Chapter 149: Plan

Adryan lowered his hand finishing purifying whatever Flora had, a small smile on his face.

'Good girl'

"The hidden danger has been dealt with." he said calmly, his voice trailing power and grace. Like a true monarch.

With that done, he cut the connection and the door of flames vanished along with the flame that represented him.

But there was still a small orange flame in the air, this was the flame that represented the new connection he had with Flora.

Adryan could feel all the new things he could do with this, he could bring her spiritual body here to chat, and he could also send corruption through this link as well as purification if necessary.

"Purification and corruption... Interesting..." the redhead said curiously.

Shaking his head, he simply began to draw the sphere of light in his mind.

...

Opening his eyes he found himself back in that dark room.

"Now we are clean, there is no hidden danger" Adryan said calmly.

He made a military salute and faithfully said.

"Praise the Monarch!"

"It's good to know..." Flora's voice trailed off weakly.

The shock of hearing that powerful voice still affected her greatly.

She was in no mood to talk.

'Well done Adryan, you fried her brain' the redhead joked internally very pleased with himself.

It seems that his short performance as Scarlet Monarch had been stellar~

Adryan didn't say or add anything, he just quickly cleaned what he had used for the ritual and put it in his jacket.

He broke down the wall of spirituality and approached the still-sleeping figure of the woman.

As he approached her, he put his hand where he kept Hangover Time and pressed the crown down.

Pressing the crown would cause everything that had been distorted and Disordered to return to normal. He learned this after some experimentation.

This did not mean that the negative effect of the artifact would be reduced by turning it off early.

It would always be 3 hours.

'Now I have to find out what was distorted.' the redhead wailed a bit.

Knowing his luck it would be something ridiculous...

Putting those silly thoughts aside, he gently touched the woman's shoulder and gave her a light shake.

"Hey wake up sleepyhead" he whispered softly.

The beautiful face of the woman frowned slightly, she let out a few small moans in annoyance and slowly opened her eyes.

They were a beautiful blood red.

Not as bright or pretty as Adryan's but still pretty.

Seeing those red eyes made Adryan let out a soundless sigh.

'That explains everything, she is a Sanguine descendant...' the redhead thought a little embarrassed with himself.

Sanguine was the name by which one normally knows vampires, although they hate being called that, it was like a racist slur to them.

They are born being sequence 7 and the woman is a normal human.

All humans who have red eyes have a Sanguine ancestor.

'Now that I think about it, maybe I'm a descendant of some feverish Sanguine, although my eyes weren't red but reddish brown...'

His eyes had only turned that beautiful crimson color after listening to the True Creator's rap and almost dying...

Returning to the topic.

That the woman is a descendant of Sanguine explained everything he had seen.

The crimson moon and the garden full of life were self-explanatory.

'Her Dream is most likely something that the subconscious of her blood gave her, the Sanguine worship their ancestor Lilith who was the moon...'

In other words, he had overreacted.

His ears blushed slightly, thanks to his mask and hood they were hidden.

'It does not matter! Anyone would have done the same as me in my place knowing everything I know! I wasn't stupid but careful!' Adryan comforted himself internally.

It's better to be safe than sorry after all!!

The woman blinked rapidly, she gave a small yawn like a rabbit.

She then became aware of his presence and looked at him surprised.

Adryan quickly made a small bow.

"Good evening My lady, I'm sorry to bother you but the time has come to leave this place." He quickly entered the paper he had stuffed into the woman's head.

The woman blinked a bit in confusion, but quickly understood and gave a soft little smile.

"Please James just call me Opera, if you call me My Lady you will make me feel old." she said giving a small chuckle.

Opera looked around her calmly.

"So has the day come?"

Adryan straightened his back and nodded.

"Speak quieter, we're not out of danger yet."

"We don't have much time Opera, we have to go."

Opera nodded and got up shamelessly, the sheet fell away revealing her naked curves to the masked man.

"Just give me a moment to get dressed and we can go." Opera said showing no shame at being naked in front of Adryan.

'I didn't mean this by <trust me completely>' the corners of his brows twitched but he looked away allowing the woman some privacy to dress.

As the woman dressed, Adryan let his mind wander a bit but never let his guard down in case a guard enter the bedroom.

'Her aura is that of a normal person so her ancestor has to be an old one, also she doesn't seem to have a problem moving in the dark...'

'It seems that the characteristic of seeing well in the dark passed well over the generations...'

'Also, now that I know that she is a descendant of Sanguines, I know exactly where to send her...'

There was a church that was known for making Sanguines into priests.

They would certainly accept Opera into their ranks with open arms.

'Now only the problem of getting her to Rose Street remains...'

' Walking like a normal person would take us 5 hours. Using a carriage would cut that in half but it's after 8 pm, carriages don't run anymore...Though that doesn't mean I can't borrow one for a while...'

'Finally, if I run at my maximum speed it would only take me 50 minutes, she looks to weigh around 70 kilos, I can carry her on my back without any problem...' His physical strength had increased to the point that carrying a person with only one arm is a piece of cake for him.

To explain it better it felt like carrying a backpack.

After a brief consideration that lasted as long as the blink of an eye, Adryan chose the third option.

'I just hope Father doesn't mind bothering him at this hour~' the redhead thought mischievously.

If he wasn't mistaken, the Father never left the Church, so Opera wouldn't have to wait until it opened in the morning.

"I'm ready James."

Turning to see the woman he saw that she was dressed in a long brown dress with flower details that slightly hugged her curves and a soft green white woman's hat. A sweet smile was on her lips.

This highlighted her beauty.

'Maybe it's your grandfather or grandmother who is a sanguine...'

Adryan nodded.

"You look beautiful Opera, we can go now." He replaced the Burnt Band on his arm.

He then made a slight bow and extended his gloved hand to the woman.

It seemed as if he was asking her to dance.

Opera let out a soft laugh and gracefully curtsy and took the redhead's hand, she accepted the invitation to dance.

Adryan said nothing, the shadows moved and embraced both of them, disappearing from the bedroom.

He had confirmed a while ago that it was safe to use Shadow Leap with another person, a gang member had gladly accepted the offer after a very friendly chat.

He had Jumped into the broom closet, he then Jumped into the basement, and he followed into the sewers.

He did another 4 jumps and stopped.

He caught Opera who had staggered, although it was safe to take another person, this one would be a little dizzy from the jumps.

Opera laughed as she was held up by Adryan, her legs still wobbly.

"Wow! That was fun!"

Her laughter stopped for a few moments, she frowned and covered her nose with her hand.

"What's that smell? James don't tell me we're in the sewers!"

Adryan laughed awkwardly.

'The idea that I implanted in her is much more powerful than I originally thought, it's as if she's known me all her life! She wasn't even surprised or scared that we teleported!'

'It's a good thing I tried this ability now, if I were to try it on someone important this abrupt change would draw too much attention!'

It was as if Opera had been hypnotized!

'Next time I have to be much more careful when implanting an idea or fact...'

Putting his thoughts aside, Adryan just chuckled as Opera was giving him an annoyed look.

"Sorry Opera, I'll get us out of here so get ready for another jump."

The red-eyed girl agreed.

"Please hurry up, it stinks here!"

Adryan chuckled and did another 3 jumps at maximum distance, 2 to get away from the guard zone and 1 to appear in an alley.

Opera staggered again but since she was holding on to Adryan she didn't fall.

"Just one more and that's it" he said to the woman who didn't have time to get ready.

Adryan leaped to the ceiling and this time Opera's legs gave out.

She held on tight to Adryan to keep from falling.

"Wow! James!" she screamed a little scared when she saw that they were quite high.

Adryan chuckled in amusement and let out a silent sigh as he removed the Burnt Band from his arm.

On his way to Lacopa's house his spirituality had been recharged, he had used a very small part to enter into the dream of Opera and a larger part to implant the idea, and another part to purify him and Flora.

And despite also landing 11 Shadow Leaps at maximum range, his spirituality was still pretty full, just shy of 60 percent.

'The difference in spirituality between Provoker and Pyromaniac is completely ridiculous! If I did this when I was sequence 8 by the time I finished purifying us my tank will be empty and in danger of losing control!'

Returning his attention to the startled Opera, Adryan chuckled, the woman clinging to him like a baby koala.

Her head was buried in the middle of his chest.

Only thanks to her tying the string on her hat had it not gone flying.

He gently patted the woman's head.

"It's safer to move on the roofs and it will be much faster, I'm sorry I scared you"

Opera nodded as she buried her head deeper into the man's chest.

Flora, who had recovered a bit from the previous episode, looked at this with envy and jealousy.

Opera spoke stuttering, still scared.

"I don't think I can move on the roof James, I'm not that handy."

"Don't worry I'll carry you"

Opera nodded softly at this.

"Just be gentle please"

'Hey don't say it like that it could be misunderstood!' the redhead thought with the corners of his mouth twitching.

Flora now if she could she would be grinding her teeth with such force that they would break.

"Okay get on my back and I'll take care of the rest." He said separating from the woman but still holding her hand so she wouldn't get scared, he turned his back on her and squatted down.

Opera wrapped her arms around the redhead's neck and climbed on his back like a baby koala.

Adryan wrapped his arms around the woman's thighs and stood up.

Now that the redhead had stood up, Opera looked like a baby koala clinging to her mom's neck.

This was very noticeable due to the size difference between the two.

"Woah!" Opera exclaimed in surprise, not having expected the man to get up so quickly.

"Hold on tight, I won't go so fast and I'll try to be gentle but the trip will be a bit bumpy" the redhead said calmly and Opera did as he asked wrapping her arms around the man's neck more tightly.

Adryan didn't care about this.

No matter how much force Opera used, she wouldn't be able to suffocate him.

"Ready?"

Opera nodded and said scared.

"Just be gentle please"

The corners of Adryan's mouth twitched again.

He just nodded back and started running.

"Woah!" Opera exclaimed again when she felt the wind hitting her face.

She didn't have time to process that because they quickly reached the limit of the roof.

"Wait James! James!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

She tried to stop the man but Adryan just laughed.

"AAAAAAAAHHHH" she screamed terrified to see how Adryan had increased speed.

Reaching the end of the roof he took a huge leap and reached the other roof.

He repeated this several times and after the fourth jump, Opera's scream turned into laughter.

She was having fun!

"Can you go faster James?!" Opera cried out excitedly, her blood red eyes shining.

Adryan laughed in amusement.

"Of course! Hold on tight!" His scarlet eyes sparkled mischievously.

Opera did as Adryan asked and he immediately quickened his pace.

The wind hit Opera's face with more force, and she laughed with emotion.

"Hahahaha"

Flora just growled in annoyance at this.

So they continued on their way, with Adryan and Opera laughing enjoying the speed, and Flora growling silently at this scene.

She couldn't wait for him to leave this woman!