Chapter 214: CH.213 What comes next?

“So… what now?” Lua questioned.

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“... what comes after a confession?” She asked, seemingly innocently. 

“... wait, you don’t … of course you wouldn’t. First time. Sorry. But the first thing after confession is either acceptance or refusal. But we already handled that part. After that, there really is no correct answer. Relationships are … complicated. But the answer is we can do what we want to do, as long as we do it together. That is basically the compact version.” I informed her. Yes, I know that is way too simplified, but at the same time, it is accurate enough for now.

“... so … we can walk through town holding hands?” Lua asked.

… how can she be so adorable, while also being that innocent. Or does being innocent make her adorable? Maybe. Some princess I have on my hands. 

Well actually, because she is a princess this makes sense. Of course a princess wouldn’t know these things. … sorry Lua. I know you don’t like it when I call you a princess, even if it is just inside my head.

 

“Yes. Yes, we can do that.” I told her. “If you feel comfortable going to town.”

“Eh? … I … I didn’t think of that. I just … I just wanted to …”

“Don’t worry. I understand. You have no idea how I was when Laura said yes. I was way worse.” I told her. I know it isn’t exactly etiquette to bring up my past GF, but Lua knows my situation and accepts it, so I will. At least sometimes, when I talk about my past. I won’t do something really stupid like saying the wrong name during … passionate times. At least I hope so, because that would be massively jerkish. Also add to that the fact that Laura is still kind of here. Yeah. I’d better not go there. “Walking around towns or cities holding hands, going on guild quests together, going to a cafe and feeding each other sweets, shopping for clothes together. We can do all of that, if you want.”

“... fe-feeding… each other? And what is a cafe?” 

“Yes. Honestly, it isn’t that abnormal. At least where I’m from. And a cafe is what we called our tea houses. Basically just a place you go to so you can enjoy some tea and sweets.” I told her, recalling that cafe’s aren’t actually a thing here. No coffee for me still. Or at least not here. Maybe some other country has it. Or maybe there is a dungeon out there that makes coffee, either beans or the ready drink. And it just never makes it here, as it is too popular and limited in quantity. “Are there any things dhampirs do? We could do that as well.”

 

“... yes. At least in this village, we carve each other wooden cups, and carry blood to … our love in it.” Lua explained.

“Oh? That’s something. But that is more similar to an engagement gift than what I was talking about.” I told her. “You know the humans give some sort of an accessory when they propose as well. Something that is embedded with a magic stone you yourself converted. Apparently it shows dedication or something.”

“... oh. I didn’t know. I should have made you one.” Lua said. “... but we only have F and E-rank cores here…”

“Don’t worry. We have time.” I told her. “There is a difference between being boyfriend and girlfriend, and being engaged.”

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“Really? I didn’t know. What is the difference?”

“You didn’t? … well, I guess growing up here, you would likely not have a choice in selecting  a partner. Anyway, being a boyfriend and girlfriend, or a couple for short, is sort of a test time before full engaged. Basically, you act somewhat like you are fully together, but it is a lower level of commitment, so it is a bit easier to break off, if something goes wrong or if the relationship just doesn’t work.”

“... I don’t get it. Why would you just test it?”

“As I said, you might not have a choice for a partner here. Remember that this village is tiny. But in a big city, there are a lot of people. So there is no point in spending the rest of your life with someone whom you don’t like. Didn’t Zay, Rico or Alex ever break up with anyone?” I asked.

“Umm. Not while we were a party. Zay was infatuated with Kris for a long time, but he refused to ask for her hand until we had a decent financial situation. And Alex and Rico always just said they weren’t in a hurry.” 

“I see. Well, I hope you get my point.” I told her. “But honestly, let’s just play this by ear and see where we go. But please, don’t just leave without saying something.”

“I won’t. I won’t ever leave you. I promise.” Lua reassured me, as we embraced each other.

 

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We walked back to the open area of the town hall holding hands, which got the attention of the other dhampirs and Agatha.

This, of course, led to a questioning from some of the older people, but a lot of it came from the town’s elder Rosemary and Lua’s mom Agatha. Of course those two would be the most worried about Lua. Rosemary isn’t Lua’s grandma or anything, right? Of course not. Lua’s father’s mother was named Maria. That’s where Mia got her name. I guess Rosemary just is the grandmother of everyone here. Or mother, for the ones that are a bit older.

I noticed Ria looking a bit dejected off to the side. I thought she might have, considering her actions, but really. Ria you never stood a chance. Not because you aren’t a good girl or anything, but for a much simpler reason. 

It comes down to one thing. The decision I made when I learned of slavery being a thing in this world. Never get romantically involved with your slave. That was my rule. So no matter how much you would have tried Ria, it wouldn’t have worked at least until you were freed from slavery.

 

And then the village turned what happened into another celebration. I, of course, once again set out our food. I used the leftover dragon meat from last time and let Lua do the Mystik Woking blood part. The dragon we drained today was Armed Dragon LV7.

 

I also learned an interesting fact because of it. And that is about the blood preference of dhampirs. Even though both Armed LV7 and Hyozanryu, which we used last time, are level 7 dragons, and Armed LV7 has more attack, most of the villagers preferred Hyozanryu blood over Armed Dragon blood. Sure, it might be because Hyozanryu has a higher defense.