“The Will of the Yrniel is almighty and the strongest.

It was the one who created all of us and it will be the one who could destroy all of us.

A race going against the Will of Yrniel is completely impossible as it is the strongest.

If Yrniel ever willed, any race would have been weakened and destroyed.

And if Will of Yrniel is so strong, then how are Vampires, who were created by Azriel Origin, so strong as well?

Why is the Will of Yrniel not suppressing them?

The answer is simple,

The True Will of Yrniel isn’t against Humans turning into Vampires, rather, with how it boosts the Humans’ strength, it can be said that the True Will of Yrniel actually favours the Vampires.

Becoming a Vampire is not a Sin but a Virtue.

It is a Blessing.”

Azriel smiled as he came up with a ‘theory’, the ‘True Will’ of Yrniel.

Aeliana, who was looking at Azriel had her mouth opened in shock.

She…

She just couldn’t believe that her father could come up with bullshit like that.

There is no such thing as Will or the True Will of Yrniel…

The Union Leaders created this ‘Will’ because they wanted a reason to hunt the Humans who wanted to turn into Vampires.

And now… her father was doing the same.

If this continues, she might start believing that something like ‘Will of Yrniel’ actually exists.

Aeliana then shook her head,

She would do anything for her father, even if that means lying to herself.

The Will of Yrniel indeed existed and the Union Leaders are interpreting this ‘Will’ in a wrong way, therefore, she would need to step forward and enlighten the masses.

“So that’s what you meant when you said that we would spread the True Will with our strength.

It didn’t mean that you or I am going to fight, rather, you want to Vampire Race to fight against all others.”_.

Azriel looked at Aeliana and patted her head.

Aeliana of course, accepted the pat with a smile and hugged him tightly, Azriel then continued,

“Indeed. Things won’t be fun if I join, therefore, the Vampires need to fight for themselves, and you, my little girl, will be the leader of the Vampires.

The Commander, the Head,

The Queen.

You will be the one.”

“T-Then will you become the King?” Aeliana questioned with a heavy blush on her face.

However, since her face was in opposite direction, Azriel couldn’t see it.

“Hmm? How would I become the King when you, my Daughter is the Queen?” Azriel questioned.

“…”

Aeliana pouted.

“Don’t worry, after the Vampires are ready enough, I will back down and live as an Ancestor while doing nothing.

My daughter will be able to take care of this old man, right?” Azriel chuckled.

“…you don’t have to worry about it, I would have given my all in taking care of you even if you hadn’t asked me.”

“Awww~ How lovely~”

Azriel kissed Aeliana’s head, the girl’s face turned red again, and then, she closed her eyes.

Just as she was about to enter the dreamland, a question popped into her mind,

“So what are we going to do now?”

Aeliana questioned.

“Hmm? What’s there for us to do?” Azriel questioned.

“Didn’t you say that the Vampires have to fight other races? How are they going to do that? They may have the potential, however, they still need to cultivate in order to fulfil that potential. They are still weak compared to other races.

How about we start killing weaker people of the race?

This will spread our message, it will also so that how strong we Vampires are, and it will trouble those Union Leaders, how about it?”

Aeliana suggested.

Azriel, however, shook his head,

“You said it yourself, the Vampires are weak right now and they need to cultivate.

Killing the weaker members of other races would give nothing to us, therefore, all we have to do is,

Wait.

We are going to wait, we are going to let those Vampires cultivate, give them a few hundred years, once they are strong enough, we will directly confront the upper echelons of other races.

That would be the most effective way to do things.”

For someone like Azriel, a few hundred years was nothing.

All he had was patience,

There was no need to fight uselessly.

It would be a lot better to just directly fight against them when they were at their best.

“So we just wait?” Aeliana frowned.

“Indeed.”

“But what about them? They are still hunting anyone who wants to turn into Vampire and calling them a sinner.”

“Once we defeat them, there will be many more humans coming to us, then, you would need to work hard to choose the best among them.”

Azriel smiled.

Aeliana, however, had a frown on her face,

“Won’t it affect the Vampire Image?

I mean, we are abandoning those who wish to join us,

Even if we defeat them later, won’t they still see us as cowards?”

“It doesn’t really matter, Lia.

Once we stand on the top, sooner or later, everyone will forget about it.

That is just how the world works, those who have power will always have many people taking their side.

Just focus on strength, once we are strong enough, we will show the world how strong the Vampires are.”

Aeliana looked at Azriel and then, she nodded.

“Alright…”

“Mhm, we have enough Vampires now, just train them well,

You are their Queen after all.”

Aeliana smiled.

Since the decision was made, the Vampires decided to lay low and didn’t appear much.

This gave the Union the chance to strengthen the beliefs they have spread, the number of humans wanting to become Vampires started to decrease and the number of humans who wanted to report other humans willing to be the Vampire increased.

…

Time passed and right now, Union Leaders were having another meeting together, just like before, Aeliana wasn’t called.

“This is strange.” An Elf muttered.

“Strange indeed. The Vampires are unusually silent… Aeliana isn’t the type to not do anything in this situation. Normally, she would have dashed towards us and would have started fighting us.”

“Yeah, she is unusually silent.”

“Do you think it is related to Lord Azriel?” A demon questioned.

“I don’t think that is the case…” A dragon shook his head.

“From what I know, Lord Azriel loves to fight as well…

He should have come after us as well…”

“Hey… you guys think we can fight against Lord Azriel…” Suddenly, an Elf questioned timidly.

“Don’t act like that, you know how strong Lord Azriel is, and you know how strong we are. If we work together, there is no way we can’t defeat him.

Keep in mind that there are only a few centuries of the age gap between him and us.

Progenitors aren’t that strong.

We can fight against them.

We are the Union Leaders after all.”

A demon muttered.

“Indeed, it is not the time to worry about that, rather, we should worry about why Lord Azriel hasn’t attacked us yet.” A human nodded.

“Is he perhaps…

Scared of us?” A dwarf questioned.

Every Union Leader looked at the Dwarf with a blank look on their faces.

The Dwarf lowered his head.

He realized that he asked a stupid question.

Lord Azriel being scared… this is not possible.

They might be stronger than Lord Azriel if they join hands, however, even they knew that Lord Azriel won’t back off.

And he especially won’t be scared of ‘children’.

“Whatever, there is no use thinking about why he hasn’t taken any actions yet.

A mind of a Progenitor is… chaotic…

Don’t try to understand what they think, you will just confuse yourself.” A dragon muttered and then, he continued,

“Since he gave us this opportunity, won’t it be bad if we don’t use it?”

“What do you mean?” A human questioned.

“Heh. Give the orders.

Hunt the Sinners.

They all are hiding, however, they do come out every once in a while, order others to Kill them on sight.

Sinners must be eradicated.”

The Union Leaders looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Indeed, they can’t miss this opportunity.

The new order was hence passed.

The Vampires couldn’t be found, therefore, they started targeting Vampires’ properties,

Even Aeliana’s house wasn’t spared and was destroyed.

And Aeliana, who heard it roared in rage.

“Those bastards!

Father! This is too much!

They are clearly targeting us!

Why don’t we give them a visit!?” Aeliana questioned.

Azriel however, was as calm as ever and smiled,

“Lia, you are a Queen now, something like this shouldn’t bother you. Let them play these petty tricks.”

“Father…”

Aeliana called.

“Hmm?”

“What happened to your pride? If it was the past you, you would have rushed towards the Union Leaders already.”

Azriel, who was filled with pride fought others whenever they did something he didn’t like, therefore, him being this calm was…

Different.

A wry smile appeared on Azriel’s face.

“Haahh…

Pride won’t entertain me, now will it?”

“…”

Hearing that answer, Aeliana turned silent.

Her father was really…

Bored…