My Vampire Prince's
Where are you, Rize ?

Mara saw Zio leave from there. She smiled slightly looking at the back of the man who somehow made her feel good to know him.

"I am why? Why would you be interested in that weak human? Oh, wrong, he's not weak, but he keeps things full of surprises on him. I'd better go to Coral's house and make sure she's okay there."

Mara does get a job from Rize to guard Coral while because Rize is returning to her hometown, she suffered serious injuries when she fought with the King Pedrona's men. King Pedrona's men were defeated by Rize, but Rize was also injured because the power Rize had was sucked by the black smoke.

Mara quickly reached Coral's house, she scanned around and looked calm no problem at all.

"Is everything okay?"

"All is well, Princess Mara. Coral had also just arrived at her house, only she seemed frightened."

"Is anyone chasing him?"

"Nothing, he came here alone and we saw no one chasing him."

"Well, you can leave now I'll continue with your duties."

"Well, Princess Mara."

The two bodyguards that Mara was assigned went from there, then Mara tried to peek out from behind the window where Coral was now sitting pensively alone

"What was he thinking, huh?'"

"Was he thinking of Rize not going to school today."

Coral sat looking at the fire in the fireplace that was burning with small flames. "Hopefully you go to school tomorrow, I really miss you and I'm worried about you, Rize," Coral had a dialogue of her own.

"It looks like this Coral really likes Prince Rize." Mara took a small breath. "Hopefully Rize could make him like himself, so it would be easier if they wanted to unite."

Today there is no torture committed by Coral's stepmother and two half-brothers. Instead they behave very well on Coral by taking Coral dinner together to give Coral a very beautiful dress.

"Coral, tomorrow I'm gonna have a party to celebrate Deona's birthday, and you're gonna have to wear that shirt."

"Deona's birthday? It's not like Deona's birthday is over, is it, Mom? Why celebrate now?"

"What if I celebrate now? Deona's birthday time that time I could not celebrate with his friends royally. So, tomorrow I'm going to celebrate Deona's birthday festively by inviting so many of her friends."

The feeling of Deona's birthday was also celebrated very lively, but why is it now celebrated again?" Coral could only speak in his heart.

"You don't forget to wear the clothes that my mother bought and you have to look very good so as not to be embarrassing at my party later. Oh yea! I also invited Rize, Taza and Luana as well I invited."

"Why is it suddenly like this? Did you give them all an invitation?"

Coral was silent and unwilling to respond to the words of his stepbrother who deliberately wanted to bring him down, he still believed Rize loved him very much and would be loyal to him.

***

This morning like yesterday, Coral was waiting for Rize to come pick her up, but this time Coral would wait for only 10 minutes and if Rize did not come he would go on foot to find a public car that was on the big road.

Coral does not want to accept her mother's offer to take a car to school, she will wait for Rize, even though Rize will not come again, he will not be disappointed because he can still go to school in his own way.

Arriving at school, Coral did not see Rize sitting on her stool. Instantly there was a sense of sadness in Coral's heart at this moment

"Why doesn't he come in today? Where is your real Rize going? You really worry me."⁸

Coral sat on his stool lazily until the bell rang the figure he was waiting for did not appear from behind the door and now plus his best friend also did not enter school. "Is Zio sick, huh? Why didn't he go to school?"

Their homeroom teacher came into the classroom and it turned out that the teacher wanted to tell them something.

"Today I'm going to tell you the sad news of our friend Zio"

"Well! Zio's? What's wrong with him?" Coral went back to listening to what her homeroom teacher had to say.

"Yesterday night Zio's grandmother died of asphyxiation while being taken to hospital. Therefore, today Zio did not go to school. How about we get together to pray for a moment to pray for Zio's grandmother?"

Coral was without shock at the news, he had absolutely no idea if Zio's grandmother had died last night, Coral should have been next to Zio, but he wasn't because last night he was also thinking about Rize.

All the children prayed fervently without anyone joking. When this is over, the lesson starts as usual.

Coral thinks that if she goes home from school she will go to Zio's house for support and mourn him.

Coral walks in search of a public car that can drive him home. Coral has the money because Rize once gave him. Coral actually doesn't want to accept it, but Rize keeps forcing Coral to accept and use it if he needs it because Rize knows what Coral has always been through and Rize keeps hoping Coral will according to what he says."

Coral according to what Rize said origin does not violate the prevailing norms.

"Coral, you want to go home, huh? Here I drive," suddenly Dre's voice sounded there.

"That's it, right, Dre, his cousin Deona and Leonil, why is he here? It's not that he knew that Deona and Leonil, his cousin, had come home with their mother.

"Coral, you want to go home, right? Comeing! I'll just go home to you because it's so hot in here."

Coral only paused for a moment looking at the young man before him. Honestly, Coral did not like him too much because Dre's behavior was as bad and evil as his two half-brothers, even Coral was often treated like a maid by Dre, too, it was Coral's own house.

Their family was indeed very bad behavior on Coral, and Coral at that time could only receive bad treatment from his own family for fear.