Companionship

"How did you end up here? Did you get separated from the caravan?"

Just as Lilith was pondering how to change the subject, Esdeath asked her two more questions.

"Caravan?"

Lilith's eyes were blank. How did this turn into a caravan?

Lilith blinked for two seconds before snapping back to reality. "I... I don't know."

It seemed Esdeath had mistaken her for someone lost from a caravan again.

But then again, would caravans even come to this godforsaken place?

As it turned out, caravans did indeed come to this godforsaken place.

Originally, there was a tribe that made a living hunting Dangerous Species.

The materials from those Dangerous Species were very valuable, especially those that only lived in this region.

The immense profit made some caravans come, even though they knew the snowfield was incredibly dangerous.

Although the tribe was almost wiped out several years ago, leaving only the chieftain's daughter, that daughter was a very powerful hunter. She alone had killed quite a few Dangerous Species, enough to make the caravans risk the journey.

Esdeath's daily necessities were also obtained from those caravans.

"You don't know? Are you suffering from amnesia?"

"..."

Faced with Esdeath's question, Lilith could only remain silent.

While amnesia could explain her almost complete ignorance of this world, there were still many things it couldn't account for.

Like her unusual physique...

In any case, silence was golden.

"It seems you don't want to talk about it, so forget it."

"I'm planning to leave the snowfield soon. After all, I've eaten almost all the Dangerous Species around here. Do you want to come with me?"

Lilith fell silent. Although she knew Esdeath would leave the snowfield and join the army, she hadn't expected this to be her reason for leaving.

"...If you don't mind."

No matter the reason, being able to leave the snowfield was for the best.

After all, she didn't want to live in the ice and snow forever.

"That's wonderful! I've always lived alone, and I don't have any siblings. I've always wanted a little sister."

"..."

Lilith didn't reply.

She wasn't stupid. If she couldn't understand such an obvious statement, she could just go along with Esdeath's words and acknowledge the strongest person in this world as her adopted sister.

However, she hesitated.

While Esdeath's appearance was outstanding, that was all there was to it.

Not to mention the absence of the Great Dragon, but even now, no one could surpass her in terms of appearance.

Lilith was that confident in her looks.

Therefore, Esdeath's outstanding appearance didn't add much to Lilith's favor.

Thinking back to Esdeath's bloodthirsty demeanor after joining the army...

It wasn't exactly disgust, as she wasn't in a position to judge others.

Besides, Esdeath wasn't the type to kill innocent people indiscriminately.

In this corrupt empire, among the countless perverts, Esdeath was one of the more normal ones.

She simply didn't want to be a "little sister"!

Although she looked young, her actual age was old enough to be Esdeath's brother... or rather, older sister.

But considering her current physique, saying that would be completely unbelievable, so it was better not to say anything.

Seeing Lilith's silence, a flicker of disappointment crossed Esdeath's eyes.

She actually wanted to keep Lilith by her side.

But she wasn't as domineering yet and hadn't thought of forcing Lilith to stay.

"So, after leaving the snowfield, have you thought about where you want to go, Lilith?"

This question genuinely stumped Lilith.

Her eyes held a hint of confusion.

Since she had just arrived in this world, the entire world was incredibly unfamiliar to her. She had no idea where she should go.

She was utterly certain of one thing: this snowfield was no place for a person to stay. She absolutely had to leave!

"Is that so? Since you have nowhere to go, why don't you come with me? Two people make better company."

As if sensing Lilith's confusion, Esdeath quickly asked.

Her voice unconsciously grew louder, and her body moved closer to Lilith.

"This... Alright then, please take care of me from now on."

Lilith considered it, realizing there seemed to be no downside to staying by Esdeath's side.

Esdeath's strength would eventually reach the ceiling of this world. Staying by her side would be very beneficial for her own strength's growth.

After all, having a powerful master to guide her was much better than fumbling around alone, especially when that person was the strongest in the world!

As for joining the army later and abetting the Empire's evil deeds?

To be honest, Lilith didn't have much attachment to this world.

Perhaps she knew about the many tragedies in this world from watching anime, but she only knew about them through anime, and it was censored.

She felt no empathy whatsoever for the tragedies of this world.

As for joining the rebel army to overthrow the Empire?

Sorry, she had never considered it.

Besides, in her opinion, the rebel army wasn't exactly good people either.

Perhaps the rebel army's initial objective was simply a group of people who couldn't survive and wanted to revolt to get some food to live.

But as time went on, the rebel army had long since become corrupted.

Some people saw hope in the rebel army to defeat the Empire and wanted to use the rebel army as a vanguard while they reaped the rewards from behind.

Otherwise, where would a mere group of farmers get weapons to fight the Imperial army, and that precious Imperial Arms?

It wasn't sponsored by certain people.

Those people claimed they couldn't stand the Empire's atrocities, but how much truth was in those words?

Regardless, joining the army with Esdeath was indeed a good way to temper herself.

Moreover, with the immortality of a vampire, she didn't have to worry about being inexplicably hit by a stray arrow from who-knows-where on the battlefield and dying in frustration.

However, the matter of joining the army was probably a long way off. She was still in the snowfield now, so she wouldn't think about it too much.

"Please take care of me."

Esdeath clasped the hand Lilith extended, looking very happy.

"Oh, right. I almost forgot."

Plop~

Seeing that the water was about to boil, Esdeath picked up the wooden basin containing the meat and put all the raw meat into the iron pot.

Then she started boiling it.

Looking at the raw meat going into the pot, Lilith suddenly wondered if she could eat normal food.

Would she vomit if she ate normal food, like in the movies?

That was a question.

Lilith fell into thought.

However, at this moment, Lilith forgot that vomiting after eating normal food was a characteristic of certain ghouls, not something related to vampires.