Chapter 17: Guests From the Haunted Forest
After a few days, Samson fulfilled his promise, which was to bring Lucasta to the city to fulfill her desire to explore the bustling metropolis.
Daytime was an unsafe time, so he planned to leave at six o’clock in the evening.
At this moment, darkness covered everything and not a single ray of sunlight remained.
– Maris will also come to the city with us, right?
Lucasta was excited when she saw Maris appear with a small handbag in her hand.
Maris did not wear a long skirt as usual, but she wore a knee-length skirt, a T-shirt, and dark sneakers.
However, her face was still heavily made up.
– Right. I haven’t been out for a long time. The three of us will take a trip together. – Maris replied.
– Let’s go.
Samson held out his hand, and Lucasta took his hand and let him lead her away.
Her clothes were mostly vintage dresses, so Samson told her to leave them at the castle and when they got to the city, he would buy her modern dresses for her to wear.
It’s also a way to avoid drawing unnecessary attention.
The dress that Lucasta is wearing is the simplest dress that was sent to her by Aurora last spring.
The dresses Lucasta wore over the years were all made by Eirlys because she loved to sew, embroider, and knit to fill her free time in the castle.
Eirlys has prepared the simplest and smallest dresses, hats, scarves for babies, and even sophisticated dresses according to each age of a growing girl until adulthood.
Eirlys once wished their first child would be a beautiful baby girl.
However, she ran away and died before the wedding day took place.
He completely did not know what he did wrong to make her leave.
It wasn’t until he discovered the bottle of dried blood lying under the bed in her room that he realized his secret had been revealed.
Because Samson was afraid Lucasta would trip over the branches scattered on the ground, he carried her on his back.
Afternoon breezes caressed the forest, making Lucasta feel colder.
She involuntarily squeezed his neck, pressed against his back to seek warmth, and then slowly fell asleep.
– Lucasta is asleep. – Maris spoke up.
– Let’s go.
He grabbed Lucasta’s dangling hands and left the forest with Maris in a split second.
Not long after that, the three of them were standing at the gate of Aurora’s house.
Maris reached out to press the bell and leaned against the column to look at Samson.
She did not expect him to give his sister an anesthetic to facilitate movement.
But if he didn’t do that, the three of them would still be groping in the woods.
Aurora also just took off her white blouse and left the laboratory.
If she hadn’t heard the bell ring, she’d probably have forgotten the time and dinner.
Yesterday, Harvey just delivered fresh blood to her, so she was quite surprised when she heard the bell ring.
– Oh. Is this you? Am I looking wrong? Aurora exclaimed when she opened the gate.
– No. We brought Lucasta to the city according to her wishes. – Maris spoke up.
– I just bought some new furniture for the house. I guessed you would bring Lucasta to the city soon because she’s an adult. Aurora smiled and said.
– Let’s go inside and talk. – Samson suggested.
Aurora quickly stepped aside to make way for the three guests to enter.
She was surprised when she saw Lucasta lying on Samson’s back and sleeping soundly.
Ten years have passed, and the little girl has grown up, but still seems to cling to her brother.
The two guests were vampires, so Aurora neither made tea nor bought cake.
She took out a bag of fresh blood from the refrigerator, poured it into two glasses, and brought it up to them.
Although Samson had said he was used to the taste of dried blood, she understood that fresh blood was always best for vampires.
Harvey himself confirmed this, and he always felt Maris and Samson were extremely disadvantaged when they had to use dried blood throughout the years.
Humans are increasing day by day, so Harvey can’t often go to the forest because he is afraid of being discovered by them.
– How does it taste? Better than dried blood, right? – Aurora looked at Samson and asked.
– Of course. It makes me feel more refreshed.
Maris replied and took the last sip of blood, then stood up, approached the picture of Aurora’s parents, and looked at it.
This old couple was the benefactor who had saved her life thirty years ago, and she didn’t even have time to say thank you before Samson took her back into the forest.
– Now, tell me about your plans, Samson.
The handsome vampire guy looked up at the door of the room above the second floor and slowly told Aurora everything.
This trip was just a city tour for him to determine Lucasta’s choice because she always longed to get out of the woods and see the bustling city she had seen in the pages of books.
He also expressed that he never wanted to leave Lucasta.
– If Lucasta wants to stay in the city, you will leave her here, right? – Aurora narrowed her eyes and asked.
– I don’t know either. I was afraid that Lucasta wanted to see the city and would try to escape, so I brought her here. I hope she just wants to satisfy her curiosity. – Samson tried to speak as if he was reassuring himself.
When Maris returned to the table, two bells rang outside the gate.
She glanced at Samson, and he looked out into the yard.
Just now, although they were walking fast, they were observing carefully and completely did not let anyone see their appearance.
However, a knock on the door at night like this made them worry about the vampire hunters lurking in the city.
Immediately, both Maris and Samson hid behind the curtain.
Aurora quickly hid the two glasses under the table and hurried out.
As soon as she saw Harvey’s figure, she turned back in panic before the surprised gaze of the only platinum-haired vampire in the city.
– Oh my gosh. That’s Harvey. What should I do? What should I do? Aurora ran around the living room and screamed.
– We’ve been discovered by Harvey. He will scream. Maris said nervously.
– It’s okay. Please open the gate. Anyway, I was planning to borrow his car to take Lucasta out.
Samson calmly replied and then stepped out of the curtain, walked over to the sofa, and sat down.
Maris also followed in his footsteps and left the curtain.
After Aurora took a deep breath, she went outside and opened the gate for Harvey.
The moment the gate opened, he handed her a box filled with buttery muffins.
Before she could ask, he spoke up.
– My neighbor gave it to me. I didn’t eat it, so I brought it to you.
– Do you also have neighbors? I remember you didn’t talk to anyone. Aurora narrowed her eyes at him and said.
– Do you eat?
– Of course. President Star gave it to me, so I have to eat it.
She was so busy smelling and looking at the buttercream muffins that she didn’t see Harvey smiling.
A few days ago, the old woman in the opposite apartment slipped and almost fell down the stairs and was rescued by him in time.
Because of that, she was grateful to him and brought him gifts.
When she had just finished giving him gifts, her son and her daughter-in-law also appeared and persuaded her to live with them.Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.
Harvey’s eyes flashed with a glint of light, and then quickly disappeared.
If he remembers correctly, the men’s shoes on the steps of Aurora’s house were the same ones he bought for Samson a few months ago.
Could it be that the human girl was sick again?
In the ten years since that Christmas season, Samson said Lucasta has adapted to the environment and climate so she doesn’t get sick anymore.
– Who is in your house?
– Ah. Samson and Maris. Please go into the house.
She stepped back to make way for him to come in.
Anyway, Lucasta was still sleeping on the second floor, so she believed Harvey and Samson wouldn’t dare argue.
She remembered the last time they argued when Samson wanted to avenge Vincent.
That’s when Samson’s body was full of wounds and Maris was almost exhausted. And the vampire hunters were more active than ever.
After Samson was slapped by Harvey, he no longer set foot in the city.
The day he returned to the city was because he had to buy medicine for Lucasta.
The atmosphere in the house turned heavy as the two handsome men faced each other.
Aurora took Maris’s hand and led her into the room to make room for them.
The two girls kept peeking behind the door to observe the situation.
– Don’t you have anything to say to me? – Harvey asked.
– Harvey, just one more time.
– You have said this before. Samson, if you keep going like this, I’m afraid you’ll be in danger.
– Just a few days. I’ll take Lucasta on a city tour for a few days and then return to the castle. Lucasta just wanted to see the outside world once. She has lived ten years in the forest and she is more disadvantaged than others.
– Even if she’s your sister, you shouldn’t spoil her to this extent. You even brought Maris with you. You’re afraid that if you go alone, the vampire hunters won’t recognize you as a vampire, right?
Before Samson could explain that Maris asked him to let her go with him rather than him inviting her, Lucasta’s sudden call made both him and Harvey almost freeze.
He had forgotten that an hour had passed since she took the medicine.
Fast as a squirrel, Lucasta ran down the stairs and approached the two men, and grabbed Harvey’s hand.
After ten years, he still looks the same as before.
His face was still young, and his figure was still slim, just like her brother and Maris.
– Mr. Harvey, do you remember me? I’m Lucasta. She said happily.
– Of course, I remember. Hi, Lucasta.
– You haven’t grown up at all. Seems like I’m the only one who grew up.
While Lucasta beamed, Harvey and Samson both breathed a sigh of relief, partly because they both knew she hadn’t heard what they had just said, and partly because they didn’t know if she was complimenting or criticizing.
If Harvey doesn’t grow old, he won’t grow up either.
– I’m old enough, just wait until I’m old. – Harvey wearily answered.