(Serules/Seer POV)
So is it okay if I call you Vanessa? I ask with my head tilted to the side a little while giving her a questioning gaze.
Vanessa: "You can call me Vanessa, sweetie. There is one thing I am curious about?"
Seer: "What is that Vanessa?"
Vanessa: "You do realize that your mother is alive and currently serving the king?"
Seer: "So she is alive", his voice starts cracking. "no I didn't know about this information, thanks for telling me." I try to give her my most reassuring smile, but my mind is in disarray my smile starts to break down.
Vanessa: "while we are in the carriage there are going to be some things you need to do If you are going to stay with me. First, you need to stay in the mansion for the most part, and if you are going to go out stay next to me. Some vampires may not take kindly to the fact that I am housing a human. It is even worse because I am from one of the 5 main houses."
The rest of the carriage ride was different than expected, she told me that vampires mainly get their nutrients from the blood of other species. They sometimes are slaves that are to be used as blood bags for punishment or people who donate or sell their blood.
There are even some people who like the feeling of having their blood sucked. For humans, the seqguins help regulate mana in the body which enhances their regeneration of blood cells, it just means humans can get back blood in a couple of hours of napping if they have a seqguin, it also causes them to have stronger bodies, and faster healing.
For the other races accept werewolves generally can regulate their mana so they could heal themselves.
Werewolves have better regeneration that competes with the speed of vampires so it doesn't mean that much for them to get their blood sucked a bit.
It asked her if blood-sucking would mean anything to other vampires she said "sucking another person's blood is equivalent to a very long kiss." she says while pointing at her fangs.
I laugh a bit because her scrunched face was funny.
I asked her if she was going to ask around for rumors and why did she head back so quickly, as I tilt my head in confusion.
she says "ufffu your pretty smart for a child," she says while slowly rocking me back and forward with her legs.
while she is rocking me I feel relaxed and give her a big grin.
She answers "I just found the jackpot of information, he is currently on my lap, also the request to see the king will be rejected."
"Is there anything you needed to do back in the kingdom"? she asked me as she smiles at me gently.
I reply to her with one request "Is it okay if you send a letter to Katrina Astley, tell her that I am still alive in the letter and tell her to keep it a secret and make sure the king can't track it back to me".
The next moment I start to naturally smile at her and say thanks and she just has her mouth agape. "Ara Ara aren't you just the cutest kid I've seen? she pinches my cheeks
"it stings, stop stop, after she pinches my cheeks, I pout at her."
she gives me a big smile and starts laughing, hhaha.
The past couple of days have been nothing but self-depreciation self-doubt and many negative emotions so being around her has given me a very good change of pace I feel very comfortable around her and at peace, I don't know why.
We finally reach the manor and the first thing she does is signal for one of her servants to send the letter.
The next thing that happened is they made sure all the servants were kept quiet about the fact I was staying at the manor. After about 30 minutes they brought out food for me to enjoy and I ate it all with a bright smile on my face.
The very next thing is cleaning myself, I said we can just get a maid or butler to use their blood style to clean me but she said: "With all that dirt in your hair, you have to get it washed off".
So the next thing I know, I am now naked in a bathtub with a maid washing my hair and Vanessa just standing there watching me. I had a bright red face and was blushing immensely, I was not used to anyone but my mother and father washing or being in the bath with me.
Now that I was clean they brought me a mirror and I could see my Olympic blue hair again.
"You weren't lying about the fact you were their child, it reminds me of the time I briefly saw you as a baby."
(Vanessa POV)
When he got out of the bath I provided him with some clothes, but there is one thing that concerns me, now that he is clean you can smell his scent even better, there is a tinge of Protea, Asters, and the main scent of sweet nectar, divine nectar dare I say. The smell could start to get intoxicating if others smelled it I wouldn't know what would happen to him.
So I gave him some of my perfume and said put it on before anyone else can smell him. I wonder why his main smell is nectar and not Protea like his mother or his father had that had smell Asters.
But so far I think he is a bright kid but he is too hard on himself and he has gone through something very tragic, even adults struggle to deal with similar situations he had to deal with.
He is precious to me because I never really was interested in love I wanted to become stronger, to protect my family because our family was almost a fallen house and I wanted to show that our house wasn't weak and useless. I did it to protect my mother father and friend in the house of Valtera, But one day when I was promoted to the leader of our house I wanted to experience what it was to love and have a child.
But while I was growing stronger, many people were scared of me, because of the fact I was accepting marriage proposals, many houses sent their sons to marry me just to keep me in check or to be a part of a powerful family.
A lot of the marriages were power schemes or didn't have real love involved so I gave up on love and having a son.
But today when I saw seer, I felt something I wanted to feel, I felt like a mother and it excited me I was holding back but it was great I got to convince him to stay at our manor, so far our relationship is steady and I truly enjoy the time together and I don't have to worry about him using me for alternative motives something.