Chapter 21: The Feeling of Having Bonds Is Truly Wonderful

Hearing the teasing from the two women beside him, the irritable Fulade glared fiercely at them.

He had originally wanted to stretch his muscles and treat them to a taste of the whip.

Unexpectedly, when he aimed the light orb at the two women, he made a surprising discovery.

He saw that within Ailina and Malisika's bodies, there were two clusters of faint, misty vapor, similar in both size and brightness.

Fulade blinked, and after confirming he had not misread it, he suddenly understood.

"Could this be the so-called fortune?" Fulade seemed to have understood something.

When he looked carefully again, faint, nearly transparent threads were closely connected to him.

To be precise, they had formed a connection with the light orb in his mind.

Seeing this, a flash of inspiration suddenly crossed Fulade's mind.

"Ha~ haha, I understand now, I know what's going on."

Fulade's sudden laughter startled the two girls, and before they could react, he pounced on them and kissed them several times with loud smacks.

Although they did not know why Fulade was suddenly so happy, they understood that he must have figured out something that had troubled him for two days to suddenly act like this, so they did not resist.

Night.

In a small town's inn.

Fulade was writing furiously with a quill pen, recording his conjectures while organizing his recent thoughts.

On the bed inside the room lay two girls, covered in fragrant sweat, their eyes vacant.

Scattered on the floor were various items of clothing, Hemp Rope, Leather Whip, candles, and two small balls of different colors.

On the table, as the lamplight flickered continuously, shadows danced ceaselessly around the room like ghosts.

Accompanied by the rustling of paper, it formed a strange atmosphere.

As the pen tip danced continuously, lines of still-wet writing kept appearing.

It read:

Mysterious Light Orb: Unknown

When it appeared, there was only a brief prompt: Drink the blood of women who possess fortune.

Conjectures:

One: The Mysterious Light Orb may not need blood, but fortune!

Drinking blood may merely be a way to establish a fortune link.

Two: My transmigration and rebirth was likely caused by the Mysterious Light Orb (unconfirmed). Three: The Mysterious Light Orb very likely requires sufficient fortune to unlock the next step.

(Confirmed: After drinking the blood of three Vampire Brides, the Mysterious Light Orb suddenly appeared, which should mean the condition was met, the fortune link as evidence.) Four: Women who possess fortune should refer to those main characters who appeared in films and shows. (As for others, unknown.) Five: What is it! And what will happen after it's unlocked? "Things are getting more and more interesting!" Fulade muttered to himself.

Saying so, he picked up the paper covered in writing, placed it into the oil lamp, and let it slowly burn.

The unsteady firelight flickered continuously across Fulade's face. Only after watching the paper burn to ashes did Fulade stand up, walk to the window, and quietly gaze at this world.

After a long time.

"The next step is to build up forces as quickly as possible, investigate every hidden corner of this world, and find the traces of those women who possess fortune as quickly as possible, to obtain their fortune."

After setting this goal for himself, Fulade no longer dwelled on it. He closed the doors and windows and walked toward the bed in the inner room.

"Master, where are we going? Aren't we going back to Wallachia?"

Malisika, her golden hair disheveled, lay against Fulade's back with seductive eyes, constantly teasing him, even though her body could barely bear it anymore.

On the other side, Ailina was still lying in the carriage catching up on sleep, still not having recovered even now.

It was clear how intense the battle had been last night—even with a vampire's superhuman constitution, she still could not endure it.

"Smack~" "Hiss ah~!"

"Master, be gentle, my bottom is still swollen." "Since you know, yet you still keep asking for trouble."

Fulade shot her a sideways glare, instantly scaring Malisika into hurriedly covering her bottom, her small mouth pouting.

"I just want to cuddle up to you. Every time I see Master, my heart feels all tingly."

Fulade's mouth twitched: "That's an illness, it needs to be treated."

"Then next time, be gentler~"

Looking at Malisika, who was about to start acting up again, Fulade felt that next time he should give her a few more injections and properly cure her heart-tingling problem.

"Master, you still haven't answered my earlier question."

"We'll take a different road. Who knows, we might run into something interesting."

"Something interesting?" Malisika tilted her head in confusion.

"Mm, this morning at the inn, you should have heard a few travelers talking."

Fulade pulled the girl into his arms, gently stroking her hair while reminding Malisika.

Malisika felt the warmth on top of her head and, like a dog trying to please its master, slightly narrowed her eyes and burrowed into Fulade's embrace.

"Master means that lake with the treasure and the female fiend," Malisika straightened up and said.

"But didn't they say it's very dangerous there? Many people have already gone missing."

"That's exactly why I want to go take a look."

Looking at the puzzled gaze of the girl in his arms, Fulade thought to himself: "As my closest and most trusted inner circle in the future, I will definitely need to use their strength when the time comes, so I can't keep hiding it forever."

"Most importantly, as long as I don't expose the Mysterious Light Orb, there doesn't seem to be much else that needs to be hidden."

Thinking of this, Fulade no longer hesitated: "I need to find the blood of some women who possess fortune. That female fiend might have it."

"Fortune?"

Malisika did not quite understand. She blinked her watery eyes, looking at Fulade, waiting for his explanation.

"Mm, how should I explain it to her? I can't very well tell her about films and shows—she wouldn't understand that anyway."

Fulade pondered for a moment: "Let me put it simply—anyone with something special about them, or who has had special encounters, mostly possesses fortune, just in greater or lesser amounts."

"For example, you two are people who have fortune, got it?"

"Ah~ I still don't get it." Malisika shook her head coquettishly.

"Really stupid!"

Ailina, who was still taking a nap nearby, woke up at some point and jeered at Malisika.

Obviously, Ailina still held a grudge against Malisika for dragging her into the water last night.

"Heh heh, then you speak." Malisika proudly poked her head out of Fulade's arms, refusing to back down.

Watching the lively scene of these two plastic best friends bickering, Fulade also felt his mood relax, his gaze becoming clear and soft, with less darkness and distracting thoughts.

Fulade suddenly felt a sense of home.

He felt that he was no longer a lonely person.

He also began to form bonds with this world.

This was something Fulade had never experienced in this life.

This feeling is quite good.

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