Taming My Vampire Servant

In the coliseum were the eighteen students of the Blue Gem section, the Magic specialization class, as well as Educator Wallace who was already facepalming when he saw what a mess it might be. The academy bell had just rang, but the stubborn students barged in to make use of the place.

"What kind of trouble did Miss Sprucemint bring us once again?" Principal Arthurdane said as he sat beside the Educator.

"I heard she challenged her classmate. Why did you even permit them to use the coliseum?"

"Miss Sprucemint would not do this without a reason. That, I am sure."

The stage was surrounded with water, which was previously filled up for the special class' activity. Ivory was holding her magic staff tightly on one side, while Caspian was holding his scythe, which was steam blue in color and was emitting a sky blue light. The heel was embedded with a blue zircon gem with hoar frosts at the top, while both edges of the handle had lozenge shaped zircon gems.

"Do you think your magic staff on just the second level will win over my maxed third level, fully-evolved ice elemental scythe?" Caspian said with confidence. He ran his hand through his pink hair, "Also, my Spirit Servant may be small, but she's got a lot of techniques up her sleeves."

"Oh, I see. Oh no, I am afraid now. I might lose if you are this confident," Ivory said sarcastically. She rolled her eyes, which were still glowing though not evident in that bright area. "But I do not want to reveal my Servant's full abilities to you and everyone in this coliseum. So Sigmund, I order you to sit down and watch your Master take down this bitter guy."

"Hey, I-" Sigmund was about to retort, but then he saw the determination in Ivory's glowing light-blue irises. "As you wish, Master," then he sat beside Lucius.

"You seem nervous," Lucius told him.

The Vampire Servant sighed, "You don't know what I had to go through while she's in that state. She's not the Ivory you all know."

On the stage, Caspian told Ivory, "To be fair, I'll also ask my Spirit Servant not to participate in this duel," he then gestured to Lutie to go to the audience's seat.

Ivory grinned. "Let's start, shall we?"

A soon as he heard this, Caspian suddenly ran towards her. And some steps in front of Ivory, he leaped high, positioning the sharp blades of his scythe to her. 

Ivory quickly blocked the ice scythe using her staff  as she held it tightly. Feeling the heaviness of Caspian's attack, she furrowed her eyebrows in dismay, because she knew that in terms of strength, she might be at a disadvantage. After all, Caspian had been training in combat since he was a kid.

She noticed that ice was forming in the middle of her staff because of the contact with the scythe. She had to do something to get out of that situation.

"You can still surrender, Ivory Sprucemint! If you give up now, I will stop spreading ice magic on your staff-"

But Ivory raised her feet, and using the wind as her main element, she forcibly pushed herself to Caspian's direction, kicking his stomach!

Caspian went sliding onto the stone floor. He slowly stood up, and when he saw that Ivory's magic staff had separated into two, he laughed like a madman.

"I do not know why you're laughing," she said, raising her brow.

Caspian answered, "Your weapon is broken."

"Ah, don't you know? My staff can be separated into two," she played with the staff by twirling them in between her fingers. "I guess I have to thank those three girls who broke them when it had not yet evolved."

Holding the disjointed staff with her left and right hands, Ivory then ran towards Caspian, and he swung the scythe in front of him to protect himself. Small shards of sharp ice came flying towards her, and it gave some cuts on her cheeks. As blood continued to trickle down her face, she continued charging onto him, and he continued releasing ice shards as he stepped backwards.

Without warning, Ivory threw the white-orbed half of her staff onto Caspian's face. He successfully dodged it, and it fell far and rolled behind him, almost falling into the stage's border.

"You think throwing that piece of junk will startle me? You've got to be kidding me," he chuckled, while Ivory stood further away from him. "Oh, why did you stop moving? Maybe you're tired-"

But suddenly, Caspian felt the heat surrounding them. The white orb on the staff shone more brightly than before, and it set the edge of the arena on fire! 

"What are you doing?!" he yelled at her.

She shrugged, "I am battling you seriously. It is obvious that you have mastered the solid state of the Water Element using the Conversion magic technique. I am merely using my brains to weaken your attacks."

"Why go this far for Knightwing? She's just acting like your friend because of Sir Lucius Goldwine's influence!"

"I only have a few friends because most have considered me as a mere country bumpkin," she said, twirling the other half of the staff. "Arcea may be a blabbermouth and can be annoying sometimes, but she just truthfully speaks what's on her mind. I consider her one of my few friends."

"You are a fool-"

"Caspian, I almost thought you were a decent human being, but you were only kind to me because Lucius is my best buddy. You are an ass-licker, trying to look good because he's the General's son. I think you'd like a high position once Lucius takes his father's seat someday," Ivory chuckled, "What do you want to be? The town leader of Alpharion? Or the chief of the border guards?"

Caspian snapped when he heard this. He gripped the scythe he held and glared at her, "You talk too much!" 

That moment, a glowing, blue circle formed around him. Within it, the temperature had dropped, and the magic circle slowly widened until it enveloped the whole stage. The fire that Ivory had created was diminished until it was completely gone. Instead, the water around the stage hardened and opaque ice barriers formed around them, high enough to block the audience's view!

"Only the Chosen Ones with great mana quality can pull this off. You're quite a strong Master, Caspian Reagan," Ivory commented. 

He laughed at her compliment, but he was catching his breath afterwards, "It's the first time I've tried this in an actual battle. I didn't expect this to be useful."

"How did you get this strong?"

"I summoned a reindeer Spirit Servant because the nature of my mana is ice. My grandmother was an Ice master magician, and I have acquired her traits as well," he responded, "When I was little, my grandmother often took me to the peak of Mt. Uma to train." He remembered his strict late grandmother when they traveled to the south of Umbria City in the Land of Rosaria to visit the small island where Mt. Uma is. 

"But having a dominant element has its pros and cons. Because it's pretty obvious that you use ice, it's easy for me to know that fire is your weakness."

"You're right. But right now, I've made this whole stage my territory," Caspian said, slowly walking towards Ivory. He raised his scythe as high as he could, and it lit a blue light. "The audience will not see how, but I shall end you today because of the insults you have given me. It means one less enemy during the Servant Competition!"

As Caspian was gathering a large ball of ice he had been creating by dropping the temperature around him, Ivory's eyes suddenly stopped glowing. She instantly felt weak to the knees and shivered terribly with the sudden freezing coldness she felt. She widened her eyes in shock to see herself in that grave situation.

"What… What happened?" Ivory murmured to herself. She looked around her and saw no one within the ice fortress. She couldn't remember anything at all and what led to the current situation she was in.

"Are you ready to die, Ivory Sprucemint?" Caspian asked. "Any last words?"

"Caspian… I can't remember anything!" she said, as tears started falling from her eyes. She crawled towards him and kneeled, "Please stop! I don't know what happened, but please-"

"You have to do better in acting if you want to join the opera house. Apologies, but it's too late to save yourself now!"

Ivory yelled in fear, and just as Caspian was about to throw the humongous ice ball crystal to her direction, a Golem Servant suddenly destroyed a part of the ice fortress. Surrounded in flames, it hit the ice ball that Caspian had formed above him, and with great speed, it caused a huge crack to the other side of the ice fortress.