With nightfall, the group decided not to continue and to rest. The horses had to rest. And also Youn and Ali urgently needed a break and wanted to stretch their legs and eat something. So they set up a small camp in a clearing.

Lan Zhan built a small campfire, while Youn and Ali prepared a place to sleep. Wen Rouhan took care of the horses. Wei Ying sat in the clearing with his sister Yanara. He combed her long white-blond hair and admired his sister's beauty, which he had missed so much for so long.

Once camp was set up, everyone sat around the campfire. Youn sang a song while Ali heated up dinner for them. Wen Rouhan could no longer take his eyes off Yanara. Never in his long life, had he seen a more beautiful woman than her. "Do you hear that?" She suddenly asked, looking around.

"No. What do you hear?" Asked Youn.

"There's a bird. A pigeon. Don't you hear it?"

"No, I don't hear anything either." Said Ali.

Yanara stood up and searched the darkness with her eyes. And then she disappeared for a moment, only to reappear before them wrapped in a bright light. In front of the hand of her raised arm flew a white dove. She laughed sweetly and did not even notice that she had spread her black wings.

All eyes were on her. "So beautiful." Ali murmured.

"Indescribably beautiful." Said Wen Rouhan.

Youn said, "Yeah she's really cute. But not what I'm looking for."

Lan Zhan looked at Wei Ying and said with an amorous look: "Incredibly cute. And mine!" Now everyone looked at him and laughed happily.

Yanara sat down with Lan Zhan and Wei Ying. She leaned on her brother's arm and said, "This night is too nice to sit here and go to sleep, vampires like your Lan Zhan and my Wen Rouhan should go hunting. And both of us, my dear brother, should help them!"

"Since when did he become your Wen Rouhan?" Wei Ying asked, chuckling.

"Since I saw him today!" She replied laughing and pulling Wen Rouhan towards her. "That's true isn't it? You're all mine now, aren't you?"

"Yes." Wen Rouhan replied and kissed Yanara's hand.

"See? Mind control." Said Wei Ying.

"Oh, I thought he was doing that on his own." Replied Lan Zhan in amazement.

"He does and says anything she wants."

"That's right. My dear Rouhan, why don't you reach out your hand to me and pull me into your arms? And don't you think you'll want to kiss me then?" She asked in a sweet voice.

"Yes and again yes." Said Wen Rouhan, helping Yanara stand up, pulling her into his arms and kissing her.

"Hahaha, wow that's really a killer skill." Said Youn. Ali nodded, admitting that such an ability is very useful.

"Can she do that to you too?" Lan Zhan asked Wei Ying.

"No, not with me. And not with you either. Because of our special bond that connects the two of us." Explained Wei Ying.

"Oh well then."

"Vampires up! It's time to go hunting!" Yanara commanded. Wen Rouhan was immediately ready. Lan Zhan just frowned at her. "See, I can't manipulate you." She said with a giggle, taking Wen Rouhan by the hand and disappearing into the night with him.

"Shall we?" Wei Ying asked. Lan Zhan nodded and so the two also disappeared into the night to hunt. Lan Zhan was hungry anyway, since he hadn't drunk fresh blood in a week. A victim was quickly found.

Lan Zhan's vampiric senses told him that there was a house nearby. And in that house, shouting could be heard. A man beating his wife. Wei Ying had also heard the shouting. He nodded to Lan Zhan and they both ran to the house where they saw the man beating his wife in the face with his fist and two frightened children watching everything.

Wei Ying knocked on the front door. The man shouted to fuck off. Wei Ying then banged on the door so that it really shook. Furious, the man came to the door, yanked it open and took two steps outside. Because of the darkness, he could not see anything or anyone. So he yelled, "Who's there?"

"Me." Growled Lan Zhan, grabbing him and dragging him with him behind the house. The man tried to break free and scream. But he didn't stand a chance against Lan Zhan.

"Oh look, he pissed his trousers." Said Wei Ying in amusement. He gave Lan Zhan a kiss and said, "Enjoy your meal. And it shall all be eaten up! I don't want to see even a drop of blood left afterward!"

"As you wish." Replied Lan Zhan, sinking his sharp fangs into the man's neck.

"Yes that's it. Suck it all out my evil Lan Zhan." Whispered Wei Ying. He stepped behind Lan Zhan and kissed his neck. He wrapped his arms around him. "Drink my heart, drink it all. He deserves it and you need it." And Lan Zhan obeyed. He sucked the man down to the last drop of blood. "Dearest, you go ahead and take care of the body. I'll go give the family some money so they can get through life without this man."

"Hurry up Wei Ying though." Replied Lan Zhan, shouldering the corpse and disappearing into the thicket. He carried the body to a small river. There he cut the carotid artery with a knife exactly where the bite wound of his fangs was. Then he laid the corpse halfway into the river, so that it seemed as if he had simply been bled out and his blood carried away by the river.

As soon as Lan Zhan finished, Wei Ying came to him. Wei Ying immediately pounced on him and kissed him. "God I love seeing you like this. It always makes me hot." Said Wei Ying and began to undress Lan Zhan.

"You love the evil Lan Zhan?" Asked Lan Zhan.

"I love the good one and the bad one."

"Very good. I think tonight evil Lan Zhan will sleep with you!"

"Yeah. I'm ready my bad boy." Replied Wei Ying with a giggle. They fell over each other like wild animals until a shout was heard in the distance. "What was that?" Asked Wei Ying.

"Sounded like Youn and Ali." Replied Lan Zhan in alarm.

The two quickly got dressed again and hurried back to camp. Youn and Ali were in danger! Four soldiers surrounded the two and threatened them with their swords. Lan Zhan was about to join the fight when the four soldiers turned around and turned their swords on each other. "What?" Gasped one of the soldiers in shock, trying to turn his sword away from his comrade. But he did not succeed.

"That's it! You kill each other now!" Yanara ordered, stepping out of the darkness. Beside her Wen Rouhan, who looked as if he and Yanara had not just been hunting!

"No..." Gasped the soldier.

"Oh yes you will. You will obey me! Strike down your comrade!"

"Never!" Replied the soldier and stabbed. His comrade gasped and stared at him in horror. Then he dropped to the ground, where he lay bleeding.

"And now you, you bastards!" Yanara commanded. The soldiers trembled and obeyed. They killed each other.

"Were they from the Inquisitor?" Youn asked in shock as Lan Zhan stepped up to his side.

"No. They were ordinary soldiers of the king who enjoy killing." Said Wei Ying, who had read the soldiers' minds before they died.

"What do we do with the bodies now?" Alí wanted to know.

"We bury them over there. No one will find the grave there so quickly." Said Wen Rouhan, fetching a shovel from the carriage and immediately set about digging a large grave. Lan Zhan and Ali helped him. Wei Ying comforted Youn, who was still in shock. At least until Yanara took over and made Youn forget what happened. She ordered him to go to sleep and he went to sleep. She explained that when he woke up, he would not remember what had happened that evening.

Two hours later, there was no sign of the dead. They gave the soldiers' horses a pat on the butt, after which they ran away. "I'm going to sleep." Said Ali.

"Shall I help you fall asleep like Youn and take away the memory of tonight?" Asked Yanara.

"Yes, that would be good." Replied Ali. Yanara nodded and sent him to sleep just like Youn.

"Tomorrow morning when they wake up, they will have forgotten everything. And then, starting tomorrow, we should start training them better. So they won't freeze like tonight when they are threatened. I have felt their physical strength and know that they can fight. But they need more practical experience in the field." She said.

"I had always hoped that I could keep them out of close fights like this." Sighed Lan Zhan.

"Well, you're just the father of those two and you want their best. But believe me, it will be better if they can fight back. And I'm sure there will be many more wars soon. And they should be prepared for that. Especially for a fight with the soldiers of the Inquisitor."

"You've seen the soldiers. Do you think the boys have any chance against them?"

"Well, hard to say. Have they learned how to kill vampires?"

"What, are the soldiers vampires?"

"Yes they are. Four of them are especially strong. They wear golden armor and are very old and very experienced in battle."

"They weren't there in the past when the Inquisitor attacked my village."

"But they are there now. The golden ones and then there are a few in red armor. They're just as strong as the gold ones. They mostly do the killing."

"What else do you know?"

"The Inquisitor himself avoids sunlight. Which to me means he's one of the first vampires. He's carried around in a fully enclosed palanquin. Oh, and he seems to be aging."

"Aging?" Wei Ying asked in amazement.

"Mhm. I heard Lan Zhan say that the Inquisitor looked like he was in his late 30s or early 40s then. But now he looks like he's 80 years old. He's aging. Even if it's slowly. I think they're looking for a very special blood, which will make the Inquisitor younger again and give him true immortality."

"Like the blood of Jesus Christ?" Wen Rouhan asked.

"Yes, maybe. If that really exists. But there are also rumors according to which there is a chalice. The holy grail. Once the drinking cup of Jesus Christ. It is said that whoever drinks from the chalice attains immortality."

"Rumors and myths." Said Wen Rouhan. "I've heard many stories too. But this one is new to me."

"So if there is such a holy grail, it would be better if we find it before the inquisitor." Said Lan Zhan.

"Yes, if there is." Replied Yanara.

"And where should we start looking? We can't ask Jesus of Nazareth about that." Said Wen Rouhan shaking his head.

"Jesus was a good man. But I don't know if he was the Son of God. I met him once in one of my many rebirths. I was a young 16-year-old girl when I met him. He was a handsome man. He shared bread with my family and gave us wine to drink from his cup. My father at that time was sick and dying. But after Jesus was with him, he got well."

"So Jesus was a holy one?" Asked Lan Zhan.

"He was really a saint. He loved all people. Even those who hated him. Too bad he met such an end." She said thoughtfully. Afterwards, everyone sat around the campfire in silence, because no one knew what else to say about it.

When the four of them finally retired to rest a bit more, a very eventful day ended for them as well.