Taming My Vampire Servant - Chapter 167
As soon as his carriage left, there was an awkward silence in the room. Ivory suddenly grabbed her two Servants’ arms and tried to lift up their spirits, “Since we are currently stuck with our problem, how about we focus on my training? What do you think?”
“Sounds great,” Sigmund said. “We should just wait for Prince Levian to come back, I am sure he has the answers to our problems. He knows everything we want to know?.”
“Yes, master,” Lycus smiled at her. She patted his head first before messing up his long, silver hair.
“Why are you patting him?” The Vampire narrowed his eyes..
Ivory chuckled, and she also messed with Sigmund’s black hair. “You easily get jealous!”
Afterwards, she gave her warm group hug to the two. “Let’s go to the gulf shore later and start my training.”
And so, a few moments later, the three of them jogged towards their chosen place for Ivory’s training. Even though they have a few months left, she knew she shouldn’t waste any time, because after the graduation ceremony would finally be the moment she had been waiting for – The Servant Competition.
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Days and weeks passed by, and most of the Qawiun Academy third years already came back from their assigned tasks. Knowing that the Servant Competition is drawing near, most of the Masters already proceeded to practice with their Servants, thinking of ways on how to have an edge at the competition.
At first, there were more than ten sections, but as they moved to the following year, more and more students had quit. This forced the Educators to organize the sections into four, namely Blue Gem, Green Crystal, Yellow Shard, and Red Stone.
Lucius, the top student of the Blue Gem section, trained in close combat with his father’s subordinates, and also practiced magic by himself in an enchanted, magic-repelling room in the mansion’s basement. In his free time, he would read the old scrolls and learn about Werewolves, hoping that when his mother returns, he could ask her the right questions.
Diana Goldwine had not yet returned home. Lucius was worried, but the General was the one who was worried the most. Darius learned that Diana left because of what he almost announced during the feast, so he decided to be discreet about Ivory for the meantime.
On the other hand, Ivory’s two Servants were teaching her how to efficiently use her two types of mana. They were near Greensteid’s gulf once again, sitting on the big stones to rest for a short while.
“You will not win with just your normal mana,” Sigmund said. “I suggest that you also incorporate your extraordinary mana. You already know how to do it, right?”
Ivory nodded at him. “But… wouldn’t I break the rules?”
“Master, you were born with two kinds of manas. I do not think it’s considered cheating. As long as you can mix them well, and work with your teamwork with Sigmund, you can bring out the best of your abilities,” Lycus uttered, giving a reassuring smile.
“By the way, Ivory, you’re a bit faster now than before. Looks like your diet worked,” the Vampire told her, and she reacted with a bright smile. Ivory was relieved that her hard work was paying off.
“But, you still have to lessen your meat,” the Vampire mentioned. “I noticed you eat so much meat.
“But… but…” Ivory pouted. “Alright, I shall do my best!”
Aside from reducing her food intake, she jogged at dawn every day to improve her stamina. She also did planks, crunches, and push-ups to strengthen her core, arms, and back in her mini training camp built by her two Servants by the gulf shore.
Ivory would also spar with either Sigmund and Lycus, but the most challenging part was they would fight with her at the same time, because at the Servant Competition, both the enemy Master and Servant might attack at once.
In addition to this, they spent time reading reference scrolls of different magic techniques. They developed advanced magic techniques combining many concepts of the magic theory, which they believed would give them an edge on the competition.
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One sunny noon, a messenger from the academy delivered good news to Ivory. He read the scroll he held, saying that Principal Zwain Arthurdane was inviting her and her Servant to the graduation ceremony. It would be held after three days, at four in the afternoon, in the Qawiun Academy campus.
The messenger continued, “Please wear your best attire, and Servants are also required to be presentable. Hoping to see you there at the event… That’s all, Miss Sprucemint.”
She then bid goodbye to the man. After watching him leave, she immediately went back inside the house to inform her parents and siblings about her upcoming graduation.
They congratulated her, then Gordon turned to Sigmund and said, “Come with me, Sigmund. Let us hunt a deer to celebrate!” He gave him a bow and an arrow afterwards.
But Sigmund returned it, “I can manage without this. I will use magic for you.”
“Well then, let’s go. You too, Lycus. Pick some herbs and fruits on the way.”
When Gordon, Lycus, and Sigmund left the house, Anne asked Ivory, “What will you wear for your graduation?”
“Hmmm… Any dress I can see in my closet.”
“Dear, no! You must wear a really, really, nice dress!”
Their conversation was cut when suddenly, Flynn called, “Sister, you have a visitor!” he opened the front door wide.
Outside, was a woman wearing a white long sleeve ruffled blouse with ribbon and a wine red ruffled skirt made of jacquard fabric of high quality. Ivory recognized her as a close friend she hadn’t seen in a long while.
As soon as she saw Ivory, she came running towards her, dropping her red, wide brimmed hat. Her butler immediately picked it up and shook the dirt off the headpiece.
“Ivory! Oh how I missed you!” Arcea said, embracing Ivory tightly.
“Arcea, it is good to see you again!” she greeted her with a big smile. When Arcea let go of her, she asked, “When did you return?”
“Yesterday,” she giggled.
Ivory noticed that Arcea’s quite energetic, “There is something different about you. Did something happen at Empirica City?”
Arcea turned beet red, “Uhm, nothing!”
She chuckled. “You say it is nothing, but your face says otherwise,” observing her more closely, she told her, “Come to think of it, you are dressed like a noble lady going on a date with your lover. Are you going somewhere?”
“What are you saying, Ivory? I just missed dressing up, because I was always wearing tights back in Empirica!”
“Fine, if you say so,” Ivory could not help but tease her friend. She did not believe her at all, because she even had her eyebrows drawn!
“Ah, by the way, have you decided what to wear for the graduation ceremony?” Arcea asked.
“I’ll just wear anything on my closet-”
Anne heard this as she approached them, “Dear, didn’t I tell you not to wear just anything? Why don’t you go with your friend and look for dresses at Alpharion City?”
“Great idea, ma’am! Then I’ll be borrowing her for today!” she grabbed Ivory’s hand and pulled her to the carriage. She asked her butler to sit beside the coachman as she would be catching up with Ivory. After returning her red hat, he hopped on beside the coachman and the carriage accelerated.
While inside the carriage, Ivory looked at Arcea suspiciously as she told her some stories about her and Caspian while they were on internship. When she mentioned that they lived together in an apartment, Ivory teased her so much that she eventually admitted that she actually liked him!
“How about you, Ivory? How are you and Lucius?” she asked curiously.
“What are you saying, Arcea? Lucius and I are…” Ivory pursed her lips. But upon thinking about it, it would be best if she knew. After all, they’ve been friends for more than two years already.
“Hmm? What about you and Lucius?”
“Well… I found out that he’s my brother.”
“Your… WHAT?!” she widened her eyes, and she couldn’t believe what she just heard.
“It’s true. We are related by blood.”
“But…how did it happen?” she paused for a while before speaking again, “I mean, I do not see the resemblance.”
Hearing this, Ivory realized that she’s right. She neither looked like Diana or Darius. None of them had light-blue irises or silver hair like her. “Now that you’ve mentioned it… I also wonder why…” she muttered.
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