"Where"s Fu Mian?" Klyn asks with a weak voice. "Did the hunters take her away?"Huang Qiuyan doesn"t answer. She eyes him with curiosity. He is one of the nine vampires, but she didn"t see him at the hunters" headquarter.
"Klyn looks at the familiar woman. This is his King"s mate. He sits up and begs to her, "Your majesty, please tell me that the princess is okay. I have committed a grave mistake by taking her out of the castle. I will accept any punishment. Before that, please tell me where Fu Mian is."
"She"s fine." Huang Qiuyan gets the gist of the situation. "The king and his people saved her. She is back at the castle."
Klyn lets out a breath of relief. His eyes meet Huang Qiuyan"s. He realizes that he"s not wearing a s.h.i.+rt. Though he"s a playboy, he knows better than playing with someone else"s mate. He puts his arms over his chest. "Your majesty, I am sorry for... "
The queen has a way to make people feel awkward. Can"t she look away?
He coughs and adds, "Being s.h.i.+rtless."
She shrugs. She doesn"t even see him as a man. He"s pretty and all. If she compares him with Fu Sheng, this boy is nothing. Looking at him is the same as looking at a young boy. She changes the topic. "I am not your queen."
"Huh?" Klyn c.o.c.ks his head. "Did the king not accept you formally? Is he still angry that I cast the l.u.s.t spell on both of you to complete the bonding? It"s already done. Why is he being hardheaded? I only wanted to help him because he seems lonely. Who rejects a true mate? He should have completed the bonding as soon as he had the chance."
Spell to complete the bonding? Huang Qiuyan frowns. "You cast what on us?"
Klyn realizes that she doesn"t know. He purses his lips. There"s no way that he will say anything more. He climbs off the stretcher and bows with respect. "I will apologize to the king and try to convince him. Do not worry, your majesty. The king will take you as his mate. He is just used to being alone. Once his frozen heart is thawed by your love, he will see the benefits of having a mate."
Love? Frozen Heart? What is this boy saying? Huang Qiuyan has more questions. What did he mean by the spell?
He smiles at her. "Your majesty, I will find Fu Mian now. If you need anything, you just have to call my name. My name is Klyn."
"What did you mean by --" Before Huang Qiuyan can finish her words, he dashes out of the room. She looks at the opened door with disbelief. "What the h.e.l.l is wrong with these people? Why can"t they answer me anything clearly for once?"
[You should ask the king.]
"He doesn"t speak the same language as me." Huang Qiuyan holds her head in frustration. Cast a l.u.s.t spell on her and Fu Sheng to complete the bonding? Is Klyn talking about the first time? 1000 times? That was strange.
[I also found it strange back then, Elder Sister.]
"Then, it wasn"t Fu Sheng"s choice to complete the bonding. He was also a victim of the l.u.s.t spell."
[However, he did f.u.c.k you later on his own volition.]
"But, he didn"t want to complete the bonding in the first place."
[Elder Sister, what is bothering you exactly?]
Huang Qiuyan sits down and sighs. She looks up at the ceiling with a complicated gaze. "It wasn"t the bond either. It wasn"t his choice either. Then, was there ever a moment when he wanted me for who I am?"
Xiao Chun Dan becomes quiet. He doesn"t know the answer to this question.
[You already rejected him. Then, why are you bothered? Elder Sister, don"t think about the past more. You haven"t given me an answer. Should I accept the developers" offer or not?]
Her lips tremble. Why is she bothered? It has ended anyway. She takes slow and heavy steps out of the room. She is hearing the faint laughter of a woman in the air. She furrows her brows. Who is it? The scent is different too. It"s not something she"s familiar with.
"Fu Sheng, is this your throne room?" She hears the chirrupy voice. "It looks ancient.
"It"s not even gold." The man"s voice is deep and lazy. "The n.o.ble vampires" secretive habits had me thinking that they were hiding something valuable. If I steal the throne, I won"t even make a 100 bucks."
She hides behind the wall and peeks at the people. Fu Sheng is frowning at the man with dark hair and honey eyes. The girl is looking at Fu Sheng with a flirtatious gaze. Aiken is shaking his head and pus.h.i.+ng his gla.s.ses up on the bridge of his nose.
[See? You were worried for nothing. He already brought someone else to become his queen. You should accept the developers" offer. Use the vampire king to save the world. When it"s done, we can leave this world to a better one.]
Should she do this? She has been wrong about everything. He didn"t choose her. Magic made him choose her. That doesn"t feel right to her. Her heart is getting heavy. She stares at Fu Sheng. The corner of his lips are tilting upward. The girl is making him smile.
"The throne will be as good as new after some polis.h.i.+ng." Sung NMi chuckles. "Can I take a picture with it? Fu Sheng, take a seat. I will show it to my brothers after they return."
"You should be addressing as a king," Fu Sheng tells her with a light voice. He visited Fu Mian for a moment before he had to rush back to find these siblings. This girl and her brother have been noisy from the moment they stepped into the castle. Lei and Jin are with Fu Mian right now. She"s doing better than before.
"You are not my king." Sung NMi bats her eyes at him.
He rolls his eyes. He won"t bother reprimanding a little girl. He notices Huang Qiuyan"s presence. He looks in her direction. The moment their eyes meet, she hides behind the wall. This is odd. Why is she being shy suddenly? He taps into the bond out of habit and...
She runs away before he can call out for her.
"I will take your suggestion, Miss. NMi." Aiken glances at her. "I will polish the throne tonight."
"That"s not important right now." Sung Se-Yong wrinkles his nose. "We are supposed to --"
"Aiken, take care of the guests." Fu Sheng rushes after Huang Qiuyan.
Sung NMi looks at his figure until it disappears. She wonders what could make him show that kind of expression. Scratching her chin, she looks at her brother and asks, "Did you also sense something odd here?"
Her brother shrugs. "That was his mate."
Aiken looks at them with confusion. "What do you mean by odd?"
"It"s something between a human corpse and a converted vampire." Sung NMi explains to him, "There"s ancient magic in that body too. Something bound the soul to that body."
"Isn"t it the same as the other converts who have changed suddenly?" Aiken doesn"t show his anxiety on his face. "They are also corpses of the converts without souls."
Sung NMi shakes her head. "When the celestial and the dark energies became unstable, the converts died and their souls escaped their bodies. They became the way soulless converted vampires. When they bit the humans, the human bodies died and the souls left the bodies. The new vampire"s venom converted the body into the converted vampire. The body only knows how to feed. It has instincts, but it can"t operate like the way a body with a soul would do. They are basically dead converts walking around and feeding on the ones with souls."
It turns out that Huang Qiuyan is not like the new vampires either. Aiken creases his forehead. Is the bond with such a creature going to put his king"s life on the line? He needs to know more about Huang Qiuyan"s condition. If they correct the unstable energies in the world, they don"t know how the converts and Huang Qiuyan will be affected.