Chapter 537 – Conquest and the Old Man

000

The Berlin of Conquest was a slightly different ark among other dark giants.

Otis, who lurked behind the battlefield, devoted himself to brainwashing the Imperials to strengthen their loyalty to the Emperor and his dictatorship.

To lead the war to victory and to satisfy his intellectual curiosity his, Poltuk did not mind any inhumane experiments.

Empress Hutina, who led the assassins and assassinated those in important positions of the enemy at random, and dedicated their heads to the emperor.

Rather than being soldiers, they were specialists specialized in their field of expertise, and politicians who took their own positions in their respective empires and spoke for the emperor.

However, Berlin was different.

The man who had a huge body and wielded an ax seemed to have no interest in ideology or ideals, let alone politics.

And, like that, he introduced himself as ‘the one who inherited the blood of a giant’, and stood at the forefront of the battlefield and slaughtered countless enemies with just his pure strength.

And, he was an executioner who caught Cain’s eyes only with his skill his and wielded an ax for him.

According to one theory, the demonic sword emperor Cain overcame him by force and recognized him as his master.

The reason many people believed it was because it showed that strength was the strongest value for Berlin, regardless of whether it was an enemy or an ally.

If it’s strong, even if it’s an enemy, I admit it.

On the contrary, if it was the weak, even if it was an ally, it was thoroughly ignored.

The existence that seemed to have embodied the values ​​of the strong-and-strong was the existence of Berlin.

But-

Cleon, Pamela, and Illenu sit around a table with the three anti-gwidae sisters and voice their concerns.

The reason is that Pamela referred to Bayer Lynn as her own little brother of hers.

Berlin’s full name is Berlin Oracle Ruth.

At one time, he was from a family that became the center of a vampire clan that competed with his own people for supremacy on the continent, but that family was already destroyed hundreds of years ago.

So, if you only hear the name, you’d better think of it as an unrelated person with the same last name by chance.

Pamela’s words could not be ignored.

There could be no number of humans with the last name Oraclerus in the name of Berlin.

“But, didn’t Berlin mean that ‘giants and humans’ were of mixed blood? Are you like that too?”

“No, both my father and mother were human turned vampires.”

Pamela shook her head in response to Cleon’s question, and if so, isn’t she also a different person? She comes to think the same way.

“But, if she is of the Black Giant family, she will be able to track down Beirlin using her powers her as a vampire.”

Illenu nodded as if agreeing with Aine’s words.

“Because vampires have the power to track down ‘relatives’.”

“… Tracking down Berlin… ? Is he, by any chance, doing something bad?”

However, Pamela, who heard such a story, became uneasy at the disturbing story the two brought up.

“Ah-…”

Then, Cleon will be hesitant to tell her.

If it is said that Baylin is really her younger brother her, it’s her her side story her, but her younger brother her is a heinous war criminal who killed at least a thousand or more humans with his own hands by cutting her throat.

Even in the empire where bloody purges took place before the Great War began.

Apparently, she seemed to care about her little brother her, and she must be a bit reluctant to pass it on.

Like that, when Cleon was reluctant to speak, Aine, who was inferior to her, opened her mouth to her.

“Berlin was a general who participated in the great war 30 years ago as a member of the ‘Empire’. And he slaughtered countless humans in that war.”

“Then…!”

Pamela shakes her head in disbelief.

“That, that kid is so weak that he couldn’t even kill a single ant or even a mosquito…! That kind of kid killed a human…”

“Ah- so. It could be someone whose first name and last name just happened to be the same.”

Cleon presses Pamela’s shoulders as she tries to stand up.

“And. Because the problem with Berlin doesn’t really need to be resolved right now.”

It was a situation where he lost his energy in tracking down Poltuk just a while ago.

It was judged that it was more important now to prepare Beirelin for the Five Elements Festival that was right in front of her.

Of course, someday it will have to be resolved.

“Well. That’s right. If Berlin isn’t in this eastern country, there’s no need to rush out to find it. One of the resurrected black giants was destroyed by Cleon, right? If it were me, I wouldn’t set foot in this eastern country for a while.”

And, while Illenu said that, she nodded as she spoke.

“All right.”

“Anyway, this must have allayed her doubts about her, right? You’re talking so hard.”

When Cleon also tells Aine that her purpose in introducing herself to Pamela is to be recalled, she nods her head as if she understands.

“Okay. Then, what is she going to do next?”

“Uh?”

Cleon closed her mouth for a moment at Aine’s question and met Illenu’s eyes in her.

And then to Pamela.

“Come to think of it… You said you came all the way here because you were hungry. Are you going to go back to sleep after eating?”

When Cleon asks that question, Pamela looks puzzled for a moment and then lowers her head.

“Yeah, sure. Don’t vampires have to be in a place like this?”

“Ah- no. I didn’t mean to say that.”

Cleon realizes he made a slip of the tongue and shakes his head, but Illenu talks with his arms crossed.

“A vampire who doesn’t drink human blood. That’s right. Even living with people, I wonder if I can stand the vampiric urge. If there is no guarantee, it’s dangerous to live among humans.”

“I, too, agree with her judgment. Of course. If you say that-“

As Aine said so, she looked at Illenu.

“…Why.”

“You’re half a vampire, too. Don’t you have something called vampiric urge?”

“I can stand myself.”

At Aine’s point, Illenu frowned and looked at Cleon.

She looked as if she was asking to be defended on her behalf.

“Well. That’s right. When you’re seriously injured and need to be regenerated right away… Or-“

Cleon spoke up to that point, then closed his mouth for a bit.

Seen in her earlier Illenu’s past her, when she vampirized Cleon’s blood from another world-

Even if she wasn’t hurt, if she had a serious libido, she would do vampirism to release it.

—There was no way I could tell Illenu about that.

“Or what?”

“No. I thought there would be individual differences.”

Cleon shook his head while evasive like that, and Illenu made an expression like a ‘strange guy’… Looking at Cleon.

“However, she was in a state of severe starvation, unable to drink her blood until just now.

“That…”

To Cleon’s words that continued, Illenu said nothing, as if he had no choice but to agree.

“And, she has an aversion to drinking human blood. She never drank blood like that, she said.”

At that, Pamela nods her head too.

“She does n’t have to drink human blood. My mother said, as long as they are blood relatives of the ‘Oracle’.”

“In that case, there’s no problem living in a place with a lot of people.”

When Cleon concluded that, Illenu let out a sigh.

“Okay. Then the next question is, where are you going to keep them?”

“That…”

When Illenu said that, Palome looked back at the two before talking.

“I have money. I’m fine staying at an inn, so don’t worry. It’s not that much, but…”

As she said that, what she took out was a bunch of gold coins in her pocket.

When I take one out and show it, the surface of the gold coin shines in the light of the store.

“It!?”

Then, then. Zibai, who had been quietly drinking wine and listening to her older sister and younger siblings, raised her body with her eyes shining.

“What a surprise…”

She did n’t say anything to the point of being too quiet, but she suddenly raised her voice, so when Illenu was startled and wiped her chest her, her Aine her looked at her sister her.

“It’s a gold coin from the Eastern countries that was circulated hundreds of years ago! This one… Has a fairly high value. If all the gold coins are in that pocket… You can build a luxurious mansion with a garden. “

“As expected, Zwei. You know a lot about money.”

When Aine gave a compliment that wasn’t a compliment, Tsubai scratched her head as if it was embarrassing.

“But, these gold coins. Are they not used now? Who’s buying them? If it’s really enough money to build a mansion…”

At Illenu’s words her, Zwei shut her mouth for a moment, then hesitantly opened her mouth.

“Uh, if you’re an elder…”

“Elder- the one who gave you the order to cooperate with me… Right?”

At Cleon’s words her, Aine nodded her head.

“The Elder is also a person who uses his strength to collect historical objects from the Eastern countries. Certainly, if it is him, he will be able to give a reasonable price for this gold coin.”

“I see… But, who the hell is that old man? Is he a person who can’t be heard as a beauty dyer… Is it difficult to reveal his true identity?”

When Cleon had an obvious question, Aine closed her mouth as if she worried a little, then she nodded her head.

“Yes. He is the one who protects this Eastern country from the shadows. Long before the beauty dyer ascended to the throne.”

“… I want to tell you something about Pamela. Is it impossible to meet in person?”

“That… Is for him to decide.”

As her Cleon her, her desire her to believe in herself and to trust her for providing her information her coexisted with her doubts about her inability her to show her face her to them.

I wanted to meet him in person and see if he was someone I could trust.

She thought that if there was a business to sell Pamela’s gold coins, she might be able to go see her naturally.

Well, it just seems difficult.

“She knows a lot about me. She knows about my past her. But I know very little about her. Is n’t the relationship too unequal for her to cooperate?”

“That…”

Aine lowered her head as if she could n’t deny Cleon’s words her, and then she looked at Cleon once more.

“…Then, I will guide you to the old man’s residence with us. However, whether he will say he will see Cleon-sama depends entirely on his will.”

“Okay. That’s okay.”

Cleon nodded to Aine’s words and got up from her seat her.

At that time.

Cuckoo, cuckoo. And the cry of the hour was heard again from the clock.

Illenu sighed upon hearing that sound.

“…It’s just the right time. What about the last order?”

“Soju made warm-!”

“Dry! Stop drinking!”

001

After cleaning up the store and changing the sign on the door to ‘closed’, the group walks down the completely dark road of the East at night.

“… Ugh…”

Unlike the royal capital and brothels, the streets lined with ordinary private houses and shops were already surrounded by darkness.

Perhaps feeling the fear of such darkness, Pamela shrank her body.

“Uh heh heh~”

Then, Aine sighed as she watched as Drye, her youngest child her, staggered and walked in the lead.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Cleon. I showed you an ugly figure.”

“No, what. I didn’t even come to work today, but I’m sorry I got involved in our affairs.”

“Our job. I mean~”

After hearing Cleon’s words, Illenu, who was walking beside him, turned to Cleon and said:

“It’s been a while since I’ve had the habit of taking my hand in things that don’t belong to me. Why is it Cleon’s job to do things related to Pamela? If I had to say which one, it’s my job as a vampire hunter.”

“Well. I’d rather have a conversation with that old man.”

Cleon shrugged at Illenu’s words, but Aine looked back at Illenu and talked.

“Illenu… Have you known Cleon for a long time?”

“Well… Among all of his current colleagues, this is the first time I met him.”

When he spoke proudly of himself with his hands on his hips, Cleon shook his head and replied.

“But we only worked together for one night.”

“That night must have been so intense.”

“One night…”

Aine flinched and reacted to Illenu’s words her.

“Come to think of it, Mr. Cleon.”

“Yes?”

“When are you going to accept our return? If you want, even today.”

When Aine said that and put her hand on her chest, Cleon shut his mouth.

“…Pay?”

And when Ile reacted to those words, she made her suspicious expression, and Aine said nothing while looking at her.

“Yes. In yesterday’s operation, Cleon-sama prevented Poltuk, a danger to our eastern country. And in return-“

“For a moment.”

The next moment, Cleon interrupted Aine and stopped.

“…That… I told you before, right? I don’t really have any intention of getting anything in return.”

“However…”

“Let’s talk about this later. Rather than that, Pamela, watch your step. If it’s dark and the cloak is that long, you’ll fall again.”

At Cleon’s words her, she slowly followed her while holding onto Cleon’s hem from behind and nodded her head.

“Yes Yes…!”

Looking at Cleon, who blatantly questioned her, Illenu narrowed her eyes.

Aine looked at Cleon quietly and looked down at her own chest her.

They were two people with different thoughts, but seeing Cleon try to avoid comment, he stopped questioning.

And- the place the party arrived was a small private house with the lights off.

To put it mildly, it is an ordinary house that is too small and old to be called a mansion.

“…Is this the place where the elders live?”

“Yes. And this is where we stay.”

“Is it too small?”

When Ilenu said that, Aine nodded her head.

“Of course it is on the ground.”

“…There seems to be a basement?”

And what Cleon caught the eye of was the pattern hanging near the nameplate, symbolizing the ‘House of Oriental Healers’.

“Please wait here for a while. I will tell the elder that Cleon-nim has come to visit you.”

Saying that, the three sisters entered the private house with her head and waist bowed.

Silence enveloped the party on the street, leaving only Pamela, Illenu, and Cleon remaining.

“Hey, Cleon. You didn’t ask for ‘something like that’ in return, did you?”

“No… I didn’t ask.”

Really. Cleon waits for the three of them to return with his eyes closed while thinking

Pamela talks to such a Cleon.

“The story that came out earlier… Berlin…”

“Yes?”

“Could it be that Uncle Cleon is after my younger brother? Because he did something bad…?”

Cleon shut her mouth for a moment at her words her as if she was still worried about Bayleen.

“I’m not after your brother. Imperial Berlin – a warrior who has slaughtered countless people. According to you, your brother can’t catch a single bug, right?”

“…Yes.”

“…And anyway. Fate won’t leave us alone. In the end, something will happen on their side. Whether or not it’s your younger brother, you just have to check at that time.”

At Cleon’s words her, Pamela nodded her head in agreement.

And after a while, when the door of the private house opens again, three sisters walk out.

“How’d it go?”

“The elder says he will see you.”

“Is it.”

Fortunately, she thought as she tried to move forward.

Aine raises her arm to stop Cleon from walking.

“For awhile.”

“…What?”

“…The elder himself came to meet me here.”

And, when Cleon’s gaze turns toward the open door-

There, with his back bent, stood an elderly woman clad in plain clothes.

With his hands behind his waist, the old man looked at the three of them with a serious expression, and there was a light as if he was looking right through them.

But—Cleon couldn’t help but look at her and be a little bit speechless of her.

“Hmm. After all, it’s coming all the way here.”

Then, when the old woman opens her mouth and clucks, she talks to Cleon.

“Did I take my medicine properly? That lady … Her condition her must have improved a lot, right?”

Then, Cleon kept her mouth shut for a moment before she answered.

“Yes. Thanks. …But I never thought you were an ‘elder’.”

And, Cleon lowered her waist and head.

“…Quartz.”

Standing there is the old woman doctor who treated Amelia on her first day in this country.

It was a quarter.