As beings from ancient times, the Vampire Clan has undergone numerous changes to thrive in the Modern Age after surviving the Ancient Blood War. As a part of the traveller family in his clan, Jimin has parted ways from the coven until the day his Lo...
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"Park Jimin is a Pure Blood."
Everything seems to stop abruptly after Jinhwan has revealed his true identity. The air feels so thick that Jimin feels as if he could slice a knife through them. However, the tension is not enough to make him feel suffocated or intimidated. Well, not entirely.
It is not the dread of having his identity revealed to the forum; for there are many vampires or members of the clan who have known the fact that he is a descendant of Pure Bloods for a long time. Still, the knowledge has only been shared between the previous Lords themselves, his close brothers, or the limited group of vampire families that have been acquainted with him in the past.
Meanwhile, the others may have missed it so easily only because he physically seems a lot more human, or perhaps, similar to the Turned vampires than most of the existing Pure Bloods.
Needless to say, it is not about the fact that he is being exposed that has him standing there completely frozen in his stance with shivers running down his bones. It is the dread of finding himself being the center of attention, with all eyes that previously had their attention on the main podium are now focused on him.
There is something about being placed in the spotlight after decades and years of living in solitude. Suddenly, he is no longer invisible, no longer being the one hiding in the shadows behind his brothers and his Lords as they took the spotlight on his good deed. He used to have more control over his moves, and the freedom to actively work together with his Lords and brothers when nobody was looking his way. And now, everyone is waiting for his next move, watching his actions.
And he despises everything. The attention serves more like a heavy shackle binding his freedom even before he manages to do anything. Moreover, losing his invisibility would restrain him from finishing his mission, and from fulfilling his promises to the Lords.
But if this is really necessary, then it surely needs to be done, he reminds himself, pushing back his ego as he listens to his brother who continues to promote him in front of the forum—
"That is not all the quality our brother has, after all," Jinhwan says, facing the crowds this time, looking over to make sure that he had gained everyone's attention. "Perhaps some of the older ones among us would remember how close Park Jimin has been to our Lords. After all, he was raised by our Superior Lord Seungwon himself, after the loss of Park family members during the Blood War. And through the past century, Jimin had been the Lords' right-hand man, doing tasks for the Lords and the clan and had done many good deeds for our comrades and extended families during his travels."
A soft murmur of acknowledgement is heard, along with hushes from the ones who barely knew him before his name was brought to the discourse. The Elders are doing nothing to stop them, letting everyone discuss these matters on their own. Yet it is still easy to see their restlessness as time drags by, undoubtedly for being unprepared to have someone challenging their candidate to the Lord's title. And now Jimin himself feels restless, defenseless, as he prepares himself for someone else challenging his nomination. Or perhaps, if he should be honest with himself, a part of him is actually wishing it to happen.
