Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D Volume 8 (manga)

A mysterious bead and a young woman-s dying wish have brought D to the seashore village of Florence-a town that-s perpetually stuck in winter. Summer comes to this shore but one week a year and it brings something more than just the warm weather-the sole-surviving Noble comes out of hiding too! That rare bead may hold all the secrets of the Nobility and humans. With such an enticing artifact in his hand (literally!), D is doggedly pursued by the henchmen of the young woman-s murderer. These unscrupulous assassins have no qualms using the dead woman-s sister as bait to draw out D, but the mysterious Noble has other designs on her. Finally remembering what he has been seeking all these years, the Noble won-t let anything get in his way-even a notorious vampire hunter like D!