CHAPTER 3 Will She Die?

　　"I don't want to kill anyone," Gerald replied after a few minutes of silence.

　　He put Phoebe's hand off his shoulder and narrowed his eyes. Gerald's eyes pierced deep into Phoebe's aged eyeballs.

　　“What Phoebe said is the truth. If he is not killed, this will be a big problem for all of us,” said Bosy.

　　She smelled something fishy in Gerald's statement that he could not kill this girl. But, for the sake of Vampire existence, she must convince him to kill her.

　　Everyone in the room nodded their heads, agreeing with what Bosy said. This fierce woman who has served as chairman for two years is not the first time to issue a similar order to those who have seen evidence of the existence of Vampires. However, in this case, she faced one of the respected people in the Vampire kingdom, Gerald Xandifield.?

　　Looking at how the crowd tended to agree with Bosy's opinion, Gerald's hands were sweating coldly. This man, who had no human blood, felt that there was something in him that wanted to rebel against this order.

　　"Okay. I will kill him if he finds out my identity. However, if that girl doesn't know that I'm a Vampire, I don't need to kill her, do I?” bargained Gerald.

　　All the members of the Vampire family laughed at Gerald's words, which sounded as if he was running from the order to kill.

　　"Isn't this funny? Gerald didn't want to kill a human. Don't you really like their blood?" said one of the men sitting on the panellists’ chair. He could not stop saying his opinion.

　　That response elicited giggles from the other men.

　　“What makes you think like that? Why don't you want to kill her? Do we need to kill her ourselves?” asked Alexandro.

　　“NO!” shouted Gerald.

　　"If you cannot raise your sword for her, I am willing to do it for you."?

　　"That is not what I mean," Gerald continued.

　　Gerald was suddenly so agitated that the words that came out of his lips stuttered.

　　"So what?" Phoebe asked.

　　“I didn't know who she was and didn't see her again. So, I can't kill her” said Gerald, stammering.

　　Suddenly, the door in the room was opened by itself. Everyone in the hall turned towards the open door. Two of Bosy's men, who were also Vampire clansmen, entered by dragging a woman.

　　Gerald's eyes instantly snapped.

　　The woman's hands are tied. Her mouth was covered with a cloth so that her scream could only sound like a mutter, “Hmm... Hmmm...!!!” Her eyes were covered as well. The only sense that she counted on was only her ears.

　　The two of them pushed the woman into the midst of everyone and became an interesting spectacle for all. The girl fell to the ground.

　　“You don't need to look for her because we already found her for you. We just need to kill her,” said Phoebe, a woman whose opinion is always taken into account.

　　"Are you kidding me? You brought her here?” cried Gerald in astonishment.

　　"Isn't she going to know more about our clan?" Gerald continued.

　　Phoebe laughed "She will never know if we kill her first."

　　Phoebe's words made Gerald's body tremble. He had never killed an innocent person before. He looked at the helpless girl with pity.

　　He still remembered clearly in his memory how he also wanted to kill that woman. However, seeing the sad look in his eyes, made him cancel what he was going to do to him.

　　“Because you are the one who has a problem here. You are the one who has to finish it” said Phoebe.

　　“What do you mean?” asked Gerald with his eyes wide open.

　　“Kill her!” said Phoebe.

　　Gerald stood up with his own confusion. Two people who held the girl gave him a long sword. He accepted it. But after accepting the sword, her hand froze and he just stood up there without doing anything.

　　“Do it!” said Bosy.

　　"Our future leader should be able to protect us. Prove that you have that power to be the next leader" added Phoebe.

　　All the people in that hall cheered for Gerald to kill her.

　　“Kill her! Kill her!” shouted the crowd.

　　Gerald took a deep breath. His hand started to rise up. Everyone could see how trembling his hand is. As a vampire, he knew that the only way to save his clan was to kill her. But, his body refused to do that.

　　Phoebe, Bosy, and Alexandro knew that he felt doubtful about killing her.

　　“If you can’t do it, I'll do it for you,” said Bosy, while taking her own sword.

　　***

　　Lisa Angelina, whose eyes closed the bandage, can still hear the crowd clearly. She could hear that she would be killed because she had witnessed something she shouldn’t have. Her heart beat so fast. She felt like there is no hope to stay alive remembering how the rapist died tragically.

　　Her mind couldn’t be controlled anymore. Her imagination ran so wild. She could feel that she would be dead if her body was bitten by all the vampires in this room.

　　“Kill her! Kill her!” shouted the crowd.

　　She tried to imagine how many people were out there. She really wanted to cry but her eyes were closed forcedly.

　　“Ah... maybe it is better than I can see the one who swung the sword to kill me,” said she in her mind to calm herself.

　　She could listen to how the crowd debated how to kill her. She thought it was just a matter of time for her to die.

　　At this time, she could just imagine her family’s faces at home. She imagined all the happy scenarios in her mind to comfort her heart before she died.

　　“Lord, if you think I should die, let me die in peace,” said Lisa in her heart when she heard the sound of Bosy’s sword swinging in the air.

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