The Fallen Vampire

Chapitre 217: Shakti : Relationship Guru

"Just put me out of my misery, big sis. Nothing even matters anymore."

Shakti was staring at a rather large, depressed ball of Raymond. His will to live having completely left him.

They were supposed to be using the early morning hours to go over a bit of their techniques and maybe spar a little bit, but that was proving to be difficult with current emotional states withstanding.

Shakti only hit the big guy once and he didn't even bother to dodge.

Now he just lie on the ground holding his face- a mere two minutes away from breaking down completely.

Shakti was already the silent giant type, so she really didn't know what she was supposed to do in this sort of situation.

"..." After much internal deliberation, she just raised her fist to punch Raymond in the back of the head again.

Luckily, he spoke first.

"Be honest with me, Sister Shakti. Do I still not seem like a man to anybody here?"

Shakti didn't know how she was supposed to answer that. "Unless you have grown a vagina in the middle of the night then..."

"N-Not like that! I mean like a man! Do I seem like I've jumped off the porch already?"

"Huh..?"

Raymond sighed and sat up on the floor.

"I mean... I guess what I'm trying to ask is do I seem like the kind of man who could actually marry into your tribe..?"

All of the sudden, realization dawned on Shakti.

She remembered the brief conversation that she'd had with the humans before they'd boarded this vessel.

Back then she'd dismissed it as a joke, but... now she wasn't so sure.

"Don't tell me... You have feelings for Junior Sister Tiche..?"

Raymond nodded. "For a moment last night it seemed like she might've had feelings for me too, but she said no when I asked her to be my girlfriend... Apparently she didnt think we were a good fit."

"What is a girlfriend?" Shakti tilted her head.

Raymond suddenly paused and stared at the beautiful giantess like she'd just grow a second head.

"It's like the step below husband and wife... You guys don't have that?"

"No." Shakti shook her head.

Fallen relationships are not all that complicated.

If you like someone you're either sleeping with them, or already married.

The last thing he saw was the back other heel coming down to smash him right between the eyes; knocking him out cold.

It wasn't until a couple of seconds went by that she truly realized what she had done.

'...Perhaps that was a bit of an overreaction.'

-

Shakti emerged from the private room to give Raymond just a little bit of time to rest.

...Well she wasn't too cruel, since she did drape a blanket over him before she left.

However, she never expected that the moment she opened the door, she would bump into the man who was just on her mind a moment ago.

"Ah, Shakti."

Normally whenever she heard Taira say her name she was able to remain composed and act in a formal, business-like manner.

But today, it seemed as though that was just a little bit more difficult than before.

"I-I..."

Taira tilted his head and looked past Shakti into the room she was trying to leave.

There, he saw Raymond lying on the ground with a thin blanket over him.

Now most people would have gotten rather upset over such a sight but for Taira... this was normal.

"Good training then?" He asked in amusement.

Shakti could only nod her head- unbelievably grateful that half her face was still being hidden by her hair.

"If you're free, come with me. There's something I want to show you." Taira said.

There were very few words that could have made Shakti's heart skip a beat like those.

She followed Taira to the main deck of the ship, where all of his wives were already waiting.

Once they reached the bow, Taira pointed off into the far distance from their position.

Shakti could make out the beginnings of an island sitting behind a rather thick fog.

"I thought we were not due to arrive until tomorrow?"

"As did I, but it seems this old thing is a bit faster than we thought." Taira tapped the wood of the ship.

"I see. I'll go and get everyone ready then."

"Thank you."