The Accidental Vampire

“Greetings, Masters. Please tell me where you want to go. I’ll take you there. Also, I’m sure you are already informed about my fees.” The Carriage Driver greedily rubbed his hands.

It was after a long time that he had received people who were willing to pay such crazy fees for his travel. At least, that’s what he was told by the hotel staff.

Atlas patted the shoulders of the Carriage Driver. “Don’t worry. You’ll be paid handsomely. You don’t have to worry about that. As for where to take us, we will tell you later. First, just take us out of the city.”

Atlas kept his destination a secret, for now, not wanting even the hotel staff to know about where he wanted to go.

The carriage driver found it a bit suspicious, but he went with the flow. He opened the carriage doors for the guests, allowing them to enter the carriage. The four youngsters entered the carriage and closed the door.

The carriage driver also took his place. The carriage finally departed.

The people back at the hotel watched the carriage leaving, sighing in relief. Finally, they got rid of the Demons, and not a single person in the city had to die in the process. The only person who was at the risk was the carriage driver, but they couldn’t care less about the carriage driver.

In any case, they were sure that the carriage driver was going to be safe.

The Hotel Owner wiped the sweat on his forehead using his handkerchief. It was only after the carriage disappeared from his sight that he entered the hotel once again.

****

The new carriage was not as comfortable as the last carriage that they had used because it didn’t belong to a royalty, but it was still better than having to walk. The space inside was also enough for all four of them to sit comfortably.

For some reason, both Lilith and Luna sat beside Atlas, with him in the middle. On the other side, Lancaster sat alone, finding the situation amusing, seeing Atlas’ wry expressions.

“You mentioned you had only one more thing to do before they came. What thing was that?” Luna broke the momentary silence. “What could be more important than the threat that you want to do it first?”

She had this question for a long time, especially since the moment Atlas mentioned to Lancaster that he needed to do one thing before the others got here. It was as if that one thing was really crucial for him to finish so urgently.

“I need to take back something from someone. Something that I must have. And I must do it as soon as I can.”

Atlas vaguely answered, not clarifying his goals.

Receiving a vague answer, the young lady smiled wryly. “That’s not an answer, is that? Is it something that you can’t even tell me?”

“I can tell you, but then I’ll have to kill you,” Atlas said jokingly. But just to make sure that Luna didn’t misunderstand, he clarified.

“I was joking. Honestly, I really can’t tell you. It’s just something that’s really close to my heart that I don’t want to tell anyone. It’s a personal desire that is more important for me than anything.”

Hearing Atlas’ explanation, Luna didn’t force him. She just nodded. “I can understand. You don’t remember me. Even though Lilith confirmed my identity, you still see me as a stranger. It’s not surprising that you can’t tell me. But still, I hope whatever it is, you really succeed in it. I’ll also help you with it whenever I’m needed.”

“Thank you.” Atlas thanked Luna. “I really hope I succeed as well. Because I can’t afford to fail this goal, after I succeed, I can finally be at peace with myself.”

“A goal that can make even you chase after it. It must not be a small thing, especially since you’re a person who never chases after material things. I can’t wait to find out what it was when you succeed.”

Atlas smiled. “Don’t worry. I’m sure you’ll find out what it was. And you’ll get what you want as well.”

He knew that Luna was after Castiel. After he was done with his goal, he knew that Castiel was going to return, which was going to give her what she wanted.

After he succeeded, everyone was going to get everything that they needed or wanted. Someone was going to get immortality; someone was going to get their family, someone was going to get their old friend.

At this point, only Lancaster seemed to be the one who didn’t get any benefits from it. He didn’t know Castiel, so there was no benefit in him getting Castiel back. Instead, he was going to lose a friend since Atlas believed he was going to disappear.

Lancaster didn’t know anything about it even now. He just went with the flow, enjoying whatever little bit of time he had at the moment on this beautiful yet dangerous journey.

When he lived at his home, he always wanted to have beautiful adventures and travel the whole world with his family. Even though his dream didn’t come true, since his family was dead by the time he grew up, he still felt as if he was living his dream. The only difference was that he had a different family than he had imagined.

Even this family wasn’t any less for him. He treated his new family like it was really precious to him. After going through so much together, he had established a beautiful relationship with Lilith and Atlas where he could trust them with his life, and they could do the same. It had surpassed a normal friendship.

He really hoped that things were going to continue in this way forever, only that it would get a little less chaotic.

There were so many problems in their life, from the Progenitors to Yovana to the Blood Council, but now something even bigger was looking over their heads. He hoped that after they got through this safely, there was going to be peace. And that their family was going to be bigger with Misella’s return.

For him, it was the start of a new era… An era where the Werewolves, the Witches, and the Vampires could work together, and he believed that they were going to bring that era to the future.

He had so many expectations, yet he wasn’t sure if they were going to come true or not. He could only hope. He gazed at the beautiful moon in the distance, praying to the moon about something.