1101 Visiting d.u.c.h.ess Rivera Adelstein
The point of the carriage was to notify his arrival. A message could be sent, but Lith wanted to catch the d.u.c.h.ess by slight surprise. She wouldn"t notice until he was in her territory, after which getting to her castle would only take a few minutes. As Lith had hoped, back in the d.u.c.h.ess" castle, things had suddenly gone haywire. "s.h.i.t!" Rivera cursed and got up from her bed. She was sleeping and suddenly got an alert that the Prince was about to visit her. She wasn"t doing anything lewd or wrong and was only sleeping, but it took time for ladies to get prepared and getting ready in such a short notice was truly troublesome. While she ran around in panic, sitting in a courtyard and eating grapes, Vanessa looked at her with interest. "Haven"t seen her this fl.u.s.tered before…" Rivera was a sophisticated and elegant lady who knew how to manage her time properly and tackle unexpected situations. However, her years of skills had gone down the drain with the sudden arrival of the Vampire Prince. It was quite the sight to look at. Ten minutes pa.s.sed and Rivera had barely managed to prepare herself on time. Along with Vanessa, she went to the castle"s gates and welcomed the Prince"s carriage. The carriage was carried by Nightmare Horses yet again. The flames on their nape was as bright as the sun and showed their might. These carriage carrying beasts could literally topple continents if left to run amok. The Royal Family did not show off their wealth, but anyone with common sense and two eyes could see and make out how wealthy they were with these subtle things. Rivera"s heart was thumping intensely and standing beside her, Vanessa leaned closer to her ear and whispered, "Careful, you might have a heart attack."
Rivera wasn"t this anxious even when the Queen paid her a visit. Why she was now was unknown to her. Perhaps… after looking at the Prince, she might be able to figure it out. Speaking of the Prince, Rivera had barely seen him. He was a handsome young man the last time she saw him in the Grand Banquet, but with how Vanessa had described him so far, the bar had been raised and she wondered how he looked now. The growth phase of Vampires lasted for five hundred years, and each one would go through childhood, pre-p.u.b.escent, teenage, and young adult stage before fully maturing into fine adults. If Rivera wasn"t wrong, the Prince should be in his young adult stage and turned into a fine and handsome young man. Rivera"s eyes were glued on the carriage and as it came to a halt, a silver-haired man in a fine black suit walked out of it. Following him were two servants, and despite being beauties themselves, Rivera could not take her eyes away from Lith.
The chiseled face, the popping Adam"s apple, the broad shoulders, he V-shaped body… Rivera was into women but even she could not help but nod her head in understanding at that handsomeness. She could somehow understand why women were so into men. As Lith neared her, his musky rosy scent sent a tingling sensation down Rivera and Vanessa"s spines. It had been quite some time since they both had come across males. Despite being oddly attracted, d.u.c.h.ess Rivera maintained a professional composure and bowed with her palm on her chest. "Greetings, Your Highness. Please pardon me for not welcoming you properly."
Vanessa did a slight bow too and said in a neutral tone, "Greetings, Vampire Prince. I hope you"ve not forgotten about my rewards."
Unlike Rivera, she had no obligation to be as polite. Her relationship with him was transactional and not one of leader-subordinate. "Greetings." Lith said calmly. He wasn"t smiling this time and had his serious personality flare up a bit. "Let"s go inside before we talk, shall we?"
"This way please." Rivera immediately turned around and gestured. While Lith walked behind her, Vanessa"s eyes fell on a short, pet.i.te blonde-haired girl wearing a formal shirt and pants. Her eyes flickered and she thought:
"If that man could tame someone like that and go anywhere in the world with her without worrying for his safety… How powerful could he be?"
Vanessa then internally clicked her tongue. "I knew the Vampire Royal Family was in a league of its own, but never realized just how vast the difference was. That person there… she"s truly formidable.,
An incident had occurred in the past when Fei had decided to pay a visit to Vanessa. She had forgotten momentarily that Vanessa thought of her as a boy and not a girl. She walked into Vanessa"s place as a girl, without hiding herself, and things became a bit heated as Vanessa thought of her as an intruder. Nonetheless, the thousands of arrays and traps that she had set up in defense against Fei, and also to attack her… had all miserably failed in front of her. It was not that the firepower was low, it was that Fei was someone really mysterious.
Her body went in and out of existence while she walked into her arrays. No array could detect her and even physical attacks or soul attacks were useless as they were never able to touch her. Vanessa did not know what type of physique this was or who exactly Fei was, but she knew that getting into conflict with her spelled doom. Lith was weaker than her, and perhaps the weakest in the room, but Vanessa wasn"t stupid enough to underestimate him. He was young, he lacked the years, and that was about it. If he had lived for as long as she had or Rivera had, he definitely would be better than them in all aspects. Vanessa did not think she had ever made a mistake in her life, until the time she met Lith. She was feeling quite depraved that day, and with Lith"s way of speech made her emotions intense. Lith seemed handsome and well spoken, plus he was also the son of the Vampire Queen, so she let him knock her up. Who would"ve thought that things would turn out this way due to one miscalculation on that particular day. Being an Array Master, her intelligence was even above Rivera"s, but a moment"s carelessness had now placed her between the jaws of powerful monsters. Vanessa could not gauge Fei"s strength on the first day she saw her, and till this day, she could not really figure it out. Even Lith, who seemed to be in a serious mood for some reason, was looking mysterious to her. What adventures did he have in the short while that she hadn"t seen him that made him turn into that? She really wanted to know. Lith, Rivera, and Vanessa settled down in an open courtyard in the castle. Fei and Luna stood behind him and stared at the two ladies with neutral looks on their faces. Getting caught, Rivera knew lying wasn"t an option anymore. She lowered her gazed and said, "I am ashamed, Your Highness."
14:06
It was at this point that Rivera and Vanessa both had a proper look at Luna. They weren"t wrong, she was an absolute beauty! "So, d.u.c.h.ess Rivera, I hope you"ve been well."
Lith drawed the two ladies" attention back to him with this comment. Rivera composed herself and said with a slight nod, "Yes, Your Highness. Thank you for your concern."
Luna poured Lith a cup of tea and bent down to serve him that, exposing her cleavage slightly. Rivera and Vanessa did their best to not stare at that and keep a poker face. Their eyes however betrayed them and lingered on the heavenly peaks that were bigger than theirs. Lith calmly took a sip of tea and said, "d.u.c.h.ess, I expected more maturity from you."
"…" Getting caught, Rivera knew lying wasn"t an option anymore. She lowered her gazed and said, "I am ashamed, Your Highness."
Lith was someone she could not argue with. If he said she did something, and even hadn"t done it, she would accept it and get punished. That"s just how the hierarchy was.
Lith put the teacup down and looked Rivera in the eyes. "Do you know why I am here, d.u.c.h.ess?"
Rivera shook her head. "My apologies for not being versed with current affairs."
Lith crossed his arms and said while squinting his eyes, "The amount of unnecessary bloodshed you"ve caused, I am here to know the reason why. What was the need to do that?"
The situation got serious and a bead of sweat trickled down Rivera"s forehead. She hadn"t expected the Prince to come question her on this topic. All this while, Vanessa had been feeding her perverted thoughts, and her first impression after looking at the Prince was that he was here to take her virginity and taste her. She had cooked up all sorts of fantasies in her head, from getting punished to being stepped on to getting her face dragged on the floor and made to lick the Prince"s c.u.m… Rivera"s fantasies were wild. Only now was she realizing that it wasn"t her virginity, but her own self that was at stake. If she did not answer the Prince properly, perhaps she may get beheaded…