Old Vampire and a Holy Girl

"Uncle! I brought you something to spare today!

!?

The man unexpectedly rose from the bed where he was sitting.

For a while, I am stunned not knowing the intent of the Virgin's statement.

The man was a toad.

It is also difficult to be put together with the unconscious hiccups there.

It was a mature hiccup of five hundred years.

There is no one lined up in Ningen - what is more, a man is a vampire. Its lifespan far exceeds that of Ningen.

And the Virgin was supposed to be in a position to strive to get that hiccups out somehow.

Most importantly, she doesn't recognize a man as a vampire - "a troubled uncle who calls himself a vampire and clings to the ancient castle, which is the property of the country" or so.

Anyway, in modern times, 'vampires' are considered fantastic creatures, and they are treated as' things that were not there and were not there '.

Nevertheless, 'what will spare you'?

Even men can see how dangerous it is to spare time for toads.

Those who don't even go outside can get more and more stuck inside.

So...

The man thought. Even, he says.

"... I see, what is' free time '-' jogging ',' walking ',' hiking ',' something that needs to be on the table '?

That would make sense.

I have not braced from the purpose of the Virgin.

But...

"No, I brought a book today"

"Indoor hobby...!? Then you don't have to go outside!?... Ha!? No way, there's a stream called 'I have a meeting to read a book'?

"Uncle, you're too alert..."

The Virgin is smiling bitterly.

Indeed, the man thought that he might have been too worried about a lot of things before listening.

But they've done a lot of things before.

In other words, the Virgin has a 'priori who tried to get a man out'.

Aside from whether 'go outside' or 'want to pull' are objectively guilty, there is a past for men to be vigilant in all things.

"But, Virgin, I - I don't want to go out there. I realized it again. It's not" somehow "or" if you mean it, you can leave, so it doesn't have to be now. "Oh, let's admit it. I have fear of mankind!

"No! The world is kind to my uncle!

"Kindness isn't always a good thing!... How about, Virgin, if your opponent is your enemy, I have no fear of fighting, nor of losing my life as a result of battle. Needless to say, if they are on your side you believe in, are you afraid of them, etc. But there's a whole world of 'other' things."

"... uh...?

"Look, Virgin, there are too many things in the world that aren't 'enemies' or 'allies' - 'unrelated others'".

"... oh, well, yes, right...?

"What I fear most is a sense of distance from the 'unrelated others' that is so abundant in the world"

"... uh... shouldn't I be normal?

"What is' normal '!

"Normal is normal."

"That's what they all say! Even if we are all aware of the concept of 'normal', when we are asked to explain it, we are in distress! Oh yeah, I guess you guys are making 'normal' normal. But don't play uncle."

"... yep...?

"My uncle doesn't know 'normal'. I haven't dealt with society in 500 years."

……

"So - I'm not going out there. If you want to get me out of here, please manualize all the 'normal' in the world. If you really get something like that, I've read it carefully, and I've considered it. It's not a rush to go outside."

The man runs out and sits on the bed.

The Virgin used to be Kyoton.

Be serious, nod.

"Okay. Good luck."

"... No, you don't have to hang in there. That won't be possible."

"But for the first time, my uncle clarified the 'conditions for going outside'! I can't hang in here right now, when will I hang in there!

"No, aren't you always hanging in there? I just... I just wanted to say that I can't live up to your expectations. I'm sorry you're so excited."

Men laugh quietly.

- Because fear is burning in my heart.

Reminds me of the venue of The Tools of the World exhibition I saw the other day.

That crowd.

A herd of others.

Yes, it wasn't even in the number of people that men feared.

Says the dragon, 'I'm not like that. There are more events in the world that bring people together' - but for men, they weren't afraid of a huge number of people.

If I thought calmly in the first place, I would have remembered seeing more crowds than that.

- Battle.

Massive amounts of ningen should have been mobilized in the fight against the vampire and the army of Temple Warriors sent to crusade it.

The details of that battle have disappeared beyond history.

I think there were about 10,000 of them.

No, it could have been a thousand.

I don't think there was a hundred of them.

Whatever, it was full.

But men were not afraid of the human flock.

Then why were you afraid of The Tools of the World exhibition?

That 's--

"... I thought" Tools of the World Exhibition "would bring all the lovers together."

"Huh? Right? It's not very massive, it's an event for maniacs..."

"I was down to scale, but in this day and age, I guess that degree of rally isn't uncommon either. But isn't an event that brings together like-minded people a little more exciting?

"... yep"

"I was expecting, at least, this… more, chatting with people I didn't know around me, the first time I met each other thriving, that sort of thing"

"I know that's what some people do."

"Indeed, maybe he was there. But that's not how I saw the video."

"Sorry, I have no idea what my uncle is talking about today than usual..."

"I'm sorry. But I can't wait to talk to someone. Listen to me a little more."

"Okay."

"Yeah... yeah, the video I saw wasn't what I expected"

"And say?

"They were all aligned under the ordinance, dutifully lined up under instructions without waste of time, entering the venue, and at the same time making their way to every destination at a glance"

"... ha"

"Army!

……

"Isn't it homosexual to be around!? Of course that would be different if you wanted a hammer, a scarecrow, or a fine purpose! But more like this... it's too much!

……

"I'm not sure I'm going to fit them seriously in that! I don't feel like I can stand that air urgency at all!

The man finishes his talk and exhales haha.

The Virgin is silenced with a face that is confused as to whether the story is over or not.

"... you know, uncle, even if you're confused at first, I think you'll get used to it."

"I want to say that the hurdles of the first are high."

"But I need to get used to all this while I fail"

"It would be nice if I were about five hundred and eighty years younger. But I'm your uncle."

"... well, yes...?

"Imagine a diagram of an unfamiliar uncle behaving suspiciously, mixed with only one young man, accustomed to the place, even 'a certain sense of union'"

"That's all right."

"It would break your heart!?"

"It won't break! My heart is strong and beautiful!

"Stop trying to push it off with that kind of beautiful expression! How about, Virgin, you're young and you don't know because you can't resist communicating with humans. So it won't be possible for you to get me out of here. What, you don't understand my darkness!

"I'll do my best! I want to know more about me, my uncle!

That place is so 'light'.

A man quietly raises the edge of his mouth - darkness and light are still incompatible.

For example, even if you ask for the same pizza, it's like eating pizza in one hassle while watching a smartphone all by yourself.

'Light' is what everyone eats pizza while saying 'Way' or something with their buddies.

In light and darkness, there is a separation so far.

Even via the same food called 'pizza', a completely different dining scenery unfolds.

"I can't do this anymore..."

"... ok. Your uncle's spirit is so shocked right now."

"... well, maybe so"

"Well, I'll just leave the books I brought with me today"

The Virgin placed several books on the visitors' table.

That 's--

"It's a novel written by the mother of the child of The Dragon Descendant and the Wizard of Vampires."

……

"My uncle asks me to give it to you, so let me know what you think when you read it"

"... oh"

"Uncle."

"... what is it?

"Maybe my uncle is scared of society -" The Dragon Descendant and the Vampire Wizard ", his brother, his mother, and I are part of" society "."

……

"Trust in society.... Bye!

The Virgin leaves.

The man saw one book left on the table.

It's a thick, hardcover book.

The cover depicts a young boy with horns, wings and tails, and a middle-aged man with white hair, laughing with an invincible but gentle looking face beside him.

"Believe in society,"

The man stands up and hands the book the Virgin left behind.

Believing in society is unlikely.

Just trying to read the book for now, the man thought.

By the way, the man has completely forgotten what his brother told him.

The two guys on the cover kiss in the last scene.