Sixth Bloodline [BxB]

CHAPTER 48: RING OF AUTHORITY [PROMISE THAT COULD NOT BE FULFILLED]

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ring Of AUtHOritY

[prOmisE tHAt cOULd nOt bE fULfiLLed]

   MIKHAEL LET Ethan decide where to go from that point. Holding onto Mikhael's hand, the other person brought him into an empty manor not that far from Dante's home.

But although Mikhael couldn't sense other people in this manor, he didn't think that it was abandoned. There wasn't even a single speck of dust on things here, it was obvious that this place was often cleaned.

   "Yours?" He casually asked. After all, it would be weird if Ethan didn't have his own estate in this city given his identity — even Mikhael had one.

   "You like it? You can take it if you want," Ethan mysteriously smiled as Mikhael nodded.

Just look at all those valuable things from eighteenth century around this house — they'll fetch for quite a large sum of money.

   "Don't regret your words later," Mikhael felt that it was quite a pity. Look at this good man, he even gave his house away but not his heart.

   "That's what I should be saying," Ethan took of his suit, "You do know that s*x with vampires is much different than humans? We almost never run out of stamina either."

   "You don't have to worry about me," Mikhael nodded, "This isn't my first time doing it with a vampire."

Although there are vampires who enjoy s*x without care for their partner, most of them are pretty concerned about their well-being — especially when it comes to humans. What fun is there if a human died while you had s*x with them? It would certainly kill your mood!

And they aren't unreasonable beings driven by lust — especially those old ones. Ethan was also mindful of Mikhael, knowing that most people couldn't handle s*x with vampires.

So vampires would often share their blood with humans to strengthen their bodies while they're at it. That's another problem for some people — humans find drinking blood disgusting as well.

And, there's the part about virgins. They'd be really pitiful if they ended up losing their first time to a vigorous vampire, not to mention that their blood was quite attractive to vampires as well.

Ethan's eyes flashed with odd gleam as he came closer to Mikhael before lifting his chin. Mikhael has no choice but to stare at Ethan's red eyes, but he felt like he was losing like this so he stood on his tiptoes trying to get closer to his height.

   "Then... Do you have a problem with me drinking your blood?"

Mikhael's heart skipped a beat, but so did Ethan's. He's wanted to drink this youth's blood since he first saw that exposed neck, and the thirst only grew stronger since they left that alley earlier.

He feared that he'd soon lose all rationality if he continued to hold back.

He moved his other hand to Mikhael's mask, wanting to pull it away and see for himself just what kind of a face hid underneath it, yet Mikhael immediately grabbed his hand to stop him.

   "Leave it on," he spoke in a low voice. How can he let this person take so much advantage of him?

After all, he'll only spend a single night with him, it isn't worth to show his face to this man — especially since he has connection with Purebloods. If he ever messes up and a Pureblood orders Ethan to say what he knew about Mikhael... His secret would be out.

   "Oh?" Ethan chuckled, but removed his hand and wrapped it around Mikhael's waist instead.

   "How about you take off your mask instead?"

   "..."

   'Aren't you asking for too much?'

   "Don't want to let me see your face, but wanting to see mine?" He raised an eyebrow, "Quite unreasonable if I dare say."

Mikhael coughed. Right, it's his fault. But he really wanted to see how this Mr. Handsome looked like.

Mikhael suddenly remembered that he still had no idea what his name was. He even forgot to ask Dante about it!

   "Say, what's your name, Mr. Handsome?" Surely, name isn't a problem here?

   "..."

To that question, Ethan only leaned down and sealed Mikhael's lips with a kiss. His intention was obvious — you won't show me your face, I won't even give you my name!

Mikhael also wanted to protest about that, but his head would always get dizzy whenever he was kissed by this man.

Even his legs began to shake as he had no choice but to lean on Ethan's body for balance. Yet Ethan only moved his other hand to Mikhael's waist and lifted him up — the other party was quite cooperative as he wrapped his legs around Ethan's torso.

Satisfied, Ethan smiled through their kiss and began to carry Mikhael to his room. As for names or whatnot, they were long forgotten under the veil of night...

When Mikhael woke up the next day, he was so lost that he continued to stare into an empty air for fifteen minutes. The mask on his head was still there, though a bit out of place, his whole body covered with hickeys and a faint reddish mark on his neck from the bite that has almost healed completely by now.

He didn't recall much of what happened yesterday... No, he almost didn't remember anything but pleasure!

From noon when they arrived in this house to dusk and from dusk to dawn after a short pause, Mikhael thought that was the longest he had s*x with someone in one day. He didn't drink Ethan's blood because he couldn't do so due to Deep Slumber, but his body was strong even without abilities of a vampire — reinforced with mana, so it was quite durable.

And it's the same excuse he used to refuse Ethan's blood.

The other person didn't think much of it and did Mikhael until he was too tired to move a muscle, letting Mikhael finally fell asleep when morning came.

And now when he thought about the whole event... Mikhael ashamedly admitted that couldn't remember anything else but pleasure! That fact alone made him so stunned that he didn't know how to proceed.

That man's skills... Even Gods would envy. Was he still human— er, vampire?

   "You're finally awake," startled, Mikhael's eyes finally gained focus before he turned to the source of that voice. Ethan was leaning on the door-frame as he watched Mikhael with playful eyes.

Mikhael gulped when he saw his shirtless figure and praised him in his head.

En, really nice body. Really nice muscles. If I start to work out with sincerity, I should also be able to obtain them.

   "How long have you been standing there for?" Mikhael was too stunned earlier that he failed to notice him. In fact, if he didn't call out to Mikhael, the later wouldn't even realize that he was there.

   "Since the moment you woke up," Ethan smiled and Mikhael cursed.

   'f**k! So he saw me looking at the empty air for minutes like I have a screw loose!?'

Ethan was actually here all the time — it's just that he received a bothersome call earlier. He didn't have to sleep since he was a vampire, so once Mikhael was out for good, he had nothing to do.

Hence, he washed Mikhael and changed the sheets before throwing him back to sleep, and then...

Well, then he continued to look at his sleeping face for hours and poke his cheeks from time to time.

He wondered how humans are so fragile — they needed to be unconscious for third of their whole lives in order to function properly. Just like this, and they completely let down their guards — even after poking him for a while, the youth still haven't opened his eyes.

If he had ill intentions, Mikhael would've long been dead. His hand even touched that mask with intention to remove it, but he gave up in the end.

   'Forget it.'

He touched Mikhael's neck while he was sleeping earlier — his finger traced the reddish mark where he bit down and drank his blood.

That blood was sweet, far more delicious than any he had a taste of before. He never had a preference for blood before, but today he felt that this one perfectly suited his taste. It's like this person was made simply for him, every crevice of his body, every drop of blood and every ounce of his soul.

So, despite looking at Mikhael sleeping for hours, Ethan didn't feel bored at all.

Somewhere deep in his heart he even felt relieved that he got to met this person.

That this youth existed.

   "Sorry," Mikhael suddenly spoke waking him from his thoughts, "Truth to be told, I'm feeling somewhat lost right now."

Mikhael only then noticed that he wasn't in pain nor something. His heart skipped a beat, somewhat terrified of that possibility.

   "Did you feed me your blood?"

   "..."

Ethan could feel distress in his voice that made him uncomfortable for some reason.

   "Do you... Disdain drinking my blood so much?"

Mikhael wanted to cry, but no tears came out.

   'Who hates you blood? I'd personally sink my fangs in your neck if it's up to me, but do you understand what it means for someone who's about to ether Deep Slumber to drink blood the day before it?'

Still, he couldn't use that excuse.

   "A vampire's blood is harmful for spell-casters, you know," he sighed, "The more powerful their blood, the more they'd have what we — well, I — call 'dead mana' in it. We spell-casters first use mana stored in our bodies, and then the one around us so that we won't over-exhaust ourselves."

Well, he could use this excuse. It was true, though.

   "Dead mana is a bit troublesome for us because it hinders the flow of our own mana — but forget it. It's just some blood, it will go away in few days," Mikhael might just need to summon his familiar until he exhausted Ethan's blood in his body or nay—

   "How much did you feed me?"

   "A drop or two."

Just enough to soothe his pain.

   "Oh..."

It should be fine then. It should go away soon.

It's merely a Higher Noble, how troublesome will it be?

   "Sorry," Ethan relaxed, though he still felt a bit guilty, "I didn't know. I was worried so I fed you some while you were sleeping. I didn't think you'd notice."

This was also the first time he gave his blood to someone out of concern. Ethan doesn't know what possessed him to do that, but he felt like a little child sneaking snacks for himself when he gave Mikhael some blood.

He almost felt that by giving him some blood, he'd be marking him as his or something. And seeing how he never stayed after with his previous partners, he wasn't sure if one should sleep for so long.

Not even poking his cheeks for hours and it didn't wake Mikhael up, so he didn't want to take risks and fed him some blood.

   "Forget it. Vampire blood is extremely precious to spell-casters. They'd rather use it on talismans then try to see what it can do with their bodies so not many know about this. It's also my fault that I didn't warn you about it," he sighed. He forgot that he met some really nice vampire this time around.

Standing up, Mikhael only now noticed that he wore clean clothes — but they were a bit big for his own body.

Honestly, he did worry how he'll leave after Ethan's vigorous assault — but it seems like he'd have no problems after this.

Since he was already cleaned completely, he should just go and eat something before paying one last visit to Dante. He should also part with those fellas from Judgement Order...

Thinking up to that point, Mikhael took off the shirt he wore and searched around for his own clothes. Seeing them neatly folded on the edge of bed, he leaned down to take them. A pair of hands sneakily found their way to his hips, holding him down and Mikhael blushed.

Ah, this is really too much for his old heart.

   "Openly seducing me like this, how come you don't have any awareness at all?" He mused and Mikhael gulped. Who's seducing whom here?

   "Are you still not satisfied after all this time," Mikhael turned around to face him, but ended up being pressed down instead.

   'f*****g vampires and their stamina!'

Mikhael was also a vampire, don't take him wrong — but when it comes to certain things, he still has moral values! And he also loves to sleep around, look how obedient he is when it comes to nature of human body — yet those fuckers don't even nap, forget about sleeping! The only sleep they ever have is either when they die or when they enter a Deep Slumber.

   "How can I be? Such a good partner is in front of my eyes and half-naked, my consciousness is telling me to help you take off the remainder of your clothes and do what one should do when alone with naked beauty."

Mikhael could only curse this bastard in his head.

   "Who's the beauty? Come say it again if you dare! I'm handsome! HANDSOME! A man!! I'll bite you to death if you don't agree!"

   "..."

   'Why is this little thing so angry now?'

Ethan was confused, this person acted really gently other than the scenario when he hit someone with a frying pan. Even when they went to those manors and Ethan poked his nerves by interrupting Mikhael's fun in impersonating him, the youth would just angrily walk away without a word.

But this...

Is this what they mean when they say that the longer you know someone, the more of their real selves will they show? Can this be considered as some improvement in their relationship?

   "How can I know if you're handsome or not when you won't let me see your face?" But he didn't let that faze him for long. He really wanted to see how the youth looked, but it seemed more interesting for Mikhael to reveal it personally rather than for Ethan to take off his mask and see it for himself.

   "You—" Mikhael bit his lip, repeating words like mantra in his head.

   'I will not be swayed.'

   'I will not be swayed!'

   'I won't be swayed by this handsome asshole!!'

   "Well?"

   "No!" Mikhael resolutely protested.

He was also a competitive person. He felt that by showing this man his face before taking off his mask first would be the same as losing, how can he accept that?

  "Did you enjoy the last night?" Ethan suddenly asked and Mikhael's eye twitched.

This blemish on his history, he didn't want to remember!

To think that he'd enjoy so much that he forgot everything else, Mikhael really didn't want to remember it.

But the problem is...

   "I did. Out of all people I've been with, you're the best."

...he wanted to do it again!

   "Oh? Is that accomplishment enough for you to take off that mask and show me your face?"

   "Not enough!"

Mikhael finally realized what this person played at.

Suddenly, his eyes gleamed with mischievous light.

   "You said you don't do anyone twice," he stated firmly.

Ethan also paused.

Indeed, he never slept with anyone twice.

   'But...'

   "But I also said that you caught my attention."

Why is it that he's unable to let go of this person? He should've left after the deed was done, but why exactly did he stay to look at this youth body afterwards?

   "Words alone can't be trusted, I need something more reliable," he added. Although he was well aware that the other guy is going to forget him, Mikhael still wanted to hold onto some hope.

   "What do you suggest we do then?" Ethan decided to play along. This person was sly and quick to escape, how could he have a chance to meet him again? Ethan was serious when he said that Mikhael caught his attention, and he was unwilling to let him go.

But he had a nagging feeling that this person is going to disappear soon.

Not to mention the call he received earlier...

   "Then, let's see if your rule is more valuable than my face. The next time we meet and sleep together, not only will I show you my face, I'll even tell you my name, how about it?"

   "..."

'I already said that I won't mind breaking that rule for you, what's with this condition now?'

   "Alright," Ethan could only sigh helplessly. What to do with this silly human?

   "Silly human, mark your words. I won't let you off the next time we do it. Not only the second time, there will be the third, fourth and fifth as well. I won't let you rest even a single day once you fall in my hands."

Mikhael's face was full of black lines.

   "What about sleeping, you asshole!? I still need to sleep every night!"

But little did the two know — the eager promise made between them on that day, will never again have the chance of coming true.

   MIKHAEL FINALLY got away from Ethan and the two proceeded to Dante's house. Mikhael didn't lack cooking utensils in his void, but even if he dared to take them out, what should he cook? Air? Water? Five elements!?

A vampire has no need to consume food, and Ethan was someone who wasn't attracted to it — so the poor Mikhael had to suffer without food when he woke up.

Luckily, Dante didn't live too far away and since he didn't feed on blood, he also ate the human food so Mikhael happily ditched Ethan and went to see his dearest friend as of the moment.

Ethan only followed behind in silence, how come even food was better than him now?

Mikhael completely ignored him — he was quite satisfied with his catch today. Not only did he get a fine man, he even wore his briefs and stole that coat Ethan first covered him with on the train. When asking for it, he said that he was cold — but when Ethan raised his head and saw that scorching sun in the middle of azure sky, he was speechless and just gave up.

   'Moreover, if you're cold... How come you're carrying it in your arms instead of draping it around your body?'

Humans are weird. Really weird creatures.

Mikhael didn't care, he already decided that he won't meet this person ever again, so what if he stole his coat. Since you gave it to me on the train, it became mine! You have a problem with it? Well damn, I don't care.

As he happily arrived to Dante's manor and expected to see his cute little friend, what he got was scolding instead.

Before he even made a single step inside, he heard an angry voice screaming in his direction.

   "What the hell have you done, for f**k's sake!?"

Mikhael was surprised at first, but then gasped. Who the f**k taught him to curse? Who!?

Even Ethan was taken aback as he almost stumbled on his own feet, pondering on the same question as Mikhael. But then he saw the youth in front of him and began to send daggers his way.

   'Other than this human, who else could've it been?'

Mikhael was actually innocent here, Dante learned everything on Internet — it's just that he never felt angry enough to curse. But today...

   "What did I do, ah?" Mikhael's voice was shaking, thinking how he should find that person that ruined Dante's innocent mind and kill him.

   "You! Not only did you pretend to be a Pureblood, you also went and wrecked havoc in this city! I thought that you were just going to teach them lesson, but you just killed them all!"

   "..."

Mikhael really didn't, ah. It was Ethan! But Mikhael felt that he shouldn't put the blame on this Higher Noble — after all, for better or worse they indeed have slept together. And he understood Ethan — he only did so to protect Dante.

   "Well..."

   "But that's not the worst thing!"

By now, Mikhael's 'servants' came and listened to him with curiosity. They knew that someone was going to suffer, but this... This is bigger than anything they ever saw.

   "Do you know that every Pureblood in this city, every Higher Noble, every Noble and every ordinary vampire— f**k, even the chickens in this city all received the same order to catch you! And it was issued directly by the Vampire King himself! What did you do, you, you ,you..."

   "..."

Ah, how generous. The useless Vampire King couldn't catch him on his own, so he sent minions to get him? It would appear that Mikhael was right not to place any expectations on that person.

   "We were even told to use out Rings of Authority to catch you!"

Mikhael's ears perked in surprise.

What's that?

   "What's a Ring of Authority?"

   "You can still ask about that? Let me tell you, those things are the most important to us Purebloods. They represent our everything and even if we die, as long as another Pureblood uses our ring to make decisions, it would be no different than us personally voting and agreeing!"

   "..."

   'What the...? Who'd make such useless things?'

Dante somewhat calmed down as he began to explain. He completely forgot about previous situation.

  "When holding a meeting, those things are used to vote for important decisions. They are usually given to a Pureblood's partner and no one dares to touch them to take that ring — it would be no different than making a move on Pureblood himself. The one who attacked would therefore offend all Purebloods and be hunted down..."

Dante finally noticed the odd look in Ethan's eyes and only then remembered their situation. f**k, wasn't Ethan with Mikhael the entire time? In that case, Ethan also participated in this?

He even forgot to act like Mikhael was his older brother, yet before he could say anything, Ethan turned to leave while Mikhael spoke in that moment.

   "Ah, whatever. I'm not interested in those things of yours, but for the matter with the Vampire King... Yesterday, I seem to have slapped him?"

Then he heard a cracking sound behind him and turned only to see a huge hole in the wall next to Ethan.

   "..."

   "Come again?" His voice dangerously asked sending shivers to Mikhael's spine. He even felt the temperature of room drop by few degrees.

   "Oh, remember that person yesterday in the tavern I hit with the frying pan? That was the Vampire King."

   "..."

Forget about Ethan and Dante, Mikhael's friends from Judgement Order all palled when they heard this information and began to clutch their hearts.

They thought that they won't regret following Mikhael, but this—

He even dared to slap the Vampire King! Old man Elias will break all of their legs, not just Mikhael's now!!

   "Why?"

Ethan couldn't believe his ears. Why would you attack the Vampire King and how the hell do you even know what he looks like? Were you acquainted with him from before? What kind of relationship did you have?

   "Ah, that as well. I have a serious grudge with that bastard who only barks, but won't bite. See, he couldn't even catch us yesterday and now deployed the entire city, didn't I tell you that I can beat that useless old man?"

   "..."

   'You did mention that, but who in their sane minds would believe you?' — was what went through everyone's heads at that moment.

But unlike Ethan and Dante who were speechless because of his shameless words, those from Judgement Order couldn't help when their eyes teared at his words. Long time ago, Mikhael has said to them that he'll beat that bastard if he ever saw him in this life.

They only thought that he was joking, but now...

The whole grudge thing, it's obvious that he did it for the sake of them from the Judgement Order!

What a man!

They all forgot about the fear at that moment. Mikhael would dare to slap Vampire King for their sake, so what if old man Elias wants to break their legs? They'll let him beat them up in Mikhael's stead!