Chapter 2 - 1.1 Purify Me, My Handsome Bloody Saint!
Yunyu blinked a few times after the flash of light blinded him for a while. He was lying on a huge, comfy bed right now. He looked around to see whether he actually transmigrated or everything was just a dream and that weird pupa system was just a nightmare.
[Medieval curtain, medieval bed, medieval table, medieval everything…]
"Wait! Did I actually transmigrated?!" Yunyu\'s body woke up immediately.
"Of course," the pupa system appeared out of nowhere and started floating around Yunyu, "Welcome to the first world, you are now inside Holy Kingdom Rianel, a prosperous kingdom with the church as the highest order. However, though prosperous, the church\'s control has been way too strong over the century, and the church tyranny knows no boundary in the name of god."
"So it\'s basically medieval Europe…" Yunyu guessed.
Pupa seemed to ignore Yunyu and continued his monologue, "The High Priest was the de facto leader of the country, more than the king. He is a pious priest, but he has a tendency of being a ruthless fanatic, and his disciple inherits this trait, Prince Michael of Holy Rianel. The second prince and the selected prince to be the next high priest. He was Eighteen years old, and his nickname is Bloody Michael."
"Bloody Michael?" Yunyu had a bad feeling about this nickname, "Did he order the execution of thousands of people who refused to follow his religion in the future?"
"Yes, he already killed three hundred people a few months ago."
Yunyu gulped, "Are you saying that he is the main character in this world?"
"Certainly," Pupa floated lightly, "He is just a religious zealot with bloodthirsty nature, you don\'t need to worry much about it."
"He is a zealot with bloodthirsty nature! That\'s why it\'s hard!" Yunyu ruffled his hair in frustration, "Do you expect me to seduce a zealot and become a homewrecker? I will get executed as a witch!"
"You will be fine," Pupa said lightly, "This is only the first world, you\'ll get more unique situations when we enter another world."
"That just makes it worse!" Yunyu protested.
After the stalemate between him and the system, Yunyu took a deep breath and asked, "Alright, who is this zealot prince\'s lover?"
"The Saintess."
"The Saintess? But… Saintess is supposed to be virgin for all her life, right?" Yunyu wondered.
"They never do anything, they don\'t even hold hands. It is purely because the prince is obsessed with the Saintess. He devoted his life for the Saintess, but the Saintess only sees him as a good disciple. However, this good relationship has continued since the Prince was fifteen up until today."
Pupa showed a hologram of what would happen if their relationship continued, Yunyu saw the country in ruin with many burned corpses and in the middle, a handsome young man massacring everyone with his light power.
"The Saintess has an illness, she will die in less than a year and she will give all her holy power to Prince Michael. The Prince will become the new Saint instead, and because of his new power, he will be able to see all sins every human has ever done," Pupa explained.
"So he killed everyone because all humans must have sin in their life…"
"Correct."
Yunyu sighed. The situation was not easy at all. Because the Prince\'s fanaticism was already deeply rooted in his bones. All he could do right now was to get close to the Saintess and urged her not to give her power to Prince Michael.
Yunyu looked around, it seemed that he was transmigrated into a body with good status in this country. At least, the system compensated him with this, "Pupa, tell me, who is my identity right now?"
"You are Duke Damien Delcostro, a high ranking duke from Duchy of Delcostro. You are also the sole surviving vampire in this kingdom. Because you are the only one strong enough to bear the Saintess holy aura."
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"You will not be able to get close to the Saintess or you\'ll get burned."
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"You are also not allowed to go OOC. If the main character realizes that, as the power of this world, he will kick us away from the world and you have to restart again."
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"Any question?"
"Seriously, do you have a grudge against me?" Yunyu was vexed. He felt disgusted of himself, because for a moment, he thought that the system was generous enough to give him a proper identity for the mission.
Pupa ignored him and showed another hologram, but this time, it was a Breakmeter, "The current Breakmeter between the Prince and Saintess is 20%, please work hard to separate them, thank you."
"Wait, I have two questions, why is the Breakmeter already 20%? And, what is that Fatemeter besides the Breakmeter?" Yunyu noticed another bar in the hologram.
"The Fatemeter is the percentage to show the main character\'s romantic feeling towards you. In case you want to also romance the main character. Both Breakmeter and Fatemeter are directly influenced by the MC\'s feelings. For the reason why the Breakmeter is already 20%, please work hard to find out."
Yunyu imagined him, romancing a zealot that would burn him as a witch if their skin touched each other, "Ew."
"Since you don\'t have any more questions, I will send the story in your head. I will rest now, adios," the Pupa robot blinked and vanished immediately, leaving Yunyu alone with his frustration.
Since he couldn\'t do anything, Yunyu finally left the bed and looked up on the mirror, and he was surprised.
"Eh? I have a reflection as a vampire?" Yunyu asked, "That\'s new."
"It is not explained in my character information, but that means, your soul is strong enough to bring particle inside Duke Damien\'s body. Thus, giving him a reflection. Maybe we will find out why later," Pupa said, possibly hinting on something.
But Yunyu was more into admiring his appearance in the mirror rather than listening to the system.
"Wow, very handsome and mature," Yunyu complimented the man in the mirror. Duke Damien was slender, tall, with pale skin and a lips that were curved on the edge, it made a permanently grinning expression. Lastly, his brown hair was tied with a silver ribbon.
Duke Damien looked around late-twenty in human age, but he was actually almost three hundred years old. He was just able to manipulate everyone into thinking that he was the lord of the mansion. Reading the story that the system provided, it seemed that Duke Damien came out of nowhere to replace the second son, killed the real heir, and then the previous duke acknowledged him as his real son and passed him the Duchy of Delcostre.
"But what is the use of this power if I can\'t get close to the Saintess. I doubt the Saintess can be affected by this skill anyway," Yunyu grieved.
Yunyu looked at the window, the moon was high and he felt vigorous because of it. However, he suspected that he would feel weak when the sun rose, just like vampires in the movies.
Suddenly, Yunyu heard a knock on the door, and a faint voice was heard, "Milord, Prince Michael has come, he demands you to meet him or he will destroy the mansion with his army."
Yunyu\'s brows raised, but he kept his calm and said, "Tell him to wait, I will meet him soon."
Yunyu touched his fangs, he gulped and retracted the fangs. He was somehow scared of this prince, because of the image shown by the system before. The Prince burned everyone in this kingdom with his holy power without showing mercy at all.
"A—Alright then, since the target has offered himself, I guess I don\'t need to go to the church or anywhere near the Saintess," Yunyu tried to control his expression, like an actor, he was ready to play the script.
The elegant Duke Damien opened the door to meet the zealous Prince Michael.