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Before I could finish my sentence, the backdoor opened as a little girl entered the shop.

"Uncle! I want to meet the people!"

A little girl with pale-white skin and sharp crimson-red eyes, short wine-red hair, and little leather clothes wearing a hairpin in the shape of a bat and a beautiful necklace with a red jewel entered the shop out of the backdoor.

"Eeeh?! Ruby, get back to the hut!" cried Rakasha, as he used his body to cover her body from us.

"I don't want! I am bored!" she cried.

"W-Who is she?" asked Benladann.

"Her hair and skin color…" muttered Tisha.

"What? Wait… that's a human?" asked Pekora.

"No, humans don't have pointy ears. I am sure of that!" Said Benladann's mother.

"She's a Vampire…" said Tisha.

"EH?! A VAMPIRE?!"

All of us almost dropped to the floor.

But it was pretty obvious… even more, when I checked her stats.

…

Name: Ruby Von Sange VI

Race: Purebred Vampire Marquess (Female)

Mana Core Cultivation: Blood Mana Core: Rank 1 (Upper Stage)

Status: Curious, Blood Curse (Currently Satiated)

Average Estimated Vitality: 1500/1500

Average Estimated Mana: 3000/3000

Average Estimated Strength: 1200

Average Estimated Dexterity: 1600

Average Estimated Magic: 3500

Abilities:

[Purebred Vampire Bloodline: Vampire Progenitor Descendant]

[Blood Curse]

[Vampire Marquess]

[Vampire Weaknesses] (Lessened due to Satiation)

[Night Vision]

[Hastened Vitality Recovery]

[Undying Body]

[Status Effect Immunity]

[All Element Resistance] (Except Light and Fire)

[Enhanced Five Senses]

[Blight Blood]

[Charm]

[Blood Storage]

[Kin Control]

[Telepathy]

[Vampiric Eyes]

[Blood Magic]

…

Wow… I never thought the status of a little girl would surprise me this much.

She was so small yet… look at her stats! I know they are not much compared to me or Benladann as of now, but she's very strong for her level…

Now imagine if it were a whole army of Vampires like these… who all cultivated and trained properly… I can see why they conquered the entire world in the last Era before the Ice Queen Venerable came…

And this race wasn't even original from this world, it came to be due to a Unique Skill from a Reincarnated person.

I never thought I would get to see a Vampire so soon!

"Damn it…" sighed Rakasha, as he sighed while hugging Ruby.

"C-Could you guys keep this as a secret?" he asked.

"Erm, sure, I don't mind… Is this the girl you talked us about?" I asked.

"Yes… She's Ruby." Sighed Rakasha.

"Oh! You already introduced me to them, uncle? Good job! I am Ruby, nice to meet all of you! Woow! So many different shapes! And you're so fluffy!" said Ruby, as she walked around leisurely like a spoiled princess, petting Yuki and Pekora.

"O-Oi! I am not someone to be petted!" said Yuki.

"Don't believe her she loves it," I said.

"Hehe… So what are your names? It is not usual to have so many guests!" said Ruby.

"Well…"

We ended introducing ourselves to her, as Rakasha spoke a bit about the girl.

"I found her two years ago when I went hunting for ice bears. She was sickly, her clothes were all destroyed, and she was about to be eaten by a Peak Stage Rat Gorilla. Despite her strength, she doesn't know how to use her talents well, so she sucks at fighting." Said Rakasha.

"H-Hey!"

It seems that Ruby, despite having so high stats and many abilities, is very bad at using them properly… She needs proper training.

"I am from the Von Sange Family of Vampires! We live… erm… I don't know where they are but they lived far away…!" she said pridefully.

"You don't know where they lived?" asked Benladann.

"N-No… I don't remember well what happened… I used to be spoiled by my mother but one day, when I woke up, I found myself in the snows, right in the open… Far away from my home…" she sighed.

"How strange…" I muttered.

"Right?! I don't even know what happened! Geez… All of my family was filled with detestable people anyways, my mother was the only redeeming person." She said.

"So strange to see a little girl speak like an adult, are you sure she's little?" asked Benladann.

"I-I am quite young!" said Ruby.

"She's actually 13, despite looking around 6." Said Rakasha.

"Oh. I guess you guys age slowly?" asked Pekora.

"We do…" sighed Ruby.

"Vampires are always said to be bloodthirsty demons which you cannot communicate with… But you seem pretty decent." Said Tisha.

"Ruby, what's that cute necklace?" asked Flayr.

"Oh? Do you like it? Fufu, it is the last gift left my mother." Said Ruby.

"So pretty! I also got one made by papa!" said Noirenn, showing her magic-boosting necklace.

"Certainly, it suits your color scheme, dear." Said Ruby, she was happy to finally speak with people. It seems that she had been in closed doors for a long time.

"Sigh… Well, it seems she's already getting closer with your girls." Said Rakasha.

"Is she always alone?" I asked.

"Y-Yeah… I can't bring her to town, an entire revolt will happen if I do. If I come with her hunting, she might still be found out by other hunters, there is a large quantity of the population here that goes hunting after all." Said Rakasha.

"That's certainly quite troublesome…" sighed Benladann.

"Hm… That little girl… Does she wants to go back home?" asked Benlah.

"Certainly, she does… But I am too afraid to make the whole trip to her home, especially because we don't even know where it is exactly. She had never walked outside of her home." Said Rakasha.

"Interesting…"

It would be cool to meet more Vampires, but if they threw away such a cute and little girl to the wilds like nothing, I would guess they are not that nice of a race.

Nonetheless, finding some vampire evildoers to eat and get their skills does excite me.

"Ruby, was there any bad guy where you lived? Bandits?" I asked.

"Hmm… My whole family was quite rotten! And there were certainly a lot of organizations that mother spoke to me about… Why?" she asked.

I see…. Maybe shortly, we could try to find them.

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