Chapter 54
“Are you nervous, Harris?” I constantly shake my head as if I am denying the feeling of disturbance inside me when in reality I can’t put a stop to my hands from uneasiness.
I just turned away my gaze from her instead, because I couldn’t afford to look into her eyes, she might find out that I am not telling the truth for real about how I genuinely feel.
She reached for one of my hands, which immediately made my eyes fixed attention on her hand that was now tightly holding my palm, and then she wrapped it around mine as if she was trying to say to me that I should not be afraid of anything, considering that she was just here next to me always.
“Sister, I think we need to go down now the cliff,” Tonette told her older sister that brought me back from my deep thought. Dralia still has not let my hands go.
“I’ll be the first to go down below, Princess Dralia. I will just make s
Chapter 55We now continued our game plan to go down from here on top of this plateau. When we finally managed ourselves to get down in here already, I now had the chance to see in person the disturbing situation that Kiloy and Tonette had found out the moment they first stepped a foot down here below. I was shocked when I saw it with my two eyes. They were right, many explosives were being spread evenly around this very cliff. I was a bit confused at first given that on the other side of this cliff, there are no such things as these being implanted. It seems that this is the only part that has this kind of trap. I am now wondering, who would have thought to put such dangerous items in here?“Did you come right here to the explosions before? What do you think so, Tonya? Who would have the guts to put this type of thing here at the foot of the cliff?” Dralia’s face was now serious when she asked those questions to her younger sister. W
Chapter 56We sincerely talked to Tonette about what her older sister had told her earlier before this little misunderstanding between them happened. I had to do it to clear things out, and maybe I can be of help for the siblings to reconcile, especially now that we are almost close in completing our mission. I can’t just let Tonette think that Dralia said those words to her just because of what she was thinking that moment. Because the only reason, for real, is for her to realize that she should put her trust on us as well, especially now that the challenges we encountered and will be encountering is getting harder and harder, and it is possible that if we made a little mistake, all our lives are at risk, we can’t get to where we are heading, and all our efforts will be nothing. With that being said, if she doesn’t trust us and doesn’t take our opinions valuable, then, it’s just that we’re not on this mission. Trust is imp
Chapter 57All of a sudden, there are arrows that keep on flying over us out of nowhere. We are a bit shocked and at the same time confused about what was really happening right now. There are many questions that are running on our minds but we have to save ourselves at this moment first and get out of here real quick. So, the three of us jumped continuously from our spot to another, while Kiloy ran as fast as he could. We are left with no choice right now but to step back in the meantime. We can’t fight them fairly without any plan being laid first.“Run!” I am now panicking, as each one of us ran so fast back to where we came from before. We have no other choice. We have no other ways to cross, which means we have to go back from where we were coming from. Our feet were almost floating at the speed of the four of us running. So ironic, but that’s what happened.We were all out of breath when we finally reached the
Chapter 58I still can’t manage to move my body from where I am now standing, Kiloy helped me stand up earlier when I lost my balance and all of a sudden fell on the ground due to panic. Gon, for real, is a huge dragon. Our size is definitely just a small part of it, we’re just the same size as its foot.“W-Wait, y-you forgot to immediately mention earlier to me that G-Gon is actually a dragon, Tonette.” I complained to her while I am hiding behind Dralia right now as if I am a child scared of a ghost.“Come on, Harris. Gon is kind, and he is our friend. He is not as if trying to hurt us or does something harmful to us. So, you better stop what you’re doing and get out of there behind me.” I don’t have a choice, but to move next to Dralia’s side, but I still couldn’t help myself to panic and be nervous thinking so much at what the massive dragon that was in front of us today would do to
Chapter 59 Even if we were still at the gate to the kingdom of Dralia and Tonette, I was sweating profusely. Who wouldn’t sweat if you were already in the kingdom of the person you love, for how many years ago. Only now can I get to know Dralia’s parents in person. I am a bit nervous but I can still manage to calm myself and will not try to make any kind of awkward first impressions. Only Manang Antopina was the only one I knew who took care of Dralia back then. Then I also knew then that manang was not Dralia’s real parent. But even that is the case, I could still clearly see how much Manang loved and cared for Dralia so much, and also how she raised my girlfriend now to be kind. She did great, to be honest. The girl whom I love since has a kind heart for everyone, may it be a vampire or other races. A proof that she was raised well.When I had a chance to step foot in this place the last time, Dralia had not yet been accepted
Chapter 60 And now, Dralia and Tonette’s parents and I have already met in person. And at the same time, I finally had a chance to see again our trusted housemaid back then. Before we entered the palace, my nervousness before we entered the palace was at least covered by my too much happiness upon seeing Manang again alive and well. Manang Antopina was the one who first resigned from the hug, while I did nothing but tried to stop the tears that wanted to escape from my eyes. With every massage of the lady’s hand, everything from the past seemed to occur in my mind again as if it was fresh, happy, and worthy to remember memories. I remember the past, I remember the times my parents were still alive and kicking. I know that was a long time ago and accepted the fact that I can’t go back to the past or turn back time to encounter or experience again the normal life I had before. But there is no denying that I miss my parents very much. My heart longs to s
Chapter 61 We were just eating quietly at the table after Sir Dracu offered us food and made us feel comfortable. We all enjoyed the food, and at the same time the atmosphere in the dining table since we don’t have to be shy and feel the awkwardness in front of Dralia and Tonette’s parents for they welcomed us wholeheartedly and warmly in the palace. When we finished eating, Dralia’s mother approached me and talked to me. The first thing that came to my mind was how would I deal with Dralia’s mother? How am I going to open up to her comfortably? I might make a mistake every time I open my mouth. And that would be embarassing for me and for Dralia at the same time. But at this moment, all I cared is how I can make a good impression to them. That’s more important. For them to like me for their beloved daughter. “Harris, Son.” It cleared it’s throat first after saying my name. “Yes?” I turned to face the lady then paid respect by bowing my head.
Chapter 62Tita Delia cleared her throat first before starting to tell the story. Tita Delia rested one foot on the floor while sitting on the long sofa in their spacious living room. I would never have imagined that a family like this, would have its own palace. If they are really living in town and then a pure human beings, people will definitely be jealous of them and talk about them. Just consider the size of their residence, it would possibly the talk of the town.“Your home looks expensive and elegant, Tita. If you really live in town, you will definitely be the talk of the town.” I smiled and turned my eyes to Tita when my eyes got tired already of looking around the house and praising each part of it, in fact, it wasn’t really tiring to look at all, I was just overwhelmed by the height of the ceiling. Now I just noticed how beautiful the chandelier is, so elegant!“Oh, Hijo. It’s
Chapter 78We lost sight of the strange cloud we saw earlier, and instead of looking for that strange cloud, we just ignored it in the end, seeing that if we choose our curiosity over our mission, it might slow down our journey. Curiosity kills, as others would say. We just tell and make ourselves believe that maybe that strange cloud we saw just does not exist for real. Or maybe we did not see it in a clear view. What’s important now is our mission, nothing else would matter most. And maybe the three of us just see it as something unusual but not in the actual.“Won’t you still stop waiting for that strange cloud to come out again, Brother Harris, and Kiloy? Because if you’ll ask me if I were you, just don’t bother to disturb that cloud anymore. It is a waste of our time. Your curiosity will slow us down. That may just want our attention. And it is unworthy for real. Let’s just leave it l
Chapter 77We now continued our journey, left the river after we already satisfied our thirst, and then walked and walked to where our feet would take us. We don’t want to waste our time, since Dralia, and the whole palace including the whole vampire race needs us now. I’m just worried now on this walk of ours, what if we meet some other kingdoms again? How can we explain to them that we are not adversaries?That we don’t have any single intention to harm them and their entire kind? What if we meet some obstacles or challenges along the way that will slow down our pace? What if something will happen to us while we are busy completing our mission and do not care anymore about our safety? I have these thousands of what-ifs in my mind, but I am motivating myself to do my best through this journey, and finishing it successfully will be great.It would be nice if Dralia was given a choice to be with us right now because we did
Chapter 76We don’t have any slightest idea of where we are now, but given that we already feel tired, it only means that we are already far from where we came from, which is the palace, and we, in that far just by running and jumping as quickly as possible. Our tiredness is like killing us slowly, that is why we stopped and rested for the meantime. We need to rest of course especially that we had to use our energy that much to quickly get out from the palace unnoticed by the black vampires.It is not an easy task to do since vampires have a strong smell. That means it can smell anything, everything. You name it. This is the right timing for us to rest since the morning already arrived and we are still running and jumping around not noticing it. It slipped out from our minds since we don’t care anymore if the morning reached us. All we think about is how to get out, continue the journey even with Dralia not around unlike the usual, and most
Chapter 75How long have we been here inside the CR, just staying inside and waiting for Dralia to permit us to at least show ourselves but Tonette still doesn’t let us out. I am now even more confused about what was happening right now. What’s going on outside and why doesn’t she let us out? What is it, for real? Is Dralia still safe?Where are Tita Delia and Sir Dracu? Why are we hiding like this as if someone had just arrived and does not want to see us? I hope Kiloy and I hurried to use the bathroom earlier, it may be possible that we can still have a chance to witness or at least had a peek with the incident right at this moment outside. And maybe I could be of help just in case something bad happened outside. I just hope Dralia and her parents are still outside safe and sound.And I just hope this hiding will end in no time for I am very worried about Dralia now and wanted to see her in an instant with my two eyes.
Chapter 74We made the most out of the few hours we could spend with Dralia’s parents since we only have limited time now. The full moon is fast approaching and we should continue our journey to Del Mundo Mountains again so we could reach there right on time. As well as we still can plan our next move upon reaching there. We should hurry before it is too late. All the fellow vampires hope that we could do our mission successfully and we could save everyone, even humans from bad vampires as well.To make our stay more memorable since we only have a little time left to stay here, we had a celebration in which Dralia first informed us of the reason why we held this kind of celebration and her parents agreed to prepare for everyone. This celebration symbolizes hope for everyone that we could make it and finish our mission right on time, and a reminder to us that they trust us and we should try our best to fulfill our mission for them. It is like a fa
Chapter 73There was a sudden knock on the door. That unexpected knock made us quickly arranged ourselves properly before we answered who knocked on the door and found out who was waiting outside. After the door opened, that was the only time we had come to realize that we didn’t lock it earlier the moment we entered the room.That made my heartbeat raised faster than the actual upon realizing that we were just as calm as it was, not knowing or making sure of locking the door in the first place before doing something that would be embarrassing for the both of us if ever someone of their family, like one of her parents or maybe Tonette, who would be caught us doing awkward thing inside. We were both very careless.How idiot we were. But we didn’t blame ourselves to the fullest since we did not plan of doing it in the first place. It was just an accident for real. We were just being drowned in our emotions and that ma
Chapter 72After Tonette and I talked last night about what I had dreamed, I left her in the living room after I asked her permission to leave first, since there was nothing else to talk about and I had already collected information that I could connect piece by piece to come up a solid explanation about my dream, if it was for real or just a dream at all. There is still a part of me that wants to just keep in myself about what’s inside of my dream that night. I am half bothered but I don’t want to believe that what’s in my dream could possibly happen because I don’t what will I do or what can I do if ever. Dralia and I also talked about what happened last night. I did not have a second thought anymore on telling her about it and asking her some questions because I really wanted to know the whole truth. I told her how I felt after that dream and it never left my mind since. I have the right to know how Dralia feels about being forced by t
Chapter 71When Kiloy cried all of a sudden, he said something that opened my eyes. He seems to have mentioned the incident last night.“I’ll read it tonight, I hope there’s no noise later, just so I don’t wake up anymore or be disturb.” He said that comfortably, it seemed like he just didn’t care to say that.“What’s that again, Kiloy?” it would have been appropriate for him to leave when I stopped him.“Huh? Why Harris? ” he looked at me in surprise.“You said there was a noise last night,” I repeat I am probably very desperate to listen now, because of my question to Kiloy.Earlier I asked Tonette, now I ask Kiloy. Maybe I shouldn’t ask them about that anymore.“Ahh, it doesn’t matter, then it’s not imp ---.” I stopped speaking when he answered my question. I thought he would ignore my question to him.
Chapter 70I am now sitting by myself in the living room, and at the same time reading the books from under the table. I was just seriously reading something I didn’t even mind about the surroundings when the chair I was sitting on all of a sudden moved on its own. I was startled knowing that I am just alone in here, but why all of a sudden my chair moved even if I didn’t move it myself personally.“ Brother Harris?” I dropped the book because of shock when I realized Tonette was now by my side in an instant. It double my heartbeat upon realizing how Tonette just emerge that quickly and out of nowhere like a wild mushroom without me expecting or just sensing it myself. I tried to fix myself and asked her why went here unannounced. “W-What are you doing here?” Even if I am still startled by the thought of her being with me now