“Have we met before?” Rias asked Angelica.
“I… don’t think so.” Angelica shook her head. “I don’t have any memories of who or what I was before dying.”
“Then do you remember your—”
“Rias.” Rudy placed his hand around Rias’ shoulder and said, “How about we finish what we were talking about first?”
“…okay.”
“You have been to the human world before, so you are familiar with things such as smartphones, the internet, and general directions, laws, and regulations of this world. I want you to teach all that to the rest of the gang.
And, of course, feel free to do whatever you want. You can roam around, you can go out if you are bored. Just don’t catch anyone’s attention. I wish I had arranged a place before I brought you all here, but I was quite busy in the last few days,” Rudy uttered without any pause.
“When will we meet again?” Rias asked.
“Whenever you want. I will buy you all a smartphone so you can use it. I have various meetings planned, so my schedule is kind of tight. But all that doesn’t matter if you want to meet me.
Also, there are tons of movies, stories, and television shows you can watch to pass your time, but don’t get too addicted to them and forget about me, okay?”
“I am interested in watching everything related to vampires,” Jane quipped. “I want to see how humans have depicted us vampires in their stories.”
“Uhh… sure, I guess. I will give you a list later. Actually… you know what, let’s get you a bigger place to live, right now.”
“What do you mean?” Are we leaving already?”
“No, of course not. But I do realize this place is a bit too short for five girls to live at once. Even with the beds, I don’t think you all will be comfortable. And Reina will be sleeping at night while you will be awake.
If I get you phones and television, the only possible time you would watch is at night. And that would disturb Reina’s sleep. I knew it was a bad idea but didn’t realize it was that bad,” he sighed while shaking his head slightly.
“But where will you take them?” Reina asked with a puzzled look on her face. “You can’t take them to your house, and there is no other place you can take them except the underworld. You don’t have to be considerate of me, you know? I can sleep with the television on.”
“That’s not the only problem, Reina. They can’t live under the sun. I was planning to cover this area with thick clouds, but that could ruin the experience and satisfaction of the customers of this place. I don’t want to interfere in your business in any way.
With that said, I am not taking them anywhere. I am going to… err, just follow me. It would be better if I showed you around.”
After saying that, Rudy left Reina’s office and stood in front of it.
“…”
The girls followed him in confusion and stood in the same manner as Rudy.
Then, Rudy placed his hand on the wall of Reina’s office and uttered, “Copy.”
After that, he jumped and landed on the empty land next to the water park, which also belonged to Reina’s parents.
He placed his hand on the ground and muttered, “Paste.”
The next moment, an exact copy of Reina’s office appeared on the land.
Rudy went inside to check whether it had also duplicated the things inside the office, but it had only copied the exterior of the office, not the furniture that was inside her office.
“Well, I can copy-paste beds in no time,” he muttered.
He waved his hand to the girls and asked them to come there, so Rias grabbed Reina and flew away. The other girls followed soon after, but Angelica stayed there for some reason.
Rudy teleported there and grabbed Angelica in his arms.
“What’s wrong? Are you sulking?” he asked.
“No. I was waiting for you to come to pick me up,” she replied with a grin.
He entered Reina’s office with her and touched one of the beds, saying, “Copy.”
After that, he teleported to the new office and pasted five beds, but the office room was now filled with beds with no space for anything else.
“Hmm~” he hummed in wonder and thought, ‘If I want to make it bigger then…’
He touched the office wall once again and uttered, “Expand.”
The next second, the office room expanded and became big enough for even fifty people to live in.
“Wow!” the girls awed.
Rudy turned to Reina and said, “This is only temporary for a few days until I get a new and better home.”
“Yeah, it’s fine. But… you said the builder will be coming here tomorrow to check the place.”
“Yeah. About that….” Rudy turned to Rias and Jane and asked, “Do either of you know how to cast an illusion?”
“I don’t,” Rias responded instantly. “I don’t have vampire powers.”
“I have never tried it, but I don’t think I can do it,” Jane shook her head. “It’s extremely difficult to pull that off. And grandma never thought of me when I asked her to. She said illusion is poison. The more you use it, the deadlier it will get and it will slowly kill you from inside. And I have no idea why she said that because it makes no sense to me.”
She shrugged her shoulders.
‘It makes complete sense to me,’ Rudy uttered inwardly.
“Illusion is a fragment of a dream, except you will have complete control over it. For example, you want something so badly that you would create an illusion in which you would get that thing. And you would want to live in that illusion. You would want it to stay forever. You would want it to become a reality.
And that’s a slow poison. It will kill you from inside. You will be detached from reality and embrace an illusion that is fake. Whatever Nyxia said is completely true, and it makes total sense to me.”
“…”
“But let’s put that aside and focus on what matters now.”
