A New Path - Chapter 259

As soon as he had closed the portal in the garden, Amell took Valerie to his bedroom and put her to bed. Sebas who was always no more than a few metres away from his Lord and he had never seen him be this careful before. Amell wouldn’t even allow Nabe, one of the maids to carry Valerie for him. This little girl meant a lot to him. “Sebas, go prepare our best tea. She is waking up.” Amell wouldn’t take his eyes of his daughter. Even Sebas who was pretty detached and unconcerned of others that weren’t Amell felt a quite strong connection to the girl. He didn’t know the origin of this feeling, but it wasn’t unpleasant.

“Are you sure we should use the best tea? We don’t have a lot of it left.”

“Are you making me repeat myself, Sebas?”

“Of course not, Lord Amell. I shall be back with the tea in but a moment.” Sebas walked out of the ginormous room with a little sweat running down his back. That was another thing he learned now. His master had no patience when it came to this little girl, who he still did not know the identity of.

Valerie started waking up and her eyes began opening. The room was very bright thanks to the many windows along the walls. So, she couldn’t fully open her eyes yet, she had to let them adjust to the brightness. But, someone with Amell’s genes won’t stay down for long. Even though her body was aching and her eyes wouldn’t open fully, she still sat up on the bed, she was a fighter just like her father.

“Where am I? And, what’s with this huge bed?!” She looked straight away and she was amazed by the sheer size of this room. She thought it would go on forever. “It’s like ten times bigger than my room.” She rubbed her eyes and then looked down at her body. “At least I’m still alive. Or, maybe not. Where is this? Am I dead? I’m surprisingly calmer than I thought I would be about dying.” She glanced to the side of the massive bed, and that’s when she saw the smiling giant sitting there looking at her.

“DAD!!?” Valerie sat up properly and rubbed her eyes again. He was still there. Just then, Sebas walking into the room again with a tray on which stood a pot of tea and one teacup. He placed it down on the nightstand beside the bed and then walked over to stand behind Amell.

“DAD!! Is that you?” Valerie still felt her body ache a lot, but she didn’t care. She crawled over the bed on all four toward Amell. Seba’s eyes went wide in surprise. ‘So, that’s it.’ He chuckled to himself as he watched Valerie slowly make her way across the bed.

“It’s not a dream and you are not dead either. Come here, Valerie, hug your old man.” He opened his arms and when she was close enough she jumped right into his embrace. “I missed you, dad! This is not the Zero division, where are we?” He forced her back on the bed again, even though she tried her hardest to keep her grip around his neck.

“No fair! More snuggle, dad! You’re so comfortable to snuggle against.” She made a pout, but Amell managed to resist even though it took all he had.

“Later! Sebas, pour the tea. Valerie, you need to get something to drink, and this tea will help your body recover.”

Sebas poured the tea carefully then walked over to the bed and offered it to Valerie with a respectful bow. “Young Lady Valerie. Here’s your tea!” She took it while looking Sebas up and down. She had never seen him before and the only ones who ever addressed her formally like that were the commanders of the Gotei. No one else was allowed to interact with her, Amell’s orders. Wherever she went, she always had at least two commanders with her, same for her brother. This was why Amell found it so scary and strange that she had come here alone.

“Dad, what’s going on here? Who is that? Where are we?”

“Valerie, what is the last thing you remember?”

“I was in my room with Robin. We were waiting for uncle Zoro to come, today he was gonna teach me the ways of the sword.” Valerie took a sip of the tea and her whole face lit up in ecstasy. “WOW! This is incredible! You’re amazing… Eh, Sebas, right?”

“That’s right, Young Lady Valerie. It pleases me greatly that you found it acceptable.” He bowed.

“So, that brat thinks he is good enough to be my daughter’s teacher. Just because his captain is a big deal now doesn’t mean he can do whatever he wants.” Slowly but surely his aura started to rise and the kids out on the arena practising their magic felt everything shaking. “Who does he think he is? I’ll go back right now and end the era of the Straw hat pirates!”

“DAD!! It’s okay, uncle Zoro is nice to me. He and big sis Robin spends a lot of time with me. Don’t hurt him, please!”

“Don’t worry, baby. I won’t. When I get back, I will just have a nice and long chat with him, to make sure he is properly equipped to deal with such a heavy task.” Amell patted her on the head. If she could read his thoughts, maybe she would run ahead and warn Zoro for the storm that was about to arrive.

“Dad, promise me you won’t hurt him! I like him!”

“Ooh, you like him? Has he been around a lot?” The clouds outside darkened, and heavy storms started appearing all over the Island. It went so far that the Overlord thought maybe their God was fighting someone.

“Allow me to stop this before it goes any further. Lord Amell, I ask that you calm yourself or this island might not last much longer.”

“You’re right, Sebas. I went too far. I apologize.” Amell took a deep breath and the storms started dying down. “When it comes to my children, I’m weak. They are the centre of my lift, after all.” Valerie smiled brightly at that and jumped in for another hug.

“That’s why I love you, Dad!” She said and kissed him on the cheek. “Now, continue telling me about this place. I still don’t know where we are!”

“Well, currently we’re located on the highest mountain in the world. On an island called, Paradise Island. But, that’s not what’s important. Do you remember when we talked about the special ability that lies within our bloodline?”

“Yeah, world travel or whatever it was. If YOU remember, you said we didn’t need to know more until we were older.”

“That has become clear to me that I was wrong in holding back. I should have trained you and your brother in that much earlier, then this wouldn’t have happened.”

“This? Wait! Are we in another world? No way! How did I get here?” This explained why she didn’t recognize Sebas.

“Yes, we are! And, how you got here. I am not sure. You must have unconsciously activated the ability, and we are very lucky it went this smoothly. You could have easily been picked up by the Universal stream and thrown into an unknown world. Or, you could have teleported yourself into the realm between worlds and died.”

“I’m gonna be honest. I understood one part of that. I’m not you, dad. Make it simple for me to understand.”

“Ignore the technical stuff for now. What is important is that you will stay here with me and I will train you in this ability. We can’t allow this to happen again.”

“I get to stay here? Hell yeah!” She gave him another hug. “But, what about Mom and the rest. We need to tell her. Knowing mom, she will have the commanders turn the world upside down for my sake. We should hurry before she does that.” Valerie knew her parents pretty well, and her mother was the one she feared the most, because of how impulsive she could be.

Amell agreed with his daughter since he too knew how impulsive Sylvia could be. He raised his hand and pointed and the ground and summoned forth cosmic energy. {I summon thee, Alucard} A red circle appeared on the floor and like a bottomless pit, a black mist started pouring out of it. Together with mist, a body rose slowly from the circle. When the body had fully come forth, the man bowed down on one knee.

“My Master, I have been summoned. For what purpose have I been summoned.” When Alucard started speaking, the black mist around him turned blood-red. Sebas stepped in front of Amell because of the pure evil and destructive aura surrounding Alucard.

“Before that. how goes your mission? Are you enjoying the change in scenery?” Amell signalled for Sebas to stand down. Alucard was the most loyal follower Amell had. Even more loyal than Sebas, almost borderline fanatical.

“I am enjoying it quite a bit. This new world you sent me to. It is interesting. It shall soon be ready for the Gotei’s invasion.”

“I know the other commanders are getting restless. An invasion will surely get their blood pumping again. But, that’s not why I called you. I need you to deliver a message to Sylvia. Tell her Valerie is with me and that she will be staying with me for a while. Tell her also that, I shall contact her shortly.”

“Yes, My Master! It will be done.”

“Good I shall send you on your way.” Amell pointed at Alucard {I Banish Thee, Alucard} The circle appeared again and Alucard sunk back down into the ground and the black mist disappeared with him.

“D-Dad! Who was that? He was so scary to look at!” Valerie had been clinging onto Amell the entire time. Her body was shivering.

“He used to be the first commander of the Gotei. He has different duties now. He left his seat as a commander right after you were born. You do not have to fear him, he is nice when you get to know him.” Amell tried to win her over with a smile, but she was still doubting him a little.

“Lord Amell, do you permit me to speak my mind?”

“Always, Sebas.”

“I believe a warning about his arrival should always be paramount. His aura covered the island and I could feel the unrest in the Overlord’s auras. If a warning is not issued next time, they might take action to remove him off the island.”

“Firstly, trying to banish Alucard from any place he is not supposed to be in is about as difficult as it gets. Secondly, his loyalty to me is his pride. He is loyal to my bloodline, the Portgas bloodline. But, you are right in what you say, Sebas. Tonight you shall go and inform the Overlords about him.”

“I understand, Lord Amell.”

“Dad, you said banishing him is difficult but you just did it right now, easily. What’s up with that?”

“Well, that’s a special case. To explain this as easy as possible, he is a supreme entity, more powerful than most things you will see in your lifetime. Actually, probably stronger than anything except me. So, the reason I could banish him is that this time he allowed it, which makes it easier. Secondly, Alucard is bound to our bloodline, completely loyal to it. Anyone carrying my bloodline can summon him as I did now.”

“I can summon him like that? Like from anywhere? So, if I’m about to die I can summon him to save me?” Valerie liked the idea of having someone that strong always available to her.

“Yes, you could. But, and this is a big downside. Summoning him might kill you if you don’t have the energy to supply to the summoning.” Amell didn’t have that issue since the power stored in his body could destroy multiple worlds. But, someone like the young Valerie wouldn’t be able to sustain the energy it took to summon him.

“Do I have the energy to do that?”

“No, not even close to enough. So, I forbid you from using it, or you might be seriously hurt from trying it.”

“I understand. I won’t try!”

Amell nodded proudly. “That’s my girl! Now, we should try getting you on your feet. It’s almost dinner time.”

“I shall go and make arrangements immediately.” Sebas bowed and walked out of the room.

“Drink the last of the tea, and then we’ll go and have some delicious dinner. The cooks here and fantastic.”

“Will you stay with me? We can go together to dinner, right?” She sipped on her tea while looking at her dad with her best puppy eyes.

“Of course.” Amell smiled and stroked her on the cheek. “I’ll be around forever!” He said softly.

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