Chapter 58: The Ritual..?

"Muma...." 

Alice muttered in between her breath where her chest was lifting and resting down. Her deep brows were knitted together into a thick frown, making Cyrus feel uncomfortable. 

Just the sight of her pale face was hard to watch, making him gulp the slave present. Princess Alice was resting her face on his shoulders with her eyes closed. His inner urge told him to continue her rest into a deep slumber. 

However, from the outside, his mind was strictly against letting her touch his body. 

Unwillingly, he had to resist his mind when his gaze met with her face. It was soft, where he could vividly guess that she was dreaming about something. 

Yet his imagination broke down when he saw the beads of sweat formed around her forehead. 

Afterward, her body had started to shiver, making his heart pound out of concern, "Princess.." 

Calling her name, he cupped her face, when he brought his other hand to tap over her face. Lack of response grew his heart in worry as he got alerted, "Princess Alice...wake up..." 

"Hmm? Muma...don't go...."  Alice muttered in between her breath, making Cyrus all confused. 

'Is she in some bad dream? Is she dreaming about her mother?' He stood in the mud of confusion. 

But he then also, never stopped and tried to wake her up to his fullest. Letting her sleep in such a manner will only increase his fear for her. "Princess, Alice…please…wake up."

"Hmm, y-yeah?" Shortly, Alice's eyes were snapped open. The first view that came in front of her eyes was of her husband, who was obviously too concerned about the frowned lines that had developed on his forehead.

Stabilizing herself, Alice got up a bit from his shoulders to adjust. 'Did I just sleep on his shoulders?' she can't believe that she did. 

As a princess who was only included in the alliance with this monster, she had no right to do so. "I'm sorry…for my  behavior.."

"It's alright. But are you fine now? You Were shivering really bad earlier." Cyrus asked with evident concern. 

In return, Alice nodded her head while biting her lower lip, "It..was just a dream…" 

Prince Cyrus didn't prey much on the information when he noted that she was just alright. 

It gave a lot of peace to his current heart, something which was hard to describe in the words. Rotating his head in the window's direction, he tried to navigate his mind to its fullest, but it still seemed impossible to do so. 

"If you want….you can still sleep on my shoulders, I won't mind that." something from inside his heart, asked him to blurt which he did. 

Unfortunately, he now regrets being so irrational and blunt. Without even looking in her direction, he was feeling his heart beating too loud in his chest. 

It gave him goosebumps to manage his own soul. 

His urges told him to move his head and see her surprised expressions since her fierce gaze was hard to deny right now. 

On the other hand, Alice's lips parted but no words came out. She was left speechless at his statement but tried to not react. 

Taking her shawl closest to her body, she covered her arms and also looked out of the cart, to find themselves again in different terrain. 

Before, it had started to turn darker, and she knew better that soon they would have to take a rest as well. 

The carts were dangerous to travel through the forest terrain in the night, which had the wolves and different kinds of animals, starving for their lives. 

The deep silence fell by their side, which was hard to let go of. Breaking it looked out to be a necessity in Alice's eyes as she could feel the breathing becoming difficult. 

His intense and dominating aura was already putting its layer over the quietness. 

Coughing a bit, she aimed his attention through her voice, "Prince Cyrus, can I ask you a question?" 

"Go ahead." came a distant voice, where Alice didn't put her face in his direction as well. 

"Nack at your castle, do you have someone in your life, someone whom you cherish a lot and dear to your heart?" Alice's question was at a point, where she found no need to beat around the bush. 

He was a mature vampire, so was she an adult Princess. 

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The affairs weren't unknown to her, where these Crown Princes are asked to take someone as their mistress or concubines, to prove that they are capable of handling the rest of the household. 

It was lewd in her eyes, but maybe not in the Vampire empire since this process acted as the proof of male dominance. 

A sigh of the next compatible ruler! 

Princess Alice waited for him to answer her question but in return, all she got was the deep stillness among them. 

Not even a single sound, except that of the horses of them moving on the uneven paths. 

Subconsciously, Alice peaked to the other side of the cart to see Cyrus also staring out at nature. For unknown reasons, she sensed that there was a wound attached to her words that were still not filled. 

"A-Am....Am I wrong?" Alice asked again this time, in hesitation. 

But Cyrus's small shake gave her the response that her question was all correct. Yet the way he kept himself, mum, almost gave all the hints that she was not entitled to ask this thing from him. 

'Yeah..maybe...because I'm just named Queen..' who will have powers but no status that will belong to both of them together. 

It grew her heart heavy but she still managed to hide them under the mask of her face. 

Fortunately, just when Alice lost all hope of initiating a conversation with this vampire, did her ears hear, "You heard these things about us from your counselor, right?" 

"H-How comes..you...know?"

"We know what the other human lands think about us. It is known to us that you guys have many misconceptions about many rituals in the vampires, and..about our own self." Alice's eyes were wide in shock. 

Did she hear it correctly? So, were all the concepts of harem not followed in their place? It was still a mystery present in her heart, which grew over time. 

But Cyrus had noted her face as well. A faint chuckle left out from his lips when he lowered his head, "You are right, we are vampires and we are supposed to follow the rituals of being someone...as it is described in our books.." 

"But in my case, nothing like this appeared before me. At least....not until now.." he couldn't even vividly remember that his father asked him to do so. 

Unlike him., his brother had to go through the ceremony, which also gave hundreds of suspicions in his eyes. 

Yet, he never raised the concern. He wasn't interested in going through the unnatural process. 

The thought of being touched by the other person gave his entire body a tight shiver. It was as if his own inhuman body was waiting for someone....someone special to come closer by and he could is released. 

However, it came to less than any shock present in Alice's mind that was hard to erase and digest even, "So...are we saying that...you  have never been in love with anyone till now?" 

In response, Prince Cyrus once again shook his head, "The word isn't meant for me. Love...is for weaklings." 

"In my direction, I can only love my own sword and my own kingdom. There is nothing prior to my dear Kingdom, for whom I'm willing to give up my life as well..." 

At this point, Alice felt that she came across a courageous warrior. There must be no doubt that he was a wonderful swordsman. His skills would be unbeatable. 

Instead of finding this to be a con, she was amused by his sentiments towards his own people. 

"You would die for your family, wouldn't you?" Alice can't help but ask, as she mistook his words for his empire, including his family. 

In contrast to what she had expected out of him, what Alice got was a slightly different expression. There was a clear-cut difference in the look of his eyes and the giant smile that faded. 

Just now, Alice saw his happy side but now, she felt that he was someone unknown., just in the name of his own family? What could be the reason? 

"Obviously!" to ease herself, Alice spoke with a half-hearted laugh, "Who can beat the family and take its position? There must be no way t-"

"You are wrong. In my eyes, the only thing for whom I'm really ready to give up my entire self is my empire..My Kingdom. As of the Family....who are they? Selfish people?" 

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