Chapter 9: Friends With Benefits
That was Leo's honest reaction. He already knew that she's a princess due to Elda constantly referring to her by her title.
This is also visible from how elegant and luxurious she's dressed, and Elda, who is standing beside her is dressed in maid attire.
But what Leo didn't expect is for her to be a vampire princess! He already knew that she wasn't human and not from his world but what he didn't expect is for the young lady in front who looks so beautiful to be a vampire princess.
Leo felt grateful to himself for not irritating the young lady any further or who knew what she would had done to him.
He knew what vampires are. When he was still at the orphanage home, he had watched two series about them on one of the caretakers' phone but just like the zombie, he wasn't sure if she's the same as the vampire he's familiar with.
Still, Leo was happy with himself for the decision he made. Who knows? He might have saved his own life without even having any knowledge about it.
He took a look at Tatiana who was now in a bent position beside him and studying him carefully like he's some exotic animal.
"I still find it hard to believe that someone like you exists in such a backwater world," She said as she looked at him intently.
Their eyes met and Tatiana smiled, with her thoughts unknown.
"Leo, I don't know if you know this but you're very special. It's just that I don't know just how special you are. The fact that you can see me is something that shouldn't be possible in the first place.
And even more shocking is that you can understand the words coming out of my mouth. If you thought it's normal, then I will tell you right now that it's not," Tatiana said, before standing up and walking to Ms Ves.
She bent down beside her and also started studying her. Few minutes later, she smiled and looked at Leo, who was also staring at her.
"The two of you are interesting. Really." She smiled brightly as she stood up.
Her smile was so bright and beautiful that Leo felt something tug at his heart. He didn't know what it was but he gave him a good feeling.
He heard what Tatiana said about her not believing that someone like him can exist in such a backwater world. He also heard what she said about him being special.
And he finally understood why she was asking him if he could see her. Though she didn't say why he wasn't supposed to be able to see her, Leo didn't bother to ask.
He felt that she would had told him if she wanted to. Also, he heard about his ability to understand what she was saying. Again she didn't say why he shouldn't be able to understand what she was saying but he didn't ask.
'Maybe she's speaking vampire language...'
Though Leo wasn't surprised by her words as he already knew that he's not just human as it's something displayed in his status screen. The thing is that he doesn't know what he is exactly. He doesn't even know his own full name.
But there's something that Tatiana said that caught Leo's attention. Why did she say that the two of them are interesting? What is it about Ms Ves that's interesting?
He was about to try and find out from Tatiana, when he heard her next words.
"Leo, what do you say about the two of us becoming friends? Friends with benefits of course.
I will help you by giving you whatever information I have that you need and you help me with something in the future. What do you think?" She asked, smiling at him.
Leo's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard the offer she was making. The truth is that he needs information, answers to his questions and he knew that Tatiana was aware of this, and this is the reason why she's making such an offer.
She knew that it was an offer he won't be able refuse.
"And what is it that I could possibly help you with?" Leo asked curiously and carefully.
Tatiana smiled when she heard his questions. She wasn't bothered by it as she knew that he would ask but she has no plan on telling him. It would be better if he doesn't know about it yet.
"You don't need to worry. It's not something that would bring you any harm. It's something you can actually do now but it's going to be very difficult for you to achieve it," She said with her smile never leaving her face.
"You don't need to worry about anything, Leo. I won't harm you. If I wanted to do anything to you, I would had done it a long time ago. It's not like you can stop me if I wanted to.
As for the consequences of doing you any harm? They are almost non-existent. Just some feathered bugs but they would be taken care of by my father." She said and shrugged.
Leo didn't know how to respond when he heard what she said.
The truth is that her offer isn't bad but there's one problem with it—the part where she said that he would help her with something in the future.
He already knew that he won't be getting the information from her for free but he couldn't help but feel that what she's going to ask him to help her with in the future, is something that outweighs the worth of the information she's going to give him.
Leo didn't know or understand much about people in the outside world—as he had very little interaction with them—but he remembered the advice that Ms Ves gave him.
Also, he knew that she was right about her being able to do whatever she wanted to him, without him being able to do anything.
Leo thought about it and decided to take the offer. It's not like he has any other choice. Though she wasn't threatening him at the moment, who knew what she would do if he refuses her offer.
"Ok, I will trust your words and accept your offer," Leo finally said after a brief moment of deep thought.
The smile on Tatiana's face brightened even more when she heard his response. She giggled happily and did a twirl.
"Trust me, Leo, you won't regret this,"She said with the smile still on her face.
'I hope I don't.' Leo said to himself as he watched her do her little celebration dance.
"Now, let me kick off our agreement with the first piece of information," She said and directed her gaze at Ms Ves who was on the ground beside Leo.
"The lady beside you is a half-zombie."