Lui was in his room right now, sitting and thinking. He was about to tell them more about his past, too. But he stopped. Are the others really interested? He had already told them a lot, that was his opinion.

He heard a sound of a door and a person stop in front of him. He closed his eyes and asked, "What do you want?"

"I would like to bring-"

"No no, Free." Lui said, opening his eyes. "I refuse to go with you again. How many times have I almost died because of you, huh?"

Free scratched his head, "I guess, a lot."

"A lot, yes. So you can understand me, right?"

"I do, but, one very last time. You'll see, it's not very far and the path is in no way dangerous."

Lui thought and then sighed, "Fine but this is your last chance, if this adventure goes wrong like the others, you can say goodbye to my trust on this."

Free nodded his head. He knew what he was doing and this wasn't like the previous times. There was no his friend Fafnir, no snakes or alligators, no dangerous void, just a peaceful place. And he was going to take advantage of it to relax with him.

They headed for the entrance and were intercepted by Shu and Valt. Shu coughed as he closed his eyes, "Thanks for clarifying where you're going."

"To the source."

"Hm, he must not be allergic to-"

Shu was cut off by Valt, "It's okay, Shu. It's a place that's the complete opposite of what Lui has seen so far, let them enjoy it." He looked at the two dragons, "We'll watch the territory in the meantime, we'll let you know if anything happens, okay?"

Free nodded and took Lui's hand, who looked at him strangely after that gesture. The blond man smiled, "Come on, we should go quickly to enjoy." Lui said nothing and let himself be guided, still with that discomfort of having Free's hand in his.

The road didn't take very long, about ten minutes, maybe. They saw a pretty waterfall, with the accompanying body of water in front of it. It was a quiet place. The wind made it feel cool, which was good since it was sunny. He wasn't used to this heat, he was used to freezing temperatures.

"Hey, you can come closer." said Free who was standing at the edge of the small lake. Lui went close to him, the blond looked at his reflection in the water, as well as his companion's. "This is a peaceful place, isn't it?"

"I must say, you're getting better at picking out the surroundings."

Free smiled, "I'm just doing it for you."

"Are you trying to flirt with me?"

"Flirting is the wrong word, try a few levels up." said Free with a mocking smile.

Lui grimaced, "Tsk."

"You know well what I do and you won't escape me."

"I'm not your prey, as far as I know."

"Then what do you think you are to me?"

"A person who gets you the blood you need."

"That's partly true, I can't say otherwise. But that's not the most important thing, no."

"So someone you're playing with me."

"Playing, hmm..."

Lui raised an eyebrow, "What?"

"I wasn't thinking of doing it with you, but if you really want it, I will."

"What are you saying?"

"You don't know?", making Lui even more confused. "Will you agree to...play with me?"

"No, I certainly won't. I've already told you, I don't want you to play with me, and especially with my feelings."

"You don't understand, that's not the meaning I mean. It's something else."

"Just shut up!"

Free said nothing at this point and tackled Lui to the ground, looking down on him, and of course with a smirk. "Come on, do me the favor of not struggling, I'll try to take it easy."

Lui looked at him, "You're not going to do anything to me because I'm going to kick your ass!" He kicked Free in the abdomen, but it didn't work the way he wanted.

Free smiled, he already knew that the forces were not fair, but he didn't care. He wanted to take advantage of it, he managed to make Lui stand still on the grass. The golden dragon moved closer to kiss him on the lips, holding each side of Lui's face.

The light blue didn't refuse, at the same time, he knew he couldn't escape. He felt Free's lips leave his and move down, but...He wasn't going for the neck as he thought. The blond man took off his top and started to lick his belly.

Lui opened his mouth a little, but held back his moans. But it was not easy, while Free was taking care of her belly with his mouth, his hands were running all over her body. He was very embarrassed and nervous, but in a way, he was enjoying it.

Free started to put his hand under my pants, Lui reacted right away and kicked him in his crotch. He reacted with a grimace, not expecting that.

Lui tried to leave but he couldn't. It couldn't be that easy to get out, he knows. But a miracle voice somehow saved him. It's true that he didn't mind being with Free, but his pride couldn't be so belittled, just because of another boy.

"Hey, Free! Lui!" shouted Valt as he joined them. He saw Lui shirtless and blushed, "Uh, aaaah!!! Sorry sorry!!! I'm leaving!!!"

"Valt, come back here." said Free. Valt suddenly stopped and turned around, but his face was red from Lui. Free took the action a bit hard because no one could love HIS human. "Tell us what's going on."

"There's a human who entered the territory. Shu is with him right now watching him. He says he knows Lui and Lui knows him too. It's weird because I don't remember seeing him before."

"Maybe you've seen him before but don't remember, goldfish." said Lui, laughing.

"I can't help it if I can't remember!"

Free sighed, "Come on, let's stop the blabbering, we should go look and get rid of him." He picked up a knife with a blade that glowed golden and transformed. Basically, it was his monster outfit, with the mask, and hide everything.

Lui got dressed and followed him, Valt also accompanied them.

ON THE SIDE OF SHU

He was in front of a boy with brown hair. He looked like a soldier, but he was quite tall and strong. Scars could be seen on his face. (He was wearing armor).

"Where is Lui?" asked the boy.

"That's none of your concern. All you should know is that he is alive."

"That is not enough for me. I want to see him now."

"Who are you to give orders like that?"

"Maybe someone close to him. You could say, an ex-partner."

Shu was surprised, "What?"

"I know he thinks I'm dead, but I'm not. His father gave me the order to bring him back to his people."

"He doesn't need people like you. He's fine with me and my friends."

"Your friends? Who? And are you this famous monster who kills?"

"Do I really look like I have a monster face?"

"Hm no, but it's a possibility so I'm wary."

"You better watch out, people who live here, are never human forever, you know?"

"Aren't you human?"

"No, I'm simply a blood drinker. And as you humans call, a vampire."

The brown boy fell silent. It was true that his red eyes went perfectly with the color of blood. He hoped Lui wasn't being tortured right now by his creatures. He was very serious and asked, "And who is the monster then?"

"Maybe, look behind you." said a voice in his ears, which had a nice tinge of mockery.

The boy reacted quickly and turned around to face the monster. His eyes widened, he saw a smile with fangs showing on the pale face of the individual. "You...you're the monster?!"

"Hm, humans really are fools from what I can see, that will never change."

"Hey! More respect for our race!"

"You want a compliment." asked Free with a smile, "Alright, I can tell you that your friend's blood..." The boy looked at him, having reacted quickly to the word "friend". "It's really delicious. That's one quality of a human, his blood tasty that you're ready to drain him of his blood."

The soldier opened his eyes wide, imagining the worst and attacked the monster. "You will pay for what you did to it!!!" He took his sword and tried to wound the demon but it was thrown in the air, it fell to the ground. He couldn't give up, Lui needed him.

"Goodbye, stupid human." said Free as he approached him. He didn't want to keep messing with him. He had better things to do like give his mate more pleasure. "If I could tell you that it was a real pleasure to have met you, I would have. But unfortunately for you, you won't be getting that line from me."

The boy closed his eyes as Free was about to kill him, but he felt nothing. He opened his eyes and found something that comforted him to the core. Lui had stopped Free in his tracks, holding his arm. Of course, the prince hadn't stopped him with his strength, only that Free stopped because his human asked him to.

"It's okay, let go of him for a bit." said Lui as he helped the boy to his feet.

The boy looked at the prince of Glace, "Lui? Is that really you?"

"Haaa, silly, of course it's me. Who else would it be?" The boy hugged him tightly that Free was boiling inside. "It's okay, release me, Gabe."

Gabe obeyed and then said, "I have to take you back to your father."

"No, I won't. I want to stay here a little longer."

"Lui! Open your eyes! They will kill you soon!"

"You're the one who's going to be killed." said Free simply, leaning against a tree.

"Don't listen to him." says Lui, "Gabe, get out of this territory. You are not welcome to them."

"How many are here?"

"Shu, Free and I." said Valt as he came in and counted on his fingers, "That's three. Is that right, Shu?"

"Yes, Valt." said Shu, rolling his eyes. He didn't usually have this reaction, but sometimes Valt really did have stupid questions.

"Valt, that sounds familiar. You weren't Lui's best friend in the palace."

"Yeah, right." said Valt with a smile, "Why?"

"How can you live with those kind of creatures?"

"Oh, hehe, my friend, you won't believe me but I'm not human."

"Wait, what?!"

"I think they call my kind immortoldus."

"Immortals." said Shu.

"Yeah, that's what I say. Immortuldox."

"Immortals, Valt!"

"Ah, so that's what I'm saying..."

Lui sighed, "Quiet, Valt."

"All right..."

"So none of you but Lui are human?"

"You're still hesitating?" said Free, "This is proof that the human race is stupid and weak."

"You're being too global." said Lui, "I'm not that."

"Then how come you've never managed to leave, if you're not weak." Lui huffed, "Obviously, that's the truth."

"Anyway, we're leaving, Lui and I. Come on." said Gabe, taking Lui by the arm.

"Wait, no. I'm not going with you."

"Lui, don't you remember what you promised me once?"

"I don't know what you're talking about, it's been so long since we've seen each other. I thought you were killed on the battlefield. I've forgotten you by now."

"You are hurting my feelings, don't you remember those times when we were together?"

"No, you left my life a long time ago, you no longer exist in my eyes."

"I am very disappointed in you, I must say. You're not the same as you were before."

"Oh yeah? And how was I before?"

"More affectionate. If you were like before, you would have already hugged me when you saw me, you wouldn't have protested to leave here, just the opposite. And now I see you cold towards me. What happened while I was gone."

"Do you know what it feels like, Gabe? The feeling when our boyfriend leaves you to go to war, leaving his mate behind. When they told me you'd been killed, what could I say? I told you not to go, that it was suicide but you never listen to me! You all think, that because I'm a prince, I'm just an extra, right?! You all think that! I'm not an idiot, I'm not someone who's incompetent! I'm not someone to be treated like a little girl, I don't need your help! For once, my father is right. You shouldn't count on or get attached to others...Because then you lose them..."

After this speech, he took his arm violently from Gabe and left in the opposite direction, to the path that led to the kingdom lands. Valt looked sadly at Lui because he knows that his past is not an easy subject. And even less, how everyone treats him. Shu looked at Free and Gabe and then decided to go with Valt, to accompany Lui.

"You won't lose your life for the time being, I see." said Free, then looked at him, "But you're coming with us, we're not going to let you run off like that to find your own."

"I wasn't planning on running away anyway." said Gabe, "I will stay until my mission is done. I'm not a coward."

"Coward or not, you're going to have to obey the rules here. This isn't your home. You better not do whatever you want because Lui won't be around all the time to save your life."

"Who are you really? Lui doesn't seem to be afraid of you."

"You can say that we have become very close, even to the point...But it doesn't concern you in our private life. Let's stop talking, we should join the group."

Gabe went first, under the watchful eye of Free. They joined the others who were already moving forward.

End of the chapter !!