บท 426: Friend of a friend

JULY, 16 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS UNTIL THE STARSPAWN INVASION

Arca and Irmilla's wedding was a quiet and small affair that was a strange mix of the Church and vampire traditions. No one crashed it, and there were no drunken brawls afterward. Irmilla officially took the name Santangelo, and Arca became a part of the Red Moon Clan.

And the wedding went before any of the troubles that brewed in the world reared their ugly heads. The troubles waited politely until later. Three days later, to be exact.

By that point in time, the Prime Minister had gathered the first blood samples from the populace.

People weren't aware of it. For everyone, it was a method of testing made to prevent the latest plague from spreading. Plagues sprang to life here and there all the time, and most often, there were little even most mages could do, save for drinking restorative potions.