A Terrible Evil Villain And Their Destiny

Chapter 37: Quite The Act

Bryson arrived before Viola's room, trying to open it he found that it was locked. Well that makes sense. Bryson thought as he tried to figure out a way to open the door. He didn't have a key card, and the door was locked on the other side.

Oh wait, yeah right. Bryson remembered as he flicked his wrist and the lock button on the other side flipped open. Always a useful trick. He noted as he opened the door.

Inside the room however, Bryson found it to be completely empty. Dang it. He thought as he noticed the opened window towards the balcony letting in the humid summer air in. Poking his head out of the window he looked around.

He couldn't see anything out of place outside. Where did she go? He wondered before he heard the door open from behind him.

Whipping around Bryson was face to face with Ben Gallagher, who had changed his outfit into a much more convenient from when Bryson last saw him. However the thing Bryson was focusing on currently was a long narrow dagger that Ben held within his hand.

"Gallagher." Bryson seethed, "Why are you in my sister's room?"

Ben Gallagher blinked in surprise seeing Bryson in the room, "Sister, Viola Coldwater is your sister?" He said in disbelief.

"Yes, that's why I called her my sister." Bryson replied.

"You don't even look- wait, younger brother with dark eyes and hair, you're Bryson Coldwater." Ben said in disbelief.

Bryson gave a mocking clap, "Wow, what amazing deduction." He said dryly before his voice became harder, "What are you doing here Gallagher?"

"Relax, I mean no harm." Ben said stashing away his blade, "I was planning to follow your sister to lead me to someone. In case you haven't noticed, she's been charmed."

"I noticed." Bryson said offhandedly, "How do you know?"

"Because I've been chasing after the charmer. I'm hunter." Ben said as he flashed an hunter's ID, "Been after this guy for a while, his name is Keddrick."

"What's he wanted for?" Bryson asked as he recalled what hunters were.

To put it simply, hunters were a bit like specialized adventurers. They fight creatures and magical beings like regular adventurers. But instead of dungeon crawling, their job is to hunt specific things down. They tended to work alone, and all their jobs were based in tracking and finding.

"You noticed the charm spells, well it's a bit worse than that for it to be a hunter's problem. Keddrick is a vampire." Ben explained.

"What?"

"A vampire." He repeated.

"What's a vampire doing here!?"

"Here to find a meal."

"And that meal's going to be my sister?!"

"Looks like it."

"Well where is he?" Bryson asked now agitated.

"Calm down, there's still time. I just need to find the vampire before he gets Viola." Ben said as he walked past Bryson and looked around the balcony. Returning back into the room he continued to speak, "Luckily for you, I think I know where your sis is headed."

"Where?" Bryson asked.

Ben gave a smile, "None of your concern, go back to bed kid."

"No, I'm coming."

"Uhhh, no you're not. This is a vampire." Ben said adamantly.

"Who's trying to eat my sister, who is a Coldwater. This is more than just a hunter's job now." Bryson argued.