Abraham sat by a table in an almost empty bar, the night had long passed its peak and now what surrounded him were mostly drunks. He himself would not mind being in such a state of mind, however his lineage prevented him from getting drunk so easily, as it also prevented him from aging at a normal rate, even if he looked to be 30 he was truly 40. It was common in all the Helsings to age normally till they reached around 20 years of age, and from there on out the process would slow down, it was a good way to keep the body fit for longer than a human body would be able to.

Thinking of this, Abraham laughed into his half-emptied glass, even if he died old he might still be able to take his good looks into the other world. His blue eyes moved from the drink and into his surroundings, the sound of the door opening had caught his attention and since he was waiting for someone, he hoped this was that person, lucky for him it was, a short figure in a blood red robe and strange mask entered the bar.

It didn't take much time for the masked figure to see him and head in his direction, passing by a few of the drunks she sat on the bench right in front of him.

"What is it this time?" she hissed

"Don't be like that, we haven't spoken in over 5 years."

"I wouldn't be able to tell. Every time I'm around one of you, I feel like I've lost over 50 years of my life."

"So, says the immortal." Abraham chuckled

"Abraham." she greeted

"Evileye…" he said, pausing before adding something else

"Or should I say Landfall, vampire who was killed by the Thirteen heroes and…" Evileye quickly interrupted him

"Be quiet! I don't want to get any unwanted attention."

"Shame isn't it. That you stopped me as I was about to say the part that has been forgotten by most." a strange silence fell between them

"What do you want this time?"

Abraham picked up and placed his briefcase on the table, opening it he took out the drawing he had made of Alucard and placed it on the table so Evileye could see it.

"What can you tell me about him?"

"Don't know him." she remarked, causing the Hunter to roll his eyes at her

"Never heard of him?"

"Well…I have heard of this name on two occasions. First was from Gazef Stronoff, it seems this Alucard and a powerful magic caster, named Ainz Ooal Gown, aided him during an attempt on his life. The other was from the Princess herself, he also helped her during an attempt on her life. I don't know anything else."

"Funny. The one who gave this description to me was Vince Victoria, after his daughter was saved during an attempted kidnapping. However, in this case, it seems Alucard went out his way to protect and bring the child home."

"Then why are you looking for him? He doesn't sound like a cause for concern." Abraham gave her a full smile

"It also seems he may have some considerable power, so I believe it would be neglectful of me to ignore such a vampire, even if he doesn't seem like a threat."

"Also, the name alone gives me enough reason to look for him." he added, finishing what was left in his glass

"Don't tell me you are still paying attention to those stories?" Evileye asked, in an annoyed manner

"How could I not? They were given to us by the founder himself, I cannot ignore them…" Abraham retorted, just to be interrupted

"Is that the reason you gave your daughter that ridiculous name?"

"He wished for the first female born into the Helsing family to have that name, I couldn't ignore it. It took us some time, but we finally got there." he laughed as he said the last sentence

"The poor thing." Evileye sighed

"Speaking of which. I have to get going, her mother knows I don't have any work tonight so she will scold me if I get home too late." Abraham said, placing the picture back in his case

"I didn't know that a head maid, could make such requests of their masters."

"She is also my wife and the mother of my child. As always thank you for the information."

"Sure."

He gave her a nod and left the bar, leaving Evileye to ponder on what this Alucard was, and what his real intentions were.

Zesshi slowly woke up from her knocked out state, she had been like this since soon after another group had entered the Dreamlands, she slowly lifted her head and eyed her body, she was covered in rags and seemed to have been healed, even so Zesshi still felt the beating she had taken. Her gaze drifted to her surroundings, her arms and feet were bound to the wall, trying to pull herself away from their grip she found that not even her raw power was able to break through them. The room itself wasn't that wide, made of stone and a door in front of her, to the right was a table with many instruments, the smell of blood filled the air, which made her conclude that this was where prisoners were tortured.

She waited for some time for something to happen, surely she wasn't going to be kept in isolation forever, taking the tools on the table and smell of blood it was obvious that this room was used from time to time, she just had to wait to see what happened next. Being alone in this chamber, her mind went to a conversation she had with the Captain not too long before she went on this mission, from the lack of any good topics the conversation drifted into marriage. Zesshi had remarked that she would marry any man, as long as he could defeat her, however she had also remarked that there was no man who could beat her, she let out a low laugh seeing how wrong she was. The sound of the door opening brought her back from her throughs, looking up her heart skipped a beat, as the being who had defeated her entered the room, he was wearing black pants, boots and a trench coat, what caught her attention was his right arm.

"I heard you laugh. Don't tell me spending 2 hours alone, was enough to drive you to mad?" he asked

Zesshi didn't reply, her eyes kept on the vampire who brought in a chair into the room, closing the door behind him he placed the chair in the middle of the chamber and took a seat, placing his right leg over his left knee.

"I am Alucard. And I welcome you to the Great Tomb of Nazarick." he announced, with a small polite bow of the head

"How…are you still alive?" she hissed, under her breath

"What do you mean?"

"Certain Death! How did you survive it!? No one can survive that ultimate attack!" she growled, trashing against her restraints

"I guess…I should be thanking you for that." his lips turned into a smirk, Zesshi stopped and gave him a stunned expression

"Should I explain? If I understood it correctly, you used your own energy to fuel that attack correct?"

"I…Yes."

"There it is. You may be using the weapon of a god, you may be related to that god, but you aren't him. No matter how powerful you are, you still seem to be far from what he was. If Certain Death has to be fueled by the owners own energy, it can only go as far as the owner is able to go. You were just unlucky, you were just a few steps behind from being able to produce enough energy for the attack to kill me. It is nothing to be ashamed off, for a mortal."

"Mortal…No! Set me free from my restraints and we will settle this! I do not know defeat!" Zesshi shouted, with an insane expression

"Are you delusional? You have already lost. The two men who were with you are dead, your equipment was destroyed, the key and your weapon are ours. You are nothing more than a prisoner for the time being, if you were undefeated that is no longer relevant."

"Are you even a man? To run away from a challenge, does that not make you a spineless coward?" she continued on her insane ramblings

"Listen to me, child. You…" Alucard began to say, but Zesshi shouted over him

"I'm not a child!"

"I see. Then perhaps elf would be more appropriate?"

"Don't you dare…" she hissed

"Am I wrong to call you an elf? Those ears are a giveaway, much like your eyes. But since it seems I have touched a nerve, I think we should talk more about this." Alucard said, with a smile

"You bastard. Is the fact that you defeated and humiliated me, not enough!? What will you take next, my body!?" she spat back at him, with hate filled words

"Your body? Perhaps you would be open to some roleplaying?" the vampire chuckled

"You would play your mother, and I would be your father…" Alucard's words were cut short, when she literally spat on him

"You're as sick and as much of a bastard as he is." Zesshi hissed back at him

"I guess I deserved that. Now, let's get back to the elf side of you. How is the war between your people and the Theocracy going?"

"They are not my people. They are trash and they will pay for what they have done!"

"Interesting. You see, from what Clementine told me and I'm sure the rest of our prisoners from the Theocracy will say, whatever issue you might have with the elves is because of the king."

"Your point being?" she asked, with an emotionless tone

"You are slaughtering an entire race for nothing. Those who aren't related to what happened to your mother, are innocent. Or am I wrong?"

Zesshi was silent, and like that Alucard knew his words had some effect on her, in a way he was surprised after all he had just pointed out the obvious, but if this was working he wasn't going to complain.

"I'll take that silence as a sign that you agree with me. That being said, what do you plan to do? As we speak many of your elf brethren are being killed for a meaningless cause…"

"What happened to my mother isn't meaningless!" Zesshi argued back

"Indeed, it isn't. But for how long has this war been fought? Do you really believe, that the Theocracy is still fighting it for the same reasons as it was in the beginning? Don't tell me you forgot that they are pro human?" Alucard was silent for a moment, so his words could sink in

"I'm sure that behind your back they are doing nothing more than thanking the Elf King for giving them an excuse to go openly after the elves. That excuse being your mother, and you."

"Lies! They are fighting this war to avenge what happened to my mother."

"Then, do you believe they actually care for you? A bastard born under the worst of circumstances, whose father is one of the beings they see as an enemy?"

"You don't know what you are talking about…" she mumbled, lowering her head

"You were lucky to be as strong as you are. If it had been any different, do you really believe you would still be alive?"

"I…don't want to listen to this any more of this…"

"I know the truth is painful, but you have to face it. What will you do now? Will you cooperate with us, or will you decide to be silent? Either way you will talk. After that, if you wish to go back to the Theocracy, I will allow it. But what do you think they will do to the person, who gave the enemy every piece of information she had?"

"I will never talk?" she hissed back at him, causing the vampire to give her a grin

"Zesshi Zetsumei, Queen of the Elves, those words are meaningless in this room." he said, at the sound of his words she lifted her head to look back at him, her eyes wide

"W-What did you call me?" she asked, Alucard covered his mouth like a child who had said something he shouldn't

"It seems I have revealed my intentions too soon. I apologize for that. As I was saying…" he tried to guide the conversation in another direction, but she didn't allow it

"What did you call me!? Do not try to run away from this, Zamiel!" she roared back

"I called you Zesshi Zetsumei."

"That's not it."

"Then what do you want me to say?" Alucard asked, wanting to make her say the words

"The other thing…Queen of the Elves…"

"That should be rather obvious…" the vampire gave her a sadistic grin after he spoke

"Who will take the place of the Elf King if he dies?"

"You cannot be serious…"

"But I am. I believe that we will be expanding, I don't know when, but I know it will happen. When the time comes, we will have several places to choose from. Why not the land ruled by your father?"

Even if it made her sick, having someone refer to the Elf King as her father, Zesshi understood that his ramblings could be realized, from what she knew of the Elf Country, if the King died it was possible that one of his children would take the throne.

"Truly you are insane! Do you believe that land will be of any worth, after the Theocracy is done with it? And how do you plan to kill the King? By throwing yourself into a war?" Zesshi argued back

"Please, do not think of me as an amateur. I know a thing or two about toppling a government." his serious and ominous tone made her skin crawl

"Also, I won't be the one doing it. You will, Queen."

"You think I can take on the elf army by myself!? Especially now that I have lost my equipment?"

"Like I said, if we do go forwards with this plan, you will be their ruler…" Zesshi interrupted him

"Figure head."

"It's a matter of perspective. But what matters is that you will be the one ruling them, which means that you will be the one leading the team, that will topple the king."

"And what do I have to do in order to take part in such generous plan?"

"Here at Nazarik, we ask for nothing less than your undying obedience."

"And why should I obey you?" Zesshi remarked, while laughing at him

"Not me per say. But the ruler of Nazarik, Ainz Ooal Gown, he is the one you must truly obey without question. In my case, as long as you do as I say, it will be acceptable. And for reasons we have, you get to remain alive, you get a place to live and a purpose, and you will be placed under our protection."

"Why would I need, your protection?"

"It is the only way you will survive in this Tomb. I just need to give the word, and dying will be the least of your problems."

His tone made her blood run cold, Zesshi pondered on what she should do, perhaps serving them wouldn't be the worst option, but what he had said about the Theocracy only gave rise to more doubts inside her heart.

"You say that the Theocracy, has been using me since the day I was born. How will serving you, be any different?"

"Sentimental, are we? I guess our conversation would lead into that. What do you want me to tell you? We will cherish you? Or perhaps we aren't using you for your abilities or connections?" Alucard paused, as his expression turned serious, Zesshi was surprised with how honest it was

"Indeed, we will be using you and your abilities, as we see fit. How is that any different from what they did? I am honest about it, that is the reason for this conversation. If I wanted I could have gone about this in several ways, torture, beatings, mind control, and a few others. But I think that if I can bring people in, for the most part, out of their own free will, they will do this because they see the gain in it. Be it the simple wish to live, or fulfilling their sick urges, or just achieving new levels as a warrior, all of them know they will be better off by joining us. The decision is yours, if you deny my offer, I will not be responsible for what happens next."

Zesshi felt moved, this was a new side of him that she had never seen, this wasn't the warrior she had faced, this wasn't the demon that held her life in its hands, this was something else altogether, it felt strangely and disturbingly, human.

"I…I accept on one condition." Zesshi said, with her head lowered

"I'll listen to it. But can make no promises if it will be fulfilled."

"I…I want to see the world. The real world, the one that is out there."

"Is that so? I believe something like that can be arranged. After all, if you are to be Queen, you need to learn how to properly deal with your subjects."

Alucard got up from his chair, he straightened his back as he did so, since during all this time he hadn't changed positions all that much and it felt uncomfortable. The vampire walked up to the prisoner and undid her restraints, he began by releasing her feet and then her arms, he then turned around and walked back to the chair. This was a rookie mistake, turning ones back on an enemy leaving himself open to attack, however this was all to test how true her words were. Alucard went pass the chair and into the door knocking on it, almost immediately it opened revealing his Brides and Clementine on the other side.

"It's done. Talia, please go and get her more appropriate clothing. Touka, I heard that a village was being formed on the 6th floor see if it has any room for her. I'm sure you won't mind living in a village?" Alucard asked, turning to face Zesshi

"No."

"Then, you two may leave to do as I have ordered."

"Yes, Alucard-sama." they bowed and left, leaving only Nyx and Clementine

"What can I do, Alucard-sama~?" Clementine asked, with an innocent smile

"Actually, you and Nyx can look over her, while I go talk to Ainz." with that he vanished

Clementine's smile, turned mischievous as she slowly walked into the room, one hand already on her Stilettos, Zesshi seeing this didn't even falter and went to pick up one of the many tools on the table. She knew perfectly well who Clementine was, and even if she was stronger, she didn't want to take any chances against someone like her.

"What~? Don't tell me you think I'm going to attack you~ It's not like I don't want to, but you are Alucard-sama's latest acquisition into our ranks~"

"You surprise me, Clementine. Something like that, never stopped you front getting a hit in, especially now that he isn't here." Zesshi remarked, Clementine simply laughed

"It's obvious that you are new here~ But I'll teach you~" with that Clementine drew one of her weapons, suddenly the sound of something cracking was heard

"I can't allow that, Clementine." a female voice said

"My apologies, Nyx-sama." Clementine said, with a bow before turning back to face Zesshi

"You see, out of the 3 female vampires you just saw~ She is the one you need to fear the most~"

Clementine took a step to the side, revealing to Zesshi a figure she could almost describe as an angel, she had the most childlike expression, it made one want to run and hug her, then her eyes went to the left hand were the thumb was still over the index finger.