CHAPTER 14: Revelations of the past

After Hitoshi and Sachiko left the grand hall, silence ruled the place. Both sides were wary of each other. Well, at least the heroes were…

Eric and Marion had their hands on the hilt of theirs swords, ready to unsheathe and attack. Moira with her wizard’s staff and Helion with his elven longbow, both seemingly leisurely holding them yet both ready to release the most deadly of their skills.

The demonic party on the other side though, was busy whispering among themselves in its’ native language.

The chubby vampire was in fact the one currently whispering to the incubus-succubus couple, while his eyes were still focused to the voluptuous red headed sorceress, that had managed to cast a spell on his heart.

“Nico, Niki you guys have to take the rest of those morons somewhere else for a while and leave me alone with the sorceress.”

“Harry, the Master specifically told us not to harm anyone until he comes back. After we see how things have gone with his love confession, we will then act accordingly.” said Nico, his words once again proving that he was the only voice of reason among them,

“Yes Harry, my hubby is right. I know that you might be hungry, but you can’t eat the sorceress at least not yet. Just wait for Master’s orders. Even though I know that it’s been a while since you’ve last drunk human blood, you still have to hold it in, master will get really angry otherwise. Besides,you can’t harm her…. at least not before I find out if she and I are related.”

That last sentence dropped like a bomb, and it was enough for Harry to quickly turn his gaze to Niki, look at her and then look back to Moira, trying to see if there were any similarities.

Indeed, there were many, but in order to be sure, he made his own mental list.

• Nice ass?= Yes!

• Tits 36D?= Hell yessssss!!!

• Taste in reveling clothes?= But of course!

• Interest in the collection of expensive jewelry?= Fuck my pocket! Also yes!

• Sexual aptitude and mastery in bed activities in all positions and at any time?= No need for a DNA test! Yeah, they are related!!!

Nico, who had only eyes for his succubus wife (of course how could it ever be any other way…. as one, he was madly in love with her and two, he would have no eyes at all if Niki thought he was cheating on her) for the first time, since the arrival of the so called heroes, truly observed the sorceress among them.

True enough, although not to the point of such an analytical and in depth approach as the one of our aforementioned chubby vampire, Nico also saw the resemblance of Moira to his own wife, Nicolette Scarlet.

“You over there! The sorceress, what’s your name?” asked Niki in the human language, while turning her gaze to Moira.

Moira was surprised to say the least but still answered :

“It’s Moira. What’s up with you asking?”

“Not that! What’s your family name? What’s your connection to the Scarlet family?”

It was only for a second but it was enough for Niki, to see the brief change of Moira’s demeanour on her face.

She indeed was familiar with the name and judging by the look on her face, her guess of them being related was confirmed. Still, Moira was denying it though, but why?

“My family doesn’t have any connection to the Scarlets. How do you know that name, it’s been over a century since the last member of that family was executed. They are no more, why are you asking?” she asked somewhat suspiciously.

Moira’s answer came as a surprise to Niki. The voluptuous succubus had been around for about 500 years, even if she didn’t look like it..

The fact that Niki, who in her wild days of abusing her power to seek sexual satisfaction and maintain her beauty, was one of the most insatiable succubus that the Scarlet family had ever procured, was one of the factors that lead to her losing any sort of contact with them for the last 300 years.

See, 300 years ago she was sent into exile after her promiscuous ways started to rise so many questions about the Scarlet family who at that time was one of the most powerful families, its power and fortune matching that of the King.

And how could it be otherwise? Generation after generation, it was a known fact that the Scarlet family produced the best wizards and sorceresses, their beauty inspired many painters and nobles seeked to marry their sons or daughters to the Scarlet family. Thus the power of the Scarlets just kept growing and growing.

But, what never met the public eye, was the fact that the Scarlets had a well kept secret. Demonic blood flowed through their veins. They were a family of succubi that had actually managed to integrate themselves in human society and rise slowly in power.

All the female members, had the power to seduce and suck the life force of their male partners, yet they were never too greedy with their human mates.

They made sure not to suck their husbands dry right away. They would feed a little each day, thus their regenerative powers couldn’t keep up with the aging process and although slower than their husbands, they were still aging like humans did.

Niki’s ways though weren’t in compliance with the family’s rules of keeping a low profile. She was posing a huge threat for their plans of keeping a low profile and amassing wealth.

“I see…” said Niki, unable to hide her sorrow. So her whole family was gone, all she had left now was the girl in front of her.

For her to be standing before her, could only mean that one of her brothers or sisters had somehow managed to survive and judging by Moira’s unique purple eyes she must be the descendant of her baby brother Frederick.

With a sad smile on her face Niki said “Thank you for answering my questions child. And it’s only fair if I also introduce myself. My name is Nicolette, my family name doesn’t matter, not anymore at least.”

As though the bizarre and strange conversation never took place among her and Moira, she once again turned to face her companions who gave her sympathetic looks.

It was Harry who broke the awkwardness that reigned by clearing his throat and saying to Nico and Niki.

“As I going to say before, no, I am not hungry, not for food at least…and no, I am not going to suck her blood or kill her. Don’t worry Niki I am not going to harm your great-great-great-great, hell I don’t know how great she is, but nevertheless I am not going to harm her. …. Since it has come to this, I might as well come clean to you! I have fallen in love with your descendant and I am going to confess as well Please give me your blessings esteemed elder!!!”

“Who are you calling your elder?” Niki roared.

“Honey please calm down! You know how Harry is, don’t take him seriously!”

“Don’t take me seriously? But I am serious!” said Harry anxiously.

“ … It’s not really my place to give you my blessings. I have lost all contact with the Scarlets long ago. But, I will give you a word of advice as a woman. While it’s true that with you being a vampire and Moira being a succubus….”

“What! Moira is also a succubus?” asked Harry in surprise.

“ Can you not interrupt me? Well yes Moira is a succubus. Although her latent succubi powers have not fully awaken yet, the blood of the Scarlets runs through her veins. All the Scarlet females were succubi after all. Anyway as I was saying before you interrupted me, with you being a vampire and her being a succubus a relationship might work. You with your regenerative powers should have no problem if she fed from you during sex and vice versa.”

“So you think I stand a chance with her?” asked Harry thrilled.

“Cough..now how should I say this……Hmmm, the problem is your appearance Harry.”

“What do you mean Niki? Am I not handsome? Am I not intelligent? Don’t I have royal blood? Who could be more perfect for her than the noble me? ” said Harry proudly.

“… I…. I mean look at you. Although you are 300 years old, you look like a chubby, nerdy 12 year old!!! Do you think any woman in her right mind would ever date a guy like that? She would be marked for life as a pedophiler, a shotacon for god’s sake!!! Just imagine people seeing you and her on a date. No one would think that she’s a woman with her boyfriend, but a woman with her child!!!”

“I see…” said Harry thinking for a moment before once again happily adding “ then there is no problem!”

“What? After all I have said you still don’t see the problem? How can you be so thickheaded?!!!” said Niki fuming.

“When I said that there is no problem, is not because I didn’t get what you were trying to say, but because my true appearance was never the one you are currently seeing.” seeing the look of surprise on both their faces, he rushed to explain:

“As you both know my name is Vlad, not Harry Porker as our Master named me and I am a pure blood vampire. That means I can eat food as any normal human does, I can walk under the sun without it harming my skin and I look just like a normal human does. I once told you that I was royalty, a prince, but alas none of you believed me. So, let me fully introduce myself this time. I am Vlad the 3rd, Prince of Wallachia, member of the house of Draculesti. My present appearance is only the result of a heavy curse casted on me by my own mother, Queen Lucretia. Three hundred years ago, when I was a young man that appeared to be in what the humans call at the age of 26, my father Vlad II, the King, died. To be more specific he was killed by my own mother.”

“Tired of seeing him neglecting and ridiculing her by cheating right in front her eyes, her heart grew cold, her sanity was slipping away day by day, till one day she stabbed him in the heart in his sleep. No one found out that she killed him, some were suspicious of her, but no one dared to come forward. She temporarily took the throne, till I, the heir to the throne was to be inaugurated. After my inauguration I would be the King and marry some girl of a noble family picked by my councillors who would be the next Queen.”

“The similarities between my appearance and that of my deceased father, as well my, ehem, “conquests and achievements” as a man, only made her crazier and crazier. She wouldn’t let some random girl marry me and become the Queen. No she wanted me, her only child to always stay by her side. To make sure of that, the night before my inauguration, she used some ancient forbidden magic on me, to change my appearance to the one you are now seeing and locked me inside the necklace that our master is now wearing around his neck. With that done she would always have me by side, erasing the chances of me being snatched from her by some woman. She would summon and unsummon me as she pleased.”

“After creating rumours of me denouncing the throne and eloping with some maid from the palace, she seized the throne. She ruled our kingdom until the time of the invasion…After that I don’t know what happened to my country and I don’t remember how many years have passed since I was first summoned from that mage that the master eventually killed. That guy would only summon me to fight for him, once that was done he would revoke it and sent me once again back to the Netherworld.”

Nico and Niki were silently listening to Harry telling them his life story. Various emotions passed through their faces, surprise of actually learning who Harry truly was, sadness for his family tragic tale and realization of the fact that from now on they shouldn’t treat Harry lightly.

They had seen the house of Draculesti mentioned in a few books on the history of the Demonic race but most details were omitted. The only thing that was clear though was that the family of Draculesti was the father family to all vampires.

Now, after Harry or should I say Vlad, had finished his story, instead of the casual atmosphere that there was once between the three of them, there was awkwardness.

Harry during his time as a prince was aware that most people were mindful of his status, but he didn’t want Nico and Niki, his friends, the ones with whom he pulled all these pranks the last 50 years at master to be like that at all. So, he said:

“Oh, don’t be like that! It’s still me ol’ dirty Harry you know! (Author’s note: Clint Eastwood sorry for using your movie alias in this story.) Just give me your honest opinion. Do I stand I chance with Moira or not?”

It was Nico who answered this time:

“Well Harry, unless you find a way to lift your curse I don’t think Moira will accept your confession. I must agree with Niki that a romance between a child and an adult woman would be strictly criticized by society. Do you want to put Moira through something like that?”

Despite his childish looks, Vlad knew that both his friends were right. This curse his mother had casted on him was preventing him from finding happiness and it’s been so many years till he last had “any”!!!!

Still it was not in his nature to just stand there and sulk. Although, it required almost all his mana, during his years in the netherworld, he found out that he could temporarily lift his curse for 5 secs. That should be enough, no, that had to be enough for him to show Moira his true form and hope that she would give him a chance.

“ I can lift my curse for 5 secs, I will explain to her about me and show her my true form for just 5 secs, let’s just hope that it will be enough for her to at least see me as the man I truly am. I just want to talk to her alone. So can I ask you to please get the other 3 somewhere else so I can speak to her in private?”

Nico and Niki looked at each other and said simultaneously.

“Okay, leave them to us. Go get her tiger!!!!”