Taming My Vampire Servant

Sigmund chuckled, and he teased, "Did you miss me, Rich boy?"

"What the heck, Vampire. Of course not," Lucius sighed. If he could joke around him, perhaps he was not upset anymore with what had happened between him and Ivory.

The Vampire continued teasing Lucius, "Don't you lie to me-"

"I was just asking why you are still here. Don't tell me you already forgot the promise?" he looked up at him with seriousness in his face.

"Well, I am fulfilling it, aren't I?" he raised his brow. "I am out of her sight right now."

"I thought you're leaving the town for good. What if my sister sees you?" Lucius cocked a brow.

When Sigmund was about to retort, they heard Gerhalt's loud growl coming from inside the pit. The ground shook subtly, and the hardened soil that trapped him inside the pit cracked open. He eventually freed himself and jumped out. 

When Gerhalt saw his beloved Fiora in Lucius' arms, he was so agitated. He glowered and clenched his fists into a ball before lunging towards him. 

But even before he could reach Lucius, someone fast kicked him straight into his stomach, sending him rolling onto the ground!

It was Lycus, and he asked him, "Are you alright?"

"Yes. Thank you," Lucius replied. "But why are you here? Where's Ivory-"

"You told the guards that you will handle this alone? It seems like you can't though," Ivory said, walking towards him. "Why do you always act like such a nice kid?" she rolled her eyes at him.

"I am a nice kid. I mean… I am truly a nice man. I know you know that," he replied jokingly to her.

She shook her head, "But you are mean to me."

"Ivory… If this is about Sigmund, you know that I only do not want you to be in danger-" he uttered, then glanced at the tree branch. The Vampire was not there anymore.

"So, what happened?" Ivory asked as she assessed the situation.

Lucius explained, "This is all my fault. The truth is, I received a ring with a black gemstone, which I believe has Dark Mana. The other day, I lost it on my way out of the inn."

The Master and the Werewolf Servant stared at him while listening to his story. 

The blonde man continued, "When I walked back and was about to find it, I passed by Miss Fiora's house. There, I found Gerhalt by the door, and she yelled, so I tried to talk to him to see what's wrong… I saw him wearing the ring I lost."

"So this is a result of a possession of the Dark Mana, huh..." she muttered. If that's the case, then she needed to use her Silverblade mana to cleanse it!

"Master, your orders?" Lycus asked her as he looked at her. 

The silver-haired Master pursed her lips as she thought of what they should do. How could they trap the berserk Gerhalt? 

"Let's trap him first, but we should use Miss Fiora," she eventually said. She felt bad using her to trap him, but it was an emergency. She told her companions with confidence and a determined face, "I will cleanse him!"

Without further ado, Lycus, and Lucius, who was carrying Fiora on his arm, ran away from Ivory. They ran as fast as they could while searching for a good place to trap  the maddened Gerhalt.

Soon, they found dead hollow oak tree trunks situated in the middle of the forest. They chose the biggest from the rest of the trunks.

Lycus examined the dead tree stump and made sure there were no insects inside. Seeing that its hollow space was just enough to accommodate two people, he told Lucius, "This is alright."

Lucius carefully placed Fiora inside of it, and he stepped backwards. "Is it alright to cleanse him while Miss Fiora is inside as well?"

"Yes. Besides, cleansing only harms the Dark Mana. It will hurt Mister Gerhalt if he fights the holy light, but it will never harm Miss Fiora."

The blonde haired Master nodded at him. Now, he and Lycus only had to wait for Gerhalt to come and get the unconscious woman.

Ivory ran towards them, to notify them about Gerhalt regaining his consciousness. She immediately went to the tree stump and using a knife made of ice, she engraved the magic symbols onto the surface. Afterwards, she and the others hid themselves behind the trees close by.

"Fiora!!!" Gerhalt shouted whilst his eyes roamed around the forest. He continued to move forwards to where they were, and upon seeing her in the tree stump, he dashed towards her.

He then hopped inside the hollow stump. While he was carefully taking her out, the tree stump suddenly emitted a bright glow!

"Gaaaaah!!!" Gerhalt screamed in pain as the holy light started cleansing him. 

Because of this, Fiora was awakened and she was terrified as she saw Gerhalt screaming like a madman. She cried and tilted her head to the side to avoid seeing his pitiful state. When she saw Ivory with glowing eyes as she pointed her staff towards them, she screamed, "Miss Ivory!! Save me!! Please!!"

But she concentrated on exterminating the Dark Mana out of Gerhalt, so she could not answer her. Smoke as dark as coal slowly rose up to the sky.

"Be brave, Fiora!" Lucius called from the other side. "It will be over soon! Close your eyes!"

Upon hearing her beloved Lucius, Fiora closed her wet eyes, not wanting to see the monster within her long-time friend. 

With Ivory's strong Silverblade mana, Gerhalt could not move an inch. But deep inside, he wanted to hold Fiora and lock her up somewhere where nobody could find her. He tried restraining the immense power enveloping him to take a look at the woman he loved, "Fiora! Come with me- Gaaaahhhh!!!"

The frightened Fiora shrieked and covered her ears trying to block the sound of the painful growls coming from him. How did the kind and jolly Gerhalt become like this?

As Ivory was cleansing the receptionist, she felt very mad about whoever made Dark Mana. While staring at Gerhalt's pained expression, she remembered the thirty castle maidservants who were badly possessed last year.

She made the light stronger, wanting to remove all traces of the hideous mana within Gerhalt. She pitied Fiora who should not have seen such a disgusting sight, but she had to do what was necessary.

Surely, this Dark Mana brings out the darkness in a person. She vowed to herself she would live her life in the kingdom to exterminate this entity.

When the remaining black smoke dissipated, the unconscious Gerhalt fell on Fiora's shoulders. Shocked by this, she trembled as she peered into his face to check on him. 

Then, the glow on the tree stump was gone.

Fiora glanced at her friend's face as he rested on her chest. Contrary to what he looked like a while ago, he now seemed to be at peace. She was relieved that the possession's over.

Ivory and the others went towards Fiora. Lycus took Gerhalt, while Lucius helped the receptionist girl come down the trunk. With her knees weakened due to shock, she couldn't walk properly, so Lucius carried her in his arms.

"Thank you, Mister Lucius," she whispered, then tears trickled down her cheeks. "Will Gerhalt be alright now?"

Lucius peeked at Gerhalt's hand. The black gemstone in the ring was now gone. "He's okay now… I apologize deeply, Fiora. This is my fault."

"How can you be reckless, Lucius?" Ivory uttered, placing her hands on her waist, "He's quite a sociable guy, so they know him. They may also know he's not a Chosen One, so how are we going to explain this to the locals?"

Lucius sighed, "I cannot make excuses for my recklessness. This is because I was anxious about leaving the ring in my room, so I brought it with me. I truly apologize."

"You better think about what we'd say to them before we go back, or else it will be a big problem," she told him.

Lucius nodded at her, "I shall take full responsibility." 

When he thought of a plan, he discussed it with the two, then they started walking. Lucius and Lycus, who were both carrying the receptionists, were the ones who walked in front, while Ivory was slowly walking behind them.

The silver-haired Master was hoping that she'd see her beloved Servant in that vast forest, so she purposely slowed her steps.

Suddenly, someone grabbed her from behind when she passed by a wide tree. Her mouth was covered by that person's big hand.

But she never got afraid, because she knew his scent. It was the scent of lillies.

When he brought her behind the tree, he removed his hand.

Ivory smiled when she saw her beloved Servant. "Sigmund…" she muttered. "Why are you-"

Her sentence was cut off by a deep kiss! 

Ivory closed her eyes. Sigmund used a little force on that kiss, but she did not hate it. When she was about to kiss him back, he pulled away, his crimson-red irises glowing.

"You dimwit," he gazed at Ivory from head to toe.. "Why are you wearing your night dress outside?" he whispered in a deep and sexy voice.