Balor Over Hell 6 - or 'I am kind of like DIO but Femboy and with an actual interest in women' (Gasper Vladi!SI DxD)

I will admit to one flaw: I tend to overestimate people's intelligence when it comes to keeping a secret cool weapon away from their enemies.

No, I was not talking of daddy dearest this time around, but my future father-in-law as the engagement party between me and Valerie started to unfold. The old man had been too happy for this occasion, way too smiley for my tastes- and while he wasn't an outright bastard of a father to Valerie, he was still a bastard for ignoring his daughter's abuse.

And now, I could happily say my future father-in-law was also an utter idiot because, due to the relevance of the event, he decided to invite the representatives of the Carmilla Faction as a 'sign of peace and opening'.

In layman's terms, 'look at my kids, they are better than yours' kind of taunting. Now, there's absolutely nothing wrong in being cocky, but there may be an issue if you're doing it by turning me in as your little asset for the move without asking for permission.

I was lucky enough to get Valerie out of the ballroom as quickly as possible with the promise of playing with her rather than let her bore up and have to face so many unfamiliar and lying faces.

Let's be honest here- Valerie is not a dum-dum and she knew that there was just so much hypocrisy a kid with her patience could handle. So, the hope of getting extra cuddles as she had been growing quite intrigued by Walburga's cuddle-sleep position yanked her from facing more nervous stuff.

Fredi stood as guard for the door together with the standard posse that was now keeping an eye on anyone causing issues near the recently-crowned heiress of the Tepes Family, he was more than fine to handle any mongrel causing distractions in the hall due to alcohol.

"So, we are married?"

Valerie's innocent question was met with a smile as she pressed her cheek against Walburga's chest and… the witch looked barely alive as she was close to start snoring due to how stressful it was .

"Not yet," I remarked calmly. "It's… not exactly a wedding. It's like, our fathers agree that, once we're old enough we can marry. An engagement is pretty much setting the score and saying 'these two have priority for the wedding and should not be disturbed'."

"That and the fact that you can tell off any woman that tries to steal your man," Walburga added quietly and quite distractedly as she was soon asleep, leaving behind a very confused Valerie as she digested the term.

"My… man?"

"It's a thing that wives say when they are possessive of their husbands. Likewise, it's common to hear husbands call their wives 'their women'."

Valerie nodded, understanding the concept and… we pretty much waited for the end of the event at that point. I wasn't exactly planning to do much here as most of what I needed in reputation I already had gotten and I just needed to find the right moment to launch my coup on daddy dearest.

So, for now, I tried to catch some rest by taking the free side to Walburga and snuggled against her back. Now, the plan here was just sleep and then leave. Nothing more, nothing less.

There was, however, a small issue to that simple equation. A tiny problem that was really trying to get me really pissed..

A certain former Tepes Heir just didn't know how to give up. Marius Tepes had stormed into the palace of his family with a small group of loyalists and he came demanding a challenge against his sister for the heirship. A bad move since he had been ousted by the family head.

Now, a little bit of lesson on vampire laws: my case was rightful because I never was an heir and I was recognized as a rightful claimant. Marius was an heir that got the foot for being too unpopular and too weak. It wasn't a matter of strength, but the fact he got booted first and then he didn't have any legit reason to make an appeal against the decision.

So, when Fredi was alerted we were needed back in the ballroom, he could instantly tell that this wasn't going to end well for the troublemakers. Walburga had a permanent dead glare for getting her slumber ruined, Valerie was upset because the cuddling was over and she was back in that unpleasant place, and I was angry for all of the above and more.

Here I was, kind and polite to not let anyone die without a good reason- and then someone asking to die came up to trouble our nap time. Rude, really rude. So rude that I took it personally.

"I don't care about you, brat. I want that waste of space that is considered my sister-"

"Who is also my fiancee if you have not listened up to this point, you self-humiliating prick," I interrupted flatly, and his attempt to stop me from doing what I wanted to do clearly backfired on him. "Which is why, out of grievance and upset, I demand to be recognized as Valerie's champion to bring this scoundrel to pay a death tax."

I turned to Lord Tepes for recognition and I saw my father standing right beside him. The older vampire was surprised by this turn of event, and I had a feeling he felt sad for his son. After all, he was picking an one-sided massacre for himself.

And while I could tell Marius wanted this proposal to be struck down, his father couldn't really do much because the law was clear and his son was behaving like a goddamn prick.

Still, I have to give it to Marius. Even as a dead-vampire walking, he sure knew how to behave as pompous as a dipshit. He had just his sword, no armor, lots of balls to claim I was dead and I had… a knife.

Just a knife. Now, this may sound a bit absurd to think as… sword vs. knife sounds stupid. But it wasn't, really. No, it wasn't a matter of fair comparison- it was a matter of how the tool I was using could work in this situation.

A barrier was put in the middle of the fighting area and I had decided that I wouldn't use [Balor] for this opportunity. The reason being that I was being watched by potential spies and I wanted to keep my true potential hidden from them. Physical might wasn't easy to hide away, so that was what I had to give up in this shitty development.

Marius took a stance, I yawned a bit, then the match started and he was rushing towards me. As a human, the pace Marius was going for was terrifying- for a sweet-assed dhampir like me? That was just slow. And an easy target.

I twirled the knife in my palm and then yeeted it really fast and really mightily. Faster than a bullet, and packing the power of a shotgun shell's blast. One moment Marius' ugly and wrathful look could be seen, the next his head was missing as I literally exploded it by pure pressure alone into the knife impacting on his skull.

A blink and the crowd was staring quietly at the horribly fast murder of the former Tepes Heir. I asked Fredi to cover Valerie's eyes for the moment this happened, and he looked pleased as a very confused Valerie didn't get how it all happened so suddenly.

The barrier was brought down, someone went to check on the dead body and confirmed that Marius was dead. I didn't show any emotions at this point- I was just tired and interested to get to sleep or even leave.

And right as I was leaving the 'battlefield', I felt a particular set of eyes burn onto my skull for a moment. Not in a glare, but due to interest. I spared a quick glance to where it was coming from and… fuck.

I quickly recognized the woman, looking absolutely fine and gorgeous and well-developed in all the right places.

Queen Carmilla of the Carmilla Faction, someone that had been focusing most of her time bantering with King Tepes, was really interested in me now.

Which means I will have to keep an eye out for any surprises in the near future…


AN

Booba Vampire.