31 First thing: Goto (1/2)

The Knights of the End are the guardians of humanity and the natural enemies of the Dark Family.

The Knights of the End are few in number, but they are all elite, and after learning combat techniques and how to fight the Dark One at their headquarters, they are assigned to their respective units as third level knights.

Senri is sweet. But she's not just sweet.

If she was just sweet, Epe would never have let me go.

She's learned and experienced and knows how to fight the Dark Ones.

The intelligent Dark Ones can be described in one word: demons.

In fairy tales, they have immense fighting power, brutality, pride in their existence, and sometimes use sweet words to corrupt the knights of the end.

Yes... just as I seduced Senri.

I'm still human inside. I can't say with much confidence that I've been able to endure pain all my life, but I don't feel as if my thoughts have changed.

But as time goes by, Senri will probably have more than a little doubt about that fact. Or maybe she already has.

Senri saved me because it was an emergency. It was only because I was dying that I was able to half-heartedly and impulsively offer my neck to a lowly vampire.

What I said in my negotiation with Epe was not a lie, it was my untruth.

She is a Knight of the End. Don't forget that.

I have no intention of harming humans. But the world will come to kill me in the name of justice, and I will fight back.

Vampires are strong. They have weaknesses that can't be ignored, but even in their lower states they are no match for the average human.

She offered to give me her blood. But I have no idea how long that spirit of self-sacrifice will last. It's hard to realize because I was surrounded by so many strong people, but I am not exactly what people call weak.

If I were in her position, I would never choose to give my neck to a monster.

And there is no doubt in my mind that she, with her knowledge of the Dark Family, would be very reluctant to make that choice. At the time, I had more reason than that, it just had more impact.

I needed to earn her trust. She's my lifesaver, my natural enemy, and my shield of protection.

The battle between Epe and I has been going on ever since that encounter.

If I can't gain Senri's trust, they win.

And if I can gain Senri's trust, my life will be extended a little.

If I want to live as peacefully as possible, I can't afford to lose Senri.

Like blood, I lack the knowledge to survive.

When I was a ghoul, I satisfied my hunger with the raw meat of hexenbiests. If I'd stayed that way, I could have lived on without harming humans.

But vampires are different. Vampires can't live without human blood.

In fact, I've sucked the blood of wild animals many times since that day, but it has rarely satisfied my hunger, and I've never felt the soul-shaking euphoria I felt when I sucked Senri's blood.

It was a curse. Vampires need to feed on people to survive. They can't live alone in the depths of the forest.

They only get a little blood periodically, but few people are open-minded enough to tolerate that. It seems natural for vampires to attack people and for people to abhor vampires.

Carrying a dead lizard with its head cut off and as much blood as possible drained from its body, I walked deeper into the forest.

Several kilometers from the watering hole, Senri waited in a slightly open area.

The sound of burning branches and leaves.

The light from the bright red campfire cleared some of the darkness and illuminated the silver-haired holy knight.

”End, is that ......?

”It's a souvenir. There's no salt or pepper, but you should ...... eat a little meat.

”...... Yeah. Thank you.

Senri said quietly, smiling just a little.

The last ten days on the run had made Senri look a little worse for wear.

She was human. The glow was still there, but there was an unconcealed fatigue in her face.

I guess it's due to the endless escapade that started almost without preparation and the mental fatigue of being around a vampire like me.

Originally, Senri was different from an undead like me.

As a vampire, I'm sturdy anyway.

If I eat garlic, I get violently sick to my stomach, but otherwise, I can eat anything, even rotting meat, and not get sick to my stomach.