CHAPTER 4
"Elizabeth" An old woman greeted us as we entered a room full of tools for making some kind of poison, and books like this are what father does at our place, so I know what the other tools are for.
Elizabeth smiled at her and nodded. The old woman looked at me with a hint of surprise on her wrinkled forehead.
"Nagkita naba tayo dati?" She asked me and came closer to me—she touched my face, and I felt shock and horror when her wrinkled skin touched my cheek.
"Hindi pa ho kita nakikita kailan man, ngayon lang" I answered her while she was still staring at my face.
"Pasensya na at mukhang natakot yata kita" She got her hand away from my face and started shaking her head. She turned her back on us and walked over to whatever it was she was doing at the table.
A white-haired woman faked a cough. "He opened the gate on his own," she said and looked at me.
The old woman looked at us. "Hindi siya tao," she said, referring to me. I was not surprised when she said that, but many questions formed in my mind— "What am I?" I asked her.
"So what is he?" A white-haired woman asked her, looking at me, "I don't know yet— he can't open the gate if he's a human, right?" She asked the white-haired woman, and the white-haired woman just didn't answer and looked at me darkly.
"Sino ang mga magulang mo?" An old woman asked me while reading the book on her hands.
"He was adopted by the hunters," answered the woman named Elizabeth to the old woman.
"Hunters.. Paano ka napadpad rito?" She asked me, and now that she was looking at me, she dropped her book and walked towards me. "Did the hunters help you get in here to kill all of us here?" She calmly asked me, "His blood is poisonous for vampires, but I don't know if it has the same effect on other races." Elizabeth said to her, and the old woman's eyebrows raised at what Elizabeth said. "What is your plan, you and the hunters here?" she asked me.
"No, I don't have any bad intentions—I'm here to know my real identity. Nag kusa akong umalis sa lugar na iyon at napadpad ako rito," I firmly said as I met her gaze.
"P'wede ba kitang kuhaan ng dugo?" a old woman asked me
I nodded as an answer.
She smiled at me and got the knife off her table and got the small test tube.
I just looked at her while she arranged the things on her table.
When she was done arranging the stuff on her table, she signaled me to come closer. I looked at the white-haired woman, and she just nodded at me. I walked toward the old woman, and the smile on her face gives me a creep on my spine.
"Can you stop your smile? It's give me shivers to my bones," I frankly said to her, and she just laughed, and the white-haired woman laughed at her ass off holding her stomach while laughing.
"Nakakatakot ka raw kasi, helena" A white-haired woman joked to the old woman, "Pasalamat ka at hindi pa bilogang buwan ngayon." She answered the white-haired woman and looked at me. "Natakot na yata kita ng sobra, 'wag kang mag alala hindi naman ako nangangain" she said, while wiping the knife that she was holding.
Napalunok ako sa kanyang sinabi habang tinititigan ang matulis na kutsilyo.
The white-haired woman was holding her laugh at the back. "Tumigil kana Elizabeth, hindi na naniniwala sa'kin itong bata," she said and laughed. Elizabeth feigned a cough, and "Don't mind me," she said looking at me. I puckered my forehead while looking at them. "Breathe in," the old woman said. I immediately looked at her and the knife on my wrist.
Hindi pa ako nakakahinga ay nahiwa na niya ang palapulsuhan ko, "Pasensya na, hindi ka pa pala handa" She sarcastically said, and squeeze my wrist, my blood flowed out, and while the test tube was under my wrist to catch my blood.
I just ignored what she said. I can't show emotion here. I can't be weak here.
I met her gaze on me, and I didn't show any emotion. "Just a moment," she said, and when she filled the test tube, she immediately covered it, then she wiped the blood mark on the knife. Slowly, the wound healed itself, and I held my wrist.
Elizabeth came to me and held me by the shoulder. I looked at her hand that was on my shoulder and I looked at her. She smiled at me and nodded, "Let's go." She said and looked at the old woman, "I will take him first to his room so he can rest." Elizabeth said to the old woman, "I think this mortal is nice." The old woman nodded and smiled and looked at me. "It's nice to meet you, Kenji." The old woman told me so I was a little surprised that she knew my real name. "How?—" I asked her. "Your brain is closed— I can't enter, but you keep saying your name." She smiled at me and looked at Elizabeth. "I think this mortal is nice." She said smiling to Elizabeth, "I think so too." Elizabeth answered her, and we said our goodbyes as we were leaving.
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