I Have Become a Vampire Watched by Big Shots

A magnificent Gothic-style Cathedral located in Rome, Italy.

However, this place was not an old building like the other common churches in Rome, nor was it a product of Catholicism.

It was a newly built Cathedral in the modern era, erected after Gates and monsters began to appear.

Inside, a young girl knelt, bathed in the pure sunlight pouring through the window.

A twenty-year-old girl with long, flowing silver hair.

She had her eyes closed and her hands clasped together in prayer.

Usually, the awakening of Awakeners occurred between their late teens and early twenties, but very rarely, there were those who awakened the moment they were born.

S-rank Class, Saintess.

Cecilia was one of them.

Born when the first Gate opened, she had lived her entire life bearing the destiny of a Saintess who would save the world.

“Great Light… What should be done about this matter?”

Her golden eyes, opening once more, were filled with deep concern.

It was because of the series of events recently unfolding in the Climber Community.

There was a clear reason why she, who possessed a fundamentally good nature, was so wary of and hostile toward the entity known as the True Ancestor.

One of her Unique Skills, [Oracle].

It was the ability to receive revelations directly from the “Willful Light”.

The most recent revelation she had received through the Oracle was this:

[A Bloody Calamity will threaten the entire world.]

Bloody Calamity.

It was difficult to know exactly what it meant, but she had been guessing that it might be an incident related to Vampire Monsters.

However. Right after hearing that ominous prophecy, coincidentally, someone using the nickname “True Ancestor” had appeared and caused a stir in the world.

They had even appeared in the Climber Community using an incredibly threatening tone.

Therefore, Cecilia naturally couldn’t help but connect the True Ancestor to that Bloody Calamity.

The problem was that there was a restriction preventing her from directly disclosing the contents of the Oracle to others.

Because of that, she could only repeatedly issue warnings to be careful in the community, and people brushed off her words as nothing serious.

But this time, the very thing she had feared had finally happened.

Sol-Peul-Jeon-Sa, who was presumed to have come into contact with the True Ancestor, had gone missing.

Furthermore, the explanation post Sol-Peul-Jeon-Sa left upon returning after a few days was enough to turn Cecilia’s suspicion into certainty.

It was undoubtedly a post written under the brainwashing of a Vampire’s evil authority, or forced out of him through some kind of terrible threat.

Saying he had seen something completely new, or that his eyes had been opened.

The blind devotion oozing from the text looked exactly like that of someone who had been corrupted by darkness.

The changed appearance of the man who usually worked hard to write strategy guides for others.

Cecilia felt deep pity and sorrow.

“I will definitely cure you!”

With that single thought, she left a comment on Sol-Peul-Jeon-Sa’s post.

- Apostle of Light) It is alright, Mr. Sol-Peul-Jeon-Sa. It is not over yet. Please do not lose hope. I will cure you.

However, Sol-Peul-Jeon-Sa had not clearly revealed his whereabouts.

If so, there was no choice but to find him herself and save him.

Cecilia slowly stood up from her spot.

Then, she opened the doors of the Chapel and commanded the Knight Commander waiting for her in a resolute voice.

“By the authority of the Saintess, I convene an Emergency Meeting of the Temple Knights!”

The 12 Holy Knight Class Awakeners scattered across various countries.

She intended to mobilize them.

In order to track the whereabouts of Sol-Peul-Jeon-Sa and the True Ancestor.

* * *

China, deep within the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

The Headquarters of the Cheonma Sin-Gyo and a massive Grand Hall that no one dared to approach recklessly.

The woman sitting on the highest throne there, Cheonma.

“Hmm…”

She was looking at the community window with intrigued eyes.

With long black hair and black eyes as deep as the abyss, her only interest was “strength”.

Because of that, there were only a few people in the entire world whom she genuinely acknowledged.

One of them was Sol-Peul-Jeon-Sa, who was active in the Climber Community.

As proven by his title of Rank 1 in the Tower, his strength and tenacity were outstanding enough for even Cheonma to acknowledge.

Of course, it was a bit insolent of him to snatch away the opportunity to meet the True Ancestor this time with a massive sum of ten million gold…

But aside from that, Sol-Peul-Jeon-Sa was by no means a man who would easily submit to anyone.

And yet, the True Ancestor had turned such a man into a Vampire?

If the True Ancestor had truly brought Sol-Peul-Jeon-Sa to his knees, it was a monumental event.

Or what if, as he himself claimed, Sol-Peul-Jeon-Sa had purely received grace from the True Ancestor?

That, too, was astonishing in its own right.

It meant the True Ancestor had reached a realm capable of granting enlightenment and broadening the horizons of a powerhouse of that caliber.

Either way, it was something worth taking an interest in.

“True Ancestor. You have managed to surprise This Seat once again.”

A deep arc was drawn on Cheonma’s lips.

With a languid gesture, she opened the System Window and wrote a comment in the community.

- Cheonma) How intriguing. True Ancestor, I wish to see you as soon as possible.

* * *

Seoul, Gangnam. The Penthouse of a top-tier high-rise hotel.

The Ice Empress, Baek Eun-Seol, was engulfed in a strange feeling.

Her gaze was fixed on the community screen floating in the System Window.

The True Ancestor, the candidate very strongly presumed to be the same person as her “Liege Lord”.

Right now, the people in the Climber Community were making a fuss, saying the True Ancestor had eaten Sol-Peul-Jeon-Sa or turned him into a Vampire.

Even Association President Kim Tae-Seong had contacted her, subtly asking in a worried voice if she had any guesses about the situation.

However, Eun-Seol’s thoughts were different.

“She is not that kind of person.”

The salvation she had received at the Seollim-dong Gate.

If she were nothing more than a monster who wanted to eat humans and turn them into Vampires, there would have been no reason to leave her alive when she was dying back then.

The True Ancestor and her Subordinates were heterogeneous beings who operated on a completely different level from normal Vampires.

If so.

That post by Sol-Peul-Jeon-Sa, too, was clearly because he had truly received a great grace from the True Ancestor.

“He said he almost died…”

Rather, it might be that the True Ancestor had saved him from the brink of death.

Just like that day when she herself was saved.

She thought that the True Ancestor was indeed an incredible being, but on the other hand.

“…True Ancestor. Did you help someone else besides me?”

A strange sense of disappointment was laced in Eun-Seol’s voice as she muttered to herself.

It felt as if a special secret that only she knew had been stolen away by someone else.

Even for an S-rank Hunter like her, ten million gold was by no means a light sum.

But if she had known this would happen, she thought she perhaps should have won that auction even if it meant paying more money than Sol-Peul-Jeon-Sa.

* * *

“Hmm…”

I was staring intently at the Climber Community screen.

Now, some time had passed since Sol-Peul-Jeon-Sa’s explanation post went up.

The community had entered a new phase.

It was because the noted Registered Users had started making their appearances one by one.

- Cheonma) How intriguing. True Ancestor, I wish to see you as soon as possible.

- Geom-Ui-Gil-Eun Kkeut-I-Eop-Go) Hoho,,, although. the. current. situation. is. a. bit. noisy,, I. believe. we. must. be. wary. of. hasty. judgments@

- GodChris) I’m neutral too!

- Corpse Lover) Why is everyone making such a fuss when the person himself says he’s fine~?

- Meow Meow Punch):3!!

…

Surprisingly, they expressed a friendly, or at least neutral, stance toward me.

- Hmm. I’m putting it in neutral gear for now too.

- I think it’d be fine to wait and see a bit more?

- Agreed agreed

With the Registered Users acting like this, the number of Normal Users choosing to stay neutral also began to increase.

I wondered why the Registered Users didn’t view me in a bad light…

“Then again, the Registered Users in this community are quite a handful to begin with.”

Come to think of it, they were people with firm concepts and distinct personalities of their own.

Besides, my True Ancestor tone was forced out because of a skill, but those humans were actually typing like that on purpose.

So it seemed a concept of my level wouldn’t be met with extreme hostility anyway.

Anyway, I was a little nervous at first, but in the end, it wrapped up perfectly.

I had managed to make a big shot like Sol-Peul-Jeon-Sa owe me a debt, and it even served as an opportunity to solidify my mystique even further.

‘Good. It seems the community side is roughly sorted out, so I’ll stop paying attention to it for now.’

I closed the System Window with a light heart.

More importantly, I had a much more pressing task left to do right now.

Namely, making an excellent weapon to hand over to my Fourth Retainer, Sera!