
A few minutes before Lucy passed out...
Lauden ran as fast as she could to capture Lucy's body so the girl wouldn't hit her cool ceramic.
Hap.
In one jolt Lucy's body entered perfectly in the warm chest of the crown prince's field.
"Dad... T-help my father," murmured Lucy amid his almost-missing consciousness.
With a sling style bridal style Lauden brought Lucy into the room they both occupied so far.
Arriving at the room, Lauden immediately laid Lucy's body slowly. Pull the blanket up to the chest limit, and tidy up the slightly messy hair for Lucy to be comfortable.
Looking at the woman who usually fussed about this and it drooped weakly, her pale face and blue lips made Lauden feel there was something strange about her.
What also made him realize the reason why the girl was crying and calling out the word father while screaming was because this was the second time he saw the power of vampires.
Moreover, the victim of a vampire bite is no longer a thug, but his own father.
Suddenly, Lauden's face heated up. His jaw was tightly clenched with reddened eyes. Something in her was angry seeing Lucy's innocent face clouded with sadness.
"Have a break, you must be in shock with this, right?" He said while stroking the black mane of his slave.
Just when Lauden came out of the room, someone broke in.
**************
"Stop!!"
The whole crowd of vampires enjoying the dish stopped and turned to Lauden without letting go of their prey.
Delila also looked in wonder at the grandson and the new king for her kingdom.
"I said stop all this, you didn't hear me?" Lauden's screams were full of emotion. The veins of his neck were almost detached from the cavities of the flesh of his neck.
"What are you talking about?" Delila was confused.
"Our society has something called civilization, this kingdom is built in the name of peace. Vampire rules were made so that vampires and humans could coexist, right? But what is this?" Said Lauden pointing furiously towards the floor that had already turned into a sea of red.
The vampire people who did not understand the purpose and purpose of Lauden's words just chose silence.
"I just realized that it is not right for us to hunt humans and then make them as offerings like this. We're wrong! This ritual we must stop." Lauden.
"Whatchu mean? That's not our noble culture, are you cosplaying rebel now?" Ask Lethia.
No one knew when the woman came in. Because since the beginning of the ceremony he did not come and just showed his nose when this commotion occurred.
"If our culture is wrong, are we obliged to continue it? Just because of the cultural name of the ancestors?" Refute Lauden.
"Brauden!!" Pekik Delila was angry. "How dare you insult his ancestors?" As a person who obeyed the rules, Lauden's words just now clearly made the grandmother angry. Delila felt that Lauden underestimated her as one of the founders in the vampire kingdom.
"Vampire kingdom was built because it was definitely true. Because if not, then the predecessors could not have followed him for centuries, little boy?" Lethia Timpal.
"But those humans still have time to regret their actions. We are wrong to judge them unilaterally, but the laws of their world are not cruel. Why did we take over his role? They deserve to live by their own laws." Lauden explained why he suddenly wanted the ceremony to stop.
"Unfortunately they do not even care at the time God gives, they commit corruption, collusion, nepotism and other troubling criminal acts." Delila.
"I don't deny it because it's a fact, but we forget that humans are different from us. They have offspring based on bloodline, not because of an infectious bite like ours. They also have families. Can you tell how sad their family is at home when they know the person who is waiting for his return is gone?"
"If only they cared about the environment" said Delila. The old grandmother refused with her lips even though there was a part of her that also believed Lauden's words just now.
"They have a much shorter life span when compared to us. In that short time, what if they wanted to repent? It would be more sinful for us if we didn't give it time when they wanted to" Lauden said.
"Look at each one of you,"
The participants of the ceremony turned to their left and right respectively unknowingly following the instructions of Lauden.
"Are you happy now? What makes you happy? Is it because you have succeeded in punishing the wicked, or because of the good blood? Don't you find it strange to feel happy when you kill someone else's life?"
Ceremonial participants release their grip on the human dish. And feel guilty when they see the splash of blood of their prey around the clothes and also the ceramics where they stand.
"We are too ignorant of the fact that they can live longer because they are thirsty for blood. And yet, deep down in this corner, we care about them." Lauden continued while pointing to the lower left side of his chest.
Suddenly, the sound of applause rang out from the crowd present there. They looked at Lauden with teary eyes, proud of the young man for his opinion and courage against the laws of the ancestors.
Looking at the people who were subject to Lauden's words, the members of the De Pompadour family no one dared to oppose. Including Delila, and also Lethia.
"I hold this agenda actually want to invite all of us to reflect on the vision and mission together..." Said Lauden with intonation that was not as early as earlier. Because the community seems to have received criticism and advice from him.
"Life that started Lauden!
"May the longevity of prince De Pompadour!" Cheers of the ceremony participants.
Instantly Lauden felt goosebumps because of it. She had not expected Lucy's pitiful innocent face to carry this much influence for her.
At first Lauden thought he would just do something silly by breaking their own traditions. But who would have thought vampires were defending him?
"Tonight, finally the prophecy of the successor of the modern era has appeared." Whisper vampires with each other.
"Yes." Yeah."
When the vampire folk are fascinated with Lauden for her thoughts and ways of conveying peace, human rights and love to humans even though she is not from there.
They were startled by the arrival of a large man with a shrill voice into the hall.
"Crown prince, are you tired of living so against tradition?" Shouted Merqueen, drew out his sword and aimed at Lauden.
.
.
.
.
.
CONNECT.!!!
Don't forget likes, comments, shares, votes and ratings yes bestie💜🤍