In a remote and scary forest, a group of guards was taking a blond-haired boy with blue eyes, whose hands were bound with metal handcuffs and chains.

The leader of the guards stopped and said, "This is far enough. We'll leave the boy here."

The guards left the young boy in the forest and walked away.

The young boy turned his head and looked around curiously, when suddenly he saw a man wearing a black cloak approaching him.

The cloaked man looked at the young boy and said, "What's your name?"

The young boy looked at the cloaked man curiously and said, "Karen."

The cloaked man freed the young boy's hands, then looked at him and said, "Come with me, Karen. From now on, you will live with me."

Karen looked at the cloaked man in surprise and said, "Live with you?"

The cloaked man replied, "The choice is yours. You can either come with me or be eaten by the animals in the forest."

Karen said, "Alright, I'll come with you."

The cloaked man took Karen to his home.

Karen was standing in a room, looking curiously at the strange objects on the shelves, when suddenly the cloaked man frowned at Karen and said, "Don't touch my things, or I'll punish you."

Karen looked at the cloaked man and nodded.

The cloaked man said, "Come with me."

Karen followed the cloaked man into another room.

The cloaked man took off his cloak and placed it on the table, then, while standing with his back to Karen, said, "You know, Karen, I always ask them to bring me a woman, but this time they brought me a beautiful boy instead."

Karen was shocked and said in fear, "What are you talking about?"

Suddenly, the young man turned towards Karen and grinned with his scary red eyes and long fangs. He was a vampire.

Karen, terrified, ran away as fast as he could.

He ran towards the main door to open it, but it was locked.

Karen, in a state of shock and fear, shouted, "No! I don't want to be that monster's food!"

The vampire grinned and said, "Hey, boy, I bought you and paid a lot of money for you, so stay still and be a good child!"

Suddenly, Karen ran up the stairs and entered the vampire's study.

The vampire, calmly and grinning, entered the study and said, "Enough of this hide-and-seek, I'm getting bored!"

Suddenly, Karen, holding a glass orb in his hand, shouted, "Don't come any closer, or I'll break it!"

The vampire became angry and shouted, "Hey, didn't I tell you not to touch my things?"

Karen shouted seriously, "Stay away from me, or I'll break it!"

The vampire said, "You foolish boy! My things are cursed, if humans touch them, they'll be cursed and die!"

Karen was shocked and said, "Cursed?!"

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Suddenly, Karen fainted and fell to the ground.

The vampire laughed softly and said, "Why do humans never listen to me and hurt themselves?"

Karen was leaning against the bed, with blue marks on his face, looking at the blue drink that the vampire had given him.

The vampire, sitting on a chair, looked at Karen with his green eyes and said with a smile, "If you want to feel better, you have to drink this potion to the last drop."

Karen looked at the drink with disgust and said, "But this drink is horrible!"

The vampire smiled and proudly said, "It's your own fault for not listening to me and touching my things without permission. Now you have to be punished."

The vampire grinned at Karen and said, "The choice is yours, drink this potion, or would you prefer to die?"

Suddenly Karen screamed in fear, "No! I don't want to die!"

Karen quickly downed the glass and drank the potion to the last drop.

The vampire was shocked and said with a smile, "Did you really drink it all?"

Karen started coughing and said, "*Cough* What was that?! *Cough* It tastes horrible!"

The vampire smiled and said, "You are the only one who drank this potion from the start. Usually, the women who come here don't trust me, they make excuses and prefer to die from the pain."

Karen was shocked and said in amazement, "They prefer to die from the pain?"

The vampire said, "That's right, the women who come here usually don't live for more than a week, even if they do survive, I get tired of them and kill them."

Suddenly Karen was shocked and screamed in great fear, "Please let me live! I'll do anything you want, master! Even if I have to work for you, just let me live!"

The vampire stood up and said angrily, "Don't call me master, my name is Lashan. I don't need a servant. Besides, you are just a kid, and I'm not interested in drinking your blood. I don't like to dirty my hands with a child's blood."

Karen said in surprise, "If you don't want to kill me, then what do you want to do with me?"

Lashan thought for a moment and said, "Hmm, I don't know, if you're not entertaining enough and I get tired of you, maybe I'll leave you in the forest to be eaten by wolves. Hmm... or maybe I'll take you back where you came from and ask for a young woman instead."

Suddenly, Karen stood up and grabbed Lashan tightly. With sadness, he looked at him and said, "I’ll do anything you want, just please don’t send me back to my former master!"

Lashan looked at Karen in surprise and said, "Your former master? Aren’t you a lucky and wealthy child?"

Karen said sadly, "If you send me back to my former master, he will get angry and beat me, then lock me in the basement without food for a week. Please don’t send me back to that house, I’ll do anything you want."

Lashan frowned and said, "You’re dressed like a noble and have a beautiful face, don’t think I’ll believe such a lie. Don’t think you can stir my pity with this sad story, tomorrow morning I’ll return you to your house."

Karen grabbed Lashan tighter and shouted, "I’m not lying! My former master gave me these clothes! He said the man in the forest likes handsome people, and to make you interested in me, I had to wear good clothes! I swear I’m telling the truth!"

Lashan pushed Karen back and said with a frown, "You’re acting very naturally, but you can’t deceive me, I have no interest in you."

Suddenly, Karen said seriously, "If I prove to you I’m telling the truth, will you let me stay here?"

Lashan looked at Karen with curiosity and a smirk and said, "How can you prove it when you’re a liar?"

Suddenly, Karen unbuttoned his clothes.

Lashan was shocked and shouted, "Hey, what are you doing?!"

Suddenly, Lashan looked at Karen’s body and saw it was covered with scars and scratches, and a black mark in the shape of a flower covered his body.

Lashan, staring at the mark on Karen's body with astonishment, said, "The Obsidian Flower mark?!"

Karen said, "Everyone says I’m a cursed child, even my parents abandoned me on the streets right after I was born, to die from cold and hunger."

Lashan said in astonishment, "Karen, you-"

Karen said, "I was almost dying and no one was there to save me until that man found me and took me to his home. Ever since I can remember, that man always made me work and treated me like a servant, and now he has sold me to you for a lot of money. If you return me to him, he’ll be very angry and I’m really scared."

Lashan's face contorted with anger, and he said, "People are really terrible! Instead of trying to protect their own child and break the curse, they label their own child as evil and abandon them to die! That’s why I hate people!"

Karen looked at Lashan in surprise and said with sadness, "Lashan, you’re, angry for my sake?!"

Lashan said with anger, "Of course I am, do you expect me to laugh?!"

Karen smiled and said, "No, you are the only one who has ever been upset for my sake. I’m really very happy."

Lashan looked at Karen and said, "I’ve changed my mind. From now on, you will live with me."

Karen smiled and said happily and excitedly, "Can I really?"

Lashan frowned and said, "Only until I cure your curse."

Karen smiled faintly and said, "I won’t complain, if that’s how it is, it’s fine."

Lashan frowned and said, "But I have some conditions. If you want to stay here, you have to comply with my terms."

Karen sighed and said, "I already told you, I’ll do anything you want."

Lashan said with frustration, "You’re getting on my nerves, I want to cure your curse quickly and get rid of you!"