Vol. 1 Chapter 7

07 "Duel.”

 

I had promised to be Crenna’s bodyguard and was heading back towards the classroom with her.

 

“How long exactly do you want me to be Crenna’s bodyguard?”

“Hmmm, I'd say until the Empire's problems are solved, if possible, but for now, until I'm no longer a target. It's not like the empire will send out assassins again and again. If I keep resisting, I think they will give up eventually.”

"Okay. I'm sure I'll be able to find something that will help you.”

 

“Yes. Please."

 

It's a shame that I can't protect her at regular times.

 

"Hey, Kale." Someone called out to me as I walked down the corridor.

I turned around and saw a blonde-haired male student standing there.

Lawrence Eldegard. He is the eldest son of Earl of Eldegard of the Kingdom of Arnelia.

Even in this school, where nobility and commoners are irrelevant, he is a troublesome person who tries to wield power whenever he can. I'm not sure if you've ever heard of it.

 

"What's ......?"

 

“You've been on a roll lately, haven't you?”

 

“I don't mean that.”

 

“Then stay away from Miss Crenna. I don't know if you're aiming at Crenna, but I don't want people to think that you're the representative of this school when you're a failure.”

 

“If you want a tour of the school, I can give you the rest. I'm sure I can escort you better than this guy." Lawrence said.

“But Crenna...”

“I'm quite happy with your escort, Kale." Lawrence's eyes widened impatiently as Crenna said.

“By him! Fooled? He's a failure! He's a dropout! He hasn't woken up to his abilities yet at his age!　If you stay with someone like that, your reputation will suffer, too!” Lawrence looked at me and smirked.

He probably thinks I've deepened my friendship with Crenna by not telling her about my abilities. But unfortunately, she knows about my situation. I'm sorry, but I don't know what to do.

“I'm sorry, but I don't care about what people think of me,” Crenna said.

“She doesn't seem to care about me at all.” Lawrence looked at me, wincing.

 

"Kale!　Duel me!" Lawrence said, his face red with anger.

 

“A duel?　What the hell are you talking about?”

 

"Just so you know, the next class is a mock battle. You'll have to fight me there. ...... Crenna-san. I'm going to prove to you that this guy is a helpless inferior species.”

 

The proposal was too one-sided. Naturally, I tried to refuse it, but...

 

"Yes! Kale, let's give it a try!”

 

"What?" For some reason, Crenna accepted the proposal.

 

"Oh, come on!　You can't just--"

 

"It's just right; let’s test the power of the Genus," Crenna whispered to me in a small voice.

 

“That's it. Heh, I'm looking forward to the next class.” Lawrence laughs and turns on his heel.

I watched his back and let out a deep sigh.

“You've given me a hard time, .......”

“It's okay! Just remember what happened that night!"

It's true that if you're one of Crenna's family members - the one from that night - you're not going to lose to any ordinary student.

"the other party is bad... he's a nobleman."

"aristocracy... eh. Is that guy like that??"

 

The aristocrats are likely either extremely good-natured or extremely bad-natured. That man, Lawrence, is the latter. He is a student who uses his power as a shield to do whatever he wants daily.

 

Like sub-humans, humans are more robust in the upper class. I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that.

“...... Sorry. I may have gotten carried away.”

 

“That's right. You could have used another time to test your family's strength.”

 

"it's not at all; if you were to test the power of the genus, it would have been a good opportunity." when she said that, Crenna replied with a grumpy face.

"because he… made a fool of Kale," Crenna whispered.

 

"You're a hero to me, Kale.”

 

“Hero? You mean like ...... that night?　That was just because I got the power of the Genus.”

 

"But you saved me before I could order you to," Crenna says emphatically.

 

“I don't know why, but my Lord's orders don't apply to you, Cale...... That means, on the contrary, that you saved me of your own free will.　I didn't say it at the time, but ...... thank you so much. I'm so grateful to you, Kale.” Crenna, who had been behaving brightly ever since we met, said in a slightly squeaky tone. I can't settle down. I opened my mouth, scratching my back hair.

 

“Make me a Genus.”

 

“What?”

“You can't beat that guy if you stay human.” I'm not sure if she sensed my intentions, but she nodded with a smile on her face.

Crenna nods with a smile, whether she guessed her intentions. Then she fanged my neck.

"then, it's a good thing!" she said.

 

“I told you not to drink!”

 

The only condition for a vampire to make a human a dependent is to pour blood. There is no need to drink it.

 

“Just a little bit is fine!”

 

"No. Don't drink a drop.

 

“Not a drop?　No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, not a drop!　Kale, you devil! You bastard! He's after you!”

 

"Stop it!　Stop being so confusing!”

I’m indeed looking for my Genus’s body, but... I was flustered as I glanced at the ice from the people around me.

You can buy blood for vampires at the store.

 

“I'm sure you'll be happy to know that ...... your blood tastes good.”

 

“I'm not happy. ...... Oh, okay, okay. I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that. I want to get used to my family's body before class starts.”

 

"Yes!"

 

“I'm sure you'll be able to understand what I mean. After some blood is sucked, the vampire's blood is injected into my body.”

My heart leaped, and my whole body went into a frenzy.

There was a strong feeling of discomfort in my mouth and on my back. The fangs appeared from the mouth, and the back of the uniform was slightly raised.

 

"Somehow, I feel more uncomfortable with my body than last time ..."

"I poured a lot of blood this time, um, the fangs are growing, and the rest... oh, you've had wings!"

“Wings?　I'm sure you're right. Do vampires have wings?”

 

“Yes. It's a good idea to fold them up when you don't need them, like now.”

I'm not sure if I've ever seen a vampire with wings. The vampire seems to be devising variously and living.

(Finally? ......)

 

The mock combat class has begun.

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In this class, students engage in mock combat with each other.

In other words, it is training to protect oneself. With the end of the Horde War, there are no more large-scale conflicts between humans, but there are still small battles, and although rare, students are sometimes attacked due to grudges from the war. This class exists as a countermeasure to such disturbing situations.

Lawrence and I were confronting each other in a room of the training ground used for mock battles.

 

“I commend you for not running away and coming this far.” Lawrence smiled good-naturedly.

 

There are other students in the training hall. But all of the students here were Lawrence's allies and my enemies. The teachers were nowhere to be seen, probably at other training grounds.

However, there was one person who was on my side.

 

"Good luck, Kale!" Crenna was waving at me with a big smile on her face.

For a moment, I felt happy, but then I thought about it and realized that she was the source of all my problems. I immediately cooled down.

 

"Don't get your knickers in a twist; drop out!" Lawrence swung his arm up quickly.

Instantly, Lawrence's shadow at his feet rose as if it were alive. The black shadow turned into a sharp blade and attacked me.

"That's your ......."

 

“That's right!　This is my ability - the domination system, the shadow!”

 

The ability of the ruling system has the effect of freely manipulating the object. In Lawrence's case, the target was his shadow, or more accurately, his own shadow.

 

It's a nasty ability. Shadows have no definite shape, so they cannot be physically destroyed.

 

“So, go!　Get skewered!”

 

Lawrence separated the shadow into two and pointed it at me as if to pin me down. Each black shadow crawling on the floor turned into thorns and attacked my body.

But…

 

(...... visible)

 

It's not as bad as when I was a member of the beast family, but now I have enhanced kinetic vision. The blade of the shadow is approaching. The tip of the knife touched my shoulder.

As soon as I see the blood loss, I activate my vampire trait. Before the shadow pierced my shoulder, I formed an Armor of blood around my shoulder.

This is the first time I've been able to do this. The shadow, protected by the blood armor, had a cracked tip.

It was just a matter of manipulating the blood to defend himself, but Lawrence was astonished by the exaggeration.

It sounds like a collision between iron and metal. The shadow, prevented by blood armor, had a ladle tip.

(Doesn't this guy ...... realize that I'm a vampire now?

Chuckled.

Lawrence hadn't seen anything about me. It's a fact that can be noticed with observation, but this man had no regard for me from the start.

 

“It seems that you have prevented it by sheer luck. Then I'll decide on this!" Lawrence raised his right arm. The shadows at his feet swirled and converged above his head. The shadow eventually took the form of a giant sword.

 

"Look, dropout!　This is the difference in power between you and me!"

 

It's no wonder Lawrence was so proud of his abilities. You can find many people who can control the shape of the body.

But even so, it was an attack that the current me could easily see through.

 

(Blood Dance Bloody Arts)

 

For some reason, I can use vampire martial arts. I'm going to use that power again now.

 

(Blood Axe Bloody Axe)

To counter Lawrence's shadow, I raised a substantial crimson axe. The size of the axe is two times larger than Lawrence's shadow's great sword.

I swung the axe down as hard as he could at the shivering Lawrence.

"gyaa!?"

With Lawrence's scream, a roaring sound echoed.

The floor of the training ground shattered, and the blast hit the spectators. Lawrence's small moan could be heard mixed in with the screams from the area. Lawrence had put on his shadow in the nick of time and used it as Armor to protect himself from the impact.

 

"Oh, hey. Isn't that a bad idea ......?"

 

"Monster ......."

 

The crowd was in an uproar. Everyone was looking at me with their eyes peeled back.

 

(...... he’s strong.)

I thought as I stared at my hands, having extinguished the giant axe and returned the blood to my body.

 

(just because I became a genus, I’m getting too intense.) ...... what is this power?)

"That's a foul ......!"

At that moment, Lawrence shouted.

It's not fair to use the power of your family!

 

The students around Lawrence shouted, "Yes, yes!”

 The students around him shouted,

"that's right!"!

 

(Isn't it cowardly to use your ability to fight against an incapacitated person? ......)

 

I gritted my teeth in anger.

No rule says you can't use your Genus’s powers in a mock battle.

 

 

"Well, let's try it out, shall we?"

 

“I'm spilling my blood for you right now, Kale. If that's not fair, I could do the same to you.”

 

"Miss Crenna, are you sure?"

 

“Yes. I'll let you fight Kale one more time.” With that, Crenna walked over to Lawrence.

I couldn't help but call out to her as she walked next to me.

 

"Oh, come on, Crenna. If you do that--"

 

It's okay. It won't even be a ...... fight." I tilted my head at Crenna's words.

Won’t it even be a fight?　What do you mean?

 

"Okay, Lawrence. Let's go, shall we?" Crenna bites Lawrence's neck and pours blood into it.

Lawrence glared at me with bloodshot eyes.

 

"Hahaha! Kale! That's too bad!　Now you don't stand a chance. ---- Go!

Suddenly, Lawrence vomited blood from his mouth. He put his hand over his heart and squirmed painfully.

Lawrence collapsed on the floor and just kept on slumping.

I was stunned when I saw him.

 

“What do you mean, "......?"

 

“I didn't tell you, Cale, but it's not so easy to become a subhuman dependent,” Crenna explained.

If you try to become one of them, your body will usually burst like that.

 

“But I've never been like that .......”

 

"That's why you're so special, Kale," Crenna said.

 

Later, a teacher heard the commotion and carried Lawrence to the infirmary.

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