Life of Voltaire in Modern Days

My POV

Now and then, I can outsmart my father by escaping without getting caught in the process. This is because I've grown more powerful.

The 5th of November 2020

"Wake up, little vampire, you've been sleeping all day."

"What is it,, father?"

"We're going outside."

"Of course, father… I'll prepare."

So, we ventured out.

In the crowd… of the districts of the town of Guagua… I disappeared without a single trace.

I bought Red Bull and a cigarette pack after pick-pocketing my father. And then I went to Sasmuan, walking all the way there.

This happens every time we go outside, but gladly for my father, he's relieved each time I go home without a single evidence of me bringing knives as usual or even getting drunk. I always come home at the right time before my medications or even earlier than that. It was just a little stroll I needed.

There were no warnings of me alerting the town or villages, causing mischief as usual. He has got used to it, thinking maybe I am prepared to be outside as long as I don't escape anymore.

The next day, he handed me a handful of money and headed outside to town while the house was rebuilt and renovated. Disasters hit this place hard many times in my modern life, such as super cyclones and earthquakes. It happens quite a lot.

I tend to go to shady parts of the town districts. I even went to visit my father's old partner at his gym.

"Oh hey, Klei! What's up? You need any glasses repair?"

"Not really. I just wanted someone to spark a conversation."

"Ah, I see. How have you been? Where is your dad?"

"My father, well, he finally lets me loose out of my chains because I usually escape but come back home safely without having to alarm the people, unlike the old days."

"You little troublemaker, but be careful out there, okay? You know those Yakuzas out there."

"Yeah, I knew you were one. Or at least a bit affiliated or have a connection with them knowing too much stories about them. But you should keep those to yourself it's not sprouting out those stories to people. You'll end up like Richie."

"Yes, of course, I did those stories to your dad to warn you about them."

"What's their family name?"

"You're going to raid them?"

"No, just trying to be careful."

"Honestly I don't know yet myself. But if you want protection… you could at least have my gun."

"Vampires do not need guns. And plus, you can shoot me in the heart 4 times I'll lose only 10 per cent of my blood count inside of my body."

"This is no joke Klei. Be careful out their bro!"

"Instead of giving me a gun maybe you could give me some money to buy some legal weapons to protect myself."

"Of course, bro!"

He went to his room.

"Here, Migraine glasses, I heard a lot about your photosensitivity to sunlight… in the eyes that is. It was a sunny day and your eyes was so sore and you mentioned to your father about the sunlight. And here's the money."

I left.

What money I had was enough to buy a rifle.

I'll use them wisely.

But out of the Yakuza context, I need to focus on feeding on blood as much as possible to keep me sane.

6:00 PM

I went to venture out to hunt people by seducing them. Since I am pansexual, I can literally take anyone. Then, leave them alive and leave them be infected with vampirism the next day.

I don't need any weapons to protect myself. I already have my nails turned into claws with my nail file and made them highly sharp, making a flesh wound enough to be fatal.

The neck is the target.

I went for the hunt. Not to kill but to infect, slowly turning everyone.

An hour later, I managed to take someone to bite them, which was a tranny. I left her passed out on the motel bed and left some money for her. She won't remember about this night. Until we meet again.

I went on and on with this power until the point I was actually fed up.

I went home by 10 o'clock in the evening.

"You're a bit late, did you have fun?"

"No father I should be punished for being 2 hours late but at least I am not drunk."

"Good. Did you eat already?"

"Grandma Pelly insisted to give me Asadong Manok when I first entered the place saying I was looking pretty thin and pale."

"You don't look pale to me and thin, at least right now, you did however before you left."

"I just fed a lot of 'food'."

"Oh good, take your medications and sleeping pills. Your room is already built and painted. If you don't want to take the sleeping pills, it's fine to take them whenever. Just don't stay up too late or you won't get some sleep the next entire day." "I won't disappoint you."

I went to my room, bringing my medications.

Vlad III Tepes came into my room to visit me.

"I did invite you once… what is it my true father?"

"Voltaire… I am very proud of you, my son."

"Hell yeah, I feel more alive to the point I don't need medicines so I'll drown them in the bathroom."

"But you are feeling sleepy, no? Even without the medications?"

"Like I said, blood is an opiate. It makes me feel like I am on literal heroin. Only when I drink too much blood to the point where it first becomes sweet and then lastly bitter."

"Indeed so, no need to cut your wrist for blood anymore?"

"No, father. Thank you."

"May I leave? Or you want me to stay?"

"You may stay if you wish to true father. I will just pass out for a few hours and wake up. This blood is like the best sedative better than Xanax."

"Goodnight my sweet child o' mine."

I woke up late at dawn.

I went outside of my room to cook my own steak, almost raw, very rare steak. And then ate them with rice I cooked.

"Did you even sleep at all?"

"I did. And I woke up early because I was excited to go outside again. I want to eat so I can drink my Prozac pill already and head out to the dawn stars."

"Dawn… you said you hate sunlight. Or you never said it, it just seems like you are literally hurt by sunlight."

"I have migraines remember, but my diagnosis was astigmatism. But when I walked around in the district to St. Cristo, the repair glasses guy gave me free migraine glasses. It's these yellow ones."

"Yeah, he told me you visited him."

"Yeah, when I saw him, I was in a hurry for the bathroom and we talked a little. About stuff on how I got outside without YOU. Or stuff like that."

"That's good Klei. Does the sunlight still hurt your eyes?"

"These glasses are very effective. More than any expensive sunglasses."

"Well, I'm going back to sleep. Goodnight son."

"I'll leave some well-cooked steaks for when you wake up."

"That's too nice of you but you don't have to. Go outside if you wish don't forget to lock the door." "Thanks, father."

I went outside after eating as I drank my Prozac pill.

And then I headed out wearing my hoodie in the chilly dawn as the star of the solar galaxy started to rise over the horizon.

I had to hide over the shadows and kept on walking.

The Rainy season is almost over soon. That is why the sunlight is often now.