"Why are you carrying a luggage... Do you agree to go with going with Johan?" Clarisse's question made Alice frown even more. She was here earlier than intended, and she wasn't expecting that Black Lotus would be here this early too. She was on her way to the quarters when she happened to pass by Clarisse, who was holding a cup of coffee and looked stressed as hell."Do you live here?" Alice exclaimed instead of answering her question.Clarisse heaved an exhausted sigh, "I've been busy. Shall I call Johan? He'll need to go back in a week too."She rolled her eyes. Clarisse would never give up, isn’t she?"I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to stay in the quarters for the meantime." The organization has ready quarters for trainees and hunters who wish to stay or who are far from home or do not have one. Whatever the reason, as long as they were part of the organization, they were allowed to stay. Most of the people occupying the quarters were trainees, while most hunters stay in their o
"He bit me, and I really thought that it was my end. But then I awoke with no wounds on my neck, and he even took the time to clean up, Oh, and I believe he stole a book from me. The one I used to hit his head while he tried to bite me. And that's the reason why I’m staying here." Clarisse couldn’t answer or properly react. The pureblood’s actions kept on surprising her.He is so unpredictable!Alice’s sarcastic expression turned into a defeated look."I was really thinking of running away, just like what you planned. Maybe it would give me more time to stay alive and to find a way to stop this unending cycle of rebirth and death." She paused and smiled, "But I know his pattern. Once he found me, he could already know where I am, no matter where I go. He easily caught up to me in the past, and it he is now a flight away from me. If I ran, I’d have to run forever. I can’t, I just can’t do that again." She was starting to remember more lives that she had had in the past, but it was all
"Now, do you still want to help me?" Alice asked the question, knowing that his answer would change.She smiled. She doesn’t feel bad or anything. Leaving wasn’t really her first option anyway. Using anyone to protect herself wasn’t part of her plan either. By the time she finishes her last mission, she will also leave the quarters, and whatever happens next will be her problem.Johan couldn’t answer. With Alice’s situation, there was nothing much they could do to help her. He doesn’t even know if anyone else would be willing to help her after the incident with their group. Clarisse became famous for being the only survivor in that massacre, but she wasn’t really proud of it, while Johan still regrets that he wasn’t there for his comrades."Don’t worry. I didn’t tell you my deepest secret to drag you into my mess. I simply told you so you wouldn’t bother me anymore, although it was on goodwill and I appreciate that still." She went out after thanking both of them and went back to the
"Fine. I will gather some men to search the forest. But still think it was a wolf that tried attacking you. You’re lucky you managed to survive."Van’s eyes widened. He remembered that man saying that he was lucky because it wasn’t his time yet.True to the hunter’s word, he gathered men, and they quickly searched in the whole forest while Van stayed in one of the hunter’s houses."Here, eat some soup to warm your body up. You’re pale as a ghost." It was the wife of the hunter who found him. She put down a tray containing a bowl of soup and a slice of bread and two eggs. He gladly accepted the food as he could already hear his stomach rumbling since earlier.Van gave her a warm smile, "Thank you so much." he said before devouring his food.The woman’s eyes widened, "Slow down, it’s hot."Van felt the heat in his mouth but still smiled and swallowed the food, "It’s very delicious. Thank you for the food." He forced to speak and maintain his smile. He was really grateful for the hospita
"Where is that woman?" Karina exclaimed. She knows that Alice clearly told her that she wanted a change in leadership for unknown reasons, but Alice said it would be after this mission. Alice is almost never late either. Something bad definitely happened to her. Arianne looked at Karina, "Sorry, I still can’t reach her." "Let’s ask the other department to track her. Something bad might have happened to her." Carl suggested as they perfectly knew that Alice wouldn’t just abandon her work without solid reasons. They’ve been waiting for half an hour already. Art, who was out for a while, finally came back. He was heaving, but he was trying to get everyone's attention. He learned something while he was walking back to the office. "I heard trainees talking earlier about Alice. I asked them, and they said they saw her at the quarters. Of course I was confused, so I asked around, and she really moved into the quarters early in the morning." They looked at each other with confused faces.
“You look sad. Did something bad happen?” One of the children playing around suddenly approached her with curiosity. Her doe eyes were looking right at her, wondering what she was going to say.Alice flinched, on the other hand. She doesn’t have a lot of interaction with children and she isn’t fond of things… people that most regard as cute.“None of your business. Shoo.” She motioned for the girl in clean pigtails to go away from her. She definitely chose a wrong place to run to.The girl pouted instead of going away, “I’m not a dog. Don’t shoo me away.” She casually ran and skipped beside Alice. She moved away from the kid until she reached the hand rest of the bench as if she was scalded by the girl’s mere presence. “I said to go away, not sit beside me.” Alice doesn’t know why she was taking time talking to the girl than simply going away. She had more place she could be, she had to go back soon too.The small girl heaved a heavy sigh, “Are all adults like this? If so, I don’t w
She wanted to somehow comfort the child but didn't really know how to. Alice ended up patting her head."You don't have to understand to give comfort to people. Sometimes being around is enough." Alice's voice continued to lower and mellow down compared to her usual tone. She definitely wasn’t expecting that a child would be her soft spot.She lifted her head. The child's eyes are shining from tears. "Then do I comfort you right now."Alice promptly nodded and wiped the girl's tears, "Yes. You actually are, but stop crying. You look ugly." She was just bluffing. Alice just doesn't know how to handle such a situation. She'd receive all possible training on how to handle vampires, but not a crying child."Mama said I still look pretty even when I cry." She pointed it out and continued whining.Alice quickly panicked and took back her words, "Okay okay. I'm lying. I just want you to stop crying."The girl stopped as if on cue, "So, I'm still pretty?""Yes, you are. This kid... You got yo
"You’re in a serene mode today. Did you forget what happened last night?" Allen can’t help but exude sarcasm after another bizarre occurrence to his master.If it were a normal day, Elijah would have laughed and asked who the master and servant were based on the way he speaks, but he isn't bothered today. Elijah ignored him and continued with his reading. It was the book that he happened to bring in panic after he had attacked Alice out of sudden bloodlust.Allen heaved a sigh and approached Elijah, "Master, isn’t what happened to you already a sign that you should get this over with?" He voiced out his worry.Alice Peterson was the final person he had to kill in order to break his curse. He'd do it himself if he could, but he'd seen that she's not a low-level hunter, and Elijah said it wouldn't work unless he killed her himself. It was annoying, but he had no choice but to let his master do all the work and wish for his safety every single time. He has never been this bothered before