Irhin - there is something I want to ask you Ion.

Darklion - tell me?

Irhin - In that battle, where did you face that Lieutenant Van Helsing. Why didn't you convert him to one of yours? Why were the wounded battle soldiers also not converted?

Darklion – Why are you asking me that, Irhin?

Irhin - my father told me about it.

Darklion - How old were you at the time?

Irhin – I was like 6 or 7 years old at that time.

Darklion – You were a baby; I hope you can understand that back then, I attacked humans just for fun. I didn't turn them into vampires, I just fed myself on them.

Darklion paused, as if regretting what he was doing. But I wasn't quite sure.

Darklion - We just attacked that little village. I was very thirsty; my lieutenant went to attack, and we killed everyone, some of us turned humans into vampires. We entered the town governor's building; he and his family were there. He was armed with garlic and holy water. Humans truly believe that garlic hurts us, but it doesn't. And holy water does pity us, but it does not do us greater harm or kill us.

Ion got up from the bench where we were sitting and took a few steps to where those beautiful flowers he loved.

Darklion - I killed him, but I didn't turn him a vampire... I came to the next room; his family was there. He had a little girl about 8 or 10 years old, I couldn't tell. The mother protected her, placing herself in front of her daughter.

Ion still had his back to me, took a small twig sticking out of the wall of "The lady of the night" garden and played with that twig with his fingers.

Darklion - The little girl's mother pounced on me with a stick she had, I easily dodged her. By then Marius was already behind me; He took her by the arms, so I was able to approach the little girl. She was looking at me with huge, shiny black eyes.

It Can't be! Could it be that Ion murdered that woman and that girl?

Darklion - You must know Irhin, that I was malevolent. The little girl remained sitting on her bed hugging her legs. I approached stealthily, at that moment I had the mark in my left eye and my eyes were that bright red that everyone fears.

Ion took another step to take another twig from the bush.

Darklion - She spoke to me, - "Are you a vampire?" -. I nodded at her question. - "Your eyes look very bad" – she said- "They are" - I replied. - "Your voice, why does it sound like that?" – she asked again - "That's my normal voice, little one" - "Does it hurt?" - she asked, I was surprised by her question, I didn't know what she meant. So, I asked her - "What do you mean?" - "Your wound in the left eye?" - That little girl was more worried about me than what could happen to her.  - "It hurts before, now I don't feel pain anymore" - She then stopped hugging her legs and approached me, very slowly; she reached out her hand to me. Marius reacted to the girl's movement, and I stopped him by raising my hand to signal him not to approach us. - "Is it a wound?" - She asked me as she ran her little fingers over my mark. - "No, little one, it is a mark; something like a scar" - She then directed her eyes to mine. - "Is it going to hurt?" -

Ion then broke both twigs that he had in his hands.

Darklion - Her mere question affected me in a way that I never expected. I had so many years of not empathizing with anyone; but that little girl. I never expected her question. I backed away; I went to Marius and told him that we all need to go, the little girl's mother was in a trance that Marius can cause to others. The little girl spoke to us again - - "Your mark, you no longer have it! And your eyes are no longer bad" - She noticed my change, as I reacted to her my alertness changed.

Ion paused. it was like remembering that was hard. He then continues.

Darklion – the little girl extended me a diamond necklace she had on her neck- "I give it to you in payment for not hurting mom" - That girl pronounced with her innocent voice that she didn't want us to hurt her mother. I then approached her stealthily and took the gold necklace. Then the aroma came to me, the smell of human blood is so striking; Irhin is so delicious. It's inexplicable; but her blood smelled different. I didn't take her necklace. - "Keep it little girl but leave here at dawn" - She put the necklace around her neck again and then she told me. - "You are a good person, thanks for allowing us to live a little longer" - I observed her askance and emphasized. Marius can communicate with me without necessarily speaking, that is one of our greatest gifts. I have a wider field, while his gift only allows him to communicate with one person at a time. I asked of the looting they had carried out, and to leave the little girl with two bags. one with food and the other with gold, to be able to live well wherever they went.

Irhin – you did it the right thing Ion.

Darklion - Lieutenant VanHelsing knew of the attack on the governor's town in Colchester, England. So that's where he got to. In the morning we were resting, looting at one of the villages. We usually sleep during the day; we also regain strength. We cannot expose ourselves to daylight. The guards noticed a strange movement. At nightfall Lieutenant Mihai notified us of these movements and then they attacked us. The castle where we fought was not here. Although they thought it was my castle.

Irhin - an ambush?

Darklion - Yes.

Irhin - I know the details of the battle well, what was the reason why you didn't turn any soldier or Lieutenant VanHelsing into a vampire?

Darklion - He loved his family so much that he sacrificed himself for them.

Irhin - what do you mean?

Darklion - Irhin, he was no fool, he could have cut off my head; and he didn't do it. He had the same illness as that girl. Irhin, he was going to die.

I understood everything. That was the reason why Ion didn't convert him.

Darklion - I wasn't going to turn him into a monster. Throughout his life he faced so many things. He needed to rest.

I had my answer, so he let them all go.

Irhin – I know. you mentioned something about not being in full light.

Darklion - We cannot expose ourselves to light.

Irhin - why?

Darklion - Haven't you figured it out Irhin?

Irhin - No, of course not! what do you mean?

Darklion - I told you my love, that when I was human; I had a disease; I couldn't be exposed to light. Photosensitivity, It's like burning alive if I exposed myself. I'm not sure if my illness was related to what I am now.

Irhin – I understand

Darklion – I must clarify this as well, when a person is healthy, the scent of their blood has a special aroma. But if someone is not healthy; its blood has a peculiar smell. We don't consume the blood of those humans. I must clarify that the reason I didn't kill that little girl was not that.

Irhin - was it because you empathized with her?

Darklion - Yes, I couldn't hurt her and neither to her mother.

Irhin - I see...