Knock, knock!
A knock sounded at the door.
Seated in his office chair, Luo Shu looked up and said:
"Come in."
As soon as he spoke, Yukinoshita Yukino led a woman in a plain white kimono into the room.
Luo Shu remained in his seat, sizing up the visitor.
She was tall, standing half a head above the 162-centimeter-tall Yukinoshita Yukino, and her features were even colder and more aristocratic than the young Yukino's.
If Yukinoshita Yukino's coldness was the cool air of winter drawing to a close, before early spring, holding a hint of life, then this woman's was probably the chill of autumn already gone, with bitter winter approaching.
Shizuka Hiou.
The last member of the Hiou family, one of the Pureblood Vampire families.
In terms of status, the so-called Pureblood Vampires were the destined rulers of the Vampire race.
All noble Vampires and ordinary Vampires were descendants created by the Purebloods sharing out their power.
But according to the information Him had delivered to Luo Shu's desk, Vampires were now governed by the Senate, a group of nobles, and the one in charge was Ichijō Matoi, known as "Ichiō."
And the woman before him was currently being hunted on Ichijō Matoi's orders.
Pieces of intelligence flashed through Luo Shu's mind. Once Shizuka Hiou had fully entered the room, and while Yukinoshita Yukino prepared tea beside them, he stood and said:
"I thought Miss Hiou would choose a more comfortable hour of the night to meet me."
Shizuka Hiou raised her head slightly to glance at Luo Shu, then said:
"What is your objective?"
"Hmm?" Hearing her get straight to the point, Luo Shu raised his eyebrows slightly.
He glanced at Shizuka Hiou, then walked toward the sofas in front of his desk, saying as he went:
"Let's