The Fallen Vampire

Chapter 176: The Family That Hunts Together…

Taira is a very strategic planner.

He can come up with any number of meticulous schemes ranging from simple assassination all the way to the destabilization of an entire kingdom.

But despite his propensity for forward thinking, Taira doesn't think about his own future much.

He knows that he will be married to the girls and with the hope of a miracle, even have a child one day, and perhaps they might have ascended to the upper realm too.

But beyond that… he has no real plans or wishes.

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Just to see his family happy.

Which was why when Aveena asked him if he would be interested in revitalizing her sect, he didn't really think twice about it.

There was no change in his expression, no new surprise in his eyes or anything like that.

He seemed perfectly composed.

"Is that what you want?" Was all he wanted to know.

Aveena nodded slowly, almost as if she was embarrassed just from bringing it up.

"I-I know it's a considerably large ask, but-"

"Okay."

Taira's answer was so simple that it was almost as if Aveena had just asked him to make a simple grocery run.

"I... pardon? J-Just like that?"

"Will it make you happy?"

"W-Well yes, but-"

"Then there is nothing else to consider. I will raise you up to be the most infamous sect leader our world has ever seen. You will have this entire realm at your fingertips if it is what you desire."

Emotion flooded Aveena's face.

It was all that she could do to keep herself composed, but despite her efforts a few tears fell from her eyes.

"I... don't want to do it without you at my side. Walk with me, hand-in-hand, just as we have been doing for so many years until now." she pleaded.

Between being leader of the demonic cult and starting up a sect with his darling Aveena, it was an easy decision for Taira as to which one he would rather do.

He and Aveena rested their foreheads against each other with their lips only grazing against each other.

A rare mischievous smile formed on Taira's face at this turn of events.

"The girls will be quite jealous if they learn that we've found a little project to work on that we aren't including them in..."

Aveena's smile mirrored his own. For the first time ever she felt a real desire to be keep atleast a part of her husband all to herself.

"Enyo will be quite fine, since she'll have much more time to lay around all day... but we can always make it up to the others later."

"Make what up? What are you two planning over here?"

At some point, Keran and Lucia had wandered over towards the pair of them once she saw Aveena crying.

Their ears just managed to pick up the end of the conversation between the pair, but none of the finer details.

Aveena wrapped her arms around their husband possessively and smiled brighter than the sun on a summer day.

"Darling and I are going to rebuild the Drifting Snowfall Sect together. As husband and wife." She gloated.

Aveena was purposely trying to stoke the girls' jealousy for shits n' giggles, but she had conveniently forgotten just the kind of women they were.

"Oh! That's a great idea." Keran cheered.

"Abess Setsuka would be proud. You two will be the greatest successors that she ever could have asked for." Lucia smiled warmly.

Aveena blinked away her surprise in a slightly comical nature.

"Wait... You don't care?"

""Not really."" they shrugged.

The girls didn't particularly care about Taira and Aveena's arrangement because they, like Enyo, didn't really have much interest in running a sect.

They would likely find other projects to work on with him that would be unique to their relationship.

"But since you've already said that you're going to make it up to us, don't think you can back out of it~" Keran waived them goodbye as she headed back to the tent to check on Vermeil, and Lucia followed behind her shortly after.

Now that the pair were alone again, Aveena lightly tugged Taira's sleeve nervously.

"I was thinking... I know we have room to accommodate a little more than a hundred people back at home, but I think I'd really like to keep our numbers smaller."

Taira wasn't really surprised that Aveena was already thinking about things of this nature, as she famously had a rather dogmatic personality.

He found her ability to say whatever she was thinking to be one of her most endearing qualities.

"I was thinking the same... smaller numbers would make us more efficient and easier to manage... How many did you have in mind exactly?"

"Thirty to forty, but no more than sixty."

"Sounds perfect... member criteria?"

"From a physical aspect we will take anyone, regardless of their age, race, or orientation. From a mental standpoint... They must be loyal, hard working, and diligent. We can work with anything as long as they are unwilling to give up."

Taira thought his wife was unspeakably attractive right now.

"And as for our first members... I was thinking maybe..." Aveena let her eyes wander towards a few of the tribesman who were in the midst of their prep.

Taira gave her hand a reassuring squeeze. "Patience on that front... Let's see what today and tomorrow has in store for us before we make any further decisions."

Aveena shook her head furiously with a child-like twinkle in her eye.

Taira wasn't very sure if she was going to listen, but at least she looked cute.

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A few hours later, the energy around the village was much different than before.

The asanbosam's former sense of festivity was chiseled away and replaced with dedicated focus.

Exactly twenty-five of the village's best were waiting just outside the city gates.

Each of them sat atop the back of large black dire wolves that were easily the size of horses.

At the front of the pack, Tiche and Vaal sat atop their own identical wolves; both of them red in color.

Suddenly, the direwolves lowered their heads unconsciously as they tucked their tails between their legs.

Two nine-tailed creatures finally arrived near the front gates with the rest of the pack.

One was ghostlike and wrapped in silver fur, and the other was more regal and clad in black.

The two of them were shrunken down just enough that they could run through the woods while drawing the smallest amount of attention possible on their journey.

Keran carried Aveena and Enyo on her back while Taira held Lucia and Vermeil.

Once the six of them were present, Vaal, who was already teeming with excitement, finally could not holster himself any longer and finally flicked the reigns of his mount.

"ALL RIGHTTT!!! Let our familial hunt begin!!"

Vaal took off into the woods on his dire wolf- leaving Taira and Keran to quickly race behind him.

Despite their leaving, none of the other tribesmen moved until Tiche gave them clearance.

She paused briefly to calm her own raging excitement and steeled herself for the encounter ahead.

Though she was less animated than her brother, she was also quite excitable in this moment.

She just had a proper image to uphold after all.

And besides… overzealous behavior leads to mistakes and dangerous repercussions.

Once she had finally eliminated all traces of her irresponsible personality, Tiche re-opened her eyes and grabbed the reigns of her own creature more firmly.

"Go."