Eleanore immediately pushed the man's body hard, and then backed away from him. Her heart skipped a beat as she realized that the man in front of her was extremely dangerous.
"What do you want?" asked Eleanore mustering her remaining courage to ask the man a question.
Still keeping her distance, Eleanore stepped back even more to avoid the man who was also stepping toward Eleanore.
"What do I want?" The man with fiery red eyes also widened his grin.
Eleanore steeled herself to face this man, if she wanted to get out of this cave alive, then she had to be brave enough to fight back.
"You know who I am, don't you?" The man stopped his steps right in front of Eleanore again.
Eleanore was unable to retreat because her back had hit the cave wall. Hearing the question posed by the dangerous man in front of her, Eleanore couldn't help but gulp nervously.
"Who are you? I never heard anyone talk about you!" said Eleanore boldly without thinking about the consequences of her word.
"Heh, it turns out that ugly humans like you have forgotten my existence." The man turned and parted his hair while chuckling.
Eleanore was confused about how to react when she saw the action of the man. She didn't expect the man to let her go and instead focused on his existence.
"What do you mean humans forgot your existence?" asked Eleanore at last, frowning in confusion.
The blonde-haired man turned back to face Eleanore and walked quickly to the girl. "Just so you know. First, everyone will recognize who Ivander Floryan is!" he roared excitedly at Eleanore.
"Wait! You mean you are Ivander Floryan?" asked Eleanore in surprise when she heard a name that appeared in many history books in her town.
"Ha! Of course, it was me." The person who claimed to be named Ivander Floryan laughed happily when someone knew his name.
"Is that true? Wasn't Lord Ivander imprisoned two thousand years ago?" replied Eleanore still not believing that this figure in front of her was a prominent Vampire of his era.
"Caged?! I'm cursed and imprisoned in these damn mountains! Those damn Priests how dare he curse me!" You can see a red aura starting to evaporate from the man's body and it can be felt that the man is furious when he recalls his past.
"In that case, I Leave, Mr Floryan." Eleanore immediately took a thousand steps to escape from the cursed cave.
Seeing that the only person who could help him was intent on escaping from him, Ivander immediately chased after the girl as fast as lightning and blocked her path.
"You thought you could get away from me that easy, huh!" said Ivander, glaring at Eleanore who was already pale.
How surprised Eleanore was when she found that Ivander had been standing in front of her blocking the path she would use to escape from the cave. "What an incredible speed!" Eleanore thought sweating.
Eleanore could see the colour of Ivander's eyes again turning burning red from what was originally an alluring bright blue. For a moment their eyes stared at each other and locked in.
Ivander slowly brought his face closer to Eleanore. Eleanore's heart pounded loudly as the girl felt Ivander's face continue to approach hers until the girl closed her eyes reflexively.
Ivander smirked when he saw the girl in front of him had closed his eyes, the man slowly tilted his face and whispered softly to Eleanore, "I can give you what you want."
Eleanore's eyes immediately opened wide when she heard Ivander's words in her ear.
"However, you must do something for me first." Ivander continued his sentence and pulled himself away from Eleanore's body. "One thing you should know, this is not a request, but an order from me!" he said as he winked one eye at Eleanore.
Eleanore was still digesting what Ivander said. "W-what do you mean!" With a surprised look on her face, Eleanore looked at Ivander.
"Let me free from this damn mountain, then I will grant your wish." Ivander said his aim in a cocky manner.
"No, I do not want." Eleanore tried to ignore Ivander's presence and walked past the man to quickly leave the cave, hell with the rain outside, Eleanore was scared to death in this cave.
As she was about to step out of the cave, Eleanor couldn't walk any further, as the front of the cave was covered by a layer of iron that prevented her from getting out.
Eleanore turned around and pointed at Ivander with her finger, "What are you doing with the entrance?!"
"You may leave this place, if you are willing to take the oath to be my guard and get me out of here," Ivander replied, grinning mischievously at Eleanore.
"No, I do not want. Why would I take an oath with a Vampire like you!" Eleanore again refused the offer given to her by Ivander.
"If you don't want to, then you can't get out of this cave." Ivander just stood there quietly waiting for the girl in front of him to agree to his orders.
"Aaarghhh..." Eleanore ruffled her hair in frustration as the Vampire became even more annoying.
"I don't mind waiting." Added Ivander seated himself on a rock that suddenly protruded from the ground.
Eleanore was getting more and more dizzy with the situation that was flanking her right now, how she could end up in a life and death situation like now.
After thinking for a long time, considering what to do, Eleanore finally opened her lips again to say, "What benefit will I get, if I get you off this mountain?"
Hearing the human he was waiting for became interested in his offer, Ivander immediately used his power to read Eleanore's mind to find out what she wanted.
Eleanore saw Ivander's pupils turn burning red again, not sure what the man was really doing.
"You need… Money right? For your college and also to pay off the debt your parents left behind?" asked Ivander slightly out of breath as he said what was on Eleanore's mind, his eyes turning back to a bright blue which was now slightly pale.
"How do you know?" Eleanore was taken aback when Ivander said what she really needed right now.
"Of course I know, you underestimate the power of a great Vampire like me?!" said Ivander with a very high level of confidence.
Hearing those narcissistic words again, Eleanorw just rolled her eyes bored. "Whatever you say. The important thing is that you promise to pay off all my family debts and also pay for my education?" Eleanore had to make sure this Vampire didn't break his promise and did as he said.
"Yes, I will give it all, as long as you will take an oath to free me from this damn mountain." Ivander nodded his head gracefully.
"Okay, I'll do what you want. Oh yeah, one more condition from me, don't kill me." Eleanore had to ensure her safety, she didn't want to take any risks, especially since she knew that she was currently dealing with a Vampire.
"Whatever you want, I don't care about that." Invader immediately stood up and walked toward Eleanore.
Eleanore was still not used to being suddenly approached by a handsome man like Ivander, the girl was still holding her breath when Ivander was right in front of her.
"Give me your hand." asked Ivander in a serious voice.
Not wanting to disobey the Vampire's orders, Eleanore immediately extended her hand towards Ivander.
A moment later, Eleanore could feel a small sting on her index finger. It turned out that Ivander had slightly scratched the tip of Eleanore's finger until fresh blood came out.
Seeing that blood was starting to flow from her fingertips, Eleanore began to horrify at what Ivander was going to do next.
"Drip your blood on the palm of my hand. Then, hold my hand, when I command." Ivander immediately extended his palm towards Eleanore.
Without being ordered twice, Eleanore directed the drop of blood that was running down her fingertip onto Ivander's palm.
After he had collected a lot of blood, Ivander said, "Now!"
Eleanore immediately gripped Ivander's hand tightly as the man had instructed earlier. Eleanore could see that Ivander was currently chanting words she didn't know until finally a blinding red light shone from beneath the two of them.