Cheat Cultivator's Ascension - Chapter 553 - 553: Not One of Us

Now knowing that the talk among these ladies wouldn’t be all too bad, and also taking into consideration the fact that his presence might just be more of a bother there rather than anything else, the immortal-like young man, amidst the blooming conversation among these ladies of the western continent, finds a good opportunity to excuse himself out of the room, allowing the ladies to talk among themselves.

“So, mind introducing me to that ‘vampire’, Lia?” feeling that it is finally safe to talk about the person who had been the greatest point of interest ever since she had arrived in this place, the princess of the vampires, Lucille, directed her gaze towards the only other vampire in this group, said princess’ eyes full of wonder waiting for the answer of her childhood friend.

Hearing the question from Lucille, all the other visitors of the abode also directed their gaze towards the owner of the place, as she seems to be the only one who already have an idea of who that mysterious young man is.

Meanwhile, feeling the gazes of her friends on her, the vampire earl couldn’t help but shake her head to the question, knowing full well that even if she truly knows something about the person in question, it is only just a little bit more than these other ladies do, as even she herself, even after weeks of living with the immortal-like mentor, barely knows anything about him and his background at all.

“If I’m being honest, I barely know more than all of you do, Lucille, that guy he’s… quite the enigma…” still, knowing that these old friends of hers won’t leave her alone if she doesn’t answer the question, Liliana starts talking about everything she knows about the young man.

This includes how the two of them met each other for the first time, how he had easily brought her combat power to that of someone who is way beyond the strength of her peers, as well as how he is still an immeasurably powerful entity to her despite her strength and power already increasing by leaps and bounds compared to her old self.

Of course, while it might be true that she told them a lot of things, she still didn’t forget to omit some of the things she thought they should hear from the young man himself, his origins, which she barely has any idea of, as well as the fact that he is using a completely different system of power compared to the practice of mana that is dominant, or rather, the sole path in this place they are living in.

“I see… are you sure he’s not hiding something that can endanger you, Liliana?” after her childhood friend finally finished sharing the things she knows about that immortal-like figure, the princess of the vampire, Lucille, couldn’t help but ask as she stares at the vampire earl with concern in her eyes, all while trying to figure out in her mind just what is the reason for that young man to help her friend as much as he did.

It is only obvious that one might think of the helper as someone with an ulterior motive, as ultimately, even the Western Continent shows the same cruelty as the ones living in the east, if not for it being tamer compared to the brutal nature of fights and schemes of the cultivators living in the Eastern Continent, and the fact alone that someone helped a person completely unknown to them is already more than enough to arouse such suspicions.

Of course, hearing the question of the vampire princess, Liliana merely shake her head with a wry smile on her face, explaining it to everyone looking at her just like how she’s always explaining it to herself whenever she is also having such doubts about the intention of that teacher of hers.

“If he really has ill intention towards me, then he would’ve acted out on it already especially since he’s strong… far stronger than all of you can imagine…” she said with a smile on her face, her tone filled with certainty that made the elven priestess, the heiress of the beastkin and the princess of the dream demons nod in agreement.

After all, the three of them witnessed firsthand just how overwhelming the might of that person is, the power that he had previously shown during their fight against him something that made them well aware of the great chasm that separates his league of strength far beyond theirs.

“…Not to mention, there’s really nothing I, or anyone of you as a matter of fact, can do about it if he’s really planning to do something to me, or any of us… he’s just that powerful compared to us…” the vampire earl added, the only other vampire in the room, the princess, falling into silence as her mind starts to reevaluate that immortal-like figure, the expression from her old friends’ faces making her well aware that she missed such a great show.

“Fuhhh~~ I can’t stop you if you want, Lia, but just be careful of him at least, my ability, it’s telling me that he’s not one of us… and well, even if he is a vampire, he shouldn’t be someone who came from the bloodline of any of our ancestors…” Lucille mentioned as she takes a good look at Liliana, her eyes revealing a bit of sadness as she recalls the tragedy that befalls the family of this childhood friend of hers, something that she thought could’ve been prevented had the vampire family only hold more strength during those trying times.

“It doesn’t matter, Lucille, I know what kind of person he is~~~” seeing the concern on the vampire princess’ face, Liliana merely shows an assuring smile, in her mind recalling how much effort that immortal-like figure had put into making her grow as strong as she is now, not only in terms of cultivation, but also in terms of mentality, the things he had taught and the stories he had told her during these times of the two of them living together allowing her to realize just how large the world is.

With those words, the group of ladies started giggling, peals of laughter resounding across the room as those five people starts reminiscing about the past, each seemingly growing closer to each other again as if those days of them drifting apart from each other with each passing moment are nothing but illusion that they already start breaking apart.

Meanwhile, the person who could very well be the greatest reason as to why these five individuals can meet and talk here today, is currently roaming around the Sanguinis Manor, taking a good look at the vast expanse of land every now and then to appreciate not the view, but nature itself, him not expanding his senses to pick up everything around him allowing him a greater comprehension of the things around him from a mortal point of view.

Yet this very same decision made him truly unaware of the fact that right now, the word of the mouth among the geniuses of this continent’s current generation is him and him alone.