Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

Episode 93: Strange Requests and Prizes

"... I can't tell if its contents are real or not, but the contents really don't matter. The container itself was a magic prop, and it kept the contents preserved for a long period of time, and that's why we raced them off."

"Does Nanami care?

Demonic prop collection is my hobby, and the material of the demon is certainly easy to understand as a secondary Latour homeowner, but it is nevertheless the blood of the vampire Vampire.

Regardless of what comes immediately after the outburst of "pop" into the labyrinth, many of them are said to have the habit of creating complex bloodline groups, and when they become more than the lower vampire "Lesser Vampires," they are not so easy to capture and exorcise.

Particularly for individuals mature as vampires "vampires, they rarely have social status because they are difficult to discern from people and because they are long-lived, even in that sense they are difficult.

In other words, vampire vampire blood is not something you can try to collect.

I was surprised at Laura, who said it didn't matter, but, well, if the direction of her interest was only in the magic props, it wouldn't be so weird...

It looks like a chunk of gold to me...

Laura explained the contents, however, even if she was not interested.

"There are rumors that vampire vampire blood can become vampire vampire if consumed. Even in that sense, it sells very high to greedy aristocrats who want eternal life, etc."

"Is that a rumor?

I've heard about that, too.

In the first place, wouldn't you be able to be a vampire Vampire if you were bitten by the vampire Vampire and sent in blood?

I wonder if Adele is a little different from drinking my blood and becoming a vampire vampire because she just became a family member.

I don't know.

Laura continues.

"It's a subtle place. There are quite a few records that I actually drank the blood of the vampire Vampire, all because I lost my mind and died without being able to be anything, or something good about being an obsolete person. Maybe some people could have been...... people like that don't keep records, whatever, their lives are forever. You don't want to tell people stories about yourself being a vampire, do you?

This story has quite a stumbling block to it.

I'm not even going to tell you that I'm a corpse ghost.

I have told a close number of people, but to that extent at best, I don't think I would bother to put it on record for future generations, etc., first.

"Sure..."

"So it's a rumor. Well, still, it's a choice between becoming an abolitionist or obtaining eternal life, but few people seem to ever want to bet on it and try the vampire" Vampire "blood, and that's why this is expensive..."

She said in a slightly sarcastic tone, but it doesn't seem like she's blaming you for anything.

I feel such an atmosphere that I consider whoever obsesses with something, eternal life, etc., to be wholeheartedly stupid.

... I wonder.

Eternal life, I don't even think of it as so bad, but maybe in reality when I watch people I know grow old around me and die more than once, my heart slowly rots.

It's not like I'm going to die, someone else is going to die, I'm sad and sure, but the impact is small enough, but if you repeat that twice, three times, then anyway, a hundred degrees, a thousand degrees...

I don't know, I don't know.

... If I can't go back to being a human, would those days be waiting for me?

Lorraine and Shayla are old enough to keep staring at the dying.

You'll miss me, it'll be hard... but now it's hard to imagine with a lot of realism.

Eternal life, whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, may be something you don't know unless you feel it in the end.

Nevertheless, the blood of Laura's vampire Vampire.

Besides, I'm feeling quite a desire right now.

When it came to the corpse ghost Shiki, it was very similar to what I felt against Lorraine.

You may simply want to drink it because you have blood, but maybe, it's not like you have nowhere to think.

I mean, isn't that what I need to evolve my next existence?

Because in the meantime, I went to the Marsh of Talasks and defeated quite a few demons.

Besides, in terms of quality, Tarask was a pretty powerful enemy.

Despite the feeling of defeating all the demons and absorbing enough of their power, I remain the corpse ghost Shiki.

It is not yet possible that we have not defeated enough demons, but rather, the suspicion is becoming stronger that we have not been able to evolve because we have not fulfilled the necessary conditions for some existential evolution.

I just couldn't imagine what the hell that condition was until I got here today, even if it was.

But now......

The blood of that vampire Vampire.

By ingesting that, I think I'll be able to go to the next stage, that's what I feel.

Is that what instinct says......

For that, my desire is weaker than it was when Lorraine bit me, but I think that might be because I'm more existential than I was back then. It makes sense in itself, but therefore not so dominated by instinct.

By now, when you get here, it's pretty much certain what you're gonna get.

Well, I'm originally a creature that makes me want to drink blood from the bottom of my heart, so it's not possible that I'm just finding something that looks delicious and my appetite is rampant.

So it's not unlikely that drinking vampire vampire "vampire" blood makes any sense, maybe.

But there's a chance it might make sense.

I don't think that's your chance to get the blood of a vampire or something like that if you miss this place, and then you can tell me that it's already up to me to get it.

So, I say.

"... give me this"

"Do you have the vampire vampire blood? You've also chosen something quite unexpected…"

Laura opened her eyes and said so.

Apparently she thought she would choose something else.

Well, I guess the reason I thought that was because I enjoyed the airship model to death, but there were plenty of other magic items that seemed to help.

Not many people, even though they serve as a catalyst for weapons, magic props, and medicines, will want something that they don't know what will happen if they drink like this.

Even if it means selling it, I have a glass of other magic items that are likely to cost more.

But for my own convenience, this is the best part.

"... personal interest, may I ask why?

"... I have something that I want to blame on Shirai. I thought you might want to."

It is such a lie that came out of my mouth.

To say I know you is, of course, about Lorraine, not necessarily a complete liar, but a little off the truth.

There was no way I could tell you the truth or anything else, and of course it was my conflicting dialogue that I didn't want to explain otherwise.

To this, Laura was frowning at me to see if she felt anything, but she stared at me for a while, and then she laughed.

"... Really? Then I'll give you this one. I'll have the containers with me, so depending on what you think, it's like getting two prizes."

That's what I said.