Chapter 31: Ch. 30 – Elaborate Trappings

“Dusk!” Momo exclaimed, eyes wide in awe, “my hero!”

The worst enemy that her old cat, Luna, had ever staved off was Momo’s crippling depression - an equally foul foe, but a less immediate threat than a tentacle-wielding vampire. To say Momo was grateful was a vast understatement. Limping her way to the feline, she nearly shook the cat to its second death.

“That was amazing,” she said, grinning madly, “you get all the treats, and a promotion, too.”

She turned to the ostrich, who blinked at her expectantly. In absence of the vampire, it was back to following Momo’s orders. Momo was still slightly pissed - but she decided to forgive it for its betrayal. It didn’t know any better.

“Dusk, I now declare you [Mob Boss Cat]. Your first underling will be this ostrich, who you can order around as you please,” Momo instructed. Dusk’s tail went up in a line, and she purred, eager to take on the new responsibilities.

After the promotion was complete, Momo turned to the last remaining problem: the betraying wizard, who was busy staring at her with rueful, scared eyes from his birdcage. She glowered at him - or rather slightly frowned, as Momo's face was not built for glowering.

“Dearest Momo,” Viktor’s weak voice uttered, “I am so humbled by your show of force today. You are truly coming into your own. A true, glorious necrom–”

“I have no business with you,” Momo said, turning her nose up quietly but definitively, “I heard you try to betray Valerica very clearly from over there.”

“You must understand, I feared for my life!” Viktor said, his cheeks wet with tears, “I knew that if I set the wicked vampire up against Valerica, she’d have no chance of succeeding. Valerica’s power far exceeded her own. Obviously, since even the likes of you were able to defeat her.”

Momo’s jaw dropped.

“Is that supposed to be an apology?”

“Ah - I meant it as a compliment!” he blinked, unused to having to turn off his pretentious manners, “please, dear Momo, you must understand my predicament. I'm sure you would have done the same.”

Momo frowned, placing her hands on her hips. He was partially right - that vampire stood no chance against Valerica. Valerica took down an expert level Holy Mage with ease, an Intermediate vampire would be like squishing a bug.

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Still, she never would have said any of those things. She had honor, and dignity, or at least the first one. She would never ruin Valerica's reputation over mere threats of imminent murder. There would have to be a much stronger problem at hand.

“I’ll … think about it,” Momo mumbled, “you wait here.”

“Right, because I have any other choice,” the wizard grumbled.

Momo ignored him, turning to the vampire. As she did, several pieces of parchment whisked into the room. The paper on top was a different color than she was used to. It was blue, and littered with drawings of dumplings, instead of dead koi fish and skeleton bones.