Can I Kill You?
Prologues

"Today has come too."

After a long sigh, I arranged all the jewelry, dresses, and gold in a large suitcase. Considering that the suitcase had been with me since childhood, I closed it slowly. It's the only thing that keeps me company wherever I go.

By the way, today is the time of my departure for Ruby Palace. For what, you ask? Yup, I'll marry the vampires over there.

Yep. You guys didn't read it wrong, I'll get married. And if you know one thing: I hate vampires. Hugely. The Emerald Kingdom-the human kingdom has long since given up the power of vampires. Even though beside them werewolves, it was still vampires who managed to name it. I could never like this situation.

The sound of the door being knocked greeted my next ear. I opened the door, and mother appeared with a very grim face.

"I'm sorry, Barbie. It's for the sake of all the human kingdom. I know you don't agree with this either, do you?"

A smile I forced to dock on my lips. "No problem, ma'am. Besides, this wedding was planned even though I wasn't born yet, was it?"

Mother nodded weakly. "Mom thought of a brilliant idea just now. What if your sister is the one who married the vampire prince? That way..."

"No!"

I screamed so loudly that some of the servants who happened to pass by turned their heads towards us. Even the mother who should know how my daily habits go along. A little embarrassed, I covered my face with the fan I happened to be carrying.

"I mean, no, I disagree. It's mymarriage. Gabriel doesn't have to come in to get in on this. She will marry a normal human! I promised it!"

"Oh, what a pity my Barbie darling. I'm just suggesting, of course you know what I mean. You're the only one I care about most in this family."

"Then I must love Gabriel too. She's also from mother's flesh blood."

After that, my mother hugged me tightly. It was always this way, if there was a problem, mom gave me a hug, not a solution. And I, who was also used to it, tightly hugged the waist of my old mother.

"Go after you say goodbye to your father and sister waiting in front of the castle gate. I'm sure your father will cry to see you leave."

I smiled miris. "That man won't cry, ma'am. Even if he cried, he would cry happily."

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The birds were strewn across the sky, as if welcoming me as well. The sun is already floating at its highest. I'm sure the vampire nation is still not awake.

"Sister Barbie. Be careful on the road" said my sister who hugged me afterwards. His blue eyes glazed over. "I'll always miss my sister."

Miris. My tears almost broke. I promised not to cry in front of her.

"Thank you, Gabriel."

The one who spoke just now was the white-bearded Old Man with his extended mustache. That's mydad. I hope he never shows up in my last moments, in the human kingdom.

"of course. Then I'll say good."

There were no hugs or cries, nor did I smile back, nor frown like the mother I just rejected her brilliant idea. My shoes climbed onto the wheeled carriage and I immediately sat in it.

Gabriel seemed to be waving his skinny hand at me, saying goodbye many times. I waved back softly at him, and the horse-drawn carriage hurtled quickly towards the Ruby Kingdom that would become my new residence.

Between the sound of the horse's howling and the rustling of the whispers of leaves illuminated by orange light, my mind drifted back to the past. Remembering all the roots of the problem that befell me today. 

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"How much did you drink, Mikaela?"

The white-haired young man called Mikaela still continued to suck the blood of the woman lying on the green grass through the woman's arm. His face was thin and pale. However, there was no sign of the young man stopping sucking.

Feeling satisfied after a few minutes, he released his bite. "To fifty, maybe?"

"Oh, you're crazy." commented the friend. His light brown hair shone under the full moon. "Oh, yeah. I heard the kingdom next door has a daughter who's the same age as you."

"Oh, huh?" Mikaela licked her lips that were still covered in blood. "Then, it means..."

"Your dream is not a delusion."　

Mikaela sighed. "Yikes, that's a nightmare. But no problem."

"Why?"

"I can finally taste the blood of nobles. I'm tired of taking the blood of village women" he said, throwing a glance at the fainted woman.

"I don't think it makes any difference." commented the friend. "Be careful, Mikaela. Don't let you fall for humans. If so, you know what that means, right?"

The wind roared violently. Seengok crow even hesitated to eavesdrop. The sign, as if to tell James a certainty of Mikaela.

"No way."

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