Seventh Blood Vampires
Time Traversal Failed
Something's wrong with Evander's voyage. Time exploration failed. Evander only realized that fact when it was morning, when he had to swim again to find land. His vampire eyes stared far away, and he recognized the hills that lined the south coast of Ariana's cottage.
Tall buildings and modern houses began to appear clearly from a distance. Evander swam without despair, but he was physically and mentally exhausted. His soul was shaken, leaving behind a deep abyss, scorching his spirit to reach the edge of the sea.
The sun will soon appear, ready to illuminate the place floating with a warm morning light. Evander could only look at space, resigned if he had to burn. He was too weak to swim to the beach.
That night, the demon moon appeared as per the prophecy, lightning struck his ship to smithereens. Evander sucked into a whirlpool, exactly like he used to be. He had to fight off the huge waves that sank his ship to stay alive, then swim towards the surface.
However, as soon as he appeared on the water.
He did not know if his time-travel was successful until he found a view of the hills of Maine this morning. Everything that happened was completely similar to the previous experience, but why didn't the time portal open and deliver it back to the past?
Evander resigned, he still floated exhausted while staring at the clear sky. He prayed earnestly. “Give me a sign yes..God, give me a sign! Do I have to try this time travel again, again, twice more, or how many more times? I need Your sign of greatness .. because I am tired if I have to swim from the sea to the land every time it fails!”
With a feeling of emptiness, Evander noticed the change of time by second while waiting for a sign that God would give him. Somehow he strongly believes that fate will not wave his life like the waves in the sea.
In desperation, Evander saw a black object hovering not far from him. A bird. Gulls. Yes, the seagull flew low around him, getting lower until it finally stopped over his chest that was not submerged in water. Evander let it happen, then a sign appeared. A very disgusting sign.
Could it be a bad sign?
The gull threw away the dirt on his chest, then flew up again while chirping, probably laughing out loud at the dumb-struck Evander. Mocking him with dirt because Evander's life was wasted by just staying still, waiting to die of sunburn without seeking help.
Evander cussed on the gull, swearing, scattering, shouting furiously as his luxurious robe gave off an unpleasant smell, typical of bird droppings. He hates something disgusting, let alone something that makes him nauseous like the smell of dirt.
Before long, Evander hears the sound of an engine, he watches the surrounding skyline until two fishing heads emerge from their private motorboat.
One of them greeted with a worried look, “Hai buddy, did you crash or accidentally swim so far from the beach? Did you just scream? Your angry screeches are like the voice of a demon that just came out of hell!”
“Yeah ... My boat capsized and lost somewhere, I need help!” evander answered with a grin. He again accepted the life offered by the two fishermen.
One other person helped pull Evander's hand, “Well, we'll take you to the beach. Your hands are so cold, you almost froze for too long in the water. There's a lifeguard later, you can ask him for help. You okay ...?”
“Hm, I think I'm fine!” evander Bual. Of course he's not okay. He almost died.
The fisherman gave her a dry blanket, as well as a warm drink that Ariana referred to as milk coffee.
“What year is it, man? My name is Evander,” asked Evander to confirm his conjecture.
“Call me Fredy, and he's Mike. It's 2023, have you forgotten your memories? Lucky you remember your name!”
“I think my head hit, a bit dizzy, my ears are also buzzing,” Evander replied while tilting his head and tapping it like he wanted to get water out of the ear.
“Sink sometimes makes people dazed, I understand your situation! I also drowned when I was a child .. I even forgot that my mother dived to save me. I thought what pulled my hand was an angel from heaven,” Fredy said with a chuckle.
“You hungry? You're so pale,” asked Mike with a look of pity. “We have biscuits to prop up the stomach, not warm .. but it can quite help your hunger.”
Evander shook his head, “You have pizza?”
Evander clucked, a slice of pizza won't make him die. He even started to like the food. And it's better than Ariana's worm-paste. About biscuits, he still refused to try it.
Fredy chuckles, “You can buy it after you get to the beach. Looks like you also forgot that we're in the middle of the sea!”
“What about blood? Where can I get blood for transfusion?” ask Evander politely. “But I don't have money to buy, I need to sell the ancient coins of my collection first. It's so rare, where can I sell this stuff fast? All my property sank with the ship.”
“You're hurt inside? You need medical care?” ask Mike to panic. He did not see any external injuries, probably because Evander was wearing a long robe. But he explained where Evander could buy blood. And Mike was forced to glare because of the coins Evander showed in his pale palms.
Hm, some Evander coins that are not sold with the necklace are still profitable. Evander deliberately kept the remaining coins consisting of three gold coins and five silver coins in a cloak bag. The plan was to pay the crew to return to Transylvania if the time-travel was successful.
It turns out that the coin is also reluctant to go back in time. Evander instead had to sell it in exchange for other interests in this age. Because, all the remaining money from the sale of the necklace has been named Ariana with the help of Steven's relatives.
Who would have thought that he had fallen into poverty on the first day of failing to travel through time?
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