Vampire Aedes
43. Bitten (Again)

"You're still strong yelling this loud huh. My eardrum almost broke."

"Sick ...," whined Cycy while scraping the ears. The boy had slept soundly beside the Seventh Prince. He woke up hearing Aster's scream.

The third princess immediately approached her sister. "Here, Brother look." Then, he blew Cycy's ear off. Now Cycy is calmer.

Aster feels guilty. "Sorry, but Third Princess is lying right? When you put my servant's body in the middle of the road?"

Is not this kind of immoral action contrary to conscience? Aster couldn't believe Third Princess did it. Even so, he was a healer who came all the way to investigate the case of death in the Floating Country caused by the plague.

"That was the idea of the Seventh Prince." The Third Princess glanced at the man beside her.

Aster clenched his hands. "Youragain!"

"Daughter, the Prince's idea isn't that bad. The other servants were still able to find him and there was indeed nothing we could do. The Thirteenth Princess should have been most aware of the devastating impact we would have had if we were involved with the First Prince's crimes."

"Your kingdom is better. Your position is also higher than anyone here. What are you afraid of?"

The Seventh Prince opened his voice so that the princess was forced to shut up. "Third Princess, don't explain." His eyes turned to look at Aster. "You won't even understand it even though it's been explained many times."

The girl nodded. "What, why?"

"Because you're stupid." The Seventh Prince said things that the Magical Cat often listened to, so Aster did not feel angry. He rolled his eyes bored. "I asked once again, what is the benefit of taking care of a servant? Can he help you level up? He's even dead. Can the dead do anything for you?"

(Requip rate \= up position/ranking)

Prince Aedes got up from the couch, approached Aster and locked him between his arms. The prince stared at the bead five inches away sharply. "You know? I hate troublesome things. I also have interests, that's why I came. Think carefully how obstructed I am because of your bullshit!"

The girl is tense. Especially aware of the change in the color of the iris of Prince Aedes from black to deep red. He who felt intimidated wanted to move backwards, but right behind him was only the head of the bed. There is no room to escape.

"What do you want to do?" aster asked as he tried to push the Prince's chest. Her lips chipped as the body of the older teenager remained unmoved. "Don't bite me!"

I don't know since when Prince Aedes has been riding on it. While showing next to the protruding canine teeth, he tilted Aster's head until the girl's neck was plastered. "I was going to bite you" he whispered.

Aster's body is stiff, immovable. The grip on his head was as if the Prince was about to smash the contents of someone else's skull. Aster could only feel a cold sensation when the fangs pierced through the skin, then his blood was sucked out. Aster closed his eyes.

In this room there is a sound of someone who is like sipping a cup of coffee or hot tea. Aster remembered how people ate instant noodles. It's like that his voice. The Third Princess seemed to see a thirsty child in the drought region when she met a puddle.

After sucking Aster's blood, Prince Aedes rises from the girl's body. He rubbed the lip area using his arms while occasionally licking the corners of his lips.

"That's because she's so sweet." Prince Aedes's answer confused the Third Princess. "Also too noisy at night. He will wake up tomorrow morning, then consider it an early break," he continued, covering Aster's body with a blanket.

The Third Princess was silent for a moment. "But, Prince. The bed is mine."

"You can sleep in my place." Prince Aedes glanced back. A wall that has been destroyed becomes a shortcut for these two rooms to connect with each other. The Third Princess smiled awkwardly. Fortunately, the pavilion did not collapse.

However, the condition of the room of Prince Aedes is very inversely proportional to the room of the Third Princess and Cycy. Even though it was connected, there was still a dividing line between the walls. The Prince's room looks gloomy. There is no candle light. While the room occupied by Aster is now so bright.

The Third Princess lifted Cycy into her carriage. "alright. I'm moving now. What after this you will turn on the therapy candle to sleep?"

"No."

Therapy candles for sleep. Candles that emit the fragrance of flowers when lit. The light is not as bright as a regular candle because it is used for sleep. If you want to sleep and light this therapy candle, a person can sleep comfortably.

Prince Aedes saw many colorful candles on the bedside nightstand. Each color will produce a distinctive aroma and different from other candle colors. Prince Aedes never sleeps. He also did not like the smell of mixed flowers. Although the level of lavender aroma is small, if ignited can make Prince Aedes dizzy.

Meanwhile, the Third Princess thought that Prince Aedes was reluctant to light a candle because it was troublesome. "Don't you think that therapy candles are a troublesome thing? I can help turn it on."

"No, you don't have to. Hurry up and get out of here 'cause I'm so tired."

Each word was full of pressure, making the Third Princess gulp her hard-earned saliva. He took a quick look. "Ugh, then, good night Prince."

"Hm."

Aster wondered what the Third Princess was afraid of. This was what the Third Princess feared even though the position of the Physician Kingdom was higher than the Flower Kingdom and the Floating Kingdom. The rules relating to seat/seat numbers.

In the Floating Palace there is no change system because the number is sorted by the order of arrival of the soul representatives. They can improve reputation, ability, and honor, but will forever remain first, second, third, and so on. Like the Seventh Prince of the Floating Palace who would still occupy the seventh position.

While the Flower Palace can actually change to a higher or lower position. They sort positions by ranking system. The fewer the numbers, the higher the position. Even each rise in rank will automatically get 'rare' of each ability. It could be imagined just how terrifying an ability the First Prince was hiding.

What about the Kingdom of the Physician?

It was the opposite of the ranking system that the Flower Palace had been up to. Aster always mistakenly thought that Third Princess and Cycy were the top five positions. Because the Physician Palace gave the highest rank to the soul representatives with the most numbers.

So, the less the number the lower the position. And only a handful of people know about it.