The Fallen Vampire

Chapter 35: Laid Bare

Enyo knew that this moment would come, and yet she couldn't help dreading it.

When she appeared in front of Indra, the first thing she noticed was that the two were alone and in some sort of inn.

Despite the serious look on her face and the turmoil of feelings she felt welling inside of her, she maintained her composure.

"You called for me, prince Indra?" She asked politely.

The vampire's eyes immediately narrowed. "Did I not tell you that-"

"I know what you wish for my prince, but I have decided things will be easier going forward if there is some sense of hierarchy between the two of us." She explained professionally.

"Easier? For who?"

Enyo did not respond and instead lowered her head respectfully.

Indra might not have had much experience with women, but even he knew how to put clues together.

"Is this because of the little wolf?"

Seeing Enyo flinch, Indra knew he was right.

"Do you believe that I will push you aside for her? Is this your attempt to run away from me before I walk away from you?"

"D-Don't be silly!"

"I should be saying that to you."

Indra gradually began to walk closer, prompting Enyo to float backwards shyly.

Eventually, he simply reached out and grabbed her to stop her from running away.

"I do not know what I feel for Keran. There are a lot of things I still need to solve and I have to prioritize my time a bit. But I can promise you, whatever happens between Keran and I in the future will not affect how I see you."

The poltergeist was in disbelief.

Indra was saying the words she always wanted to hear but never knew she would.

She was worried that if she blinked, she would wake up from this dream that was too good to be true.

And yet there was still something she absolutely had to know.

"How...do you see me?" Enyo asked hopefully.

Indra took both of her hands in his and looked deeply into her eyes. "You are someone that I cannot do without. Not as a maid, not as a subordinate, but as a woman."

Indra did not think they would be having this conversation until much later.

There was still a part of him that was concerned that he was not the same person as he was before.

He had already made a vow to himself that he would not make his feelings known to Enyo until the mystery behind his identity was completely solved.

But if holding onto his words was going to put a rift between he and the woman he cared about, it no longer seemed to be worth it.

In a rare moment of boldness, Enyo grabbed Indra by the face and brought their lips together.

His surprise vanished quickly and soon he was returning her kiss with fervor and was lifting her up by the waist.

Enyo wrapped her legs around him so tightly that he couldn't have escaped even if he wanted to and the two fell into their own little world as they ingrained the sensation of each other's lips into their memory.

They still had yet to make their relationship more concrete and there were still a great many things the two had left to discover about each other but for now at least, none of that really mattered.

They understood each other's feelings for one another, and that was more than enough for them.

-

Lucia had just finished washing up using the basin in her room and had wrapped her voluptuous body in a towel as she stared absentmindedly out her window.

"So pretty..."

Even though this city was not the nicest she had ever seen, the view from her room was quite lovely.

She had a perfect view of the moon and all of the stars in the sky, with the added bonus of the dim lantern lights twinkling on the streets below.

"Enjoying sightseeing?"

"KYAAA!!"

Lucia very nearly jumped out of her scales when a male voice suddenly reached her ear.

Indra was sitting cross legged on the bed behind her, with one hand holding his chin while the other held an open book.

"Don't scream like that, you'll wake the others." He replied as he calmly turned the page of his book.

"H-How long have you been there and how did you even get in here?!"

"Around fifteen minutes or so." Indra chose not to tell her how he got inside because Lucia really did not need to know.

If he told her he shapeshifter into a rat and crawled underneath the door, he could only imagine the amount of questions he'd have to answer and the looks he would receive.

'Indra... it was a bit creepy of you to enter here in that manner.' Enyo replied from within his ring.

'It wasn't as if I came to leer at her though?'

'That's hardly the point...' Enyo said with a sigh.

"W-What are you doing in here?" Lucia asked.

Since a man had so boldly entered her room in the middle of the night, he surely must be here for 'that' right?

'I-Is he actually interested in me? B-But what about the princess?!'

As Lucia's delusions continued to run rampant, Indra finally closed his book and revealed his reason for coming here.

"I've held up my end of the deal. Now it's your turn."

It took a moment for Lucia to remember that he had only agreed to rescue Keran in the first place as long as she was willing to teach him arcane arts.

The lamia's cheeks became bright red as she realized nothing like she was thinking was on his mind.

"Y-You couldn't have waited until the morning to do this?!"

Indra merely gave her a blank look that told Lucia all she needed to know.

After realizing she was still in nothing but a towel, she finally covered up her chest as her face finally reached an unhealthy shade of red.

Indra said he had been in her room for around fifteen minutes and she had only finished washing ten minutes ago, meaning...

'D-Did he see? Does he think their weird because their inverted?!'

As she glanced at Indra's noncaring expression, Lucia realized the vampire truly was not paying any real attention to her.

While that should have made her feel better, for some reason she felt like she was going to die of embarrassment before she even got to teach him anything.

"...Can I at least get dressed first?"

"If you must."