Capítulo 1655: Chapter 870: Vengeance and Grudges (2)
In fact, Evelette hadn’t completely lost consciousness just now. While she was reviewing the mories sent into her mind by that Fortune Teller miss, she could still vaguely sense the situation outside.
Because of this, she also noticed that this Vampire subordinate, when trying to activate their ace and flee, actually wanted to take her along.
Although that ace ultimately seed to have failed, regardless, at such a critical mont, they didn’t abandon her but instead tried to pull her along. This was already quite humane and completely lived up to their earlier hurried agreent to mutually assist each other.
It was precisely because of this that Evelette struggled to awaken from her loss of control, sparing this noble-born Vampire Clan Witch.
She didn’t want to owe anyone anything.
Otherwise, just the fact that she was a Vampire Clan Witch would have been enough for her to snap her neck and scatter her ashes.
As for investigations or whatnot?
Heh, who would believe the crap those Vampiric Elders spew?
However, the young miss of the Vampire Clan Witch before her had already proved with her actions that she was indeed a person of her word, and with her status, if she were willing to help, it would indeed be faster to find out the culprits from back then and then complete the revenge.
“Of course, I swear by the honor of the Vanzo Family,”
Lucia swore again without hesitation.
She also wanted to know more details about the captain’s question, as it would be an important reference for her to judge whether that strange Fortune Teller’s words were reliable or not.
“Alright then.”
Hearing the envoy swear directly and succinctly, Evelette paused in silence before speaking.
“I am a war orphan, having grown up in an orphanage. My mothers were veteran Night Watchers who participated in the call of the grand expedition a hundred years ago….”
The Fla Demon Witch slowly began to tell her story.
There wasn’t much to say, just a fairly cliché story.
It was simply the story of her two mothers who, as Night Watcher veterans, responded to the call of the Vampire Clan Witch, leaving their barely newborn child to go to the battlefield and never returning.
This situation is all too common, you could even say that Night City is full of such war orphans.
After all, war always demands lives. The grand expedition of the witches was filled with the flesh and blood of countless witches. Although witches are much stronger than mortals, they are still the weakest among the Golden Calamity Race, and if you don’t count the Twin Kings, they even struggle against so powerful Silver Species.
And although the Underworld System gave witches a chance for resurrection, the high resurrection fee also ensured it could never be widely implented.
Therefore, most ordinary witches still go to the battlefield to fight for a future with their lives.
This is a gamble, and in gambling, naturally, there are both wins and losses, and one even loses more than wins.
Clearly, Evelette’s mothers were unlucky gamblers who lost.
But…
“I originally thought my mothers just died in battle, after all, even if they were both powerful Fla Demon Witches, there’s never truly anything unbeatable on the battlefield. They must have just gotten caught in the thrill of battle and then unfortunately got unlucky, but later on, when I was organizing my mothers’ belongings, I found a problem.”
“Clearly, my mothers had written in their journals that they would never take on such high-risk rear guard tasks, but ironically, they died in just such a task, and that Vampire Clan Compensation Officer even told the task was one they voluntarily accepted, ha…..”
The Fla Demon Witch’s voice grew sowhat low.
And Lucia fell silent once more.
By this point, she had already understood the general truth of the situation, given that such things have not been uncommon in the Night Watcher Battalion over the years.
To put it bluntly, the captain’s two mothers were simply sacrificed.
Everyone knows the battlefield is dangerous, but the degree of that danger can actually be further subdivided into different levels.
For example, the danger of a Vanguard Officer fighting on the front lines and the cooks and servants in the army in the back kitchen are obviously not of the sa level, so there is naturally a lot that goes into who gets which position.
Of course, given the nature of the Witch War Race, most people are not against becoming a soldier like a Vanguard Officer, after all, the greater the danger, the bigger the opportunity, and although such roles can easily lead to a violent death, they do offer a real chance for rit.
Normally, with the temperant of the two Fla Demon Witches, they’d definitely tackle whatever was the most difficult and dangerous task.
But these were two Fla Demon Witch mothers who had just had a cub, so it wasn’t a normal situation, and they only ca to the battlefield to earn so milk money for their kids, so they naturally wouldn’t take on high-risk tasks.
Although earning milk money on a battlefield is quite ridiculous, it’s quite normalized in Night City, given that the reputation of Demon Witches is poor, so it’s even harder to find other jobs. Most Demon Witches sustain themselves by being hired guns on the battlefield.
The Night Watcher Battalion, rather than being a battalion of Vampire Clan Witches, is more accurately a rcenary army of Demon Witches organized by Vampire Clan Witches, with the Thirteen Vampire Clan Families acting more like interdiaries.
Yes, it’s called warfare, but it’s business too. Other Demon Witches have always been laborers in the hands of Vampire Clan Witches.
And two Fla Demon Witches are hot commodities that can fetch a good price.
What? You say you don’t want to take on high-risk tasks?
Sorry, but military orders are absolute on the battlefield, and this really is out of your hands.
In short, there’s too much room for manipulation here.
Although Lucia has always been internal to the family and rarely managed things, during her brief ti now in charge, she has already heard quite a bit about such cases, highlighting how serious the situation of abusing power and the Vampire Clan Witch oppressing other Demon Witches is.
And alignnts matter, as Lucia, being a Vampire Clan Witch, naturally can’t offend her kindred for so Demon Witches she doesn’t even know.
It’s not impossible, just simply not worth it, and there’s no need for it.
But now, looking at the fury in the captain’s eyes, the young miss of the Vampire Clan Witch suddenly felt a pang of fear.
She realized the problems of the Thirteen Vampire Clan Families extend beyond just bloodline issues, other issues demand urgent attention too.
“All these years as I joined the Night Watcher Battalion, it was always to find out the truth behind my mothers’ task back then, but all these years later, I hadn’t found anything useful, yet just now, that Fortune Teller miss directly told the truth from back then.”
“Urica Voz, Lucia, do you know this na?”
Evelette’s low voice spoke again, uttering a na.
At this, the young miss of the Vampire Clan Witch froze a bit, then nodded.
“Yes, one of the three Marquis of the Voz family, titled Lady Blood Snake, a greedy old soul.”
Lucia thought for a mont, then shared what she knew.
“I see, unexpectedly, it’s even a Marquis, hehe.”
Upon hearing the envoy’s answer, the Fla Demon Witch laughed, a bright laughter.
“Alright, let’s talk about future matters after we’ve left this circus, after all, now that I finally know who my enemy is, I don’t want to forget it all monts after exiting.”
Evelette composed herself and spoke.
Despite the intensifying blaze of anger within her wanting to rush to the Thirteen Vampire Clan Families and incinerate that so-called Lady Blood Snake to a crisp, she, after all, was a patient Fla Demon Witch, so for the ti being, she let the inner fla burn a little while longer.
“So Captain, where shall we go next?”
Lucia only then rembered that this circus could cause amnesia, and she couldn’t afford to forget the prophecy from that Fortune Teller about the Vampire Clan’s future.
She had no choice but to look towards the captain, awaiting her decision.
“To the most dangerous Magic House.”
The Fla Demon Witch made up her mind, biting her lip as she spoke.
….. Dorothy and others in the middle of…..
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