"Now then, what are you doing in the capital under the house of a man, bearing a different name?"
Aldritch had to ask that question, after all, it was normal for witches to hate men, at least that was the normal route of most stories from his former life. From what he could tell, Lada herself used them mostly to maintain her vitality and youthful appearance. For her to be married to one, it was really something.
"I am currently carrying out a mission for the cult, one of large scale involving other Dames, but I was put to handle the most important aspect." She said.
'I see, her knowledge and smarts are not limited only to magic then.' Aldritch thought to himself. After all, if she wasn't the strongest, then it meant her brains was what got her chosen to carry out the important aspect of their plan.
"Our plan is to take over the Bamana Kingdom, that is why I am here in the capital. As for the man who stands as my husband, he is only a pawn in my plan." She said with no remorse.
(A/N: Forgive me if I had mentioned a kingdom or empire name before, I have completely forgotten, so let's go with this one)
"I see, so he too is a slave?"
"Yes, but he doesn't know that exactly."
"I see. It makes sense. It did sound strange that a background character like that would suddenly find some goldmine and claim inheritance without the greedy nobles trying to see it from him. He would have never even made it this far before other merchants plucked it from his hands." Aldritch said, understanding more what the situation was.
"You are exactly correct, my lord.
"Hmm..."
'Taking over the kingdom from the shadows, such a nice way to do things, not everything is acquired through brute strength.'
"Listen carefully to my plan, it'll be very important."
...
After talking for a while more, Aldritch asked Lada to accommodate Lina and Olgud. As for blood, Lada wouldn't have to learn to hunt, she was undoubtedly more experienced at these sorts of things compared to Aldritch, better than she knows.
Aldritch had some intention of turning some of her servants into vampires, but he decided against it. They were skilled enough already and slaves under a witch, and since this witch happened to be under him, that means that they too are his slaves, it was fine that way.
Lada woke Misa up quickly; she wasn't dead but just knocked out. After she was up, Lada made her clean the plan and handle the bodies of the two that were killed by Aldritch.
Instead of his original plan, Aldritch spent the rest of the night touring around the underground base beneath the huge mansion. He also made sure to discipline Lada well for forgetting her master and trying to turn him into a slave. If anything, he found out that Lada was a woman that liked to be dominated in more aggressive ways.
The night passed quickly, and once morning came, Aldritch headed for the academy while being accompanied by one of Lada's slaves who was posing as a student of the academy to act as a spy.
He could have waited for Gavik, but Lada assured him that he would not be coming, since she took extra measures to make sure he was going to be too exhausted after being active all night. In the end it makes any difference, it was still a slave who would take him to the academy.