The Lost Prince's

Chapter 12 Asa (part 1)

“What is this?”, my question is to receive the parcel that Karen brought to my room.

Karen shrugged both of her shoulders. “Do not know. Brother Zero

asked me to give it to brother”

I moved my hand to open the parcel.

My eyes grow to see it. A bow for archery athletes.

“Kata sak Zero, brother does not have to wear sword”, said

Karen slow. I heard him gulp at the end of his sentence.

I raise my eyebrows. I can guess what

karen will say next.

Karen turned her eyes away from me, as if she wanted to

hide out. “Do you have to do it?”, the question slowly almost like

whispers. “Can't undo brother's intentions?! Are not hunters and

vampires out there looking for vanBlood too?! Sooner or later someone will

punished him. Isn't that enough?”

“Sorry, I can't” I grabbed that bow and walked

get out through the balcony, jump on the ground and run into the forest.

I recently decided to improve the atmosphere between

Karen and I. But it doesn't seem to work at all. What I did

it only makes things worse. It might be impossible for us to return

like earlier. Or maybe not. Not for us, just me. Karen

it seems to have begun to recover from the trauma it had gotten when the vampire snatched away

the lives of our parents. Although he

just like me, I won't be able to erase that memory until at any time.

It seems Karen has started to find new footings. I quit

running as it reached a fairly open area, it began to pull my bow and

aim for the small animal behind the shade tree in front of there. Wish I could

a little emptying my mind about Karen, about me. In the past

my consciousness sometimes seems to escape my control. Apparently, everyone knows my condition is getting worse.

A few days ago I overheard a conversation between Karen and Shine.

"Why don't you ever say anything about Key

who rejects blood? You know that there's no other choice but to accept it,

or he could lose himself”

“What does sister mean?”, asks Karen.

“I mean, you don't take it seriously. If I exist

in your position then I must have been scared to death. He could be mad

vampire”, said Shine. “Could you have a vision about this?”

“I don't need eyesi”, says Karen kalem. “I

already know. My brother is a very strong man. He won't change

become mad vampire”

There was a moment of silence. Then Shine spoke again.

“I know that this is hard to believe. But, I've seen it, how

they changed”

 “I've seen it too. How strong my brother”

Karen's answer made my heart break. I don't know I'm happy

or sad to hear it. She trusts me. How could? Why Karen

trust me even with my condition now? Even I started to doubt myself

will I survive until we find vanBlood.

"Key.uh.um. So you heard it?"

"Hmm" I nodded. "It's okay, Shine. I see what you mean"

“Oh.sorry. I just worry about you guys”

“So..I think I'll turn into mad vampire.

someday?”

Shine sighed softly. “Most likely so. If you

keep stubborn”

“So ya”

The shine.

“There is nothing I can do”

“Ada”, timpals. “But you refused”

My tongue suddenly felt bitter. I really

hate this topic. “I can't do it. If you're in my position, then,

can you drink blood of your own kind?”

“I don't know. But what if you end up as

mad vampire?”

“If that happens, then you have to kill me”

Shine's eyes widened at me. “What?”

“For Karen, Shine, promise me you'll kill me if

I lost my consciousness”

“And what if I can't?”

I put on a faint smile in response. That

not a choice. Shine's gonna have to kill me if I really change

becoming a mad vampire. Only Shine can I ask for help. She will

do it even if you don't want to. For Karen.

But the problem of my consciousness arising drowning seems to be getting more and more complicated. Reckon

I spent the whole day in Humphire. There are prohibitive rules here

his students did any activity that spilled blood. The point is

fights are prohibited as well as the activity of ‘minum’ vampire.  The cause of my consciousness is

the voices that kept popping up inside my head. The vampire voice

vile grin, vanBlood voice. Surprisingly, my body will move with

himself followed his words. As if I wanted it. ‘Drink! Drink

and satisfy your thirst!’, exclaim that voice. ‘Didn't they smell delicious? Bloods

from these humans? Come on, you want it, don't you?’ Such sounds appeared increasingly

frequently. I sometimes fall with my knees limp from desperately stopping

own steps. But sometimes I don't remember what I did.

“We have rules here, miss Wilder”, said prof.

Quinton, principal of Humphire. “This time I'll give you a warning

and you just have to write an apology. But if you do more than

this, maybe we have to take decisive action”

That's prof. Quinton warned. ‘Taking decisive action’ said. I heard it from some students. Toughest punishment for vampire pupils, isolation rooms. Vampires are most humiliated when treated like captive hunters. And somehow I wasn't surprised when

one day I opened my eyes in that dark, narrow room. There is no window

or luabng on the wall. There was only one thick iron door, other than that plain wall.

‘Any, why can't I move?’, my inner self. ‘Ah’

I just understand now. Right, I'm a prisoner. So they

tied me up with a hunter's rope. As Shine and Shane said, guns are hunters

he has a secret behind his power. The rope that binds my hands and feet

it's not just making me unable to move. My body feels weaker than

ordinarily. Almost like no vampire blood, like when I was human.

Its bad. Wait, why bad? This way I can't do anything. I won't hurt

whomever. That voice can't make me attack anyone anymore. Possibly

it's even better if I die here. Without anyone seeing. Possibly

I can disappear in the dark.

This darkness strangely brought an uneasy sense of comfort

i-i understand. Dark and alone. Surprisingly, it's comfortable. I was half asleep

when another strange thing arises. It feels like someone is here. I

hearing voices. And my eyes are open. This is not a dream! Someone's coming!

Not long after that a hand reached me. Holy hooch! I can't squint

now this! I have no energy, weak and bound like a mouse. What is this guy

want me?! I tried to scream for help, but a hand

others closed my mouth before I could make a sound.

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