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After the Lord Ice Moon woke up from his daze. We had healed him, and he felt way better than before. His health was way better too, and his wounds were fully cured. However, he still lacked blood, which he had lost a lot, so he needed to eat a lot of calories to generate more blood around his body.

Anyways, I don't care much about his health, it's not like he's my grandpa or something, so we left him like that. And after healing him and waking him up, we decided it was question time.

"Do you know anything about them?" asked Benladann.

"I… yes, I do know a bit about these Vampires, they live very far away from here… I can't believe one of their members ended getting here… We have to quickly find that vampire girl and give her back to these Vampires, they're extremely dangerous!" said the man.

Ah, I guess that's the most realistic response I expected.

I suppose we'll still need to meddle with his mind and soul so he can become a bit more submissive as a royal pawn.

"Ah, well, the thing is, we can't let you do that… Ruby is a very lovely girl, and I consider her my children's friend. I can't possibly sell off my children's friend, you know?" I sighed.

"W-What? Y-You know her?!" asked Lord Ice Moon.

"Indeed I do. She was found by a friend of mine named Rakasha, a strong Blacksmith." I said.

"R-Rakasha… I know that man! I have tried so many times to recruit him into the sect yet- That's not the topic! Y-You know the girl, and she's your children's friends?" asked Lord Ice Moon.

"That's right. So I cannot really do as you please and ruin their innocence more than they had already been ruined by you taking away Ruby from them." I said.

"T-This is a big reveal! You know about the Vampire, yet you never did anything?! Drake, Benladann, don't you realize? Vampires are dangerous beings of the night, monsters that crawl in the darkness and require to drink blood… How many people has she killed before-"

"None. I give her my own blood and she always says it's tasty, so she hasn't killed anyone." I said.

"Eh? Y-Your blood? And you're okay with that?!" asked Lord Ice Moon.

"Drake has an abnormal regeneration ability that he was born with, his blood can regenerate incredibly fast, and it has healing properties. That you were brought back from the brink of death was due to his blood." Said Benladann.

"W-What…! So the salty and thick water I drank while spasming was your blood… Is this why I feel so strong out of a sudden? Despite feeling exhausted, there's a certain heat burning in my chest that is making me feel revitalized… Incredible… so you've been feeding this Vampire girl with your own blood…" said the sect master.

"Yeah, pretty much." We said.

"But why?! Why do that? Why are you even helping them this much… this doesn't make any sense to me. You're risking your own life and those of your friends by keeping her despite these Vampires wanting her- Agh…!"

I slapped the man in the face.

"Idiot, I already told you that it's because they're my children's friends. And I am not some pathetic man like you to ever sell off a little girl." I said.

"Ah…"

The Sect Master looked at the floor as he realized that perhaps he had just completely discarded any humility in him, anything that made him an actual person, as he considered giving away a girl that clearly was going to be sacrificed.

"But… it's for the best of the sect…" he said.

"Alright then, I guess you won't understand," I said.

"But still, we saved your lives so you should be pretty grateful, give us a lot of benefits or we'll kill you." Said Benladann, pointing the axe at him.

Wow, wow, wow, she just jumped several paragraphs and went straight into the action.

Alright, I like that.

"Wait, what?! I know you rescued me and defeated three Rank 4 Vampires, and I am eternally grateful for that but… give you benefits?! You're not even of this sect… And kill me?! You dare say such a thing to your allied sect's Sect master?" he asked angrily.

"Ice Moon, I really had hoped for you to be humbler there, but I don't have all the time of the world for your stupidity, so I am just going to skip the salad and go straight for the dessert," I said, as I expanded my draconic claws and pierced his chest.

CLASH!

"UNNGRAGG?! Agggh… W-What? Why? Ungh…! I-I can't use magic either?!" he cried.

"Of course you can't, I have drained all your mana while you were sleeping and put a little seal over your Mana Core while I was at it. But enough games…" I said as I grabbed his Mana Core.

"S-Stop!" he cried.

"Don't worry, you won't die," I said, as I did an experiment, grabbing his Mana Core, I saved it inside of my Inventory, and a second after, I put a Rank 3 Monster Mana Core inside, using Healing magic repeatedly and then feeding him strong health potions and mana potions we had, Lord Ice Moon's chest healed itself and it actually began to use the replacement I put there…

"Aghh… Unnggh… W-What did you do to me?! My power… it is diminishing so much… M-My mana Core…! Y-You monsters! Give it back… Give it… back!" he cried.

"It actually worked?! He's still alive!" said Benladann.

"Amazing, to be expected of a Rank 4 Magus!" I said, as I looked at the bloody Mana Core once more and then saved it back in the Inventory.

"Y-You two are insane… monsters!" he cried.

"No you're the monster now, you got a new Mana Core of a monster… I picked a Shadow Crow so maybe you'll get shadow affinity? Who knows, you're our first test subject." I said.

"Y-You're all… insane…" he dropped unconscious once more after that, and we used this opportunity to enslave his soul.

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