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Volume 5 Vampire Tea Party Part 4

And in the next moment, all of that has been ordered to charge towards them, all for the purpose of tearing the two of them apart so that not even a bloody shred would remain afterwards. This omni-directional storm of shadow and rage has been created by Leticia for the express purpose of tearing the flesh and crushing the bones of whoever would be unfortunate enough to ever become the target of her ire. It was a perfect net of swords, spears and fangs that did not have even the slightest gap that would allow the target to have any delusional hopes of escaping with its life still intact. The blades weaved of shadow raged towards their designated prey, each one of them exuding the pressure so heavy and overwhelming that any ordinary human would have fainted from just being in their general vicinity.

The assault of shadow weapons and fangs has finally reached its designated targets, and continued to assault them mercilessly for more than a minute without stopping. Swords and spears were slashing so fast that it looked like they were going to cut through the air and space itself, and the shadow fangs were biting into them with the force of a thunderstorm, and due to the sheer force of that unrestrained, brutal assault, even the throne room did not manage to avoid suffering collateral damage, which made the casualties caused by the heavies of landslides and earthquakes look pale in comparison. The stone floor, the stone walls, the ceiling and the door… all of them looked cracked and so worn out as if they were about to shatter into a million pieces of rubble. If the scenery after Leticia finished attacking Canaria and Eury had to be described with just one word alone, then that one word would definitely have to be: terrible.

「Fuuuuuuuuh. . . . .」

After making a heavy sigh and looking down at the two unsightly pieces of bloodied meat that were now sullying the floor of her throne room with their wretched remains, Leticia closed her eyelids with the intention of falling asleep again, however…

「As I was saying: see you around real soon, Blonde My Fair Lady!」

「. . . . ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !」

Hearing a voice that she expected to never hear again, Leticia’s eyes opened up again with a snap. And when she surveyed the floor in search of the two chunks of meat that were supposed to be all that was left from the two intruders, she realized that they were nowhere to be seen, they disappeared. But that was not all. The floors, walls, ceiling and doors have also went through an unexpected change, returning to their original, perfect shape, and the cracks, scratches and smears of the bloodstains were gone as well, almost as if time itself has been rewound to a point right before Leticia launched her assault at Canaria and Eury. The damage caused by the shadow fangs, the throne that has been chipped away by the rain of the falling chunks of stone and the deep scars etched into every flat surface by the shadowy spears. . . .   none of that remained. Everything was just as peaceful and silent as it was before Leticia opened her eyes.

「 . . . .It would appear that you are something much more pesky than simple rats who found their way here by sheer stroke of luck.」

She said while moving around her arm and wrist, which became a little sore after that sudden wave of her hand and the snap of her fingers that she had to perform, and followed that up with a tired sigh. . . .and a sensation of sharp pain in her throat that lasted only for a few seconds before it subsided. Apparently that was the after effect of her speaking so much after not using her vocal cords for such a long time. Yes, that definitely has to be it. After all, the last time when she remembered speaking to someone else was a story of so long, long ago. . .  most likely during the time when Leticia shouted the words of curses and grudges against the other Vampires who have rebelled against her rule as the Vampire Queen as she was killing them all as punishment for daring to go against her despite all that she has done for them.

“I will not let you to be reborn! I will make sure that not even ashes will remain!”

「. . . . . .」

And so, she continued to kill them until both her body and soul grew so tired of it that she could not move anymore.

“I will not forgive you even if you die! Curses. Eternal curses upon you!”

She burned the corpses, pierced their heart with stakes and destroyed the so thoroughly that not even dust remained of them when she was finally done. As for what happened afterwards, that. . . . that is something that Leticia herself does not remember. Perhaps she annihilated them all without a trace, or perhaps some of them managed to flee and survive. She never noticed that, and to be honest, at that time, she did not even care about it, as long as she managed to get her hands on all the rebels that were within her reach so that she could tear them all apart limb from limb with her own two hands. But if some of the rebels did manage to survive her purge, then. . . . . .

「Even after so much time has passed, so many years later, they are still aiming to take my life. They have not learned their lesson, and still want to kill me even though I showed them what is going to happen to those who will try to go against me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  fufu, fufufu, ahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!! Fine then, let them come! This time, I will make sure to destroy every last one of them without sparing no one, not a single one of them!!!!!!!!」

With her lips distorting in an abusive smile, she closed her eyelids once more. And before she drifted off into deep sleep again, she swore to herself that the next time when she would open her eyes again, she will definitely act like a proper Demon Lord.

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. . .  An aerial citadel, in the garden in the castle’s courtyard.

The laughter of the young ladies was echoing all throughout the center of the garden that was filled with magnificent crimson roses.

Being pulled by Carla, her Head Maid, Leticia was being dragged to a tea party organized by her younger sister. When she saw her approaching, the second Vampire Princess’s. . . Lamia Draculea’s face brightened up so much that it was practically shining as bright as the sun itself at this point.

「Well, well, well! To think that there would come a day when the Elder Sister who always spends her days locked in the training hall would grace us with her presence during our charming tea party? The world must be truly coming to an end.」

「Do not say such things, Lamia. While I might dislike such things in general, I am also a noblewoman and therefore I also have to maintain the bare minimum of sociability that is required of me.」