The Vampire Queen - How I Became The Worlds Last Boss: Chapter 2

Celestia

For the next twenty minutes, I tried to acclimate myself to my body as my vision in the dark kept getting clearer. It was almost as if the sun was shining right through the window, given how well my eyes had adjusted. This room was as bare as it could possibly get.

All I had was a bookshelf with about five books and a bed with a nightstand. From my memories, this is a Marquis household, and this was the state of my room? It was really huge as well. I would say about fifteen by twenty square feet. The size was way bigger than my room in my last life, which was a ten by ten. But I had nothing inside, so it was a massive waste of space.

There were a lot of stains on the floor from all the abuse I’ve taken over the years. From what I can remember, a maid never came into my room to do any cleaning and would only drop by to feed me twice a day. If I had an incident with Caroline or my stepmother, I might only get one meal or nothing at all. I don’t think this family could be a better stereotype for a typical noble family in a fantasy novel.

At least I won’t have to deal with them for very much longer because of what today’s date represents. I will be leaving for my mandatory schooling since I’m now of age to attend the Magic Academy. Every noble child must attend once they reach the age of twelve years old. This led to my sister's actions last night.

She believes that my beauty is superior to hers, so Caroline tried her best to disfigure my face before I entered school. I can’t help but sigh at how pathetic I’ve acted over the past twelve years. These types of characters have always annoyed me in stories I’ve read in the past, and now I have become one. Allowing these people to treat me this way without any fight these past twelve years is just unacceptable. At least I only have to deal with these parents for one more day before they send me off.

Of course, my sister will still be in school, being two years older than me. One of my brothers will also be attending, but he’s in his last year and usually ignores me anyway. Caroline is going to regret the way she treats me so far; I can guarantee that. It’s perfect to awaken my power right before I go to a school that teaches magic.

I don’t plan on ever coming back to this house after I graduate from the academy. A political marriage is a very real possibility, and I’m sure I will absolutely hate that person. They will either be a piece of garbage or three times my age. Not to mention a male!

I’m going to be on the lookout to find a suitable candidate for an experiment when I enter the academy. I will try to find a girl who is very shy and withdrawn from her peers but has a lot of potential. Why do you ask? Well, that’s obvious; it’s because I want to try to turn her into a vampire. What would a vampire be without having her own kin? I plan on being extremely picky about this, though. On the other hand, I’m not even sure it will work.

From the corner of my eye, I notice a bright light start to enter the room, moving towards my current location. As I stared at it intently, I was having this intense sense of foreboding. What happens if I get hit directly by the sun? Will I burn up? How in the world will I live if I can’t go out during the day? It was about to reach the very tip of my finger, as my anxiety had risen through the roof.

I had to find out what the sun would actually do to me. If I only got touched a little, it probably wouldn’t hurt too much. As I watched the sun's light appear on my finger, a warm sensation occurred as I tensed up. The anxiety was all in vain, though, because I was completely fine. I brought my whole body into the sun without any kind of hindrance to my health. At least I know now that I’m a daywalker.

I can’t believe they didn’t put any kind of curtains in this room. Staying up too late would be a massive mistake in this house, with the sun blaring in from the window to begin the day. That’s when I finally got the first look at myself in a mirror, and I had to say, “Wow, I look amazing.”

My hair was snowy white with a tinge of silver, with the length going down to my belly button. My skin was as pale as a ghost—something to be expected given my race. The bright crimson eyes look really eerie but, at the same time, mesmerizing. The garbage outfit I was currently wearing had a lot to be desired. But I still look so alluring, at least to my eyes. I would be struck dumb if a girl this beautiful approached me in my past life and would probably not know how to communicate. I can really tell just how much my body has grown. My height has increased by about five inches, and my body looks much more mature than it did yesterday. It’s as if I went from the age of twelve to eighteen in just one night.

I can’t wait to see the dumb-struck faces of my family when I leave for the academy. I’m sure Caroline was all excited to see my battered face and probably already has a bunch of ideas on how to make fun of my appearance. The idea of attending the academy for my first day in clothes like these really does frighten me, though. My only hope is that there will be a mandatory uniform. With that thought, I heard the door handle start to creek as it was shoved open violently.

“Put these on.” A maid said it with a sneer as she threw a set of clothes at my face. The whole scene went down in super slow motion. I watch in awe as my clothes move slowly through the air, and with my astonishment, I forget to dodge, allowing them to connect.

With a thud, my uniform hit the ground after impacting my face. The maid had a surprised expression as she stared intently at my new appearance. You could see her facial expression crumble as she was probably asking herself, "What did I just do?" The fear in her eyes was huge, as she was burning a hole in me with her stare.

My response to this situation was the most obvious one: "Boo,” I said with a mocking smile as the maid jumped up in fright for some reason. Is my appearance really that terrifying? She bolts out the door without even closing it. Thirty seconds later, I heard footsteps come running back.

“You leave for the academy in thirty minutes; don’t be late.” She took off down the hall.

I look at the academy uniform and have another huge sigh at the short skirt. I’m going to have to wear this. It was a black top with a blue skirt and knee-high socks. There was also a blue jacket. After about a minute, the maid came back to my room, dropping off some black flat shoes in the doorway. Thank God I don’t have to wear high heels because screw that. Will these clothes even fit after my drastic change?

After about twenty-five minutes, I went to the front door entrance of the estate in my uniform for the inevitable confrontation with my parents. I just hope to get this over with in a timely fashion, so I can get on with the rest of my life. This will probably be the last time I see them for a very long time. Don’t get me wrong. I would love to teach these jerk-off parents a lesson, but I just don’t feel like bothering right now. My main target is Caroline; I will worry about the others in the future.

As I approached the front door, I saw my father and stepmother saying their goodbyes to their favorite daughter. It just dawns on me that I will probably have to sit in a carriage with Caroline for many hours on our way to the academy. Well, I don’t plan on letting her control me anymore, so maybe it might be a great time. My body has gotten way stronger since I became a vampire, and she’s a weak, pathetic girl who would be easy for me to man-handle.

When I was about a few feet away from them, they still didn’t even notice my presence. So I decide to just try to walk past them and hope they won’t notice. As I was exiting the door, of course, I would have to be called upon.

“Celestia…” My father yells with a strain in his voice, “What the hell happened to you?”

I stop and look back to see all three of them with wide-open mouths looking at me in utter surprise. The look on my sister's face was, How in the hell does she not look disfigured?

“My guess would be puberty.” I reply with a nonchalant tone and a shrug of my shoulders. “It could have also been when a very kind sister decided to kick me in the face repeatedly last night; who knows?”

They were so stunned by my answer that no words came out of any of their mouths for a good while. I guess my change really is quite jarring with how they're looking at me. I can’t be a true vampire without seduction, and without beauty, that would also be hard.

I glance over at my sister, with her pitch-black midnight hair and amethyst eyes. The only thing that came to mind was how ordinary someone can look. I’m sure she’s extremely jealous of the exotic beauty I turned into overnight. I gave her a “humph” as I turned around and continued to walk to the carriage.

"Celestia, you better do well in the academy so you can pay the debt you owe me for raising you. I already have a few great marriage options available, as long as you do well in school. Don’t let me down!” He said it with a stern tone.

The feeling of utter disgust that went through my body was immense. I want to turn around and one-punch this horrible father. There was no reason to even give him the time of day, so I just continued on to the carriage and jumped into it. Looking back at my so-called parents, I saw my stepmother bitching and complaining about my actions as my father just stood there trying to comfort her. My sister was just staring straight at me with a disgusted expression.

After a few minutes of waiting, Caroline got into the carriage with two maids, who each sat on one side of her, across from me. I guess she needs people to hold her hand; she is still unable to properly change her clothes on her own. How pathetic. Caroline stares at me intently with a solemn look on her face.

“Why are you fine, and how do you look like that?” Those were the first words out of her mouth as the carriage started moving towards our destination.

“Why wouldn’t I be?” I replied sarcastically, “Oh right, the impromptu face lift you tried to give me last night really did wonders for my complexion.” My shit-eating grin was very impactful as her face contorted.

“When did you get a backbone and now think you can talk back to me?” Caroline said it with venom in her voice. Both maids are giving me death glares at the same time.

“My princess, you brought two maids? Are you still not old enough to dress yourself? How pathetic,” I said with a chuckle.

I’m fully aware that in this kind of society, it is normal to get dressed by maids, but I just thought it would hit the right spot. She is so entitled, so picking anything apart that has to do with her way of life will be a massive blow to her ego.

“You better watch it with your dirty commoner mouth. How sad must it be to have a mother as pathetic as yours?” Caroline crosses her arms with a smirk as both maids start praising their mistress with encouraging words.

My mother died when I was only six months old, so I don’t even remember what she looks like. But at the same time, hearing this shit come out of her mouth really irks me in the wrong way.

“You just crossed the line.” I lunge forward, grabbing both maids by the throat, lifting them up to hit the ceiling, and then dropping them to the ground. I place my foot right on the neck of Caroline, digging in my heel. Her body was pushed hard into the backrest, with the fear of God in her eyes as she gasped for air.