Academy Light Attribute Vampire

84 – Throwing Bait

The next day after school,

I moved to the largest general clinic among the hospitals in the capital of Merhem.

-Clap.

“…Are you here?”

Kirna’s hospital room located on the 3rd floor.

Grade with a confused expression was sitting next to the bed with the curtains drawn.

“How are you feeling?”

“…”

Chuck.

I accept the thin paper handed over without saying anything.

The paper wrote about Kirna’s condition at the time of hospitalization.

Abrasions and bruises, as if it had been rubbed somewhere,

In addition to minor burns and fractures.

“…What is this?”

From noble mtl dot com

What the hell happened?

Moreover, it is said that there are no direct cuts or traces of blows.

‘Isn’t there a skirmish?’

Apart from his calm head, the hand holding the thin paper naturally becomes strained.

Softly.

“Very… Hurt.”

“The trauma has now been fully recovered with healing magic. Maybe the shock was great, but I haven’t woken up yet…”

“Grade. You…”

Koo Woo-wook.

Blood was leaking from Grade’s tightly clenched fist.

Then you may not be able to control your anger in the end,

The figure standing up quietly and walking outside.

‘…He knows how to get angry too.’

-Dr.

I quietly approached the bed and pulled back the curtains to check Kirna’s condition.

A small body so small that the bed looks big.

Her sharp eyes, which have always been confident, are neatly folded, making her look like an elementary school girl.

Of course, thanks to the healing magic, it looks like it’s simply asleep, but…

If what is written on the chart is true, not too long ago, his whole body would have been covered with ugly scars.

‘…Where would you beat a child like this?’

Awesome.

Since the last Gremlock King incident,

You keep getting hurt here and there.

“… Ha ha.”

But fortunately, I arrived at the hospital on time and seem to be getting well.

First of all, let’s calm down the grade that ran out.

Let’s go outside the hospital room and walk down the promenade,

I didn’t go far and found Grade sitting on a bench.

“… Hey.”

On the way, talk to him while handing him a canned drink from the vending machine.

“When did you come?”

Fishik.

“… Thank you.”

Chuck.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to get angry in front of you.”

“… It could be. Honestly, I’m about to explode on fire too.”

“hahahaha. You were close with him too…”

“So.”

Chiik-!

‘Ah. It was carbonated.’

I continued talking again as I roughly brushed the liquid that had splattered around my hand onto the grass floor.

“…You and Kirna. What’s your relationship?”

“Huh?”

I’ve been curious about this since I read the novel.

The relationship between the two was too close to be a master and a butler,

Also, since they were in the same relationship, the way they treated the two of them was like a lady and a butler.

“Ah. Didn’t Kirna tell you?”

“He’ll tell me sh*t like that.”

“That’s…”

“Are you two dating?”

“Are you dating? Kirna and me?”

Grade made a slightly flustered expression,

They started laughing out loud.

“Ahahahahaha! That might seem like it.”

Was he originally a character like this?

“… That’s right. Kirna is a sweet girl. I wouldn’t have told you.”

Looking at you talking like this, it seems that there is a story behind it.

But I don’t think it’s good to go too deep all at once…

“If you don’t want to tell me, don’t…”

“I am.”

It’s a disgrace to the Richerti family.

In a heavy voice.

Grade started talking about himself calmly.

“…”

Suddenly, a hook comes in.

“Shame?”

“Yes. I am half-blood… Born of a human mother who was taken captive and a father who is the third son of the Richerti family.”

Wow.

“…Romantic.”

“Huh? This is the first time you’ve had that kind of reaction?”

“Why. It’s a common story. Forbidden love between a prisoner and a noble.”

“… That’s right. But. At that time, before the current queen ascended the throne,

Because noble vampires were forbidden to share their hearts with humans.”

“It’s annoying.”

Fishik.

By the way… Prisoners?

What the hell happened before the war?

“So. So Kir and I are her cousins?”

“You can see it that way. The people in my family didn’t approve of it.”

Even after the supposedly moderate queen ascended the throne,

It seems that the Richerti family did not have a positive view of the mixed-race Grade.

‘…That’s right. Because it was the product of an act completely opposite to the ideology they insisted on.’

I don’t know the details,

If you look at the lines that the hardliner vampires spit in the novel, you can roughly know what the hardliner vampires were thinking at the time.

-…Human beings were livestock that supplied blood to us.

Cattle.

Because they really didn’t even recognize humans as a member of the opposite s*x.

The discrimination against grades must have been as severe as that.

“… Her father has disappeared since then, and her mother has returned to Earth.

The only person who approached me when I was left alone was Kirna.”

Sure.

Grade’s crimson eyes look miserable today.

“He… Is my only family.”

A moment of silence followed,

Grade laughed awkwardly and rose from her seat.

“I told you a heavy story. There was no one to tell me this…”

“I asked what. And…”

“Huh?”

“… Text me if you’re having trouble.”

Sir.

“Thank you. It’s reassuring.”

On the way back to the hospital room with Grade,

A familiar silhouette passed by in the hallway on the second floor.

“… Mr. Verdine?”

“Huh?”

The Vice Guild Master of the Four Suns.

It was Verdine, whom I had entered the gate with during summer vacation not too long ago.

“How do you think Lai-kun is… Ah.”

Belatedly,

Or maybe Verdine belatedly apologized to her after seeing Grade beside her.

“I’m sorry. I’m distracted on this side too… Is Miss Kirna okay?”

“Well. Restoration magic is really amazing. You can’t open your eyes yet… But what about Mr. Verdine?”

“… A visit from Ms. Reina.”

“What?”

Reina,

It was the name of the vampire girl who belonged to Mr. Cluan’s team and taught me the technique used during the decisive battle with Grade.

“Wait a minute… Then.”

Looking around,

I often see people who come to the hospital armed.

‘All the people here are visiting victims of the attack?’

This is nonsense.

Only two days had passed since the first incident.

An accident that is hard to happen even once a day,

It’s happening simultaneously..?

Sug-

Verdine quietly put a hand on his shoulder and started to guide him somewhere.

After seeking an understanding look from Grade,

Let’s follow Verdine’s footsteps.

“…Did you notice anything strange about it?”

Verdine began to open her mouth with deep sunken eyes.

“What’s strange?”

“Miss Kirna and Firiel from Party B…And Reina as well. They have only one thing in common.”

“…Kirna and Reina-san…?”

The moment I said that.

“Ah..!”

All the victims found so far.

It was a vampire.

“Wait a minute… So you’re saying they’re only targeting vampire women?”

“No. There is only one yet, but there are definitely male vampires.”

Verdine lifted up her slipping glasses.

“Vampires. Among them, the children of hardliners.”

“Yes…?”

“The exact commonality of people being attacked… That is. This case.”

It’s not an indiscriminate raid.

‘…Isn’t this an indiscriminate raid?’

Scions from a family that was hardliners.

“So, does Selina not apply?”

“Honestly, I don’t know the details. I’m just narrowing down the line of reasoning by gathering information so far.”

“Then…”

“First of all, I’m thinking of temporarily stopping sending students to the guild. Rather than that…”

Student dispatch to the guild is temporarily suspended.

As long as the gate continues to appear, the guild members have to keep commuting.

In the current situation where hands are scarce, if the vampires who meet the conditions take a rest all at once,

To the extent that it becomes impossible to manage gates nationwide.

It is definitely the right decision to stop dispatching only students.

However,

One thought running through my head at this moment.

Dumb-

“Wait a minute.”

“…?”

“It’s not about stopping the dispatch of students. Wouldn’t it be better to stop sending female students?”

“What do you mean…”

“Is there still only one male victim?”

To the extent that Verdine directly said that it is difficult to judge accurate data at present,

From the perspective of the guild, there is no choice but to take action based on the information that has been released so far.

An attack aimed at a female vampire that occurred several times.

But Verdine thinks this is a warning to the vampire family, who were hardliners.

If that guess is correct.

-Tiririri.

“… Where are you calling all of a sudden?”

“Wait a minute.”

Click.

– Huh? Talk to someone you know…

“Grade.”

– Huh?

“So. Are you saying that you also have Richerti family blood?”

-… Isn’t it?

Verdi, who had been listening to the phone call by her side, began to open her eyes wide as if she had finally noticed.

-Why are you doing this…? Did something happen?

“Just in case, what would you do if you could avenge Kirna?”

A sudden question leads to silence for a while.

And.

Soon after, a hard voice came over the receiver.

-… Whatever.

“Good.”

Of course, no one knows if this will go as expected.

However,

It was an unthinkable operation if not now.

Use grade as bait.

I pull him out.