VLADIMIR: The Last Blood Mage

Lord Marshall's Discovery

Vladimir lay on his bed writhing in pain and anguish as the deity had removed her magic from his body.

"Mmhmm...you are killing me...", Vladimir said as he felt pain in all the wrong places.

[You know... if had let you feel the pain you would not be able to come up here, I mean to your room.] the deity said matter-of-factly.

"You...nnh...could have...nnh...just let...me...nnh...off without...the pain". Vladimir struggled to talk.

[What's the fun in that? tell me]

"You...are...sadistic...you...know...that?"

[Get your rest, you will need it].

Suddenly Vladimir's eyes became so heavy that he felt drowsy and dizzy all the same.

"srnnk...phew...srnnk..."

within a short time, Vladimir was already fast asleep.

a devilish and sinister aura kept spreading out of Vladimir, increasing as he slept, and it didn't seem to stop. [The corruption is affecting him, this is too much for his body to bear, and this might be bad for him...ohh what do I care, If he dies I'll just have to find another human to bond with]

****

Chelsea had just woken up from her sleep.

"yawnnn... why do I feel tired?" she seemed to recollect herself.

"What am I doing in my room? I thought I was underground with Vladimir, and there was a book, and... what happened to him?"

Thinking that Vladimir was still underground, or maybe he got hurt in some way. [I have to go and see him] Chelsea already stood up wanting to go down the secret pathway.

--knock, knock--

"Who is it?"

"Good morning, Lady Chelsea, it's Victoria, lord Marshall sent for you, he is in the garden". This was a bad change of plans for Chelsea.

"Come in".

Victoria, Chelsea's maid entered the room, and bowed." Good morning milady, I assume you rested in the arms of Morpheus?"

"Yes you can put it that way," Chelsea said [or maybe you could say I got hit in the back of the head]

Chelsea stood up and left the room with Victoria. "Umm miss Chelsea..."

"Yes Victoria, what is it?", Chelsea said as she slowed down.

"It is about, your guest, Vladimir" At this point, Chelsea stopped and turned around. Victoria was taken aback by Chelsea's sudden weird behaviour.

"What about him?", Chelsea inquired.

[Could it be that father caught him?] She was panicking within her.

"It's nothing serious lady Chelsea, he did some training today."

"Ohh, what's wrong with him training?"

"Well, nothing Lady Chelsea, it is just that, he trained as if there was a war coming".

"Is that so? tell me more" At this point, Chelsea became sincerely curious.

"He ran round the training field three times..."

"What?!!" Chelsea's eyes almost pooped out of its sockets.

"Yes, milady and that is not all, he was carrying a big boulder on his back, it was purely inhuman"

Chelsea had to retain her shock" It is purely inhuman, but, see if he would do it tomorrow as well"

"Yes milady"

"You can go attend to your duties"

"Yes, milady" Victoria took a turn and walked into another branch of the hallway.

[Vladimir is not human, did I just bring in a monster into my home... my heart] Chelsea did her best to prevent herself from going to Vladimir's room, to see what he was up to now and ask him what was happening to him.

After some time of walking Chelsea got to where her father, lord marshall was waiting for her.

lord marshall was seated in the garden looking into the flower field, he called a garden.

"Chelsea, my dear care to join your father for a pot of tea, It is your favourite cinnamon tea" lord marshall called Chelsea.

"And mothers too" Chelsea sat down beside her father, who poured her a cup of tea. "Thank you"

"Is this view not beautiful?"

"It is" Chelsea replied.

"You know your mother grew this garden herself" lord marshall's eyes glistened.

"yes"

"She was the most stubborn woman I ever saw, haha" lord marshall laughed softly." It's a shame, she did not get to see you grow"

" Father, do not be stumped, she is happy wherever she is" Chelsea tried to console him.

"I am not, I have you...I see too much of her in you" lord marshall's voice became shaky.

" Father, you are breaking my heart" Chealsea was on the verge of breaking down.

" am sorry about that my child, You know, I never felt as much pain in my life as seeing your mother lifeless in my arms, Chelsea I do not want to feel that pain again"

" Father I do not understand what you are saying" Tears had already started to fall on Chelsea's face.

"Do not cry my child" lord marshall used his hands to wipe the tears before he continued talking. " You are being too adventurous, too curious, too stubborn...you are becoming more and more of your mother. promise me that you will not put yourself in danger"

At this point Chelsea was already in lord marshall's arms "I...promise"

"That my daughter... so with that do not ever go down to that tomb again"

"Father, how did you know?"

"I have my ways. you know you made me worried about you" lord marshall whispered, [ but she does not have the sininster aura... wait did she bring someone else down there...VLADIMIR]

The father and daughter stayed that way for some time, it had been a long time since lord marshall held Chelsea so close. lord Marshall wanted to go and deal with this suspicion of his but Chelsea had already slept.

[She looks so much like her mother] A large smile filled with the warmth of a proud father was plastered on lord marshall's face [Ohh, I can't do this. Vladimir would have to wait].

Lord Marshall and Chelsea stayed that way till evening before he called a servant to send for Vladimir to meet him in the mansion observatory.

"Father..."

"Yes my dear"

"Can I go now, am feeling all better now"

"That's good...thank goodness I am strong, if not my hands and legs would have fallen asleep"

" father!! are you saying that I am fat?"

[This daughter of mine, you are so much like your mother] *nervous laughter*

"No, I am saying that you have grown into a big girl, I wonder when you will get married?"

"Father! I am not ready yet!!" Chelsea blushed hard and ran away.

"Hahaha, such an innocent child...ohh" lord marshall tried standing up and felt his leg become all weak and wobbly. " I am getting old"

He had to sit there till evening before he could wake his legs up.

****

in Vladimir's room as a result of the intense training he put his body through in the morning, he had slept from the morning till late afternoon.

Vladimir's eyes shot open, [I don't... I don't feel pain anywhere. deity can you explain this?]

[Well, the thing is your body is changing, you are now a blood demon, not just a simple blood mage... You will get it along the way].

[If you say so then...someone's coming].

--knock, knock--

"It's Chelsea... can I come in?"

"I do not see why not". Vladimir readjusted to a seating position.

Chelsea opened the door and entered. The Vladimir she saw was alluring, not the fact that he was shirtless; she had seen him without a shirt before and she did not feel this way.

A huge lump formed in Chelsea's throat; she was short of words. She wanted to say something but could not just find the right words. Her thoughts were incoherent.

"My lady, you know if someone walks in here, they will think weird thoughts."

Vladimir's words snapped Chelsea out of her trance to see that she was already on Vladimir's bed.

" Ahem... I have to go "Chelsea's face went from normal to beet red. Chelsea bolted out of Vladimir's room only to hit a male servant at the door.

"Milady...", The male servant bowed.

"Yes, now out of my way," Chelsea hid her red face as she walked out of the room.

The male servant walked into the room and saw Vladimir sitting on his bed in a very provocative manner.

Vladimir's facial expression changed fast from a smug smile to a death glare.

[He saw Chelsea's blushing face; A MERE MORTAL!]

" Young sir..." the servant was cut short by Vladimir's glowing red eyes

"You. will. forget. that. you. saw. lady. Chelsea's. blushing. face."

"I will forget Lady Chelsea's blushing face" The servant repeated in a monotonic voice.

" Now what brings you into my chambers, unannounced" Vladimir's eyes returned to normal.

"Yes, young sir, lord marshall sent for you, You are to meet with him in the observatory"

"All alright, wait here" Vladimir stood up from his bed, walked to his changing room and changed his clothes before he followed the servant out to the observatory at the top of the mansion.

lord Marshall stood in the observatory looking at the sunset, then out of nowhere he felt the pressure to kneel this was even more than when he was with king kozak.

--knock, knock--

There was a knock on the door of the observatory.

" enter"

The servant entered and bowed, and Vladimir entered behind him. "Leave us"

"Yes milord" The servant turned around and left.

" lord marshall you sent for me?" Vladimir didn't bow nor did he make an effort to.

the sinister and devilish aura flowing from Vladimir was suffocating to lord marshall, even king kozak, did not have this effect on him.

"You are king Kozak's son..." lord marshall did not give Vladimir a chance to respond as lord marshall fell on his knees." you are him, I have hope"