Delinquent Dragon

Rampant in Romania

Ilulu grabbed Keiji as the two of them began to phase out of the room they were in. Now, they were out in the open, but the time and weather was different.

"You should probably learn a bit about this place, Master."

Keiji turned to Ilulu. "Do you have any information? And where exactly are we?" Keiji asked.

A bright smile came upon Ilulu's face, given a massive thumbs up. "Of course! Currently, the vampires are in a current state of civil war between the Tepes, who are a male-dominated clan, against the Carmilla, which are a female-dominated clan. Both of them are reaching the limit of their territories."

"While I'm all for history, what's the catch with this Sacred Gear?"

Ilulu pouted. "Don't distract me from my explanation, Master!" Ilulu childishly said, making Keiji deadpan but relent. "My friend told me that the third child of the current King Tepes is from a human lover, so she's a super duper rare dhampir, meaning that she can have a Sacred Gear," Ilulu said, making Keiji's eyes widen.

"So she's the one with the Sephiroth Graal, another Longinus like his Boosted Gear," Keiji finished, ignoring Ilulu's minor complaint at finishing her sentence again. "Then again, what do we do now? Just casually approach her. No, vampires sound too much of a pain to be that cordial or even friendly."

Ilulu tugged at Keiji's coat. "You should know that she's probably not in the best of conditions. Being both female and a half-blood is probably the worst combination for her."

Keiji threw his head back in annoyance. "This is why I hate things like that. Always complicated shit going on," Keiji grumbled. "Well, I guess the only thing to do is to head for the Tepes Castle and hope for a miracle."

"What are you doing here?!" a feminine voice shouted.

Keiji sighed at being caught so quickly, while Ilulu was ready to fight. "Master, look it's a doll and girls!" Ilulu said.

"D-doll! How rude can you be?! Identify yourself at once!" she ordered.

Keiji looked towards the supposed doll, nodding his head at Ilulu's assessment. They had long wavy light blonde hair, deep red eyes, and a beautiful face. They wore a red dress worn by princesses back in the Middle Ages, with an ornamented head-dress.

"I guess she she does look like a doll, Ilulu," Keiji replied back, making Ilulu smile at her Master agreeing with her.

The doll clenched her fists. "Are you spies of the Tepes faction?!" she shouted. "Be warned that I am Elmenhilde Karnstein, a noble pure-blooded vampire of the Carmilla faction!"

Keiji got back on track, though he rolled his eyes at her bratty attitude. "We're envoys from the Three Factions. We've come to see if the vampire faction would be willing to join this newfound alliance," Keiji calmly lied. 'I feel like a spokesperson.'

"That's a silly notion," she said.

Right as she said that, a group of vampires rushed out from the shadows. The girl's female guards were easily taken down, as she was grabbed as well. "Help!"

Keiji summoned the Boosted Gear in one hand, while Ilulu went and smashed one vampire's face in. Focusing his Boost power into it, Keiji used the sheathed Ascalon and extended it far out into a long blade, cutting them all down in one swoop.

The girl was a blushing mess as she found herself in Keiji's arms. "You okay?" he asked, putting her down when she nodded in response. "Well, our work is done here, so you should probably go back with your guards to your castle and get some medical attention. I don't want to involve you in what we are doing." Keiji turned to his Familiar. "Let's go, Ilulu!"