The vampire's faces flushed red as the words blood-sucking mosquitoes continuously rang in their heads. They were the strongest of the four dominant races in the world yet they were mocked by a small human.
The humans quickly moved to shield Rose, while the quiet Kai quickly covered her mouth. The magical beasts had gloating looks on their faces as they waited to see how the situation would unfold.
However, contrary to their expectations, a burst of charming laughter echoed and diffused the tense situation. They all turned to Evangeline who covered her mouth to suppress her laughter.
The blood of the males dripped from their noses when they saw the way Evangeline's bountiful chest moved with her laughs.
Finally, Evangeline stopped laughing and looked at Rose whose mouth was being covered by Kai with appreciative eyes.
"Indeed, the princess lives up to her reputation. No, your talents are even underestimated in the rumors..." She praised as she admired Rose's slowly spinning golden eyes.
'Future eyes...' Those presents were youths and couldn't appreciate the talent of the human girl before her. But who was she?
She was Evangeline! At her lowest, she read a lot of books and studied various martial arts. So she could boast to be quite knowledgable. That was the reason why she could tell the human girl before her was more talented than herself and was highly comparable to their princess.
'The future eyes allow the user to see a second into the future passively. And when used actively the duration could be increased. She could have dodged that boy's hands but must have allowed it.'
'Such potential...'
Evangeline ignored the stunned looks of the other races and the irritated looks of the vampires and instead finished with a smile as she patted Arlo's shoulder.
"I hope you can take care of my beloved student."
Rose's spinning eyes widened slightly as she looked into the ruby eyes of the beautiful woman before her and she could tell she was speaking honestly.
Kai wisely removed his hand from the stunned Rose's mouth. Rose hesitated and looked at Evangeline's side, allowing her to lock eyes with Arlo. Seeing the calm look on Arlo's handsome face, her face became tinged with red before she quickly averted her eyes.
"Eh, if you say so. I don't mind lending a hand if I have the chance..."
Evangeline looked at Arlo from the side of her eyes and smiled, 'That is my disciple's charm for you!'
Steven and his group sighed exasperatedly, 'What happened to him being a traitor?' She almost cost them their lives all because she couldn't hold her mouth.
Evangeline quickly took Arlo to a corner and started advising him. The humans relaxed when they saw the situation diffuse while Steven started berating Rose, causing the cute girl to cry in annoyance.
Throughout it all, no one noticed the cold light in Arianne's eyes as she looked at Rose.
At the same time, no one noticed Joe who had his head lowered since arriving. No, it was better to say nobody cared. The three youths leading the magical beasts looked at his trembling figure with scorn and contempt.
If it wasn't for Evangeline's presence, they would have long acted against him.
The purple-haired girl among the werewolves suddenly moved toward the vampire's group causing those present to gasp.
The werewolves acted to stop her but they were too late as she merely took two steps before she arrived before the vampires.
Landon and the other vampires looked at the young girl with hostility only for their eyes to widen when they saw a shadow move past them and hug the purple-haired girl.
"Ella!" The always cold Arianne cried in Joy.
Short purple hair, and drooping matching eyes; Ella smiled lightly within Arianne's embrace. Even though they were around the same age, Arianne was far taller than her after undergoing her bloodline awakening, standing at almost 1.8m.
"How have you been?" Ella asked in a quiet voice.
*Sigh!* Arianne sighed as she looked at Ella's sleepy eyes that were currently filled with a bit of vigor.
"I am fine but..."
"But?"
" Haven't I always told you to open your eyes wide?" Arianne tried to open her eyes widely.
"Huh? Leave me, it's too stressful to keep my eyes open!"
"You are too lazy for your good, Ella!"
"But I am still stronger than you."
"Th-that was before. Humph, now that I have awakened my bloodline, you are no more my match!"
"So, you think only you became stronger?"
"Eh!?" As the two chatted, Arianne brought her to the vampire's group and they both ignored the dumbfounded figures around them.
"This is my friend. His name is Joe."
Ella's always sleepy eyes widened fully in surprise. She had known Arianne since they were younger and knew she was her only friend. Arianne was rather cold and disliked being in physical contact with others.
So imagine her surprise when she saw Arianne introduce a friend to her and a beast no less.
"Pa!"
Joe who had his head lowered was slapped on the back by Arianne.
"Ouch!"
"What is wrong with you? Can't you talk?"
Joe almost forgot himself and was about to curse when he saw Ella and became stunned.
Ella arched one of her brows upward as she looked at Joe's dreamy look.
'Is this the first friend she made?'
Arianne gritted her teeth in anger and spoke menacingly:
"What do you think you are doing?"
Joe collected himself and stretched out a hand, "Hi! The name is Joe."
Ella hesitated as she didn't want to shake the weirdo, in the end, she simply greeted in response.
"My name is Ella! I am happy to meet Arianne's first friend!"
"Huh?" Arianne's eyes widened slightly, "Who told you he is my first friend?"
"Huh?" It was Ella's turn to become stunned, "He isn't?*
"No!" Arianne pointed at the faraway Arlo who was discussing with Evangeline, "He is."
Joe scratched the back of his head, "That is weird. I thought he was your boyfriend."
"You..."Arianne face flushed red and even her ears became tinged. She glared at Joe causing him to flinch.
"Hahaha!" Ella burst into laughter. This was the first time she saw Arianne in such a state and that made her truly happy.
'Seems she is opening up. That is good.' She was a year older than Arianne and had always considered her a junior sister rather than a friend. It was just that Arianne was oblivious to it.
The shrinking Joe suddenly collapsed as he trembled in fear.
The laughing Ella and the blushing Arianne slowly returned to normal as they looked at the cause.
Three youths with similar appearances to Joe approached, as the teen boy in the front spoke, "I greet both princesses. I saw you laughing with this...waste and was quite surprised. It seems you do not know his identity."
Arianne's ruby eyes glowed slightly but the three youths weren't intimidated and instead continued. After all, they were of similar age to Landon and all outclassed Arianne in cultivation.
At the same time...
"I need to go! I followed to make sure you wouldn't be put on the spot."
"Thank you, master."
"You don't have to. It's my responsibility to take care of you." Evangeline ruffled Arlo's golden hair and enjoyed its silkiness.
"Hope you have been briefed about the secret realm."
"Yes..."
"That is good. Your survival is what matters the most. Make sure you don't lose the medallions. It is what would teleport you out of the realm..."
"...Also, take this, it will protect you."
Arlo took the three talismans Evangeline gave him and suppressed his urge to hug her. Instead, he bowed his head slightly.
"Thank you..."
Evangeline smiled lightly before jumping on one of the flying birds and then left. The two other mounts followed after her.
Arlo turned back in time to see three youths asking Arianne and a purple-haired girl to hand over the trembling Joe to them.
The surprising thing was Landon and the other vampires didn't move to stop them. It was almost like a silent agreement to get rid of Joe, who was one of two eyesores along with Arlo within their group.
The vampire's faces flushed red as the words blood-sucking mosquitoes continuously rang in their heads. They were the strongest of the four dominant races in the world yet they were mocked by a small human.
The humans quickly moved to shield Rose, while the quiet Kai quickly covered her mouth. The magical beasts had gloating looks on their faces as they waited to see how the situation would unfold.
However, contrary to their expectations, a burst of charming laughter echoed and diffused the tense situation. They all turned to Evangeline who covered her mouth to suppress her laughter.
The blood of the males dripped from their noses when they saw the way Evangeline's bountiful chest moved with her laughs.
Finally, Evangeline stopped laughing and looked at Rose whose mouth was being covered by Kai with appreciative eyes.
"Indeed, the princess lives up to her reputation. No, your talents are even underestimated in the rumors..." She praised as she admired Rose's slowly spinning golden eyes.
'Future eyes...' Those presents were youths and couldn't appreciate the talent of the human girl before her. But who was she?
She was Evangeline! At her lowest, she read a lot of books and studied various martial arts. So she could boast to be quite knowledgable. That was the reason why she could tell the human girl before her was more talented than herself and was highly comparable to their princess.
'The future eyes allow the user to see a second into the future passively. And when used actively the duration could be increased. She could have dodged that boy's hands but must have allowed it.'
'Such potential...'
Evangeline ignored the stunned looks of the other races and the irritated looks of the vampires and instead finished with a smile as she patted Arlo's shoulder.
"I hope you can take care of my beloved student."
Rose's spinning eyes widened slightly as she looked into the ruby eyes of the beautiful woman before her and she could tell she was speaking honestly.
Kai wisely removed his hand from the stunned Rose's mouth. Rose hesitated and looked at Evangeline's side, allowing her to lock eyes with Arlo. Seeing the calm look on Arlo's handsome face, her face became tinged with red before she quickly averted her eyes.
"Eh, if you say so. I don't mind lending a hand if I have the chance..."
Evangeline looked at Arlo from the side of her eyes and smiled, 'That is my disciple's charm for you!'
Steven and his group sighed exasperatedly, 'What happened to him being a traitor?' She almost cost them their lives all because she couldn't hold her mouth.
Evangeline quickly took Arlo to a corner and started advising him. The humans relaxed when they saw the situation diffuse while Steven started berating Rose, causing the cute girl to cry in annoyance.
Throughout it all, no one noticed the cold light in Arianne's eyes as she looked at Rose.
At the same time, no one noticed Joe who had his head lowered since arriving. No, it was better to say nobody cared. The three youths leading the magical beasts looked at his trembling figure with scorn and contempt.
If it wasn't for Evangeline's presence, they would have long acted against him.
The purple-haired girl among the werewolves suddenly moved toward the vampire's group causing those present to gasp.
The werewolves acted to stop her but they were too late as she merely took two steps before she arrived before the vampires.
Landon and the other vampires looked at the young girl with hostility only for their eyes to widen when they saw a shadow move past them and hug the purple-haired girl.
"Ella!" The always cold Arianne cried in Joy.
Short purple hair, and drooping matching eyes; Ella smiled lightly within Arianne's embrace. Even though they were around the same age, Arianne was far taller than her after undergoing her bloodline awakening, standing at almost 1.8m.
"How have you been?" Ella asked in a quiet voice.
*Sigh!* Arianne sighed as she looked at Ella's sleepy eyes that were currently filled with a bit of vigor.
"I am fine but..."
"But?"
" Haven't I always told you to open your eyes wide?" Arianne tried to open her eyes widely.
"Huh? Leave me, it's too stressful to keep my eyes open!"
"You are too lazy for your good, Ella!"
"But I am still stronger than you."
"Th-that was before. Humph, now that I have awakened my bloodline, you are no more my match!"
"So, you think only you became stronger?"
"Eh!?" As the two chatted, Arianne brought her to the vampire's group and they both ignored the dumbfounded figures around them.
"This is my friend. His name is Joe."
Ella's always sleepy eyes widened fully in surprise. She had known Arianne since they were younger and knew she was her only friend. Arianne was rather cold and disliked being in physical contact with others.
So imagine her surprise when she saw Arianne introduce a friend to her and a beast no less.
"Pa!"
Joe who had his head lowered was slapped on the back by Arianne.
"Ouch!"
"What is wrong with you? Can't you talk?"
Joe almost forgot himself and was about to curse when he saw Ella and became stunned.
Ella arched one of her brows upward as she looked at Joe's dreamy look.
'Is this the first friend she made?'
Arianne gritted her teeth in anger and spoke menacingly:
"What do you think you are doing?"
Joe collected himself and stretched out a hand, "Hi! The name is Joe."
Ella hesitated as she didn't want to shake the weirdo, in the end, she simply greeted in response.
"My name is Ella! I am happy to meet Arianne's first friend!"
"Huh?" Arianne's eyes widened slightly, "Who told you he is my first friend?"
"Huh?" It was Ella's turn to become stunned, "He isn't?*
"No!" Arianne pointed at the faraway Arlo who was discussing with Evangeline, "He is."
Joe scratched the back of his head, "That is weird. I thought he was your boyfriend."
"You..."Arianne face flushed red and even her ears became tinged. She glared at Joe causing him to flinch.
"Hahaha!" Ella burst into laughter. This was the first time she saw Arianne in such a state and that made her truly happy.
'Seems she is opening up. That is good.' She was a year older than Arianne and had always considered her a junior sister rather than a friend. It was just that Arianne was oblivious to it.
The shrinking Joe suddenly collapsed as he trembled in fear.
The laughing Ella and the blushing Arianne slowly returned to normal as they looked at the cause.
Three youths with similar appearances to Joe approached, as the teen boy in the front spoke, "I greet both princesses. I saw you laughing with this...waste and was quite surprised. It seems you do not know his identity."
Arianne's ruby eyes glowed slightly but the three youths weren't intimidated and instead continued. After all, they were of similar age to Landon and all outclassed Arianne in cultivation.
At the same time...
"I need to go! I followed to make sure you wouldn't be put on the spot."
"Thank you, master."
"You don't have to. It's my responsibility to take care of you." Evangeline ruffled Arlo's golden hair and enjoyed its silkiness.
"Hope you have been briefed about the secret realm."
"Yes..."
"That is good. Your survival is what matters the most. Make sure you don't lose the medallions. It is what would teleport you out of the realm..."
"...Also, take this, it will protect you."
Arlo took the three talismans Evangeline gave him and suppressed his urge to hug her. Instead, he bowed his head slightly.
"Thank you..."
Evangeline smiled lightly before jumping on one of the flying birds and then left. The two other mounts followed after her.
Arlo turned back in time to see three youths asking Arianne and a purple-haired girl to hand over the trembling Joe to them.
The surprising thing was Landon and the other vampires didn't move to stop them. It was almost like a silent agreement to get rid of Joe, who was one of two eyesores along with Arlo within their group.
