"La la la la la," the man's voice echoed through the palace as his singing reached anyone within a hundred meters. His voice was indeed impactful; as he passed, the maids bowed, paid their respects, and treated him like royalty. Well, in a way, he was the most noble man in terms of titles—he was the true King.
His firm steps continued through the long corridors. "This place has become more... welcoming?" Dante mused aloud, noticing that... "These maids are really diligent, even though I'm a Demon King, they still treat me with dignity. Is that fear or respect?" he thought. But for Dante, it didn't matter much; he didn't need anyone's approval.
He continued walking, looking for a woman who apparently wanted to speak with him, since she had come to meet him in person. "What does that pesky vampire want this time? It wasn't enough to become friends with Sara, now she wants to leverage that to talk to me? What a joke..." he muttered, opening the massive oak door.
"Tsk, I hate this," he said, his voice echoing throughout the place, seeing not only Elizabeth inside the room but also Sara and Nagasawa, who quickly looked at him. "Tsk, trouble," he said, looking directly into Elizabeth's eyes. "You two, I'm sure I asked you to stay with Eldrax," Dante said seriously.
"Voralith is taking care of her, after you left her alone and she had panic attacks, irresponsible," Sara's furious words made him raise an eyebrow. "What are you talking about?" he questioned, but...
"When you finish this nonsense, go talk to that child. She's afraid you'll abandon her," Nagasawa said coldly, very different from her usual strong self—she seemed distant.
"Cough-cough," Elizabeth cleared her throat to draw attention to herself, as the atmosphere in the room was tense. Dante just sighed and disappeared, reappearing seated at the office table. They were in Aldria's old room, with the women seated on sofas. He sat on the table, staring at Elizabeth.
"Say what you want," he spoke coldly, his concerns now focused on Eldrax, not whatever Elizabeth had to say.
"There are... problems regarding the Vampires," she said a bit dejectedly. "It has nothing to do with me. If that's all, leave. I have many things to worry about," he said, serious and curt. Eldrax was indeed the priority, not some vampire-related nonsense he never cared about in his life.
He was supreme above all Vampires, his mother was the Blood Sovereign, the most feared woman. He had no time to care about foolish bloodsuckers.
"Yes, it concerns you and Valentina. After all, you are Vampires," Elizabeth said, but... Dante didn't let her continue. "As far as I know, we're Vampires who don't follow the orders of your dear old daddy, so we have nothing to do with your problems, Elizabeth Tepes." Dante smiled at her, a cold smile.
Dante genuinely didn't care about all these important people who wanted something from him; he just wanted to live his life in peace.
Unlike Dante himself, who couldn't control this, he could only create a being from scratch, whereas Vlad could create and transform. This is why Dante wasn't a Race Progenitor, but a Dimensional one. He didn't know much about other progenitors besides himself. Lilith was an example; she was the progenitor of demons, but could she do anything beyond creating demons? Dante didn't know.
"A-Alucard?" Elizabeth trembled. Of course, Alucard was Dracula spelled backward, just that was... "Why are you offending the Vampire King? I mean, using his name backward..." Sara questioned, still in the room, listening to Dante and Elizabeth's conversation. "Hm? Who cares?
We're doing him a favor. That bastard doesn't want to turn against Valentina; he wants to clean up his house's trash," Dante said, and they all opened their eyes in surprise. "He'll agree to the name, you know why? Because it doesn't matter to us, the sovereigns," he commented with a smile. "Besides, it's less of a headache. I'm sure those Counts might want to attack you later, creating a sixth clan.
That means more privacy for us," he said, but his goal was... "And we can make a big house. After all, we should get an increase in land, right? That Crimson Mansion plot is too small, now that we have two dragons," Dante smiled.
Elizabeth couldn't say anything; she just... looked at him. That man... was so... handsome? She was a woman of few words and hardly cared about relationships, but at that moment...
the way he was handling her father, a progenitor that many feared... "Why is he... so..." She thought, her eyes observing Dante so deeply that...
*BONK*
"Ouch!" she cried out as she felt a strong blow to her head. "Why did you do that?" she shouted at Sara, who still had her fist on her head... Well, Sara had several reasons for this but again, she struck another blow
*BONK*
"Ouch! Again!? What did I do?" she shouted again, and Sara looked deep into her eyes. Elizabeth saw only a vast spiral abyss. "Desire my husband again, and I'll turn you into golden dust," Sara said, extremely serious, to the point her hair slightly lifted, and the tips turned golden. Elizabeth shivered a little in fear.
"Stop it, dear, you're being overly obsessive," Dante said with a smile. After all... he loved it.
"I need to go now, I still have matters to resolve" Dante said and kissed Sara on the forehead, followed by Nagasawa who got up to accompany him "I'll go with you"... she said and Dante nodded, they both left the room leaving Sara and Elizabeth alone
Nagasawa explained about Eldrax's situation and everything they had talked to her about to try to calm her down... He wasn't happy with how that situation was going, he felt really bad.