Chapter 196 196: Loss

Lilith glared at Atlas. Through his reaction, she had a feeling that he was telling the truth.

"That girl! She always does this! She is so annoying!" Lilith rolled her eyes. "And excuse about being scared? My room was closer to her room than yours. She just wanted to enter your room and sleep there. She just... Argh!"

Lilith felt quite irritated, but this time, the target of her irritation was Luna.

"You! Stay away from that girl! She is trouble!"

Atlas scratched the back of his head; he could only smile wryly and nod. "Yes Boss. I got it."

By now, Luna was also out of her room. She stood with the support of the wall behind her, gazing at Lilith in amusement.

"That's quite interesting. When in the past I tried something, she did try to create trouble for me, but that seemed more like she just wanted to keep me away from Castiel. But now... Why did I feel as if there was some sense of jealousy?"

Luna could sense some things that Atlas couldn't. Her intuition was mostly spot on. She never received this feeling from Lilith, even though the group of three had spent time together for a long time in the past.

In the past, she believed that Lilith loved and respected Castiel like a family member, but at the moment, that jealousy was something that shouldn't have been there for a family member.

"Did she also start liking Castiel now?" Luna tilted her head sideways. "So now I have to worry about her stealing Castiel from me as well?"

Hearing the commotion outside, Lancaster also stepped out of his room. He was already dressed as well and ready to leave. In fact, he was one of the first here to wake up.

She watched Lilith and Atlas quarrel in the distance, smiling. "These lovebirds start everywhere."

"Lovebirds?" Luna asked Lancaster, stepping closer.

"Yeah. You don't know about that?" Lancaster asked, slightly surprised. "Even though the two don't express it, from their actions to their quarrels to their caring for each other... It all gives me a feeling that the two of them have started to fall for each other, but none wants to acknowledge it. I don't tell them either. I just let nature take its course."

"Don't you feel the same?" he asked Luna. "Anyway, I also get the same feeling from you. You like him as well, don't you?"

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Luna didn't answer. She just remained silent.

"It's alright. You don't have to answer. I can already see it in your eyes. You know, I worked at a restaurant for a really long time. I've seen those eyes so many times, where one loved the other person, and the other had no idea... Your eyes remind me of them."

"Then again, it's your life, and I won't interfere. As I said, I'll just let Nature take its course. So best of luck to both of you, but it's not going to be easy for you." He patted Luna's shoulders.

He closed the door of his room and walked to the two people he addressed as lovebirds since their discussion seemed to be over by now.

"Any interesting topic of conversation?" he asked, joining the small group.

"You're up. Not bad. That's great. We should leave if everyone is ready now." Through the corner of his eyes, he saw Luna was dressed as well. It appeared as if everyone was ready.

"You can eat something outside. We'll also get some food stock for the route since we won't be stopping for this long anymore. Come."

The group of four went down and returned the keys at the reception. Ironically, they all went to the same restaurant once again, where they had a fight last night, since that place was the closest to them.

The Manager was horrified to see the guests again. Despite that, he was very cordial with them. He didn't want to be under compulsion again.

Atlas was still upset at the man for allowing such things to happen, but he also knew that the man probably had no choice either. The ones who could resist a Vampire or stand against them were far too little.

That's also why Atlas just left the man with a warning and didn't do anything to him. He took the guests to the best table they had.

The wall of the private room was destroyed, which couldn't be fixed in one night, so only a curtain was placed like a wall to have some privacy.

After a happening night and a short sleep, the driver was also back in the Carriage, which was still outside the hotel.

He looked at the hotel, which had an intact wall until last night. The wall was missing now. He wondered why the restaurant demolished their wall. Were their renovations going on?

He had spent whatever money he was given last night, all on getting vip services at a brothel. Now he was once again poor, but he didn't mind. He was still driving the carriage for such wealthy people. He didn't feel like he was going to be lacking money anytime soon.

He just waited near the carriage for Atlas to return with the others.

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Lilith, Luna, and Lancaster had breakfast while Atlas just sat near them, watching them eat. Even since he woke up in this body, he had lost the ability to taste human food. The only taste he could sense was the taste of blood bow.

He watched the dishes that looked delicious there on the table, but they were all worthless to him. For him, there was no difference between eating coal and these delightful dishes.

When he was little, he lived in a distant village, and even by that standard, his family was one of the poorest in the village. His father spent his time drunk while they ate whatever they were given. Even in the Severis Castle, they didn't eat anything delicious. By the time he finally had the ability and wealth to be able to afford the food, the food had lost its value to him.