportunity to display my abilities, so I believe it is my destiny to serve you to the best of my ability.”
“Destiny. Do you think it is the guidance of the goddess?”
“If the goddess ordained it, then it is so. And even if she did not, I will believe that she did.”
“How interesting. That was the second reason, was it not?”
“No.”
There was another reason for the second.
“What is it?”
“Well, that is....”
“...Hm. It is a reason you are embarrassed to say aloud, is it not? Your heart is beating even faster.”
The thing was—
“I told you I am sensitive to blood.”
“Ah—”
The Vampire Princess’s hand slid down my chest and moved lower.
“I can sense the flow of blood more keenly than anyone, and I can clearly tell where it is gathering.”
“Th-that is—”
“Trainer. From the moment you first saw me, your blood began pooling down below.”
“......!!”
Ah, fuck.
She saw through me.
“Trainer.”
The Vampire Princess whispered into my ear.
“Tell me your true feelings.”
“I-I mean....”
“Like a man. Like a proper man.”
“......Then.”
Fuck.
“I thought you were beautiful. The most beautiful woman I had ever seen.”
If I died, I could always say it again when I came back.
“From the moment I first saw you, I wanted to lay you on a bed and fuck you until you passed out, thrusting my cock into you.”
“......Oh. Mm.”
“I thought about drinking a glass of wine with you in the evening, kissing you while biting and sucking at you, then carrying you to the bed and pushing my cock inside you, fucking you until my balls were completely empty and I could not get hard anymore!”
I had said it.
With both eyes closed, I decided to calmly accept whatever death awaited me.
‘When was the last time I came inside someone?’
Was it before Kite died?
This morning?
For now—
“So you want to turn me into a female and become the commander of the vampire army?”
“Huh?”
What was she suddenly talking about?
“......Why is your heartbeat slowing down?”
“Why would I want the position of vampire army commander...?”
“Are you not trying to turn me into a female so that you can seek power?”
“......I am?”
?
“......Ah.”
The Vampire Princess stepped away from me.
“...No, that is not it. Mm, never mind.”
Turning her head away, she covered her mouth with one hand as though clearing her throat.
“So that is what you mean....”
The Vampire Princess seemed to hesitate for a moment.
“Very well.”
She turned back toward me and brushed her thumb across my lips.
“Depending on your achievements, I will allow you to fuck the pussies of vampires as you please.”
Press.
The Vampire Princess pressed her thumb firmly against my lips.
“I give you my word.”
“.......”
“There will be rewards for your achievements.”
The Vampire Princess’s finger tasted sweet.
“And that reward will vary according to your efforts and results.”