Rose still wasn't in the opera. Urd was concerned that she may have run away after all that happened.

He was strangely affected by emotions again, he really didn't like that.
"Urd, you already arrived?" a voice came from the entrance. He immediately turned to her in relief. "Rose... Where were you?" he wanted to know. {Better not to tell him that I talked to Ferid.}
"Somewhere to erase our problems," she answered calmly. "Erase our problems?"

"The sect? Have you forgotten that multiple of your subordinates, including Ky, are going to die otherwise?" she reminded.
"Yeah of course... but you make it sounds so easy, is it though?" she couldn't help but laugh, surprisingly to him.
"I never heard that kind of dialect out of your mouth. It's soo awkward if you speak in a modern style." he didn't understand why this was so funny for her but seeing her smile, made his heart feel warm.
"Rose... So how are we going to handle the situation?"

"We are not going to attack them blindly. I am going to capture some of them and bring them here. Then, we get their blood and torture... ask them where the headquarters are." she explained, "but I need your help..."

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She instructed the vampires, who thanks to Urd obeyed her orders, to move the captured Werebeasts to the blood machines that were originally made for the humans.
This large room made her remember all the times her family would stay strong in this messed up world. She wondered what her remaining family members were up to. Did they found the right person? Were they accepted? Were they unhurt? The thoughts in her mind kept swirling without a halt.

Rose was awakened from her thoughts when she heard a loud voice "Ewww disgusting!!" she knew immediately that Ky who wanted the first antidote, had tried the blood.
She knew as well that this blood tastes like literal crap, she hid that fact knowingly.

Urd faced Rose who held a hand over her mouth. She knew exactly what Ky just tasted. You could see it clearly in her disgusted expression.

"So, why did you tasted it? You won't die from the poison if they had bitten you right?" Urd bluntly asked. {Ah, bad memories incoming}
"Well out of curiosity I guess... It was a bad decision... I regret it..." she replied slightly trembling.
He definitely could see that, having Luc as a living example.
After everyone was treated, Rose wanted to discuss how to continue.

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"I think that we shouldn't go all out. They should have realized by now that some soldiers are missing. If an organization is destroyed in one hit it will revive again and again. I saw it too many times in the past. You need to find the root and burn it down until only ash remains. " she declared to the small council of vampires. She didn't like the majority of vampires at all but to get a easy lift to Japan she had to help here.
They started discussing the matter but mostly with the subtopic who Rose was, which made her really annoyed.

Without a word she stood up and left the room. "Damn those shitty nobles. Can't they look straight? Thinking they can overpower them with pure force. Such fools..." she wandered to Urds room since she had no other place to go. She opened the door and sat down on the couch.

She felt lonely without her family. She wanted something that no one could give her here. {But maybe he could...} "Hah, well then... Come!"
A glowing pentagram ⛧ appeared on the ground and once again her loyal familiar was summoned.

Love brings many things. Sometimes even Pain.

-Chapter 19 END-

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