156 Send condolences to the vampire king (1/2)
Noah winces when he feels the dull ache in his body. His body has healed, but the pain would take some time to disappear. He looks around. There's nobody in the room except for him. He could smell Izo's lingering scent. Did Izo take care of him? Sighing, he climbs off the bed. What might have happened while he was asleep? He walks out of the room. Did Izo go to see Jin? He heads toward Jin's room.
”Why are you on your feet?” Izo appears in front of him. ”You need to rest.”
”Izo, I am fine.” Noah smiles at him. ”I want to see Jin.”
”He has fallen asleep.” Izo reaches for Noah's arm. When their eyes meet, he hesitates and pulls back his hand. Does Noah remember or not? Should he ask him what he remembers? If he asks and it turns out that Noah doesn't remember, then it would disturb their relationship for a long time. He doesn't want to embarrass Noah. Then, it's better if he keeps it a secret.
”How is his body?” Noah asks him.
”His body is fine now.” Izo holds Noah's arm, blushing a little when he recalls the burning kiss. He glances at Noah who is anything but flustered. ”It's his core… the link between the source and his core is weak. I wonder if there's any way to fix that.”
”Brother Lei might be able to find some way to fix it.” Noah grabs Izo's arm and leans on him as he walks toward his room. Izo's obvious discomfort is not so obvious to him. ”Kai said that the queen's blood can heal the vampire.”
”Queen is also hurt.” Izo avoids looking at Noah. ”She has the opposite problem. Her core is fine, but her body is affected by the world's instabilities.”
”She can't wake up either?” Noah creases his forehead. Why is this happening to them? His King must be in pain.
”She will wake up in the future.” Izo says to him, ”But Jin's condition is rather serious. He might never be able to stay awake for a long time.”
After a pause, Izo decides to reveal it to Noah, ”There's something else…'
”What is it?” Noah stares at him. His brother seems worried.
”His memories are…” Izo replies with a worried tone, ”When I talked to him a while ago, he didn't recognize me.”
”What?” Noah shouts. ”How is that possible? He can't lose his memories.”
”He's not losing them.” Izo shakes his head. ”It's rather… he's forgetful. He recognized me after a while, but then… he forgot who Huang Qiuyan was. Also, I noticed that his magic has weakened. He asked me to take him out of the castle because there was someone whom he wanted to see.”
This is strange. Noah has never heard of a vampire being forgetful like this. Then, was there ever a vampire who got his core damaged the way Jin did? ”Who?”
”He said that he didn't know who it was.” Izo sighs. ”He just felt the need to go to a place. He didn't even know where it was.”
”Is he losing his mind?” Noah widens his eyes. ”Is it magic poisoning?”
***
Klyn can't fight the chaotic dark energy. He decides to just go with the flow literally. He reaches a demonic world, falling right on his face on the ground with a loud thump. He flinches when he feels the pain in his bones. Did he break something? ”Aish! I should work on the landing.”
”You should.” Klyn hears a deep voice.
”Who?” Klyn looks up at the men in front of him. Tall and identical, both men are dressed in black. Behind them, there's a beautiful woman in a loose white tunic and blue jeans. Her dark hair is long and curly. She seems to be in her early twenties, not much older than he is.
It seems that he came to the right world.
”Is this what I think it is?” The woman walks to him with a mischievous look in her eyes. ”A pureblooded vampire, the endangered species of planet earth.”
Endangered species? That's… Well, he can't deny it. There are only nine pureblooded vampires in the world. ”Beautiful miss, my name is Klyn. may I have your name?”
”I am Fang Aisa.” She bends down on her knees and scrutinizes Klyn's face. He gives her a beautiful smile. She looks into his eyes and says, ”You are a pretty one.”
”Mother, if Father finds out that you are flirting with a man…” Sung Soo-Han sighs. Father's bad moods are hand to handle. ”I think that we should return since the gate is opened.”
A married woman? Klyn blinks his eyes. Are those men her sons? How old is she?
She looks over her head with a sour look in her eyes. ”Do you think that no goddess ever tried to flirt with your father?”
Nevermind! Why does it matter how old she is? This woman is clearly unhappy with her husband. Klyn grins at her. ”What kind of man would ignore a beautiful miss like you?”
”Little one.” Fang Aisa snickers. ”He doesn't ignore me. But it's annoying when I see goddesses fawning over him.”
Soo-Han and Soo-Hyun shake their heads. Their mother is already a grandmother now, but she is still possessive and jealous as ever. Their father is not any better.
Little one? Klyn doesn't know what to say. He glances at her sons. They look familiar. He decides to introduce himself first. ”Do we know each other from somewhere?”