CH.63 Returning to the Manor

CH.63 Returning to the Manor[Brian POV]

I noticed my summon came back down stairs followed by Lucia. They don’t seem extremely happy, so I can make a guess, but better to confirm it anyway.

“So, how did it go?” I asked.

“I can’t cure her. I’m sorry.” Vampire Lady said to me.

“I see, that’s too bad. Do you know what the problem is?” I asked.

“Her blood magic is high in level and that makes the curse stronger. I believe Vampire Lord is capable of curing it.” My summon told me. “But I’m capable of lessening her symptoms.” She added.

“Permanently? Or for a short time?”

“Only for around three days.” She said.

“I see. In that case I’ll leave you with Lucia, if you don’t mind.” I said to my summon.

“No. You can’t do that.” Lucia argued.

“I’m fine with it, Master.” Vampire Lady gave her permission.

“It’s the best option.” I told Lucia. “With that you can keep your curse in check until I get a stronger vampire that can fully cure you.”

“But you’ll lose a summon.” She argued.

“Really? That’s what you are worried about? I have enough summons. And in all honesty, Vampire Lady doesn’t have the combat strength of some of my other ones. She would likely be just a glorified blood drainer.” I told Lucia. “No offense.” I added as I turned my eyes to Vampire Lady.

“Non taken, Master. I know I can’t match up to the power Master’s other summons have.” She answered.

Well, now with a Blue-Eyes in my arsenal, I really don’t know what monster can stand a chance. How powerful are S-rank monsters anyway? Can Blue-Eyes solo one? Or would they be equal in strength?

Mission: Cure the DhampirsGoal: Cure dhampirs of their blood cursesReward: Grants a random Vampire card for each cured dhampirThis mission is repeatable. You can gain the reward only once per person

Even the system agrees I should do this. With that I know I’m right. System is Law. System is God.

After that, I unsummon Vampire Lady and gave her card to Lucia.

“But,” She was trying to argue.

“Just give in.” I told her. “You won’t win this argument. Unless you want to leave your party and live with me, I won’t leave this house without you taking this card.”

I probably would actually leave, but I can try these underhanded tactics.

“Fine, I’ll take it.” She gave in and received the card.

“Make sure to summon her every day to help you.” I told Lucia. I don’t want her to just hold onto that card for nothing.

“Ok. I will.” She agreed to that part quite easily.

—

“Well, I guess there is nothing more here for me to do for today. I’ll be off then.” I said to Lucia and got up from the table to leave.

“I see. Well, I’ll see you tomorrow then. Please show up at the guild.” She said as I was leaving.

“Sure. I can do that.” I answered.

With that, I took to the streets.

—

The streets were still quiet. I guess people who work outside the walls haven’t returned yet. I think if I make my way straight to the Watchman manor, I’ll arrive there by snack time. I hope they won’t mind my intrusion too much.

On the way, a few people stopped me and thanked me for saving the town. Being famous comes with its downsides, I guess.

“Then you should thank the system. I wouldn’t have known about it without the system mission I got.” I said.

“Of course I did. But you are the messenger. Without you, we wouldn’t have heard of it before it was too late.” She argued.

“Just stop. Please.” I tried to hold her back. “I understand you want to thank me and everything, but this is too much. Just say ‘thank you’ like the people in town. It’s enough.”

“Then I will. Thank you.” Christina said to me.

“Thank you, Brian.” Alice added.

“Sure. I would say ‘anytime’, but I really don’t want this town to face another attack.” I responded.

“Let’s hope we stay safe.” Christina said.

“Everything will be fine.” Alice added. “As long as Brian is here, nothing can hurt us.”

“I don’t think you should say things like that Alice. It’s called a jinx. You will end up cursing the town. Something will attack as soon as I leave if you keep saying things like that.”

Now I feel like I’m cursing the town myself. Honestly. Why does this town have to have a prophecy about a behemoth? It really will attack as soon as I leave, won’t it?

Let’s hope not.

—

After tea, I went to the guest room I was staying in. Both to relax and try out my telekinesis skill. If it really works like I think it does, it will be super useful.

(Laura, how should I do this?)

(You need a practice object first. Something small that won’t break if it falls would be ideal.)

Something small? And doesn’t break if dropped. Sounds like a job for a card. But who would I let float around?

Beaver Warrior, do you want to fly? Actually, that’s an order. And it’s just your card that will be flying.

(So now that I have a ‘willing’ test subject, how do I actually do this?) I asked Laura.

(Just focus on the thing you want to move and how you want it to move. I’ll take care of the mana control for you.) Laura told me. So she’ll do the difficult part. Good.

Now, fly!

I can feel the mana moving inside me as I try to have the card achieve liftoff. And a few seconds later, the card is no longer touching my hand. It’s floating above it.

Immediate success. Thank you Laura. Now, let’s move it around a bit.

As I want to move the card to the left, it goes left. I want it to the right, it goes right. Seems simple enough. Let’s try to move it faster.

... It fell. I wasn’t trying to go that fast.

(Master’s mana control can’t keep up.) Laura told me.

(Oh, well I guess then no flying with telekinesis, yet.)

(I wouldn’t recommend it.)

(And I guess I can’t use it for defense, either.)

(We will get better with it. Won’t we, Master.) Laura encouraged me.

(Of course. Add telekinesis practice to the daily agenda.) I told Laura. This is a skill I should try to master. It seems extremely useful, as soon as my mana can keep up.

I spent a little more time practicing with telekinesis and just lounging around, until Nicole came to get me for dinner.