Vampires

Everyone's mouth opened, including Emmanuel's. Some even notice Emmanuel's genuine dumbfounded expression and thought that I was joking.

I unfolded a piece of paper showing the will left behind by the previous viscount.

"You"

"Me?"

The man who I met earlier when I arrived here nervously ask.

"Yes, you. Come here and read this"

He quickly came to my side and red the contents loud and clear.

"I, Colin Kruger, viscount of Kruger, will let my son be adopted by the baroness Dianna Emond. Half of the money in the Krugers' treasury will be transferred to baroness Emond as a token of gratitude for taking in my one and only son. As for the new head of the Krugers will be decided by the elders. Fail to do so within a day, all assets of the Krugers will be transferred to baroness Emond"

Dumbstruck, everyone was speechless.

Of course the real viscount wouldn't have wrote such a thing.

It was all thanks to John who force the previous viscount to write it using shady methods before finally killing him.

"That... that can't be real"

"But this is definitely... this is definitely his writing"

I snatch the paper that contains the will of the previous count from the man and went back to my seat.

When they regained their ability to talk, all of them bombarded me with questions. Unlike earlier, they weren't acting like a noble, rather they acted like a bunch of paparazzi trying to catch some scandal of a celebrity for the news.

"How can you all be so damn noisy"

Everyone went back to their senses and stop the bombardment of questions.

"I will go now. After all, only you all can decide who will be the next viscount. I hope I can get an answer by tomorrow or I will own everything here, okay"

I made a maid to take me to the current viscount's room.

Knock, knock.

"Come in"

When I opened the door the child was sitting on a chair by the window as he read a book like a dead man.

The sight of him was like a painting by an artist using a theme 'mature young noble boy'.

"Baroness, do you need something?"

"Yes. From now on call me 'Mama', okay?"

"Eh...?"

"I am saying that I am now your parent. I adopted you"

I lunge forward to give the child a big hug.

"From now on, you are not the viscount of Kruger but a member of the Emonds. Ivan Emond. Do you like it?"

"Baroness, are you serious about this?"

"Of course I am"

Hm?

"Eh... tears?"

Ivan cried unconsciously. From what I know, he was mistreated bu his father and his relatives. Not only that, he was also treated as nothing but a puppet. Though his name never appeared in the novel, I don't mind taking him in.

Not only is he smart, if I adopt him, there won't be any man who would be a nuisance to me.

"Don't worry, from now on you don't need to act okay anymore. You can cry on my shoulders anytime you want. And of course, you can read the books you like"

He stop crying and calmed down after a few minutes. Its honestly amazing that he stop crying so fast. I thought it would take him longer since he is a child.

"Let's go to an inn first. I don't think I would be able to stay here any longer"

We then went outside where my carriage and another carriage that was was filled with boxes that contains thousands of gold coins.

"My lady who is that child?"

"He is my son"

Though it wasn't obvious, they were genuinely curious about Ivan.

"Really?"

"Yes. Do any of you have a complain?"

They all shook their heads as they already knew what will happen if they nodded.

After arriving at the inn, I let the knights to take a breather by letting them order food as much as they want.

"My lady, the child has fallen asleep"

"Please take him upstairs. I have some business I have to attend"

"...."

"Don't worry, I won't go anywhere dangerous. I will stay here in the inn"

He slightly bowed and carried Ivan upstairs.

I entered the kitchen of the inn. There, an employee pushed a cabinet which was covering a door that leads down.

I went down the dark staircase and opened the door at the bottom.

"Do you guys really need to wear hoods when you all are in the basement?"

It was the first thing I said upon entering the room that was filled with vampires left and right.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Sharp Icicles were shot towards me but was intercepted by a stone wall that erupted from the ground.

"Valerie, you never told us that she was a magician!"

"She isn't, if you look closer, she doesn't have any mana inside her"

The wary vampires soon relaxed after confirming so.

"If you are not a magician, how come you have a spirit with you?"

"I found an egg and hatch it. Simple, right"

"Hah? You expect us to believe that?"

"Yes"

I walk towards a vacant chair and sat without minding the vampires around me.

Their behavior is understandable. Magicians and vampires has bad blood with each other in history in this world.

Although in the beginning, around two thousand years ago, their relationship wasn't that bad. However, it did hit rock bottom when the vampires found out that the magicians were actually experimenting on the vampires, and when the magicians found out that the vampires were sucking the blood of their fellow magicians.

When the two groups found out about this, it was the magicians that took the initiative. They spread words that vampires are the devil's minions.

They were then cornered by both humans and magicians. And due to their weakness against sunlight, escaping their pursuers was incredibly difficult.

Meanwhile, the magicians passed away when the humans killed them when they exhausted all of their mana, the energy that differentiate magicians from normal humans.

After the war with the vampires, the humans then betrayed the magicians while they weak and was able to kill almost all of them.

In the end, both sides went near extinction.

Magicians who are fond of spirits and vampires that has connections with hell. One thing is for sure, and that would be the fact that there is no heaven or angels in this world as that is how it was made.