Chapter 5. My pass, and you

A long love affair that lasted for several years without any results, everyone thought that Keelin was the one who sacrificed the most, loved the most but few people knew, the first person to be touched was Lars, the man who stand in power and money.

More than three hundred years ago, the noblest vampire, the first son of the vampire ruler of the east, Lars Ramos was born. Born to be the one above all, with noble blood in him, Lars despised everything, not letting anyone in his eyes. He only aims for money and power, not interested in anything else.

An arrogant, conceited prince gradually grew up in the fear of everyone. Of course, it's not natural that people treat Lars like that. He is a vampire with extremely powerful and rare abilities. At his peak, he alone could push up to a hundred vampires, something that few even the king of the time, Stephen Ramos, couldn’t do.

Until Lars' 131st birthday, a dark force suddenly appeared, attacking the eastern land. Because of disrespecting the enemy, Lars was poisoned by them, losing his ability to fight. Without Lars, the eastern land was like a tiger that lost its wings and was quickly overthrown by the other force. More than half of the Ramos family died, and Lars was taken away by his father.

After a hundred years of living in the dark, no longer a noble prince, no longer the person that people meet people fear, Lars's life has completely changed. Hidden patiently, steadfastly, trying to change, finally came the day when Lars Ramos turned the tide, brought down the other forces, and avenged the dead. But times have changed, the previously deserted land now has the appearance of more people. Lars successfully avenged but lost his aim to continue, he said goodbye to his father and left. The Ramos family chose to live in seclusion, completely disappearing, leaving no information behind.

It took Lars a few more decades to get used to the change of time, to build a completely new 'Ramos', while hiding his true identity. But at the most crucial moment, one of his trusted vampires chose to betray.

Lars loses everything for the second time, and this is when he meets his destiny, Keelin Morales.

Lars is wandering everywhere, with no home, no relatives. Those whom he had previously considered as ants that could be trampled at will, could now step on him without fear. He could go to find his father, but he didn't want to, wearing a failed face to find his father who was once a king? He can not do it.

Once every few days, street thugs come to Lars to insult and beat him. He can protest but he doesn't do it, he doesn't want to do it, he feels like he deserves it. Then suddenly one day, the continuous beatings suddenly stopped in the middle, a little girl from nowhere ran to stand in front of him, clearly saying:

"You guys can't hit anymore, hitting people is not good" The clear, innocent voice is easy to see in small girls, but it attracts Lars in a strange way.

The thugs did not care at first but when they saw her uniform, they stopped

“Opal Noble School? School for the rich?"

“Hey, let's go, touching this brat is troublesome. Rich people are not easy to play"

They whispered to each other, then glanced sideways at Lars and pulled each other out of the alley

Only the two of them remained. At this time, the little girl's legs showed a trembling expression, and fell to her knees, muttering:

"Phew… they're gone... I finally managed to do something on my own."

Lars' eyes were always following her every move. Waiting for the little girl to calm down, he said”

"Hey"

"Huh?" The girl jumped, her eyes frightened.

"What's your name?" Lars leaned against the wall, his long hair hiding the blurred red light in his eyes.

The girl pursed her lips and did not speak, her face could not hide the fear. She still remembers her mother's advice, not to arbitrarily reveal personal information to strangers.

Not getting an answer, Lars wasn't angry either. Looking at that round, soft face, he suddenly felt happier.

“Then call you Cherub for now. Come here.”

“Is… is something wrong?” Being given a new name, Cherub still has no other reaction than fear

“You, come here” Lars repeated again.

Cherub hesitated but drew closer. She thought, after all, it was the person she had just saved, it would be okay.

Seeing the little girl slowly approach, Lars smiled. He took the teardrop necklace down from his neck and placed it in Cherub's hand. This was not a spontaneous act, he felt that this girl was his destiny.

“This is a return to saving lives. Thank you.” Perhaps for the first time in his life Lars said thank you so sincerely.

Cherub looked down at the bracelet, her eyes hazy, unsure of what she was thinking.

Lars was just about to continue when Cherub suddenly said:

"I see you are not like them, don't waste time in this place anymore. My mother said life is too short, if you don't know how to appreciate and enjoy it, it will be a pity."

"I'm not like you, my life is really long" Lars said in a low voice. Unlike humans, a vampire's life can be said to be immortal, so it doesn't matter how he lives.

But who would have thought, Cherub suddenly raised her voice:

"So you have more opportunities than others, why waste it? Don't you want anything? Or don't you like anything?"

Lars looked at Cherub silently. He is not a child, he has wanted a lot and has achieved all of them. But what does he like… does he like anything? Lars' eyes gradually became profound, it seemed that he had already begun to like something.

Ding! Suddenly the clock sounds.

Cherub was startled, as if remembering something, she said quickly:

“I'm still in the process of learning, I do not know as much as you, but I know for sure if you just waste your life here, it won't do any good. This world has a lot of interesting things, why don't you try? This bracelet, I accept this, as if you don't owe me any more… so I have to go, bye.” Before Lars could stop her, Cherub ran as fast as she could out of the alley, onto a luxury car, and left.

After Cherub's other words, Lars got up to brush his clothes, he already knew what he needed to do. The girl said it was right, he was wasting his life for nothing.

Lars looked in the direction Cherub was running without hiding the smile in his eyes.

“You think my Lars Ramos life is so cheap? No more debt? Ha, we will be meeting soon.” When he said that, Lars himself did not expect this to be the first and last time he would see Cherub. After that day, even if he had successfully created a brand-new Ramos, he still could not find that Cherub girl.

For nearly three hundred years, Lars knew that he liked a person, but then he missed that person. Six years later, for the second time, he met the girl that caught his attention, Keelin Morales. Fate does not happen twice, but Lars has no way to check if Keelin is Cherub or not, he can only follow the call of his heart. Learning from the previous experience, he did not let the opportunity slip away, but he also did not know how to hold it.

Fortunately, Lars later found out that Keelin also had feelings for her, and she did not even hesitate to show it.

But then, an incident happened, at that senior party, Keelin got drunk.