(The Genocide in Havre Etienne)
Nine years ago, the so-called Havre Massacre occurred…Sixty percent of the population were brutally murdered.This civil war turned Havre into a land filled with hatred and rage.Even now, that hatred toward Etienne, Meltz, and Saint Troye remains.
Havre Etienne received money and aid afterwards,but the dead do not return.The children who saw their parents die…the parents who watched their children die…they will never forget the pain.The suffering and fear…have left Havre Etienne with wounds that still remain.Little population, little money…great suffering…
Thirty percent of the children in Havre Etienne are orphans.Sixty percent of mothers raise their children alone,as most fathers either died in the civil waror were executed.
(Klick!) (Klick!)
Hugo: "Hhhhhhh… how much I hate it… when I see people happy…"
(Klick!)
Hugo: "Those three Frankish nations…they killed my friends… and many of my family members…"
(Klick!)
Hugo: "And they dare… to smile… (grins)…hehehe… well then, have fun…"
He dropped the detonator.A powerful poison gas spread.
Hugo: "Hmph… hahahahahahahaha… hehehehehe…"
He looked out the window, watching the people desperately struggle to breathe.
Hugo: "What do you say now… huh?Do you like it?How does it feel!!This is how my friends died!!HOW DOES IT FEEL!This is how my father died!!!Damn Troye people!!!!"
Hugo's mouth and jaw were sewn shut, as well as parts of his arm and hand.
Hugo: "This… itching…this itching won't stop…Half of my body was wounded in the war…burned or poisoned…hehehe…then I received my ability…Dark Bat… hmm…"
People lay on the ground.
Hugo: "Oh… already over…what a shame…"
(Mama!)
Hugo: "Huh!!!"
He turned around.A child was shaking his mother.
Hugo: "Hmph… I don't care…"
Unknown child: "Mama… Mama… please… get up… Mama…"Hugo: "…!!"
(9 years ago)
Hugo: "Please… someone help me… (crying!!)…Please… someone help me…stop…Mama!!! Please get up…Mama…"
(Patch!) (Patch!)
Bernard: "You poor child… you poor children…you must have lost your mother…"
Hugo: "Mmm… please… help her…"Carla: "Please…"Cosette: "Mama… she… she was shot by an officer…"Bernard: "I'm sorry, children, she's dead… quickly, come with me, I'll bring you to safety…"Hugo: "Ugh…"
He held Hugo's hand.Hugo looked back at his mother's body.
Hugo: "Hahhh… (tears)…"
(End of memory)
Unknown child: "Mama… please get up…"
(Patch!) (Patch!)
Unknown child: "Huh?"Hugo: "Hmm…"
He picked up the mother into his arms.
Hugo: "Come with me."Unknown child: "Huh…"
Hugo ran.
Hugo: "(What the hell am I doing!!!)…"
(A few hours later)
Casper: "Hmmm…"Remy: "Hmmmm… we're here…"Fiona: "Mhm."Casper: "What… where?"Remy: "Are you slow? We're going this way."Casper: "Huh?"Fiona: "Hmm."Remy: "The sewer."Fiona: "Are you sure that's a good idea…"Casper: "No way, I'm not going in there. These clothes are new!"Remy: "With the salary you have, you can buy new ones."Fiona: "Hmm?"Casper: "Don't care."Remy: "Don't be a wimp…"Fiona: "Uh… Remy…"Remy: "Casper, come on."Casper: "No."Remy: "What?"Fiona: "Remy… Casper…"Both: "What?!"Fiona: "How about we just go across the rooftops… easier, no?"Remy: "Huh?"Casper: "Oh… yeah, that's a good idea."Remy: "What? No… that's not a good idea… the sewer is safer…"Casper: "Remy, why are you shaking?"Remy: "I'm not shaking."Fiona: "Hmm…"Casper: "Don't tell me… you're afraid of heights…"Fiona: "Huh?"Remy: "No, I'm not…"
Fiona and Casper stared at him.
Fiona: "Awww… how cute… little Remy is afraid of heights…"Casper: "Hehehehehe… then sure, go through the sewer if you want…"Fiona: "Mhm… we're taking the rooftops."Remy: "Ghhh… fine, I'll show you…"
He climbed the ladder.
Fiona: "Ohhh…"Casper: "Brave…"Fiona: "Let's see how this goes."
They climbed up.
Casper: "Remy?"Fiona: "Hmm…"Remy: "Mmmmmm…"
His legs trembled.
Fiona: "(Sweats)… he's going to faint any moment…"Casper: "(Sweats)… didn't think he'd be this scared of heights…"Fiona: "Mhm…"Remy: "I'm not scared."
He said, even as his legs shook more violently.
Fiona: "Sure…"Casper: "Then walk ahead."Remy: "I am… mmm."
He walked forward, still trembling.
Fiona: "Mhm… that's good."Remy: "Ghhhh…"Casper: "Hmm…"Fiona: "(Sweats)… he's sweating so much…"Remy: "I'm not sweating…"Fiona: "Your hands say otherwise…"Remy: "I… am not sweating… okay?"Fiona: "Hahhh…"
She moved ahead and held his hand.
Remy: "Ugh…"Fiona: "Calm down… if you shake like that, you really will fall…"Remy: "Ugh… (…such warm hands)…."Fiona: "Come on…"Remy: "Ugh… yeah…"
They walked. Remy calmed down a little.
Fiona: "Hmm…"Casper: "Looks like there's a celebration down there…"Remy: "Celebration… for the victory in the civil war…"Fiona: "What? Really… what about Havre Etienne?"Casper: "Well… they aren't celebrating there…"Remy: "The children remember their parents… and miss them… the parents miss their children… that's how it has been for 9 years…"Fiona: "Hmm…"Remy: "Hmm…"Fiona: "You lost your parents too, right…"Remy: "Mhm… but not 9 years ago. The civil war ended 9 years ago… but it began 13 years ago. I was 7…"Fiona: "Hmm. What about your sister, Wendy?"Remy: "She's not really my sister…"Casper: "But don't tell Wendy that."Remy: "I met her years ago in an orphanage… after the civil war. She was only 5 months old. That was 7 and a half years ago. I was 12…"Fiona: "So she's not your sister."Remy: "No… but I care for her like one. After the orphanage incident, I took care of her…"Fiona: "What? What incident?"Remy: "Hmm… doesn't matter. What I can say is that that orphanage… went downhill…"
Suddenly he squeezed Fiona's hand tightly.
Remy: "Hmm…"Fiona: "I see…"Casper: "Hey, look… isn't that it?"Fiona: "Hmm?"Remy: "Hmm?"
They looked down.
Remy: "Should be. Look there… a guard."Fiona: "Hmm?"Casper: "Hmm?"
On the rooftop of the building on Reims Street No. 40…
Casper: "How do we approach with him standing there?"Fiona: "Someone needs to distract him…"Remy: "Hmm… let's do it."Fiona: "Huh?"Remy: "Hello!!"Fiona: "WHAT!!"
Remy suddenly stood up—Fiona too, since she was holding his hand.The guard noticed them and aimed his weapon.
Thorn Mafia: "Hands up!!"Remy: "Woah, woah."Fiona: "What are you doing?!"Remy: "Sorry… I just wanted to rest here with this lady…"Thorn Mafia: "Huh?"
Casper appeared behind the guard and knocked him out.
Guard: "Urk."Casper: "Hahh."Fiona: "Hhh… Remy, what was that!!"Remy: "Hey… it worked."Fiona: "You could at least tell me what you plan before you do it… I was holding your hand so you wouldn't freak out from the height, remember…"Remy: "Oh… sorry…"Fiona: "Hahhh… anyway, it worked."
She let go of his hand.
Fiona: "But I won't do it again…"Remy: "Oh… okay…"Casper: "Hmm."
He opened the door.
Casper: "It's open."Fiona: "Hmm."Remy: "Alright…"
They went inside.
Fiona: "Why is it so cold…"Remy: "Yeah… unusually cold even for Roselande… it was warmer outside…"Casper: "The air conditioner must be off…"Remy: "Hmm."Fiona: "We should go down. But… there will be guards."Casper: "Yeah…"
Casper used his vampire hearing.
(Splop!)
Casper: "Breathing… drinking… clicking… at least three people here."Fiona: "Interesting…"Remy: "Casper's hearing is always reliable. Let's move, but stay in cover."
They hid behind cover.
Remy: "Hmm."Fiona: "I see someone."Remy: "A guard."Casper: "Mhm."Fiona: "I think I know how to take care of him…"
She took something from her hat.
Remy: "Oho…"Casper: "Huh?"Fiona: "Thanks to Herold's ability, I receive things from Wonderland."Remy: "Wonderland… wow…"
She held two shoe cards.
Fiona: "Exactly… the shoes…"Remy: "Hmm?"Fiona: "These shoes are very important… they make me quieter… one of Mr. Herold's best abilities."
She removed her shoes and put on the magical ones.
Fiona: "Hey Remy, hold my shoes—"Remy: "(Drools!)…"Fiona: "Casper, please hold my shoes."Casper: "Okay…"
She moved silently toward the guard.
Fiona: "Hhh…"
She knocked him out.
Guard: "Urk."Casper: "Oh…"Remy: "Wow…"Fiona: "Alright… let's continue…"
They continued downward.
Fiona: "Oh…"Remy: "Why is it suddenly so dark…"Casper: "Hmm… maybe there's a light…"
They switched it on.
(Klick!)
Fiona: "Ugh…"Remy: "Ughhhh…"Casper: "Hahhh… what… is this…"
Several prison cells.Many imprisoned people.
Fiona: "They're trafficking humans…"
They opened one door.The woman inside looked at Remy.
Remy: "Hey… are you alright?"Fiona: "Let me see."
She touched the woman's cheek.
Fiona: "Ugh… deep eye bags… she hasn't slept in days…"Casper: "Heartbeat very weak… breathing heavy…"Fiona: "Her fingers… completely ruined…"
She checked her eyes.
Fiona: "She's alive… but… she might die soon if this continues…"Remy: "Then let's get out of here quickly…"Fiona: "What?"Casper: "Not without them…"Remy: "How do we free them? The police works with the Thorn Mafia, remember."Fiona: "We can't just leave them here… that would be inhuman. I may be half banshee, but also half human… I won't allow these people to suffer…"
Suddenly, the woman grabbed both Fiona's and Casper's hands.
Casper: "Huh?"Fiona: "Hmm?"Prisoner: "…Code… 4… 6… 4… 3… 0…"Casper: "Ugh!!!"Prisoner: "I'm sorry."
(Klick — something on her neck lit up)Suddenly gas filled the entire room.
Fiona: "Urk… ghhhh… (cough)…"Casper: "Gas…"Remy: "Move!"Fiona: "Ughhh… hhhh… wait…"Casper: "The prisoners—!"
They tried to move.Fiona looked back.The prisoner was already dead.
Fiona: "Damn…"Casper: "Damn it… (cough)…"
They rushed toward the exit.
Remy: "Go… (cough)…!"Fiona: "Ghhhh…"Casper: "Ghhhh…"
(Patch!) (Patch!)
Fiona: "Huh?"
She turned.Someone was behind her.
Fiona: "What—"Remy: "Hugo!!!"Casper: "Ghhh…"
Casper grabbed both Remy and Fiona by their jackets, ran, and threw them out the window.
(Crash!)
Remy: "Ghhh…"Fiona: "Hahhh…"
It was high.
Remy: "Ugh… Fiona…"
He wrapped his arms around her.
(Crash!)
Fiona: "Ugh…"Remy: "Ugh… what?"
They had fallen into a wagon full of wheat.
Remy: "Ugh…"Fiona: "Hahhh…"
And then… Fiona was on top of Remy, her face very close to his.
Remy: "Oh… you're heavier than I thought… have you been eating a lot lately…?"Fiona: "Ughh…"
(Slap!) (Crack!) (Patch!)
Remy: "(Sweats)… i-it was just a joke… don't you… don't you understand humor…"Fiona: "Hmph…"
His cheeks were swollen, his mouth bruised.
Fiona: "Tss… what do we do now…"Remy: "About what?"Fiona: "About what? Casper! Aren't you worried!?"Remy: "I'm not into worrying about dudes…"Fiona: "(Sweats)…"Remy: "Besides, don't worry. He's tougher than you think."Fiona: "Huh?"
(Meanwhile)
Hugo: "Well, well… who do we have here… is that you… Red Eye…"Casper: "…hmm…"Hugo: "Must be annoying for you… that the child you once saved… is now a member of the Thorn Mafia…"Casper: "Hhhh… Hugo… what are you doing… you used to be a kind boy…"Hugo: "True, you saved me once… but the second time… you didn't."Casper: "Hhhh…"Hugo: "I don't blame you, Red Eye… since you saved my life once, I'll give you one minute to run."Casper: "These people… don't deserve to die!!!"Hugo: "Hmm?"
He noticed one prisoner still alive.He took out his pistol to shoot.
Casper: "Ghhh."
(Bang!)
Casper blocked in time.
Casper: "Nooooo!"Hugo: "Look at that… the Bloody Vampire… the one who killed many people… and now he wants to lecture me… what an irony…"Casper: "Huhh!!"Hugo: "The Vampire of Lac Vert… who killed many women 30 years ago… drank their blood dry… you left not a single drop. The bodies of your victims were pale white."Casper: "Ghhh…"Hugo: "Must be because of your curse… right?The curse of Witch Holle… Larmes Sombres… (Dark Tears)…"
The Dark Tears curse…a well-known curse for vampires.It makes them never full… always thirsty for more blood…more and more…Their eyes cry black tears…they feel unbearable pain…whether they want to or not…they kill and drink… but the thirst never ends…Dark eyes…purple skin…pain in the ears and nose…The Vampire of Lac Vert…killed over 200 people 30 years ago…mostly young women.They called him L'être vierge (The Virgin Being)…most victims were working late or in the wrong place… or prostitutes.All the corpses had a hole in the chest…
Casper: "Hhhh…"Hugo: "Hmm…"
(Patch!) (Patch!)
The Lac Vert vampire started 30 years ago…and stopped only 10 years ago.
Hugo: "You… telling me to stop hurting innocents…"Casper: "Ghhh…"Hugo: "You killed innocent women… they had families…And the woman you killed 19 years ago… Matilda…oh… she had 4 siblings.Their mother died early, so Matilda cared for them… even though she was only 19…Isn't that cruel?
After her death, they went to an orphanage…Little Natalie… died from abuse and starvation…Junior… took his own life at 10…"Casper: "…ghhhh…"Hugo: "Pekto… was shot by an officer for stealing bread…Only the baby survived…the girl… named… Camilia…"Casper: "Hhh…"Hugo: "She's still alive…she's even a member of the Thorn Mafia…"Casper: "Ugh!!!"Hugo: "Come out… Camilia…"
(Patch!) (Patch!)
She appeared.
Hugo: "Vampire du Lac Vert… here stands… the girl… who cried every day because of you…who missed her big sister every day…and her mother too…"Casper: "Huh?"Hugo: "One of your first victims… Natasha Chalov… remember her?"Casper: "Ugh!!!"
(Memory)
(Splach!)
Casper: "Hahh… hehehehe… (grins!)…"
(End of memory)
Hugo: "Exactly… you killed her mother first… then her older sister…They were taken to the orphanage… but because they were from Havre Etienne, no one cared…Little Natalie died of starvation…Junior killed himself…Pekto was shot…Only… Camilia survived…and now she stands before you.What do you say now…?Do you dare preach about saving innocents?Answer me… Vampire du Lac Vert!!!"
Casper: "Hhhh…"
He looked at her.She had tired eyes, orange medium-length hair, about 164 cm tall…she stared at him coldly.
Casper: "I… I… didn't… want that…"Camilia: "That's enough, Hugo."Hugo: "Hmm?"Camilia: "Hmm."
(Patch!) (Patch!)
Camilia: "Du Lac Vert…"
She smiled wickedly.
Camilia: "I finally found you…You have no idea how lonely I was…You have no idea how much I suffered because of you…I don't want to kill you…I want you to pay for what you did…"Casper: "Ugh…"Camilia: "Hehhh… (grins)… what do you say… hmm?"
Casper wanted to fight her…but when he heard her heartbeat…felt the pain inside her…he abandoned the idea.
Casper: "What do you want from me?"Camilia: "Good boy…"
She suddenly placed a collar around his neck.
Camilia: "From now on… you are my butler!!!"Casper: "Huh?"Camilia: "Of course… what did you think?That I'd kill you?Why would I?Sure, I have reasons…but I was just a baby when it happened… well, one year old…I wasn't treated well because I came from Havre Etienne…and because my family were military officers…but I was still a child.I didn't understand anything.Why should I kill you?"
She touched his cheeks.
Camilia: "What beautiful eyes you have…"
She hugged him.
Casper: "Ugh…"Camilia: "You were just a cursed little vampire…it wasn't your fault…"
Hugo: "Tsss… I'll leave… this is making me sick…"
He walked away.
Camilia: "Ugh… what is it?"Casper: "Aren't you here to kill me?"Camilia: "Me? I don't kill… I never kill…"Casper: "Hmm?"Camilia: "(Grins)… I only torture… hehehehehe…"Casper: "Ugh…"Camilia: "Don't worry… I won't torture you…"
She stroked his hair.
Casper: "Hhh…"Camilia: "You poor thing… surely you suffer from this…When I heard your story, my heart broke…You must suffer so much…how many you killed because of that curse…yet people ignore the pain you went through…"
She pulled him close, his head resting under her neck.
Camilia: "Hmm… don't worry, I'm here for you…"Casper (thought): "I… don't understand anymore…Why… is she warm?How can someone who loves torturing others… be warm…No… it was my fault…If it weren't for me, she would've grown into a kind person…who would help others…It's my fault… she became like this…"
Camilia: "Come then… before the gas spreads again…"
(A few minutes later)
Remy: "Hahh."Fiona: "Are you sure he's coming?"Remy: "Five minutes."Fiona: "You said that… fifteen minutes ago."Remy: "Five more minutes… he'll come. He's my right hand. He must come."Fiona: "(Sweats)… you talk like he's your servant, not your right hand…"Remy: "Well, one could say I'm his boss."Fiona: "Oh dear… poor you… drank too much paint, maybe…"Remy: "Huh?"Fiona: "We should go back and check… what if he's still there…"Remy: "You think he stayed?"Fiona: "Mhm."Remy: "Well… you might be right… by now the gas should have cleared too."