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Capítulo 27: Chapter 14: Lords Of The Night (Part 2)

The four people left in the court stand in diagonals to each other. The queen, Barry, Reid and Ro are standing on the same level floor and it would not be possible to tell by looks alone that they have such difference in power.

Queen: "Well then, first let me formally introduce myself. My name is Valdis."

Ro stays quiet. He knows full well he can't just start calling her Valdis and that the only reason she is telling him this is for him to not accidently ask the question in a way that may anger others.

Valdis: "I am the queen of Vampires and one of the strongest people in the world."

She says so in a formal manner but Ro understands that she is not trying to brag. He understands that it is the truth.

Valdis: "Do you doubt the last part?"

She asks with a smile. It isn't a threatening smile, just a genuine smile. Though seeing as how the vampire queen is the one smiling like that, even a genuine smile can be a sign of danger.

Ro: "I don't."

Ro gives his answer without a second thought. Even though it is not because she is the queen but because he really believes her that he answers so, it is only logical that she would think it's the former case because of how people tend to be in front of their superiors.

Valdis: "Oh, you don't? I thought for sure you would doubt me."

Thus, Valdis says so expressing her surprise.

Ro: "I have heard in stories about a particular tradition of sorts."

Ro's reason for believing her is just as he states. It is the same thing with the different stories Barry had told Kais, it is knowledge passed down through legends.

Valdis: "Tradition?"

Valdis asks curiously.

Ro: "I have heard that the rulers in the community of vampires always tend to be among the strongest. Whenever a ruler is weak, someone takes their place and their heritage ends there."

It is a rather cruel tradition but it is one which is true for vampires. That's the impression Ro gets from the stories but he decides not to mention that.

Valdis: "I see. That's rather curious. I can't think of any way these legends could be circulating around so freely."

Barry: "Actually there is a way."

The attention suddenly turns towards Barry.

Valdis: "And what's that?"

Barry: "Well, put simply – there's someone who may be spreading it around."

Barry's answer isn't anything surprising; in fact it is an obvious answer. The problem is that this answer misses the point of the question.

Reid: "That's pretty obvious. But who is the one? Do you know that?"

Reid tries to bring the most important point to attention more bluntly. But before Barry answers, he turns towards Ro,

Barry: "Are you aware of why this matter is a cause of concern?"

Ro: "It's because the existence of vampires is thought of as extinct for many centuries. So if someone is spreading the stories, they are either a vampire you guys have no control over or someone else entirely."

Barry: "(smirks) Well … doesn't looking at it from that standpoint … I don't know, make it seem not that big of a deal?"

Barry asks a question that sounds strange to all three of them.

Reid: "How so? Someone is spreading stories about us while we are trying to remain out of sight. How's that not a big deal?"

Reid points out his concern over the matter.

Barry: "It's not like they are saying vampires are alive or anything. Shouldn't stuff like this go down as the legend of vampires or something?"

Barry asks so with a resigned attitude. This sudden change in attitude is as mysterious as it is unsettling.

Valdis: "It could become a problem if someone tries to find out more about our 'legend' and ends up finding out we are still living."

Even though the queen is speaking, the attention remains on Barry. He seems to be looking down for some reason.

Barry: "I suppose so."

Reid: "So, who could this guy be?"

Reid presses the question seeing as Barry is not answering. Barry glances at Reid and sighs. It's almost as if he doesn't want to recall the person who he thinks could be the culprit.

Barry: "How long has it been since you first heard these stories?"

He asks looking at Ro.

Ro: "Four years."

Ro answers honestly as he tries to figure out who Barry is talking about.

Barry: "Then it's certainly possible, isn't it?"

Ro: "Are you …"

Ro understands who he is talking about. He understands but does not want to believe that possibility.

Barry: "No, it's not Ethan Kales."

And fortunately for him, his expectations are not met.

Barry: "However, there is another really deadly human being who could be doing this."

Valdis: "Huh!"

The words 'human being' is a dead giveaway for who he would be talking about. At least, that is the case for everyone except Ro.

Human population outnumbers that of vampires, ghosts and psychics by leaps and bounds and yet there are only few humans who someone like Barry would talk about like that.

Reid: "He?"

Barry: "I think so."

The person they are talking about is someone very important to the Vampire Kingdom. He's their strategist, so to speak. And as this realization hits on those in the court, a silence falls upon them. Ro too understands from all that they are talking about someone who is, or at least should be, an ally to them. This silence tells him this much. But that said, this wasn't what they had to talk about.

Valdis: "I think we should get back to topic now."

And so the queen intervenes.

Barry: "Topic, you say?"

Valdis: "Yes, mulling over our own queries isn't the point of this conversation. It is to clear whatever doubts Ro may have."

Valdis says so looking directly at Ro. Barry and Reid also turns their gazes towards him.

Ro: "Well, the most important thing I want to ask is – what is your food source?"

Ro asks with a serious face but Valdis starts chuckling upon hearing the question.

Valdis: "My, my. What a bizarre question to ask someone!"

Barry: "Well, it makes sense in this case though."

Barry says so as a little smile comes back on his face.

Valdis: "I suppose that's true. Well, it is as you may already have heard, we drink blood."

Valdis says so with a smile but cold sweat forms on Ro's head.

Valdis: "Don't worry though. We have no intention of drinking your blood."

Ro: "That's quite hard to believe after so many vampires seem to already hate me."

Barry: "To be honest, they hate me and because I brought you here, they hate you as well. That however wouldn't be the case if I had brought you in as food for them."

Hearing that, Ro recalls the first line Reid said when he came out of the crowd the first time.

Reid: "Well, anything except food that you bring is suspicious as far as I am concerned. That being the case, it seems the queen has decided that we are to not harm this man. Then I shall obey her wishes."

He says so. Whether a ghost actually has blood a vampire can drink or not is not the point, the point is that Ro looks just like a normal human. Unless someone actually knows he is a ghost, they may try to attack him and seeing from how the rope was able to tie him up, it is possible that vampires may have other ways that can hurt ghosts. Bu now that the queen has given the order for him to not be harmed, he can rest assured. So,

Ro: "Glad to know I won't be made into food any time soon. Anyway, the other thing I really want to ask is – What's up with this war between you and the ghosts?"

Knowing that he is touching the heart of the matter, Ro has prepared himself for a cold stare from Reid.

Valdis: "Well, that really is the most important query you have, isn't it?"

Valdis looks him in the eye as she says so.

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After getting an explanation of the 'war' that's brewing between Vampires and Ghosts, Ro has decided what he would do. He is running alongside Barry to get to a particular place.

Barry: "You certainly are pretty co-operative now that you know what's going on."

Ro: "You can say you are lucky it's me who died. I can't think of anyone else agreeing to help you."

During their conversation, they had come to a realization – one that led them to truly grasp the severity of their situation and that made them realize that they needed to hurry.

Barry: "Really now?"

Ro: "Mohammed is too focused on his personal goals and Sneha works with Ethan so yeah, none of them would help you."

Barry: "What about your boss, Garfield?"

Ro: "He and everyone at his rank is a full-fledged psychic, not half asses like me and Mohammed. He would rather try to throw you out of power rather than help."

Barry does know this answer to be true, yet he asks the questions as if he doesn't. Ro doesn't feel much bothered by it though.

Barry: "I see. Then I guess I should really be glad that Ethan killed you. Or …"

Barry comes to a certain realization. Another level of desperation gets added to their situation.

Ro: "Or maybe this was part of his plan too? Honestly, I can't deny the possibility. In fact, it's probably true."

Barry: "I see. Well, we know we are dealing with a rather troublesome human being now."

Barry, the cause of that man finding out and getting so attached to the supernatural, is now scared of him.

Ro: "Yeah, I guess. But it is essential to stop him regardless."

Barry: "I suppose so."

They reach the gate they were heading for and stop.

Barry: "Well, it's time. You ready?"

Ro: "I am."

They need to stop someone – a mere human as many would call that man. And yet, beings more powerful than a hundred humans combined were becoming afraid of him. That's the man who they need to stop.

Ro: "Well, I really wonder if even this is part of his plan."

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Capítulo 28: Chapter 15: Dissipating Fear (Part 1)

Sona: "Just how greedy can you be?"

As Sona says those words, the dragon comes to understand two things. One – she is beyond saving and will try to kill him no matter what. Two - the word 'greed' he had uttered before was a trigger he accidently pulled and now all he can do is try to defend against the onslaught.

Dragon: "I can't possibly understand what happened to you if you don't say it."

The dragon pauses and looks at the woman with blood-shot eyes staring at him as if staring at his soul.

Dragon: "But if that is how things stand then … I will defend myself."

The dragon declares so. It's not that he has regained composure, the blood-shot eyes are still terrifying to him, but now he is able to at least make decisions instead of purely being petrified. Though this change may have occurred only due to desperation, it is still better than being unable to do anything.

Sona: "You'll … defend yourself?"

Sona's tone of voice almost seems as if she doesn't even understand what those words mean. It is a creepy, scary and truly dark state she has fallen in.

Dragon: "I will. If you want to attack me, do it, but I won't be standing here and taking it."

The dragon says so firmly. He knows he is someone she can't really beat, so when it comes down to it this is all about willpower. If he does not lose to her in willpower, she would not win in anything.

Sona: "You think I care what you do."

Sona takes a step forward as she says so and the terror comes back to the dragon's heart for a moment. But this time, he is immediately able to calm himself and think.

Dragon: "Don't be so conceited."

The dragon says so as if reprimanding her. This is a tone the dragon should have been using from the start but the terror that had taken control over him didn't allow him to do so.

Sona: "Conceited?"

Sona tilts her head to ask what he would mean. Seeing her tilt her head makes it look like it would almost break off. The dragon suppresses the urge to scream and continues,

Dragon: "When it comes down to it, you can't defeat me; all you are doing is trying to scare me."

Hearing those words, the corners of her lips twist into a smile.

Sona: "That so? Well it sure as hell is working then, isn't it?"

Dragon: "Tch!"

He clicks his tongue to show his irritation. He knows full-well that is it the truth, but he can't let this fact keep affecting him.

Sona: "What's wrong? You went silent all of a sudden."

Sona says so with the same creepy smile on her face, but before the dragon could answer, something else happens.

Dragon: "What!?"

Sona: "Hmm … this isn't how it was supposed to go, was it?"

Both look at the mass of energy floating out of the tomb. It gathers near the dragon and combines to form the shape of a little girl, one they were both familiar with.

Dragon: "Why … are you here?"

The girl opens her eyes after the dragon's question. She didn't hear it but the fact that she is here is enough for her to wonder that herself.

Girl: "Why … am I … here?"

The girl looks at the dragon and then at Sona and moves a step back.

Girl: "U-uh, R-R-Sona …"

Sona: "Terrified, are we?"

Sona asks with blood-shot eyes and a smile. This expression seems to almost take her life out of her, but that doesn't happen, it can only happen to people made of real mass and emotions.

Girl: "W-why are y-you l-like …"

The girl trembles as she asks Sona the question that has taken over all her worries. She doesn't expect an answer but she just has to ask.

Sona: "First, why not tell me why you are here. This isn't how it was supposed to go, right?"

Sona points out what is a bigger concern according to her.

Girl: "I-I … don't know."

The girl looks down as she answers. The dragon is standing behind her looking at her and Sona simultaneously. He has decided to stay quiet while this conversation happens.

Sona: "You don't know, you say? Well, how about we ask the one who sent you in then?"

But Sona won't allow that. She would not let him get a moment to calmly think things. The fear she is projecting onto the dragon must not fade, because … she isn't satisfied yet.

Dragon: "Well, I don't know either."

The dragon answers as he looks at Sona.

Sona: "So this wasn't a part of your plan?"

Sona says so as if it is the most obvious conclusion. The dragon too understands why one would think this way. He nods in denial.

Dragon: "There was no reason for something like this to happen. She should be with him right now. If something like this happened, then that means the place they both were at isn't exactly the tomb."

Sona: "Ha! Ha! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!"

She bursts out laughing even though the dragon's response was in a grave tone. Neither the dragon nor the girl can understand the reason. At this point, it is doubtful even Sona herself understands.

Dragon: "Why … the heck … are you … no, is there even a reason to it?"

The dragon says so as if to say that she is insane and would laugh without a reason for it.

Sona: "I can't say why … but I just want to laugh … maybe it's because of how … pathetic you people are. I … just can't help myself."

Her laughing makes her sentences break off at many points but neither of them tries to speak before she finishes.

Girl: "But then, does … this mean … Kais is alone there?"

The girl asks in a trembling voice but Sona immediately answers her,

Sona: "Hell yeah it means that."

The girl looks at Sona with bewildered eyes. She has never seen someone say words like that with a smile on their face.

Sona: "And you are the reason for it."

Sona blames the girl for the current situation. The girl can't do anything but try to object.

Girl: "But I … I didn't …"

Sona: "Didn't leave on purpose, or by choice, or didn't mean to do so – no matter what excuse you come up with, it is your fault."

Sona doesn't allow her to escape the blame. She wants to guilt trip her and she would do so.

Girl: "B-but I …"

The girl, while trembling, tries to make out words, but Sona doesn't allow her to.

Sona: "Are those excuses what you are going to say to him if something happens to him?"

Girl: "S-something happens?"

The girl looks at Sona with teary eyes almost begging her to stop talking, but a woman who has lost sanity would have lost kindness too.

Sona: "Like what if he gets brutally injured or even dies. Will that be your excuse?"

She continues to attack at her sense of guilt and bully her. Her shoulders tremble and tears start flowing from her eyes.

Dragon: "Tch! I see the human emotions he put in you are backfiring now."

The girl doesn't move an inch but Sona's attention turns towards the dragon.

Sona: "Human emotions, huh? Yeah, you put human emotions in it, that's why it is so fun to bully that mass of energy."

In her maddening mind, she could not register the fact that the dragon said someone else put human emotions into her.

Dragon: "Fun, you say?"

The word 'fun' disgusts the dragon. There is no negative emotion Sona doesn't have for the dragon, but slowly this is becoming mutual.

Dragon: "You are having fun bullying a little girl …"

Sona: "The one that you created."

Emphasizing on 'you', Sona makes the point clear. It isn't that she would want to bully anyone and everyone; it is the fact that she is a little girl he created that she is so happy about her feeling pain.

Girl: "K-Kais may … die?"

The girl says so with trembling shoulders and tears flowing from her eyes having covered her whole face in them. Guilt has, in every way, overwhelmed her.

Dragon: "No, don't worry about it. This was probably caused by someone. I doubt their intention was to kill him though."

His words almost sound like false consolation. Sona gets amused after hearing so.

Sona: "Oh yeah, why's that?"

She wants to tear apart any consolation he may give the girl. He is trying to give some hope to the girl, she would destroy that hope. That should put the girl in even bigger despair - the same thing that happened to Sona, now she intends do that to this little girl.

Dragon: "Why's that, huh? The thing is – not just anybody can cause such a rift to happen, but I know a few people who can do so."

To Sona, these words sound like an attempt at trying to escape from the point of the question by going to at it in a roundabout fashion.

Sona: "Don't bother explaining stuff everyone knows. Why do you think they would not intend to kill him?"

But she would not let him get his way. She would not let him get away with it.

Dragon: "Tch!"

A click of tongue by the dragon – could be a sign that he has been caught in his tracks. This almost brings Sona to the point of bursting out laughing again, but …

Dragon: "Because the ones who would probably do this kind of thing right now would be the ones fighting a war."

The girl and Sona both turn their attention towards the dragon. The girl stops crying and Sona stops smiling.

Dragon: "Allow me to clarify myself. When I said there are people I know who can do something like that, I didn't mention that only one of them is alive."

If those who are not alive are ghosts, they may still have the power to do that – is something the dragon cunningly drives their attention away from.

Dragon: "Those bastards have tried a lot to bring me to their side, haven't they?"

The dragon says so with an irritated expression as both Sona and the girl widen their eyes at him. It wasn't just Sona who thought he was just trying to console the girl with a lie, the girl herself also thought so. But that's not the case.

Sona: "Hold on, what war?"

Dragon: "You must know it yourself, there's a war about to begin between two opposing supernatural factions, isn't it?"

The dragon asks her as if testing her insight on the situation. Sona stays silent and keeps staring at him – trying to find any hints that he is bluffing, but none come out.

Dragon: "I suppose you don't know it then. Well, one of the two factions is the Vampire Kingdom."

The dragon says so as if reminiscing the moment he had come in contact with them.

Sona: "Even if that's true, there's no way a vampire will have this kind of power."

It isn't a question of 'how much' but the question of 'what type' that contradicts his statement.

Dragon: "When did I ever say it needs to be a vampire?"

Sona: "Huh? W-what the hell do you mean?"

His lines don't match up. If he is talking about the Vampires faction, then obviously it means a vampire is the one he should have been talking about.

Dragon: "The vampires do have some non-vampire allies, you know. One of them is a ghost as well as a psychic."

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