Time has passed quickly since the last incident.

I have lost track of it at this point. It felt like entire weeks. The date i just wrote is what i think is the correct one, but i am not sure.

Whatever happened to the Estella company... I do not know. But i do know that despite the now missing men, nobody else came around to the mansion.

Meanwhile, i kept surviving, now used to the taste of blood from the corpses - something i was not proud of.

My entertainment consisted of books - To be specific, books found in father's library. He apparently had one that regarded vampires, something that peaked my interest. It seemed to have a different book's cover on it, to hide it, but it looked dirty and used, which did not really help.

I opened it with slight hesitation, my eyes being greeted by a sketch of a figure that looked like a man with fangs and red eyes on yellow paper. I could not help but notice the fact that those two specific traits plus the fingernails that looked awfully sharp were circled with red, probably a way to "easily tell apart a vampire".

Next two pages now had text, hard to read text due to the fact that the ink was fading... I could make out some of it, but the ones that stood out the most to me were:

-"Probably unbreakable fangs"

-"Pain nullification"

-"Usually scratching attacks"

I was already theorizing about the first point after i realized the incident with the sword - Strangely enough, i did not feel hunger after that. The blood of the men did not tempt me as much.

I did not understand the concept of physical pain due Escanor being so wary of me - The only real pain of that kind i felt was when i got bitten.

The last point and the previous pages with the circled vampire traits made me stare at my nails, noticing their sharpness - They were not super long though.

So before reading, i have decided to experiment a bit, getting up from the chair and placing my hand on the wall...

I took a deep breath, slowly moving my nails downwards on the walls, small scratches now starting to be visible... My smile, the one i held usually then got a big wider and i quickly thrusted my hand downwards as i pressed my hand more intensely, now leaving a scratch that is basically a new cavity, one with a 'nice' view to the other room.

"Perhaps i should have attempted this with something else..." Is what i told myself right after.

But what happened in the past remains there and cannot be changed - A self taught lesson that even now haunts me.

After letting out an audible sigh, i sat back down and continued studying the book.

Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions.

...Or at least that is what i desired, but could not.

The next pages were supposed to be better since they should be more recent, but the amount of text and sketches on them was just horrible.

I kept looking through the book, hoping i could find something readable, which i did... But did not find useful since it looked like dates and directions. It seemed interesting, but i thought about returning there after i get to the end of the book.

Now i kept finding blank pages, so i returned to the one that was written on the last - It seemingly looking the best.

It had directions directly from this house... It tempted me, made me curious, but i was afraid.

It had '24/12/1910' near.

"What could it mean... ?" I asked myself, now going to the previous page. There was a date there too, but it was further from the one i saw - '16/04/1910'.

I knew that 24 december is one day before Christmas, probably my favorite holiday. I was pretty sure that 16 april is a day before Easter.

So what did it mean, really ? Why a day before holidays ? Why the directions ?

What i thought at that moment was the fact that i could not find out without following those directions...

I was conflicted and afraid... Yet curious. Awfully curious.

What if i get in danger there ? What if day comes and there is nothing where i can hide myself from the sun ? I thought that weeks passed, maybe the written date already passed and i would miss whatever was going to happen.

But what else was i going to do ?

I felt bored, i felt like wanting to do something else besides just watching the days go by... Plus, the corpses were emitting an awful smell. I needed some fresh air.

So i got up, closed the book and looked through the window, contemplating my two choices... But it was an easier choice than anticipated.

I was going to go to that place. I was going to discover what it is, why those dates were so important.

It would be my first adventure - Alone.

"Tomorrow..." I said to myself as i put my hand on the book and rubbed on it. "As soon as the sun hides...".

There was the problem of people coming around to the mansion while i was missing... I could not figure out a way to make people stay away - And if i just wrote signs that said 'Stay away' , 'Danger' and so, it would only tempt people to come instead.

I had no experience with making traps, nor did i want to hurt some innocent person... Only choice was to hope for the best... Perhaps they would even leave straight away after feeling the awful smell.

In any case, now it was the matter of what to take with me... I remembered what my mother packed for me for school. Of course, i would not need books, pencils and general school object now, but lunch.

"Should i just attempt putting blood in a bottle ?" I was wondering.

But that seemed like the best option at the time, so...