CH.65 Morning at the Guild
<span style="font-weight:400">(Good morning, Master.) Laura greeted me as I woke up.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Hmm..” I stretched. “Good morning.”
<span style="font-weight:400">It’s always nice to wake up after a good night''s sleep. While I don’t feel the same I did yesterday, I still slept well. I guess blood magic sleep hits differently.
<span style="font-weight:400">Before someonees to get me for breakfast, I’ll open my daily packs. I think I’ll go with five packs of Dark Crisis for the Vampire Lord, and the other five will be Invasion of Chaos for the Envoys and Dark Magician of Chaos.
<span style="font-weight:400">Yes, let’s do that.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Or I’ll get the card I want in the first pack. I don’t know how to feel now. It took me neen packs to get amon Vampire Lady, but a secret rare Vampire Lordes in the first pack. Well, I guess if I count the two I opened yesterday, that would be three in total. Still doesn’t make sense.
<span style="font-weight:400">Well, I guess I can get more of Invasion. Need to make a toploader for Vampire Lord as well, but that can wait until I open the rest.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Oh god I got an Ojama. Please god, don’t do this to me.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Laura, make sure to sacrifice every ojama card I get for sleeves and toploaders.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Yes, Master.) Laura agreed.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Well, that’s five of Invasion of Chaos, and I didn’t really get anything. Let’s just split thest four tokens for two of each, Magician’s Force and Soul of the Duelist.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Well, Ultimate Obedient Fiend is a huge beater and Raregold Armor is a taunt card, so those mighte handy. Sadly the Ulti fiend doesn’t like others, but with stats that surpass Blue-Eyes, it would be a good backup strategy if my dragon is not strong enough.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Well, one was decent, the other not really. Time for some Soul of the Duelist.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Why does it have to be Ojamas? Well I did get ck Chick and Ritual Weapon. Those might be useful. In some situations.
<span style="font-weight:400">Then the two Dark Beginning 1 packs.
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<span style="font-weight:400">That’s some nice stuff. A spare sma zone, the sage, Suijin and even Hyozanryu. Not bad at all. Next.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Well, that one had nothing special. ck Pendant could make a nice gift, if I can make itst forever. And I guess Fire Princess is not terrible. Even Magic Drain might have its uses.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Now, let’s make the sleeve and toploader for Vampire Lord. Let’s also make a sleeve for Ultimate Obedient Fiend while at it. I don’t think it will need a toploader if it’s just going to be my backup n. Sleeve is enough.
<span style="font-weight:400">Ojama Delta Hurricane!!, Ojama King, Ojama Yellow, 2x Abyssal Designator, Absolute End, Acrobat Monkey, 2x Ante, Anti-Aircraft Flower, 3x Aqua Madoor, Archfiend''s Roar, 2x Backfire, Bombardment Beetle, 2x Ceasefire, Chaos Greed, D.D. Borderline, D.D. Scout ne, Dark Cat with White Tail, Darkbishop Archfiend, Des Dendle, 2x Dimension Distortion, Don Turtle, 2x Fiend''s Hand Mirror, Forced Requisition, Gamble, Gravekeeper''s Servant, 2x Hade-Hane, Huge Revolution, Humanoid Worm Drake, Larvae Moth, Magical nt Mandrag, Michizure, My Body as a Shield, Ninjitsu Art of Decoy, Ninjitsu Art of Transformation, 3x Order to Charge, 3x Order to Smash, People Running About, 4x Pharaoh''s Servant, 4x Pharaonic Protector, 3x Protector of the Sanctuary, 2x Queen Bird, Psychic Kappa, Robbin'' Zombie, 2x Shift, kull-Mark Ladybug, The Cheerful Coffin, Tower of Babel,
<span style="font-weight:400">(I would like to sacrifice these 70 cards, Master.) Laura offered. That’s a long list.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Sure, but why that many? I only asked for a total of 30.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(I think it would be good to get rid of bad cards.) Laura told me. Well, she might be correct. I can just use the sleevester. And with 4 sleeves making a toploader, it won’t be a waste to have a lot of sleeves.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Sure, you can do it.) I gave the permission. (Also, apply the toploader for Vampire Lord, and the sleeve for Ultimate Fiend.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Yes, Master.)
<span style="font-weight:400">Good. That takes care of that. That didn’t make sense. But at least I got the Vampire Lord. Now I need to visit Lucia. Hopefully he really can cure her. I was surprised when Vampire Lady couldn’t and I do feel bad for Lucia. I got her hopes up and then I just failed. I’ll make it up to her today. I have all that I need. Unless the world decides that I need an even more powerful vampire to cure her. Wouldn’t that just leave Vampire Genesis? I don’t think he even is in a set I can open yet.
<span style="font-weight:400">(He doesn’t appear on any of the set lists, Master.)
<span style="font-weight:400">See. I thought so.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Breakfast came and went. Alice was still trying to convince me to take her with me and in the end I promised I would take her tomorrow. I need to learn how to ride a dragon myself before I take someone flying with me.
<span style="font-weight:400">As I was about to leave for the guild, Alice came to me, trying to convince me one more time.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Can I really note with you?” She was half begging.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’m sorry, but I already said to your mother I wouldn’t take you today.” I responded. “Andst time I took you outside, it didn’t go so well. We got attacked by wyverns. But I promised I would take you tomorrow, so just wait for it.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“But I want to go today as well.” She argued.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I even gave Mana the new magic book, so you two can practice. Don’t worry, I won’t disappear and leave you here. When I make a promise, I keep it.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I know you will. You already promised me the impossible and did it. But still.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“It’s better for you to go outside after your father hase back anyway. If you are outside with me, he can’t bother you.” I tried giving her other reasons.
<span style="font-weight:400">“...If I learn a new spell, will you give me a reward?” She bargained.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Are we making deals now? Do I need to give you a carrot to run after?” I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Carrot? What do you mean by that? I don’t want a carrot.” She responded.
<span style="font-weight:400">I guess that idiom doesn’t exist here. “I meant you need a reward as a goal so you would do better. My grandpa always used that idiom.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’ve never heard of it.” She told me. Well it might still exist, even if she’s never heard it.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well anyway, I don’t really have anything that great to use as a reward at the moment, but I’ll get you something if Ie across it.” I promised.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Thank you. That’s a promise, right?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. I promise to get you something, if you learn a new spell.” I told her. “And it better be something more than just a basic one. Basic spell means basic reward.” I pressured her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Then I’ll learn a powerful one.” She responded.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll be off now. I’ll be back by dinner time. You’d better practice hard.” I told her and turned to leave.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I will! Stay safe!” She yelled after me.
<span style="font-weight:400">The first stop, the adventurer’s guild.
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<span style="font-weight:400">(Master, how about making the ck Pendant into a gift for her?) Laura gave me an offer.
<span style="font-weight:400">(But I would need a ne to use as a base to install it on, right? Where would I acquire one?) I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Visit a store and analyze one. Or just buy it if you have the money for it.) Laura said to me. (Analyzing might be better, as you could then analyze the card and have the dungeon make a perfect vessel for one.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Be a thief again. I feel like analyzing something is just theft. I need to get one more of these magic fanny packs and go trade it at that ce I analyzed the magic sk at.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(We could visit the dungeon today.) Laura offered.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Sure. Let’s do it. But first, the guild. Then the jewelry store. If this town has one.)
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<span style="font-weight:400">On the way to the guild, I kept my eyes open, but I didn’t notice anything that I would assume to be a jewelry store. I guess this town just doesn''t have one. I don’t recall anything like that in the store I bought my tent from either. Perhaps the Bakpany’s store would have some. Need to visit it, even if I really don’t want to. Why does that name cause me so much doubt? It is simr, but they do seem to have a good reputation.
<span style="font-weight:400">I made it to the guild. And it’s quite full. Have they not left yet? I guess this is the earliest I’ve ever been at the guild, so if they leave at the second bell (9am), they would still be here.
<span style="font-weight:400">No jokes about me spending two nights here. It doesn’t count.
<span style="font-weight:400">I noticed Lucia and Alex. They were sitting with two members of Diamond Sword. I guess even some members of Diamond Sword are out of town.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Good morning.” I greeted them as I arrived at their table.
<span style="font-weight:400">They turned to face me and returned the greeting.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Take a seat.” One of the Diamond Sword members offered.
<span style="font-weight:400">I did as instructed.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Brian, did you have ns for today?” Lucia asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah. I got a summon yesterday that I want to try out so I was nning on heading a little farther away from town to not cause panic.” I told the table.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Is it that bad?” One of the Diamond Sword members asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Depends. I don’t think it would be, but how used are the townspeople to seeing dragons flying around?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I could see that causing a panic.” He said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Thought as much.” I responded. “Oh, and Lucia, the thing we spoke about yesterday. I got it.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Really?!” She seemed genuinely surprised. “Then will you..?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sure, we can do it right now. But not here. We need a private room.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“We can borrow one of the upstairs rooms.” She told me. “You guys can go outside without me. I’ll join a littleter to do the draining.” Lucia said to the table before dragging me with her.
<span style="font-weight:400">She said something to one of the receptionists and we went upstairs.
<span style="font-weight:400">We entered one of the upstairs rooms. I think it’s the same one I showed my status in.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Did you really get a stronger vampire summon?” Lucia asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes I did. I really didn’t believe it myself at first, either. I had so much difficulty getting Vampire Lady yesterday and today I just got the Lord no problem.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Can he cure my curse?” She asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well, there is an easy way to find out.” I answered. “Are you ready?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes.”
<span style="font-weight:400">I pulled the Vampire Lord from my collection and activated my DiaDhank.
<span style="font-weight:400">cing the card onto the DiaDhank, I said: “I summon Vampire Lord.”
<span style="font-weight:400">He was about my height, dressed in a purple suit and a ck cloak. His turquoise hair made a nice contrast with his red eyes.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Master, how may I be of service?” He said and gave me a small bow.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I need you to cure her blood curse. I tried having Vampire Lady do it, but she couldn’t fully cure it.” I told him.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I see. Miss, are you ready?” My summon asked Lucia.
<span style="font-weight:400">Lucia seemed to think for a moment, before giving a strong nod.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Good, then take off your mantle.” My summon instructed her.
<span style="font-weight:400">She seemed to hesitate for a second beforeplying. But in the end she did take it off. Below it she was wearing her hoodie. The one I gave her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“You’ll need to take that off as well.” My summon said. “I need ess to your neck.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Will you really neckbite her? I guess that is the ssic spot, so it might power up the magic.
<span style="font-weight:400">Lucia did as asked and ced her hoodie next to her mantle on the table.
<span style="font-weight:400">This was the first time I really got a good look at Lucia’s face. And it is extremely beautiful.
<span style="font-weight:400">She has short cut, blood red hair and almost glowing turquoise eyes. Almost like the reverse of the Vampire Lord next to her.<sup ss="modern-footnotes-footnote " data-mfn="1"></sup><span ss="modern-footnotes-footnote__note" data-mfn="1">Vampire Lord has Turquoise hair and Red eyesHer skin was also extremely pale. I wouldn’t call it perfect white, but almost. But not white like ones you see on geisha’s or other performers that use heavy makeup. Her skin was all natural. It had some ws, but that honestly made it better. Perfect beauty shouldn’t exist. Except maybe for Gods.
<span style="font-weight:400">At least she still had on an undershirt so I didn’t have unlimited ess to her …. well, that part of her. Why can you be so beautiful? It’s illegal. Gods will curse you for beauty of that level. Wait, she already has a curse. Damn it. So she is so beautiful that she got cursed. Or is the blood curse a punishment for dhampirs because they have this unnatural beauty?
<span style="font-weight:400">“Please don’t stare that much.” Lucia said meekly.
<span style="font-weight:400">I try to look away, but my eyes stay on her. Brain, work correctly. I wanted to look. NO! I mean I want to look away.
<span style="font-weight:400">I finally turn my head. I think it let out a full on creak.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’m sorry.” I said to Lucia. “You are just so beautiful my eyes didn’t want to look away.” I told her honestly. I think my eyes want to return to looking at her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“You shouldn’t say something like that.” She countered.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I know. I’m sorry.” I said as I fully turned my back to her. This way she is as far away as possible. “If you want, I’ll leave the room.” I offered.
<span style="font-weight:400">“...you can stay. Just keep looking at the wall like you are.” She gave her permission.
<span style="font-weight:400">(I’ve determined that Lucia doesn’t have a response like Master had to blood magic. Perhaps due to her being a dhampir.) Laura told me. So she won’t go into ecstasy. That’s good.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Master really is weak to the orders of females.” Vampire Lord taunted me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“You, shut up. I would unsummon you for that and rip your card to pieces, but I do kind of need you, so you can stay.” I tried threatening my summon, but it failed.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll try to stay on your good side so you call on me again.” He said and got back on track. “Miss, are you ready?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes.” I heard Lucia’s response.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Then, we shall begin.”
<span style="font-weight:400">I don’t know what exactly was happening, but I heard some sounds. Including some moaning by Lucia. Well when she used the blood scan on me, it was extremely pleasurable, so if the curse canceling is anything like that, I can understand. Even if Laura said she wouldn’t have an effect as bad as mine, it might still get to masturbation levels.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Master, it’s done.” I heard my summon say.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Did you seed?” I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Naturally.” He responded. “But the curse was strong in her. I can definitely see why my sister failed.”
<span style="font-weight:400">… What? They are brother and sister? Ok? I didn’t know that. But I guess it makes sense. They have simr skin, eye and hair color. I thought thatdy was something like a human that was turned into a vampire, but I’ll ept this.
<span style="font-weight:400">“So… May I turn around now?” I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Just a second. I’ll cover her back up.” Vampire Lord said to me.
<span style="font-weight:400">I heard some sounds of clothing before I heard Lucia say: “You can turn around now.”
<span style="font-weight:400">I did as instructed. She was still only wearing the hoodie, not her mantle, but her appeal had dropped down to levels where I could control myself.
<span style="font-weight:400">“How do you feel?” I asked Lucia.
<span style="font-weight:400">“...full. Like I’m not thirsty for the first time in my life.” She told me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Her curse ispletely gone, but her blood magic didn’t turn into true blood magic.” My summon exined. “If she practices with my sister, it should evolve in no time.”
<span style="font-weight:400">That’s nice. If she has true blood magic, she should be able to cure the curse from other dhampirs. I don’t mind having Vampire Lord do it, but having someone else capable as well would be nice.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Does this mean I no longer need to drink blood?” Lucia asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“No, you still need blood.” Vampire Lord instructed her. “Blood will always be necessary for you, but you won’t hunger after it like you used to. And all blood should taste a little better without the curse.”
<span style="font-weight:400">A nice added bonus, I suppose.
<span style="font-weight:400">“You’ll also be capable of enjoying meals other than blood. I believe you couldn’t earlier.” He said.
<span style="font-weight:400">She couldn’t even enjoy her meals? I guess the curse was even worse than I thought. Good food is essential.
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<span style="font-weight:400">And there is the mission reward. Vampire Genesis is an even more powerful vampire, but I think I need to sacrifice Lord to summon him. Well, it might be worth it.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Brian, would it be possible if I gave you what I promised at ater date?” Luciaasked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Promised? When did you promise something?” I asked her
<span style="font-weight:400">“I promised I would let you mess with my body if you cured me.” She said back agitated. Oh yeah, I was going to give her light magic affinity.
<span style="font-weight:400">“That’s fine. In all honesty, if you don’t want me to do it, I won’t. I just feel like if you really need light magic to achieve your dreams, I can help with that.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Then could we change the promise?” She asked. “When I learn true blood magic, I’ll let you give me light magic.” Lucia made the next deal.
<span style="font-weight:400">“If that’s what you want, sure.” I answered.
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<span style="font-weight:400">After I unsummoned Vampire Lord, Lucia and I left the private room and headed back downstairs. It was a lot more quiet now. I guess a lot of people had left already.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll be going now. Will youe with me today as well?” Lucia asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“No. I have some things I want to do. I’ll try to stop by if my route takes me where you are.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Will be on the northern fields today. Do stop by.” Lucia said before taking off.
<span style="font-weight:400">I stayed behind at the guild. I need to find out if there is a mary reward for what I did. I haven’t received one yet after all. And if I’m going to buy a ne, I need some more money.
<span style="font-weight:400">For that, I turn towards the service counter.