"Finally." If this had been some sort of cartoon or anime, Alucard would have expected a bright glow illuminating the book; however, contrary to his expectations, the book looked plain, almost as though it wasn't some important, legendary book. Alucard didn't think much of the book's appearance either. With a shrug, he grabbed the book.
Once the book was firmly in his hands, a tingling sensation surged through his body. It was the book. The vampire didn't comment on the strange phenomenon because his mind was now constantly drifting somewhere else.
Finally finding this book made him happy, but for some reason, his foreseen death, which was just a year away, was more important right now. So without opening the book, Alucard tossed it to Lucy, who was a bit startled.
'Why is he throwing the book at me? Doesn't he want to check the contents?' Lucy thought. The next moment, she seemingly understood the reason, but she didn't make any comment.
"Lucy, I think we have gotten what we came here for..." Alucard gazes around once more, taking note of the slightest thing. He would visit this place once more; he was sure of that fact. For now, however, his main goal was to leave the manor.
Sometime later, the two began their journey back to the entrance from which they used to enter this gloomy place.
***
At the manor, in front of the door, Muna, Siena, Nina, and the succubus Lilith could be seen, having furrowed brows with their gazes glued on the door.
For the past hours, Muna had paced back and forth. Sometimes it appeared as though she would break into the door, and sometimes it would seem like she would control herself.
Both Nina and Seine wanted to tell their sister that 'master' would walk out of the door very soon, but they just gulped down a mouthful of saliva.
Those black, gloomy eyes had fluttered a bit after all.
And no one would like to poke the dragon.
Lilith appeared nonchalant, as she was sometimes chugging down a weird drink with 'red wine' on it. She almost acted like she didn't care about Alucard, earning a murderous glare from the sister trio.
Siena could only glower in frustration. If she had been strong enough, she would have kicked this thot out of the manor long ago.
Amidst all their looks, Lilth just continued to drink because such trivial things wouldn't make her anxious. Not like she didn't care about Alucard, but because she knew that he was fine.
Thud, thud, thud.
The giant door shuddered loudly.
Everyone present stared at the door with a glint of anticipation in their eyes.
Not too long again, Alucard stepped out, making several sighs of relief echo across the place.
"You girls worry too much," he began, but before he could finish his words, Nina and Siena gave him a huge bear hug.
"...." Alucard liked that his maids actually cared for him, but sometimes he couldn't help but think that they worry too much, even at the slightest thing, especially Nina and Siena...after thinking about it, the vampire gulped as he remembered something.
He was just 20.
And the girls were all 100 years old and above, so it was natural for them to still take him as a little boy...
"Is this the book?" "Dracula's diary' appeared in Alucard's hands as he grinned at all of them.
Muna gave a head nod while Lilith winked charmingly; it seems like she wouldn't take her eyes off Alucard.
'Why does he look hotter?" Lilith entered a train of perverted thought, and subconsciously she began to ogle at Alucard. Her eyes steered from his face to every ounce of his body as though she were scanning him.
'Succubus, horny beings'
This was the thought of everyone as they saw Lilth.
"Um, Mrs. Succubus, you're making the atmosphere weird," Siena said in a blunt tone.
Lilith eventually took her eyes off Alucard and stared at Siena. "Why did you include 'Mrs.' in my name?"
"Is this really important?" Lucy blurted out but unfortunately, no one could hear her.
Then Lilith added, "Have you finally accepted my marriage to Alucard?"
"Okay, enough playing, let's get our things and prepare to live." Alucard spoke after seeing the invisible smoke surging out of the sister's nostrils and hearing the word 'husband' again from Lilith.
His little words seemed to ease the tense atmosphere a bit as everyone went off to their rooms to do their own things.
Meanwhile, a competitive fire had already been ignited in Siena's heart. She couldn't help but glare at the succubus, who was about to snatch her master away from her and her sisters.
'She wasn't there for mistress, and now she wants to steal master as well? I won't allow it.' Siena stomped out.
But a realization soon dawned on them.
They didn't have any different rooms to begin with. So all of them just retraced their footsteps back to the only room they had slept in for the last 20 years.
***
"I just can't stand that bitch," Siena whispered to Nina.
The two were the closest among the three, so it wasn't strange for both of them to confide in each other; they knew almost everything about each other...
...Except for the nightly jerking they did for their master.
"She means no harm, Siena," Nina said in a low voice. "She wouldn't have helped him in the casket of memories if she wanted to harm him."
"Ugh! Alright, let's just see how things play out, but I hope she won't stab Master in the back."
"She won't."
"But she wasn't there, remember, she wasn't there when queen Evie had to face all those holy warlocks." Siena's voice seemed to crackle towards the end, but she got a grip on herself before any tears could flow out of her eyes.
A few minutes later, everyone stood in front of a relatively giant door. Heck, all the doors in the manor were gigantic. This one, however, was on another level; only one reasonable explanation came to mind.
...this door led to the outside world.
With a low creek sound, the door flung open.
Alucard took a step outside.
**Fuuuuuushhhhh**
Suddenly, a holy arrow ruptured the air and pierced Alucard's heart, bursting out from the other side.
*******