"My name is Adam and she is Liu. The one who is asleep is Zax and you can call her Cristal." Adam said, introducing himself and the others. "What's your name?"
There was a slight hesitation on the woman's face before she replied. She was still suspicious when she first came inside the house, but after seeing Zax, her suspicion subsided to a level where she was open to a discussion.. "…Blanca." She muttered.
Adam stood next to the door like before with Cristal floating next to him, and Liu sat on the bed close to Zax, but Blanca sat on what looked like a chair made out of a tree trunk.
Adam remarked that Liu's eyes were fixated on Blanca, but now and then, she glanced at him, and when he glanced back at her, she averted her eyes and looked at Blanca again.
'What's up with her? Do I have something on my face, or does she want to say something?' Adam wondered and stroked his cheeks, after all, he had already washed his face and put on some clothes before he came back, realizing that he looked like a ghoul.
Still, Adam knew that he could always talk with Liu later if there was something she wanted to discuss, but at the moment, getting some information from Blanca was more important so ignored Liu and continued to talk to Blanca.
'From the look of it, Liu and Blanca showed a sort of animosity towards each other… I don't know why?' Adam thought, but from the look of it they were just on their guard and they were warier of him than anyone else.
"Okay, you can ask questions first. It seems like you are still wary of us, and to be honest, we are also on our guard." Adam said looking at Blanca.
As for Blanca, after she became less hostile toward Adam and the others, she began to scrutinize Adam's appearance with her eyes, and her stares were so intense that Adam felt a little bit uncomfortable. "Why are you here? And who are you? Are you also part of the Order?" She asked in a calm but very assertive tone.
Liu's eyebrows twitched a little after hearing Blanca's words and attitude but she didn't say anything and wore her usual poker face.
Adam looked at Blanca in the eyes for a while before answering, and his red crimson eyes made her feel a little bit pressured. She thought that if Adam was one of her kinds, then with his power, he could even be one of the legendary ancient vampires that she heard about when she was little.
Vampires were quasi-immortal and the passing time meant a little to them, but even among these legendary beings, the ancient vampires were special.
"I am from this planet, but due to a certain incident, we were transported to another world, and when we came back, things changed and we are confused. And unfortunately, I am not part of the group that you mentioned. Now, I will ask you the same questions. Who are you? Why are you here? And what is this order that you are part of?" Adam said, without averting his eyes from Blanca even a second.
'Is he going to tell everything to her?' Liu thought, looking at Adam and then at Blanca. It was highly probable that she felt left out of the conversation, and some details made her cross her arms and looked away while closing her eyes. 'This woman is suspicious…'
Adam noticed Liu's reaction but he decided to ignore her for now. His goal was to gauge Blanca's reaction and not Liu's.
From what Blanca said, she was part of a group that he didn't know about. However, from Blanca's demonstration of power, he could tell that this group was very dangerous, thus, he wanted to know what Blanca was doing on his planet and how she managed to survive.
Blanca looked a little bit bewildered after hearing Adam's answer. "You are from this planet?" She muttered, sounding like she didn't fully believe Adam's words.
"Yes, I was born here, that's why I want to know what happened. So now, tell me who are you and why are you here? Is the group that you mentioned related to this incident?" Adam said and his tone sounded a bit menacing.
Even Liu felt the change in Adam's tone and looked at him with odd eyes. When Adam got angry, she was unconscious so she never saw this attitude of him. "…"
Blanca also felt the change in Adam's tone which made her body twitch a little bit. Even though she was a vampire, she wasn't sure that she would survive if her head was cut off, and Adam just warned her that he wouldn't hesitate to do that. Moreover, the biggest mystery that she couldn't solve no matter what she thought about it was the fact that somehow she couldn't use her power when she was facing Adam.
Blanca's power didn't materialize no matter how much she tried, so she knew that Adam was wary of her once again. She understood that she had to be honest, because, from the look of it, Adam wasn't lying to her, and she understood that just by looking at Zax. "I am from a different world and I came here to retrieve something, but I was too late and my pursuers caught me… Then…"
"Then?"
"I can't remember. I can only say that I was fighting, and then… I was underwater, and when I came to my sense, that huge monster was already there, sucking up the waters. I almost end up inside its stomach if I didn't regain my consciousness. After that, I had no way to go back to my world nor the ability to cross move to another place, since I deemed it dangerous to fight the monsters head-on, so I stayed here," Blanca continued.
From what Blanca said, Adam understood that Blanca wasn't related to the Holy Church or the Empire and that she was also more or less clueless about what was happening, however, there was some important information that he could get from her.
"Since when did you regain your consciousness? And did you meet someone else during that time?" Adam asked, thinking about the possibility that his father might had send someone to search for him.
"I can't tell. I am not good at keeping track of the time. It felt like it was already, half a year? At first, I could see some survivors, but after a while, no one appeared, so they must be all dead…" Blanca said, sounding like the fate of these humans didn't concern her at all.
'With her power, it is not that surprising that survived even if she was alone, and from the way she said it, it seems like she has some kind of regeneration ability. When she asked if I was from the order too, does that mean that there are beings like her around? From her characteristics, she looks similar to mom, but is there some kind of connection somewhere in all of these?' Adam thought.
From what Blanca said, Adam concluded that no one else came here, and a considerable amount of time had passed, even though they were just gone for a few hours. 'Tch, I didn't expect this… Still, now that it comes to this, I need to find a way out and stop thinking about what I did wrong. It looks like I am being taught the hard way.'
There was a moment of silence, and an odd atmosphere filled the room. The two women looked at Adam who looked like he had gone somewhere even though his eyes were open.
"Okay, let's eat for now," Adam said, suddenly, which surprised Liu and Blanca. "You too, Zax."
After hearing Adam's words, Liu's eyes widened and she turned and looked at Zax who tried to shut her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
"She was already awake this whole time," Adam said, then took the canned foods from the bag and inspected what was inside. "Hmm! It doesn't taste bad."
There was no room for pickiness considering the circumstances, so the three women accepted the canned food that Adam offered them.
Zax looked at Liu with teary eyes, but Liu patted her head and smiled a bit.
"I am fine now." She said.
Zax looked like she was overwhelmed and started sobbing. She was awake the whole time but she didn't know what to do, and there seemed to be a serious conversation going on, so she pretended to be asleep.
Adam left Liu and Zax alone and moved next to Blanca who didn't hesitate to eat the food that was offered to her as if it was the most delicious thing in the world.
"…" After seeing Adam who looked at her as if he saw something amusing, she swallowed the food in her mouth and acted as if nothing happened. "Where did you find those?" She asked.
"Inside of one of the buildings in the city," Adam answered nonchalantly and began to eat his food too.
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