The man was not only annoying but talkative, and it was exhausting to be around him. It was hard to get him to be in a relaxed manner long enough to be compelled. The last thing Rav wanted was for him to keep coming and bringing the attention of the neighborhood like he did yesterday.
The neighborhood they were in was an open place where everyone could peek into each other’s yard, and from what he had noticed, many gossipmongers lived all around who seemed to be keeping a constant curious eye out on them from their windows, trying to know the new people who had moved in recently.
"What should I do to him if he comes around again?" Rav asked the master, who turned to watch him with his dark eyes glistening heatedly, and then he spoke without missing a heartbeat.
"If Ben, whatever the fuck his name is, comes back here, find a way to kill him. I do not want anyone complicating things for us."
Rav scratched the back of his head at those words. "I do not believe we can get away with killing in this land, my Lord. Have you forgotten that it’s a small land where every single person’s birth and death records are kept with the magistrate? And if someone goes missing, it is truly investigated by the laws. Many had seen him causing a commotion here. If we kill him, we will be the first ones to be pointed to, and—"
"Fuck Bimmerville’s stupid laws. I should have found a better human land to buy a house for my wife. This place is messed up. I don’t care how you do it, just make sure that parrot doesn’t complicate things for us," Rohan gritted with controlled rage, not liking one bit how restricting everything in this land was and how, for the first time, he would have to abide by the laws because he had to protect his family.
"I am thinking of offering him the job of the stableman. He and the other stableman can work together. That will keep him from giving us any future trouble, and you won’t have to see or hear his annoying loud voice if he is in the stables," Rav suggested.
"Do whatever you think will work—just make sure I don’t see his face or hear his voice," Rohan said to Rav. Then he turned away from the street and made his way back toward the house to check if his wife was awake, so she could take the blood medicine. It would give her strength and ensure she didn’t grow weak from carrying the demon inside her.
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Rav watched his master make his way into the house with long, angry strides and knew it would take a while for Rohan to adjust to the laws here and act more human. Bimmerville was the safest human land in all the lands, but it was the most dangerous place for vampires and any other creatures.
With the constant eyes of the neighborhood and the patrolling knights who walked the street at night, it was impossible for them to act recklessly and kill anyone from this land. Every person, from the commoners to the aristocrats, was important here. Even though the classes were different, any mysterious disappearance of a citizen was always investigated and truly looked into—not because the king cared about every one of them, but because he was watching out for the vampires.
Rav knew that his master had a lot of adjusting to do, but thankfully, he cared about his wife enough to want to adjust and do things the normal way.
Rav stayed out for a while, waiting for the time Ben Rufford would appear, as it was said he came by yesterday early in the morning and left when he was told they were not around—and returned again in the afternoon. He couldn’t help but think the man was a pest he would have loved to get rid of for his master.
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