The Great Vampire General is a Girl! - Chapter 76

Valerie was still silent at her desk. Meanwhile Raphael and Alexander Gregovich had a friendly conversation with each other. Even though Raphael had hesitated and didn’t know what they would be talking about. But now all was not a problem for him. Valerie didn’t want to join the chat. She just hesitated. She was afraid that what she was thinking right now was true.

She knew Alex only as an ordinary knight who the highest rank was captain. He often visited the barracks when major events had just occurred. He was always looking for Valor to share his experiences. Valerie at that time listened and became a good listener for all his complaints. It was not just Alex who likes to tell stories. Other knights too. But only Alex is long and serious enough to tell her.

“So, lady Valerie, have you been dating Raphael for a long time?” Alex asked. Trying to lighten the mood.

“We haven’t dated long enough,” Valerie responded flatly and a little curtly. She knew it might be a little impolite. But she couldn’t shake off the discomfort in her heart right now.

Did he disguise himself as a Florentian knight and talk to her a lot? Why was Valerie’s heart so uncomfortable right now?

“Jasper is doing well with us. He’s had a good training..maybe soon he’ll be able to completely control his DNA,” said Gregovich as if unfazed by Valerie’s reaction.

“You with Jasper?” said Valerie.

“Oh, didn’t he say goodbye to you? he’s coming with me when your wedding dance event is over,” said Gregovich lightly.

Valerie remembers. On the wedding day she was very busy receiving guests and preparing for her move to Acheron. She had a chance to talk to Jasper. He said he wanted to treat His illness. had he agreed to follow Caesar Petrovsky’s advice? Caesar said that there were quite a number of vampires like Jasper in Avalon’s circle and they could help Jasper.

“You were at our wedding?” Raphael asked. He did not pay attention to his guests one by one. The Chastains and Dubois both held high positions among the vampires so there were a lot of guests. Raphael just made sure to greet his close friends such as his subordinates in the Jaguar team and his family.

“Duke Dubois invited me,”

“But why didn’t you say hi to me? I have been learning with you for a long time,” Raphael looked disappointed. The mentor he respected came to his wedding but they had to meet again by accident like this.

“A lot happened, and it was really crowded at that time. I’m already happy to see Raphael finding such a nice girl..although I didn’t think you two would actually be together. This is beyond my expectations,” said Alexander again casually.

Raphael responded to the pleasantries with laughter and friendliness. But Valerie couldn’t do it. Alex had probably been deeply involved in her life all along. Even though his clothes and appearance were different, she was sure that she was the Alex that Valerie knew. Alex was a friendly man who often looked for Valerie to share his experiences in the war. He disguised himself as a Florentian knight and talked to her? But for what? She also remembered that Alex had never crossed paths with the general or other higher-ups. Was he really sneaking around?

Valerie didn’t even think about worrying about Jasper right now. Because maybe she was involved in something more dangerous. Without Alex’s information, she probably would never have visited Rutherford’s underground lab and found Apollon.

“Raphael, I want to go back to my room,” Valerie mumbled while covering her mouth as if she was sick of something.

“Are you okay?” Raphael asked.

“No,” Valerie said flatly.

“Okay, maybe we’ll meet again? I’m with one of my new students. Maybe you’ve seen her puppet show earlier. I hope you like it,” Alexander shifted his chair and left them.

Valerie didn’t waste her time either. She quickly got up from the vast theater hall and walked briskly to her room. Raphael tried to match her pace and took her hand. But Valerie was too angry to be nice to Raphael. She knew that her husband was innocent. He may not know anything. But she knows Alex. Even though he didn’t seem to know her.

Valerie finally arrived at her room and immediately sat on her bed anxiously. She showed a pale face and pulled up the blanket.

“Val, what happened? Alex is indeed Avalon, but I doubt he will attack us or something,” Raphael asked.

Valerie opened her blanket and looked at him seriously.

“Is he a cursed weapon user?”

“Yeah, I learned how to use Demetria from him, obviously he knows how to use cursed weapons,”

“Then, what is His power?” Investigate Valerie.

“It would be very dangerous if we made him an enemy..although technically he is indeed our enemy. His weapon is called Kronos, he can control time,” said Raphael.

Valerie was taken aback for a moment. She became increasingly pale and even wanted to cry. She snuggled back into her bed with shaking shoulder

“I—I think I need to talk to him,”

“Valerie, what happened? Have you two met before?” he asked surprised.

“I need to talk to him alone, Raphael, can you help me?”

“What is the problem?”

“I can’t tell you if I’m not sure myself.”

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Although Raphael described him as a friendly man and didn’t like to attack carelessly— he was still an Avalon. Valerie was not willing to let her guard down and be led by anyone to achieve certain goals without her approval.

“Raphael said you wanted to talk to me, lady Valerie?”

Now they were both on the terrace of the inn lobby. The general stood stepping on the wooden deck with a beautiful view while smoking a cigar. He was wearing casual clothes for a vacation. A shirt and baggy pants that made him look more like a bar owner than a military man.

Valerie wore a casual dress with a yellow floral print that wasn’t too flashy. She didn’t wear any make-up other than her hair in a bun. It made her look fresh. She hid Apollon under her skirt. The woman was feeling fluttered at this moment.

“Are you Alex?”

“Yes, my name is Alexander Gregovich, I’m usually called Alex,”

“You know what I mean, are you Alex, the Florentian knight who often came to see me after the war and talked to me about a lot of things?” Inquired Valerie again.

She noticed that Alexander’s expression was flat at this point although there was a faint smile on his face.

“Yes, I’m Alex. I used to visit you often at the Florentia barracks and told you a lot of things,” he agreed.

“That’s not possible!”

“Why?”

“Because it happened in my previous life,” Valerie said in a shaking voice.

“Ah yes, you must be confused by all this,” Alex laughed.

“Did you plan all this for me on purpose? Including Apollon, and my current life?” Valerie feels trapped. She was probably being used by that general Avalon for a mission she didn’t know about. Even though all this time Valerie had been eager to fight for Florentia’s victory. Then what now?

A general who was said to have the ability to manipulate time—probably plotting all of this on her. He was an Avalon. It was hard to believe that what he did was for Florentia’s victory.

But he told her a lot of things. About Rutherford’s secret lab, about Avalon’s weapons technology, about alleged weapons of mass destruction before the war at Taverin and about Margaret, the talented engineer who finally agreed to join Florentia at this time.

Valerie thought about her way of life. She had seen miracles many times. Seeing weapons that can emit fire, grow trees and emit light and ice daggers. She wouldn’t have a hard time believing that the general in front of her right now could control time.

But Valerie didn’t know why and how he did it to Valerie yet.

“You sent me to the past? Made me repeat the last four years of my life?” Valerie confirmed.

“Calm down, Lady Valerie. I made sure I didn’t mean anything bad to you,”

“Then how do you explain it? Because all the recent events in my new life—different from my previous life. Am I actually leading the vampires to an even worse ruin? Because you directed me?” Valerie sounded angry and emotional. She hated her innocence and was ashamed of having considered herself as a hero and feeling that she could save the world.

Even though it was all in the plans of a friendly-looking Avalon general who was now in front of her.

“I’m not asking you to believe it, but I’m currently neutral..what I did to your life was neither for Florentia nor Avalon.”

“Then what’s the reason?”

“I’ll tell you, it all started when you were dying in Balaghar, Avalon’s main base..you were being held captive and tortured and just donated your precious blood to Raphael,” General Avalon sat down and asked Valerie to calm down and listen to his story.

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