"So the Dark Walkers turned humans into vampires? That's where we came from?" Asked Evening.
"You never figured that out?" Said Titania. "I mean vampires can turn other humans into vampires. Why do you think is that?"
"Oh. Now that you mention it, it's make sense."
"Ah, that's right. Recently...Or should I say a while ago, humans sired by vampires were pretty rare, right?"
"It's a way to keep our numbers in check. I guess my mother was the only vampire I met that was originally a human."
"But still, wasn't that a little extreme?" Asked Johnnathan. "I mean, you had to have an objection about that."
"You talk as if we forced them to do that." Said Titania. "You see, humans volunteered to do this."
"For real?"
"Dark Beasts were like a disease. Just a small spawn could turn into a swarm of death. As I said none of the Dark Walkers noticed that they came along. And the worst part...They usually start preying on the smallest and youngest prey around."
"So humans, right?"
"Yeah. Turns out they were the ones suffering the most. We had to deal with them really fast." Titania flipped a page and showed a figure of shadowy figures waging war against black reptilians type of beasts. "At the time, humans barely had magic and lacked enough physical strenght to combat them. So, they found a way to increase their strenght, speed and fighting capabilities. To receive the blood of the Dark Walkers, they became warriors of darkness, strong enough to defend against the Beasts. But they were cursed to live forever by being fed of only the blood of either mankind or of the darkness."
"Are you sure about that?" Asked Evening. "Because I'm pretty sure I drank blood from others that weren't humans or vampires."
"Oh. That's because all Demi-Humans have human blood in their veins."
"Wait, what?" Asked Johnnathan.
"When you have a lot of different species forming civilizations in the same planet, breeding from different species tend to happen. You may not know this, but outside of the vampires, all Demi-Humans aren't one hundred percent of what they are. Back in the day, it was common a fairy to live until a thousand years. In a way, they are Hybrids."
"So me and the others of the ship are more closer than I thought."
"What about the Dark Beasts?" Asked Evening.
"We managed to get rid of them." Said Titania. "Well, not exactly. There was one of them that managed to escape certain death."
"Huh? Are they still around?"
"In a way, but he can't cause any harm. To escape death, a Dark Beast went into a stage of hypobiosis that never once was heard about it."
"Hypobiosis. Isn't that what the larvae do?" Said Johnnathan.
"Yeah, you could say that he reverted to a very simple stage."
"You mean just like that?"
"Of all the Dark Beasts, the worst ones are the ones that most quickly adapts. And the worst one managed to went into such a state just to avoid being killed. Harvok, the Immortal".
"What happened next?" Asked Evening.
"...Before that, you must know that first they chose a champion to fight for the Dark Walkers. The person they chose was the leader of a warrior tribe that had close ties with the Dark Walkers. It was your grandmother, Camilla Lecardre."
"Grandmother Camilla?"
"As you know, she was the Great Ancient of Darkness, but before her, that title belonged to the King of the Dark Walkers, King Artorius."
"Artorius? Wasn't that the name of the first king of Drakland?" Said Johnnathan.
"The very same. Humans started to gather more in Drakland back in the day. It was shortly while that they migrated to another continent to create several kingdoms who would later become Blitzreign."
"I heard about that, yes. And where did Harvok ended anyway?"
"He is just a dead egg hidden on Gel Magic Academy. But forget him!" Titania casually throws the book away. "Now that you know about the Dark Walkers, it's time you learn about you!"
"And what that would be?"
Suddenly the frog statue of the library opened his eyes and mouth revealing a green light on them. From inside, it sent a tongue in the shape of stairs.
"Oh. He came." Said Titania.
"What is going on?" Asked Evening.
"That's a Warp Frog. A rare beast that turns into a portal to another Warp Frog. They are extremely rare."
"Titania? You up?" From inside, it came a young-looking lad with a red skin, pointy ears and a hair with a strong shade of red that looked like a bonfire. He also wore only a yellow loincloth with a belt passing through his torso."Huh? Are you in the middle of something?"
"Hey Curi! I am just teaching those two some ancient history."
"Huh. Okay then. Anyway, I wanted to know if you could look after someone for a time." He calls up a woman with short black hair in a bobcut covering her body with a long green cape and had red painting on her face. "This is Jaci. Guaraia's sister. I was thinking if you could overlook her training."
"Ah! I see! So that's his sister, huh? But did something happened back in Araukarias?"
"There is a unusual beast that I never saw making them busy. Doesn't seems like one of mine."
"Uuuuh...Who and What is this man?" Asked Johnnathan. "He doesn't look like a fairy to me."
"I guess I could be called one, boy. What do you think Titania?"
"Well, that aside, this one is none other than Curupira, the Great Ancient of Beasts." Said Titania.
"T-The Great Immortal of Beasts?!" Said Evening."I-I certainly expected he to looks more like...well, a beast."
"And I certainly expected you to not use too many words. Aren't you vampires like wild animals now?" Said Curupira while he layed on the floor. "Yaaaaawn...But now that I look better you do look like Camilla."
"It's because she is her granddaughter." Said Titania. "I was also surprised."
"Oh, I see. So she is the sister of that crazy raven guy. Does that means she is just as crazy?"
"...What did you just say?" Asked Johnnathan. "Do you expect her to be twisted just because her brother is one?"
"...Who are you again and how dare you speak to me like that? And anyway, weren't all those vampires very disturbed fellows in the first place?"
"I met you for less than a minute and I already want to punch you straight at the-" Out of nowhere, Jacira strongly held Johnnathan's wrist. "Huh?"
"Don't you dare do anything against my lord." Said Jacira.
"...Her grip is very strong." Thought Johnnathan.
"Okay, calm down. Calm down." Said Titania. "Forgive him, Johnnathan. He is kind of a jester who likes to taunt people and lure them to traps."
"Psh! Right when it was starting to get good." Said Curupira. "Jaci, you can release him."
"Understood." Said Jaci who released Johnnathan.
"Now why have you been teaching a vampire and a hybrid, Titania?"
"Remember that thing happened ten thousand years ago?" Said Titania.
"You mean that other kid who got crazy and...Oh. He is turning into a vampire, right?"
"Exactly. And I am eager to prevent a disaster like that to happen again."
"Disaster?" Asked Johnnathan. "Was it that bad?"
"...At the time, a Hybrid really wanted to become a real vampire in hope to become immortal. And ohe managed to do that by rising his Dark Magic levels to beyond the limit."
"And how bad was it?"
"He got crazy and trashed around." Said Curupira. "Did you know Drakland wasn't aways an island separated from Blitzreign? The guy got so mad, he separated the two pieces of land while we were trying to subdue him."
"By subdue, he means...execution." Said Titania.
"Hmm...Yeah, not really looking foward in separating a continent." Said Johnnathan.
"Come to think of it...Aren't those Rogue Vampires kind of the same?"
"We are?" Said Evening.
"I mean, they aren't near as strong, but the way they behave...It's just like the same."
"I only witnessed a few of them, but it does hold some merit." Said Titania. "Evening, how exactly did you became a "Rogue"?"
"I don't know the details, but my late brother, Specter asked me and my siblings for some materials." Said Evening. "All I know is that I was tasked to found some mushrooms in Mians and my brother Noir went to find Darkanium."
"Were those mushrooms, purple with red dots?"
"Yes, they were."
"Those are most likely Twilight Shrooms. Like Darkanium, they have Dark Magic imbued on them. But you don't seem to be crazy like the other Rogues."
"My brother Raven is the actual responsible in turning people into rogue vampires. When me and my siblings became rogues...It seems Raven took the first shot and from him, the rest of us took a certain ammount."
"I see. I am not actually an expert in Dark Magic, but I can picture what is going on." Said Titania. "If you like pick a huge ammount of Darkness and fill it into one body and then disperse the rest like a filter, you can raise the level of darkness and control the after-effects by some extend. But your brother still had to take a dangerous ammount of Darkness beforehand. I am impressed that even a Higher Vampire could still be able to reason after that."
"I'm afraid my brother lacked reasoning way before that. And obviously, Specter might have done something so his body could had take that shot."
"Leaving this Raven person aside, this one named Specter is actually the scary one." Said Curupira. "He basically outdone the Dark Walkers in this aspect. He might have been the greatest genius that ever lived. It could pass a hundred...No. A thousand years and no one with a mind as brilliant as his would be born. It makes me feel relieved that a clever guy like that is dead now. As in the world is certainly better without him around."
An awkward silence filled the air while Curupira seemed to wait a response.
"...Lord Curupira." Said Evening. "I am aware that the actions of my brothers might have put the world you Immortals took a lot of work to rebuild it and I wish on their behalf. But you know what..." Evening stared at Curupira as he was laying on the floor with a killing intent on her eyes. "I don't care if you are one of the Six Great Immortals, I will not tolorate for you to badmouth my dead family. Do you understand?"
"...You did took the bait, but I'm still impressed by the answer." Curupira got up off the floor with a front flip. "Here I was expecting you to attack me and forcing me to show-off when I would defend myself, but oh well."
"Do you think I am crazy like my brother?"
"Not at all. At least not as crazy. I admit, you got moxie."
"...I love that woman so much that I would kill him just to put a smile on her face." Said Johnnathan.
"Y-Yeah...I think she probably wouldn't smile because of that." Said Titania.
"So when are we going to send the kid to the Underworld?" Asked Curupira.
"The Underworld?!" Shouted Evening.
"Oooooh! Riiiight. You see, the only way to prevent the transformation to stop for good is to have Death fix him."
"Why the hell would you expect Death to fix anything?!"
"The problem is that his soul is being corrupted by his own Darkness." Said Curupira. "And since Izanagi and the Shinto aren't around anymore, she is our best and only bet."
"B-But it's the Underworld! He can't go there is he is alive!"
"Actually there is a way." Titania pulled up a golden ticket that was written Free Pass on it. "This is called a Free Pass. With it you are able to have a two-way trip to the Underworld."
"Why do you have that in your possession?" Asked Johnnathan.
"I said we I was close with Lady Death, didn't I?"
"Ah, bloody hell. Fine. I am going to the world where you go when you die while not being dead. Anything else?"
"You must be curious about the Forest Key, right? Turns out I kinda had to lend over to her so...Since you want it so much, go get there."
"Alright then. So how do this works?"
"Uh..Excuse me a moment." Said Evening. "Can I talk with Johnnathan for just a moment...Alone."
"....Sure. Why not? I'll prepare the trip ahead." Said Titania. "Can you wait a moment too, Curi?"
"Fine. Suit yourself." Said Curupira who was sitting on the table resting his legs on it.
Shortly after Evening went with Johnnathan to outside the library.
"So, what's this all about?" Asked Johnnathan.
"I've been thinking...Maybe we should quit all of this?"
"You saying you want me to go crazy?"
"No! That's not it! I saying that...Maybe it's better if you become a vampire."
"H-Hold on a minute! Do you have a problem I am a Hybrid? As in...It would be better for you if I was one hundred percent Vampire?"
"That's not it either! I just don't see how Death can just cure you and do not ask anything else in exchange. What if you have to give half of your lifetime or soemthing?"
"What would she do with half of my life?"
"It's Death! It's what she does!"
"Look, I feel like you aren't trusting me enough."
"It's not that, it's....Sigh. Fine. Do what you want." Evening crosses her arms and faces to the right. "Sorry for so much needless worries about going to the underworld. Like it's no big deal."
"...Don't do this to me, will you?" Johnnathan carefully puts his hand on her cheek, and puts her eyes fixed on him. "You are gonna be the reason for me to go back from there."
"...Really?"
"That and the long dream I share with my brother."
Evening puts her hand over his and smiles. "Just...kiss me just one time before you go." She kisses Johnnathan and embraces him.
"Are you two done?" Said Jaci who scared them.
"Oh, bloody hell!" Said Johnnathan.
"Goodness! Can't you see we were in the middle of something?!" Said Evening.
"I don't particulary care." Said Jacira."Lord Curupira is getting bored and his will is far more important than your lustful thinkings."
"Really? He didn't seem to care."
"He may not look like that, but he is the kind to get annoyed by the slightest bothers. Believe me, you seen nothing yet."
"Sigh. Fine. Tell him I am going."
"Sure." Jacira then leaves.
"Welp. I better go. I'll be back as soon as possible."
"...Johnny."
"Yeah?"
"...I guess you are probably a ten as well."
"...Oh. So that's the feeling." Said Johnnathan who became flustered.
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