Chapitre 50: Chapter-49: Emotions are shit
AN- Belated Merry Christmas everyone, and a Happy New Year.
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Drac always used to wonder, what having emotions would be like.
From his perspective, he could not understand why people cry when someone dies, after all, it was a natural process. What is there to be sad about?
He could not understand what it was like to fall in love, he had heard a lot of weird things that people committed just because they were in love. For his brain, these acts seem stupid and redundant.
Now he has emotions.
With a scared child and woman following him in the snow tundra, he is now realizing that his dream of having emotions was very stupid. One that should have never come true.
His care for Agatha had made him track her down, but now he had no idea what he was supposed to do with them. He is resistant to cold and does not need to eat human food. He eats human souls now, but that is another matter altogether.
But those women are not resistant to cold. They need food and water to survive. There was no water scarcity around them, but the same could not be said for food. He doesn't know what he should do in such a situation. His brain was telling him that ditching them would be a great idea, they would only be a burden for him. But he was reluctant to go through with the idea.
He wants to find a way from which he could save both of them and then be on the way to track the bitch that stole his bag. But nothing was coming to his mind. At the same time, the animosity that they were showing him was not making things easier for him.
"What… What do you want with us?" Helen spoke with a quivering voice.
He glanced back and replied, "I am here to save you both,"
"Save us?" Helen scoffed, "How? You threatened that the whole church would be demolished if we dont come with you. How is that saving us? We were safe there,"
"For how long?" he asked, "The beasts roaming these lands might have not been able to enter the church for now. But I could feel it, the holy element protecting the place was wearing down," He bluffed.
He knew the Holy element was harmful to Vampas, but a mana wielder possessing such an element is very rare. And from what he knows, there is no such mana wielder in a place like the Alanor Kingdom.
Which begged the question of why he could not enter the church. No mana wielder had certainly blessed the place with a barrier, so why was he not able to enter? For now, he sets aside these thoughts as it is something that future he would have to look into.
"But we were safe there, we had food… We had warmth.." Helen argued back.
Now angry, he turned back, "Are you that dumb!" he yelled at her, "Look around you. We are walking in a snowy tundra. This is a tropical fucking island. The resources that you were speaking about would vanish in a blink of an eye. You need to get out of this place if you want to live,"
"Why!" she yelled back, tears streaming down her eyes," What is it to you if we survive or not!"
"I dont care about you," he snapped back, without thinking, "I care about the little one. I just need to save her, you are the extra luggage here bitch,"
It was then that he realized that he should have said that. On cue, Helen pulled her daughter closer to her, and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
He sighed, "Look.. The person who saved me asked me to make sure that Agatha Sumor survived. He didnt mention anything about her mother, or anyone else."
"Who asked you to save her?"
He had dug himself a swamp, so he had to improvise, "I dont know. Some guy.. Butler of some sort. That fucker died while saving my life. On his dying breath, he asked me to save the young mistress of the Sumor Family." He then turned around and started walking.
Helen stayed glued to her place, in disbelief. It was then that the little girl asked, "Who are you talking about?"
He stopped and turned around, "Never got to know the man's name. He had a cold face and he looked at everyone as if they owed him money,"
"Drac.." Helen mumbled, loud enough so that everyone heard her. She then quickly asked, "How did he die?"
He feigned that he was not with the question, and then sat down by a tree. He sighed for the last time and then finally relented, "There were these beings… Tall people with red eyes with white hair like snow. They came to my village, and they killed everyone there, except me. They kidnapped me and did all sorts of things to me. Things from which I shudder just thinking about it…"
He gulped a big one, and continued, "Then one day, a being size of me came into my prison. He freed me and told me that those big people were preparing to make me a scapegoat of some sort. We tried running away together, but in the end couldnt. But he sacrificed himself so that I could run away,"
With anger in her voice, Agatha asked, "Who were those guys?"
He shrugged, "Beats me. They never introduced themselves,"
He then pushed himself up, "But I know their plan. Those fuckers are trying to kill all the living beings on the Island. It is due to their hunting the snow had fallen on this place. And if we want to survive, we need to get the fuck out of here,"
He started moving again, with Helen and Agatha not far behind him. Helen sprinted to walk beside him, "What is the plan?"
"I saw the freshly cut bodies of Sumor Soldiers in the nearby village… Scouts probably, looking for both of you. I just need to make sure that you are in the custody of your household soldiers, then I will be on my way,"
"Do you have a way to get off the island?" Helen asked.
"Not yet," he lied, thinking that there was no way that he was going to take them further.
It was then Drac felt goosebumps rising all over his body. He started hearing a clicking and clacking noise reverberating all around him, making him come to a stop. He started looking around warily, trying to understand where the sound was coming from. Helen who was walking behind him asked, "What is it?"
"The noise.. Can't you hear it?" he asked.
"No," she then started looking around, "What can you hear?"
What is this sound? It sounds like… something is clicking its teeth. He understood what was making that sound, but what he couldnt understand was where it was coming from. It is then he heard a rather loud sound.
One of the Vampas screeched somewhere from his right.
For some reason, he could understand that the Vampas were calling for help. Another screech made him realize that the Vampas were dealing with some strong individuals, approximately 5 people.
Wait, I can understand the screeches of those creatures. What a weird power to have. He thought.
It was then they spotted a firecracker burst from the area noises were coming from. The crackers burst, creating a purple smoke above the sky, "That is the Sumor Family signal," Helen exclaimed.
"Then we need to go and help them," he said and started running towards the smoke.
A part of him knew, that going there was stupid. He was not alone, he had two fragile humans with him, not to mention he didnt know how many Vampas were there. But he still went because he remembered the bodies of the Vampas that he found near his cocoon. He was sure that he didnt kill them, nor any external force did, because if that were the case they would have surely attacked his cocoon as well.
It was a crazy assumption, but he figured that he might possess the ability to control the Vampas. To test the theory he started running to the smoke…
With the sword in his hands, Drac barged into the clearing to spot a group of 5 soldiers standing with their backs against one another, facing three Vampas of the size of lions.
For some reason when he entered the clearing, the Vampas ignored him. Using this chance he jumped high in the air and landed on the Vampas nearest to him, shoving his saber into the skull of the creature. The Vampas went down there and then.
The other two Vampas then turned towards him, growling at him.
Believing in himself, with authority he spoke, "Get lost," He felt an invisible wave exit his body, spreading all over like a shockwave, not visible to any of the humans around him. When the wave hit the Vampas, they growled in defiance for a few seconds, but then one retreated, closely followed by the other one.
"What the fuck was that!" one of the soldiers exclaimed.
The plump one, from the group of soldiers came forward and gave him a bear hug, "I dont know what you are, but thank you," his voice started cracking up as well.
Now stuck in an awkward position, Drac simply said, "Ah.. It's okay."
"Let the man go you oaf," came the woman from the soldiers, "This is no way to treat a noble warrior,"
The plump one let him go, "I am sorry sire,"
"It's alright," he simply said.
"DRACULA!" came a voice, he turned around to see Helen and Agatha running towards them.
"Lady Helen!" the woman, the leader of the soldiers exclaimed. Helen seemed to have recognized them as well.
As it turns out Helen knew the soldier in charge, and both were happy to see each other safe. While that was happening, Drac had detached himself from everyone and was staring at everyone's neck. He was tempted to bite the soldiers, as they were all mana-wielders. He was having temptation with Helen as well, but as she was downwind and he was moving in the front, he was able to bypass the temptation to some extent.
But now, standing in front of a buffet, the temptation was getting wilder. Yeah, I cannot go to crowded places now. I just cannot.
"Milady, we can go to the camp.. It is around 10km away from here. Lord Daniel is in the camp, he is here for you both,"
"Father is here?" Agatha asked with a smile on her face.
"I dont think that would be a good idea," Drac said. "Night is going to fall upon us soon. The creatures usually go into a frenzy during the night. It is not safe to travel in the dark,"
"What do you suggest?" one of the soldiers asked.
"There is a deserted village nearby. I found a lot of those creatures' bodies around the place, something is out there killing them all. Those creatures are avoiding that place like a plague. We can stay there,"
"What kind of being is hunting them?" someone asked.
"Dracula, are you sure that we would be safe there?" Helen further added.
He nodded. "I am sure. I have stayed in the village for two days myself. We would be safe there,"
The soldiers weren't ready to believe a stranger like him, Drac could see that in their eyes. And he didnt blame them, but in the end, they all agreed to spend the night in the village because Helen trusted him, at least for now…
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AN-
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