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43.6% The Eminence of a True Monarch of the Shadows / Chapter 115: Chapter 114

Chapter 115: Chapter 114

[Third Person's PoV]

As the sun started going down, Claire let out a sigh. "I'll have to go meet up with the knights who are assigned to take care of this mess in a bit."

Cid just looked at her with a raised brow as they continued walking around aimlessly. "Ah, that's right... you're in their ranks, keeping an eye on them. Have you discovered anything?"

"Nothing so far. And for appearance's sake, I have to go and be involved in the strategy meeting being held in a few minutes, though it's going to be boring." Claire then started ruffling her hair.

"The thing is, they don't even seem to care about what's happening with this town. They sent a ragtag group here. I even had to volunteer to participate since it sounded cool and serious at the same time."

Cid just started patting her head to get her to calm down and smile towards her, "I hope you enjoy yourself"

"You sly bastard, I know you well enough to know that was malicious. I just said it was going to be boring!" She growled, while Cid just smirked.

Claire let out a sigh before grabbing his hand and pulling him away. "You know what, getting angry with you isn't going to solve anything."

Claire looked around for a few seconds before pulling Cid into an alleyway and jumped on top of him while wrapping her legs around his waist and grabbing his face. "Since I'm going to be in such a boring meeting, give me some memories to entertain myself in there."

Cid and Claire then began to make out passionately for a few minutes before she jumped out of his embrace and skipped along to her destination.

Meanwhile, Cid shook his head while wiping his lip with his thumb. His eyes turned into dragon slits as he looked up towards the darkening sky. 'The moon's slowly turning red. The magic still isn't acting up. It's moving weirdly but not to the point of creating ghouls. There's only an hour left.'

Cid leaned against the alley wall with a hand in his pocket and began to ponder. 'I can completely stop it from happening. I can completely control the magic and stop it from turning the people into ghouls and completely stop the death of these people, but I don't want to. I deem the revival of Elisabeth more entertaining.

But it doesn't really matter since I can just revive everyone again... I have to accept it. I don't know why I'm turning it away. My perspective was going to change one way or another. I'm already starting to see people as nothing more than things I can play with play with if I deem fit. And that's something I will have to accept the stronger I grow.'

"Now onto the other matter," Cid sighed as he ran his fingers through his hair before ruffling it nervously. 'That connection that's growing, there's no denying it. That's a whole fucking baby growing inside someone, and I'm the father.'

Cid then looked down and put a hand on his face, covering his mouth. 'I'm going to be a father... compared to when I would use my powers, this feels different. It feels much more intimate... more special.'

'Am I seriously growing anxious about being a father?'

Cid forcefully calmed himself down and let out a sigh. "Igris, Beru."

"My liege..." they both said as they knelt down towards him. "Protect my body for a moment."

They both grew confused until they saw Cid's eyes grow purple before softly starting to close.

Cid focused his entire attention on the growing connection that was linked with him before sending his consciousness through it.

When Cid reopened his eyes, he was in a completely white space that seemed to expand infinitely with nothing around for miles.

With a sigh, Cid just started walking. After a few hours of leisurely walking, Cid saw a floating clear orb in the middle of nowhere with a curled-up baby inside, breathing and sleeping peacefully.

Cid didn't say anything and continued walking towards it without an expression on his face.

As he arrived in front of it, he didn't say anything and just continued looking at it. He carefully stretched both his hands out towards the Orb, which was the size of a beach ball.

He continued to gaze at the little life growing inside the orb until he felt something rolling down his cheek.

"She's beautiful…" Cid softly muttered before pressing his forehead against the orb for a few minutes.

"And it looks like your soul is growing strong, little one. As expected of my daughter, I can already feel it. You're going to grow strong. Ah, and it looks like it won't be long until you are born… it's a good thing you're sleeping. Imagine the first thing you see is your cool and handsome dad with a tear rolling down his cheek; that definitely wouldn't be a good first expression."

Looking at the orb, the reality of the situation started to become apparent to Cid. He has a child on the way. He's going to be a father, which was something he definitely wasn't expecting.

"I'll see you in the real world soon enough. I better get going… I haven't thought of a name as of yet."

Cid then released the orb, which still floated in the empty space, and started to squat down with an arm resting leisurely on his knee and a hand on that arm's bicep, while tilting his head to the side with a smile, admiring his creation.

'I honestly don't even know how to feel. I'm happy, worried, proud, anxious, excited, and fearful… so many conflicting emotions all swirling inside of me. Is this what fatherhood is?'

While smiling towards the sleeping baby, Cid's eyes grew purple before slowly starting to close. When he reopened them, he was still leaning against the alleyway, but to his side then laid a tiny mountain of bodies.

"What happened, and for how long have I been out?" Cid asked before noticing the magic around the area had turned chaotic.

'I see an hour has already passed,' Cid thought before Beru confirmed it.

"An hour has passed since my liege went into slumber, and those fools at first tried to take advantage over my liege's rest and take your possessions, so I disposed of them," Beru then looked at Cid with expectant eyes, wanting to be praised.

Cid just smiled amusingly about Beru's expression and petted his head, causing him to glow with pride before continuing with his reports.

"Upon the rising of the red moon, they turned frenzied and tried to attack my liege, so I disposed of them as well."

Cid just shook his head, still amused while patting Beru's head. "Good work. You may return to my shadow."

Beru and Igris bowed, accepting their liege's decree, and went into his shadow.

A ghoul then appeared and jumped towards Cid, ready to kill him, but before it had the chance, a woman with red hair jumped from the skies and impaled the ghoul in the head to kill it.

"What are you doing, young man!? Hurry up and leave, this is bad. The 'Red Moon' has risen. The rampage will begin," the woman announced.

Although already knowing who she was, Cid asked, "And who are you?"

"I am the oldest vampire hunter, Mary. The one who has been hunting the 'Queen of blood" Mary, the one who dropped down from the skies responded.

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A/N: Made a new fic please check it out

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Chapter 116: Chapter 115

[Third Person's PoV]

Cid watched with an amused expression as Mary made sure he was alright before jumping back into fighting the ghouls and zombies.

He leaped towards the top of one of the buildings before donning his Shadow outfit. Slowly, he made his way towards the Crimson Tower, rendering some of the ghouls and zombies unconscious instead of killing them, knowing they would likely revive.

As he passed through a red-light district, he heard the sound of a woman screaming from one of the buildings.

Shadow disappeared and reappeared inside the room, where a fat, unclothed zombified man leapt towards an unclothed woman bearing marks of abuse. Shadow's slime suit covered his hands as it turned sharp, forming a sword. With a swing of his arm, Shadow decapitated the man without hesitation.

'And here I was hoping to keep my hands clean of blood for a bit until my daughter is born'

"W-Who are you?" she asked before a catwoman beastman appeared with worry.

"Marie! Are you okay?"

"The name is Shadow," he replied, answering Marie's earlier inquiry, and he healed her with a wave of his arm, taking them by surprise.

"It's dangerous to stay here. If you want to survive, then run away," Shadow advised before disappearing once again.

They heard the sound of metal hitting the ground. Where Shadow once stood, they found a small leather brown bag with a few golden coins sticking out the top.

'Shadow,' Marie reiterated, promising herself to remember that.

As Shadow reappeared outside, Claire emerged from the shadows to his side. Immediately, Shadow gave her his orders, "I have a mission for you, Adelphi."

Hearing him call her by her Shadow Garden name, Claire's outfit changed to that of what everyone from Shadow usually wears, with an eye mask and her hair tied into a ponytail. Her usual relaxed and teasing expression was gone, replaced by a serious look as she awaited his instructions.

"I need you to go and find the vampire hunter known as Mary. She is currently in this town. Bring her towards the Crimson Tower. Beware, as she's a vampire herself, but she is one of the good ones," Shadow explained.

Claire, taught by Alpha, knew not to question Cid when he was in his Shadow persona. She nodded silently, keeping her curiosity in check, before surrounding herself in lightning. She turned into a blur as she jumped and ran from building to building in pursuit of Mary.

Meanwhile, Shadow walked towards the Crimson Tower with steady steps.

"So, are you the one known as 'Mary the Vampire Hunter'?" Adelphi asked, appearing on top of a building with a graceful pose, her hand resting leisurely on her sword handle as she looked down at Mary.

Mary, surrounded by ghouls and zombie corpses, looked at Claire suspiciously. "And if I am? What would you like to do with that information?"

Adelphi nodded. "I have been given the task of guiding you towards the Crimson Tower."

Mary drew her sword and pointed it towards Adelphi, her expression serious. "Were those orders given to you by Crimson?"

Mary's eyes widened in shock as she felt Claire's sword pressing against her neck and another one against her back, right towards her chest.

'I didn't even see her move! What is that speed!' Mary thought with worry.

Adelphi scoffed. "I follow no such man. If I wanted you dead, you would have already been disposed of without your knowing. I serve a different master. He told me to guide you, mentioning that you are a vampire, but one of the good kind."

"The good kind, huh? I don't think I've ever heard someone refer to me as such in a long time," Mary said, surprised to see no animosity or hostility in Adelphi's eyes.

Adelphi backed away, seeing no need to threaten Mary any further.

"Do you know why your master wants you to guide me towards the Tower?" Mary inquired, still feeling suspicious.

"It's not my job to know. It's my job to follow orders and do as I'm told."

'She mentioned her master calling me one of the good ones, and she doesn't seem to bear any hostility. She wants to guide me to the place I was going to go anyways… might as well have all the help I can get. After all, she's strong, so she wouldn't be a burden,' Mary thought as she nodded.

"Very well, I'll follow along. The Crimson Tower was my destination all along."

As they ran towards the Crimson Tower, Mary asked, "Tell me, what do you truly know about me?"

Adelphi raised three fingers. "Three things: your name is Mary, you're a vampire hunter, and you are a vampire yourself."

'She doesn't know anything else, does she?' Mary inwardly sighed.

"Do you at least know about the current predicaments?" Mary asked with an awkward expression.

"All I know is that this is caused by the blood moon," Adelphi said with a serious expression.

Mary outwardly sighed before explaining, "Since we're about to enter the tower together, I might as well start informing you. This is all a ploy for the revival of our queen Elisabeth. They're using this chance to gather human sacrifices to nourish her revival."

Mary then transitioned into telling Claire her backstory and how everything else came to be…

Meanwhile, Shadow saw members of the Spellsword Association having difficulty against the ghouls. Upon closer inspection, he realized that they weren't just ghouls—they were literal vampires. Without hesitation, he called one of his shadows.

"Tusk, take care of them," Shadow calmly called out.

Tusk appeared, holding his red orb with a wicked grin. He conjured 'Hymn of Protection,' creating a barrier around the Spellsword Association, which took them by surprise. Their surprise grew upon seeing Tusk walking behind Shadow as he walked past them.

Tusk then used 'Hymn of the Blazing Fire,' conjuring a wave of fireballs that flew towards the vampires, causing them to scream out in complete agony as they turned to dust.

As Shadow walked ahead, he slowly said, "Arise," which brought forth the vampires as shadowy beings who sunk into the ground before each joining Shadow's shadows.

And with that, he disappeared from their view alongside Tusk, causing the barrier that was protecting them to disappear as well.

Leaving all of them with their mouths hanging wide open in shock, one of them stuttered, "W-Who was even that?"

"I-I think that's Shadow… the one that attacked the God of War Festival, the one that almost killed every single person in the city," the leader of their ragtag group informed them.

After Tusk was done, he sunk back onto Shadow, who continued making his way towards the tower.

As he approached, he saw two different people fighting with their weapons out. One was a nine-tailed fox with snow-white hair and blue markings on the tips of her tail, wielding a metal fan as a weapon—Yukime. The other was a tall, tanned skin man with dreadlocks wielding a heavy sword—Juggernaut.

Shadow appeared in between them as they both swung their weapons towards each other, stopping them both with just a finger.

Shadow turned towards Yukime and smiled. "It's been a while… you sure have grown."

Yukime's eyes widened as she remembered the man who saved her life and helped bury his mother.

"Azrael…" Yukime muttered, her eyes widening in surprise and excitement at finally meeting her savior.

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A/N: does someone want to name the baby and send images of how they image how she will look like. And also what type of powers she would develop and become the Monarch of?


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