"Where am I? Why is everything dark? I can't open the door, is it wrong?" Alyuura suddenly gasped. She covered her mouth and thought of something that scared her. "Could it be that I... I'm trapped in another dimension again? But could that person use her powers to get here? Didn't Lucas already make a shield for this palace?"
Suddenly there was a gust of wind that hit Alyuura. An unknown gust of wind came from where it was quite heavy. Alyuura took a few steps back.
Alyuura didn't dare to mutter anymore, she didn't dare to make a sound. Even she felt reluctant to breathe for fear that the sound of her breath was heard by other people in the dark place.
"Who are you? How dare you come here."
Alyosha turned towards the whispering voice. Someone whispered in her ear. But Alyuura didn't know whose voice it was. Alyuura moved her hands in the air, trying to feel the area around her but there was no one there. It made Alyuura feel even more scared.
"I should be the one asking you!" Alyuura ventured to talk to the mysterious figure. "This is an area controlled by Lucas! You are presumptuous of entering the area of Lucas' palace!"
The voice of a man who was chuckling made Alyuura even more wary. "So adorable. Apparently, Lucas has kept a cute bunny. And this rabbit is so brave to think its owner will come and save it now."
"I have something to tell you, little bunny." The voice came again.
Alyuura was silent, she tried to focus her consciousness so as not to get caught up in the words of the figure whispering to her. Alyuura was sure that after this the figure tried to control her thoughts.
"Happy birthday."
"Eh?"
Alyuura gaped a little, she was unable to say anything. She was thinking about the congratulations she received.
Pofff
Instantly the place turned bright, there were many very beautiful decorations there. Now the place that was once a dark, empty and cold room has turned into a lively place full of cute decorations.
"You... are you having a birthday party for me?" asked Alyuura innocently.
"Yes Miss, happy birthday. Sorry we scared you. At first we wanted to make more surprises than before, but we were afraid that we would scare you too much. We could be cut into pieces by Mr. Lucas if something happened to you. So, we just do a surprise like this," explained a waiter there.
Alyuura exhaled while holding her chest. Her heart was beating faster than before, she was really scared. But she deliberately hides her fear. In fact he wasn't actually kidnapped. There is anger and joy at the same time.
Annoyed that she had been frightened by them, happy because the fear she had thought didn't actually come true.
"It's okay, you guys really surprised me. I was really worried, if I got kidnapped I would trouble you again. I don't want to make people around me difficult. Thank you for this surprise," said Alyuura, she was moved. There was a single tear still in the corner of her eye. she wiped the tears before they fell down her cheeks. "But, speaking of that, why are you celebrating my birthday today? today is not my birthday."
"Actually Mr. Lucas wanted to celebrate your birthday some time ago, but because the conditions are still not possible then your birthday is celebrated now. Sorry if the celebration is too late from your birthday, Miss." Lucas' servants and subordinates who were there apologized guiltily.
Alyuura was surprised, she immediately waved her hand quickly indicating that she didn't feel angry at all because of the delay in her birthday celebration. Alyuura didn't expect any celebration at all, in fact she was very grateful that there were people who remembered and wanted to celebrate her birthday.
"No, I'm not mad at all. I'm so glad you took the trouble to prepare for my birthday. But my birthday was a few weeks ago. Why are you still celebrating?" asked Alyura.
"We will still celebrate even though it's late. At that time, you too must still be mourning the loss of your late grandmother. So, Mr. Lucas decided to postpone your birthday celebration schedule," said one of the waiters.
One of the other maids whispered. "Why did you remind Miss Alyuura about her late grandmother?! She could be sad again if she thought about her grandmother."
The maid who explained about Alyuura's birthday immediately felt guilty. She forgot that she had offended a sensitive matter for Alyuura. She was afraid that Alyuura's feelings would be hurt again.
"S-sorry Miss, I didn't mean to bring up your grandmother again. Sorry Miss, I was being presumptuous."
Alyuura approached the maid, she lightly touched the maid's shoulder and smiled. "It's okay, you didn't say anything wrong. What are you apologizing for? OK, let's celebrate this event."
But before Alyuura stepped in to invite the others to celebrate the party, she felt that something was missing.
Yeah, Lucas wasn't there.
"Emmm, sorry in advance... is Lucas still busy? Is he not home yet? I really want to celebrate this event with him too," said Alyuura.
"Mr. Lucas is still taking care of his work. But he said he'd be here as soon as possible."
Alyuura pursed her lips, she looked a little disappointed. However, because Lucas said that he would definitely come even though he was late, Alyuura finally wanted to celebrate the event even though Lucas wasn't there.
Meanwhile....
"Have you found any clues about who made the curse?" Lucas asked.
Now Lucas is in an old house in which there are many torn old books with yellowed sheets of paper. The old house is believed to be Alyuura's before she moved in with her grandmother.
Yes, the fact that Alyuura lives at home with her grandmother is true, but they live in another house. The house that was Alyuura's birthplace had been abandoned and became an old, uninhabited building.
"We've found some clues. And the clues point to the vampire nation. A curse that can change blood, is a curse made by a very strong person. It is possible that the druids also did this. But after interrogating the sorcerers who came from the druids and gathering evidence, we discovered the fact that the person who cursed Miss Alyuura was a vampire."