"Hey, wake up."

A small shove made death open his eyes, it was still nighttime, it seems only an hour at most had passed.

"Someone's calling you," geno said in a hushed voice, death lifted his head up from his lap and looked behind the tree. Death quickly shot his head back and stood up behind the tree.
"Don't move," death said, geno slightly shifted so he could be a bit comfortable.

"Who is it?" Geno whispered, feeling a bit curious. Death slightly moved a bit so geno could stand up, geno peaked a bit from the tree with death looking over his head.
Geno looked to see an owl looking around the village near the tree, death grabbed geno's shoulder and pulled him back behind the tree gently.

"That's the second in command," death stated, his voice had a bit of disgust tone in it, "he's looking for me so I can do his paperwork."

"What why?" Geno asked and looked back to the owl, "isn't his job as second in command to do his own work? Or do things run differently here? Or is it because he's busy?"

"You ask a lot of questions." Death chuckled, "But no - he's a pretty lazy guy, last morning I got stuck with all his work. Took me all morning, I honestly just finished an hour ago."

"That's messed up," geno said feeling irritated, "why is he second in command if he can do a little bit of paperwork?"

Death stayed quiet for a few seconds looking at the owl, when he went out of sight death sat down on the ground and sighed. Geno looked a bit longer before sitting next to him.

"Sure, Albert is a lazy monster," death spoke, "But he's respected for how smart he is and how good he's at strategies."

"Strategies?" Geno asked.

Death nodded, "like war or retreat strategies, got us out of a bad place once."

"I see," geno said and thought for a second, he looked to death and raised an ' eyebrow '.
"You were apart of the war right?"

Death looked at geno but nodded, geno scratched his head.
"I don't remember there being any attacks in the forest."

Death raised an eyebrow, "what do you mean? The monster kingdom did attack here."

Geno turned and looked at death as if he had grown two heads, "no....they had war on our territory. Never in the forest, and if it was somewhere else it was the small army that attacked..west? I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure they did not attack here."

Death nodded and looked at him confusingly, "We did send over an army to your territory to fight, but there was also a small war here with the small army like you said."

"That doesn't make sense," geno's voice trailed off, "did you guys happen to have a different war with another monster kingdom?"

"No," death said and shook his head, "you guys are the only monster kingdom known in the map, all other territory that doesn't belong to you is either small monster villages or tribes. Plus you guys have the same symbol."

Geno crossed his arms and tapped his arm. He thought for a few seconds before snapping his fingers and looking at death.
"What was your guys' reason for them attacking you?"

Death turned away from geno, he took a few moments before answering.
"For leaving a monster close to dusting without reason."

Geno slightly cringed but kept talking,  "that was the reason the monster kingdom went out to attack you. But I know they didn't attack you guys here."

"I heard that more vampires survived at the attack on the kingdom than here," death said and looked up, "and more died here due to the strength of the monsters."

"Really?" Geno said in a whisper, "monsters aren't that Strong, we have more magic than matter. But they defeated the humans when they attacked, but they had more matter than magic."

"Well we wouldn't survive unless we fought together, vampires are pretty weak," death shrugged and looked at his hands, "What's keeping out bodies together is magic, but we cannot use it. And if we can it's only a little bit. We're bearly any magic and bearly any matter. Another reason why we get sick easily."

"Why do you guys need to drink blood?" Geno blurted out without thinking, when death didn't answer immediately geno tried to apologize.

"It's a source of medicine you could say," Death shrugged and thought for a second, "since we don't have any blood, our bodies go weak and sick, mostly because little magic and matter we have. So we just drink it to survive and to stay healthy. Anyone who just does it for fun is going against the rules and will have to answer to their consequences."

"So blood to you guys is some sort of cure?" Geno asked, "say if you were extremely sick and you drank some blood you would be healed?"

"Something like that, though it still will take some time to fully heal even with the blood," death shrugged, geno nodded and looked at his hands.
"You have another question," death said without looking at geno.

"Dunno if I should ask It though," geno said honestly, death waved and signaled that it was okay.

"It's just, um, why hasn't anyone tried to bite me - not counting that kid back in the forest but do you guys not smell it?" Geno asked quickly,  "its just I heard how vampires were blood thirsty and will attack as soon as they smell it - I'm sorry if I offended you."

"Nah, I'm not offended," death smiled, "we hear those stories all the time so I'm used to it. Plus I know you're not trying to mean, you're just curious."

Geno stayed silent, and waited for death to continue.

"But we're not blood thirsty," death shrugged again, "unless it's an animal we always ask permission to bite, those who do it without permission are either desperate, out of their mind, or on the verge of dying. We take biting monsters or others personally."

"I see," geno smiled a bit, his voice sounded bitter as he spoke again, "monsters are idiots."

Death perked up, "why'd you say that?"

"Some personal experience and it's the truth," geno said bluntly, "we started this pointless war and made vampires a image of something to be feared. I even believed it, I can't believe im even......" Geno's words trailed off, death was unable to hear the last sentence.

Death leaned his back against the tree and put his hands on the back of his skull, "well, I don't think you're an idiot, and you're a monster." Death said.

A small tint of red went of geno's cheek, he hugged his knees before sighing, "thanks I guess, but I'm really no better. Worse I believe."

Death sighed and closed his eyes, "don't say that, how can you be any worse? You chose to come back and warn me, and if it's something from the past it's long gone. I don't think someone could be determined enough to actually go back, heh it's not even possible." Death chuckled.

Geno shrugged, "guess not, it's just.....never mind, let's go back to what we were talking about before."

Death nodded and noticed geno's discomfort about the topic.

"So, if it wasn't you guys that attacked us who could it be?" Death asked a bit more serious than before.

Geno thought for a second, and so did death. In an instant they both looked at each other with theirs eyes widened.

"An intervened attack!"

Sup, ya this chapter is shorter because I have summer school tomorrow

....yay...

Anyway I hope you guys liked this chapter, I was finally able to give out a bit more information about how things work there plus more of geno and death interacting! ♡

Anywho hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Pepe! Out!