Chapter 15: Do you hate me?
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Caius followed Orland’s lead through the Mansion’s corridors until they reached the large double doors into the dining hall, which were promptly opened to allow him in.
His Father was already there, seated at the very end of a long dining table that could easily accommodate thirty-two people, with fifteen seated on each side and two people on opposite ends.
Lucian Von Helsing had both his elbows on the table with his fingers clasped just below his jaw and his eyes were on Caius from the moment he walked into the hall.
Caius knew what his father looked like thanks to memories and the descriptions in the original story but still, it was striking to see.
Lucian, being a significant reason for Caius’ good looks, was a very handsome man. He had long well-groomed black hair that draped just to his shoulders. He had a full beard with some streaks of dignified grey mixed in. He looked to be in his mid-forties at most but his eyes, so rich with experience made it clear he had lived for much longer.
Speaking of Lucian’s eyes, they were a deep and rich Black that Caius had not inherited. He got his violet colored eyes from his mother.
Lucian wore gold-rimmed glasses with blue-tinted lenses balanced atop his nose. He had no issues with his eyesight, which was actually perfect, and the glasses were a magical tool that Caius knew, thanks to the original story, helped him see beyond the physical and observe things not even his enhanced and enlightened Mage senses could detect.
As he looked him over, Caius suspected he was being observed and scanned with the glasses’ effect.
As for what Lucian was wearing, Caius could only see part of the top half that wasn’t obstructed by the dinner table but it looked like a luxurious noble-wear that doubled as a slightly casual military attire. He looked like he might have just come from yet another meeting where he and his subordinates discussed how to go about hunting their next monstrous target.
Lucian Von Helsing looked like a man who carried a lot of charisma and this was further supported by the original story highlighting him as someone so respected and feared that, even being ’just a Count’, there were many Dukes who would dare not cross him.