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Fir! Firniel! Come over here, come.
Oh, come on, paperwork can wait. I’ll breeze through it later, promise.
Sit. Right here.
Now pour me a drink.
Mmhmm, good girl.

Good work today. …Let’s see. From what I can see, the humans are behaving well. That’s your doing, isn’t it? No need to be shy.
And if any of them start acting up, I’ll just turn them into vampires and make them behave. Don’t worry, I got this.
Though, your little ‘Maybe I should have Senior Veit drop by from Lüenheit’ thing works as a pretty good scare tactic, too.

Yeah, okay, I guess we do rely on Veit’s reputation a bit too much. But that’s fine! That’s what seniors are for. Use him well and grow strong.
Still, it feels like that guy just kept getting stronger on his own, no matter what we did.
Maybe I wasn’t reliable enough?

Anyway, since we’re on the topic, let me give you a little lesson.
I know things are tough for the centaur-folk right now, but the vampire clans aren’t exactly living easy either.
Oh—thanks for the drink.

I became a vampire about a hundred—uh, a little while ago, you see.
The vampires were seriously something else back then. We had warriors as strong as werewolves, and they could bend humans to their will just by looking at them.
But even before that, they were even more amazing. They could fly, turn into mist—basically invincible, I hear.

Yeah, you’re right. We’ve gotten weaker and weaker.
We can’t fly anymore, or control people with a glance. Sure, we’re still mostly immortal and resistant to sunlight and holy symbols, but that’s all.
Being complacent on the power we gained since birth made us soft.

That’s why I started training in magic under our teacher. That’s where I met Veit. He was a tiny little thing back then. Really adorable.
But you know what that little guy said when I told him my worries?

“Devolution is just another form of evolution.”

At first I was like, ‘What the heck is this kid talking about?’ I mean, werewolves have been strong forever. Easy for him to say.
But the more I thought about it… all those ancient vampires were wiped out by humans. Meanwhile, us newer ones are mostly still alive.
I mean, we can walk right out of town through a holy-symbol-warded gate in broad daylight. Those antique vampires could never pull that off.
Sure, we’re weaker, but it’s like we evolved to be tougher in other ways.

That’s why I think he’s got potential, that brother-disciple of mine. I’ve been keeping an eye on him ever since.
But sometimes he says the weirdest things. Something about wead-out the other day…
Oh, he said ‘Native Americans’ to you?
Huh. Must be some weird werewolf language.

Anyway, thanks to him, I feel like I can see a future for us vampires.
Thanks to my training with Teacher, I found out we vampires have a knack for necromancy.
I could probably make… five, maybe seven… no, ten skeleton soldiers a day! Totally doable!
And when we had my vampire underlings train under Teacher, they got good enough to make one skeleton soldier a day too. Might not sound like much, but that’s the mark of a full-fledged necromancer.
…Yeah, sure, Teacher can make a hundred in a day, but she’s just broken.

Anyway, from now on, even vampires need real skills to get by.
Veit says it all the time—‘Just leave your past self behind somewhere.’
Yesterday’s sun will never rise again. Poetic, right?

Okay, serious talk over! Fir, tell me something fun!
You’ve got something, right? A little romance story?
I know you’re interested in Veit too, aren’t you?

What? No way! I only think of him like a little brother! Seriously! That’s all!
But, ugh… he’s so dense.
Unless he gets reincarnated or something, I don’t think anything’s getting through that thick skull.

Well, I’m rooting for you. If anything happens, just come talk to the beautiful, wise Lady Marlené, okay? you big sis is always here for you.
Oh, the paperwork? Yeah yeah, I’ll get to it tomorrow.
What do you mean, tomorrow’s too late?