To my surprise, there seemed to be no guards here. I found no one guarding the place when I was running all the way downstairs just now.
I figured that the gate should be on the other side of the banquet hall, since the entrance to the staircase was facing two corridors.
I had chosen one of them at random and soon arrived at the banquet hall.
Before I could get a closer look, I felt someone grab my wrist. It was Nicole.
She was clearly angry. In a low, threatening voice, she said, “Don’t run around like this again, or I can’t guarantee what will happen to you.”
“Okay. I was just bored.” I stopped obediently and looked at her sincerely. “I promise I won’t run around again.”
Nicole didn’t say anything more. She just turned around and pulled the bell at the door. Then the door to the banquet hall was opened.
“You can go in now,” Nicole said coldly. She didn’t even want to look at me now when she spoke.
Sulkily, I turned to the doorway and walked inside slowly.
The lights in the banquet hall were slightly brighter than the rest parts of the castle. There were already a lot of vampires sitting at the long table. When they heard the bell ring, they all turned to look at me.
I nodded at them awkwardly.
“Miss Todd, please come in.”
The one who spoke was an elderly-looking vampire who sat at the head of the table. He was very old, with a thin, wrinkled skin wrapped around his bones.
Beside him sat a beautiful woman in a dark olive green dress. She looked at me quietly.
As for the other five vampires at the long table, they were all young men and women who looked about twenty years old.
I sat on the opposite end of the table hesitantly. Food was already served on the table.
“Now that everyone is here, let’s have dinner,” the old vampire announced.
Then a servant came in and poured us ice cold red wine.
I didn’t dare to make a move and waited for the others to eat first.
Soon, they all bowed their heads and began to pray under the guidance of the old vampire.
I didn’t have any faith in this aspect, so I waited politely for them to finish praying.
Just then, the young girl sitting opposite the beautiful woman glared at me angrily.
“Why aren’t you praying?”
Sylvia’s POV
“Ellis, don’t be rude.” The old man’s voice was old and weak, but the girl immediately fell silent and lowered her head.
Except for the beautiful woman, the other young vampires all sneered and looked at the girl named Ellis with disdain.
Ellis trembled slightly under their burning gazes. Nervous, she smoothed the bowknot and ribbon on her head. Her beautiful face was pale as a ghost, and she seemed to be at a loss.
Amidst the tense atmosphere, I sat upright in my seat and looked at them silently, not daring to make a sound.
These young men and women all looked noble and beautiful, and upon a closer look, they all looked a bit similar. I guessed that they were related by blood. But… It seemed to me that they all disliked each other.
The beautiful woman didn’t pay attention to any of them. Even though Ellis was scolded by the old man just now, her expression didn’t change at all.
It seemed that the relationship between members of this family was a bit tense, to say the least.
The old man looked up at me, and his tone calmed down. “You are our guest, so there’s no need for you to join the praying if you don’t feel like it.”
I nodded and didn’t say anything, because I didn’t know what to say. This place was too strange.
“My name is Hobson Maurice,” the old man introduced himself after they prayed.
I was shocked. Hobson was the head of the Maurice clan!
Even those who didn’t dabble in the politics of the empire would have heard of this name.
As one of the few pure vampires in the whole vampire race, Hobson was notoriously powerful.
If the werewolf race had their god of war, Leonard, the vampire race had their most terrifying devil, Hobson.
It was thanks to the existence of these two powerful warriors that the werewolf race and the vampire race reached a stalemate and signed the truce agreement.
But, to my surprise, Hobson was actually so… old.
The vampires were a race that almost never grew old. The more powerful a vampire was, the more they could maintain their youthful face.
Yet the Hobson before me looked quite old and frail.
“Miss Todd, you look shocked.” Hobson stared at me with his eagle-like eyes. His hair was grey and his back was hunched. While he looked like a fragile old man, his aura was undoubtedly domineering and powerful.
“No, no. I’m just a little dazed after sleeping for so long.” I quickly put on a straight face, pretending to know nothing about him.
“In that case, I’ll ask Nicole to make some tea for you,” Hobson said casually without pressing me further. Then he gently tapped the edge of his plate with a silver spoon, signaling that we could start eating.
I looked at the meat on the plate and hesitated slightly. I had no idea what the purpose of this dinner was, and I didn’t know what Hobson thought of me, let alone whether he wanted me to live or die.
When I was hesitating, Hobson fixed his sharp eyes on me again.
“Why aren’t you eating? Are you dissatisfied with the hospitality of the Maurice clan?”
Hearing this, all the vampires who were eating like robots at the table instantly turned to look at me.
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