Lodestar was still the same as before, restricted and unable to do anything himself. It had only been at most an hour since they arrived, but he couldn't sleep, not with all the noise around him.
'To think these were the same people cursing that guy for turning them into vampires, you'd at least think the mood would be damp and dull...' it was just un believable to him.
While he was caught in that thought, he noticed Aldritch some distance away, then Aldritch started walking towards him. Seeing Aldritch approach, a slight happiness emerged from his heart, he couldn't deny the fact the man before him caused his heart to raise a little, after all, not just anyone could make him lose consciousness like that, and from a lower world no less.
Besides that, he felt a sense of kinship with Aldritch as they were both chosen ones for warworld, or so he saw it.
'He would have been a good rival, if I wasn't in my current state.' He thought to himself.
"That sword maniac surprised you all, huh?" Lodestar joked lightly.
"Sword maniac?" Aldritch was confused.
"The youngman with long brown hair."
"Khal Barak? A sword maniac? He didn't use a sword during the fight, but he did surprise us like you said." Aldritch said with a light smile.
"He didn't use a sword and still won? Are your subordinates that weak? This world might be more disappointing than I thought." Lodestar said. The look he got from Aldritch spoke for itself, as he could feel the words "but you're in chains..." echoed out into his ears... "whatever.
When are you going to free me from these restraints, its getting tiring just lying here, I might even develop hemorrhage if this goes on."
"It doesn't work like that, you know? I don't think any blood vessels are at risk from you lying down." Aldritch said.
"I see. If I can't turn you into a vampire under me, how then do I guarantee your loyalty?" Aldritch said, wanting to hear what answer Lodestar would give.
"I figured that to be the reason. Let us make a soul contract, that way we can build trust between ourselves." He said.
'Oh yeah, he is from a more "fantasy" world, such a thing should be possible.' Aldritch thought to himself.
He asked Lodestar of the details concerning the contract and how it worked alongside some other things. Once he was ready, he lifted some restrictions just enough so that Lodestar could conduct the process.
The details of the soul contract were straight forward, though the clauses Aldritch had in it weren't simple. All in all, it was agreed that Lodestar wouldn't do anything to harm Aldritch or anything relating to him, and Aldritch wouldn't do the same to Lodestar.
In as much as Aldritch would have loved to control Lodestar and have him as part of his family or people, Lodestar refused to add any such clause, stating that he would rather kill himself than do it, in the end, Aldritch had to settle for less.
After the contract was made, there was no longer any need for the slave shackles and collar, so Aldritch deactivated them all and Lodestar was set free. Aldritch immediately asked him to teach the soul contract to him there and then, making Lodestar protest against it, saying it would take time and that learning such a spell of that level wasn't easy in the least.
Regardless of his excuses, Aldritch persisted until Lodestar could no longer take it and agreed.
They both took a walk around the yard to a more private place away from everyone. Lodestar reluctantly showed Aldritch how the spell worked and other intricacies about it.
"Not just anyone can do this spell, even though it doesn't require any specialization, you'll still need a high enough spirituality to grasp the concepts..." while he explained, Aldritch was no longer paying attention as he was absorbed by something else.
[You've grasped a profound magical knowledge and your understanding of spirituality has increased tremendously]
[Intelligence has increased permanently by 5]
'What? There was also this option?' Aldritch thought to himself, a bit shocked at what he was reading from his system which he thought was just a blood hungry system pushing him to become a killing machine this entire time. 'I just never tried, did I?'