6 Promise

"My story is about to come to an end, as all stories have a beginning and an end. I called you here for that reason. After my insanity, I spent a considerable amount of time thinking, "All stories have a beginning and an end, and mine is about to come to a conclusion. This is why I gave you a call. I spent a long period traveling the world after going insane. Gluttony devoured humans. There were a ton of ongoing wars. Since I was the only vampire still alive after a millennium, I felt alone. So, I decided to change some good humans. I traveled and looked for worthy people, and I gave each of them a single drop of my blood. These six people were the originals, and all subsequent vampires are created from their blood, which is known as pure blood.Together with the originals, I founded a kingdom in which I ruled over the vampires. And I made the six original families nobles and gave them the title of count. Each original inherited my six abilities. As time passed, our kingdom's population grew. There were more vampires formed by the bite, and they are the major population, but they are not as strong as the pure blood. Every pure blood can walk in the sunlight, but common vampires can't, so our kingdom was only active during the night. At some point, humans found us and started to hunt my kin, so I had to start another war, which we fought with the newly formed Holy Church. They had an affinity for light magic, and they used it to hunt us. A long war started, and it lasted for a long time. Many died in the war, but in the end, we came out victorious. But we lost a considerable amount of population, so we chose to live in secrecy. Holly Church was a greedy organization; they feared other humans with magic, so they started another war. They started to annihilate magical families, and, at some point, three human families came to me for help. They needed a place to live, and they wanted to live as humans, so I gave them a place in our kingdom. And after so many years, someone from my old clan visited me and told me that my father and mother had ascended. This made me so happy.After their ascension, the clan members chose to follow me, so I changed the clan name to Nox, which I took after turning into a vampire. At that time, I told them to wait for my call so that I could select an heir to take my place, and now here you stand in front of me as my heir, and today you will be taking the place of the vampire prince."

What the fuck! I thought I was just going to turn into an ordinary vampire. Now, what am I hearing? Is this king for real? Me, prince, my heart was beating faster than luffy when transforming to gear fifth.

"I mean no disrespect to your highness. Would you kindly say those words once more?"

"Alaric Nox, from today on, you will be the crowned prince of the vampire race, and we will be doing your ritual today, so prepare yourself."

"Yes, your highness."

"Luther summon the counts."

"Right away, your highness."

"Scarlet, are you ready for the ritual?"

"Yes, father, I am ready for it."

"Is he aware of it?"

"No, father, I didn't tell him about it. I didn't know how to tell him about it.".

"My daughter, are you nervous? The mighty vampire princess is afraid of something.Don't worry, your father will talk to him about that."

"Excuse me, can you guys please tell me what you are talking about? Why is Scarlet going to have a ritual?"

"Oh, well, you guys are going to get married today. It's part of the promise from a long time ago." 

Here it is again. Another bomb launched by the vampire king: is he playing with me or reading my mind?I loved Scarlet, and I wanted her to be a part of my life, but I wanted to make her fall in love with me.But this news gave me a heart attack. Will she like me? Is she honoring the promise by marrying me?Is she happy with this arrangement? I wanted to make sure she was happy; after all, she was the first woman ever to make my heart beat fast. 

"Your highness is very happy with this arrangement. I don't want her to marry me because of any promise. It's not that I am against this marriage, but I want to marry someone who loves me. The truth is, the first time I saw her, I fell for her, and I wanted to chase her, but if she doesn't want to be with me, it's not good to make her marry me because I am against making her sad. And Scarlet, I wanted to tell you this some other day, but I'll tell you now. I don't know how you felt about me, but the first time I saw you, it took my breath away. I felt that you were someone for me, and I love you, Scarlet. Even though I spent less than 24 hours with you, it felt like I was spending my entire life with you. Can you please answer me: Are you marrying me because of the promise? I don't want you to marry me against your will."

"Oh, daughter, look at this. You were nervous about this. It looks like the kid loves you. and you are still afraid to tell him your love. Oh, the mighty vampire princess is afraid."

"Oh, honey, why are you teasing our daughter? Just give our daughter some time with our little Alaric; she will be fine." 

"Oh, your here, my wife Alaric. Meet my wife, Arya Frost. She is the first ever vampire to walk on earth after me, and she is the strongest count. And she is the matriarch of the Frost clan—the only clan with her and our daughter. Her clan oversees the forces of the kingdom."

"Greetings, your highness; it's a pleasure to meet you."

 "Hey young man, is it how you call your future mother-in-law, honey? Let's give our daughter some time with him. Let them talk it out."

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