Draconic Vampire: Curse of the Blood - Chapter 135

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Just outside the student council building, a group of five students who wore a unique type of uniform entered inside. They were coming from a routine check-up for a certain part of the academy that was ȧssigned to them.

“It’s awfully quiet here. Nothing interesting happens when it’s my turn.” One of the vampires bellowed.

“We are inside the building, can you just keep it quiet?” Another vampire warned.

The five of them crossed the hall and reached the counter where the lady vampire was doing some paperwork. They added their findings which were nothing much.

“Nothing happened, huh?” The lady asked.

“Isn’t it good that wherever we go, it’s peaceful? We should get a promotion for this, don’t you think?” The leader of the group said with confidence.

“It’s not up to me. Miss. Winters is the president and only she can give you a promotion. Although the likelihood of this happening is very low.” She put her head down and kept on writing.

“Why do you think that? Aren’t we doing this for over a year? I think it’s time for us to get that promotion.” The leader pressed on.

“She bȧrėly cares about me, let alone you, and I worked here for five years. So stop expecting anything unless you do something exceptional.”

Remembering the tremendous aura that led to her losing consciousness inside her office she was scared to go up this time. After she woke up, she was outside the office and the room was covered with runes.

The president of the student council was a ruthless woman who set strict rules for the members of the council. If anyone slacked, she would punish them regardless of their position. Fortunately, the lady vampire never did something to upset the president and Valencia had a good impression on her.

“What is that?”

“Looks like a wild beast? What is it doing here?” The five vampires looked at Kenny who was resting on the side.

“It is giving off blood-qi fluctuations so it’s a blood summon someone forgot to bring with them. Its life energy is around the middle stage baron, so let’s drop it outside.”

Three vampires started talking to each other about how to handle the summon. In a way, they were doing this because there was nothing for them to do and this situation was abnormal which gave them the excuse to show their authority.

The lady vampire got up from her seat and walked over.

“What are you doing? Leave it alone. It’s a summon of a new potential recruit and he is getting interviewed by the president right now.” She stood in between them and Kenny.

“So he can just bring his summon inside like that? I’m sure the president wouldn’t like it. We are just doing what is necessary.”

“It’s not like we are hurting the summon.”

“Well, I can’t let you guys do it. I have the best track record among the managers and I don’t want it to change. Go somewhere else.” She commanded.

“…”

Suddenly, her rune card pulsed, and the conversation was put on hold.

After getting the message, she rushed towards the elevator and left the five vampires standing. They could only look at the elevator door closing and she gestured to them to leave that place.

In front of the president’s office, the lady vampire gulped and opened the door slowly. Inside the office, two figures were talking casually. She made eye contact with Valencia and Keith turned his head around slightly.

“Come, meet your new boss. Keith, she will be your new ȧssistant and handle all the paperwork and documentation.” Valencia pointed to Keith and introduced each other.

“She is Erica, our best accountant, and handles most of the paperwork. I was withholding her promotion so that I could give her something that will be beneficial for her. Isn’t it good that she is going to be your ȧssistant?” Valencia asked Keith.

“Honestly, I don’t need ȧssistants and underlings. I’m fine by myself.” Keith tried to refuse the offer.

“You can work alone if you like, but the disciplinary committee has hierarchies and I gave you control over one of the divisions. There are ten members under it, all of them are viscount.”

“Your job is to monitor certain areas that come under your jurisdiction. Right now inside the campus, there are rarely any incidents happening, but trouble comes when you least expect it.”  Valencia Explained.

“If there isn’t anything important to attend to, I will stay in my room or the training facility. Which region I’m ȧssigned to?” Keith asked.

“The northwest campus, basically half of the blood Esper department,” Valencia replied.

“I can see why that place is so quiet. Blood espers don’t interact with the other department and I’ve heard the first years stay inside the department for a year.” Keith stroked his chin.

“Yes, that part of the campus is relatively safe, and not many students roam around that area. However, I advise you to keep an eye on the outliers. Some Espers tend to create trouble when it’s too peaceful.”

Valencia explained the different rules and how he should react to the Espers. The disciplinary committee was divided into eight parts and each division looked after eight areas throughout the campus.

Each division head was at least a count-level student and extremely good with combat. They usually don’t meet each other for a year and only when there is an emergency, they gather in one place. Valencia was thinking of making Keith a deputy division head, but after seeing his growth and power match the division heads, she changed her mind.

It was a good thing for Keith that he got the region with the least violence. If there wasn’t a serious issue, he wouldn’t be called by his subordinates.

“About the thing, we agreed on.” Keith reminded Valencia again.

“Don’t worry, you will get what you want. I just need to make sure that person is present when we will leave for the next expedition. I can hold off the breakthrough for two months, so I need to get you that technique.” Valencia reassured him.

“Then I’ll take my leave. It was a pŀėȧsurė talking to you, Miss. Winters.” Keith stood up and nodded his head.

“I wanted to take you to my residence and put you inside my rune formation to analyze your physique, but I don’t want to deal with that old man, so this is the only option I’m left with to open your mouth.” Valencia sighed.

Keith turned around and walked out of her office and only Valencia and the lady vampire remained.

“What do you think of him?” Valencia asked her out of the blue.

“Uh… He is very confident and his strength is abnormal considering he joined the academy only a month ago. His combat experience is lacking, but I have a feeling he can catch up in no time.” Erica replied.

“A feeling?” Valencia raised her eyebrows.

“It’s just a gut feeling.” The lady nodded her head.

“Good, show him his office and prepare a new uniform. He will need it at this year’s meeting.” Valencia rolled her eyes in annoyance.

“He’s not going to wear the uniform while on duty?” Erica asked.

“What do you think? I doubt he will show up even for a day. I didn’t ask him to join the council for what he can do right now, but what he will become in the future. Can you sense his future path?” Valencia glanced at her again.

“Ah! Now that you mentioned it.”

From the moment she met with Keith, there was an unsettling feeling she couldn’t brush off. Like something was off about him. Now that Valencia had pointed it out, she finally realized that she couldn’t glimpse into his future.

Erica was a special case among the espers. Most espers were powerful blood-qi manipulators who could control huge amounts of blood-qi and shape anything from it. She was different, in a sense her powers didn’t interfere with the real world but connected to each and every life energy within a certain range.

It was a special trait and not a result of some blood-qi technique. For this reason, she couldn’t fight like normal espers. Her blood-qi was active and formed an invisible bond with her surroundings. Blood ritualists called these types of Espers who can see glimpses of the future as Seers.

They studied their physique and came to a conclusion that the blood-qi within their body acts as a bridge between the mind and the outside life energy. For normal vampires, they can interact with only their own blood-qi. Espers can control their blood-qi from any distance but it was still their own blood-qi.

Seers took this to the next level and connected with the life energy outside of their body with their mind. This meant their power was distributed and fragmented. They couldn’t control the life energy and manipulate it as they wished. They could only sense the flow and underlying information carried by the life energy.

Oftentimes it is just the future events that are supposed to happen if things went according to the flow. But the physical world is not the only thing that matters when an event occurs. The mental plane where the subconscious hides, change things that affect reality, and the seers had no way to look into that.

There were some instances when someone’s intentions were revealed because their thoughts were so dominant that some of them escaped their mind. The best example of this is killing intent. When someone focuses their mind on one thing and channels their hatred towards the other person, the life energy resonates with the strong emotion that could be felt outside.

The fact that Erica couldn’t glimpse into Keith’s intentions indicated that either he had extremely good control over his emotion and could block his emotions from getting out or there was something powerful that blocked the outside world, like an artifact or a special type of soul summon.