Blood In Rose

Chapter 14

"Stop it!"
I cover his mouth with the hand that's free.
"Mmph?!"
Taken off guard, Alfred lets me slip away.
"That's why Spade runs from you, because you're so pushy!"
"Hey! Wait!"
"I won't!"
(That face he made right there...)
As I recall it, I find myself having a good time, and I run up the stairs in a hum.
"!!"
Halfway up the stairs, my sight becomes foggy.
The door I 'see' is unlike any door I had opened today.
(Which room is that?)
( I feel so...strange.)
I wait for the dizziness to go away, and start walking again.
A few steps ahead...
"This room is..."
I see the door that I've just 'seen'.
(I'll try going in.)
(Is this a store room?)
It's a room with tables, chairs, and small things scattered everywhere.
(Is no one using it...?)
As I reach for the tool chest...

I open my eyes blinded by a bright light, and I find myself in a different room.
"... Tatiana."
Alfred calls to me.
(Tatiana...? But that's...)
I know the name. It's the name of my distant ancestor, whose story of dying young and violently has been passed down in my family for generations.
(All I know is her name, though...)
"Tatiana."
The man standing next to Alfred calls to me, too.
(That's the man on the portrait... I was told that he was the father of vampires.)
"Harold. So you were with Alfred."
(Did I just say that...?)
It's a very strange experience.
(It's like my consciousness is taken over by her.)
"You still get nervous around me, don't you?"
" I have no intention of it."
"Liar..."
I slowly go near Alfred and reach for his cheeks.
"What are you--!"
Then I stick my forehead to his.
"This makes you relaxed, doesn't it?"
"Whatever..."
"It's okay. Don't be afraid..."
It's me, but it's not me. It's a really gentle voice telling him that.
Her action reminded me of something.
(So that's why Alfred stuck his forehead to mine...)
(... To make me relax.)
This must be a vision of what Alfred experienced.
(But... Why did he try to make me relax?)
He didn't look at all like he was minding how I felt at that time. He was so forcible.
(Alfred and my ancestor knew each other...?)
(How is Tatiana related to this castle...?)