Chapter 24: The Strategy Concept, in Greek στρατηγική

The girl was no different. As soon as she saw Violette, her eyes went extremely cold, her expression exuding disgust. Seeing Lucas next to Violette, and smelling around, the disgust became greater and she said.

“Seriously? At this time of day?”

“What does this have to do with you?”

Violette replied and simply passed, paying no more attention to Jennifer. Lucas, however, stood in silence, watching the girl. She had long blond hair, sapphire blue eyes, her body was thin and tall, her breasts were large, her ass was plump. Her face was exquisite, she looked like a princess, but what caught Lucas’s attention the most was not her beauty, but the aura he felt.

“Your hair...”

Lucas murmured and looked at Jennifer’s hair for a few seconds. Finally, he said.

“So that’s why.”

He then looked at her again and followed after Violette, leaving a Jennifer behind who was too confused to understand Lucas’s words.

‘My hair?’

As if she noticed something, she quickly pulled her hair forward and started looking at the ends. After not seeing anything strange, she took a small mirror from her purse and observed if her hair had anything strange. After realizing that everything was perfect, she murmured.

“My hair is perfect today, the dye hasn’t come out, there’s nothing wrong.”

Then looking at Lucas’s back, she was thoughtful, trying to understand his words.

‘There’s no way for him to know ... Right?’

Walking after Violette for a while, Lucas said.

“You can leave me here, I already know the way out. I need to go to the principal’s office as well.”

“Ah, okay ... But how do you plan to leave school? You came in that woman’s car, right? Are you going to call her?”

“I don’t know, I’ll see if I can get a taxi.”

“So ... How about if I take you in my car?”

“What about your class?”

“With my influence at school, as long as I don’t miss several days in a row, everything will be fine.”

“Then go ahead, I need to speak to the principal.”

Lucas then headed for the principal’s office, leaving a suspicious Violette behind.

‘Doesn’t he want me to overhear the conversation?’

After walking through some corridors, Lucas realized that it was the end of the class change period, so he still found some students walking through the corridors. He did not greet anyone, and although anyone who saw him was curious as to why he was not carrying his materials, no one stopped him.

Like the last time, Lucas entered the principal’s office without knocking, and at that moment only the principal was there. When he saw him, he approached quickly, and seeing Lucas closing the door without anyone else, he said carefully.

“Young Master, is there a problem?”

“I have some problems to solve, so I’m not going to class today, I came to warn you, and ask a question.”

“Say it.”

“What is your role here? Is it because of that Noble? The security of this school is also abnormal, I saw several guards hidden.”

“Ah, so you have already met Miss Jeniffer?”

“Yes, in the halls ... Is she here to experience human society?”

“Yes, the Duke of Fermiti sent a request to Thorny Rose for protection for Miss Jennifer. When the request was accepted, Higor and I were sent here to manage the school. After that, the security was increased on three levels.”

“So she’s one of Duke Fermiti’s daughters ... Okay, I’m leaving then.”

Lucas then turned and left. Not long after, Caritas asked.

‘Master, what was that?’

‘Weren’t you reading my thoughts?’

‘I don’t do this all the time, I don’t want to interfere with your privacy.’

‘This school is owned by Thorny Rose. When I entered it, I realized that the security was very high, several experienced killers are hiding. Earlier, do you know that blonde woman we saw in the hall, this Jennifer?’

‘Yes, she seems to have a bad relationship with Violette.’

‘Get used to it. With Violette’s personality, she has many enemies.’

‘That woman Jennifer hid it well, but she couldn’t deceive me. She releases an aura and a scent that only noble vampires exude, I know that well. Her hair also gives off a faint smell of dye, and she was wearing lenses to hide her pupils.’

‘Noble vampires? Is it a race? I know only the race of vampires.’

‘Yes, they are pure-blooded vampires. They are very powerful.’

‘So the security of the school is so high because of it?’

‘Yes. After all, she is one of the three daughters of the Duke of Fermiti.’

‘Who is this?’

‘Vampires are a very powerful race, and among them, there are the so-called nobles. The lowest level of noble vampires is called Knight. They are not normally seen exactly as noble, as they are just ordinary vampires stronger than normal.’

‘Above them are the Barons, Viscounts, Counts, Marquesses, Dukes, and the Imperial Family. The higher the level, the more powerful the lineage is, the Vampire Emperor is the most powerful of the race.’

‘Dukes are generally families that, at some point in history, had Vampire Emperors and Empresses, so they are the highest level bloodlines, on the same level as the Imperial Family.’

‘Currently, there are four Vampire Dukes: the Duke of Fermiti, the Duke of Grayheart, the Duke of Plinio, and the Duke who is currently the Vampire Emperor, Emperor Goliath, Duke of Fernigen.’

‘Although vampires are very powerful, they do not have the power to protect themselves completely from humans, who have gained strength in the last three hundred years. The position of vampires today is quite complicated, since not only is it difficult for them to reproduce, but they are hated.’

‘Noble Vampires can transform humans into vampires, and ordinary vampires can transform humans into Ghouls. This ability, coupled with the need for human blood, makes humans fear them.’

‘The Noble Vampires are also tremendously powerful by birth, which does not facilitate peace on both sides.’

‘In the past five hundred years, humans have started to gain strength thanks to espers. Before that, they were rare. Nowadays, one out of every ten thousand births is born, and because of the difficulty of reproduction, vampires began to decrease in number.’

‘Before that, how did humans do to protect themselves from vampires?’

‘They didn’t, vampires aren’t from this world. Five hundred years ago, before espers were born among humans more easily, they reached this world through a portal and invaded the earth.’

‘At the time, they didn’t take many measures, they just occupied territory and started to live in peace, only that they needed blood from humans, and that’s when the problem came. Conflicts happened, and they only increased over time. At the time, we couldn’t even defend ourselves properly. If it weren’t for the vampires’ proud mentality of thinking we were animals without intelligence and power, they could have easily wiped us out.’

‘Everything changed when powerful espers were born one after the other, and we finally managed to get rid of the fear of vampires. Nowadays, there is a non-aggression pact between both parties. We also traded our blood with them in exchange for gold and jewels.’

‘Vampires continued to live on earth for centuries, but a hundred years ago, humans went to the Moon, and at that time, vampires negotiated so that they could live on the Moon. The negotiation went well. A part of the vampires stayed on earth, they are led by the Duke of Fermiti.’

‘After thirty years of living on the Moon, humans again exceeded vampire expectations and arrived on Mars. Again, vampires negotiated, and humans allowed vampires to go from the Moon to Mars, they left a part of the vampires on the Moon, they are led by the Duke of Grayheart.’

‘So it is divided as follows: On Earth, there is the Duchy of Fermiti. On the Moon, there is the Duchy of Grayheart, and on Mars, there are the Duchies of Plinio and Fernigen.’

‘What does all this have to do with Thorny Rose? The principal and the vice-principal are subordinates to Rose, right?’

‘Basically, Thorny Rose is an ally of vampires. A hundred years ago, the reason why humans allowed vampires to go to the moon was because of my mother, who helped vampires. The same thing thirty years later. You could say that the vampires were under my mother’s protection.’

‘Thorny Rose and the Vampire Empire have a friendly relationship, we help each other. The Thorny Rose protects vampires.’

‘So that’s why they are protecting the Duke of Fermiti’s daughter here at school?’

‘Yes. The vampire duchies are separated from human society, and so it is as if they were two different worlds. For normal vampires, this is not a problem, but for high-level vampires, like the relatives of the Dukes, they must understand humans and human society. For that, Thorny Rose assists them in several ways. From hiring vampires in human companies to putting vampire children in schools. This is the case of Jennifer, daughter of the Duke of Fermiti, she came to study human society.’