The System Of A Vampire - 172 The Black Bird

Draig grasped the arm that had been torn from Hien by the Founder and stared at the small bit of ichor that pooled where it had laid.

A sensation he hadn’t felt in some time began to bubble as he found himself drawn to his hands and knees in order to lick up the golden puddle as if he was a starving animal. It was fast as it was a meager amount but Draig’s eyes dilated and he seemed as if he was an addict looking for his next hit but found nothing until his eyes were drawn to the arm.

‘Just another taste won’t hurt’ thought Draig as his eyes seemed to glow with greed until the arm swung and slapped Draig with an all too familiar might.

Suddenly the fingers moved into a mouth shape and Feras’s voice could be heard.

“You disrespectful little brat, dare to try and take a bite out of my new body. I’ll show you the error of your ways or my name isn’t Feras Tullani” babbled the hand as the arm bent it’s elbow and launched itself with surprising speed and the hand became a fist.

Still a grumbled shout could be heard from the hand.

“Founder’s Grounding” came the mumble call.

Draig was freed of his short craze by the slap but was dazed by the talking hand, the blow to his head subsequently knocking his head into the ground as if an ostrich.

Quickly pulling his head from the dirt he grabbed the arm by the for arm and held it off the ground.

“Put me down brat, I’m not done educating you yet” growled the hand as it seemed to claw at him.

“You have already inhabited the arm? How is this possible” asked Draig speaking for the first time since Hien’s disturbance of the worlds laws.

“Sometimes bodies are a restriction of themselves” answered Feras cryptically.

Draig didn’t bother asking further as he was still focused on the task at hand.

‘Where would that Grave Forger hide.’ wondered Draig as he stashed away the arm containing the Founder.

‘Why don’t my arms talk’ came the mental question from the egg in a depressed manner.

Draig shook his head and decided he would leave this location instead of collecting any remaining resources.

He was also reminded of the fact that he would need to do some more experiments, it would do well for him to make a bit of a reputation for himself in this world. One he could claim that is….

The Vampire sat down and began to scribble on slips of paper, it was beautiful with the way his hands moved. This was his first step, a little bit of vindication you could say for the failure of the Deadman Enchanter.

The talismans he created now were just some simple things that could slightly tilt the odds of battle but to experts this slight opportunity could turn into a landslide. As for Rookies it would be an extra bit of assurance in case something goes wrong.

Behind them were several strong looking people though one of the group stood off to the side and seemed far more hostile.

“Hello Ari… Yuki” stated Draig causing Keiko to growl.

“Don’t act like you don’t know me you bastard” came the shout as the girl walked to stand at the front of her group.

“Oh my apologies, are your funeral preparations ready” asked Draig showing that he hadn’t yet forgotten the antics of this girl.

“Draig ignore Keiko and her entourage” started Ari however Yuki cut her off.

“The families wish for your return now that you have left the capital and are not residing in the Deva domain” finished Yuki looking at Draig seriously.

“What if I say no.” questioned Draig narrowing his eyes slightly as he fiddled with an interesting little ring on his finger.

“Then we will be forced to..” once again Ari found herself cut off as Yuki cast a stern glance.

“Nothing” answered Yuki shocking all those present.

“Young mistress, what about the interests of the clan” started one of the men behind her.

The stern girl looked towards the group and for the first time smiled before suddenly a smoke bomb hit the ground.

Draig felt an arm wrap around him, thinking it was an attack he activated his ring causing him to shoot from the smoke cloud on the back of a giant Rok.

“Tell the Elders….. I QUIT” called Yuki still holding tightly to Draig who was so confused about this situation, he felt as if he had missed a big chunk of events during his time among demons.

Draig saw tears welling up in Yuki’s eyes and intended to do nothing but was convinced otherwise.

‘Father has found me a Mother, why is mother crying’ came the mental question as a violent energy started to build and destabilize the Rok.

Panicking from the unexpected disturbance Draig did something unexpected and smashed his lips into Yuki’s causing the girls eyes to widen and stop crying.

‘Aww Father is sweet’ came the cute little chuckle from the egg.

Draig however remained silent the slight dusting of pink on his cheeks slowly fading in the cool breeze, Yuki however seemed much worse off as steam seemed to pour from her ears.

‘I can’t believe he kissed me, was that his confession. Wait where are we going, Oh my god we are running away together’ the usually stern girls thoughts were running away as her composure broke and she fainted.

‘That will remove some of the awkwardness now’ thought Draig as the group flew into the horizon to their next adventure. Who knows what this new location would hold or what troubles it would bring but only time would tell if the terrors of this world could handle the Seed of Vampirism.