Chapter 43: Viscount Layton
Hm? Oh, he’s quite a handsome person. Are all vampires like that?
That’s what I thought as I looked at the smiling nobleman.
Already after sunset, he took off his thick coat and came to us, enjoying the cool night breeze. Grinning, he approached us but then flinched in surprise upon seeing Roka.
“The sun’s...”
Fear briefly froze on his expression before disappearing.
It was because I hid Roka, who is nothing short of a terrifying living weapon to vampires, behind me. Only then did the young nobleman let out an embarrassed laugh.
“Ah, this, I apologize. I was momentarily flustered, so...”
Just as there are nobles and commoners among humans, vampires also have their own class system. At the very top are the true ancestors. Next in the hierarchy are the noble-class lords. And the rest are the lower vampire casts.
The gentleman in front of us didn’t seem to be of a lower class in any way.
“I am Layton Valencia, a lord-class vampire serving Duchess Vlad Shmira. As it may be an unfamiliar rank to humans, you may also call me Viscount Layton.”
Indeed, Mr. Layton seems to be a nobleman by both vampire and human standards.