Yes

I was wondering if it was the one from the beginning as well. I thought the first buff girl was saving herself for mc lol

It does say they are in desperate need of translators and proofreaders.

bro he is a 4 year old kid, even if he has the body of an older dude
the thing in his brain that reacts to woman still isn't on

If he goes back to report he's toast if he hasn't dealt with Van, he failed once already. Byrkin (and by extension Ternecia) are not the forgiving kind (as you've seen with the meeting). Eleanora is actually the competent one here as she knows they would be disposed if they came back empty-handed. Those pure-breed vampires are cruel and prideful af

He's too prideful... but even he would be scared of trying anything that could invoke the wrath of a TRUE ANCESTOR vampire to attack them... whereas that lady who's merely 10 years of living as a vampire doesn't truly know HOW MUCH of a threat a true ancestor poses. She's also only thinking on self preservation (she will be punished for failure with them), that idiot already got punished and is a jerk.... but he probably KNOWS what fighting a true ancestor is risk wise, to him, doing anything more than just some basic recon and intel gathering would be inviting death to them

And my inner Norris is looking for the Action Jeans.