Having spent just a night in Magnolia, Kaiser decided that it was time she did some exploring. She was going to be here for a while, and so she thought it was a good idea to look around so she could better navigate these streets. Unlike Dahlia, Magnolia had a disgustingly cheerful ambiance, and she needed some time to adjust to the vibe of this whole place. At least her guildmates would be here too. After taking control of all of the major locations within the hometown of their guild, the Daevas were attempting to expand their reach. After tasting a bit of power, Kaiser wanted more, and she wasn’t going to let go of any chances to get this.

The vampire crept along the shadowed streets of Magnolia, using her vampiric vision and magical senses to get a feel of her surroundings. She leapt over buildings, flapping her scarlet appendages wildly as she traversed the city streets, and coming to land on the roof of an inn. If you wanted to know the reasons for Kaiser to do the things that she did, you should probably forget about it. The way that Kaiser was, she was just so unpredictable that sometimes even her guildmates couldn’t deal with her but it was just the way she was and there was nothing anyone could do about it.

Crawling down a ladder that led to one of the rooms of the inn like the vermin she was, Kaiser soundlessly swooped in, drawing back her bat-like wings into her skin, as she marched through the pile of trash. She realised this was some kind of storage room in the inn, and exited it casually, after making sure no one was in the corridor. She could hear the voices coming from the guest rooms and observed that not all of the rooms were taken. From the rooms that were taken, she distinguished a set of young girls’ voices. What business did she have with them? Nada. What was her relation to them? A total stranger. Why did she get involved in what happened next? There was no answer to the curious onlooker. The reason she distinguished the voices of the three little girls was because of what was being said. One of them was convincing the other two to follow her to a balcony, and with the help of her talisman, the vampire sensed murderous intent from the one that was speaking. She said things that a girl at that age wouldn’t know to say, and in a very persuasive tone, too. All Kaiser could sense from the other two was fear. Of course, what child wouldn’t be scared of another who spoke so cunningly? She didn’t care for the two girls that were being baited to becoming human sacrifices; she didn’t even like children. No. She was interested in the witch.

Due to the way she was dressed, Kaiser casually walked into the room and pretended to be a bit tired. “I’m back, children,” she began, then looked over to the small girl who clearly looked out of place and acted just a tad surprised. “Oh look what we have here...a new friend? What’s your name dear?” she would ask, not taking her eyes off the witch for even a split second. The witch gave her a look, not uttering a single word since the moment she entered. Now things were a little awkward, but Kaiser would stand there with her big fake smile, waiting for the witch to respond. She wasn’t waiting for a reason to kill her. She was just curious as to what she would say, and how she would continue with her whole act.

With the situation kind of tense at this point in time, Kaiser had her necklace detecting any magical entities that entered the effective range of its ability. The vampire never took her eyes off of the little who was now blinking like she was a confused little child. “Is this your momma? I think I’ve gotta go back to my momma too. I’ll see you girls—”

Kaiser advanced forward at high speeds, her hand aiming at the little witch’s throat. Realizing that she was going to be attacked the moment the vampire dashed towards her, the little witch jumped unnaturally high, proving to the two little girls now that she wasn’t just an ordinary child like them. A pair of bloody appendages sprouted out once again from the vampire’s back as she flew to reach the height that the witch was jumping to get away from her reach. However, Kaiser was able to grab her by her fake small leg and pulled the witch towards her, grabbing her throat with her free hand and tightly gripping her windpipe.

“You move too fast for a five year old. Reveal your true identity,” she demanded as the child-like form wiggled in her grasp. She tightened her grip a little, in an attempt to scare it further. With the help of her talisman, she was aware of the entity that arrived at the door before this madness began. She assumed it was the two girls’ legitimate guardian. She didn’t understand why exactly the entity didn’t come barging in to come to the girls’ safety, though. Maybe she wasn’t their legitimate guardian after all. Wriggling like a worm in her hands, the witch continued to remain silent. “So be it,” were the last words she said to the witch before crushing its windpipe with her sheer strength. Of course the scene was gory, a scare for the actual human children in the room, that they would remember for the rest of their lives.

The pale sorceress dropped the lifeless form onto the floor after she wiped her hands with the clothes that the witch wore. Her wings once again withdrew back into her skin and as she landed back on the floor, she tilted her head slightly to glance at the girls. “You can come in now. I don’t know if you were afraid or if you were waiting for a chance to get rid of these kids,” she said. Kaiser spoke her mind and usually had no filter, unless she thought it was necessary. She turned to face the door with a blank expression on her face. Another interesting entity.

It was slightly surprising that the person at the door turned out to be their legitimate guardian, and in fact, their ‘mother’. “Ah.” One of the girls started to speak, describing what had just happened from her perspective to her actual mother, barely being able to pronounce the words right. They were so young, but according to their mother they had seen worse, which Kaiser assumed was the reason she stood outside to assess the situation before entering.

The vampire had turned to face them fully now, watching the family reunion while she thought of where to dump the witch’s body. When the woman told her children to thank her, Kaiser was too deep in thought to hear that bit, her contemplation only disrupted once she was asked to introduce herself.

The vampire saw no harm in revealing herself to these people, since after all it appeared like she had saved them from the witch. It was also evident that the witch was indeed disguised to appear like a child, after seeing how fast it moved and the way it talked. A normal child would’ve just cried before dying. The witch struggled, even contesting Kaiser’s strength before losing its life.

“My name is Kaiser,” she began, looking at the kids, then back at the body of the witch, her final gaze landing onto the mother. “What about you? Also...would you like to help me clean up this mess?” she asked. Of course she didn’t really need help to do such a thing, but she didn’t want her to go reporting to the inn staff or the police. After all, Kaiser had saved the lives of her kids.

Apparently the lady was willing to clean up the mess on her own, which was surprising but Kaiser was glad about that. She normally didn’t clean up for things like this. In a different reality, she would have likely killed the other children as well as their mother, but in this case, their mother figure was quite an interesting person, thus leading her to be curious about her. It got even better when she started to ask about guilds. Kaiser took this as an opportunity to advertise her guild, talking about the idea behind it and telling her where it was stationed as well. Her name was ‘Kurisa’ and Kaiser noted how both their names started with a K.

After much talking between the two of them, Kurisa showed her interest in joining Daeva Eye. It was a good thing that Kaiser had accidentally carried with her the stamping device. Of course she didn’t expect it when Kurisa lifted up her dress for her to stamp on her right buttcheek. She hadn’t given anyone the stamp on any private place like this. Kaiser, however, had a weird place for a guild tattoo though—on her tongue.

“There you go,” she said after giving her the stamp in the colors she asked for. Kaiser’s lips curled up into a satisfied smile. She didn’t expect to get a new member in Magnolia, since Fairy Tail seemed to be the prominent guild here, but she was glad that she was able to recruit such a powerful sorceress. She knew because with the help of her talisman, she detected the huge mana reserve that Kurisa possessed. “Feel free to move into our villa until we leave for Dahlia again. It’s at...” she said, revealing the location of the villa she was staying at, together with the girls. After that, she pretty much flew out of the inn to return to said villa. She had done something for tonight...maybe she would do the exploring another day.