Episode 72

Alucard couldn't believe the sight before him, his eyes wide with surprise he attempts to stop drinking the delicious nectar flowing down his tongue, reaching his throat and satisfying him completely in both body and mind. He could feel the energy coursing powerfully through his veins, giving him a vitality he had never known before. Realizing it was the blood of his beloved that was invigorating him, he immediately removed his wrist from his mouth, not wanting to drain her excessively, gasping as he watched her skin heal at an unnatural speed.

"Susana!!!" Alucard sat upright in the jade coffin, staring at his companion with his mouth agape, his eyes blank and his sharp fangs shining beneath his beautifully stretched lips, formed into a smile as lovely as she was. "What has happened?"

"My love!!!" Susana simply throws herself into his arms, holding his neck in a longing and tight embrace. "You're back!!!" This time she sobs with joy, her voice filled with emotion. "You've finally returned!"

"For you..." Alucard wraps one of his arms around her waist, whispering in her ear while the other tenderly strokes her hair. "I would have come back even if I had been at the world's end." Kissing her neck, he forgets the world around him for a moment, just holding his woman, feeling her scent, her warmth, and all the wonderful feelings she bestowed upon him.

"Papa!!!" Carlinhos immediately rushes towards his parents, jumping several times as he attempts to climb into the jade coffin. Teresa, wiping her tears away with a smile, moved by the joy before her, assists her grandson, letting him inside the coffin.

"My son!!!" Alucard releases Susana's waist to embrace his child, who also, crying with joy, gifts him with a tight hug. Overwhelmed with emotion, Alucard joyfully declares, "Thank you for taking care of mama for me." He locks eyes with his beloved who tries to give space to father and son, but he immediately stops her, needing to have his family together, happy, and safe fo…