Vampire's Slice Of Life

1130  Throwing The Towel

The lady never divulged her name. She gave information on the few people of her clan and left. The next time Lith would need to contact her, she said heʼll be able to find her. Whoever this lady was, she was someone high ranking in the clan with the amount of information she had divulged. Lith knew better not to give her the name of his grandfather or himself, so the woman was assuming that it must be some vile scum of her clan who killed his innocent family.

The ladyʼs deflated expression when he said he was here for revenge was quite obvious. She seemed to be talking to him for amusement, and currently, in her eyes, he probably appeared like an ant trying to go against the giant that the Asura God Clan was.  Talking to her felt like talking to a bored teenager in the second half of the conversation. In any case, she was gone like a breeze once the talks were over, and Lith left too.

He gave some instructions to the two Supreme Ranks and walked into a portal back to the Qing Mei Sect, opened by the lovely ladies of that place. Maxim and young yellowʼs sedation would subside soon. They wonʼt fear Lith if he appears in front of them. They had to be periodically sedated if Lith wanted to achieve a similar effect. For this, the ladies of the sect could be helpful. After being back in the sect, Lith went to have a chat with the ladies and instruct them on all the new things that had come up, providing a proper plan to infiltrate the Asura God Clan. In the meeting, various strategies were discussed, but so far, none seemed satisfactory. ”Whatʼs missing?” Lith asked the ladies around him, who shook their heads, not knowing things themselves. The strategies were related to infiltrating the clan and assassinating a few members. It turned out more difficult than Lith thought it to be. Various types of magic circles lay in every nook and cranny of the clan. Simply entering the vicinity of their realm would alert the officials and result in retaliation.  On the off chance that one successfully entered inside, there were someone called ʼwatchdogsʼ in all corners, keeping an eye out for potential intruders. How their system worked was unknown, but it had never once been wrong. Assassinations had never occurred since the inception of this group, making the clan one of the safest places in the known star system. All such precautions were a result of the clash with the Evure God Clan. Those guys were too strong and assassinations were as easy as breathing to them. It took blood and sweat to create a perfect system to eliminate the threat coming from them. If the Evure God Clan couldnʼt do it, this went without saying that the Qing Mei Sect would be unsuccessful too. They had tried it in the past, but their members were mercilessly killed and delivered to their doorsteps later on, horrifying most of the sect disciples watching.  Lith did not like this. His thirst for getting revenge was being fueled by such comments, and his mind was running its gears in full blast to get a proper strategy. Ten minutes later. ”…whyʼs nothing working? Why does it seem so difficult to be trespassed?” Lith asked. Although he asked a question like that while looking at the people around his table, it was not directed at anyone. He didnʼt expect any answer either. After a few minutes and some more brainstorming, nothing worked out. Everything seemed to be failing, frustrating everyone around the table. Today, Lith properly understood the things he lacked from this realm onwards. He wouldnʼt be ascending anytime soon until he learnt a few things. The gap between King Rank and Half Emperor Rank was much bigger than he thought it to be. No wonder Lucy hadnʼt ascended yet. Some more thinking later, Lith decided to throw the towel. He slacked back on the chair and rubbed his temples while keeping his eyes closed. The ladies were silent and contemplating, brainstorming along with Lith and wondering what they could do to bypass the many restrictions in the Asura God Clan territory. A few minutes later, it flashed Lithʼs mind that he wasnʼt cut to think of strategies at such high levels. A lot of brain power was needed along with a vast library of knowledge to tackle this. Lith did not know every spell or artifact or the mechanisms in which things worked. He had enough idea to even beat an Emperor or Supreme Rank, but a clan full of strong beings was next to impossible. Once the realization hit him, something else clicked. Lith leaned close to Lunaʼs ear, who was right beside him, and whispered something. Luna nodded in understanding, got up, bowed, and left the room, leaving the ladies contemplating. They did not have to wait for long as their answer came in the form of a violent spatial fluctuation within the palace. Lith felt a familiar aura from it, but the ladies were alarmed. Soon, a crack in space was formed. It tore up, showing the abyss-like emptiness of the void, and from within came out a pair of slender, pale hands, one that looked like they hadnʼt seen the sun in a thousand years. The ladies were highly alerted, but their worries were for naught as a woman with bluish-silver hair, wearing a blindfold walked out of the void along with the trusty servant Luna. ”Did you miss me, haha?” Arya laughed happily and threw herself down on Lith, hugging him tight. Lith caught a whiff of her soothing scent with spicy undertones and felt refreshed and alert. He kissed the top of her head and said, ”I did. No matter how much time I spend with you, itʼs never enough.”

The ladies of the sect blushed hearing that. The young master sure was a romantic man. Arya turned to the side and rested her head on Lithʼs lap. She looked at him through her blindfolded eyes, extended her hands out to hold his face, and asked, ”So, whatʼs the trouble my husbandʼs facing?”

”Hm, well, the situationʼs quite troublesome.” Lith said honestly. ”Explain.” Arya needed an explanation. Lith told her everything while she kept her head on his lap, and Arya listened intently to everything. The sect ladies watched the scene with admiration. Watching their young master be so intimate with the newcomer lady sure seemed pleasing to the eyes. Once Lith was finished speaking, Arya rubbed her chin thoughtfully and said, ”Hmm… from your situation, I wouldʼve initially scolded you for being weak and narrow minded to see things from such a small perspective, but as I see it, there donʼt be a lot of options to choose.”

Arya fell into contemplation as well. She got up from Lithʼs lap and began thinking things seriously. After a few minutes, Arya extended her hand out and began drawing something in the air with her index fingerʼs sharp nail. Silver sparks crackled out of them as she traced her finger, and soon, a magic circle with an irregular shape was formed. It glowed brightly, then began rotating and vanished into thin air, leaving behind a small orb of gray. Arya held the orb in between her index and middle fingers, as if her fingers were chopsticks and the orb was a piece of sushi. She took off her blindfold with the other hand, revealing a set of crystal blue eyes and silver eyelashes. The sect ladies watched her with an agape mouth, wondering who the fuck was this pretty lady!?! Where did she come from and why had they never heard or seen her?

With how  her looks were, countries would go to war, powerful clans would destroy each other, and no person in the known star system would ever be able to touch her in close proximity due to being afraid of tainting the absolute beauty of Aryaʼs. Arya was perfect. Literally perfect from all places. How can someone seem like this?

No matter how many questions the sect ladies had, they did not bombard Arya with it and instead kept quiet, looking at what she was doing. Arya blinked once, fascinating everyone around as her crystal blue eyes were moistened and appeared more shiny and bright. Her focus lay entirely on the orb and as she stared at it, the orb had a tornado form within it. The tornado rotated at extreme speeds within the orb and broke the space barrier almost instantly. The void that was formed was instantly replaced by a bright palace. Lith and the rest had trouble looking at it, but Arya could clearly see everything. She did not blink for a few minutes and stared at the slowly expanding palace within the orb. In the instant she blinked, the scene changed and the view of a courtyard appeared in the orb. No matter how much everyone tried to stare, they couldnʼt see anything other than there being a small courtyard. Arya, however, was different. She could see things others couldnʼt. Soon, she blinked again, and the scene changed.

This repeated a few times until finally, Arya said calmly, ”Okay, I seem to have figured out a thing or two…”