Monthly Bushiroad Short Novels: Cardfight!! Vanguard

2016 Issue | March: The Misfortune of Aneki the Vampire Princess

I'm "Nightrose", the exquisite beauty like a rose blooming in the night, and a (would-be) great pirate of the century who is scary enough to hush crying babies. Oh, I am also (one of) the captain(s) of "Granblue", the great pirate band that dominates all seas of Cray.

And you ask why I came to the land? I come here for treasure for sure... that's the job of a pirate! I got information that this city is rich, and the defense is weak. Hey, let me find a good place, and start working!

"What an easy job."

"Whom're you talking to, Aneki?" ("Aneki" literally translates to "Big Sis")

Here was "Dizir", a harbor city located in southern United Sanctuary.

"Call me captain! Don't think you could slip away when I'm in a good mood!"

Although the coastal city is located near Dark Zone, it has been rarely attacked by the Irregulars. The reason is still being investigated, and one theory concluded that is due to the multiple nearby big cities, making this city less attractive in the attackers' eyes.

"Columbard, you made the Princess angry! Catch a human to make up for that!"

And, among the many harbors of the Holy Nation, the city is famous for being the least raided harbor by the pirates. The reason is also simple. There are many small islands around the city---one needs to cross a narrow and complicated seaway to come here.

"'Princess' is also not acceptable! Lazy, how many times I need to say that?"

But here, there were outstanding pirates who managed to overcome the difficulties and broke through the seaway.

"I'm the Captain, the Captain! Fine?"

"Okay, Aneki."

"I'll keep that in mind, Princess."

"Annoying you are! You guys mean it!"

Outstanding, eh...

"That's not the same as the information said, Aneki."

"I'm the Captain... really. How is this 'weak defense'?"

"Better to call it alerted than weak."

As Nightrose and her party said, the soldiers guarding Dizir now were not common garrison troops, but knights from the capital. And from what they could see, there were over hundreds of knights---that was too much for security.

"Dang... I've been staying in this wretched barrel for a night! I'll be caught if I show up!"

"Princess, that's too rude. Hey, if it's necessary, Columbard will protect you until he's reduced to ashes."

"And you'll do nothing..."

"Nightmist you xxxx...filter the information, at least!"

Although she was swearing at the provider of the information, there's no way Nightmist, the Grandcaptain of Granblue, would provide a piece of false information. Until they departed, this city had been of "weak defense" as the information said.

"I'm gonna beat him up when I go back!"

"Better not do so. The crew of Seven Seas are all monsters who could singlehandedly fight a thousand..."

And this misunderstanding was the result of "coincidence" made by a certain man, but they couldn't tell at this moment.

The harbor at night---the curtains set around the temporary encampment were lit by lamps, and two shadows appeared on them. One of them was "Altmile", the knight praised as the mightiest knight of "Royal Paladin". He rushed to this city in a few days, and carried the security task. Another one was "Suleiman", the aide-de-camp of Altmile.