Noi immediately sprints out of the throne room the moment Balan decided to let him go. He keeps on running aimlessly without looking back and just tries to be as far away from the perverted vampire as possible.

Honestly, while he was in the middle of sprinting for his dear life, Noi wishes he can be much further away as possible from Balan, like not on the same property anymore and maybe, just maybe, burn down all of this so that heartless vampire can feel how heartbroken he was when the latter burns his precious Da Vincis.

Yes, Noi has a slight sadistic mind. Only mind, though.

Once he's already quite further away and his lungs feel like it's being barbecued by invisible fire, Noi stops running while panting as he tries to catch his breath. And wastes no time to continue cursing Balan inside his head at the same time.

That fucker! Who does he think he is?! Just because he's a vampire that is more powerful than humans, Balan dares to belittle Noi like that?! Such an obnoxious being!

The human boy wants to strangle that adonis of a man so bad, especially knowing that the honoured was the mastermind that made him got nothing left in his possession.

And Noi can't help but feel offended as well. How dare that pale-face perverted man destroyed all of his things because he thinks that Noi stink? Does the smell of his body odour is so bad that Balan needs to do all of these rude things to him? Noi can bet all of his leftover art supplies at home that nobody on this surface of the earth can outmatch Balan as the rudest host ever.

Such an improper royal he is!

But before Noi can even steady his own heartbeat and finish his monologue cussing inside his head, a voice interrupts him, "Well, isn't that went well for you, Nong!"

Noi flinched in surprise as the young vampire that he left earlier had magically stood beside him, "Jesus Christ! You scared the shit out of me, Tao!"

The bunny-teeth boy gasps as his innocent-looking hazel eyes go wide, "N'Noi! You should be careful to not utter out anyone's name randomly like that! P'In is very possessive."

Noi frowns in confusion, "What the hell are you talking about, Tao? Stop joking around."

"I'm not joking around. Didn't you see how annoyed P'In was when you mentioned Leonardo Da Vinci? So you better stop calling other people's names. And besides," The young vampire claps his hands excitedly while bouncing like a bunny he is, "Don't you feel excited? You will have a beautiful collar around your neck! And it'll be custom made too! How do you think the collar would look?"

Noi squints his doe-eyes irritatingly, "Am I supposed to be happy with that information? You're definitely out of your mind, Tao."

The young vampire tilts his head confusedly, "Aw. Why won't you feel happy about it?"

The human boy rolls his eyes and states the obvious, "He basically treated me like a dog!"

"Well, I don't think so. You heard what P'In had said, right? He didn't treat you like a dog. If he is, you would've been eating on the floor, you know?"

"But he's planning to give me a fucking collar, Tao! He didn't treat me as a human being!" Noi protests.

Tao shrugs and tries to defend Balan's action, "Well we are not humans, to begin with, Noi. What do you expect? And besides, just be grateful that P'In is a very patient person. He tolerates all of your outburst already." the young vampire grins and shows the bunny-teeth between the fangs, "Good job on that by the way! You've managed to incite his interest!"

The human boy scoff in disbelief as he feels bewildered at Tao's statement that sounds so wrong in his ears. It makes him change the perspective of vampires once more, "Now I know why you didn't even try to help me back there. You're all the same. An evil being that has no empathy."

The grumble makes the bunny-teeth boy pout and tries to defend his precious Phi again, "If he doesn't have empathy then P'In would've let you died already, you know. He even shares a little bit of his precious blood to heal your wounds last night."

That random information earns Noi's attention, "What do you mean?"

Tao tilts his head, "Don't you remember?" He utters and glances to his surroundings to see if anybody in his peripheral vision. Then leans closer to Noi and whispers, "He tore your anus yesterday and broke your waist during sex."

There's a blush creeping out on Noi's cheeks as the young vampire mentioned the event. As much as violent Balan is to him, they still did intercourse with each other even though Noi was forced, "Y-you saw us?! Don't you feel mortified by it?!  And what do you mean he to- I mean broke my waist? I feel fine, though."

The young vampire shrugs, "Why would I be mortified? It's not an uncommon scene to see. But he didn't only break your waist, Noi. But also tear your anus!" Tao replies lightly and abruptly slap Noi's butt, making the human boy wince as his hole is still sore. Noi quickly moves further away to protect his sore butt, "Tao!"

"Oh? Still, hurt? I'm sorry na~" Tao pouts cutely again, "But yes he was literally broke you into two yesterday. You almost died! But it's alright. A little blood from a first-generation vampire can easily fix it!" The young vampire adds as he smiles cutely to the wide doe-eyes.

"Wh-what?! I almost died?!" Noi state in disbelief, knowing Balan's violent harassment made one of his foot was already in the grave. This new information makes him more determined to leave and never come back. This place is just too dangerous and odd for Noi, "What a fucker!"

"Yes! He is, isn't he?" Tao replies back and giggles, "But you look okay now. In fact, you look healthier! And by the way, in my opinion, you don't have the rights to complain that P'In claimed ownership on you."

"Why?"

"Well, because you brazenly claimed a dead person in front of him! Didn't you said Leonardo Da Vinci is yours?" Tao explains and grimaces, "Don't tell me you have hots for wrinkly old men? P'In is so much better despite he's multiple times older than any other grandpas that you ever met, Nong. So set aside your wrinkly skin kink and you will get to see how handsome P'In is."

Noi let out a sigh as he tries to ease the headache that had started to intensify. Honestly, he wondered if they're just joking or really didn't know what he meant, "I'm not talking about the painter, Tao. Da Vinci is a brand for the painting brushes that I owned."

Hearing that, Tao add a gap between his plump lips and form a small circle with them, "Oooh! You should've told us earlier, Noi. So P'In won't misunderstand what you meant."

"How could I explain? He's the one who suddenly harassed and giving no time for me to say anything!"

"Well, he was mad because you suddenly mentioned someone else's name! Of course, he'll be annoyed." Tao defends.

"I told you it's a brand for a painting brush!" Noi retorts and starts to sassily rants, "And how am I supposed to paint if I don't have my art supplies anymore?! You people burnt all of them! I bet you even burn my paints and palettes as well, leaving nothing but air for me to own."

After hearing Noi's speed-ranting, Tao takes a silent as he processes every word that the human boy had rapped out. Then the young vampire gasps in shock as he realizes what Noi meant, "Oh dear, I forgot that you came here to paint."

Noi rolls his eyes as he feels slightly annoyed by the current situation, "Now what? Who should I ask for responsibility, huh? Do you know how expensive they are? Not to mention the expensive oil paints and other supplies that I believe are now just ashes." the human boy says as he ruffled his black hair in annoyance, making Tao quickly close his own nose because the human's sweet scent is spreading because of the act. The young vampire let out a reply with a slightly nasal voice, "Well, you should ask P'In to replace your painting tools."

Noi shows a horror expression, "No way! I refuse to see him again!"

"Then how do you do your job without the supplies, Nong?" the young vampire asks as he let go of his nose.

"You think after all of what happened, I'll be willing to paint for him?!" Noi retorts.

"Why not? It's your job after all. If you're willing to do it, I can take you to an art supply shop in the village. Mrs Potter claimed she sells almost every kind of brand and art materials in the world. So we can go there if you want." Tao suddenly offers.

Go out you said? The information makes the bulb inside Noi's head light up. If he can get out of this place by using the excuse as a reason, he will have a bigger opportunity to escape the village!

Brush babies, your sacrifice won't be gone to waste.

If he's able to go out of this castle, Noi will just need to improvise on how to go past the gate later. Like maybe sneakily goes closer to their gate entrance and probably, climb the stone wall or if he's lucky, hide inside one of their supply carts that might go past the gate.

He always sees this type of supply cart thing in every historical movie that he had watched. So, considering how this village is so similar to those historical plots, there's got to be a time when the villagers do go out to do trading, right? It's kind of impossible that they never go out and buy things outside. If not, how would Mrs Potter boldly claimed she sells every art materials' brand in the world?

"But you need to ask for P'In permission to go out first." Tao suddenly adds and breaks Noi's trained of thought, "After all, he had said you're not allowed to go out of the castle."

The short information makes Noi internally groan. Is there no other way to avoid Balan forever? Noi really, really, deeply really want to not see that perverted bastard again. The human boy suddenly walks closer and leans his head to Tao's shoulder, showing a set of puppy doe-eyes to the other, "Can you ask him for me, please?"

Tao pouts in disapproval and scoots away, indicating that Noi's adorable pleading doesn't work on him, "No way. Why would I be the one who should ask for it? You're the one who needs it."

"But your people were the ones who burn them!"

The bunny-teeth boy gasps as he feels offended by Noi's statement, "Excuse me?! I told you it's not my order! It was P'In's!" he then places his own hands on his hips and pouts, "You are so mean, Nong!"

"No! I mean... forget it." Noi exhales and decides to give up before even trying. The human boy knows that it is futile to keep on pleading to Tao since he knows how stubborn and sly the vampire boy is, "I'll ask him myself."

Noi figures if this the last time he'll ever see that perverted vampire, then he won't mind meeting that bastard one more time for the sake of his own freedom. A little sacrifice should be fine, right? Noi can only hope that Balan won't do anything weird to him, even though Noi knows the chance of it might happen is almost 100% at this point, "If I got his permission, I'll be able to go out of this place, right?"

The young vampire nods in affirmation, "Of course! Try to ask him after he's done with work and see what happens. Although, I'm sure he won't allow you to go alone and order someone to go accompanying you. But don't worry!" Tao points at himself, "I'm positive he will send me to assist you since P'In himself is still busy with work."

"Sure, I don't mind if it's you, Tao." Noi shrugs and faintly smiles, "You're not a bad company."

After all, Noi thinks it'll be easier to escape if the young vampire is the one that goes and accompanies him outside. Because he thinks Tao is the most harmless vampire out of all that he had met. The young vampire looks like an inattentive person.

Hearing the compliment makes the young vampire smile widely, showing his adorable bunny-teeth and pointy fangs to the latter as he bounces excitedly, "Really?! You didn't find me annoying?"

Surprised by the sudden outburst of energy, Noi slightly backs away while a glance at the excited vampire, "Uh... No. Why would I be? I think you're nice."

"Aw!" Tao happily exclaim and hug Noi tightly. In fact, too tightly.

"Ow-ow-OW! TAO!!" Noi shrieks as he feels suffocated by the muscular arms of the adorable vampire that hugs him. Noi can even hear his own bone start to let out series of faint cracking sound because of the young vampire's bone-crushing hug, "Too tight!! TAO!!"