Castlvania: Symphony of Blood (Male Belmont Reader X Bloodborne)

Chapter 1: What a horrible night to have a curse

Our trio finds themselves riding in a carriage towards a mysterious city that was seemingly off the radar in comparison to most other places.

(Y/N): so this place, Yharnam, as you called it... what's the city like?

Lukas: well normally it's a fairly pleasant place, locals usually keep to themselves unless they go out drinking and partying... but tonight... tonight is different.

Alucard: how so?

Lukas: you see almost every year our city is plagued by a horrid curse of our own making, the line between man and beast becomes blurred and only when the sun rises do the remaining survivors return home.

(Y/N): an entire city cursed?

Lukas: indeed, though that's not why I'm hiring you, what you're heading there for is to investigate the rumors of Dracula being resurrected on the night of the hunt.

(Y/N): alright... but why would a relatively unknown group risk being found out just to resurrect a dark lord who likely won't even serve them?

Lukas: trust me, when we get there you'll know why.

(Y/N): is there anything else we should know before we arrive?

Lukas: just one, be careful around the Hunters, you never know what'll happen when you approach one.

Alucard: sort of like a wild card.

Lukas: exactly, though the ones I'd recommend staying away from the most would be the ones that have anything to do with the healing church.

Alucard: let me guess, the church is the main power of The City and have made an everlasting blood feud with your Vile Bloods?

Lukas: that's exactly it! Bastards have done so much to not just the few of us that deserved it, but to innocents as well! It was a bloody fucking massacre....

(Y/N): what a shocker, some overly religious zealots made a mess and now the professionals need to come clean up after them.

Lukas: a tale as old as time eh? Doesn't surprise me, though I'd like to make one thing clear. Despite the church being my sworn enemy there are those who should be spared, many of the followers are just looking for something to ease their troubled minds.

(Y/N): makes sense, though I've never really been an avid follower myself, only ever really used holy relics to destroy creatures of the night.

Lukas: I think that's for the best where we're heading, get to deep into the churches beliefs there and you might never come out a sane man.

Alucard: and what about you "Vile Bloods"?

Lukas: us? ...well I'd say that you should avoid most of us just like you should avoid most of the church, nothing good will come from picking a single side.

Suddenly the carriage comes to a halt causing Lukas to look around.

Lukas: here already? That was rather quick...

The carriage door slowly opens as the trio steps out.

Before them lies a sprawling city that seems to stretch on and on for as far as the eye can see.

Darkly colored buildings reaching high and low as various pillars of smoke can be seen slowly rising.

Lukas: well that's not good...

(Y/N): why? What's going on.

Lukas: looks like the hunt has begun earlier than anticipated this year...

Without hesitation Lukas reaches back into the carriage, lifting up one of the seats and produces an odd looking spear.

Lukas: you two stay safe now, I can't give you any more information as it stands, I've got things I need to take care of.

After pulling his hood up the Vile Blood dashes off at inhuman speeds.

Alucard: left to our own devices in a city plagued by beasts...

(Y/N): oh well, I know what father and mother would've done so I'm not going to sit back and let this pass me by.

With a silent agreement the two begin to walk through the rather empty streets of the city.

Everything seems either abandoned in a hurry or locked down.

(Y/N): seems like the locals were in a rush....

Alucard: well if Lukas is to be trusted then whatever curse plagues this city seems to have begun earlier this time around...

(Y/N): right. well with how sprawling this city is we might want to split up and look for leads on the resurrection of Dracula.

Alucard: that does sound wise... but are you sure you can handle this on your own? We haven't seen what kind of beasts have made this city their hunting grounds yet.

(Y/N): don't worry about it, no beast will be able to take out (Y/N) Belmont! So long as I have my trusty Vampire Killer by my side and my various other tools it should all be fine.

Alucard: ...just be careful okay? we don't what we're dealing with yet.

(Y/N): I will be, don't worry! The next time we meet up I'll still be in one piece!

The two slowly began to walk their separate ways as (Y/N) walked further towards the central part of town.

The streets slowly start becoming more and more blood covered until he finally finds a single corpse in front of what appears to be a clinic of sorts.

The body was humanoid but looked to be part man and part beast.

(Y/N): is this what Lukas was talking about? What could've caused this curse?

Out of curiosity (Y/N) began following the trail of bodies until he wound up in front of a burning pyre where he sees a figure wearing some sort of long black coat while holding a saw in one hand a pistol in the other.

Most of their face is covered due to a hat and cloth face mask that covers their mouth and nose.

Carefully the two begin to examine each other not sure what to do until (Y/N) reached down and threw his cross with insane speeds.

The figure dodges but looks back when they hear it hit something.

Standing where the figure had once been was one of the beast-men from before, now on the ground.

Without hesitation (Y/N) dashes forward and draws a dagger from his belt, plunging it into the creature's chest to finish it off.

Silence fills the air as (Y/N) stands up and shakes the little bit of blood on his hands off before looking at the figure.

(Y/N): you alright?

?????: yes, I'm fine... what about you?

(Y/N): aside from being a bit lost in this sprawling city? Doing just fine I suppose.

He smiles lightly and offers a hand.

(Y/N): (Y/N) Belmont, professional Vampire Slayer at your service.

The figure hesitates for a moment before grasping his hand and shaking it.

Yuria: Yuria, "Good Hunter" is the title I've been given.

She looks at him and then back to the city before them.

Yuria: ...welcome to Yharnam.