Chapter 42. A Sudden Encounter (2)

Due to the peace treaty as well as the recently-established security system of the city that consisted of hunters, vampires were basically not allowed to enter a human’s home unless it was strictly necessary.

By ‘necessary’, that meant standing trial before a trio of judges and a jury so they could declare whether the reason was good enough or not.

When it came to trials, it was well-known that the human side was often favored over the vampires, so the vampires were either more or less given an appropriate punishment or imprisoned for a while in a special facility.

Security tightened even further at the increase of rogue vampires to the point where the hunters would glare and fix their eyes on whatever vampire they could see, waiting to see if the vampire would suddenly turn into a madman that was hungry for blood. Although most vampires felt uncomfortable by this, they didn’t exactly have a choice in the matter.

The situation was even more precarious due to the fac