*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*
"Enter" Luminia ordered.
The door of her room opened as Lilia and Ithania walked in.
"Lady Luminia." The two of them bowed respectfully.
Luminia nodded, she then turned towards Ithania and ordered.
"You and Azriel will be leaving this mansion and going out today."
"Why?" Ithania questioned.
"To hunt humans."
Azriel's eyes glowed, and from the small smile that had appeared on his face, it was clear that he was very excited about it.
He was raging to go!
Ithania had no visible change on her face, she just thought it would be interesting to go out and see the situation, however, is she was given an option, she would rather stay and read books here.
But that was just her wishful thinking.
Luminia was not asking, she was ordering.
Ithania knows that she has to go.
Also, it would be a great opportunity to try and spar with Azriel as well.
She glanced at Azriel with eyes full of determination.
Ithania was looking forward to the fight!
She was curious to know why her teacher always calls him a monster.
"Yes, Lady Luminia" Ithania nodded.
Lilia, who heard everything, sighed.
Her work increased…
"Don't sigh like that, you aren't going anywhere."
As if knowing what she was thinking, Luminia muttered.
"Hmm?" Lilia frowned.
If she doesn't go with them, who is going to protect them? What if they face a strong enemy?
Won't they just die?
"We cannot always protect them, Lilia. To become true vampires, they need to grow themselves." Luminia's eyes shined brightly as she glanced at Azriel before turning back to Lilia.
"Yes, Lady Luminia."
Then a smile appeared on Luminia's face as she muttered.
"And since we two haven't talked in a while, we are going to catch up while our students cause Chaos Outside. KAkakakaka!"
A small smile appeared on Lilia's face as well.
"Yes, Lady Luminia."
"Alright, you two, go and prepare. I want you to be back here in 30 minutes." Luminia ordered.
Azriel and Ithania glanced at each other and then they nodded.
"Yes, Teacher."
"Yes, Lady Luminia."
The two of them left the room.
…
An hour later, Ithania and Azriel were standing outside Luminia's mansion.
Azriel was wearing what he wore back when he first met Ithania, Black top and bottom, with the Blood-red Long coat on the top, as for Ithania, she wore something akin to a military uniform that was black in colour.
Combined with her pale skin and blue hair, she looked extremely captivating.
In front of them were Luminia and Lilia. Luminia had a smile on her face, while Lilia looked a little worried.
"Take care," Lilia muttered.
Azriel and Ithania nodded.
"Alright teacher, we will take our leave now," Azriel muttered with a wide smile on his face.
Luminia's smile widened as well and she nodded.
"Have fun."
"I will."
Azriel then grabbed Ithania's hand and walked away.
…
"Stay close to me, okay? It will be dangerous." Azriel muttered as he glanced at Ithania, his first friend.
Of course, since they stayed in the same place for 3 months, it was natural for them to be close.
"I am strong, you know?" Ithania muttered, however, she did not resist Azriel's hand that was holding hers.
Just like Azriel, she treated him as his friend as well.
"Heh. We will see about that once we actually face enemies." Azriel snickered.
"You won't even get the chance to fight with them." Ithania retorted.
Azriel just smiled.
Ithania then glanced at the sun and frowned,
"Ughh… I really hate the sun…"
"Teacher said that since we have to face humans, we have to face the sun as well. That is the reason why we all train in the afternoon when the sun is at the top of our heads."
"I know that."
"Haa! Of course, you do! You Bookworm!"
A vein popped out on Ithania's head,
"Don't call me that, you brute!"
"Haa? Brute!? I study 4 hours a day! Thank you very much!"
"I train for 8 hours a day as well!"
The two of them started fighting.
If Lilia and Luminia were here, they would have just shook their heads.
This was a very normal occurrence. Ithania, who is usually calm and elegant, would always lose her elegance when she is with Azriel.
The same goes for Azriel, he is cold to everyone else and only talks normally with Lilia, Ithania and Luminia.
And since Ithania was around the same as him, the two of them fight a lot, but that isn't the weirdest part, the actual strange thing is…
"Oh, right, I always had this question in my mind" Suddenly, Ithania muttered.
"Hmm? What is it?" Azriel questioned.
Yes, this is the weirdest part, these two were too random. They would fight for one minute and then would act like nothing happened in another minute.
Lilia and Luminia failed to understand how that works.
"You want to bring back the vampires, right?"
"I do. Yes." Azriel nodded.
"But why?"
"Hmm? What kind of question is that?"
"I am asking why do you want to go against all the races in the world and bring back the vampires? What's the reason?"
"Because I want to?" Azriel muttered as he tilted his head in confusion.
"…"
"…"
Ithania was too dumbfounded to say anything.
"What kind of fragile reason is that?" a minute later, she finally organized her thoughts and questioned.
"Fragile?" Azriel was getting more and more confused with every passing second.
"Look, every action one does has a reason behind it, I move my leg because I want to walk, I move my mouth because I want to talk.
Similarly, I study, because I want to gain knowledge.
I train because I want to gain strength.
Compared to that, isn't your reason… too Fragile?" Ithania questioned.
"You study because you want to gain knowledge, correct?"
"Indeed."
"Why do you want to gain knowledge?"
"So I can broaden my horizons."
"Why do you want to broaden your horizons?"
"So that I can plan better."
"Why do you want to plan better?"
"So I can lead those vampires in a better way."
"Why do you want to do that?"
"It is responsibility. I was the one who gather them all, so I have to be responsible for them."
"Why did you gather them all?"
"Hmm?"
"Why did you gather them all? With your ability, you could have easily lived a normal, free life in a secluded village. Why did you start gathering all the vampires?"
"I wanted a safe place for the vampire."
"Why do you want that?"
"I…" Ithania couldn't answer.
"Because you want to," Azriel answered with a smile.
"You do that because you want to. Every action has a reason behind it, true.
And the reason you are talking about it here" Azriel muttered as he pointed at his chest.
"You do that to satisfy your heart.
I am no hero of justice, I am not doing everything I do for justice, I am not doing anything because I have a responsibility, I am doing it because that is what my heart desires.
I do it because I want to.
I do it to satisfy my heart."
Azriel declared as he patted his chest.
"…"
"…why are you so silent…?"
"…"
"Hey! Say something!"
"…"
"…"
"Pfftt!" Suddenly, Ithania laughed out loud.
"W-What!? Why are you laughing!?"
"What a brute-like way of thinking~ Hahahaha~ As expected from a brute like you~" Ithania continued laughing.
"Hmph! At least I am not a bookworm like you.
'I move my leg because I want to walk, I move my mouth because I want to talk.'
Hmph!" Azriel mimicked Ithania and turned around.
Ithania couldn't see it, but his face was red from embarrassment.
'Ughh… I shouldn't have said so much…' He groaned inwardly as he increased his speed.
"H-Hey! Wait for me!" Ithania noticed that he had increased his speed and rushed towards him with a smile on her face.
'Because I want to… huh… maybe it's not as Fragile of a reason as I thought it to be…'
…
"Kakkakaka!"
When Ithania and Azriel left, Luminia and Lilia appeared in the air and Luminia laughed out loud.
"Lady Luminia… didn't you say that we won't follow them?" Lilia questioned.
"Hmm? Of course! We won't be following them. I was just curious about the question that the girl asked. Even I was taken aback by that question.
What is the reason?
Is it just puny revenge?
Then how does that make me any different from those idiots?
Hahahhaha!
But my student didn't disappoint me!
He gave a perfect reason!
He does it because he wants to!
That's how a king should think!
Hahahahha!" Luminia laughed out loud.
"When did a king require any reason to do anything?
A king does something because he wants to.
That is just how it is!"
She looked at Azriel's walking figure with a proud look on her face.
'King Dardon, rest assured, the Vampires will be back soon.'
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