Chapter 5: Xue Yan

As Erlik sat down on his seat and pulled out a bottle of champagne, he noticed the same old man and the young woman passing by looking for their seat and in the end, sitting next to him.

Due to the distance between them in the lounge, he hadn't noticed it but as she was right next to him, Erlik could feel a special mana swirling around her body like a vine. While that vine was restricting her own miniscule mana, it gave her protection from outside mana which could try to invade her body.

"Found just what I was looking for." thought Erlik as he shifted his gaze to the old man. The mana surrounding the old man, while less in quantity was sharp and pure in quality. It was like a sheathed sword, looking ordinary from the outside, but when unsheathed could cut all in it's path.

"Interesting…" thought Erlik as he was amused by how mortals could make such sophisticated techniques from such degenerated mana in such a barren planet.

Just as he was observing, he noticed that the old man was staring right at him with eyes of wariness and hidden hostility. But in the end he didn't do anything, probably trying to not scare the girl he was with.

The flight went smoothly with Erlik being able to eat different types of foods, some that he found absolutely delicious and some that were not to his taste. When night arrived, Erlik felt sleepy so he brought out the eye cover, pulled out the blanket and went to sleep.

It was only when the pilot announced the landing of the flight that he woke up. He saw that the old man was waking up the girl who clearly wanted to sleep more. But after 5 minutes of coaxing and a few sprinkles of water, she woke up.

The flight attendant escorted the passengers to the exit of the plane as everyone gradually got out of the plane. When Erlik and the other passengers got out, they noticed a line of black cars waiting in front of the plane. Erlik disguised himself as he walked to a random Chinese person and peered into his brain to read his memories of the language of the country.

After 30 seconds, Erlik had read everything about Mandarin in the man's brain so he walked away from the crowd, getting out of the airport.

He walked out of the Beijing Capital International Airport and as he was trying to get a cab he noticed the same motorcade moving away from the airport.

Inside one of the cars, he saw the same girl and the old man quarreling with each other. As he thought back to the incident at the lounge, with his new found prowess of the Chinese language he learnt that the two were talking about the girl not wanting to go back home. Erlik was interested in the family of the girl who could groom such a person who was basically unrivaled in the world as just a bodyguard.

Erlik made himself invisible to all forces and moved inside the car from the window by extending the space in the window in a way that he could fit in but nobody would notice anything amiss. He sat next to the girl as he closely observed her. She had long black hair that extended till her back. Her skin was white like fresh snow while at the same time not looking pale due to weakness, her lips were of a reddish hue as they looked smooth and without a chap.

Her eyes were black with a hint of silver making her gaze look mysterious and revering, her body was like an hour glass with no blemishes that could be seen. She had a cold but curious air around her making everyone shift their eyes towards her. Her voice that hummed to a song sounded ethereal, making one fall into a reverie and and wanting to keep listen to it for all their life.

After a while when he confirmed that the old man could not notice him Erlik finally spoke to the girl.

"Hello Miss." softly spoke Erlik as looked out the window.

"EEK!" shrieked the girl as she jumped due to shock. Her back started to get soaked in cold sweat as she finally noticed the black haired man sitting right next to her, looking out the window with interest in the surroundings.

"Who a-are yo-you-yu and how di-did you get in he-here?!?"

"I did something special. Don't worry I'm not here to harm you. If you do what I ask you to do, I may even grant you the request you have." Spoke Erlik as he faced her face that was covered in fear as she had cold sweat on her forehead. The sight was very cute and made one want to embrace and calm her down.

"Reallwe…?" mumbled the girl with a mosquito like voice and tears in her eyes.

"Very cute…" thought Erlik with amusement.

The girl took a deep breath as she wiped her tears and properly faced Erlik. "What do you want me to do?"

"I want to take me to your home."

"…"

"That came out wrong. I want you to take me to the most magical and supernatural place you know. It could be a temple, pagoda, mountain, hill, lake anything. As long as it has something to do with the supernatural I want you to take me there."

"Oh so that's what you meant. I can do that but I don't know if you'll be allowed in."

"You don't need to worry about me not being able to get in. Your job is to take me there. I'll handle everything from here."

"…Okay"

"Good"

There was an awkward silence between them as the girl finally spoke. "Who are you?"

"Erlik Lewis, if it's hard to pronounce call me Er Le"

"Mr. Er, could you answer a question of mine?"

"Sure"

"Who are you really? How has grandpa and anyone else not noticed us and how did you know I wanted to get out of here?"

"I never said I knew you wanted to get out of here. And isn't asking three questions while you haven't even introduced yourself a little too much?"

"Oh right. I am Xue Yan, daughter of Xue Bai, owner of the Xue Enterprises."

"Now then Miss Xue, which question would you like me to answer?"

"How has grandpa and anyone else noticed you talking to me?"

"Well I just removed the air which would take the sound to your people's ears and made it look like you're looking out the window."

"I see…" Xue Yan had been in the vicinity of many supernatural things for her whole life so it wasn't weird that she wasn't very surprised. She just thought that Erlik was a powerful person who could do all the things he mentioned.

"Why do you not want to go home? You have a home, a family and a place you can go to. I assume that your family must be very wealthy. You could have the things you could want with no problems and your life could be blissful."

"Well except for the fact that I have a home and that my family is rich, everything else is wrong. My life is not blissful at all, far from it. Every aspect of my life is controlled by my family and I have no rights whatsoever. I am constantly criticized about everything I do and the best compliment I have ever heard from that place is that I have good looks and could bring a lot of benefits to the family by marrying me off to someone else."

"That does sound very bad. Is that why you came to London?"

"Mhm, I ran from home with my card and a few clothes. I had my documents all sorted out so I quickly booked a flight to London. The time I spent there was amazing. I didn't have to worry about my family sending me off to a random rich dude who might or might not treat me as a human being."

"I see. Very well, if you fulfill my request I shall take you away from your family. After that however. Your life will be yours to handle."

"Thank You very much. As long as I can get away from that place, I don't care what you do to me. If you so want I shall offer my body to you." said Xue Yan in an emotional voice and a determined gaze as she looked at Erlik. She knew that her days of helplessness were going to soon come to an end and if the price of that was losing a membrane of skin, she'd do it.

Erlik was suprised by the girl's determination. When he had first seen her, he had thought that it was just a youngster's late rebellious stage. But, when he saw her gaze, her determination when she offered Erlik her own body, he realized that she was serious about getting away.

Erlik took what was offered. He supported Xue Yan's chin with his index finger as he pressed his lips against hers. Xue Yan was suprised by the sudden advancement but she remembered what she had offered him as she closed her eyes and went along with it.

If it was an ugly man then she'd had probably tried her best to resist but Erliks's handsome face and his mature temperament had been a deterrent to that. But no matter how handsome Erlik was, the sudden kiss to the young girl was a first for her who had felt like being in a cage for all her life. Her face got a blush as she supported her hands on Erliks's chest.

Erliks's tongue pried open Xue Yan's teeth as it invaded her mouth and rolled around her tongue. As the two pieces of flesh and their saliva bonded together like two snakes curling against each other, Xue Yan started to take quick breaths which made the environment even more lustful.

The two kept kissing until the cars stopped in front of a mansion, only then did Erlik seperate their lips, with a strand of saliva dropping on the seat. Then only with the stopping of the car did Xue Yan snap out of her daze as she saw Erlik licking his lips as if savoring the taste of her saliva with a smile on his face, looking at her face that was red with embarrassment.

"I'll consider this first as an investment." Said Erlik as he disappeared and reappeared out the door gazing at the mansion.

"Yes Sir…" mumbled Xue Yan, as she got out of the car, noticing a certain piece of fabric, moist from the previous act.