As the long night neared its dawn, Count Leon, who was overseeing the situation at the Pioneer Fortress, received a special guest.
To everyone's surprise, this guest had crossed the now exceedingly dangerous "Land of Eternal Night" alone and arrived at the Pioneer Fortress almost completely unharmed. That alone was enough to make the soldiers defending the fortress against the night and the monsters pouring out of it feel the guest's "air of a strong fighter."
When Count Leon, dressed in full armor and looking weary from a middle-aged man's sleepless night, arrived at the reception room, he found Miss Dorothy—the "ace agent" of the Shadow Intelligence Bureau and leader of the Blood Rat Gang—sitting at the table, clutching a plate and wolfing down her food.
Her ravenous manner made the count frown.
It wasn't that he objected to such an exaggerated way of eating. Rather, over the past while, he had often witnessed scenes of someone eating as though they wanted to swallow the entire table in one bite.
From this, the count concluded that the slender vampire before him, like his son, was a peculiar "symbiont."
"Your Excellency, I've brought the latest news from Scarlet Castle."
Seeing Count Leon, Dorothy pulled out a handkerchief and quickly wiped her mouth. Then, with great formality, she took a psychic-sealed letter from her breast and handed it to him.
She explained:
"Because this matter is so important, it had to be delivered in person. Governor Mirian called it a 'gift' for a friend. She's certain this letter will put all your concerns to rest.
"There's another piece of news. Your son, Brigadier General Fraser, has arrived in Transia and has re-equipped at the Maginot Line. He and the Blackflame mercenaries under his command will head to East Prussia as quickly as