Chapter 429 – Blood of Fermaten (2)
A few days later, at a bar near Permaten.
One day, the gambler, ‘Jack of the Eyepatch’, heard some absurd news.
“Can I exchange the luge coins that can be used in the casino with this?”
“Shh, be quiet!”
The man sitting across from Jack introduced himself as a ‘fisherman’, and he told a shocking story that could not be accepted in Fermatten.
“You know what happens if you commit illegal acts in Fermaten, and even in the Imperial Capital!”
“So this is illegal?”
“Well, it’s not illegal, but the system hasn’t been established yet, so I guess we’re digging into loopholes in the law.”
According to Fisherman.
“The succubi who take semen, well, not semen, but blood. And they use the Luge Coin recharge vouchers given to them to recharge Luge Coins to those who are bankrupt.”
“Isn’t that supposed to be solved with cum?”
“My words.”
Originally, casinos collected semen from male customers and paid out additional bonus coins after bankruptcy according to the amount of semen sucked from the semen, but this is currently being used as a bit of an expedient.
“Originally, we started trading with things like saliva and love juice that come from sex, right? But some of the succubi started asking for another bodily fluid. Red blood.”
“No, why?”
“Well, I don’t know why. I guess that’s why people are claiming conspiracy theories.”
Fisherman lowered his voice so that no one could hear.
“Hmm, but I’m thirsty. Is there something to drink?”
“Damn it, just ask me to buy it! Waiter!”
“Yes!”
Jack called a waiter, and soon a white-haired maid with a bright voice came running at a trotting pace.
“Oh, she’s pretty. Do you want to fuck her?”
“I have sworn to offer my chastity to His Majesty Lugi Permaten.”
The waitress, her ruby red eyes sparkling, clutched her menu and took a vow of chastity.
“My maiden will be taken to the throne room by His Majesty Rouge Permaton on the day I get married.”
“Damn. It’s such a waste… “
“What about the order?”
“Ah, that’s enough. If you talk with a power that His Majesty the Emperor won’t use, you’re offended. Bring me two beers.”
“Yes.”
The waitress quickly walked up to the counter and brought out two glasses filled with her beer.
“Wow, not a single drop was spilled. Maybe it’s valley liquor… “
“I don’t do that~”
“Oh, damn it. It’s a shame that I’m not the most beautiful woman. Tsk. That’s enough. Now, is this okay?”
“Of course. Kya, this is alcohol.”
Fisherman drank his beer in one go, then lowered his voice even further.
“If the person collecting the blood is the imperial palace, then the rumor may be true.”
“So, what rumor?”
“One is a rumor that he tries to stay young by receiving women’s blood and then bathing in it.”
“Ugh.”
Just thinking about Jack in the eyepatch gave him goosebumps and sent a chill down his spine.
“Does that even make sense? For what purpose? No, aren’t men the ones who go broke and drain blood instead of cum in the first place?”
“That’s a smoke screen. Is it easy to drain a virgin’s blood? All kinds of people gather in gambling halls, and virgins, especially noble ladies, often appear. Rather than masturbating in front of others and getting bonus coins through love juice, it’s better to just shed some blood. Wouldn’t it be much faster and more efficient to get it?”
“That’s right, but…”
“At the same time, we secretly collect virgin blood as well. The amount is not important; “What is important is that it is virgin blood.”
“It’s just like…”
In the past, Jack recalled the rituals of shamans and voodoo doctors who were said to appear further south on the southern continent.
Did you say he was a magician who performed a ritual using blood as a medium and brought about an effect according to the ritual?
If the Fermaten royal family is trying to use it, it is highly likely that it will be related to sex.
“Anyway, in order to collect women’s blood, I am collecting men’s blood as a smokescreen. Anyway, wouldn’t I be able to get bonus coins with that? Even if I get hurt on my body, it will be healed quickly with the potion.”
“Uhm…”
“It’s just a chance to get some blood and get bonus coins for free.”
“But…Why are you telling me that?”
“That is.”
The Fisherman lowered his voice further and rubbed his fingers.
“If you plan to do so in the future, ask me to nominate a woman named ‘Ariadne’ among the succubi.”
“Why?”
“The money she earns is a bit less than mine.”
“What is your relationship with that woman?”
“You don’t have to know that much. Anyway, I answered, so I should give you something, right?”
“…Tsk.”
Jack took a magic stone out of his arms and put it down roughly on the table, and Fisherman immediately put the magic stone in his pocket and drank beer in one go.
“Puh-ha! Okay. Neat transaction, thank you?”
“Tch. The deal is done now, let’s talk about the casino some more. You later…”
While the two men were talking.
“Hmm… “
The white-haired, red-haired waitress was tasting her food at the counter, her ears pricked up, and she was staring at the beer on the two people’s table.
“Collect blood, la.”
Grinning.
“Somehow, it’s going to be fun.”
The waitress smiled faintly as she played with the name tag on her apron.
* * *
The rumor spread.
Among the rumors that succubi extract bonus coins from bodily fluids, she can replace those bodily fluids with blood instead of cum.
The rumor began to spread among gamblers through the Knights of Chania, and in fact, there were people in the casino who sold blood instead of semen to recharge bonus coins.
-What is this?! What are you going to do with that?!
-This is a syringe, and it will pierce the blood-flowing tube and draw out blood.
-Uh, how…?
-You just need to stay still? Now, it will sting a little~
-…Rather than a sting, when you pull it, the blood gets sucked in? By what principle? No, how?
-That’s confidential~
Then, their blood was drawn out through a syringe made of magic stones, and then stored in a bottle also made of magic stones and transported to a certain location.
Permaten Imperial Castle.
Among them, everything was moved to a newly created laboratory in the outer area of the imperial castle – between the outside of the inner castle and the outer castle, rather than inside the inner walls of the old Count Fermaten Castle.〈 Br〉
[Is this the new building of the Knights Templar?]
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
I sent a spirit to possess the magic armor worn by ordinary adventurers that was not noticeable to others, and then entered the new knights’ building with Evelyn.
Knights of the Red Cross.
Red Cross in short.
[It must not have been easy to secretly build a building like this underground, but it was always a lot of trouble.]
“It’s okay now that I’m used to it. It was actually more comfortable. All I had to do was just lower the magic tower all the way down.”
[If that’s the case, I’m glad.]
It is an order of knights and a magic tower that studies human blood. Although they may not be in charge, the magicians of the Barbas Tower, including Evelyn, played a big role in the creation of the magic tower.
[What is the temperature underground?]
“We used freezing magic to maintain the appropriate temperature.”
[Good. Do your best to maintain the temperature so that the blood does not rot in the future. If the blood rots more than anything else, no matter how much blood you collect in the future, it will only be a waste of time.]
In particular, it took quite a bit of trouble to magically build a ventilation system and a heat management system underground so that the blood collected here could be properly managed in the underground storage box.
[Did you find trustworthy wizards?]
“Yes. I gathered people from my network and Asti’s network who were loud-mouthed. I told them about His Majesty’s ‘vision’.”
[Okay. Rather than doing strange research for no reason, we should research for the future of Fermaten.]
Researchers must know what they are studying.
In particular, if this project helps the lives of the people of the empire even in places where there is no magic or in situations where magic is not effective, it can provide great comfort to the ethical consciousness of researchers.
[These are the people who have to study blood every time. You can provide as much financial or sexual compensation as you want, so if you are lacking anything, you can take it out of the imperial treasury.]
“You have already provided enough funding for research on the Magic Tower. It is clear that His Majesty will reward their passion well, so they will also study blood with faith. True to His Majesty’s words…”
Evelyn spread her four fingers.
“Universal human blood can be classified into four types, and humans with similar types of blood can be infused with another person’s blood to save people from situations such as excessive bleeding.”
A, B, O, AB.
[Healing magic is the act of maximizing self-healing power, but no matter how much you strengthen the hematopoietic ability of a dying person, there is no way it will be easy.]
Adventurers and other people can heal wounds because they have high physical strength, so they can use healing magic, but for ordinary people, this is not possible.
Even if you have enough stamina to heal yourself with healing magic, there is no way there is a healer nearby who can use it right away.
[If this place becomes active, the concept of ‘blood donation’ may become popular in the very distant future.]
And the premise that blood donation is spread is not only about magic, but also about the advancement of surgical technology.
[Then at least, no one will die from excessive bleeding before being transported to the hospital.]
There is no particular meaning.
What is the point of introducing this technology and creating its foundation?
Just.
People tend to pay more attention to familiar places, and I’m just more concerned about resolving my regrets about those areas.
At least, so that no one dies from lack of blood during the surgery.
[I hope the research here will be valuable to the future of the Fermaten Empire.]
Aside from finding the vampire gaki, this place will play a big role as an institution that studies human blood.
