Taming My Vampire Servant - Chapter 192

There was no wooden tag attached to the scroll, but its string had a locking spell. Using his own mana, Lucius tried to open it, just like what he did with the forbidden scrolls in the Omegalion library.

Unfortunately, it did not work.

“Lucius, you seem to be so used to opening forbidden scrolls,” Darius commented, narrowing his eyes on him. “Are you hiding something from me? What have you been looking into?”

Lucius paused for a long while and had second thoughts if he would tell it to his father, but in the end, he chose to say it. After all, his father loves his wife very much.

“Father, I told you that mother left because you almost announced Ivory’s existence to the public, right?”

“Yes. What about it?” the General replied.

The two of them stood up from crouching and sat on the armchairs nearby, facing each other.

“Actually, Sir Rheolous said that… Mother went to meet the late King’s Servant named Wolfram.”

General Darius widened his eyes, “But King Ulysses is already dead. How would she meet him?”

“Apologies, I do not know the details…” Lucius sighed, then asked, “But father… Why is mother involved with the Silverblades? And the Werewolves?”

The General turned silent and looked away from Lucius.

“Father?”

“Lucius, please do not ask anymore. This is a dangerous topic,” Darius then stood up from his seat.

When he was about to leave the room, Lucius quickly stood up and caught up with him, tugging his arm, “Father! Please tell me! I am not a kid anymore!”

His father slowly faced him. He stared at Lucius’ blue eyes and sighed, “Diana refused to tell me everything, saying that it’s safer that way… But she asked me to hide the scroll about the birth of her daughter, Eve… who is now named Ivory.”

The General walked towards the shelf and took the forbidden scroll from the stacks of scrolls that fell. He handed it over to Lucius.

“How do I open this?” he asked him.

“Lucius, only a direct descendant of the Silverblade King can open it.”

“Then… once the prince returns-”

“You must see first if Prince Levian would be Ivory’s enemy or ally.”

Lucius raised his brow, “He should be Ivory’s ally.”

“Even siblings kill each other for the throne, so you need to ensure her safety first,” he started walking away, “For now, ask Ivory to open that scroll.”

He looked at him with a confused look.

“Lucius… I suspect that Ivory is Diana’s and the late King’s daughter.”

General Goldwine then excused himself, and left Lucius alone in the study.

For a long while, Lucius stared at the forbidden scroll in his hand. Although what his father said was not yet confirmed, what if Ivory was really a Silverblade princess?

Should he treat her as his sister, or as someone with authority? Should he stay friendly with her, or should he be formal with her?

Lucius gripped on the scroll, then stepped out of the room. He called a messenger, and asked him to deliver a message to the Sprucemints.

…

The next day, in the Greensteid Forest, the chirping of birds could be heard, and Ivory covered her swollen ears with her hands. They hurt so much, and the sound seemed to be amplified even more than the other day.

“Hey, are you alright?” Sigmund, who sat beside her bed, gave her a worried look, “We’re going to the physician today, so get up.” He then assisted Ivory to sit properly.

All of a sudden, the ringing in her ears stopped. She placed her hands down her lap and told him, “It hurts so much…” she couldn’t understand her allergy anymore.

Ivory was stunned when an aromatic smell of her favorite stir fry pork passed by her nose.

“Stir fry pork…”

“Hmm? What stir fry pork?” the Vampire asked her, looking around to see what she was talking about.

The two of them immediately went out of the attic and ran down the stairs. They widened their eyes when they saw what Anne was cooking.

“Oh, you’re awake! I cooked your favorite,” she showed a bright smile.

Ivory sniffed, “I can smell it from upstairs.”

“Really? You must be so hungry, then. Sigmund, help Ivory set up the table so we can eat breakfast, okay?”

Sigmund nodded. He told Ivory to just sit down and he would set up the table on his own. As he did, he kept on glancing at Ivory. He saw her sniff and sniff, and assumed that her allergy was getting worse and worse. He wished that she would be healthy again, and he would do anything for it to happen.

After they ate breakfast and washed up, Sigmund, Ivory, and Lycus hurried to the horse-drawn carriage parked in front of their house. They were surprised to see Lucius waving at them by the window.

“Rich boy, what are you doing here?” Sigmund asked while Ivory and Lycus already rode the carriage.

“What? I can’t join you to the physician?” Lucius raised his brow. He glared at the Vampire, who sat beside Ivory at the opposite side of the carriage.

Ivory was sitting on the window side, while Sigmund sat in the middle. Lycus was sitting beside Sigmund, also beside the window. The carriage that Lucius brought was a 6-seater, there were four horses leading the way, and there were two coachmen on the front seat.

“Ivory, sit beside me. There are too many people on that side,” Lucius suggested.

“Oh, okay-”

Sigmund grabbed her wrist, “No. Lycus should be the one to sit beside Rich boy-”

“Sigmund, it’s alright. Don’t be jealous, Lucius is my blood-related brother after all,” Ivory gave him a sweet smile, and finally, the Vampire let go of her.

When she sat beside Lucius, he immediately gave her a dark green colored chiffon cloth to cover her face, from her nose to her chin.

“Thank you so much!” she exclaimed.

Lucius gave a kind smile to her, then told the coachmen to go to their destination.

While the carriage was on their way, Ivory said, “I hope the physician in Alpharion is available.”

“He’s not. I already checked with the city guards,” the blond young man replied to his sister. “Instead, we’re going to one of the best physicians in the kingdom.”

Ivory and her two Servants looked at him curiously.

“We’re going to Valios City.”

Ivory widened her eyes in surprise. The last time they went to Valios was when they escaped the chaotic castle through the waters leading to the Sanctuary of Goddess Destinia.

And so, they traveled a whole seven-hours to the Land of Rosaria. It was already four in the afternoon when they arrived at Valios City.

Because the trip was long, Lucius rented a group room at an inn. The white room has four built-in bunk beds. Two beds were colored light blue, while the other two  were cobalt blue. There was a wooden ladder, and a deep blue carpet was placed in the middle of the room.

Sigmund glanced at Lucius after seeing that all of them would stay inside one room.

“What?” Lucius chuckled.

The Vampire retorted with the current assigned room, “Ivory is a woman. What if she changes her clothes, or take a bath, or-”

“We will get out of the room if that happens, then. Why are you so mad?” the blonde young man looked at him suspiciously.

Ivory said in a loud tone, “Stop it, you two! Why can’t you two be like Lycus?” she went towards the Werewolf Servant and patted his head gently, “See how behaved he is?”

Lycus, who loved his head being patted, immediately kneeled in front of Ivory. While his Master was stroking his silver hair, he looked at her with puppy eyes.

Lucius and Sigmund crossed their arms and turned back from each other.

After they fixed their things, Ivory and the others went outside to go to the physician’s clinic. They were told that the clinic had an indigo colored wrought iron gate and a tall ocean blue double door with fanlight.

As soon as they arrived, they were first greeted by an assistant and asked for Ivory’s information. Then, she was called by the doctor, and the three guys insisted that they’d come as well, but were blocked by the assistant. Ivory first went in.

The clinic’s wall was made of concrete and was painted white, and an L-shaped wooden desk was placed on the corner of the room, just beside the gridded window.  There were small jars, pots, cheesecloth, and mortar and pestle atop the table. Blank scrolls, as well as ink and quills, were there as well.

“Welcome to my clinic, how may I help you?”

A woman with fair skin, hazel colored eyes, and long curly, coffee-colored hair tied at the back greeted them. She was also wearing a white ruffled high-collared blouse and a set of jade dangling earrings and necklace.

“Well… I have had this allergy since I went to Topazeon… But before that, uhm can I let my companions inside as well? They’re worried, so they traveled this far with me just to know what happened to me.”

The female physician nodded as she slightly turned the stool sideways, “Sure, just tell them not to break things, especially my herbal jars.”

Ivory gave a wide smile and thanked the kind physician. She then peeked at the door and gestured for them to come in.

One by one, the three went in. Lycus was the last person to enter, and as soon as he and the physician met eyes, they were stunned.

“Lycus, you… You escaped that hell?” she asked him with tears in her eyes.