Otaku Witch-Chapter 1519 - 819: Love Is the Name of the Illness

So, does your Dracula clan really produce loli vampires?

Although Dorothy’s high spiritual sensitivity made her feel the terrifying aura of the most ancient vampire Grand Duke in front of her, akin to a sea of blood, the homebody witch couldn’t help but internally complain about the completely mismatched loli appearance for someone of such age and status.

However, when her gaze shifted to the other two figures in the hall, this notion was corrected, as they were mature and beautiful big sisters in both figure and temperament.

The black-dressed big sister standing to the left of the two lolis had a cold and dazzling appearance, an aloof demeanor, was unsmiling, and exuded great authority.

The white-dressed big sister standing to the right of the two lolis had a delicate appearance, a gentle temperament, a smiling face, and was very approachable.

The homebody witch recalled Alice’s brief introduction on their way here and could roughly confirm the identities of these two.

These should be the two sisters of the stepmother.

Although vampire clan witches are not unable to reproduce like traditional vampires, they actually seldom choose to have children in the normal way.

After all, even for ordinary witches, having children is a task that consumes immense amounts of mana value.

And for vampire clan witches, the depletion is even greater; they lose not only mana value but also their bloodline power.

If the True Ancestor were still around, bloodline power could be replenished, but without the True Ancestor now, vampire clan witches cherish their bloodline power as life, and are unwilling to waste it.

Plus, having children normally is like a lottery; before the child is born and the results revealed, no one knows if they’ll get a common card fodder or an SSR genius, which has a high gambling risk.

With the Thirteen Vampire Clan Families forced to start nurturing genius offspring, they naturally wouldn’t choose such a highly random natural reproductive method.

Thus, vampire clan witches continue to follow the ancient vampire tradition, choosing the First Embrace method to expand their clan by transforming outsiders into vampires.

First Embracers and those First Embraced are considered mother-daughter in vampire clan witch law.

This "reproductive" method allows for excellent control over the quality of offspring, as one only has to First Embrace geniuses.

Duke Dracula could divide three portions of Marquis-level Blood of Ascension; the first two used the First Embrace method, thus the two mature vampire ladies.

Elder sister Camilla, second sister Elizabeth, these two vampire clan Marquises were even among those the senior Fanny spoke of as Thirteen Marquises, showing they were indeed talented.

The youngest sister is her stepmother Lilith.

However, Lilith was not First Embraced but was directly birthed by Duke Dracula using a Secret Technique, thus being biological.

Not that it’s necessarily a good thing, as the stepmother was created essentially as a vessel for True Ancestor’s resurrection, with a slightly unique "manufacturing" method.

In the strictly hierarchical vampire clan, the only ones eligible to live in the Ducal Castle atop Eternal Night Mountain, besides Duke Dracula herself, are her three "daughters."

Just...

The big sisters were adopted through First Embrace, while the biological daughter is pretty much a loli...

Indeed, your clan does produce loli vampires.

Once again, Dorothy internally complained.

But outwardly, she was obedient and sensible.

"Dorothy, pays respects to you, esteemed His Grace the Duke."

The homebody witch tugged at the hem of her witch’s robe and gracefully performed a curtsy.

Of course, this was thanks to Ruthfiel’s prompt; otherwise, with her own personality, she would likely have nodded directly with a "yes, that’s me."

Besides paying respects to the loli duke, the homebody witch didn’t forget to bow slightly to greet the two vampire big sisters nearby.

"Indeed a good child. Since you’re Lilith’s stepdaughter, there’s no need for too much formality. You may directly call me grandmother in the future."

Duke Dracula was surprisingly amiable, as she smiled at Dorothy, nodding, and said this.

"Alright, grandmother,"

The homebody witch didn’t hesitate to change her address accordingly. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Simultaneously, she felt relieved.

Hmm, the family atmosphere here seems pretty nice, not as bad as the anticipated scenario of Annie and Adam being controlled and confined.

Up until now, she finally had the chance to look at her stepmother by the loli Duke’s side.

Annie was rather timid at the moment, lacking the usual domineering aura she had at home, appearing as an obedient daughter beside Dracula, whereas Adam was fairly composed.

This middle-aged handsome uncle didn’t show the tension of meeting the mother-in-law for the first time; he smiled upon seeing Dorothy’s arrival.

However, his smile quickly froze because Duke Dracula spoke again.

"You came here with a task, didn’t you? What’s the Judgment Court’s decision? Planning to act against us?"

The loli Duke maintained her smiling expression as though chatting casually, yet her words made the homebody witch’s scalp tingle.

The two Marquis big sisters beside her also furrowed their brows, slightly wary of the homebody witch, seemingly ready to act upon their mother’s command.