The Lost club

"I accept!"

"E-Eh?" She was taken aback by the man's sudden outburst.

"How can I gain this power!?"

Despite the initial surprise, she continued to explain:

"...You must be blessed by the church, and if you have the talent I think you have, you will be able to use the power of God."

"OHHH!" Fred understood that the situation was like that of an Ecchi anime.

"Now bless me! Throw your holy liquids at me!" He opened his hands as if waiting for the holy bath to be thrown at him.

"Huh!?"

"I mean..." He looked at the woman, "You must throw your holy liquids at me!"

"What liquids are you talking about!" She felt he was insulting her in some way.

Fred looked at a specific part of Mizuki's body.

"...This mother fucker!" A vein pops in Mizuki's head.

"Hiii, I mean…. Aren't you a hot nun? You must throw your holy liquids at me, and I will receive the power!"

"The Power!" He spoke twice to emphasize the importance.

Several veins started to pop in Mizuki's head: "Who 's a hot nun!" She hit the table, and the table broke in half...

Gulp.

Fred swallowed in fear.

"Actually, I think you're a gorilla."

"Gori-." She clenched her fist angrily. Seriously! If she wasn't ordered to recruit this fool, she would have already killed him!

[Calm down, foolish disciple. Why are you getting so upset by what he's saying? It's not like you.]

"You talk to him then!" The woman turned her face away.

"...?" Fred didn't understand why the woman started talking to herself.

[Fine...] Suddenly, an old man came out of Mizuki's body.

"My name is-." The old man was about to say something, but Fred interrupted him.

"Ohhhh, an elder of the sect!" His eyes were glowing.

"Eh...Eh?" The old man couldn't understand, and somehow he was feeling overwhelmed by the glint in the man's eyes.

"Master, what is your sect!? As expected, you're in the body of a hot nun, so you're from the Dual Cultivation sect!?"

"Huh?"

"As expected, I'm right!" He nodded his head several times.

"Let me join that sect!" He touched the old man's hand.

"Master!"

"..." Mizuki raised an eyebrow when she saw that Fred had touched the old man. 'Don't tell me this idiot has the potential to be an Onmyoujutsu wizard?'

"What are you talking about, boy?! I don't participate in any sect!"

"Ehhh? It's wrong!?" The man looked quite disappointed as he sat on the floor in a fetal position and started drawing a circle on the floor with his finger, "I was thinking I would get stronger doing Snu Snu..."

"Why was he so disappointed all of a sudden!? Seriously, what's wrong with this kid!?" The old man, for the first time in a long time, was at a loss for what to do.

Krishna was laughing very hard while Leona had a hand on her forehead while listening to Fred talk.

"I'M DONE!" Mizuki yelled and hurried out of the room.

"E-EH!?" Fred didn't know how to react when he saw the woman's reaction.

Mizuki couldn't take it anymore. She felt that if she were to get any closer to Fred, she would likely kill him! That man was just too disrespectful!

He seemed to live in his own world! He never listened to what she was saying!

And what is this holy liquid!? He is so shameless!

[...] This time, her master didn't say anything since he felt the same as his disciple. This boy was very difficult to talk to... But he was very interesting, mainly because he could actually touch a spirit.

In theory, this should be impossible.

As soon as she opened she bumped into Krishna.

"What are you doing here."

"calm down I am here to talk to him and since you don't seem to be interested in recruiting him anymore it seems my involvement is not needed."

"Huh so you came here to stop him from joining the human's side" Mizuki looked at Krishna as her anger became more more obvious on her face.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, HUMANS SIDE!! THERE IS NO HUMAN'S SIDE! YOU ARE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN A GOD WHO DOES NOT GIVE A SHIT!!" Krishna's voice boomed in the shop which forced Fred to put both hands on his ears.

"First leave the shop and then go somewhere far so that you don't destroy anything here." Leona said with a disinterested look.

"Well either way my work here is done without even doing anything, what to do next"Krishna started walking toward the Exit.

"Hey what do you mean by"

"The organization that you work for is rotten, woman. They are worse than demons..... but humans always had the potential to be worse and better than anything if we put our mind to it and no other race comes to mess our progress up. The truth is something that one might never even wish to know yet I know it and you too will soon know it."

Krishna waves his hand and a beam of mana enters Mizuki's forehead before she could react.

"That is for a future situation..... don't worry you can ask your master to remove it but then you will have to depend on others." Krishna teleported away saying this.

"....that hateful man! who does he think he is."

Mizuki exited the shop.

"Master remove that... whatever he put in there."

'Calm down disciple what so ever it is, it does not seem to harm or even do anything... Frankly speaking, even I don't know what this is, all I can tell it is energy and very pure energy in some form and most probably used as a protection spell of some kind."

No one really had much information about mana since witches never divulged much about it so even the spirit did not know that the energy was just mana which would slowly spread throughout Mizuki's body and strengthen it while cleansing it of any impurities.

"So you think it is ok to keep that unidentifiable energy from an enemy in my body??!"

'Disciple if we were his enemies we would be dead already. Even when we had to fight him before we were soundly defeated and now he is in a different league from when I was in my prime. Had he wanted to finish us off he would have done that, not put this unknown spell in you.'

Mizuki could only clench her fist while thinking about why this powerful man would not join the human's side.

{Krishna's house}

Krishna appeared in his house and is greeted by an instant hug.

"Welcome back you jerk....."

Cathleen said as she hugged Krishna.

"Thank you Cathleen" Krishna put a hand on her chin and kissed her.

Sabine also walked up to him and kissed him once.

"Such lovely women, well I had to go train but I can spend time with you both if you would like that."

"..... why are you asking"

Sabine walked to Krishna's room while Cathleen and Krishna followed her.

"Welcome back master" Julia bowed a little while greeting Krishna.

Krishna smiled and nodded at her while signaling her to follow him.

After reaching the room Krishna sat on the couch in between Cathleen and Sabine.

"Come elder, Drink some blood it is imperative that you grow stronger so as to have enough strength to never feel despair..."

"I am strong enough master and a bite from an old vampire could be probla-" Julia was worried that complications of any kind could happen if she were to bite him.

"Julia...drink" Krishna's face turned serious as he looked at Julia.

'hot....' Sabine looked at Krishna's serious face in fascination while drooling a little.

'hahahahaha that's my man!' Cathleen as usual had a variety of thoughts dominated by praise for Krishna.

Julia's body shivered a little and she walked up to Krishna.

Krishna titled my neck a little toward Cathleen while giving Julia enough space to bite him.

Julia seemed conflicted about something but Krishna just smiles,"I know what I am doing Julia, go ahead and drink"

Julia shuddered a little looking into Krishna's eyes and bent a little and bit Krishna's neck.

Julia instantly got lost in the taste and started hugging Krishna from behind.

After 20 sec Julia felt full so she stopped drinking the blood.

Krishna picked Julia up and laid her down on his bed,"Rest for atleast a few hours and let your body get used to mana that I induced in there ok."

Julia nodded her head and slept since she was already feeling pretty sleepy after drinking Krishna's blood.

Krishna then spent the next hour with Sabine and Cathleen. Near the end of the hour he explained what he wanted the two to do and then went to Scathach.

"Scathach I will be leaving for some training why don't you come with me"

"Oh? Let's go" Scathach smiled showing all her teeth and got into her training outfit.

|2 hours later|

While Krishna and Scathach were out Sasha was going back to her old house to get her Family Dagger back. She took Maria and Julia with her while Victor sent Kaguya as well for security.

{Brooklyn}

In front of a nightclub, an all-black luxury car was parked by the roadside.

"The Lost Club," Natalia muttered as she looked at the giant sign.

"Yes, this is one of the only neutral zones in this city." Ruby, who was in the back of the car, responded.

"Neutral zones, a place where all supernatural races could interact, as long as they didn't cause any problems..." Natalia looked at Ruby, "Lady Ruby, you do realize this is merely an illusion they created, right?"

In the supernatural world, there was no such thing as neutral zones. A conflict could occur at any time, especially when several races were involved.

"Yes, I know... But in this place, there is an ancient witch who can help me with what I need."

Ruby grabbed a briefcase that was next to her, opening it to find a completely black robe.

"Ugh, it's times like these that I envy Violet's powers," Ruby complained as she began to cover herself with her cloak.

The black robe was a full-body magical tool that served to cover a vampire. The effect of the robe was simple: it prevented sunlight from passing through the robe and caused a minor illusion to cover the wearer's original appearance.

If anyone looked at Ruby, they would see her original appearance, but... In reality, she would be wearing a suffocating cloak.

"I hate this." Those were Ruby's honest feelings, and despite having been wearing robes like this for a long time, she still didn't like it.

"..." Natalia didn't say anything, just opened the car door and got out, walked towards Ruby's door, and opened it.

Finished with donning her cloak, Ruby got out of the car.

Now out in the open, she looked up at the sky and saw the sunlight, but despite this, she wasn't feeling anything: no heat, no sensation of the skin burning, nothing.

Sigh

She sighed, a little relieved. She didn't want to feel her skin burning. Despite being trained to withstand such pain, it was still not a pleasant feeling.

She looked straight ahead and said, "Let's go."

"Yes, Lady Ruby."

The two women walked towards the club, and the moment they walked through the door, a security guard looked at the two women.

Ruby removed her cloak and handed it to Natalia.

"Name." the Security guard spoke.

"Ruby Scarlett, this is my personal maid," Ruby spoke in a cold tone.

"S-Scarlett..." The guard struggled to process what he had heard from Ruby. This was because the owner of this establishment had always warned him.

"Be careful of people who have the surname Scarlett, Fulger, Snow, and Adrasteia..." And she always reminded them of the characteristics of these four Clans to her subordinates. The orders they had were simple: if any member of these Clans arrived at this place, no one would offend them! Especially the Scarlett Clan!

Ruby looked at the cameras, and she seemed to understand something. Soon, she started walking towards the entrance of the club.

Natalia followed Ruby in silence, a little curious about what Ruby was planning to do.

The security guard didn't even try to stop the women from entering; he was just too terrified. He had heard several stories of Clan Scarlett from his boss. Initially, he had thought that these stories were something along the lines of a scary story told to children in hopes of discouraging them from misbehaving... But…

When he saw the damage caused by Scathach in the Vatican, he began to believe these stories.

Although this had not been transmitted to the human world, all supernatural beings knew what had happened that day, six months ago.

Just what kind of monster jumps into the middle of enemy territory like it's something normal, kills all the enemy generals, and leaves!?

As an average human, he couldn't understand such irrationality.

"Hmm..."

"You look worried, Johnny. What happened?" Eddy asked.

"It's been six months since Jessica had last shown up, I wonder if something happened."

Eddy's eyes twitched, "...Are you still going on about that?"

"Of course," Johnny spoke.

"Sigh…" Eddy sighed.

"Wolves and vampires can't be together, stop this Romeo and Juliet bullshit. Honestly, it's getting annoying. You're just making trouble for yourself."

"…again, I say. That's none of your business."

"…" Eddy looked at Johnny coldly, "Oh yeah? In that case, do whatever you want, but know something..."

For a moment, Eddy's eyes glowed neon green, "I'm loyal to Madam. If you've brought trouble with the 5 great vampire Count clans, I will voluntarily turn you over to the lions."

"...Yes, I know that. Don't worry..." however, Johnny suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at Eddy, "Wait a minute, did you just say 5?"

"…Aren't you aware of the news? What a great mercenary you are."

"Spit it out! What's this about there being 5 counts? Weren't there just four?"

"That information is going to cost a lot of money." Eddy flashed a small smile as if everything went according to plan.

"You stupid fox." Johnny's eyes twitched as he realized why Eddy put it that way; it was a way to gain his curiosity.

"Ugh." In the end, Johnny was still curious about the new Count. He knew that any supernatural being could tell him this information, but he was too lazy to find someone else. Plus, it wasn't like Eddy's price was drastic like the other supernatural beings or witches...

"Okay, I will pay...-" When Johnny was about to accept Eddy's deal, he stopped talking and looked around the club.

Suddenly, the entire noisy club was deadly silent, and the only thing that could be heard was the sound of music.

Johnny and Eddy looked for the reason for this, but when they looked at the entrance and saw a woman with long red hair, a curvy body, and green eyes walking in, they immediately understood what had happened.

'A beauty that can bring an entire room to silence...' Johnny thought as he stared at the woman with his mouth open.

'Shit, that crazy woman's daughter is here again.' Eddy facepalmed.

Although the way each of the men understood the situation was different.

The way everyone else looked at Ruby was the same: Fear. However, Johnny was not everyone else.

Johnny was about to get up, but the moment he tried, he was held down by Eddy:

"Forget it," Eddy spoke in a solemn tone.

"Huh?"

"She is one of the daughters of Scathach Scarlett, don't you see the characteristic red hair that is a trademark of Clan Scarlett?"

"…" Johnny swallowed hard when he heard what Eddy said.

Who was Scathach? Needless to say, even Johnny knew who she was. If he didn't, he wouldn't have survived as a mercenary for so long.

The rule was clear, don't provoke the Scarlett Clan, or that crazy woman would pay you a visit.

"If you were just any old idiot, I wouldn't mind you throwing your life away, but…you are the son of Adam, a former general of the king of the wolves. If you got yourself killed, your idiot dad wouldn't keep quiet."

"…" Johnny narrowed his eyes when Eddy called his father an idiot.

"Imagine the news." Eddy let go of Johnny's arm:

"Former General Adam's son provoked one of Scathach Scarlett's daughters."

"and not just any daughter, Ruby Scarlett. Scathach's favorite daughter."

"Johnny. Are you prepared to cause a war between the wolves and the vampires?" Eddy's tone was deadly serious.

Unlike vampires, wolves were very tight. If you attacked one, you attacked them all. Everyone knew this peculiarity, and this was one of the reasons why other supernatural beings did not attack the wolves that were part of a pack.

Even though Johnny was considered a lone wolf, a wolf that was out of the pack, his family was just very special, and they wouldn't keep quiet if one of their kids were killed.

Gulp.

Johnny swallowed hard, he wasn't a coward, but he wasn't stupid enough to do that.

"... You're exaggerating, I was just going to talk to her. After all, she's beautiful." Johnny sat on the bench again.

Eddy sighed inwardly in relief, but when he heard what Johnny said, he was speechless again:

"I wouldn't recommend doing that. I don't know what the relationship is between Ruby and him, but the new Count is a disciple of Scathach, and he's young. He won't be quiet if you do something to this woman."

"And the new Count… He's just insane. Seriously, what's wrong with that man?" Remembering the information he had received about Victor, he couldn't understand how he was so lucky.

How did that man manage to make friends with the three great clans?

"Oh?" Johnny was interested, "Tell me about the new Count, I will pay for the information."

"Well-..." When Eddy was going to talk about the new Count, he was silent and looked away.

"Where is Madam?" Ruby asked in a cold tone that sent shivers down Johnny and Eddy's spine.

"She is busy," Eddy spoke.

"..." Ruby just stared at Eddy in silence.

Feeling Ruby's gaze, Eddy broke out in a cold sweat.

"She really is busy. The new Count's appearance has left her mired with work since everyone wants information about the new Count."

"Hmm..." Ruby seemed to think of something.

Suddenly she said, "This is a service; in exchange for information about the new Count, your information network will support me with everything I need to know."

Gulp.

Eddy swallowed.

"...Can we refuse?" He really didn't want relations with Clan Scarlett.

"I am not my mother. Of course, you can refuse." Ruby spoke in a neutral tone.

"But... are you sure about that?" She displayed a cold smile.

"...?" Eddy didn't understand, he just looked at Ruby confused.

"The new Count is currently a hot topic, everyone wants information about him, and you're going to have access to that information... Do you know what that means?"

"...Money, prestige and influence."

They would receive a ton of money because of this information. Consequently, they would gain prestige in the supernatural world, and they would gain power and influence over some communities in the supernatural world.

"Right."

"But, that information would also paint a gigantic target on our backs." Eddy wasn't stupid. He knew that by getting this information and selling it, some groups wouldn't take too kindly to it.

Mainly the witches. Those greedy women wouldn't want to lose their monopoly.

"Risks and rewards. You won't grow if you don't take small risks."

'This is no small risk!' Eddy wanted to scream so much now.

'I think that being the daughter of Scathach, she probably doesn't understand the magnitude of the danger,' Eddy thought.

But his thoughts were completely wrong. Ruby understood the risks; she just didn't care too much.

Ruby wanted a personal information network for herself, and not just any information network, an information network that contacted all races.

Witches were good, but their prices were too high, and, in the long run, it was just a loss. She needed something for herself.

"…I don't understand something. Why are you talking to Eddy about this? Isn't he just a bartender?"

Ruby and Natalia looked to the side and saw a muscular man, and she immediately understood what he was. She could smell that wet dog stench miles away.

"Mongrel." Ruby's cold face distorted for a few seconds.

Ruby turned her gaze back to Eddy:

"Are you the type of organization to employ this type of Mongrel? No wonder Madam's network hasn't grown, despite spending so many years in this industry."

Crack!

Johnny broke the wooden counter:

"What did you just say, Bitch?" He growled angrily.