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"Who are you even talking about?! The lowly mortals who aren't even worth our time?! Why would a being as powerful as you dedicate herself to caring for such meaningless creatures?! I just don't understand. All of us in the Crimson Order admire your strength, yet you waste it protecting weaklings!"
Virel Thornveil could not comprehend Maria's mindset. She had already slain four Family Heads, and with him, the count would soon reach five.
Yet even now, within Umbralheim, they admired her. A being so strong and ruthless was the ideal every Vampire aspired to become.
Even their Emperor had grown increasingly intrigued by her as time passed.
That was why he kept asking. That was why he kept pressing.
Why?
Why did she bother with fragile beings who died young when she could share eternity with powerful immortals like them?
"The answer is quite simple!" Maria declared. She leaped toward him and swung her sword down, then up, then to the left in a seamless arc.
