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Alucard flinched when The tree let out a sound that he could only describe as a squeal of joy.

"Really?" It said as its leaves ruffled a bit. "This is so exciting, I never had a human company before." Alucard raised a brow at that.

"Never?" he asked.

"Yes, I haven't seen anyone besides animals since...since..." The tree trailed off its tone became sad and before Alucard could ask what it had meant, curious to know more the tree spoke again voice lost all it sadness and back to its cheery tone.

"What is your name?" It asked. Alucard was annoyed that the tree did not finish its sentence, he knew that whatever The tree was hiding it was something personal but still He hated being left in the dark.

The golden tree still fascinated him and he wanted to know more about it. How did it exist? why was it here? What things can it do more besides conjuring water from the ground? Did another beside him ever stumble upon The golden tree by accident? So many questions he wanted answers for, however, by how secretive the tree is becoming he seems to not going to get his answers anytime soon.

"How rude of me to not have introduced myself." He gave a small bow to the tree. "My name is Alucard."

Alucard calculated that to get his answers he must make the tree trust him, and from how it started to welcome him it won't take long before the tree tells him everything he wants to know. maybe being alone for so long and not meeting anyone else besides animals had made the tree gullible.

"Nice to meet you Alucard! My name is Seras." It said making Alucard pause…. 'It' had a name?

"Seras?" He repeated, testing how the name felt coming out of his mouth. "What a...wierd name?" he said bluntly.

"Hey!" It- No, Seras called sounding offended and made the ground around them shake a little. Alucard realized that he unintentionally offended the magical tree, whom he knows nothing about, or what it can do and maybe can hurt him. He held his hands in defense.

"I did not mean to insult you." He said calmly. "It's just that I have never heard of such name, it's sounds...unique."

"Really?" the shaking stopped.

"Yes." And he did not lie. The tree's name may be weird but that doesn't mean that he dislikes it.

"Thank you." Seras said almost shyly. seeing how he got on her good side again he lowered his hand and then walked around the stream to the tree.

"May I?" he asked pointing at a seating spot underneath the tree that faced the large pond.

"Of course," When Alucard sat down he leaned back on the tree and closed his eyes letting out a sigh of content. The sound of ruffling caught his attention, he opened his eyes and looked up, he saw how few of the tree branches stuck together in a way that made even more shade to cover him, almost letting no sunlight to hit him. then one of the branches with fruit lowered down again for him to take, he took three this time.

"Are you a hunter?" Seras asked him.

"I hunt, but it's not my job..." he answered, placing two of the tree's fruit on the ground while he ate one. "You could say that it's one of the things that I like to do."

"Is it fun?" She asked. Alucard paused for a moment before answering.

"Sometimes..." he said. "There are days when I return to my home with a great hunt that is so big it can become a feast." He said with a grin on his face.

Alucard remembered the days when he did return from a great hunt, his father would never stop praising him for days. His mother would get worried at first, though at night when they all gather in one table for a meal and she sees the results of his hunt she would only talk about him the entire night, saying how strong and smart her son is for hunting so many, that the one he was gonna take as a wife in the future is a lucky woman. And that's what he loved the most, them setting together at a meal that they don't end up fighting after, it's one of the reasons why he keeps hunting. Of course, it would follow with his mother pressing him into getting married soon, she would start to complement the young women whom she wanted them for her son which angers Alucard because it was supposed to be his night, that his parents attention should be on him, not some girl who came to visit his mother and made herself look pretty to her so she can consider her a wife for her son. To his delight, his mother wouldn't linger long on her before she returned to praising him.

However, on other days when he returns from a bad hunt, he would never hear the end of it from his parents. His father would start to say that instead of him going on these useless hunts that only leaves him and his men tired and injured, he should focus and study on becoming a king after him. His mother is no better, she would come to his room and start to talk to him in a soft a calming manner that reminded Alucard of someone trying to talk to a child so they can understand what they are told, but no matter who was talking to him on those days they all said the same thing.

"Stop your childish play and be a respectable king already!"

Alucard would get so angry at them that he won't talk to them for days and if they demanded he talks to them, he would only speak few words before going silent again. was it childish? yes, Does he care? No, of course not.

"How amazing!" Seras squealed excitedly making Alucard wonder for the second time if he was indeed talking to some kind of a child. "What else do you do? "

"Well, When I'm bored I sometimes go on horse rides." He said as he bit on the second fruit.

"How...does that feel?" She asked almost timidly. Alucard paused and tried to think of the best description.

"It feels as if you were at peace." He finally said.

"At peace?" Alucard nodded as he stared into the pond's water.

"When I ride my horse away from my home, away from everything and everyone, I feel at peace. A moment of pure silence, the only thing you could hear is the sound of animals going on with their lives." He sighed at that thought and how wonderful it sounded. He will return home empty-handed which means his parents would give him hell. He noted to himself to go on one of those rides afterward. "And that's not the best part."

"What is it then?" Seras said sounding excited, making Alucard grin.

"The running!" He replied in a heartbeat." when I am on my horse while going full speed I feel this...Rush going through me, this excitement. it's like I'm going so fast while everyone around me is so slow, that no one can touch me...that I'm free."

"That sounds so wonderful." Seras said with a sigh. "I wish someday I could go on a horse ride too."

Alucard chocked on a fruit bite that made him cough rapidly. What seras said not only surprised and shocked him but also made him want to laugh. An image of the golden tree riding a horse made him laugh. He was laughing so hard that he did not notice how the tree's branches dropped in a way that if anyone saw it they would say that the tree was dying. But in reality, Seras was sad and Alucard did not notice it as he continued to laugh. When he did not stop Seras started to get angry, she raised one of her branches that had one fruit and swung it so fast that the fruit flew from the branch and hit the back of Alucard's head making him cease his laughter.

"It's not funny!" Seras shouted at him but Alucard could hear behind that anger a hint of sadness. He turned to look back at Seras while rubbing the back of his head.

"On the contrary it is funny." he said still chuckling. "A tree riding a horse."

"I AM NOT A TREE!" She yelled making the ground beneath him shake. Feeling panic Alucard quickly stood from his sitting place beneath the tree and stepped away from it.

One thing clear that Alucard learned from not only his teachers but also his father's lessons, is that never EVER mess with a magical being that you know nothing of its true power no matter how weak or simple it seems to your eyes. Now Alucard wouldn't care about such warnings for it was not the first one, they always warn him about many things.

They warned him about how being rude to a royalty member of another kingdom may lead to a war, They warned him that if he acted as "Foolish" or as "Childish" as he does in the castle in front of his people he would lose their respect and so on. He did not care for any of those warnings for they did not matter. However, when his father showed him a big and ugly looking scar on his back, That was caused by a werewolf that his father provoked in his ignorant youth, he decided to hold on to that warning. His father told him that the only reason he showed him the scare and told him the story is because he learned the hard way to NEVER mess with magical beings. So Alucard stood there his hand holding the handle of his sword ready to fight if he needed to. The shaking stops and so does his hand from unsheathing his sword. The branches of the tree dropped again in such a sad manner.

"I'm not..." Seras whispered.

Hearing how her voice was full of sadness made Alucard feel guilty and that was very rare for him. To get rid of that feeling he needs to fix whatever damage he had done towards the Golden Tree, besides Alucard was never the kind of man to bite the hand that helped him...or maybe, in this case, the branch that helped him. He let go of his sword, stood properly and cleared his throat.

"I am sorry Seras… for hurting your feelings…" He called calmly. " But…What do you mean when you say that you are not a tree?"

I hope you guys liked this new chapter. The next chapter would be all about Alucard!

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