Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Now that Ye Ming had achieved his goal, he started strolling aimlessly around the black market. Everything could be traded here, including slaves, weapons, and materials. As long as you had the money, nothing was a problem.
Ye Ming saw a naked female human, who had been trained to be as docile as a kitten, pole dancing on stage, while a Vampire stood next to her yelling out her selling price. Many interested onlookers were pointing at her and discussing among themselves below.
Ye Ming could foresee the miserable fate awaiting the woman; she would either be completely drained of her blood or be reduced to a sex slave. After watching for a while, he could not stand it any more and turned around to leave. The black market was great, but Ye Ming never forgot that his ultimate goal was to become strong.
He did not stay to enjoy the excitement that the black market had to offer, instead heading back to the Count’s castle through the same way he came.
Ye Ming once again used his flight skill. When he landed and was about to cast the flight skill again, a figure suddenly ran out from the shadow in panic and grabbed Ye Ming.
That caused Ye Ming, who was about to take flight, to fall back on the ground.
At first, Ye Ming thought it was a robbery attempt or something, so he quickly to drew the Vampiric Dagger from his waist. He was about to stab the neck of the assailant with it when he heard her say in a pleading voice, “Please, sir, please save my daughter….”
Ye Ming froze and immediately halted his action. The tip of his dagger was only 0.01 cm away from the woman’s neck.
He heaved out a long breath. If he had not reacted quickly enough, he might have killed someone innocent.
Only then did Ye Ming had time to carefully inspect the person who had appeared all of a sudden. She was a woman who had a pale face and an extremely skinny frame, much like all the other human captives that he saw on the way to the black market earlier.
“You’re a human?” Ye Ming asked the frail-looking person.
“Yes, my lord, I’m a human,” answered the woman as her chest rose and fell. Even through her tattered clothes, Ye Ming could clearly see her shrivelled breasts.
“You’re not afraid of me? I’m a Vampire.”
“I’m not, my lord. I can tell that you’re much kinder than Marquis Andrew Brujah’s underlings. Please, my lord, please save my daughter…”
“Marquis Andrew Brujah’s underlings? Tell me what happened,” Ye Ming asked while putting away the Vampiric Dagger.
The woman looked back to the forest behind her in terror, then beckoned as if she was summoning someone. A few moments later, out walked a little girl who had a pale face. She hid behind her mother in fear, and only poked her little head out to appraise Ye Ming.
Looking at the pair of eyes that were still filled with innocence, Ye Ming could not help but feel a pang of sympathy.
The woman thene explained, “This is my daughter, Emma. Marquis Andrew Brujah’s underlings want to draw her blood, but my daughter is seriously ill and will surely die if they do that, so I have no choice but to grab her and run away from the village. The two underlings are still chasing after us. We have nowhere to run to. Please, my lord, save my daughter.”
The woman knelt down in front of Ye Ming and kept kowtowing, banging her head to the ground and begging repeatedly, “Please, my lord, save my daughter. I beg you…”
Ye Ming could vividly hear the sound of her forehead banging against the ground. He had no idea what made this woman think that he, a Vampire himself, would save her daughter. Was she not afraid that he would also suck every drop of blood she and her daughter had, like Marquis Andrew Brujah’s underlings?
Ye Ming quickly stopped the woman who would not stop bowing and begging. “It’s okay, you don’t have to do this. Stand up.”
Ye Ming helped the woman up. When he saw the little girl standing next to them, he started to hesitate. Based on the memory of the previous owner of this body, Ye Ming knew that Marquis Andrew Brujah was a member of the Brujah clan of the Camarilla sect.
In the Nehekhara Empire, there were 13 Vampire clans. These clans came together to form this vast empire of the Vampires. The thirteen clans could be further grouped into four sects: the Camarilla, the Independents, the Sabbat, and the mysterious Extinct sect.
(TL: Based on the tabletop game Vampire: The Masquerade – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire:_The_Masquerade )
The most commonly found sect in the Nehekhara Empire were the Camarilla and the Independents. The Sabbat had their own separate territory in the Empire and would rarely appear in other cities, or a war would surely break out.
Meanwhile, the Extinct clan of Cappadocian was the most mysterious existence among the Vampire clans. They lived in seclusion and were very rarely in contact with the outside world.
Marquis Andrew Brujah, the one mentioned by the woman, belonged to the Brujah clan of the Camarilla sect. The Brujah were the most combat-oriented clan among the 13 clans, and their members had the best physical foundation. If Ye Ming were to make a rash move, he would likely offend the Brujah clan. Currently, he was still very weak. If he were to make such a powerful enemy at such an early stage of his development, it would surely be greatly detrimental to his future growth.
The woman noticed Ye Ming’s hesitation and immediately knelt back down. This time, she also pulled at her daughter who was staring blankly at the side. “Emma, quick, kneel down and plead too.”
Emma was really obedient. Following her mother’s example, she knelt and bowed down repeatedly before Ye Ming as well. With her childish voice, she pleaded, “Please, my lord, save us! I beg you!”
Ye Ming quickly reached out to them. “What are you doing? Stand up! This is inappropriate.”
“I won’t, my lord. So long as you save my daughter, I promise I’ll do anything. That’s right, blood. You want blood, right? Here, drink mine,” said the woman. She stretched out her arm, rolled up the tattered sleeve, and shoved her hand in front of Ye Ming, “Drink my blood. Take as much as you want. Please, just save my daughter.”
Looking at the arm that was not much more than a dry bone, Ye Ming did not know what to say. A strong feeling of sympathy rose in his heart.
The little girl quickly followed her mother’s example. She rolled up her sleeve and said in her childish voice, “Drink mine too, my lord. You can drink Emma’s blood too.”
“No, Emma! What are you doing!”
The woman immediately stopped the child, pulling her sleeve back down. She turned to Ye Ming and said, “The child is too young to understand what she’s saying. Please, my lord, you must not listen to her. If you want blood, drink mine.” She once again stretched her arm out in front of Ye Ming.
“Put it down. I’m not drinking anyone’s blood,” Ye Ming said flatly.
The woman’s heart fell when she heard that. She collapsed to the ground covering her face and started sobbing uncontrollably. The sense of despair almost made her lose her mind. Hugging Emma, she cried out in anguish.
At that moment, Ye Ming heard a cold voice coming from the distance, “I can hear her voice; they must be right ahead. They have nowhere to run now. How dare they disobey Marquis Andrew’s order. I’m definitely going to teach them a lesson when I get my hands on them.”
(TL: The author refers to the Marquis as Marquis Andrew rather than Marquis Brujah. He constantly calls a nobleman by his given name rather than his family name throughout the story, so I’m just going to translate it as it is.)
Another voice added, “Damn right. The little girl’s blood is very fresh, and the Marquis has personally asked for her. Maybe we’ll get to have a taste of virgin blood too! Ha-ha-ha…”
The sound of laughter terrified the mother and daughter. The mother once again turned to Ye Ming and looked at him with pleading eyes.