Time flew by in a flash.
Luke was now twelve years old, and his height had grown to 1.55 meters.
Luke was currently reading a manga.
Krul suddenly walked up and tapped on the table.
Luke looked up to meet Krul's gaze, understanding her meaning.
Luke put down the manga in his hand, rolled up his left sleeve, and extended his arm toward Krul.
Krul nodded in satisfaction, bared her fangs, and bit down.
A moment later, Krul let go with a slightly flushed face; she already knew exactly how much to drink without getting drunk.
Upon closer inspection, it wasn't hard to see that the area on Luke's arm where Krul bit also had other faint teeth marks; clearly, this wasn't the result of just one or two feedings.
Alucard watched Krul finish her meal from the side, flapping its wings eagerly.
Luke pressed the wound Krul had just bitten against a cup.
Drip, drip.
Blood slowly dripped into the cup. After about ten milliliters had dripped out, Luke withdrew his arm, briefly wiped the wound with a cloth, and continued reading his manga.
No one spoke a word during the entire process, which was enough to show how many times this scene had played out over the years.
Krul was content after her meal, but today she felt a bit bored.
"Luke, you must have more manga, right?"
Krul leaned across from Luke, staring at him.
Through their time together over the past few years, and thanks to Luke's efforts, Krul had changed her form of address from 'human brat' to Luke's name.
But where did he get the books? Initially, Luke struggled to answer, but fortunately, Krul was busy conquering Japan and weakening human forces during that period, so she didn't have time to bother with him.
By the time she was free to deal with the matter, Luke had already obtained a cheat—Cognitive Modification Authority (One-time use).
The quest for this authority was not simple; the requirement was actually ten strands of Krul's hair.
At first, he thought it would be a very simple task, something he could complete just by wandering around the palace.
However, he never expected that this Vampire's hair would be ridiculously healthy; Krul didn't suffer from natural hair loss at all.
He truly couldn't find a single strand.
But the quest had to be done.
He could only pretend to struggle every time Krul drank his blood, taking the opportunity to pluck some.
But the first time, he pulled out three strands at once, which hurt Krul and earned him a beating.
The second time, he risked his life to pull out four strands at once, and that time he nearly kicked the bucket.
After that, Krul stopped biting his neck.
If I bite your neck, you subconsciously struggle and pull my hair; if I bite your hand, can you still not endure the pain?
This made the final three strands difficult to obtain.
Then, he made a deal with Alucard.
He asked Alucard to give him Krul's hair; one strand would allow Alucard to drink his fill of Luke's blood once.
But what made Luke lose his cool was that right after they finished negotiating, Alucard flew off and returned shortly after with a small clump of hair, about twenty or thirty strands.
"How... how did you do it?"
Alucard gestured as best it could, and Luke understood.
"You just cut it while she was sleeping? Holy crap!"
Luke was speechless. He wasn't speechless because he hadn't thought of it—he would definitely be detected if he got close to Krul, so this method only worked for Alucard. He was speechless because if he had asked Alucard for help sooner, he wouldn't have been beaten up for nothing twice!
Back to the present.
Luke went back to his room and brought out a set of manga.
"Here, 'Bleach'. It should be to your taste."
...Inside Ferid's palace.
Ferid let go of the pained Mika.
"Thank you for the treat."
Mika crawled up from the ground, forced himself to stand, and squeezed out a faint smile.
Ferid looked at Mika with satisfaction, then casually picked up a map on the table, pretending to study it while saying to Mika.
"Good boy, Mika. I still have some things to deal with. Why don't you go find Shaka? He will give you your report~"
Mika nodded and turned to go find Shaka—Ferid's subordinate.
But before he had gone a few steps, he heard Ferid's 'unintentional' words.
"Oh dear, what a headache. Such a large place, yet with so little manpower. How am I supposed to arrange the patrol teams?"
Mika turned back curiously and finally noticed the map in Ferid's hand.
Is that... a map of the Vampire city?!
If they could get that, everyone could get out!
Though his heart was racing, Mika didn't show it. After experiencing so much, he knew not to let his emotions show on his face.
"Oh, is something the matter?"
Ferid asked.
Mika suddenly became a bit nervous.
"It's nothing!"
He then ran away immediately.
The smile at the corner of Ferid's mouth could no longer be suppressed, turning into a triumphant grin.
"What a poor child, ahahaha~"
..."OK, now only Mika and Yuichiro are left."
Luke recorded Byakuya Akane's smiling face as she played with the children from the shadows.
Looking at the Demonic Sword, which only needed two more blade fragments to be complete, his heart was full of anticipation.
Byakuya Akane had switched back to her original hairstyle because the twin-tails were inconvenient for work and always got in the way when she bent over.
She was carefree all day. For her, as long as her 'family' was there, it didn't matter where they lived.
As Byakuya Akane was playing a game with the children, she suddenly felt like someone was secretly watching her.
Byakuya Akane looked up in a certain direction but saw nothing unusual. Thinking it was her imagination, she shook her head and continued playing with everyone with a smile.
Luke left the human residential area and sneakily returned to Krul's palace.
Krul hadn't returned from the noble meeting yet. He originally had plenty of time to wander around outside, but there weren't many sights in the underground world; the only beautiful things down here were the Vampires.
But the most beautiful one would return to this palace sooner or later, so he naturally didn't care for the wild butterflies outside.
So he came back after taking the photos.
Mika and Yuichiro were probably hiding somewhere chatting secretly again. There was no need to force a search; anyway, there was still time left for the quest.
Luke returned to his room. After confirming that Alucard had gone with Krul, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"I choose you! Come forth, Kyle Litt!"
Luke summoned the incomplete Demonic Sword. A thick black mist rose from it, gathering and condensing into a human figure.
"It actually worked!"
Kyle nodded.
Luke frowned.
"Wait, something's not right!"
Kyle was confused. He could condense into a form now, so what was wrong?
"Why has your hair turned black?!"
Kyle pulled a strand of hair in front of his eyes.
It indeed had turned black.
He shook his head, indicating he didn't know.
Luke's excitement immediately plummeted.
The Green-Haired Older Brother was gone, and he'd gotten so much sturdier! Dammit, Kyle's makeover was a success.
Ever since contracting Kyle and summoning the Demonic Sword, Luke could communicate with Kyle mentally.
After the last fragment was unlocked, Kyle said the next fragment might allow him to manifest a physical form.
He hadn't expected it to actually happen, but this new face made Luke feel like he was looking at a stranger.
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