Sitting in the bed, I heard a knock on the door and I saw Yuna enter the room with Yoshi. As soon as he saw , he jumped off of Yuna’s hands, landed on the bed, and ran straight to . He ca close and start snuggling my legs.
Yuna walked closer to the bed and sat at the edge of it. I did look very sad knowing how things went in the church and they didn’t go at all. Now she would probably even be in a dilemma on who to support through this battle because both and Dominic seem important to Yuna. Cruel, but that was how the reality was her and standing with one would an making the enemy of the other. Sothing Yuna wouldn’t want to be doing. She is too young to understand and do all this. Well, I am also too young to even be involved with all the shit that I have to but unlike Yuna, I have no choice for a neutral role.
"You’re worried about what happened at the church?" I asked her taking Yoshi in my arms and petting him as he happily purred.
Yuna nodded and spoke out her mind, "I’m confused…Nii-chan. I don’t know what to do right now. I did co all the way from Father’s place to your house with you while escaping him but I cannot still see Father in the bad light. He hurt Nii-chan but that was for his own causes. He wants to save the vampires from being hunted down by humans by reviving the lord of the night."
What?
"Wait, what are you talking about Yuna? What did he tell you about his goals," I asked the girl and she leaned a bit closer. Yoshi wasn’t too happy about it but Yuna didn’t really seem to be minding that.
"Father said that the vampires are an endangered species who have to feed off of humans for their own survival. Yes, I can understand that from the perspective of the humans, they pose a threat to the survival of humanity but that is not really the case. To feed, vampires do need blood but it is not really that much that it would kill a human, yes, it will get them little weak due to the sudden lack of it but it won’t be anything dangerous. Yet, humans could never co to terms with it and have been ruthlessly exterminating vampires like pests on this earth. I…have seen one such event taking place right before my eyes when I was with Father while he was ambushed by hunters and the humans had nothing but pure murderous intent in their actions," Yuna explained going completely off track from what I originally asked. "And Father said that by reviving the lord of the night, a being so powerful that even the hunters would fear before them, humans can be brought to the point of negotiation because humans themselves know the bloodshed a war against the vampire queen would be. Sothing that would have been irreparable."
"And that’s why he needs my blood, to offer to the lord of the night so she could beco even stronger than her pri so that humans would have to co to the terms of negotiation?" I asked Yuna and she nodded. Hmmm, thinking about it, it does sound like a very plausible reason but knowing Dominic, I can only imagine the different layers of lies he has stranded he has in this story. "Yuna, you do know that there is a third option that you can take, right?"
"A third option…?" she repeated ekly. "What woul that be Nii-chan."
"The option of doing nothing," I said bluntly. There was silence in the room for so ti except for the little purrs Yoshi made from ti to ti and Yuna’s expressions darkened. "You can do that too, do nothing, don’t join any side and be a by stander to this event. Let it play out as it is and not get yourself involved with this."
I gave Yuna so monts to think about that option. No matter how tempting it may sound to so people, this would also be the greediest and the cruellest out of the other two options. Feigning ignorance even though you have a choice is the cruellest decision one can make. Because the person didn’t want to bear the burden of feeling that their choice killed soone they decide to step back and not put dirt on their hand by choosing so there is no guilty conscious, or so they think at least. No matter what decision Yuna makes at this mont will be very crucial for her and .
I have seen a face of Dominic that I believe Yuna hasn’t or even if she had, she had decided to ignore it as it is normal but she couldn’t really feel that this ti because the one facing this side of Dominic is soone close to her.
"I…" she tried to word out sothing but, in the end, nothing ca out of her mouth. She shut it back gulping her own words in her throat still not knowing what answer she should give or rather, she should choose.
"It’s fine Yuna, you don’t have to choose just yet," I said patting her head and pulling her in a hug. "It is a cruel choice yes, a necessary one, absolutely but it is not a choice you have to make right now. You have ti for it."
"Mhm…"
I pat her head gently calming her down a little with Yoshi climbing up to shoulder and purring slowly. Yuna hugged tight and held onto that entire night. She fell asleep in that position so I rolled her over to the side next to Yoshi who was also asleep. They both must be pretty tired due to today and so was I. But I couldn’t bring myself to sleep.
I walked out in the living room wanting to not wake up either of the two and sat down on my couch.
"He seed to have overpowered you really quick," Ethan said and I stayed silent. "Though he is not match to even in this state but to you Kazuki, you need to do sothing about it."
"I know," I said softly.
"I know you know kid, anybody woul at this ti but that’s not what is important. Have any plan on what to do next?" he asked and I sighed.
I turned over to my side as if Ethan was just sitting there and started to talk. "Since when did you take this keen interest in my activities and what I will be doing with this situation? As far as I know, you are more to stay quiet until sothing happens."
"You do hear yourself, right? I am doing exactly the sa right now. You got completely overpowered by your enemy and you are in a state of dismay and helplessness so I decide to intervene," Ethan spoke in a superior tone.
"No I’m- "I stopped mid-sentence of denying that I was not helpless but that was exactly true. I didn’t know what to do now. Knowing from what Ama said, Jas probably already know that I went in chase for Ai and that would not really work in my favour given I was asked not to do sothing that reckless.
I…didn’t know what to do. There was no way I could magically be strong enough to take Dominic on and save Ai and going in would be a suicide mission…as if I haven’t done that already but knowing just the difference in our powers, I could tell that I am in big danger because I am the one who is in a big disadvantage. Not just physically but also that I have to be the one infiltrating into Dominic’s territory because he has Ai with him.
"So, what will you do? Shiba Kazuki," Ethan repeated his question and I closed my eyes starting to ponder over the question.
"Hey Ethan," I started speaking. "Say, if I wanted to be really powerful very quick, faster than I already do, thanks to your blood in my body. Is there a way?"
"Be a vampire," Ethan said bluntly and my eyes widened. "I know you value your existence as human greatly but if you want to be strong really quick, that is the fastest way to do that kid. Beco a vampire and my blood will reach it’s full potential. Use it well enough and you will be unstoppable."
"Is that so?" I muttered I said clenching my fist.
"But you do need to know, there is a high possibility that during the conversion, you can die," Ethan warned. "Converting to a vampire is quite a painful process may I tell you, every cell in your body will change in many ways to make you into a blood thirsty vampire and the process of it is not pretty. Even so there are plenty vampires in the world, there is also a big amount whose bodies just couldn’t take the change that was going in them and with you having my blood which will start to react way faster than any one else’s blood. All it need is a catalyst and that is just a little amount of vampire blood in your veins so my blood could consu it and unleash."
I gulped a little thinking of the outcos of that transformation because having Ethan describe sothing like this ans it really isn’t sothing I can go around taking lightly. If he says the conversion can be deadly, I believe that it is.
"Is there any other way?" I asked him and I could imagine Ethan shaking his head. "I see…well," I opened my eyes and clenched my fists. "I’ve made my decision."
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