BXBX NOVEL Chapter 186 "Do You Like Me?"
Raizel was eager to hear Kira\'s story. He didn\'t hate him as compared to other vampires who blamed Kira for their sufferings and misfortunes.
He was glad to see him alive. He was curious as to why Kira disappeared. They really thought Dominique succeeded in killing him.
"Tell me, what happened to you?" he asked Kira once more. He noticed that Kira was hesitant to tell him what happened in the past.
Kira was worried that even his best friend, Raizel, would blame him for being a fool.
"I–" Kira was interrupted by Raizel
"Did your disappearance have something to do with that woman?" Raizel confronted him directly. He was staring intently at his best friend.
Kira could see in Raizel\'s eyes the hatred towards Selene. He was not able to answer Raizel as he didn\'t want him to hate Selene.
"Answer me, Ki… Was Selene the reason you disappeared? Did she cause your destruction? You don\'t have to hide it from me, Kira. I will not be surprised as Selene became the Queen of Werewolves a thousand years ago." Raizel\'s grip on Kira\'s shoulder tightened further.
"Calm down, Rai…" Kira said, heaving a deep sigh. "I don\'t know what happened to Selene but I think she had a reason for everything."
Kira didn\'t know what to think anymore about Selene\'s motive in the past. After hearing Gisel\'s words, he wondered if Selene didn\'t betray him, instead she protected him from Dominique.
But he couldn\'t understand why she conspired with Dominique Silvano in bringing him down. If Selene wanted to kill him, then he should not have been alive by now.
"Why are you still defending her, Kira? Your love for her made you blind. It clouded your judgment and so you fell into their trap. You should stop caring about her. She is no longer the Selene you knew a thousand years ago!" Raizel shook Kira\'s body, trying to enlighten him. He wanted to scold him as Kira was still believing Selene.
"Selene Is Our Enemy, Ki! I hope you know that… don\'t you?" Raizel gave emphasis on that.
Kira just lowered his head. He didn\'t know why he had a nagging feeling that Selene didn\'t betray him. He wanted to know the truth. He had to talk to Gisel.
"Rai, I\'m sorry… but I need to confirm first whether Selene is truly our enemy or not. What if she\'s the one who protected me from Dominique?"
"What do you mean by that?" Raizel asked him in puzzlement.
"One thousand years ago… in the Valley of Promise, I was attacked by Selene using a silver dagger, piercing my heart. Then Dominique showed up…" Kira paused for a moment. His heart was still clenching whenever he would remember that moment.
"That was the time… I found out Selene\'s real identity. Dominique told me that she was meant to become the queen of werewolves because she was his Luna."
"See, I told you! She is our enemy! Dominique used his Luna to seduce you and deceive you so that you would lower your guard against her." Raizel insisted.
"But aren\'t you wondering why I am still here standing in front of you… alive and kicking? If the person who protected me is not Selene, then who might it be?"
Raizel fell silent for a moment. Kira grabbed that opportunity to explain what happened to him and how he slept for a thousand years and woke up in the old mansion of the Zhou Family.
Raizel was wondering as to why Kira was inside the Zhou Family Mansion.
"What if it was not Selene who saved you but the gatekeepers from the Zhou Family?" Raizel shared his speculation with Kira.
Kira also nodded his head. There was a possibility that the person who saved him was from the Zhou Family.
But no one from the Zhou had ever mentioned about the Vampire King sleeping in the underground basement.
They thought the Zhou Family didn\'t have any idea that Kira was sleeping in the underground and his body was being preserved and protected by a spell.
"So you are Marceline Zhou\'s husband?!!" Raizel asked Kira in amusement and disbelief.
Kira blinked then nodded his head to confirm. "Yes, I am."
"Wait… Are you the one who said that you would court her even if she already had a husband?" Kira narrowed his eyes at Raizel. His mood changed when he remembered Dylan\'s words. He was now interrogating Raizel with his sharp eyes.
"Cough! Cough!" Raizel cleared his throat. He was just trying to annoy Dylan a while ago. He didn\'t mean those words.
"Ki, relax. You know that I don\'t have any interest in women. I can\'t see myself devoting myself to someone. There is no such thing as love in my vocabulary." Raizel explained to Kira, pacifying him.
Kira let out a husky laugh. Indeed, Raizel was his great general who only cared about fighting and protecting him. He never saw him getting interested in women. No one had ever caught Raizel\'s attention when it came to a romantic relationship.
To lighten the atmosphere around them, Kira wrapped his arm around Raizel\'s shoulder and teased him, "Why are you afraid of falling in love, my dearest friend? You are not afraid to die but you are afraid of getting closer to women. Don\'t you like women? Don\'t tell me you preferred a guy more than a lady?"
Raizel raised his eyebrow, looking daggers at Kira. "Kira Alaric… you are the main reason for this."
Kira blinked his eyes in puzzlement. "Me? Why me?" He paused. Then he spoke again as something popped up in his mind.
"Hey! Do you like me?!!" Kira asked Raizel exasperatedly.
Raizel could only massage the space in between his eyebrows while shaking his head.
"Kira, your imagination is running wild again. I have the urge to punch you right now and show you who is the real man between us."
Kira burst out laughing as he could see the annoyed expression of Raizel. He missed this kind of interaction between him and his Loyal General who at the same time, his best friend.