Chapter 63 An exposed wound will always hurt, no matter wha (2/2)

As such, Alex knew that No. 1 already had advanced knowledge about the important things.

After all, it was usually knowledge that grants a person the confidence to lead.

Alex took advantage of this knowledge as he started to ask No. 1,

”Yo, No. 1, do you know what kind of person this woman was?” Alex said as he prodded Teresa's limp body. ”I can feel a certain type of power welling inside her, although I still could not understand it that well.”

”Oh.” Even if No.1 was also scared of Alex, he was somewhat brave enough to reply to him.

”If you observe the woman's dress…” No. 1 slowly said, as if he was trying to emphasize these words. ”You can see that there is a symbol on her dress that looks like an Emblem of the Golden Knight Academy, which means that she is a student there.”

”Golden Knight Academy huh.” Alex muttered as these words rolled off his mouth quite well. ”Care to explain what is that place?”

”Alex, why don't you just KINDLY ask that question to your captive later when she wakes up?” Alina forcefully said before No. 1 could give his answer. ”Can't you see that these kids are so tired and hungry? Look! They all look like they need rest! So, please do not bother these kids for now…”

”Yeah, don't bother me too, since I am also tired!” Asteria cheekily said as she plopped on top of Alina's head. ”Really Alex, when can you learn to be sensitive?”

”This little…” Alex suppressed the urge to smack Asteria's smug face away as he and his tentacles slowly relaxed themselves.

”This is going to be a long day…” Alex thought to himself as he started to cook the other dishes.

”Wait, why am I the one who volunteered to cook all these dishes?”

The only reply that Alex got were the satisfied sighs of his companions.

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”Ungh...” Teresa let out a light groan as she opened her eyes slowly.

Her memory was slightly foggy, which is normal to anyone who just woke up.

She blinked her bleary eyes as her mind began to work properly again.

It took Teresa 5 seconds to recall everything that happened to her before she lost her consciousness.

”!!!!” Teresa tried to jump up, as she began to remember the crippling fear that she felt earlier.

But she was unable to jump, as she found herself bound tightly to a tree.

More specifically, Teresa found herself tied to a tree with a bunch of ropes.

”!!!” Teresa, who started to panic as she saw her current state, decided to cut the ropes to free herself.

But to her chagrin, any attacks used with her Golden Essence were unable to affect the ropes.

”Noo….” Before Teresa could panic more, she suddenly heard a set of footsteps slowly approaching her.

Teresa looked at the source of the sound, and there she saw the Vampire Woman from earlier.

Even if Teresa was a woman, she found herself slightly dazed from the appearance of the Vampire Woman.

The Vampire Woman just smiled as she noticed Teresa's look, as if she was already used to this kind of reaction.

”So, how do you feel?” The Vampire Woman sweetly said, making Teresa feel extremely comfortable.

”Um, I feel scared.” Teresa was not sure why, but she found the presence of the Vampire Woman soothing, even though it was quite obvious that this woman was allies with the Tentacled Monster. ”Your companion really scared me a lot earlier.”

”Well, do forgive Alex for what he did.” The Vampire Woman replied as she gave Teresa another dazzling smile. ”He just thought that you were a hostile one.”

”Well I-” Before Teresa could give her answer, her eyes suddenly widened as she felt that something was wrong.

There is no way that Teresa will just talk casually with a Monster, since they were all enemies.

For Teresa to talk to one right now just meant that something is wrong.

”Kghk!” Teresa decisively bit her lips, until blood started to flow from it.

The pain of this bite managed to remove Teresa out of whatever state she was in earlier.

”You, what did you do to me?” Teresa snarled angrily at the Vampire Woman, as she realized that the Vampire Woman did something to her.

”Ara ara, you snapped out of it rather quickly.” The Vampire Woman said, although she did not look disappointed at all. ”I just used a little bit of Dark Magic on you. You know, a little sprinkle of Dark Energy.”

”…..” Teresa tried to not panic as she started to circulate her Golden Essence around her body.

According to what Teresa knew, if the Human Faction relies on Essence to bolster their power, the Monster Faction relies on Energy that comes from other Dimensions.

In the Vampire Woman's case, she channels the Dark Energy which comes from the Dark Dimension.

This Dark Energy in turn allows the Vampire Woman to use Dark Magic, which she just used on Teresa earlier.

”I will never befriend monsters like you!” Teresa spat out as she glared at the Vampire Woman with hate. ”Monsters like you should not be allowed to live!”

”Can you say the same thing to the Humans that are forced to turn into Monsters?” The Vampire Woman said, before Teresa could say more. ”Will you also kill them, even if they were former Humans?”

”Huh? What do you mean by that?” Teresa was extremely confused after hearing what the Vampire Woman just said.

”Humans turning into Monsters? That is the most ridiculous thing that I have ever heard!” Teresa snarled as she tried to kick the Vampire Woman. Of course this attempted failed too.

”Don't tell me… that you do not know?” The Vampire Woman gave Teresa one incredulous look, before she began to giggle. ”Hehehe, so this horrific thing is actually a secret even amongst the Humans huh.”

”What the hell are you talking about?” At this point, Teresa started to feel that something was wrong again.

But this time, this feeling was not related to any kind of magic used on her.

It was more related to the foreboding feeling inside her, as if it was warning her that she was about to see something that will change her view of life.

”I think it is better for you to see it by yourself.” The Vampire Woman said as she clicked her fingers. ”Kids, come on in.”

”….” Teresa heard more footsteps, but this time, there were more than a pair of them.

Teresa tried to not look at the source of the sound, but then she found the Vampire Woman looking at her intently as she said,

”Why are you so scared to look at them? Are perhaps feeling that you must not look?”

”I will not fall for your Illusions again, woman!” Teresa shouted as she desperately hid the panicked feeling inside her. ”There is no way that what you said was the truth! It is impossible for a Human to become a Monster!”

”Oh, if that was the case, then its fine if you looked at the kids that I called, right?” The Vampire Woman said as she used her steel-like grip to forcefully turn Teresa's head. ”Come on, just a little look…”

”Ugh…” Teresa was unable to fight back as she was forced to look at the newcomers.

”See, isn't that just easy?” The Vampire Woman said as she watched Teresa's varying reactions upon seeing the little monsters. ”Now, why don't we start talking to them? I am sure that you will understand their situation more once they open up to you.”

”!!!”