"The patriarch?" Ayana skeptically looked at Viktor as if she was suspicious about something. But she still answered, "The patriarch is quite a strict and upright person. He is not only the most powerful shaman I know of but also well respected by other clans consisting of witches, wizards, and so on."
Victor felt that he expected this from the patriarch, especially after getting to know Nyissa who was kind of upright...a bit too much and strict and decisive whenever she took any decisions.
He felt that as her future husband, it was his duty to loosen her up a bit...in every way.
"There are other clans specializing in mystic arts as well? Damn, how did I never come upon any of them, including you people?" Viktor again found it hard to believe that after living for so many centuries, these people remained hidden from him.
He was having this burning question in his mind since the moment he got stuck in the Naraka Bridge.
"How do you think we hid our identities for all these centuries from the Regulars? Since you lived your life as a Regular and were not associated with any supernatural group or clan, to begin with, why would you need to learn about us?" Ayana asked as a matter of fact which made sense to Viktor, but he still asked,
"Still, I am sure some parties know or have seen my abilities. Wouldn't they at least be interested in reaching out to me?"
"Not necessarily. One, because of your powers, they could be wary about approaching you. Two, even if they saw you, they wouldn't approach you unless you interfered with their interests. At best, they would assume you were from some vampire clan and wouldn't approach you since no sane person would want to cause trouble with another clan for nothing. I think you lived your life without causing a conflict with any of the clans indirectly, and so you never had to see them. Still, I can't believe how you are a loner. Where are you even coming from? What are your origins?" Ayana was immensely curious about Viktor's origins, especially after seeing his terrifying powers.
She felt that the clan he was coming from surely must be one of the most powerful clans if they were able to produce someone like him.
She saw how he could even potentially destroy the entire island they were living on within minutes.
Viktor's expression became thoughtful as he slowly shook his head, "I don't know...I am still seeking out answers about my origins."
Now, Viktor was more hopeful about digging out his true past since he already got a glimpse of it as visions. He wondered what caused these visions to trigger and remembered that only when he died twice in the Naraka Bridge did he remember them.
However, this was puzzling since there were so many times in the past where he had died, but he never had any sort of visions or dreams, especially not about his past.
'How weird...should I try killing myself and see?' Viktor couldn't help but think like this since his burning eagerness to know about his past was only exacerbated after experiencing those visions.
If any other passerby were to hear his thought, they would immediately give him a card for a therapy session.
He felt like without knowing them, the void in his heart would only become bigger as time passed.
"What are you thinking about?" Ayana asked with knitted brows, seeing that Viktor's mind was drifting away.
"Uh, nothing. But I wanted to ask one thing. How do I find these vampire clans? Like do you know where any one of these clans resides? I just want to meet them and ask some questions. Oh, if there are werewolf clans too, you could tell me about them as well," Viktor felt like these clans might have some answers to the questions he had in his mind.
Ayana shook her head, "I don't think I can help you with that. These clans, especially the ones you are asking for, never reveal their true residing location and maintain total secrecy. Apparently, they don't like strangers visiting their place and roaming around. Even if they wanted to set up a meeting with some other clan, they would keep a common location as a place to meet. I guess they are very territorial."
"Damn...I guess I must find some other ways then…" Viktor mumbled, feeling that he had a lot of difficult work ahead.
Ayana's brows pulled together as she said, "You should be careful about seeking them out. Even if you are a vampire, they will still treat you as a stranger if your bloodline is different. In fact, you might get colder treatment since you are of the same race. Anyway, if you are willing to risk it and have enough confidence in yourself to deal with them, it should be no problem," Ayana felt that maybe these clans would not dare to offend Viktor since he was potentially an Elder Vampire and even a pig in their clans would know how rare and powerful Elder Vampires were.
She could only imagine how truly old Viktor was and how she was like a baby to him. But she liked how Viktor, unlike those brooding cold seniors, was very easy to talk to and seemed down to earth without putting on any airs.
Even the patriarch of her clan wouldn't dare to offend him for no reason, which made her think that maybe that was why he was treated like a special guest though she was still suspicious about Viktor calling her Master as his fiance.
Viktor looked at Brad, who still seemed out cold, and asked curiously, "Any reason why he is unconscious for so long? Everything seems fine with him physically, so what is the problem?"
He also looked at others and saw that none of them woke up as well.
"Ah, that's because we cast a spell to erase the recent happenings from their minds, especially the spooky part. Otherwise, not only would some of them get panic attacks, our secrets wouldn't be secrets anymore," Ayana explained and continued, "But they should be waking up any minute now."
Viktor raised his brows, not expecting them to have spells that dealt with erasing memories. But this made him even more convinced that someone could have erased his memories as well since why would he erase his own memories, even if he had the ability to?
'Did I have some enemies in my past?' Viktor couldn't help but think like that.
"Ah....Dina, please believe me….I didn't fool around with any other women...you are my only one...prrfttt...." Brad mumbled in his sleep as if he was dreaming about something.
"Pfft," Ayana couldn't help but let out a stifled giggle as she covered her mouth, feeling it funny while Viktor shook his head with an amused smile seeing how Brad was still scared of his wife even after all this time.
He couldn't help but remember the times when Brad was a hen-pecked husband.
"Grandpa Puto, wake the hell up!" Viktor lightly clapped Brad's cheeks as he suddenly got up with widened eyes, "I am sorry, Dina! Don't slap me! Wait....what! You??"
