Chapter 91: Spy x Vampire

"It seems we've won," Forki said with a smile. He had just received the news that Dante Scarlet was dead. After all, everything pointed to that: with Morgana isolating herself in the tower and Valentina almost killing Gaspar, it meant Dante was dead, or at least they thought so.

"Well, the partnership ends here," Alexander said, and everyone agreed. "I'm not involved in this," Elowyn said as she left, not even trembling, despite just finding out that Dante had been killed by Alexander, Ethan, and Forki. Something she completely disapproved of. Humiliating him was one thing, but killing him was another, something she never agreed with.

"Hey, you..." Alexander was about to finish, but an arm touched his shoulder; it was Ethan. "Leave her. She's trying to rid herself of guilt by placing it on others." He turned and looked at Seraphina, who was huddled, apparently afraid of something.

"Why are you like this? I thought you'd be the happiest," Ethan questioned, and Seraphina stood up slightly. "My family was almost destroyed after we put a restriction on the boy. I don't even want to think about what your families will suffer after this tragic end," she said, still slightly trembling, and walked away, without looking back.

She was too shocked to say anything, but now, knowing that Dante had been killed, she was going directly to Titania in hopes of gaining an advantage with this declaration.

"What do we have for this end of semester?" Forki questioned with a relaxed smile as he leaned back in the armchair.

"Our celebration, of course," Alexander said smiling, and Ethan agreed. "Who's coming?" he asked.

"My father is coming. He said he's been too idle lately," Alexander commented.

"I hope that crimson demon doesn't come to this party. Although we said to make it a memorial, didn't we?" Forki remarked.

"Yes, we'll have to keep up appearances," Ethan said and continued. "Besides, will that event really happen? Demonstrating techniques to each other to gather information isn't a bad idea, but a small competition? I don't understand why."

"Oh, come on. We didn't get to know the strength of all of us in the top ten. That sick one stole all the limelight. Think of it as a complete rematch."

As they conversed deeply, one person was inside the room uninvited. In fact, she had always been there from the beginning. After all, she had things to settle with Dante Scarlet, but not like these inferior beings. She had to repay the favor for her life, so... why not give Valentina a proper confession of the perpetrators of this incident?

Thus, a certain little bat stole an artifact from her father that completely hides her existence. Well, beings like Valentina, Vlad, and Gaspar easily sensed Elizabeth within that room, but idiots like these here? Never.

Elizabeth was transformed into a bat and perched on a nearby cupboard, listening and recording everything with a magical stone, while pondering what these idiots had just done.

"Seriously, I don't know what's in your heads... Didn't your parents warn you that the Pact was broken?" she questioned seeing the situation. Of course, she knew about Titania's expulsion from the council, as well as the contract breach, but it seemed these three had no idea what was happening.

She didn't know if it was pure stupidity or if someone was backing them up, but one thing she knew: this event... well, it was probably the best response to cause a four-way war, and she would be on the winning side. After all, she knew why the name Scarlet was so important to the vampires.

Elizabeth, still in bat form, flew out of the room through the back window. She had some plans in mind and returned to her room flying.

Quickly, she went to the mirror, whispered a few words, and her mirror turned into a portal. The portal connected directly to the Royal Hall of the Vampire King's Castle.

"Oh, you're back?" Vlad questioned Liza, who was behind him.

"Yes, darling."

"And how was it?"

"The dungeon bathed with fire power," she commented with a mischievous smile. "I see, it seems Valentina is already back in control of everything."

"Where is she?" Vlad questioned, and Liza completed: "She's on the top floor of the White Tower. I couldn't even get close, so I used the Camouflage Device, and even then, I couldn't get within 20 km. They're wanting total silence."

"I see, it seems we have troubles."

"What troubles?"

"Our smart daughter found the culprits of the boy's death."

"What?"

"Alexander Sucellus, Forki Dolafor, and Ethan Smith."

"Damn!"

"Yes, I'll inform her before she starts a four-way war and devastates three continents because of a boy," Vlad commented as he pulled Liza onto his lap and massaged her hair.

"Would she do that?" Liza asked, but immediately: "Of course, she would. She almost killed her own Queen from your Kingdom," she replied.

Yes, Liza harbors grudges for the impalement thirteen years ago to this day. Perhaps that's why Elizabeth harbors resentment toward Dante. After all, her mother likes to relive that scene constantly in all dialogues referring to Valentina; don't doubt that she even alienated her daughter so she would never approach a Scarlet, even knowing what it means to be a Scarlet.

"Have you decided which side you're on?" Liza asked, and Vlad didn't even need to think. "Of course, I'll help a Scarlet."

"I see, is it to prepare the armies in case there's any trouble?" Liza asked.

"Hm, no, we won't interfere directly," Vlad smiled.

The most powerful vampire of modern times was having fun.