Taming My Vampire Servant - Chapter 194

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Hello, dear readers! <3

The Servant Competition will resume! It’s the long awaited grand finals!

Do you think Ivory will win the Servant Competition? Why or why not? You can share your thoughts~

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Ivory and the others went back to the Land of Olivea early in the morning. It was a seven-hour trip and they arrived at around two in the afternoon. They headed directly to Qawiun Academy’s arena to watch the Red Stone section’s competition.

Because it was already a full house, Ivory and her companions could only stand up at the side along with the other latecomers. As they stared at the stage, they saw Principal Arthurdane’s brother attacking directly to the opponent’s Servant in the Pond Bank terrain. His opponents threw themselves into the water when they saw his two-headed phoenix Beast Servant charging towards them from above. Half of the phoenix’s body was made of Water element, while the half was Fire.

“The winner for this battle is… Mister Varamond Arthurdane!” Principal yelled. Although he tried not to make it obvious, it was evident in his tone that he was proud of his younger brother.

The crowd also cheered upon hearing the announcement. The battle went on and on, until it was finally night time. While on a two hour break before the finals of the Red Stone section, there were people who roamed around the arena to sell food and binoculars.

“Ivory!” one of the vendors called out to her.

“Oh, it’s you, Ken!” Ivory gave a wide smile. She saw him selling apple pies, “How is your family business?”

“It is well. We recently moved our main store to Alpharion, that’s why I couldn’t visit our old house in Greensteid. It’s been busy lately,” he responded.

“I see… Then for now, can you give me four of those apple pies?”

Ken nodded and smiled. Using wooden tongs, he placed each pie on a piece of paper, then handed them over to Ivory and her companions.

“How much is it?” Ivory asked.

But the young man shook his head, “It’s my treat. I want to make it up to you for being away all the time.”

While Ken and Ivory chatted, Sigmund just glared at them quietly.

Lycus only observed them.

Lucius noticed Sigmund’s annoyed face, so he told him discreetly, “That guy’s life is improving. I can accept him into our family as Ivory’s husband if he keeps on being a hardworking man. Besides, they’ve known each other longer than you knew her.”

“Tsk, curse you, Rich boy.”

“Go on and curse me all you want. It’s not my fault that my sister’s neighbor is becoming richer and richer every year,” a satisfied smile appeared on the blonde Master’s face.

The Vampire could only glare at his Master’s brother. If they weren’t in a crowded place, he would have burned his bright hair! As time passed by, his teasing became bolder for some reason!

Then, the final battle for that day came.

On the arena stood Varamond Arthurdane with his two-headed phoenix Beast Servant flying above him. Their battle had a terrain of the Windy Mountains, and it lasted for twenty minutes after his opponent Master was almost drained of his mana.

“And the winner for the Red Stone Section is.. Mister Varamond Arthurdane!”

Ivory gulped as the audience’s applause got louder.

“The grand finals will happen tomorrow at five in the afternoon! See you all at this long awaited event!”

When the Principal announced the names of the four winners of each section, she clenched her fists and looked straight at the center of the stage.

Finally, it’s the moment of truth. Ivory had been waiting for this time, yet she wondered if she could surpass the immense powers of her opponents. The silver-haired Master wanted to achieve her goal and make her family proud and happy.

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The following day, Ivory woke up in good spirits. After taking a bath, she applied the herbal medicine on her ears as prescribed by Physician Daphne. At breakfast, she also drank warm peppermint tea for her moist nose.

Hours passed and when the afternoon came, Ivory changed her clothes and put on her armor. “Sigmund, can you help me fix the hip armor? I can’t reach my back.”

“Sure,” Sigmund uttered. He then stood behind her and touched her back.

She flinched a bit when she felt her lover’s finger touch the back of her waist, making her squeal a little.

When the Vampire heard this, he chuckled, “Do I excite you that much?” Instead of continuing to put her armor, he instead slid his finger up and down!

“Sigmund… Stop it…” she turned beet red, then heard the armor drop on the wooden floor.

But what surprised Ivory more was when Sigmund embraced her from behind!

“Ivory,” with his deep voice, he murmured beside her sensitive ears, as he tightened his arms that were wrapped around her waist, “I know you will do a good job later. I believe in you.”

The silver-haired Master couldn’t help but smile. Of all people, she wanted Sigmund to be the one to believe in her the most.

“Sigmund, I have you with me. I do not have to worry about anything,” she turned around, and hugged him back.

They spent a couple of minutes in each other’s arms. They both knew that they wouldn’t be able to do it later on.

Ivory and Sigmund went to the arena, together with Lycus and her family. Before they parted ways, the Sprucemint family hugged Ivory tightly and wished her well. Lycus cheered for his master, too. She almost got teary eyed hearing their encouragement and assured them that she’ll do her very best in her upcoming battles.

Soon after, the Sprucemints went to the audience’s seats, while Lycus proceeded to the academy staff’s area to still serve as an assistant.

Ivory and Sigmund went to the contender’s area, and when they reached their designated area, Anastasia came running towards Ivory!

“Hello, Ivory!” she held her hand with a wide smile, “I told you, I’d see you here!”

“Oh, hello, Anastasia… haha…” she found it a bit awkward that she was too friendly with her when they were not really close. Nevertheless, she knew that the girl was not friendly towards other people except her and Lucius.

The ginger-haired lady panned her sight to Ivory’s Servant, who was glaring at her, “What a grumpy Servant,” she laughed a little, before turning their backs on them and sat on the bench at the side.

“Ivory, I’m telling you she’s crazy. Don’t get too close with her,” he whispered.

“I don’t know… maybe she’s just lonely or something,” she shrugged her shoulders.

“How can you not be suspicious of her? She suddenly wanted to be close with you and Lucius during the graduation ceremony. She was your classmate in the Magic Specialization class, but she was not friendly towards both of you.”

“Excuse me, you’re both in the way,” a guy with indigo hair and square glasses said. His body was covered with prussian spruce blue tight leotards with golden embroidery and loose-fitting pants of the same color. On his shoulder was a black-feathered day old chick, with curious, round eyes looking at the people blocking their way.

Sigmund stepped in front of Ivory and grabbed her wrist to make her move to the side.

“Good afternoon, Mister Arthurdane,” Ivory greeted him in a friendly manner. After all, he’s the principal’s younger brother.

But in contrast with his brother, he was not friendly to them at all. He gave a short nod, then left with creased brows.

The Yellow Shard section’s winner also came in, with his female octopus Nymph Servant.

It was not long until Principal Zwain Arthurdane held onto his conical sound amplifier, making the crowd settle down and look forward to the first battle of the grand finals.

“Are you all ready?”

Answering him, a loud “Yes!” echoed in the arena!

“Who do you think will win the Servant Competition?!”

The crowd chanted different names!

“Without further ado, let us start! Now, for the first battle…” the principal took a scroll from one of the Educators and read, “…Miss Ivory Sprucemint and…”

There were long drum rolls before the principal lifted the conical sound amplifier near his mouth.

Principal Arthurdane first widened his eyes when he saw who Ivory’s opponent was. After composing himself, he then yelled, “Mister Varamond Arthurdane!”

Ivory and Varamond were called onstage with their Servants. They stood in front of each other with such serious faces, not letting one another leave their sight!

“For the terrain…” the principal took a white colored marble from the bowl. “Windy Mountains!”

Varamond smirked, while Ivory clenched her fists, knowing that like her previous battles, she was again at a disadvantage.