Section 12: New Students

Drip...... Answer...... Drip...... Answer......

The sound of machinery grew louder and louder, and at last it became a deafening noise that shook the bones.

"The energy supply has stopped, you have to wake up. ”

A soft female voice rang in his ears, waking him up from his sleep. He opened his eyes and saw a green liquid.

"The sink closure is activated. With that pleasant female voice, the green liquid flowed along some small holes, and all disappeared in a short time. Then, the glass door in front was opened.

He stepped out of the hall and looked blankly at everything around him. It was a very small room, and the walls and doors were made entirely of that shiny metal. There was still light on the ceiling, but it was so dim that it could barely be illuminated. Behind him was the place where he had been sleeping all along—a strange sink made of glass, nearly two people tall. There are glowing threads at the top of the sink, and the ends of the threads are buried in the ground.

What's going on? Where is this? Who am I?

"You are Eshurufat, the Scarlet Duke Eshurufat. "It's still that pleasant female voice. But there was no one around him. He was the only one in the room. And although the sound was soft and pleasant, it had a mechanical coldness.

Oh, my name is Ashrufat...... He accepted the big deal blankly. Then he found himself naked.

"Go ahead, your clothes, your armor, your weapons, and a few other related things are over there. ”

Following the voice's guidance, he walked to the door of the room. As he approached, the door opened automatically. However, it seems that the force required to open the door is a little insufficient, and the door is only half open. But it's enough for him to get out of the water.

In front of it is a stone chamber, as dark and damp as all basements. In the middle of the stone chamber, there are various things. As the voice said, there were clothes, armor, and swords.

He quickly put on his clothes, and then as he picked up his armor, he paused.

The armor was red and made of an unheard-of metal, which looked thick but was actually unusually light.

"Please put on your armor and hold your sword, because you have to adapt before you can actually use it. ”

He did what he said. His mind was dazed and drowsy, so he hadn't even realized that the strange sound was inappropriate.

"What kind of armor is this?" he asked, after doing everything that voice had asked for.

"Your armor is a modified version of the K6 Energy Field Armor, and the energy supply has been changed from an energy crystal to a Type 2 spiritual energy direct supply. The weapon is a modified version of the J7 Reaction Field Sword, and the modification method is the same as the armor. If these names don't seem appropriate, call your armor Red Blood Armor and your sword the Sword of Withered. The voice replied.

"What do you mean by energy field armor and reaction field sword?"

"Sorry, you don't have the relevant permissions, I can't answer. Now you're ready to do whatever you want. ”

What are you doing? But his mind was empty, and he didn't know anything. So he simply sat down on the shelf where the clothes were kept, and then he saw that there was a cloth there.

He picked up the cloth and saw that it was actually a small banner, with no extra ornamentation on it, only a red dragon in the middle. This thing is familiar, why is it so familiar? He looked at the flag stupidly.

The lethargy of the mind—the lethargy of the mind that has just woken up—fades over time. And this flag slowly reminded him of something. By the way, someone once showed me this...... Wait a minute, it's the Queen of the Piano Heart.

That's right...... I had a wedding with the vampire queen Kotoshin involuntarily...... Then I lingered with her once in bed...... And then...... Right here?

Who am I? By the way, I'm a human being...... Wait, what's my name?

He found that the starting point of his memory was in that completely involuntary wedding. Before that, no matter how much he thought or recalled, he couldn't remember much. It's like a cloud on the horizon, it seems to exist, but if you reach out and touch it, you can't touch anything.

But the mind slowly became clearer. A big question occurred to him.

"Am I a vampire?" he jumped to his feet, reaching for his teeth. Thankfully, nothing has changed in the teeth.

"From a biological point of view, you're not yet what you call a 'vampire.' ”

Whew, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"The basic transformation has been completed, and the replacement of somatic cells has begun naturally, and the process is irreversible. You will be in the ...... Turns into a vampire for a certain period of time. There are too many influencing factors at a specific time point to calculate. ”

"I'm going to be a vampire? but...... By the way, who are you? Where are you talking to me?"

"Master, you've finally asked the question. He felt dizzy. When he came back to his senses, he saw a lovely maiden standing in front of him. The maiden was dressed in a lovely costume that he had never seen before, and wore a hat like rabbit ears on her head.

He jumped backwards, making a defensive gesture in surprise. But he knew right away that something wasn't quite right.

This teenage girl...... and the surroundings...... Completely out of place. It's like a painting, which makes people know that the Tao is fake at a glance. Even though she was smiling, waving at him.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Carrie, and it's a user interface for Kinshin-sama. ”

"What do you mean...... Who the hell are you?"

"I'm a user interface...... Well, in simple terms. What I've been talking to you about is a generic user interface, and I'm a dedicated user interface. Kotoshin-sama created me through my convenient use of artificial intelligence. ”

"You're the heart of the piano...... Made of magic?" He couldn't understand the details, but he slowly understood. This Carrie is not real, but a hallucination or image created by magic.

"Yes, Kotoshin-sama has entrusted me with your service. But if you don't like me, you can use the universal user interface of the artificial intelligence ......"

"Tell me, where the hell are you? I just closed my eyes, but I can still see you. ”

"Do you say that you see me as an image of me, because I project it directly onto your optic nerve, so you can see me whenever you want, no matter what state you are in. ”

"In other words, all I see is an imaginary image...... Where's your body?"

"I'm an interface...... The ontology is artificial intelligence, and it's right in your head right now. ”

"What!"

"Please don't be surprised, this is Kotoshin-sama's arrangement, so that you can protect me to the best extent. This is the mission you must fulfill. Carrie said with a very serious expression. "As for what exactly artificial intelligence is, it's hard for me to explain to you, you can understand that I'm a treasure. A unique treasure in this world. Your mission is to protect me from being taken advantage of by others. ”

"Protection, if I can't protect you......"

"If I judge by my calculations that there is a ninety-nine-nine-percent chance that you won't be able to protect me, then I'll start the self-detonation program. Of course, you will also die. ”

Oh, my God...... What the hell is going on...... I had a bomb in my head? He felt dizzy.

"But don't worry, Kotoshin-sama, it is with the greatest confidence in you that I entrusted me to you. Moreover, with me at your service, there are few things in this world that can threaten you. ”

"Well, you're at my service? Tell me first, what is my memory, why can't I remember my name, where did I come from?"

"Well, the associated memories have to be removed because the body has been modulated at the genetic level. Otherwise, it's easy to fall into schizophrenia, or 'madness', as the saying goes. The only thing I can tell you is that you already had a mortal wound. But Kotoshin-sama saved you and gave you a second life in a way that no one in this world could do except her. For this reason, she thinks you don't have to remember the past, the past you are dead. Now your name is Ashrufat. The Scarlet Duke Eshurufat, the husband of Queen Lyreheart. ”

"What else does she want me to do?"

"No other requirements, you can do whatever you want. However, for the time being, I suggest we get out of here first. ”

"By the way, what about Kotoshin?"

"She's dead. Carrie replied.

What the...... No, that's probably how it is. Otherwise, why should he be held responsible for protecting this artificial intelligence?

"Alright, let's get out of here first. But do you have to keep this illusion? You're glaring like that. ”

"I can show up in this pose if I want to. If you don't want to, I can communicate with you in my voice. ”

Ashrufat put the sword in its scabbard, hung it on his body, and walked outside. A winding tunnel outside the exit of the stone chamber. It took him a while to get to the exit.

There is also a gate outside a small hill and the exit is on the slope of the hill. After he walked out, he found that this door was disguised from the outside, and if it wasn't opened from the inside, it would be difficult for people outside to notice that there was actually a door here.

"Master, please wait. Carrie said, and Ashrufat stopped.

"I'm going to activate the self-detonation device and destroy the equipment inside. With these words, there was a sudden jolt under his feet, and Ashruphat almost lost his balance. "Alright, we can go. ”

"I said I was leaving, but where were I going?"

"Why don't you go to the top of the mountain first? Carrie suggested.

The offer was accepted, and Ashruphat walked towards the top. There was no road on the hillside, but he found that his legs and feet were very strong, and he could jump over obstacles with ease. Soon, he was at the top of the mountain.

In front of the hill is Kalean. It's just that this huge city has long since lost its former glory. At sunset, all that was presented to Ashruphat was a vast ruin. The walls crumbled, the houses were destroyed, the streets were clogged, and there was a dead air. Not even the crows that had pronounced death "croak, croak" were silent, only the silent cry of gravel and rubble in the setting sun.

Callean, the city of vampires, has been razed to the ground.