Act 1 Life blood

  In a hospital room a beauty of blonde hair and pale skin, with a bleeding hand of burning blood drips it into the waiting mouth of a young man of white and amber.

  “Shiro I’ll say this again, remember that without my blood you’ll turn back to a corpse.” The princess spoke as she fed me her hot oddly sweet iron tasting burning blood.

  I took a last sip as her wound closed, and healed like how my own wounds heal but much, much slower.

  “Sorry princess, I just forgot, but isn’t it fine? If I become a corpse, wouldn’t you just revive me again?” I told her, giving a small chuckle as Lizel looked grim, Rikka just smiled, and Flenna just looked dopey.

  “Shiro, I’ll say this once, so listen well.” Komiko was serious as I saw her eyes hardened, rather than the indifference they usually had.

  “If the life blood I gave you completely runs out, like you were dangerously getting close too tonight, that’s the only way a young Eternal guard can die.” She finished as silence came over as I gave her a shocked look.

  “But it didn’t Shiro! So you're fine, we’re fine, especially after the spell you used.” It was Lizel who broke the quiet trying to cheer me up, as she pointed at one of the bloodstained staff laying near the door.

  “Thank you princess.” That made Komiko smile as I gave her a bow.

  “You welcome Shiro, just don’t make your master save you too often.” She said her smile turning prideful, and amused.

  “We are leaving, this is not a good place for us, even with your spell Shiro, a noble vampire must be close by, and where in their domain.” Komiko said as she turned, followed by Flenna, Lizel and Rikka as they hadn't moved yet.

  “Princess, can I ask that I atleast stay? Rikka told me I can cure these people, and I want to try, if I don’t, they’ll stay as they are.” I said, as the princess didn’t move, showing me her back covered by her golden hair.

  “Heroic. . . Do what you want Shiro. Lizel, can you stay and help him? I'll wait for you both in the parking lot.” And with that she left us.

  Act 2 Parking lot

  “What a bleeding hearted fool, caring so much for humans already tainted.” I muttered to myself as I reached the hallway.

  “Flugga?(Don’t say that princess, you know he cares for you and Nanami the most.)” My maid said, trying to cheer me up.

  But as we walked we stopped as I heard a call from the room I just left, and the beginning of a song.

  “Wait princess! We should move together!” It was Lizel as she led a slowly strumming Shiro with a small guitar as he hummed, even Rikka was humming along with him.

  Is he casting a spell again? It’s always odd seeing him use magic, unlike the ones I've read from the family archives his use of sorcery is much, much different.

  Instead of incantations he sings, prays or recites poems, rather than wands or staffs he uses random bits of monster parts, to cast smaller spells, and there's that combat magic I so love fighting against.

  Never in the records were there sorcerers capable of using their spells so easily and quickly.

  “What is Shiro casting?” I asked Lizel as we walked together and the other two a few steps behind us.

  “No idea, the only thing he said before starting is we need to be all outside and prepare for a fight.” She said as she looked thoughtful, her arms still that of a werewolf.

  After a few minutes we were already outside in the parking lot while Shiro started to properly sing.

  “In the chill of the twilight where the shadows creep,

  A whisper calls softly, while the world’s asleep.

  From the depths of the darkness, a figure takes flight,

  With eyes like the embers sparking menace and might.”

  The song sounded old, like something a traveling minstrel in the time of my uncles would sing at the royal court, but I’ve never seen someone use such a small guitar before.

  “Oh, drinker of blood, arise, in the glimmer of night,

  We’ll clash like the thunder, beneath the pale light.

  With hearts intertwined, let our duel begin,

  In the silence of shadows, let us battle within.”

  They started to appear now with flashes of light, the unconscious bodies of what I assumed were the vampiric pawns that called this place their den, were piling just before Shiro.

  “Let us see who has the greater bite. . .” And with that last piece of his song, the spell was casted, and by the looks of how many he had summoned it’s probably all of them.

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  “Odd, I would have expected the noble vampire would have been summoned.” I said as I looked at Lizel as she sniffed at the air while looking around alarmed.

  “No princess, I only smell the blood-slut, and those vampire pawns Shiro summoned. . .I don’t smell anything more powerful.” She said as she started to relax.

  “Did they run away?” I thought about it loudly.

  “Ha ha ha! Probably, all vampires are cowards like that.” Lizel said loudly while laughing as she ran towards Shiro as he started moving the bodies into lines.

  “Let’s go Flenna, help Shiro so that we can go home faster.” I said to Flenna as we walked towards the group.

  “Flugga!(Yes princess!)” My little maid answered as we walked.

  Act 3 Taking a friend home

  “Thanks for driving me Lizel, I really didn’t want my senior to wake up in a love hotel.” I said as I held her waist as she drove her monster of a Kawashaki bike.

  “It’s fine, Shiro, I’d rather drive you, than let that leech fly you to your friend. Seriously! Imagine what that evil thing would do!” There was hot anger in her tone.

  I still don’t know why but this is the third world I visited with werewolves and vampires hating each other.

  “Why do you hate each other so much, Lizel?” I asked bluntly as we drove under the speed limit.

  “It’s. . . It’s a blood feud Shiro, before the wars, vampires and werewolves used to see each other as nothing more than any other race, in the many realms.” Her voice was different.

  “We werewolves of the white mountain, didn't even knew they existed! only those from the black hills interacted with them, mostly trade, based on the stories told to us by the elders.”

  I now understand what she was feeling, she had a bored hatred in the act of recollecting the reason but she still did it.

  “But that changed because of the century wars?” I asked as I heard her growl.

  “Yeah, hundreds of thousands of my kin died, dozens of werewolf tribes went extinct, and just because a group of royal vampires and an elder vampire tried to conquer us so that they could challenge the Royal family ruling the Night realm.”

  I didn’t know what to say to that so I kept silent, and in the end we were at the hotel and I was asking the clerk to open the room where I left my friend in.

  She was there still sleeping, I looked at the time. ‘12:03’ it was pretty late but I think I could still take her home but. . .

  “Lizel, I don’t actually know where she lives.” I told her as she looked at me and then at the girl.

  “That’s. . . Isn’t she your friend Shiro?” She asked looking, oddly at me.

  “Yeah but, I’ve never visited her house before, this was the first time we hung out. Beside school!” I said, as my vessel, my mask as Shiro started to lose it.

  Then an idea came to mind, should I just take her to my house? It’s probably better than leaving her here.

  And with that I looked to Lizel with pleading eyes, that she reacted to with a tired sigh.

  “Alright I’ll try tracking where she lives.” That actually shocked me, I was thinking more of her driving her to the Manor while I bike home, but that’s better!

  “Thank you Lizel! I owe you one.” And with that she gave me a wide smile, and ruffled my hair as she carried her out, and I walked next to her.

  Act 4 Watcher

  “Did the kid take your fancy Count Zahav?” I stood high above a mongrel and the young sorcerer as a voice spoke to my side.

  “I have, he ruined my game, a game mind you that I've spent weeks preparing.” With that I turned around and saw the resident vampire of this town.

  Atleast she’s a pureblood and not the real common rabble, but it does make me curious which high noble would send a pureblood agent here, and what they want with the royal family’s succession game.

  “He has that effect, I’ll give you his name if you let the pawns you made in that hospital turn back to blood packs.” That gave me pause and made me look at her again.

  She wasn't a cattle lover, I can smell that normal vampiric cruelty on her, unlike those fools in that human loving duke's domain.

  But why? I watched it all, was this sorcerer the bleeding heart?

  “I want more, is he kind to the cattle?” I asked without letting her see my curiosity.

  “His name is Shiro Yukari, and yes even as a sorcerer he sees humans as people.” That answers my question which means, I need to trade.

  “It will be done, I would have done it either way. I don't want a sorcerer as powerful as him to track me using my slaves. . . have you ever felt like you were pulled by nothing?”

  I said genuine fear escaping my breath, as I saw the girl before me soften, her expression a rare show of sympathy from us vampires.

  “I have, it was not pleasant, that’s why I'll leave you a warning count.” She began looking down at the sorcerer and half mongrel.

  “When you plot against the princess like I do, be aware that you would fight that sorcerer, and what I’ve seen of him, he does not show mercy to us who need to feed from others.”

  And with that she left flying towards another part of town, towards the mansion on the hill.

  “But he did show you mercy didn’t he?” I said to myself as the thought came to me as Ms. Rikka left me to observe the half mongrel and the sorcerer.

  “Shiro, let’s see if I can make a traitor out of you.” With that I left too thinking of other games that would let me get what I want, a taste of that sweet royal blood.

  Act 5 Before dawn

  I closed my door as I left my friend sleeping in a room I barely use. In the end we didn’t find her house, as the places she frequents erased her tracks, which was a good thing to know.

  Those were my thoughts, as I walked towards the balcony and saw the lights still on, the princess was there drinking tea as she used a telescope to look at the stars.

  “You know, in the realms my family rules over, the stars behaved differently, in each realm after every night, the stars change, but here on earth? It's stagnant, barely changing every few months.” And with that she stopped, and started looking at me.

  Focusing on the vials on a tray and bag that was sling on my shoulder.

  “I want to ask for some of your blood princess, I’m planning to do something reckless.” I was truthful the ritual was safe but asking the princess for her blood was reckless.

  There was a long silence between us, her eyes meeting mine, serious thought lay between those scarlet stars.

  I looked away first looking towards Flenna, she was silent as her dopey eyes looked between me and the princess.

  Rikka left hours ago to feed and Lizel was taking a jog around the mansion but I know with her ears she can probably hear us.

  “One question Shiro, are you leaving after receiving my blood?” That wasn’t what I expected.

  But still, I know my answer and plus even with this newest event I still think my sister is safer here.

  “No, not until you're crowned or dead, my princess Komiko.” I said as I kneeled and gave her a bow.

  “You know the my lady thing you do, for the sake of intrigue, I had the same thought even before coming here, that’s why I use a fake name, so from now on you’ll only call me Komiko.” The princess spoke as I heard her stand.

  And saw her take one of the vials I placed on a tray on the floor.

  “You may raise your head Shiro Yukari, and explain to me what ritual you plan on using my blood for.” She said as she corked the small glass vial after filling it.

  “It would be complicated to explain my. . . Komiko, I'd rather show you.” I said standing up.

  “Then show me, It really does entertain me watching you use your magic.” She said smiling, her small pretty smile.