After introducing us, Cera asked Muranu about his intention of inviting me to come here. He looked at me again closely and replied about me staying for one night. As hearing that, I was surprised, because if I agreed to stay a night in here, Cera surely wouldn't stay beside me, and there would be no one who could guarantee my safety here. I politely declined the offer, explaining that I had something to do in my home and couldn't let my house be unattended. Firstly, Muranu's face was frowned upon by me and followed by the kings and the queens around him.

One of the kings stepped in front and said to me, "YOU DARE TO REFUSE THE LORD'S HOSPITALITY AND INVITATION.".

One of the queens took a step in front and said to me, "WHAT A PUNY EXCUSE YOU HAVE FOR NOT ACCEPTING SUCH GENEROUS HOSPITALITY?"

Muranu stood silent in front of me, while one of the kings and one of the queens continued to glare at me with disapproval at my refusal. Hearing the disapproval from them, I looked anxiously at Muranu, who remained stoic and unmoving. I took some steps closer to Cera, who was standing beside me.

Cera took a step and said, "SILENT!" She continued, "Hospitality isn't about forcing someone; it's about offering warmth and kindness. You two, who dare to force the guest of your Lord to accept his hospitality, should be ashamed." She looked at Muranu, who was standing silent. "Let your Lord, who says and answers all of this, not you two!"

Cera's words resonated with me, and I felt a sense of relief wash over me. Muranu finally showed his face and said, "I am just surprised that there is a human who dares to refuse my hospitality and my kindness." He continued, "There is no human who has refused anything that I offer; they always accept it. Now, you who stand in front of me, refuse my warmth and kindness; it's the first time for me, or maybe the first time of humans who refuse an offer from their Lord of the Realm." He walked back to his throne and sat there again.

Cera said, "If you don't have any necessary business with him, we will take our leave now…"

We waited for a few minutes, and Muranu spoke, "There is one thing... The woman who I have sent to meet you, and now being abducted by the saintess, I want her to keep around him."

Huh? Keep around me? Does he mean that a woman will live with me?

Cera said, "For that, you need to ask the consent of the person." She looked at me, "So what is your answer about that?"

I said, "I don't mind having her stay with me, as long as she can bear everything and obey everything. If she is being ordered to spy and report it back to him, I don't really mind that, as long as it doesn't put me in danger or compromise my safety."

Cera said to Muranu, "You heard that right; may that answer satisfy you and fulfil your request."

Muranu nodded in agreement and ordered the guards to escort us leaving.

~

As we were going back to the sanctuary, Cera asked me, "Why do you not just refuse his request?"

I answered, "I don't know, because I really don't mind, to let her stay."

"Do you chase…her…for example her body?"

WHAT! NO WAY! I HAVE THE VAMPIRE LORD WITH THE BEAUTY AND GRACE OF A WOMAN WHO I HAVE NEVER SEEN LIVED WITH ME ONCE, BUT I DON'T FIND ANY INTEREST IN HER, SO THIS WOMAN SHALL BE THE SAME. "No, I just let Muranu get what he wants. I have no interest in her, so there is no need for me to refuse."

"I am not buying that…However, we will see that in the future, do you really have no interest in her or not?"

~

As we arrived at the sanctuary, I could see the woman was already standing beside the altar in a different attire from when I met her the first time. Before, she wore army attire; now she wore a flowing white gown with a big wooden trunk beside her. While we were walking to the altar, I began to acknowledge the woman's presence and aura was different from when I met her first time. She became more feminine and graceful, even before I couldn't acknowledge her beauty, and now I was captivated by her beauty; however, if talking about beauty, Chistera had more beauty and grace than her. I walked to the altar, and Cera stayed behind because there was only me and the woman who needed to go back. As the altar emitted the luminous glow, I waved to Cera.

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Instantly, we backed to the front of my place. I was surprised that all the army was already gone. I looked at her beside me, and the woman tried to push her trunk to the stairs of the tree. Immediately, I helped her with her trunk. As we made it to the front of the stairs, I realised there was no way we could push the trunk to the stairs until above.

I looked at her and asked, "Is there something like magic to make this easier?"

She chuckled and replied, "Unfortunately, I don't know that type of magic, and even I know, I won't use it either…"

"What? And why you won't use it?"

"Because of the experience before, I don't want to get pushed to the ground so hard and couldn't move my body."

Ah, that's an experience! "Well, now you can use it in here, and there is no such thing like that in here…"

"Like I said before, I don't know that type of magic…"

I sighed, "Well, how about we leave your trunk in here?"

"WHAT! Leave my trunk here? What about my clothes?"

"You will wear my clothes?"

She looked closer at my clothes from the tip of my toe to the tip of my head. She said, "You mean, I will wear the clothes that I usually wear, my uniform? If your clothes are like that, I will reject it…"

"Well, the first I met you, I thought you were the type of woman who loved to wear this type of clothing."

"Of course not; those clothes are so tight, from bust to waist. It's hard to breathe wearing that uniform."

Hearing that, I immediately looked at her closer, and I realised something.

This woman actually almost has Chistera's body, from the tip of her shoulder until the tip of her toe.

Suddenly, her face was in front of mine, and she said, "Stop glaring into my body!!!"

I was taken aback and said, "Alright, alright… I am sorry…"

"So? The sun almost set. Are you going to help me lift my trunk into your place or not?"

"I want it, but as you can see, there are hundreds of stairs to get to my place; do you want to lift your trunks and climb hundreds of stairs and break your back?"

She looked at the stairs and slowly tilted her head up to look at my place, then back down at the stairs with a doubtful expression. She asked, "Is there any way to transport the trunk up to your place without having to carry it up all those stairs?"

I replied, "Now, you are asking me. Same as before, how about we leave your trunk here?"

"Bu…t…t..t…" She embraced her trunk and continued, "All of my belongings and my clothes are in here…"

"Well for that, I am sorry…" As I tried to take a one-step stair, suddenly I could hear some humming sounds approaching us. Hearing that, I remembered the Slyphs. The humming sounds passed by me, and I turned around. Suddenly, the trunk floated into the air, and the woman who embraced it, her upper body, was lifted off the ground. She looked at me in shock, and I realised that the Slyphs were helping us carry the trunk up the stairs. I told her to let go and let the trunk float away. The woman hesitated for a moment but then released her grip on the trunk. It gracefully floated up the stairs, guided by the unseen Slyphs.

We climbed the stairs along with the trunk floating beside us. As we were climbing, the woman asked me, "Why did you just accept the Lord's request for me to keep around you?"

"Huh?" I replied, "Maybe because there is nothing to lose for me…"

"I see…So you really try to—"

"Before you say anything more, let me clarify something. I don't have any interest in what is on your mind right now towards you."

"Well, before, you were glaring at me closely; is that really showing not having any interest in me?"

"Before was different, I was just surprised that you are different from in your uniform and in your gown."

"Means you are interested in my body…"

"Not at all…Just forget about it! And you will see in the future about me."

"Lastly, about you…How does the saintess really care about you?"

"Care about me?"

"Yeah, when you requested to meet the Saintess, the Saintess actually fulfilled the request and met you immediately. It is something extraordinary. Even if the Lord of the Realm wants to meet the Saintess, the Saintess will need some days or weeks to meet him. So you must have something special that the Saintess acts like that…"

"Something special, huh?" I continued, "How about you? How do you see me right now? Is there something special about me?"

She pointed at her trunk and said, "That…"

"Ah! About that, there is nothing special, right?"

"You don't cast any magic or anything, yet it's floating away; is that really nothing special?"

"You will know it in the future…And hope you can bear it…"

After all of that climbing, we finally reached in front of the door.