"My race is born of blood, and is immortal."

"Neither god nor demon nor human."

"We are above all living beings, devouring blood and consuming life."

"No one has witnessed the true face of us."

"We hide in the darkness, conceal ourselves among the people, nurture the blood moon, and wait for the opportune moment."

"When the crimson six-winged creature appears in the world, under the dark moon, at the edge of twilight, bloodlust will run rampant,"

"All things weep."

—Excerpt from Chapter 36 of The Oath of Dracula

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But Laureen is an exception.

He is a vampire prince.

He was so powerful that he possessed a near-eternal life.

As Laureen said.

Vampires, who are immortal and indestructible, should not possess complicated emotions.

The elders within the vampire clan had always given him this advice.

Because he is a prince among vampires, possessing the purest and most powerful bloodline.

And so, Laureen stayed quietly in the embrace of her family for over a hundred years.

Occasionally, some members of the vampire clan will leave the clan and return, always describing incessantly the beautiful scenery outside.

This sparked a strong curiosity in Laureen about the outside world.

But the elders repeatedly emphasized that the outside world was full of conspiracies, undercurrents, and dangers.

Therefore, they have always forbidden Laureen from leaving the family's territory.

But in Laureen's view, if his compatriots, who were weaker than him, could navigate the outside world with ease, how could he, as a prince, be afraid of the storms of the outside world?

After all, he has lived for over a hundred years.

Despite everyone's advice, Laureen resolutely left the family.

He was full of confidence, even believing that he was invincible in the entire human world.

Unfortunately, he was recognized as a vampire as soon as he stepped out.

And this person is none other than the world-class necromancer, Grand Duke Balor.

In that battle, Grand Duke Balor used necromancy to defeat him so badly that he almost couldn't recognize which drop of blood he was.

Most importantly, there are six extremely strict commandments among vampires.

Regardless of status, whether a noble prince or a lowly blood slave, no one may disobey.

The first and most traditional and important one is that...

Retreat from the world —

You must not reveal your true identity to non-vampires, otherwise, other vampires will sever all ties with you.

Laureen, who was recognized by Grand Duke Barlow, ultimately failed to defeat Grand Duke Barlow.

Laureen committed the greatest crime punishable by death among vampires.

So he couldn't go home.

Thus, he was required by Grand Duke Balo to live in the Kingdom of Kant as an ordinary human being.

Grand Duke Barlow even requested the previous king to grant him a territory.

Laureen lived up to expectations, spending over twenty years bringing prosperity to the land.

To prevent the residents of his territory from being constantly exhausted and to promote the development of his territory, he even worshipped the goddess of fertility.

A noble vampire prince has come to worship the goddess of abundance.

This is not because he is particularly fond of the people in his territory, because vampires are not supposed to have emotions.

He just felt that even vampires wouldn't do such strenuous work, so why did these short-lived humans, who could only live for a few decades, have to work so hard?

But that's the result.

A vampire prince, yet he won the love and respect of all the residents of his territory.

But in the end, this vampire prince still made one of the most serious mistakes among vampires.

Laureen fell in love with a human.

Love blinded him to everything; for the first time, he felt affection.

I want to be with a human.

But he would not treat the other party as a blood relative.

Because Laureen's love for her was not about possession or coercion.

He simply loved her as a human being.

Similarly, the person the other person loves is only Laureen.

He was a count in the kingdom, a kind lord who was willing to be of lower status so that his people could eat their fill without having to work too hard.

Not that vampire prince.

But this was destined to be a mistake.

No vampire has ever fallen in love with a human, yet their relationship has resulted in a mistake.

Priscilla was born in this strange and chaotic environment.

Laureen was terrified because he didn't know what kind of beings the child born from a human and a vampire would evolve into.

Fortunately, the newborn Priscilla was just an ordinary, adorable child.

Therefore, Laureen was no longer too worried.

Until Priscilla turned seventeen.

In the world of vampires, a seventeen-year-old vampire has reached adulthood.

They can now spread their wings and fly to develop their own territories and relatives.

However, from birth, Priscilla lived as a human and did not exhibit any vampire characteristics.

This gave Laureen immense confidence that his daughter could live a peaceful life as a human being.

However, things often turn out the worst possible way.

On her seventeenth birthday, Priscilla suddenly went mad.

Her vampire traits erupted, instantly transforming her into an arrogant vampire.

That dark night, Priscilla sowed the seeds of brutality in her madness.

When Priscilla woke up, she was in great pain due to the aftereffects of her mania.

She has no memory of the atrocities she committed, including how many innocent lives she killed.

In order to treat Priscilla's mania and prevent its worsening effects, Laureen makes the painful decision to lock Priscilla in the house.

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