–AN) 1 more on the way. —

Blake paused for a moment when he sensed one of the people turning around and leaving. He could tell it was the one who had been staring daggers into his back. He shrugged and continued forward until he reached the next mountain. He found a protruding ledge off the side and landed on it. He then walked over to the cliff wall and placed his hand on the cool rocking surface before focusing his mana into it to check if he could sense anything unique inside the mountain. This was not an easy process. It would take time to do, so he sat down and closed his eyes.

Vinea, and Mile both hesitated for a moment before flying over and landing behind Blake. Mile was curious about what he was doing, while Vinea looked like a love struck girl who couldn’t keep her eyes off the man she loved.

When Mile turned and saw her princess’s rosy cheeks, she did not know what to make of the situation. She could only sigh and hope that her princess would come around. There would be no way Vinea’s parents would allow her to marry outside her clan. Vampires always intermarried among their own race. They would never allow another race to mess up their bloodline. It was already bad enough that much of the current vampires were not purebloods. They were all vampires who had been turned in hopes of keeping their race alive.

Luckily vampires were not a race that could easily go extinct even if they were not giving birth, as they could turn others into vampires. But that did not mean they were pure blooded. While they were vampires, they were far from being a true vampires. All vampires who were not pure blooded would be unable to go against a pure blood.

Blake checked the entire mountain but found nothing. He sighed and opened his eyes. But he did not get up instead, he asked: “Miss Stinky feet, why are you here?”

“My feet don’t stink!” Vinea, who was in a trance staring at Blake, snapped right out of it due to his comment. Mile almost spat when she saw her princess going into a rage but not even attacking! She began to wonder if her princess had been switched by someone or if being shaken earlier had damaged her brain.

“Ah right….. Sorry, I forgot your name.” Blake stood up and turned while giving Vinea a teasing grin.

“How could you forget my name!? Blake, don’t be mean! Just because you are slightly good looking doesn’t mean you can be mean to me!” Vinea began to pout. This expression was an expression no one in the vampire clan had ever seen before on Vinea’s face. It was a cute pouty expression as if she had been very wronged.

Mile was pinching her cheek so hard that her fingernails looked as if they would pierce the skin at any moment. But never thought there would be a day when hell actually froze over. She couldn’t help but wonder if the world would be coming to an end soon. Of course, she would never allow her thoughts to exit her mouth since she valued her life. Only a few slips here and there were ever allowed, but she knew at this moment if she opened her mouth for anything, she would die on the spot. Her princess would make her head explode into a mist of blood, and she would then need to spend three months regrowing it back.

While she would, in fact, still be alive, having no head for three months was pretty much dead. Her body would go limp, unable to move until the head grew back, and such a feeling was not something she wanted to live through again. After all, she was technically alive and could still feel things.

Blake looked at the pouting girl and shook his head. He wondered just what this girl saw in him to be acting this way. “Alright, I won’t tease you anymore. But Vinea, why are you here? You have been following me since I left.”

“I….” Vinea pursed her lips. What was she supposed to say? I decided to stalk you because I wanted to spend more time with you? She really did not know how to answer his question.

“Alright, no need to answer. If you are going to come along, then just come along no need to stay so far behind. It’s kind of creepy otherwise.” Blake said as he reached out and patted the top of the girl’s head before flapping his wings and rising into the air.

Vinea’s whole body froze. The word creepy was being repeated over and over in her mind. “Vinea…. He is getting away….” Mile finally got the nerve to speak up because she knew if she did not, she would end up being yelled at for not saying something.

“Huh!? What!? Hey, Blake, wait for me!” Vinea did not even care about Mile. She was too concerned about Blake leaving her behind. Mile was not sure how she felt about being left behind like this. But she could only let out a sigh and fly off to catch up to her princess.

The group of three searched mountain after mountain before Blake finally came to a mountain where he got a hit. “Hmmm… Seems like there is something here.”

“Did you find something?” Seeing her chance to strike up a conversation, Vinea finally got to say something. This entire time they had not spoken even once. And when they landed, Vinea did not dare disturb Blake when he was doing this work. So she sat to the side quietly.

“I think so. Stand back or stick a barrier up over yourselves. Do not get hit by the flying debris.” Blake gave a fair warning before pulling his fist back and throwing it forward.

Vinea and Mile barely had time to even cover themselves with a barrier when a loud explosion was heard, and half the mountain was blown away just like that.