Chapter 585 - 581: Return

Ryder walked towards the player that was caught by Vampire King. 

"Wait! You are-" he opened his lips to say something, but he stopped as he realized that it was none other than Hades. Why did he seem like the leader of the enemies?

Unfortunately, he couldn't even finish his sentence as his head was slashed. A single attack was clear for him to be taken out. He was eliminated again.

"Why is this guy trying to kill everyone? First near my Palace and now yours?" The Vampire King asked, frowning. 

"No idea. I believe they want chaos and war. But that's only an assumption at this point. I don't know more about this either," Ryder replied, pretending to be ignorant. 

"Is that your niece?" He asked as he noticed a beautiful lady behind the Vampire King. 

"That's right. She's the daughter of the person I came here to find. Unfortunately, I got no clue yet," the Vampire King said as he sighed. 

Ryder couldn't help but feel a little guilty as he heard about this. They had killed her father, after all. 

'It's not like I had any choice. He came after me,' Ryder thought, trying to justify everything that had happened before.

"That aside, where's she?" The Vampire King asked, getting back to the main topic. 

Ryder knew who she was talking about. He walked towards Miyali as he asked, "Can I have that pendant that belongs to your father?'

Miyali gave the pendant to Ryder as she frowned. She didn't understand why he was asking that, but she listened to him. 

As she brought out the pendant before everyone's eyes, the Vampire King noticed it. 

He was stunned for words. That was his. Did that mean this girl was his daughter?

For a moment, he felt as if his body had frozen in place. He couldn't step forward or step back as he didn't know how to address the situation. 

He had thought of many things as he was coming here before, but now that he actually had his daughter, no words came out of his lips. 

He believed he was the culprit of his daughter. Because of him, she had to grow up an orphan. 

Ryder walked with the pendant to the Vampire King.

"Is this yours?" he asked.

The Vampire King stood frozen as he looked at the pendant. Even though the Vampire King didn't say anything, Ryder understood everything from his reactions.

"I'll take that as a yes,' he said as he walked back to Miyali, who still seemed confused. 

"Miyali, let me tell you everything. After a little bit of effort, I had managed to find your father who was also looking for you. Meet the Vampire King... He is your father," Ryder explained to Miyali, sighing. 

The same reaction as the Vampire King was seen in Miyali, who was also overwhelmed. 

"A-are you joking, Your Majesty? I know my father is a Vampire, but he can't be the Vampire King. If he were of such high authority, he would never have let my mother leave. She wouldn't have lived the life she did if someone so prosperous was my father. You must be misunderstanding," Miyali said, shaking her head. 

She refused to believe it. Even though her grandfather hadn't told her about her father, she still believed that her father was a good guy. She thought that it was a taboo for Vampires to be bound to other species. 

She believed her father didn't have any power to change the rule and her mother had to leave. There was no way he could be the Vampire King. If he were someone so special, he would have stopped her. He would have changed the rules for her. 

Her word slightly hurt the Vampire King, but he knew she had every right to say that.

He took a deep breath as he gathered all the courage he had. He wasn't this scared even when he faced the strongest beings in the world as he was now. 

Clenching his fist, he stepped forward and stopped right in front of his daughter. 

"Without thinking anything about his dignity, he went down on his knees as he sighed. 

"I am your culprit. I won't try to explain anything if you don't want to hear. But just know, I didn't want this to happen. I don't want your mother to leave. I even tried to find her, only to fail. The situation was so unfortunate that if I had an opportunity to go back in time to change it, I would have done so in a heartbeat," the Vampire King said as he sighed. 

Seeing the sadness in Vampire King's eyes, Miyali's soft heart melted as she felt bad for him. She didn't know what had happened. She couldn't judge it. 

"Tell me what happened." She told her father. "I'm ready to listen."

The Vampire King took a deep breath as he started telling Miyali everything that he told Ryder. She told him what had happened and how things progressed before her mother left. 

Ryder sat on the throne, giving the others their silence as he kept an eye on the time since he didn't want to leave. Except for High Duke Magna, the others were all surprised at the identity of Ryder's maid. She was the Vampire Princess?

"Can you forgive this unfortunate man for disappointing you?" The Vampire King asked as he finished explaining.

Miyali answered with her actions as she hugged the Vampire King. 

"I knew my father couldn't be bad. I knew there must have been circumstances. I was right. You didn't abandon us. You weren't wrong. Even you lost as much as us," Miyali said softly as she sighed. 

"Thank you for forgiving me. Come with me. Let's go back to your real home. Your Palace is empty without you," the Vampire King said as he smiled. His heart was finally at peace as he had received the thing he always desired. 

His family was back. Even though he didn't have his wife, he had his daughter now. 

"I'm sorry, but I can't come back," Miyali replied as she shook her head.

"Why can't you?" The Vampire King asked. 

"I need to work here and take care of His Majesty. He took care of me for so long, even though I created so many troubles for him. I can't leave him behind," Miyali replied as she glanced back at Ryder.

'Created trouble? Is she talking about the Rampage she went on? Ah, that's right. I had punished her to work as a maid at that time. Could it be that she isn't leaving because of that punishment?' Ryder thought, amused.

"Miyali, don't worry about me. You're free, and you should live with your Father. You deserve the life of a Princess. Also, it's not like we won't meet again. I'll come to meet you often. And you can also come occasionally on vacation. Our two realms are tied in a friendly bond now. So don't worry," he told Miyali as he stood up. 

"But..." Miyali tried to say something, but no words came to her head as her thoughts were jumbled. She didn't know what excuse to use. She just didn't want to leave Ryder, but she also didn't want to leave her father. 

"As I said, don't worry. Go home and at least see how it is. Also, your father can tell you about your powers and how to control them better than us. You'll be better there, and you'll get stronger," Ryder said as he stood up.

He walked towards her and patted her head. 

"I can't say I won't miss you. In fact, I'm going to really miss you. But it's better for you," he further said.

Miyali couldn't help but nod. She couldn't say no to him. 

She looked at her father as she said, "I'll come."

The Vampire King nodded. Glancing at Ryder, he softly said, "You have my eternal gratitude. Today you returned my life to me. If you need anything from me in the future, don't hesitate. Just tell me, and I'll do it, no matter what it is."

"I'll keep that in mind," Ryder replied as he nodded.

The Vampire King left with Miyali and his niece, going back to the Undead Region.

"She really was the Vampire King. This isn't bad. Now we have his eternal gratitude. Is this the good news you were talking about?" High Duke Oris asked Ryder as the Vampire King left. 

"That's right. Now that we have the Undead Region on our side, things are going to move smoothly. Moreover, we also have cooperation from other kingdoms after we helped them," Ryder replied.

"Are you trying to bring peace to the world? You're creating such cooperation everywhere. Previously we only used to care about ourselves but we are different now. Are you really doing it for peace or because something more dangerous is coming?" High Duke Oris asked.

"The people that are trying to infiltrate our Empire, the one who wants to kill the Vampire King's niece... Who are they?" He asked Ryder.