“Alright, then.”

I stopped eating, sat up and straightened my back to match him.

“Well then, we meet for the first time. From what I can see, you’re a quite high-ranking demon. A vampire, and a royal one at that?”

“You have a keen eye. That’s correct, I am a vampire lord.”

“You brought some unbelievable company…”

Gihren shook his head.

“What’s wrong with you? Did you become her kin because of her cuteness?’

“If I were her kin, I wouldn’t be able to hold this silver spoon.” I replied while holding a teaspoon.

“That’s true! He and I are comrades.”

“I see…”

Milim emphasized the word ‘comrades.’

“We’re not kin. We’re bound by a contract.”

“What did you do to this child?”

Gihren’s question was reasonable, and it was something I was also thinking about. I didn’t really understand why Rei had gotten so attached to her.

“Well, it doesn’t matter… I’m sorry to say this, but it would be helpful if you kept my identity a secret.”

“Why?”

“It doesn’t matter.”

As a vampire, there’s no weakness to speak of, and if there’s a problem, it’s probably just the wings. Well, I’ve also acquired them, so if I explain it well, I could probably make it work.

“After all, for humans, vampires are…”

“Well, there are some who care. Especially the higher ups in the country, they’re often annoying…”

“It’s complicated…”

For Milim, being surrounded by humans who are scared of her was difficult, and I had to think from Milim’s perspective.

“Well, there is something I wanted to ask of Land. This might be the perfect opportunity.”

“Perfect opportunity?”

“Yeah. If we could show how good a vampire can be to the scared humans, it’ll be good. It’ll show how much better it is to have a vampire as an ally instead of an enemy.”

“I have a bad feeling about this…”

‘It must be a troublesome request.’

“It’s a direct request from Lord Cecilm.”

“That is…”

It’s an honorable thing to be requested directly by a border lord, but it’s definitely a troublesome thing as well.

As expected, the content of the request was something unbelievable.

“Investigating the dragon’s graveyard and dealing with any problems there.”

“The dragon’s graveyard… I see.”

“The dragon’s graveyard…?”

Milim seemed unfamiliar with it.