Undead Beast Master: Living Solely for My Desires

"Again? Who the hell is responsible for this?!" David cursed under his breath as he observed the church. There were about a dozen dead Purifiers all around. They themselves hadn't been powerful, but that wasn't the matter of concern. It was that there had been a lot of incidents where churches were attacked, resulting in the total annihilation of the Purifiers.

Not only that, but just a quick glance at the bodies and how white their skin was. It was clear that something had drunk the people's blood.

"A vampire?" David muttered under his breath.

It was the only possible conclusion, but there was a problem. The Purifiers were created specifically to hunt demons, and vampires were a form of demon. So if there really was a vampire in the capital, it should fear the Purifiers and not hunt them.

"That is unless the said vampire is very powerful…"

David had been in about a dozen scenes like this already, and the only thing he was able to figure out was that it was the work of a powerful vampire, or in other words, not much. This was probably the last time the emperor would sent him for examining the crime scenes.

He couldn't help but grimace, he was done here, but because that lunatic with the suitcase wasn't here, it meant that he himself had to go report to the emperor, which wasn't something he liked doing.

"Why don't we just kill him?" the Spectral Warden spoke, its voice carrying a hint of amusement.

"You know we can't. Even if we kill him, we don't know where he's keeping my sister."

"Just accept it, she's probably dead already. Stop acting like some dog on a li-"

"SHUT YOUR MOUTH!"

At David's command, the entity went dead silent.

Grinding his teeth, he spoke coldly, "Don't ever speak about my sister again, you fuck."

Taking a moment to compose himself, David exited the church as he headed to the castle.

"This isn't going to be a pleasant talk," he muttered under his breath.

*****

"As all the other crime scenes, the only thing that I concluded was that it was the work of a vampire," David spoke, not daring to look the emperor in the eyes.

"Do you think all the attacks are connected to a single vampire?"

David nodded his head. "Yes, I believe that it was made by a single individual."

Draconis leaned back in his throne. After a moment, he spoke, his voice didn't carry hostility at all—one could even call it friendly.

"How do you feel, boy?"

At the unexpected question, David raised an eyebrow.

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"What do you mean, Your Majesty?"

"I mean that you have entered the tournament on my command just to marry one of my daughters."

David went silent for a second before answering, "If that is what's needed to cure my sister's illness, then it doesn't matter how I feel. I will simply do what I must."

The emperor scoffed at his words. "Do you know why I want you to marry my strongest daughter? Despite coming from a poor family and not one of the influential, powerful clans?"

David didn't answer the question, as he didn't know the answer to that.

"It's because you are strong, unlike the rest. You are worthy of joining our family because you're one of the few people whose thoughts I can't read. I don't know if it's because something is protecting you or because you're just that strong, but for me, that's enough to consider you worthy."

'Protecting…' David repeated the emperor's words in his head. The thing that was protecting him was probably the Spectral Warden that was always near him. Even if it was trying to slowly make him insane, it also came with a lot of benefits.

David bowed to the emperor. "I feel honored to be considered worthy, Your Majesty."

Draconis laughed at his words. "There isn't a need for me to read your thoughts to know that you are lying. But so be it. For you, I will forgive it all. After all, soon we will become a family."

'No one is interested in becoming family with you, you maniac!' David cursed in his head.

"If I may ask, how is my sister doing?"

The emperor observed David carefully before answering.

"She is getting better. It will take some time, but she will live."

David muttered a quiet thank you before exiting the grand room.

"There is something that I don't understand," the Spectral Warden began speaking.

"Why do you resent the emperor? Not only is he healing your sister, but he also seems to favor you. He even wants you to marry his eldest daughter. You've seen her, haven't you? I'm pretty sure that by your standards, she's beautiful, and in normal circumstances, you wouldn't have had a chance with her."

David scoffed at the Spectral Warden 's words. He glanced around, making sure that no one was around to hear, before replying.@@novelbin@@

"You're not human, so you wouldn't understand… but just looking at them, my instincts scream that something's wrong. With the emperor and his daughter, the one he wants me to marry. Just being near them gives me a bad feeling."

*****

"Daughter," the emperor spoke, and the next second, a woman with striking golden hair and eyes exactly like her father's stood next to him.

"Yes, father?" she spoke, her voice not carrying any kind of emotion.

"What do you think about him? He will be your future husband, after all."

"If you deem it necessary, then I will follow your command, father."

Draconis sighed as he stood up. He placed his hand on his daughter's face.

"How do you feel knowing that I am your father and, at the same time, I am not?"

"You've proven you possess the necessary abilities to accomplish our goal. Because of that, conquering the continent—no, the world—is possible. As such, in my eyes, you are my father, and I will follow your command without question," she answered without hesitation.

He smiled at her answer. "Perfect response, as always… Soon, the time will come when the world shall kneel before its new ruler."