Hans felt somewhat afraid of how Grand Duke Arthur gave him an immense aura. He felt like he was about to puke as his breathing slowly became heavy from the encounter.
The female agent got worried seeing his teacher's condition, "Teacher, are you alright?"
Hans didn't want to scare her of the situation they're in, so he took a deep breath, "Tsk…Don't come out unless I say so."
He flickered and commanded without looking at her. He slowly opened the door as he closed his eyes but suddenly someone crossed the border that caught their attention.
"My, my, did I miss something?"
To their surprise, Hans's master together with Jasper and the Heads appeared right before them. He gave them a smirk which made the Grand Duke feel irritated by their reckless action. Grand Duke Arthur faced them as he walked his way towards the Director and Hans quickly took the opportunity to retreat.
"Hunters must be known for recklessness, no? What brings you here, Director?" he gave him a suspicious look as he shoved his hands inside his pocket.
Dir. Melvis replied mischievously, "We are honored by your wonderful remarks. However, I didn't come here to exchange insults with you, Grand Duke Arthur. I came to take my apprentice back."
"Oho, really? So, it's one of your toys then? Tell us, why are they here? It seems you're not aware of this yourself, Director. Tsk, tsk, tsk, bad leader." He mocked again.
"Oops! Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, wrong! But I can give you the answer."
Dir. Melvis stared at Hans's direction that drove his apprentice to feel a bit of pressure. Suddenly, one of the guard's eyes glowed red and out of nowhere he felt his bond's presence. Grand Duke Arthur didn't say anything which Dir. Melvis took it as an opportunity to continue.
"Because we found out that the Female Blood over there is one of your guard's bonds."
Right after hearing those words, everyone around Dir. Melvis were dumbfounded, except for Hans. One of the guards started to march toward the car while two guards tried to stop him. The guard got impatient as he started to lose his senses and threw one of his comrades. The royal guards then assisted the other guard who struggled to get a hold of the berserk guard. The Female Blood felt desperate and worried but at the same time she wanted to stay with the hunters.
Hans felt a clench on his chest as he slowly started to lose breath. The female agent saw him slowly losing consciousness, "Teacher! What's wrong?!"
Hans saw the Female Blood in hesitation of what to choose, so he decided to let her go, "Go."
The girl was still hesitant about the fact that she'll leave her teacher's side who wasn't feeling well.
So, Hans faced her and said, "Y-you're still welcome to the clan. You're my student, after all. I'm fine so j-just go."
The Female Blood looked down then faced him again as she slowly left the car. She removed the hood of her cloak then clenched her hand onto her chest with mixed emotions. Her bond slowly calmed down upon seeing her as she went near him but he still grunts in annoyance from the other guards for confining him.
The troops steadily let him go and stayed a few steps away from them. The Female Blood touched his face as tears started to pour down on her face then she smiled at him in relief. The guard hugged her tightly as if he was to lose her any minute now. The moment was enchanting and memorable for them as they finally met and united together.
It may feel the same to everyone, however, it was different from Hans. He clenched the steering wheels from anger as he closed his eyes, reminding him of the dream. Hans felt dizzy again as he tightly held his chest from the feeling of suffocation.
Prince Nikolai's attention was averted from the couple to Hans. He wondered why he was not coming out. He suddenly remembered the silhouette and he wanted to ask if Hans knew his auntie. So, he went near the car as he slowly knocked on the door.
"U-uhmm, Are you alright? Why are you not coming out?" Prince Nikolai asked him. However, no response had reached him.
"It's alright, we won't hurt you. I just wanted to ask you something." he added.
He suddenly felt worried when Hans still didn't respond to him. He reached his hand out and slowly opened the door but…
"Stay away!"
Hans yelled at him that startled not only Prince Nikolai but also everyone around them.
"B-but I think you're hurt."
He said to him nervously. Hans didn't stop there for he doesn't want to associate himself with the vampires.
"Just stay away!" he said without hiding the hint of anger in his voice.
The Grand Duke got irritated by Hans's behavior toward his nephew so he stumped his feet as he marched towards them and was about to open. However, someone fired a bullet but enough not to hit him. He looked at the person who shot him and found out that it was Head Audeth.
"Not one move."
She warned him as she steadied her weapon pointing at him. The Grand Duke challenged back.
"Or what?"
While the Head didn't back down, "My bullet never misses."
He was about to attack the hunters but Prince Nikolai held his shirt and shook his head to stop him. The female agent immediately announced to the Director about Hans's condition as she cried her tears out.
"Director! Teacher... Please help him!"
The screams of pain created by Hans made the vampires distance themselves from him. It took a few seconds before the scream died down. Dir. Melvis quickly instructed Jasper along with Head Kelly and Head Benjamin to take Hans away. The three of them ran towards the car and saw a pale, unconscious human. Head Kelly took medicine right away and was about to inject him. However, Jasper held her hand as he took away the medicine.
"What are you doing?!"
Head Kelly yelled at him whereas Jasper took another antidote and injected it to Hans. They both waited a couple of minutes for him to gain consciousness but nothing happened. Jasper panicked as well as the two Head seeing Hans paler and slowly losing his breath.
"It's not working!"
Head Kelly yelled that made Dir. Melvis ran as fast as he could.
He immediately checked on him then he instructed Head Kelly and Head Benjamin to stay away from them. Dir. Melvis asked Jasper what was going on, however, neither Jasper nor he knows why the medicine isn't curing him when they had been using it, ever since. He has no choice but to cast a healing chant that was taught to him.
When he began chanting the healing spells, Hans' body revealed some symbols embracing him then all emerged into his forehead and formed into a gem.
The glow from the emersion of the symbol was visible in the eyes of the two clans outside the car. The light was too bright that made them covered as if they were blinded from it. The gem took shape into a white teardrop then slowly dropped into his forehead. He radiated from the gem then it all converged at the back of his left shoulder as the light slowly dissipated and his heavy eyes unsteadily opened.
The vampires and hunters waited there for almost 30 minutes, Dir. Melvis together with Jasper went out of the car as the Director looked so tired and drained all of a sudden. Jasper wasn't looking good as well, while trying to calm himself from the tension.
All of them were confused with the way they acted but neither of them admitted anything nor talked about Hans, except telling them they were fine. No one dared to question him again because they either don't care or just couldn't. Dir. Melvis ordered the other Heads to head back to the mansion as he and Jasper will bring him back home.
Grand Duke Arthur wanted to protest but seeing his three nephews stopping him made him retreat. The Director covered Hans's body with a cloak to keep him warm whereas his head was hidden by the hood as he transferred him to the back seat with Jasper assisting him.
The Grand Duke temple creased toward Hans because he couldn't see his face. Jasper sat beside Hans while Dir. Melvis excused himself to the hunters and requested to talk to them regarding the Female Blood after things were taken care of.
Dir. Melvis drove themselves away from vampire's territory. Grand Duke Arthur commanded the general that they should head back to the villa as well. This time the Female Blood was already in the hands of the vampire as she held the hands of her bond. She turned her head back for the last time before she followed them to the villa.
When the vampires got back to the mansion, everyone felt somehow relieved except for Prince Nikolai. Grand Duke Arthur along with the general went to report to the emperor.
"Welcome back. So, how was it?" the emperor immediately asked for an update from them.
"We found out that the one Prince Nikolai detected was related to the Hunter's agents. One Female Blood and one human. The human must be the tracker they told us during the meeting. The Female Blood happened to be one of our guard's bonds." Grand Duke Arthur immediately explained.
"Even though we manage to take her on our side but still that human." The Grand Duke added.
"Hmm… We got the Female Blood according to the contract but we can't just let this go, knowing that humans tried to go against it." Emperor Charles contemplated the situation.
His brother was about to say something but got interrupted when someone knocked on the door. When the Emperor's PS opened the door, it revealed the new member of the clan, the Female Blood.
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