Chapter 12: Christmas soon
When the three of them arrived at Maris’ castle, Lucasta was still sleeping.
Maris guessed that Samson’s sister’s secret was revealed when she saw Harvey and Aurora appear.
Samson and Maris aren’t good at keeping secrets, and that’s why Harvey advises both her and Samson to stay in the woods and not go out.
– Christmas hasn’t come yet, has it? Maris smiled brightly and asked.
– But Samson received the gift early. – Harvey’s voice was full of sarcasm.
– Harvey. Lucasta is so pitiful.
After Maris said that, she turned her back and went inside.
The three of them also followed her.
Aurora was immediately attracted to the painting of a man in aristocratic clothes hanging in the middle of the castle.
He was very handsome and compared to him, both Harvey and Samson were only worthy of being servants.
– That person is Vincent, right? – Aurora grabbed Harvey’s hand and asked.
– That’s right. – Harvey replied.
Love is a kind of emotion that is difficult to describe.
If Vincent is a human and lives in the city, then he is the ideal man for many beautiful and rich girls.
However, he is a purebred vampire and his life revolves around the forest, so when he met the lost orphan Maris, he brought her back to raise her and gradually fell in love.
That unrequited love cost him his life.
– She still coughs a lot, right? – Samson put his hand on Lucasta’s forehead and asked.
– That’s right, when she sleeps, she coughs less. – Maris tiredly replied.
– Thank you very much, Maris.
Samson said and bent down, picked up Lucasta, and carried her back to his castle.
While he was covering her with a blanket, Aurora took out a stethoscope from her bag and walked over to the side of the bed.
Although she is a doctor specializing in hematology, she can also diagnose colds and flu, abdominal pain, and common headaches.
– Lucasta has pneumonia, but it’s not so bad that she needs to be hospitalized. You give her medicine according to the instructions and keep her warm is fine.
Aurora said as she put the stethoscope in her bag.
Next, she took out a fever-reducing patch and stuck it on Lucasta’s forehead. At this moment, Aurora had time to see Samson’s adopted sister’s face.
She felt Lucasta was very cute.
She had white skin, red lips, and shiny blonde hair.
Aurora secretly thought that if she put Lucasta in the display cabinet, people would think she was a doll.
– Let’s go out.
Harvey glanced at the girl with short blond hair and then turned away quickly.
When he went down to the ground floor, he stopped.
Although the snow was still falling and the air was extremely cold, he still felt hot.
– Do you want to drink some blood? – Samson touched Harvey’s shoulder lightly and asked.
– I’m mad at you. Do you know? – Harvey said with a sigh.
– I know. I’m sorry, Harvey. Just this one more time. Go. Let’s go to the basement.
Harvey looked at Samson’s tall figure walking in front of him and he just wanted to kick the half-hearted vampire to wake him up.
The day Eirlys appeared in the castle, Samson had said “only this time”, but a hundred years later, there was another time.
– Are you happy? Your castle, but you have to hide like a thief. Even eating must be stealthy.
Despite his best friend’s grumbling, Samson calmly took down a bottle of dried blood from the shelf and mixed it with two glasses of water.
He knew that if he said he was happy to have Lucasta by his side, Harvey would roar.
The feeling of her kissing him on the cheek and saying thank you after each time he took care of her made him feel he was still valuable to someone.
– It won’t taste as good as fresh blood.
Samson handed Harvey a glass of diluted blood and sat down in the chair across from him.
In the dim light of the flickering candle, two tall, lonely and distorted figures were imprinted on the wall.
– I plan to bring some fresh blood for you to bury in the snow to use when Christmas comes. Unexpectedly, I came here today. – Harvey took a sip of blood, then put the glass down and said.
– Do not need. I’m used to this taste. Well, I heard the corporation just changed its president. Congratulations, the new president of Star.Content © copyrighted by NôvelDrama.Org.
– Thanks. I didn’t expect Bonita to let me die young, but thanks to that, I don’t need makeup. At least for twenty years from now.
After the two vampires finished their lunch, they went back to Lucasta’s room together.
As soon as Lucasta saw Samson, the little girl put down the teddy bear and raised her hands.
Samson smiled happily and picked her up.
During the morning, he and she were not together, so both of them missed each other very much.
Some habits have become a part of their lives. Without each other, they would be very sad.
– I just gave her cake and medicine. Aurora stood up, put her hands in her coat pockets, and said.
– Is she not afraid of strangers? – Harvey asked while his eyes were looking towards Aurora.
– Lucasta is just afraid of being scolded by her brother. Even the wolf she wanted to bring home as a toy. – Samson said.
Lucasta understood they were talking about her, so she was also embarrassed and kept burying her head in Samson’s neck to hide from the two strangers’ eyes.
Occasionally, she coughed a few times and Samson had to stroke her back.
Harvey and Aurora have agreed to stay at the castle to celebrate an early Christmas with Samson, Lucasta, and Maris.
Aurora and Maris went to the kitchen together to make pies and soups, and the two men and the doll-like girl decorated the Christmas tree.
Maris smiled and then told Aurora about Samson’s awkward early days when he became Lucasta’s older brother.
He fed her chili, which made her mouth swell, then gave her a lot of mushrooms, which made her stomach ache.
He cut her fingernails and cut her flesh too, causing blood to flow and making her cry, and Lucasta’s short blond hair was caused by his carelessness.
– Samson cut her hair and edited it so many times that she only had a little hair left.
Maris’ humorous storytelling made Aurora couldn’t help but laugh.
She didn’t expect someone who looked as mature as Samson to be so clumsy.
However, she couldn’t deny that he tried to do all he could for Lucasta.
The way he held the little girl showed he considered Lucasta like a jewel in his hand.
By the time the two girls had finished cooking the dishes, Harvey and Samson had also finished decorating the Christmas tree.
Because there is no electricity here to light the Christmas symbol, the two guys can only use candles and light them around the Christmas tree.
Although they could not make the Christmas tree sparkle, in return, they made the space in the castle warm.
Because Samson saw Lucasta staring at the small gift box, he took it and gave it to her to satisfy her curiosity.
– Do you know what it’s called? – Harvey looked at her and asked.
– No. Lucasta smiled and replied.
– It’s a gift. People will use it to give to each other.
– Why do people give it to each other?
– Because they like each other.
– Why do they like each other?
– Ah. Because they are friends or relatives. Naturally, they will like each other.
– Why do friends and relatives naturally like each other?
Lucasta’s “why” questions caused the wisdom on Harvey’s face to disappear, leaving only stupidity.
If Lucasta continued like this, he was afraid he wouldn’t be able to answer all of her questions.
Luckily for him, Samson stepped forward and carried Lucasta to the bathroom to wash her hands with the pretext of getting ready to eat.
Samson couldn’t help but laugh as he looked at his friend’s face.
From the moment they started decorating the Christmas tree until now, Lucasta just sat beside them and watched silently, so Samson himself didn’t dare say anything to her.
He was afraid of being asked by her, but in the end, Harvey opened up this repository of why questions.
The table was quickly set up.
There were five people, but all three were vampires and they didn’t need to eat, only Aurora and Lucasta ate.
While Samson helped Lucasta scoop soup into bowls and cut pies, Harvey was busy reading the newspaper and Maris was busy filing her nails.
– Everyone, please sit at the table. I feel so disjointed and without the atmosphere of Christmas. Aurora let go of the spoon and stood up, said.
– We don’t eat. Sitting at the table for what? – Harvey asked.
– Create an atmosphere. Even if you don’t eat, please sit at the table and watch others eat. Did you come here to read old newspapers?
In the end, both Maris and Harvey had to comply with Aurora’s wishes because they didn’t want to hear her nag anymore.
They hadn’t eaten human food for quite some time, so they didn’t feel good at all. For them, blood is the best taste.
– Is it delicious? – Aurora asked as Harvey put the first spoonful of soup in his mouth.
– Can’t feel it. He replied.
– Then you should eat more. – She glared at him.
Maris didn’t eat soup, she just took a pie to eat.
Sometimes when she made pies for the owls, she would tear a piece and put it in her mouth, so gradually she only got used to this taste. As for the other dishes, she couldn’t remember what they tasted like.
When she saw Samson taking care of Lucasta, Vincent’s familiar figure suddenly appeared in her mind.
Vincent also used to take good care of her and she also loved him very much until the day he said that he wanted to marry her.
– I’m full. – Lucasta shook her head as Samson tried to force her to eat some more.
The human girl’s words made the two vampires happy as if they were freed.
However, even if Lucasta left the table, Aurora continued to eat, so both of them had to stay with her to maintain the Christmas atmosphere because the owner of the castle carried Lucasta to the room to take medicine.