The vampire heiress is two-faced

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“Young Miss, I’ve only been in the Vampire Council for five short years. If we’re talking about introducing the Vampire Queen, perhaps Professor Torre is…”

"No, I want Coco to tell me."

"Um... alright. Although I'm not good at storytelling, I'll still briefly tell you about what I saw and heard about her in the council."

Chapter 22 Millennium

When Coco woke up in Mona Castle, the only people around her, besides the vampire doctors in black robes, were Yasin Torre.

He held the girl's hand tightly, his trembling hands unable to conceal his excitement.

"Child, we're so sorry...we're so sorry. Can...can you still speak?"

If Coco opens her mouth, she can still make sounds, organize her thoughts, and speak.

"My name is... Ruo Keke."

She didn't know why she was called that, but in her subconscious, it was an undeniable fact.

The blond man in front of the girl, whose temples were gray but whose face looked very young, gently bent down and stroked her hair.

“You said you couldn’t remember anything except this name. So from today onwards, you are one of us.”

"Forgetting...is not necessarily a bad thing. Let's just live carefree as vampires for now."

...

Under Tore's tutelage and training, the girl named Ruo Keke studied diligently and practiced assiduously. In just a few years, she gained the ability to protect herself and others.

She spent three peaceful and tranquil years in the castle.

To protect her, Torre trained her to be an excellent combat maid. Because as a mere servant, she had no need to be involved in the political struggles of the vampire elite.

Despite her exceptional skills, Torre, who doted on her, never allowed her to participate in any battle.

Ruo Keke, who also enjoys her work as a maid, is as docile as a trained hunting dog. Without orders from others, she would never make any demands or have any ideas that violate the duties of a maid.

But whenever Torre looked at her back, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Is this really the life she wants?

The girl had lived as a human for over a decade. Having completely lost her memory, she was "transformed" into someone else in just a few short years. From her body and mind to her memories, she became the excellent and outstanding maid, Ruoke.

Torre blamed himself.

If one day she regains her memories, perhaps the girl who has always held him in the highest esteem as her teacher and obeyed him obediently will then...

"...Ugh."

Torre sighed softly; he really didn't know how to cherish her.

One day later, Torre told Rokoko:

"Now, you are the Queen's personal maid."

...

The vampire queen has returned.

That day, she returned to Mona Castle with two inseparable confidants.

Although the vampire queen walked ahead of her two confidants, her petite stature was still undeniable.

Her silver hair flowed down to her knees, and she wore a gorgeous red and black dress.

The deep, cold gaze in his crimson eyes was enough to overwhelm the will of any vampire.

The vampire queen sat gently on the throne, which was kept impeccably clean by Ruo Keke every day.

Since she had ordered the council not to come to greet her, the only people in the throne room besides the three of them were Rokoko.

"See Her Majesty the Queen."

Coco's body trembled slightly, because being so close to the queen, no vampire could remain calm in her presence.

"..."

"Are you... sent by Yassin?"

"I, the Queen, have never seen you before."

Just as Coco was about to apologize to the Queen in great shock, the princess beside the Queen smiled at her.

"Hello, little maid."

"Don't be afraid, Her Majesty is very pleased. She needs a personal maid to serve her."

"Now that she's back in the castle, it's only natural that she should be provided with a new personal maid."

The princess glanced at the queen beside her and said to Ruo Keke with a smile, "Look, she agreed."

But what Ruoke dared not ask, nor dared she think about in detail, was...

Her Majesty the Queen's expression is often cold and aloof. How does Her Majesty the Princess know what she is thinking?

...

From then on, Coco's days of serving the Queen passed by uneventfully.

"Your Majesty? It's time for your meal."

If Coco found her in the Great Library, she was engrossed in reading a forbidden book that only she was allowed to access.

The vampire queen flicked her hand, and the book closed itself, flying back to its original position at the top of the bookshelf.

"Let's go, maid."

The vampire queen looked up at her, and Ruo Keke shuddered.

"Why are you so afraid?" the Queen asked softly.

"me--"

Ruo Keke avoided her gaze, but before she knew it, the Queen's will, following her icy gaze, invaded Ruo Keke's mind.

“Your Majesty…you seem too aloof, as if you want to keep strangers at bay…As your personal maid, I don’t know if my service has satisfied you, or if it has angered you…”

After Coco unconsciously uttered these very offensive words, she hurriedly covered her mouth.

She was sweating profusely, her head bowed, nervously clutching her skirt, awaiting Her Majesty the Queen's wrath.

Unexpectedly, the petite queen walked up to her and looked up at the maid who was half a head taller than her.

"Sorry, did I scare you?"

She changed her tone from cold and imposing to gentlely taking her hand and stroking the back of it.

“I can hear the voices of my vampire people, but you… cannot hear mine.”

"So you don't know that my posture is only deliberate. Only by being as cold as frost and as majestic as steel can I maintain my dignity before my people."

“I once refused to listen to the wishes of my people and used all my power as queen to stubbornly ensure the survival of my vampire people.”

The Queen sighed softly.

"But facts have proven that such a rule could not bring happiness to the vampire people."

"Although I am not the same as I used to be, the Queen's majesty must remain unchanged."

"This is... the attitude a king must have."

The silver-haired vampire queen took her hand and walked arrogantly and gracefully out of the library.

From that day on, Coco saw another side of the vampire queen.

...

In private moments when no one is around, if Coco helps her change clothes, bathe, and groom herself, the vampire queen will also chat with her in a friendly manner about many topics that she only vaguely understands.

Sometimes, when she encountered other princesses bathing at the same bathhouse, the princess would often smile and say:

"Your Majesty, you are actually very easy to talk to."

"Actually, the reason she insists on acting so cold and intimidating in public is because, given her height—"

Usually, in the next instant, Her Majesty the Princess would be kicked out by Her Majesty the Queen.

It was only at this moment, with Her Majesty the Queen's sudden and intense pressure, that Ruo Keke truly understood why the Vampire Queen was the Vampire Queen.

...

This period lasted for nearly two years.

That evening, Ruoke was changing the vampire queen's nightgown.

Since there were no mirrors in the Queen's dressing room, all her grooming and dressing was handled entirely by Coco without the Queen's interference.

Nevertheless, Coco's excellent dressing skills always earned her the Queen's praise.

"..."

"My maid."

The vampire queen's voice was only so melodious and slightly childlike in private.

"Eternity... is so close. But for weak humans, it is so far away."

The Queen gently stroked the silver hair hanging from her collarbone and pushed it aside.

"Fifteen hundred years... cannot leave a mark on this queen."

"Though I no longer yearn for what I have lost, when will the long night finally break?"

Coco said, completely bewildered, "Your Majesty, I don't understand what you mean."

The vampire queen lay in her usual dark coffin, looking at Ruo Keke with a slight smile.

"It's ok."

"I am just a little tired."

She held her ever-present teddy bear in her arms, and in her deep, bright red eyes, only the tenderness that should remain was.

"It's time to rest... Close the coffin lid for me, my maid."

"As usual."

...

The next day, Ruoke was awakened by the shouts and footsteps that rose and fell in the parliament.

Because the boundless will that protected the vampires has vanished into thin air.

After that day, Coco never saw the vampire queen again.

Chapter 23 Lots of doubts

"Without the Queen, what do we have left?"

A pessimistic member of parliament wept bitterly in despair.

“This time is different from five hundred years ago. We can’t find a single trace of her in this world.”

"It's as if she has already...already..."

Torre looked around at the council members who were on the verge of collapse, and slammed his fist on the table.

"You still have the nerve to mention the five hundred years since you lost her?"

His anger erupted.

“Five hundred years ago, even without her, you all maintained your connections and survived to this day, until her return and the reorganization of the council.”

"Five hundred years later, we briefly welcomed her back, only to lose her again. But what's wrong with you all this time? How could you be so pathetic?!"

"Are you all so helpless simply because she left without leaving any instructions or orders and disappeared completely this time?"

Torre produced a document.

“Let me tell you. In fact, she did leave a decree, but it was a succession bill that was written at my request and with Her Majesty’s permission at the very beginning of the establishment of Parliament a thousand years ago.”

　Torre slammed the document heavily on the conference table.

"As the chief speaker of you lot for a thousand years..."

"I command all of you here today to immediately, according to this law that was established a thousand years ago, find a suitable candidate to inherit the throne!"

"And...use all our financial, material, and human resources...to find our queen."