Dali looked at the children. At Umu, finally asleep on his shoulder. At Friedrich, now building a fortress of pillows under Henrik’s watchful gaze. At Angelica, tangled in the curtains like a little star in a silver net. At Raphael, whose back was still turned, but whose ears were undoubtedly wide open.
“Midnight,” Dali repeated. “Three hours.” Delico-s Nursery
On the surface, the irony of vampires—creatures of eternal night and selfish survival—caring for fragile human (or half-vampire) children is comedic gold. However, Delico’s Nursery uses this juxtaposition to explore profound themes. Dali looked at the children
The silence that followed was not the nursery’s ordinary quiet. It was the quiet of a held breath, of a spell misfiring. Outside, a nightjar called. Inside, Dali Delico felt the unwelcome heat of being seen. At Angelica, tangled in the curtains like a
The plot is catalyzed when the council tasks Dali and three fellow nobles—Gerhard Fra, Henrique Lorca, and Dino Classico—with investigating a series of murders linked to a cult of "TRUMP" fanatics seeking immortality. Dali agrees to lead the investigation on one eccentric condition: his colleagues must also participate in a shared nursery, balancing high-stakes detective work with the daily labor of child-rearing.
The story follows , a high-ranking aristocrat and member of the elite Blood Pact Council. While his peers expect him to lead a vital investigation into a series of murders, Dali shocks them by refusing his mission to focus on a more personal task: raising his children .