75 Chapter 75: Crusade

Caesar grabbed Ahri's waist with his free hand and sat her on his lap, he shifted her hair to go over her right shoulder, leaving the left side of her delicate neck relatively clear.

As he moved his mouth closer, he could visibly see Ahri shiver like a frightened rabbit… Perhaps, a normal man at this point would stop, however, Caesar was no normal man.

In fact, Ahri's reaction made his smile even wider… He shortly reached her neck and tapped her sensitive skin with his fangs.

"H-hurry it up!" Ahri said anxiously, her face was completely flushed.

Caesar was done teasing her, so he did as she asked and punctured her neck with his fangs.

*puch*

He hungrily sucked the mana from inside of her, his nearly depleted mana reserves almost instantly started to rejuvenate.

He could feel Ahri's legs tighten and her warm breath exit her mouth… Caesar didn't understand why he sucking her mana out was a pleasurable experience for her, but, he wasn't one to complain.

This continued for around five more minutes, Caesar reluctantly withdrew from her neck and couldn't help but make a satisfied smile.

Caesar never felt like drinking mana was required for a vampire to live, however, he felt as though it was more of an addicting drug… At least, Ahri's mana was.

Ahri sprawled out on top of Caesar's lap and hugged his neck tightly, her legs were like wet noodles which refused to move.

Caesar raised his right hand and once again increased the amount of ice above them, with his other hand he increased his grip around Ahri as to not let her escape.

"That's some interesting sleepwear you have on, were you trying to entice me?" Caesar brought his mouth close to her ear and whispered slyly.

Ahri averted her eyes, "W-who would do that for you…" she stutteringly replied.

"Haha, you never cease to impress me with your cuteness" Caesar chuckled gently and decided to stop teasing the girl on his lap.

They continued through the storm with moderate ease, the horses were obviously getting tired, but, the worst thing they could do was stop.

The carriage moved through the storm for another two hours until, finally, the blazing sun once again pierced through the clouds and lightened the surroundings. Small sprinkles of water still fell from the sky, though, it was still much more manageable than the storm.

Caesar pulled the reigns and let the horses rest for a while, he also evaporated the ice above them and rested himself.

Ahri was sitting to the right of him with crossed arms and legs… She was angry that Caesar had taken advantage of her while in 'that' state.

Noticing her angry expression, Caesar decided to soothe her a little bit… he scooted next to her and put his arm around her shoulders.

"Hmph" Ahri snorted and ignored Caesar's advancements.

"I apologize, but your charms were just too much for me to handle," Caesar said jokingly and pecked Ahri on the side of her head.

Seeing that she had no reaction, Caesar sighed deeply and decided to use his secret weapon… he pulled out a piece of spiced jerky from his storage ring.

He audibly took a small bite from the jerky and could visibly see Ahri's ears perk up, her nose moved ever so slightly and her eyes glanced at the jerky in his hands.

The corner of Caesar's lips curled, he took out another piece of jerky, he purposely made it so the scent transmitted through the air and entered into Ahri's nose.

"Will you forgive me?" Caesar asked slyly while waving the piece of meat in front of her.

Ahri gulped audibly and the tips of her ears went red, "y-you can't control me with f-food" Ahri said hesitantly.

Caesar's smile disappeared and was replaced by a frown, he took a big bite of the jerky and slowly chewed.

After a few seconds of loud chewing, Ahri couldn't take it anymore and snapped… She pounced on top of Caesar and snatched the two pieces of jerky he had in his hands.

"Haha, now do you pardon me?" he chuckled and stared straight into her eyes.

"I was never mad at you, you know? I-I was just… embarrassed" Ahri said slowly and hopped

off of Caesar, she didn't pay any more attention to him and slowly nibbled on the pieces of jerky.

Caesar smiled wryly while shaking his head, he urged the horses to continue moving forward and just like that, they continued their journey.

'We should be about two weeks out from entering the dark continent' Caesar mused to himself…

Caesar tilted his head back and enjoyed the calm breeze, he squinted his eyes perilously as he gazed at the sky.

He raised his left hand towards the sun and made a grasping motion as if he wanted to grasp the entire skies.

"I think in this life, instead of adapting to the world… I will change it" Caesar whispered to himself.

Ahri tilted her head and looked at him curiously, "what did you say?"

Caesar smiled, "I didn't say anything," he replied while looking at Ahri lovingly.

"Is that so?" she asked suspiciously and went back to nibbling on her piece of jerky.

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In another continent, thousands of soldiers were lined up, they all carried gold-plated armor and were all relatively young men. The flag bearers held large insignias that depicted a large cross.

In front of the thousands of soldiers were six young teens that rode on gorgeous looking stallions, they looked down on the troops and pointed their swords forward.

"We will march towards the Northern forest! we will arrive in about 3 months… an evil monster has slain our elder brother… Richard" The young teen with short red hair spoke in a hateful tone… Almost as if he was used to talking with lots of people.

He paused for a second and continued

"We are devastated at the fact that our elder brother was killed in cold blood, he was the hero to this world and he died alone… We will avenge him in the name of a CRUSADE!" the young teen put his fist in the air and roared loudly.

"HOOOAH!" the young soldiers all roared enthusiastically.

The red-haired teen turned his horse around and smiled evilly… 'this time, I don't have you always walking in front of me, my older brother… in this world, I will forge my own path without being in your shadow haha' he laughed evilly inside and urged the troops to move forward.