The Unassailable Has Said It Many Times: Bearfolk Are Never Slaves-Unless They Get Room and Board!

The monster that had plagued the ancient town of Transylvania for centuries, the terrifying vampire who had poisoned and claimed countless lives—the Earl Dracula—had finally been destroyed!

It was what the people who lived here had always longed for but never thought they could have. So, three days after they learned that the vampire hunters who had traveled from afar had truly succeeded in killing the Earl, and after the wounds of their lady lord, Anna Villerius, were no longer serious enough to keep her from giving the order, the people of this wretched old town finally held a massive celebration that sent the whole town into a frenzy.

People sang and danced in their homes, freely enjoying the meat, bread, cheese, fruit, and all kinds of wine that Lady Anna Villerius had provided without charge. They celebrated to their hearts' content amid the still somewhat ruined remains of the old town, where the vampires had been slain.

Though many townsfolk had perished in the eerie, terrifying blood mist and the aftershocks of the battle when the vampires attacked three days ago, and though the monsters around the old town of Transylvania—those werewolves, Inferi, and one vampire bride—had not yet been completely wiped out, what remained was no longer a particularly serious threat compared to the dreadful Earl Dracula. Clearly, none of that could stop the people from celebrating now.

"..."

However, as the lord of this town, with bandages still wrapped around her shoulder and her wounds not yet healed, Anna Villerius had not joined the townsfolk's revelry. She could only walk without difficulty. Standing on the steps of her slightly damaged family castle, she silently watched the hard-won scene before her.

Though they had paid a terrible price, with many townsfolk dying to the vampires' wicked spells, the