In that moment, as Amelia's elder brother questioned him, Minato realized something... something he had been blind to this entire time.
He had been so focused on himself, the portals, the system, and the chaos surrounding his life that he never once stopped to think about the people bound to him.
His Familiars weren't just tools or summons. They had families, histories, and lives before they met him.
Minato straightened his back, gripping his blood axe instinctively. "Yeah," he responded cautiously. "And you are?"
"I am the first heir to the Throne of Damnation," the man declared, his voice loud and commanding. His blood-red eyes looked down at Minato as though he were nothing more than an insect. "And you, human, are the reason my sister has defied the royal commandments." (vampires meeting other species)
