The Great Vampire General is a Girl! - Chapter 60

The Chastain mansion that was built near the farm and the lake was the largest building there. It was not as grand as the Dubois mansion, but Chastain’s house has a classic architecture resembling a medieval castle. But the contents were neither dark nor somber as the Marchioness had renewed its furnishings and interiors at least once every two years.

The Chastains were passionate about art. Valerie finds ancient statues that she usually only sees in museums there. She also recognized some paintings which were signed by renowned artists. The host’s interior taste was also elegant, not overwhelming and not focused on luxury. But anyone who stepped into the house would immediately know that the house was owned by a well-known, wealthy family.

Raphael actually probably didn’t need to work. Being a knight, he wouldn’t get the wealth he could easily get from his family. .

Valerie also experienced the same thing. He could ask anything of the Dubois family. They were never short of money. But now she was the wife of the Chastain family. Will she get a monthly allowance from Raphael?

Her husband was not the head of the main family, he also still has an older brother. Right now, because their private house wasn’t ready for her to live in yet, he brought Valerie back to His family’s mansion.

Valerie was greeted with friendliness and joy. Luckily Valerie was used to socializing even though it could be tiring for her sometimes. She could smile, crack jokes every now and then and knew how to keep people from getting bored when talking to her. However, of all the people around her right now—she could only converse comfortably with Raphael.

“Beautiful horse!” Valerie complimented when Raphael took her to visit his family’s stables.

The Chastain family was also famous for breeding horses with superior bloodlines. Valerie could see that there were three horses grazing in the stable. They all have charming and well-groomed Manes. She could see that they were fed a special diet so that their coat looked shiny and healthy.

It was said that caring for expensive horses also requires a special atmosphere. Some horse owners used to put a special fragrance in their stables to make them comfortable. Some even turn the music on for the four-legged herbivore.

“Young Lady, this one’s name is Veruca, she’s a female, she’s almost two years old and she’ll soon be ready to compete,” a human, who seemed to be in charge of taking care of the horses explained.

“Competed?”

“I mean equestrian competitions, you know, they’re going to be ridden and then controlled to jump and overcome obstacles, my brother, good at this.” Raphael Explained.

“Oh yes, young master Leonard is said to be riding Veruca for the first time. However, young lady Valerie..would you be interested in trying to ride Veruca?” The man offered.

“Eh? Me?”

“But isn’t she a valuable horse? I’m afraid it will stress her out,” Valerie refused subtly.

“Is that so? Too bad,” the man laughed.

Actually, Valerie was quite interested. But of all the activities of the nobility that she had done, horse riding was the most difficult thing for her. She couldn’t keep her back steady on any horse. Valerie had just become the daughter-in-law of the Chastains, she didn’t want to quickly embarrass herself. She had to practice more before showing off her riding skills.

When Valerie had just arrived at the Chastain mansion, everyone was busy entertaining her. They tried to please her and get to know her with everything in the Chastain mansion. Marchioness even got busy chatting with her before finally the Chastain house tour on the first day ended at the stables like this.

“Marchioness said she wanted to take you for an evening walk around the lake. Pardon my over-enthusiastic parents. They don’t have any daughters so they’d be spoiling their daughter-in-law too much..my sister-in-law must be glad you’re here because she can share my father and mother’s care with you,” Raphael shook his head, showing his regret.

“It doesn’t matter, your family is very warm. But why don’t you smile so often?” Valerie teased him.

“Hahaha young master Raphael is always like this, lady Valerie. He’s too serious. Have him have a little fun,” the man added.

“I’ll try, sir,” Valerie laughed too.

She realized that compared to her own family, Chastain seemed more receptive to human existence. There were no obvious boundaries. Even so, high-class positions were still dominated by vampires. But still, the job of caring for expensive horses was usually not done by humans.

The man in front of her right now must be very good at his job. Each horse could cost more than two ounces of gold.

“Raphael, wait a minute,” Valerie tried to catch up to Raphael who was walking quite fast in front of her. Her husband took her back to the main house, but he didn’t even hold her hand.

“Did something happen?”

“I sprained my leg, but it’ll get better soon..I can’t walk fast enough.”

“Valerie, you’re a knight. How could you let yourself get injured just from walking around my family’s house?” The commander complained but he was now half-squatting across from her.

“What do you want?”

“Come on, I’ll carry you”

Valerie hesitated a little, but finally she hugged his neck. Raphael stood up while supporting her legs.

“Sorry if I’m a little heavy,” Valerie chimed in. She knew that she was not heavy at all. She was a girl with a proportional slim body. Although lately she rarely exercised, she made sure that her body was kept beautiful. Vampires didn’t get fat easily. They only drink blood. But there were some special cases where drinking too much blood would lead to obesity.

“You’re as light as a goose down pillow,” Raphael commented.

Valerie tightened her arms. She brought her face close to her husband’s neck as if trying to absorb his warmth. The man was now her legal husband. Where she depends for everything, someone who could protect her and someone who was obliged to ensure her happiness and security. How could she burden her commander with such a huge responsibility? Raphael didn’t even see her as a girl.

“You know, I think I’m really tired..I was immediately shown around when I arrived. We even did some old shopping when we arrived at Acheron. So, I want to sleep.”

***

Valerie watched as she was seated on her bed, she saw Raphael examining her feet. He checked her left ankle which looked blue from the sprain.

He even gave her a massage. When his fingers touched the soles of Valerie’s bare feet. The girl felt awkward. But the man seemed unfazed. He did something similar in the military. He was just making sure that Valerie’s leg would be fine.

“Do you want to sleep now?”

Valerie shook her head.

“I just want to lay down on the bed. My back hurts,”

Valerie then lifted herself onto the bed and rested her head comfortably.

“You’re here too, Raphael..sleep next to me. Aren’t you tired?”

Raphael seemed to hesitate for a moment before finally taking off his shoes and loosening his collar before climbing into the big bed and sleeping next to his wife.

“Sleeping in such a soft and comfortable bed like this feels strange..during wartime, we used to sleep on cold hard ground, or mattresses full of fleas,” Valerie commented.

“We’re not in a state of war, Now it’s a truce..So, even when we return to active duty, we will not undergo a tiring mission and live as concernedly as before. We’ll probably be in the office more waiting for orders,” Raphael tilted his head as he spoke to Valerie.

The girl was a little unfocused, once again she looked at Raphael Chastain who had loosened his shirt and unbuttoned a few buttons. Valerie could see the perfect masculine muscles behind it that aroused the curiosity of any normal woman.

“Ugh! What did you see?” Raphael who realized where Valerie’s eyes were looking— looked nervous and closed his shirt.

“Why are you being shy like that? When I was in the military barracks I was used to seeing you topless,” Valerie pouted.

“That’s not something a woman should say,” Raphael advised. He then turned around.

“I want to see it, can I?”

“No,”

“Just curious, can’t I? You have nothing to lose,” said Valerie again.

“No,” Raphael remained nonchalant and he closed his eyes.

“You can see mine too,” Valerie said in a small voice.

This time Raphael turned around and looked into her eyes.

“Don’t start, Valerie,” he said, his ears turning red.

“Why? What’s the point of being husband and wife if you can’t see each other’s bodies?” Valerie said again, grinning.

Raphael sighed in surrender.

“All right, you can see as you please. But that’s all. Don’t touch me,” the commander warned.

Valerie laughed.

“You know that I was just joking with you,” the girl said with a slight smirk.

“Whatever,” Raphael said curtly before he turned his back on Valerie and closed his eyes.