Army of the Damned

VOLUME 9 Chapter 5

"Huh, more information for me. Though I don't know if I'll ever do it with a Dragon again except for her. That stamina is just on a whole other world, My Lord."

"Well, will you look at that? I never thought you'd shy away from something like that."

"I guess it's because I've been satisfied... hmph." Elizabeth then smiles and looks at the General's eyes. "Yeah, I guess I am. I only need one man anyways, and you are more than enough." The man then picks up the teacup he had bought with him and takes a sip.

"I still find it surprising that you only want one man. I always thought for a Vampire, they'd never get satisfied like that."

"My Lord, both of our species share very similar bodies. The dynamic would also remain mostly the same between male and females. I also only prefer having one man, I know how much you love being the focus of all our love."

"Hell yeah I do." The General looks at the Queen, in her usual elegant and dignified self. In her frilly royal purple gown, beautiful and with the pint of danger as always. "So this is what it's like."

"Hm?"

"To live the high life as they say. I'm... very lucky to say the least."

"Ahahahaha, yes. This is actually a common sight amongst the Nobility, My Lord. With this experience, you should be able to level with them from now on."

"Really?"

"Hm, except for a few that truly love each other, My Lord. Most marriages aren't really for love unless they've been given the choice."

"Why though? You're all immortal so why have this very human thing of marriage not for love when you have all the time in the world?"

"Business, My Lord. The Countess is also guilty of this, at her age. She should be married to one of the Counts or even Baron. This could propel their name to the upper echelons of wealth and power. Yet she hasn't and now, you can see the men are chasing her and she on the other hand, not really rejecting them outright."

"As she knows when it comes down to it... marrying one of them will make the Minuit's richer than anyone else?"

"And powerful. The Dreyfuses weren't even a House at my time. They were a Minor family till I guess one of their Son or Daughter got married off as a gift or token to a more powerful family and soon, they got big enough to have and establish their own House with numerous families under it."

"Wow... yeah. I kinda never saw that side of things as she's always been busy doing her own thing, I guess I should give Alana more respect for choosing a human out of everyone."

"It is love after all, she just chose the best one for her, My Lord."

"Hm." The General then stopped drinking from the teacup and just stared down at it. Though smiling, he had a somber aura coming from his stare as both his hands held the small ceramic cup. Taking in its warmth.

"I never knew you drank tea, My Lord."

"Oh this?" He tilts the cup to her, showing it's just full of normal hot water.

"Ah, well would you like some?"

"Sure, I'll try it out. Something hotter would be nice. Agh, my back."

The two sat down and enjoyed the peace for a moment with the General nodding upon tasting the tea while he cracked his back, sighing heavily with his body deflating a bit. He then starts setting up the pieces of the chessboard.

"My Lord, are you ready to return to the Castle?"

"I am. Just wanna take advantage of this last day of break. I feel so relaxed... Just look at how well groomed those hedgehogs are and the Sun all high and mighty with everything coated in white. What do you think? Do we have this in the bag?"