Prologue

In a world where mermaids were sold as pets and vampires were hunted down for pride, lived a siren amongst humanity in the red light district.

Skin as lavish as silk, her hair resembling ocean waves, seashells and coral ornaments decorated her looks. Her smile was enough to make men kneel to the ground. She was a beauty unrivaled by ordinary humans. 

Living in a brothel, she was no ordinary oiran. She was skillful in every form of entertainment— be it on stage, board games or in bed. No amount of gold can impress her; much less purchasing the pearl of the brothel.

She was sought to be the most valuable woman in the red light district— no, perhaps even the Imperial Palace knew how precious she was to the nation. How everyone talked about how she moves like gentle waves. How the Pearl shines on stage under the moon.

She was the epitome of beauty.

But even the sea can be cruel.

Every man she had slept with all met with the same fate. Each one was a delectable meal for her hunger for flesh.

A soft lullaby is all it took for them to give up their life. With a punched chest and a missing heart, they are all fools for lust.

Blood scattered her skin like paint as she sank her teeth into a living beating heart, indulging the taste of iron while the blood dripped down the once white silken bedsheet. Her eyes glanced at the corpse— his lifeless eyes wide open and his mouth gaped open with blood pooling inside. 

Her fingertips grazed on his eyelids, closing the victim’s eyes— like she sympathized for his death, like she felt his death was necessary.

On the other side of the land however lived a dhampir, searching for his long lost master across nations while finding his meaning of life.

He never found life interesting after living for two centuries. He slept and had romantic relationships with multiple women before, but never got attached to any of them— despite them begging for him to stay and have a family with him. To him, mortal life is nothing but an entertainment to pass time. Being attached to a human is a dangerous thing to happen for an immortal creature like him.

And love was never the end goal for him. That old wizard might’ve lost his way again when searching for new knowledge in a foreign nation. And he’s determined to find him and bring him back home.

A siren who used love and affection as a forged weapon and a dhampir whose love was only used to pass time like a hobby.

Two immortals in a world of humans who think unicorns and harmless faeries are a danger to society.

One wonders how the story might unfold.