Lightheaded, that is what I felt after I got knocked out by the vampires who had kidnapped me but I was not panicking. Since Ai had gone out tonight, I knew that something like this would happen. It was my fault for not doing anything and now I am in this mess. Why am I so useless?!
Leaving those thoughts behind, I was back in the mindscape but I did not see Ethan anywhere. Well, it was better for him to not be here so I could recollect my thoughts. Sitting down with my legs fold, I closed my eyes and thought about all my past actions since I met Ai and it just made me frown.
"I am so stupid," I muttered.
Getting in this situation was inevitable but I basically did nothing at all to get a proper hold of it.
What have I been doing all this time?
I could not stop Ai. I have no means of fighting a vampire which should be my number one priority and I am not able to even get a complete hold of how dangerous the situation I am in is. Looks like my brain has been really rusty from not using it for a long time but I know it is more like I don't want to use it.
There are things I have been intentionally ignoring.
There are things I have been made to forget.
All of this would not happen if I was never born.
What happened fourteen years ago still has scarred me for life and I have shut a part of my brain because of that. The reason why I don't think straight and properly normally is that whenever I do, I see that.
Slowly, my eyes fluttered and opened. They did not need to adjust to the lighting because it was pretty dark where I was. Coming back to my senses, I looked around and at myself. This is not something I have a fetish of.
I was tied to a chair with my hands behind my back. The place I was in looked like it was an old church. I was never a religious person but I did know what the inside of a church looked like. The light was coming in from the windows of the church and the seats there for the people to sit looked really old and dusty. I was seated on an elevated platform and I could tell that there was someone behind me.
A cold hand was ruffling my hair and trialed across my head and then was going down my shoulder. It was a soft and gentle hand but it also had a chilling feel to it. My eyes followed the hand and the owner of the hand walked around me so that I could finally see their face.
She had a pale white face and her long chocolate brown hair was open and flowing down her back. She had ruby red eyes but instead of being a vampire one, it looked like a natural eye. She was wearing a red dress and a black overcoat over it which was slid down her shoulders. All in all, she was a beautiful lady.
I hope Ai does not hear this or I will probably be killed.
"Hmm, you seem pretty calm for someone who is being kidnapped and tied up in an abandoned church. Don't you feel scared or any insecurity?" she asked and her voice was so soothing that it could make anyone feel at peace.
"Aren't you pretty young looking for someone who is more than three hundred years old?" I answered her question with a question.
"Fufu, you say the most interesting things human. Why do you think I am that old? Do I look like an old lady now?" she asked in an amused tone. Looks like if I play my cards correctly, I can buy enough time for Ai.
"Oh no, in fact, you look pretty young and beautiful," I replied in a calm tone. "About your age, aren't nobles supposed to be more than three hundred years old? Or so I have heard."
She elegantly walked over to me and sat down on my lap. Her big chest was pressing against my face and there was no way I could pull my face away from it. I was literally tied up right now. Don't tell me there are vampires who are into bondage.
"What? Are you perhaps flustered? Excited? Or do you feel fear?" she asked me.
"If I answer your question will you untie me? I don't really like the feeling of ropes on my arms," I replied showing my discomfort.
"Fufu, okay if you answer my question, I will untie you," she said gently caressing my face. "You cannot get out of here even if you are untied so there is no problem. You are just a mere human with amazing blood. Ahh, it smells so good that I want to dig my fangs in your neck already."
"Please don't do that right now. I don't really want to live such a short life. On top of it, I am not really that stupid thinking that I can get out of your grasp," I said and she chuckled. "As for your question, I feel nothing. Nothing at all with this action of yours."
She looked at me suspiciously but I stared right back into her eyes. Everything about this woman was appealing, from her speech to her actions. From her gentle touch, I could easily tell that she was a master at seducing but I have been living with the cutest little vampire on the planet who tries different stuff on me every single day so it was nothing big for me.
She was trying to stir my brain and trap me in my emotions but I cannot her do that. Controlling my emotions was something I could do in these situations.
"Looks like you are not lying human. Very well, I will stick to my words and untie you," she said and the next moment, I feel the ropes on my arm being cut off by her.
I looked at my arms completely ignoring the face of the noble close to mine and they had a red line on them because they were tied a little too hard. My palms were pale and soon turned bright red due to the sudden flow of blood in them. Ah, flowing blood in my body feels so good.
"How bold of you to ignore the person before you. Not to mention a person who can kill you in an instance," she said amused and a little annoyed too. Looks like she is not used to this treatment.
"Well I won't mind about that," I said making her raise an eyebrow. "If you had to kill me, you would have already done. As a vampire, my blood is what you are after so keeping me alive will not bring you any benefits unless…"
"Unless?"
"You have something on your mind."
It was only logical that I would be alive right now because she wanted something from me instead of my blood. What I did not know was what that "something" was.
"You know before I became a vampire, I was sold off by my parents to a brothel. My father was under debt and he decided to sell me and my mother didn't really care about me," she said making me raise an eyebrow.
"Why suddenly start telling your life story before your name?" I retorted.
"Oh my, I forgot about that, didn't I? My name is Kasuwagi Shiina and though I don't tell this to just anyone, I am four hindered and eighty-seven years old," she said leaning forward pressing her body to mine.
"Ugh…can't…breathe," I tapped out and she pulled away from me a little. "Hah, I love oxygen."
"Fufu, now do you? Don't you love the feeling of the soft breast of a woman being pressed against your face? Many men would be dying to be in your place," she said with a smug on her face.
"That is because I am loyal to only one person in this entire world regarding that matter. Cheating might look cool in people's fantasy but in real life, it is pretty messed up if you ask me," I replied in a normal tone.
Kasuwagi chuckled at my response and then placed her hand on my neck slowly caressing it.
"So, mind telling me why I am still alive?" I asked her.
"You have a lot of guts boy. To speak like this to a noble."
"Wow, you just copied the same lines of when I talked to the first," I said casually looking dead into her eyes which made her flinch. "In the end, we had a nice talk with some beverages and now we are buddies."
I could see the confusion on her face forming slowly as she was trying to process my words. I smirked inwardly due to this reaction of her. If it is a battle of words in a life or death situation, it is something I can handle easily. For some reason, in these situations, I can be pretty calm for reasons I am unaware of.
The reasons that I know but have forcefully forgotten.
"Fufu," she laughed trying to push what I said aside. "Well right now, there are two types of vampires who are after your life. One those want to kill you and drink your blood to get the power and the other who is a little less greedy and just want to kill you so no one gets these powers."
"So you are…"
"I am from the third type. Like that little girlfriend of yours," she said as a smug formed on her face. "I just want to keep you all to myself so that I can drink some of your blood every day relishing its taste."
"So you want to make me your pet," I said blankly staring at her.
"Take it in any way you want but don't worry," she leaned forward close to my ear. "I won't kill my little pet. I love to take good~ care of them~"
"I decline the kind offer of yours."
Hearing my reply, I saw her brow twitch due to this. She looked annoyed by my reply but it was quickly changed by the same smug she had on her face.
"Oh, I was not asking sweetie~," she said pressing her breast in my face again
"I'm sorry but I am not really into mature, sexy, women older than me," I said pulling my face away from her. "I am more into girls like Ai. She is of the same age as me, does act mature but has her cute childish times too, and to top it all off, she can be sexy and cute at the same time! I mean, have you ever thought it was possible? No, right? But it is and it's like a blessing to this earth…"
I started blabbering about how great Ai is and how much I think that she is the perfect girl all the while feeling bad due to it. For how great she is and yet I don't do anything to make her feel that way. Well for an excuse, I confessed my feelings only yesterday. My expression kept darkening with each word leaving my mouth.
"Oh my, young love I see," Kasuwagi said with her eyebrow twitching a little. She is not used to being rejected by men which I could tell. The charm that she had could easily seduce any man or even woman. "You love that girl a lot, don't you?"
"I do, I do love Ai a lot and that's why it hurts too. The way we are working does not seem like what I feel towards her is love. It is more like I am using Tsubaki Ai as if she is a disposable pawn to me."
Though I said that blankly I really felt sad saying that. Ai is doing everything in her power to protect me and I am just sitting there not helping her in any way. I know it sounds cliché and all but I don't want Ai to do everything on her own. It is not about me being a nice guy but about my feelings towards her and the little pride I have.
Right then, I heard the sounds of screaming of vampires who looked like they were being brutally killed. Among those cries and screams of agony, I heard a very familiar figure laughing and shouting in joy. Wow, she is enjoying herself, isn't she?
"Fufu, looks like your little lover is here to get you but do you think she can save you?" Kasuwagi asked.
"Oh she will because I am a coward too," I said with a smirk on my face.
"That is not something you should be proud about," Kasuwagi said frowning.
"Oh, I am not proud about it but everyone can be a coward at some point in their life. A coward will always hide behind someone strong and I am a smart coward so I am hiding behind the strongest one," I said smirking though inside I did not like this fact at all.
"Let's see if this person you talk about really is the strongest," she said and raised her hand and the metal door of the church was being hit hard by many hands but it was stopped. "What will she do when I do this?"
Without a warning, she opened her mouth and dug her teeth in my neck. I felt the blood slowly being sucked out of my body and though the pain was only there for a while I did not like this feeling. It was different from when Ai was the one doing it.
The banging stopped and the door was pushed open.
"Kazu-"
I heard Ai's voice and she stopped. I saw her silhouette standing right at the entrance. Blood covering her entire body as if she was showering in a blood bath. Her eyes were shot wide open and were glowing. She had an angry expression on her face and I could feel the intensity of her killing intent.
I looked back at Kasuwagi thinking only one thing.
This noble messed with the wrong half-vampire.
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