Taming My Vampire Servant - Chapter 177

The young master of the Goldwines stood casually on one of the pillars. Having Fire-type as his main element, he took charge of the whole battle.

When Zephie saw the lower part of Metamorphous’ wings were caught in bluish flames, she raised her hand and announced that she was giving up.

The battle did not last more than fifteen minutes. Asher was already waiting at the side of the arena and assisted Zephie and Metamorphus as they went down the stage. Assistants approached them, and they were led to the cots for treatment.

Soon after, the next battle was announced.

“Rich boy is merciless. I thought that given his personality, he would take it easy on that butterfly’s Master,” Sigmund commented as they continued watching the battle after Lucius and Zephie.

“I’m actually surprised,” the silver-haired Master responded. “If he won’t take it easy on a friend, then maybe he also won’t take it easy on me.”

“If that’s the case, you might lose if you’re going to face Lucius.”

Ivory furrowed her brows. She knew that what her Vampire Servant said was not impossible to happen!

The battles went on, and more people came to watch the special Servant Competition. The cheers were louder, and the audience was excited to see what would happen next. Contrary to that, the students got even more nervous, especially seeing powerful Masters. They were already aware of Lucius’ power and intellect, but they were so surprised how strong Ivory was.

Caspian, on the other hand, was called around noon, and he won against a male Master and his Gear Golem Servant in a Pond Bank terrain, after he turned the whole pond into ice. In that battle, both the rival Master and the Servant couldn’t move as their feet were frozen.

The last battle for the first round ended and an hour break was announced after that.

Since Arcea was still sleeping, Ivory and Sigmund went back to where the Blue Gem Section contenders were located, but only the winners of the first round were allowed to stay.

“Ivory,” Lucius called with a smile, “How’s Arcea?”

“She’s still asleep. I think she will wake up quite a bit later,” Ivory replied as she and Sigmund sat on the bench in front of her brother.

“Hi, you two,” a half-naked young man with long black hair tied in a pony suddenly greeted them. He had shoulder tattoos connecting to both of his arms and chest, and he was only wearing his loose black pants.

Three baby monkeys were standing on his shoulders too, and beside him was his monkey warrior Spirit Servant, who was wearing a feathered headpiece extending to the waist. He was also dressed in white crop top and white wide legged pants with golden armors on the shoulders, wrist, and knees.

“Good afternoon, Mister Wong,” Lucius said, while Ivory just smiled, and Sigmund narrowed his eyes on him.

“I hope I can have the chance to battle with you, Mister Goldwine,” Luhan told him with confidence, “My partner Master lost against Mister Caspian Reagan, but we both improved our magic abilities when we spent our internship at Gallean Town in the Land of Sandria. I am sure that I can last the whole thirty minutes against you.”

Lucius only gave him a smile.

The baby monkeys that had been clinging onto Luhan jumped towards Lucius. They suddenly played and picked through his blond hair, and one baby monkey started munching on it!

“Ah, you naughty trio!” Luhan yelled, making them jump back to him, leaving Lucius’ hair disheveled, “I think they like the color of your hair,” and a smirk formed on his lips. Together with his Spirit Servant and his three monkeys, Luhan walked away from them.

While Lucius stared at his back as he walked away, annoyed. It was obvious that he was only mocking him!

Seeing her brother in a sour mood, Ivory stood out from her seat and approached Lucius, sitting beside him. “You poor guy…” she started fixing his hair and untangling some knots caused by the naughty baby monkeys.

“Hmm, maybe your hair tastes like bananas,” Sigmund commented with a chuckle.

Lucius jokingly glared at him and his sister, who he caught laughing a little.

While Ivory was continuing to fix his hair, the pair of Masters and Servants who had an internship at Rubia Town in the Land of Rosaria came to greet them.

“Hi, nice to see you again,” a short-haired woman greeted Sigmund with a smile.

“Ah, hey,” the Vampire waved his hand momentarily.

Ivory narrowed his eyes on her beloved Servant. As far as she knew, he was never friendly with anyone in his class!

Her glare made Sigmund notice that she was already freaking jealous. He smirked. He said, “What?” and chuckled, “She and that guy over there were the ones who helped me back in Rubia Town.”

“Correction, we didn’t help you. We let you off, but I guess that counts,” the woman said, then went towards Ivory, and they shook hands.

As Ivory met her eyes, she remembered what Sigmund told her about how he got the Dark Mana ring. She, her Servants, and Lucius were indebted to them.

“Apologies, I should have greeted his Master first. I am Josie Kimson… Uhm, Jokerion, come greet her.”

Behind her, the clown Spirit Servant suddenly appeared out of thin air, “Good day.”

Ivory was a little startled, and she only waved at Jokerion. After giving a courteous bow, the Spirit Servant disappeared once again.

“By the way,” Josie pulled her Master partner, who had been staring at Ivory since a while ago. A cute little black horse, which was his shadow Beast Servant in its inactive state, trotted behind him. Josie introduced the Master, “This is Andrew Talonpierce, my Master partner back in our internship. He was the one who convinced me to let your Servant go when we caught him.”

She gave a sweet smile, and offered a handshake to him, saying, “Hello.”

That one word and her sweet smile already made Andrew’s heart beat fast. He secretly had a crush on Ivory, but because she’s got the strong Lucius and the intimidating Sigmund always around her, he never had a chance to talk to her.

Seeing Andrew’s reaction, Sigmund approached him and grabbed his hand that took long enough to release Ivory’s hand. He gripped it quite tightly, “You already shook hands, that’s enough.”

“Sigmund!” Ivory exclaimed. She pulled Sigmund’s arm and made him sit beside her. She whispered to him, saying that he should behave.

“Andrew paid for that ring,” Josie laughed shortly and hit Andrew’s arm jokingly with her elbow, “Aren’t you going to ask her to pay you back? That’s the reason why we’re here right now, isn’t it?”

“No! I-” Andrew was stuttering and he couldn’t even look into Ivory’s pretty light blue eyes.

“How much was it?” Lucius suddenly asked.

“Well… It’s about 3000 silver coins-”

“I’ll have my butler deliver the coins to you tomorrow, Mister Talonpierce,” he told him in a serious tone, “Now… Ivory doesn’t have any debt from you.”

“Ah, alright, thank you,” Andrew just said. He already felt that the young master of the Goldwines was shoving him away, so he told Josie that they should go and grab some snacks on the table.

When they were already out of sight, Sigmund commented, “Thanks, Rich boy.”

“Huh? Why are you thanking me? I did that for Ivory. Having a new lover at this time will only distract her,” Lucius sighed.

“Aren’t you a sweet little brother?” she teased him.

He then grabbed Ivory’s wrist and placed her hand on his disheveled hair. “Stop teasing me and please continue.”

Ivory chuckled, and just as Lucius requested, she continued to fix his hair.

Sigmund looked around the Blue Gem’s resting area. He observed the winners of the first round. Some, like Josie Kimson and Andrew Talonpierce, seemed calm and reserved, while the others like Luhan Wong and Caspian Reagan, seemed quite aggressive and confident. The Vampire counted the winners and noticed that there were two graduates who had not yet gotten back from their breaks.

As soon as the break time ended, the missing two came back just right on time.

“Apologies if I was late, I checked on Zephie. She said she was not feeling well,” Asher Riclett explained to Educator Rosanna, who stood at the side of the arena. With him was his tree Nymph Servant, Rosetta. She has the body of a woman, but her arms, hands, and lower half of her sage-colored body were made of intertwining branches.

“I see… How about you, Miss Ginterdame?” the red-haired Educator raised her brow.

Martina Ginterdame, who had pumpkin-colored wavy long hair, was wearing spiked shoulder armor matched with her high collared and sleeveless dress customized for warriors. She also held with her her level 3 twin axes, which had magical inscriptions on its metal surface.

Her inactive shadow tiger Beast Servant seemed like a cute cub with full black fur. In its active state, purple lines from its head to its tail would glow intensely.

“Uhm… I have a stomachache…” Martina then averted her eyes. She actually wanted to quit the Servant Competition, it’s just that she didn’t want to disappoint her parents who were seated in the audience seat.

If her opponent during the first round wasn’t that clumsy, and if he was not tripping onto random rocks during the battle, she might be the one who would lose. Although Martina won fair and square, she knew how half-hearted she was. She came from a family of nobles and she never dreamed of becoming an Educator or a Royal Knight. She was not interested in the prizes. All she dreamed about was to become a sculptor, yet, she had to put an effort in the competition for her family’s reputation.

In low spirits, she went back to the Blue Gem’s resting area.

As she passed by, Ivory noticed her slumped shoulders, and how she gave a deep sigh. The silver-haired Master asked in a worried tone. “Are you okay, Miss Ginterdame?”

Martina gave a sad smile, “Thanks for asking. I am okay, I mean… we all have to be okay, right? It’s the Servant Competition after all.”

Ivory saw the loneliness reflected in her tan-colored irises. While she gave her a nod, she wondered what she and the other contestants were thinking of about the competition. She understood Martina’s feelings. Deep inside, there’s a hint of worry and nervousness.

But she had to overcome these in order to win the Servant Competition she had been hoping for ever since she became a student of Qawiun Academy.