Chapter 552: No Need For Intervention
Hearing the beastkin lady’s words, the vampire princess couldn’t help but feel agitated as well, her heart, previously as calm as it can get dealing with ’outsiders’ now starting to beat faster in rage that she didn’t quite manage to keep for herself.
"Wow!! And now I am the one who never listens to people’s explanations!! How great!! Really great!!" Lucille lashed out as she gnashed her teeth, listening to the words of Orveus who just spoke, her tone obviously that of infuriation and indignation, almost as if she’s speaking towards a friend who wronged her.
"Orveus, Lucille, let’s stop now, it’s not the time for this kind of things..." as if she can no longer stand to just watch the escalating situation between the next leader of the beastkin and the royal princess of the vampire race, a calm voice came from the elven priestess, Alfia, in an attempt to pacify the two.
And as if working like charm, both the gray-haired beauty and the vampire princess fiercely eyeing each other starts showing traces of calmness on their faces, showing just how important the words of the elven priestess is to the two of them.
"Fufu~~ you’re really good with calming those two, Alfia~~" watching how the successors of both the beastkin and the vampire race reacts to the words of the friend speaking right now, Lilith couldn’t help but cover her mouth with her fair hand as she indulges in laughter, a warm, fuzzy sensation welling up from her chest as she felt like somehow, things are starting to resemble that distant past.
"Hah, as if it’s that easy..." meanwhile, hearing the praise from the princess of the dream demons, the elven priestess shakes her head in helplessness, fully aware of the fact that her words are nothing but a mere stop-gap measure barely keeping the peace between the two for now.
"You’re all friends once, aren’t you?"
Watching the unfolding of the events between the guests in her abode, Liliana let out a silent squeal as she heard a familiar, masculine voice beside her ear, the warm breath making her a bit ticklish, causing both her earlobes to take deeper shade of red.
Turning to her right, where the voice came from, the crimson on her ears starts spreading towards her cheeks as she realized how close her benefactor and teacher is to her right now, his face, closer than ever before, allowing her to notice all the little details that she couldn’t really see when they’re separated by quite the distance, this then causing her to fall into a trance as she continues observing his immortal-like features.
"Liliana? Are you there?" meanwhile, seeing the dazed look on the vampire earl’s face, the immortal-like young man couldn’t help but feel amused, a wry smile on his face as he was reminded of how familiar this sort of face is to him now, the kind he is so used to seeing as the ladies back at home also throws similar gazes to him ever-so-often.
Knowing that it isn’t the time to tease this lady however, he merely snaps her out of her daze as he just wants to confirm from a first-hand source the truth that he thought he had already deduced, his inquisitive voice snapping the earl out of her daze as she nods to him with a heavy, helpless smile on her face.
"Mn" no words, no explanation, nothing else, nothing but a mere sound of agreement as she nods her head while smiling in a wry manner, almost as if there’s something that she wants to, but just can’t explain to him.
"I see..." despite not hearing about it though, that expression on the vampire earl’s face is already more than enough for him to figure out at least a gist of what happened between these ladies, causing him to shake his head as admittedly, even he himself couldn’t do anything substantial about it.
’I might be able to help calm the situation down right now but, in the end, it’s still up to them to make up...’ he thought to himself as he once again got a feel of the palpable awkwardness within the room, the intent to speak apparent from each of the ladies looking and getting a feel of each other, yet the wall made from the prolonged time without communication between them made the hurdle far more challenging than it should ever be.
"Well, ahem... looks like you’ve grown stronger again... I heard from mother that you’ve gone into seclusion again last time... congratulations, Lucille..." it doesn’t seem like the immortal-like young man’s intervention would be required however as before he can even attempt to divert the conversation into a more lighthearted direction, one of the people in the room already started yet again.
What he, Su Xiaotian, finds interesting however is the fact that the one who spoke is the very same lady who was the first one to retaliate when the vampire princess was subtly mocking them, the beastkin beauty, after speaking those words, couldn’t help but avert her gaze away from the princess of the vampires, and despite her frank, direct nature, a trace of shyness still becomes apparent on her gorgeous face.
"Oh my, that’s true, Luci, you’re just growing stronger and stronger huh~~~" hearing those words from Orveus, Lilith couldn’t help but take a look as well, prompting her to cover her mouth in surprise as she realized that her friend is telling the truth, this discovery just reminding her once again just how far beyond the vampire princess’ talent is compared to her peers.
’She’s really the one on top... well, not anymore, I guess...’ the princess of the dream demon thought to herself as her gaze inadvertently drifts towards the other vampire lady in the room, Liliana, the gaze only lasting for some moments before it eventually moves to the sole man in the room.
Recalling that helpless feeling standing in front of this immortal-like figure, Lilith couldn’t help but wonder just how far ahead this young man is from the rest of their generation, the strength he had previously shown making her truly consider his previous claim of being capable of subduing even the ruler of the dragons, the strongest beings within the continent, the truth.
"You’re just going further and further ahead of us huh, congratulations, Lucille..." joining in with a genuine smile on her face, Alfia also spoke with her soft voice, the trace of celebration in her tone something that only those with the sharpest of senses can pick up.
"T-that, thank you, everyone" taken aback by the sudden words, Lucille, who was already regaining her composure from the previous anger that she’s starting to feel, starts feeling a bit flustered once more, her mind struggling for a bit before she finally managed to say the word she truly wants to bring out from her mind.
’Looks like I won’t need to intervene after all...’ seeing the interaction between these ladies, the immortal-like young man couldn’t help but smile in relief as he felt like there won’t be a problem between them anytime soon, causing him to reveal a smile as he saw the relief on his student, Liliana’s face, her expression making it all the more apparent that she’s glad spending time with these visitors like this.
