Taming My Vampire Servant

Although he knew of this, he still hoped that Ivory would make safer and wiser decisions for herself.

Ivory pursed her lips, not knowing how to react to her close friend.

"When do you plan on being truthful with me about it… Are you going to hide it from me until we're done here in town?"

"Lucius… I…"

"Just so you know, I have a big reason why I care for you so much," Lucius creased his brows, "And once you know about it, you'll understand where I'm coming from."

"What is it, Lucius? Can't you tell me now?" she asked curiously.

Lucius recalled that his father wanted to be the one to tell Ivory about it. "At the right time-"

"Why don't you tell me now so I would not be confused?" she crossed her arms, "If you're going to delay this, you're also going to delay my disappointment in you."

Lucius sighed. He then turned away from her, saying, "Go ahead and be disappointed. I will not change my mind. I want Sigmund away from you." Then, he walked towards the hallway and entered his room.

"Ugh… So be it, Lucius. Wait 'til I get the Goddess permission…" she murmured to herself and went back to the receptionist's desk afterwards.

The whole morning, their guest did not come out of his room. Ivory figured he might be tired from his journey from Gallean Town, which is at the far end of the Land of Sandria. When lunch time came, Lycus cooked grilled chicken and tomato soup. With Lucius sleeping, only Ivory went to the kitchen to eat.

Minutes later, Nathan finally went out of his room. From the hallway, he smelled the fragrance of the food coming out from the open kitchen. He walked towards it and saw Ivory holding the chicken leg with her bare hand and munching the meat, not noticing his presence archway.

Lycus sat in front of Ivory, smiling as he watched his Master happily eating what he cooked. He panned his sight towards the door when he smelled an unfamiliar scent. "Mister, welcome to the kitchen. Why don't you join us?" He knew he was the new guest that came.

Ivory was startled when Nathan suddenly sat beside her. "Uhm… hello mister!" she exclaimed. And upon realizing the oil trickling down her hands, she searched for a dry cloth to wipe it.

Nathan formed a smile on his face, seeing how cute she was. Aside from the oil on her hands, she also got a tiny bit of chicken meat on her cheeks!

The guest reached out for the dry cloth, which was beside him. He told her, "You have some oil on your cheeks, too."

She widened her eyes, and in embarrassment, she wiped her cheeks with her bare hands, spreading more oil on her face!

Nathan was already holding the dry cloth, which Ivory did not notice. He was actually offering it for her to use, but because she was thinking about not blowing up her cover that she's Ivor, she couldn't think straight whenever she's in front of him!

"Let me help you," he offered.

Slowly, Nathan reached out the dry cloth to her cheeks. But before it reached her, the cloth suddenly started burning!

He was so shocked that he dropped the burning dry cloth. Seeing this, Lycus was quick to use Water magic on it by lifting the water from Nathan's cup and splashed it on the cloth. Thankfully, the fire was extinguished immediately before it reached the floor!

"What… What was that?" Nathan asked, and Lycus said he had no idea.

But Ivory, on the other hand, suspected that it might have casted by someone she knew. She stood up, "Excuse me. I'll just check something. Eat well, Mister Nathan."

"Miss Ivory, but the fire-"

Lycus cut him off so that his Master could leave, "Apologies… I did not notice the enchantment on the cloth." He had a hunch on who the real culprit was, so he told him this to cover up for him. "By the way, I still haven't introduced myself. I am Lycus… an academy assistant."

Nathan shook hands with him and gave a friendly smile, "I am Nathan Sandfall, from Gallean Town."

"Gallean? The one in the Land of Sandria?"

He nodded. "I am here because of a favor from a friend who works in Topazeon's town hall. He said they badly needed to remove the fallen rocks blocking the miners' tunnels. He told me he'll pay me some silver coins, so…"

While the two talked about Nathan's reason for being there in the small town, Ivory was inside her room. As soon as she locked her front door, she ran towards the window and opened it.

"I knew it… It's you," she raised her brow at the Vampire, who looked at her with a frown. She realized it was him because the kitchen could be seen from that position.

"How dare he try to touch you," Sigmund growled with his irises glowing. He hopped inside her room and angrily closed the windows.

"Sigmund… I-"

"I am the only one who's allowed to touch you. Do not forget that," he touched the tip of Ivory's hair and kissed it.

Ivory's cheeks turned red as a tomato while they gazed at each other's eyes. She gulped, as she thought that there was something sexy in his possessiveness. Aside from that, she felt safe and secured knowing that he's always watching over her.

"I understand that very well, so please don't get upset," she slowly touched his cheek and caressed it. "I was too caught up in thinking about how to hide from him. I didn't want him to know that Ivor and I are the same. If he knew, he'd ask where you are, and he might ask a lot of questions which I do not want to answer."

Hearing her explanation, his crimson-red eyes stopped glowing.

"By the way… Lucius already knows about us…"

"I've heard about it when you two were talking," holding her hands, he told her in a serious tone, "I want to take you away from this place and hide from everyone, but I know it will only bring disaster in the long run. So I chose to be patient and face the hurdles together with you."

"One day… I will ask for us to be allowed… I believe the Goddess is the only one with a solution for us."

"Then, tell me what I should do to help."

Ivory pulled him towards the bed, and they sat beside each other. "Let's get stronger together and defeat all our enemies… especially the King."

"Of course, and I will be with you all throughout," he told her, stroking her hair. He then told her that he's going to stay in her room from now on because he's too worried about her living on the same roof as the male guest.

After a warm hug, Sigmund finally let go of Ivory. She went out of her room and proceeded to the receptionist's desk. An hour later, Nathan went to her and informed her that he would be returning late at night because he might have a long chat with his friend.

When the guest left, Ivory sighed in relief. She knew she should not be worried too much, but she messed up bringing with her the Goldwine surname, that was why she was very bothered!

"Good thing he's going to return when my shift is done. I'll just let Lucius handle him," she told herself. 

While waiting for guests, she started reading a few scrolls about the inn. She was so bored that she even started reading some records of the past guests in the inn. She picked a random scroll on the shelf. 

Then, a familiar name passed by her sight.

'Deshanna Fogheart, Master… Sigmund, Vampire Servant…?' she read in her mind. She rubbed her eyes, thinking that she saw it wrong. Checking the scroll, it was way back, before she was even born!

When the sun set, Lucius got out of his room. He walked towards Ivory, who he caught was sleeping. 

"Ivory," he shook her shoulder, trying to wake her up. 

When he did, she was startled, not noticing the old scroll to fall beside her.

"Great, you're here…" she yawned.

"You're not going to eat supper?"

Ivory shook her head. "I am more sleepy than hungry."

"Are you still sleepy?" he chuckled. "But you seem to have slept a lot of hours. Just look at your drool..."

She widened her eyes in surprise, and at the same time, wiped her mouth repeatedly with the back of her hand.

"I was kidding."

Ivory narrowed her eyes on him, and the blonde young man just laughed. She then informed him that Nathan would be arriving late that night. She said good night to him, then proceeded to her room.

To avoid Nathan's suspicion, Lycus stood by the entrance of the kitchen, which was very near Ivory's room. He stood there staring at the empty hallway and stayed alert against anyone who would try to get near his Master's room.

On the receptionist's desk, Lucius picked up the old scroll that Ivory dropped.