The Fallen Vampire

Chapter 137: A Group Trip

"Taira, have you ever wondered what your grandfather was like?"

"On a few short occasions I suppose." Taira slowly helped Inadu down from the windowsill without giving much thought to Adam's question.

"Wonderful... BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO FUCKING MEET HIM!!"

Ayame made a slashing motion in the air with her claws and a wave of power shot out with the goal of turning her handsome intruder into chicken fingers.

But of course, Taira was able to flip out of harms way with Inadu in his clutches and completely avoid such a dangerous fate.

"Why are you so angry? I thought you liked me."

"W-W-Who likes you?! I am twice your damn age, you punk!"

"What does that have to do with me being your son-in-law?"

"..Oh, you meant... I... FUCK YOU!"

"...?"

Inadu seemed to be the only one who had an inkling of what was going on as she flipped across the room in Taira's grasp.

The vampire hybrid finally landed on a couch on the other side of the room and finally released his companion from the princess carry he had her in.

"I'm sorry about that... I thought that she would be in a better mood when we arrived."

"Taira... have you noticed any reason why the queen might be feeling upset?"

Taira's red eyes glanced over at Ayame, and he fully took in the sight of her gnashed teeth and fully exposed upper body uncovered by an ounce fabric.

"Ah... Seems we've woken you. You have our apologies."

"....Is that all that you have taken from seeing me here like this?" Ayame asked with a blank stare.

"Is there more? You can't be sick."

Ayame's face twitched several times before she let out a depressed noise and sank back into bed.

'I knew it... I have gotten fat. I need to get out and train more.'

Inadu stared at Taira with a bit of an incredulous expression.

Over the course of their day together she had seen him be kind, attentive, vigilant, unknowingly charming and even somewhat funny.

Only now was she realizing that he could also be somewhat dense and had very little concept of others' privacy.

'Now that I think about it, I believe Lucia told me a similar story that took place before they were even married. This kind of thing really does seem to be par for the course with him... what an odd man he is.'

But despite the inner dialogue in her head, Inadu was forced to admit to herself that she did not dislike these qualities about Taira in the slightest.

She even found them to be rather endearing.

"Why the hell are you here and why did you suddenly bring the spider demon girl along with you...?" Ayame asked from underneath her covers.

"I came here to get your help organizing a small field trip. And she is my companion for the day."

"As do I."

"I don't care what you resent! Start coming through front doors like normal people!"

""...Fine.""

The two assassins relented, but it didn't seem like a compromise that they were relatively happy to make.

Taira looked towards the corner of the room where Inadu was still standing around untouched, looking as if she were concerned about his overall well-being.

"Come here, Ina." he asked gently.

When she sat next to him, both Ayame and Ja'Zaki stared at the pair with slightly suspicious gazes.

""Are the two of you together?""

""As in proximity?""

"..."

"..."

"Nevermind."

"Dense bastards..."

Ayame moved over to her destroyed wardrobe and pulled out two paper scrolls with glowing blue runes.

"I understand you aren't a fan of him, but Kyoen should also know about this. He also has people to protect."

Taira glanced at Inadu out of the corner of his eye.

He was largely unsure of how she felt about her brother, so he decided not to say anything too upsetting in her presence at risk of insulting her.

"...Alright."

Ayame let out a low chuckle as she unfurled the papers and started writing.

Taira gave her all of the details about date, time, and exact location along with a recommendation to bring around thirty of their absolute best forces.

The secret realm was too dangerous to just bring any wanton individual inside, so only those who could both capitalize on the experience and keep themselves safe needed to go inside.

"Is there anything else you want to mention to us?" Ayame asked as she finished writing the letters.

Taira thought about it for a couple of moments before realizing that he had indeed neglected to mention something important.

"Oh, right. The heroes already have this information and we will very likely have to clash against them to get inside."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"WHAT!?"