I woke up in the m feeling great. No excessive hunger, or sluggishness from yesterday anywhere. The problems I had yesterday didn’t affect me that much, other than having to snack more often, but still, it's good to know that everything is fine.

  The only strange part was when I woke up. I actually had naturally woken up before Ria had, so I even mao exge a few words with her, as she came to wake Ria up.

  … Should I offer the maids level ups? No, really. They deserve it. They are the hardest w people I know. If they don’t deserve it, who does? Not me, at least. Well, Angelina does know about level ups now, so maybe she will give permission. I might ask her today.

  But anyway, I left Ria to ge her clothes ao the factory. Let’s go see what is happening there.

  “Mr. Brian, could you head to the vilge as soon as possible?” Mia asked, when I met up with her and Laura in the factory.

  “... sure, but why? Our normal blood delivery day is tomorrow.”

  “It’s my Mistress. She is under quite the major level up siess, caused by her evolution.”

  “... excuse me, but did you just say evolution?”

  “Yes, I did. Mistress reached level 70 yesterday evening, and her body began an evolution. I’d ask that you e over and look over her until her evolution has fully finished, and she has cleared her level up siess.”

  “... alright. I’ll hurry over then.” I said. “Laura, anything critical I o know, or I just get going?”

  “No, you should be good to go.” Laura answered, so I jumped out of the factory, so I could catch Ria, before she had time to leave for breakfast.

  “Ria, ge of pns. We have to go to the vilge.” I told her, catg her just as she was leaving the room.

  “Eh? Alright. But why?” Ria got on board as soon as I told her that. Probably because of my tone of voice.

  “Lua, well her system support, tacted me, tellihat Lua is quite sick because of an evolution. She asked us to head over, so we could help her get over it.” I expined. “Go tell some of the maids we are leaving, possibly for a day or two. Then we’ll quickly drop by Agatha’s house and pick her up as well. I’ll get dressed, so you go now. e back as soon as you .”

  “Yes.” Ria answered, rushing off.

  Ria returned just as I was ready to go, with one of the maids on her heels, the same ohat had woken her up earlier. She asked me about the situation, so I just quickly expihat I’d be going to the dhampir vilge because of a medical emergency. I added that I might not e back today. When I was sick, I was out for two days, so I want to have at least that much time secured. The maid simply accepted the information and said she would rey it to the lord and others.

  With that done, Ria and I rushed outside. I didn’t hesitate a moment and called out B.E.S. Big Core.

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  [colpse]The sun hadn’t yet fully risen so there is a ce that someone will spot the slight glow of the maior, but who cares? I summoned Meteor Bck Dragoerday, so pared to that a mysterious light is nothing.

  Just a mier, I beamed us down to Agatha’s house. I’ll definitely o tell her about this first, or she might get angry.

  Knock, knock, knock.

  …

  …

  Nothing? I decided to knock again.

  Knock, knock, knock.

  …

  Is she not home?

  (She may still be sleeping. The sun is just rising.) Laura reminded me.

  (Yeah. I could see that. I use telekinesis to break in?)

  (Yes, but at least try if the door is locked first.)

  (Oh, yeah.)

  I pushed the door handle down and the door opened. Does Agatha not lock her door? Well, it was “open”, so I guess we invite ourselves in.

  “Agatha?” I called out.

  “Lady Agatha?” Ria repeated.

  …

  Still nothing.

  “She might still be sleeping.” I said. “Ria, you go check it out? I’d rather not, just in case.”

  “Just in … oh. Yes. I shall.”

  Ria opened a few of the doors leading out from the front room we had walked into, oo a small kit, one was some sort of ste room, and the third seemed to be correct, as she ehat one.

  A few mier, Ria returned with a sleepy looking Agatha.

  “... good m, Brian. I heard it already, and while I really want to e, I have to stay here to receive the blood from the adventurers. So I must ask, please take care of my daughter.”

  “Alright, I will. By the way, the clothes she left here? Do you have them?”

  “ht.” Agatha said, walking back to the room she had been sleeping in. She returned a bit ter with a knapsack that she tossed to me.

  “Thanks. I’ll e get you tomorronned.”

  “Of course… (yawn). Take care of my little Lucia. Please.”

  “I will. See you tomorrow. Also, you might want to lock your door iure.”

  With that, we were out the door and ba Big Core. Had I known that Agatha won’t e, we could have used Gradius. But the supersonic flight of Gradius wouldn’t save that many seds, as the trip is so short anyway.

  “Great Summoner, Ria, what are you doing here? We didn’t expect you until tomorrow?” An adult male dhampir, Vishal if I recall, was the first o after we nded.

  “Where is Lua?” I just asked.

  “Miss Lua? I think she is still sleeping.”

  “Where? She tacted me, saying she needed help. Take me to her.”

  “.. yes! Right away.”

  He took us to the town hall. On the way, two other dhampirs spotted us and followed along, possibly wanting to see ere here.

  “This is the room, but…” He said, as he turhe doorknob. The door didn’t open.

  “Locked, huh. Let’s just break it down then.” Why couldn’t she be like her mother, leaving her door unlocked.

  “We ’t. These doors are made to keep us out, so they are quite well reinforced.” Vishal said.

  “OH yeah. I think I heard about that. Move.” I slightly pushed him to the side. (Laura, help me out.)

  (Of course.) Laura responded, and I felt my mana moving.

  With telekinesis, I felt the inside of the door. I had the advantage of knowing how the door was in the room where I slept, so we could use that as a referenbsp;

  The doors have two heavy duty barrel bolts, in addition to the normal bolt which you trol with the knob. And those obviously couldn’t be opened from the outside.

  With telekinesis I opehe two bolts. It was a bit more difficult than I would have liked, but I guess my skill level really isn’t there yet, and I ’t see what I’m doing. Without Laura, there is no way I could do this. At that point, I probably would have just summoned a mohat break down the door. Or maybe o Queen could have teleported us.

  … she? I o ask her. Because if she , why did I waste time flying Big Core here?

  Well, with the two crossbolts open, I opehe door. The dhampirs that had been looking at me doing something were a bit more than a little surprised when I opehe door that in their eyes could not be opened.

  I headed in and saw Lua on one of the beds. I walked up to her.

  “Lua? Are you awake?” I softly asked, but she didn’t answer.

  (Mistress is not awake.) Mia said in my head. Mia, how do you know what I’m saying?

  (She is looking at a monitor dispying your vision ihe factory.) Laura answered.

  (Invasion of privacy, right there.) I pined.

  (Says the ohat just broke into a dy’s room while she is sleeping.) Mia teased.

  (Only because you asked, you know. I would say I will leave if you no longer want me here, but that would be a lie.)

  Lua’s face was… red. Not slightly red like Ria had been, but instead almost the same crimson color as her hair. I touched her forehead, and it was very hot. Noticeably hotter than Ria had been. And when a dhampir is hot, that is a problem. They do have a slightly lower body temp than humans, after all.

  (Laura, Mia, what should I do?) I asked the two helpers at my disposal.

  (Summon a water monster.) Laura said. (We her temperature down.)

  (Sure.)

  I opened my colle and Laura had already searched o for me, so I just took it out, pced it on my terminal and said its name. “Aqua Spirit.”

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  [colpse]“Master, what may I ..?”

  “Keep her cool.” I told my summon, before she had time to fully ask.

  “y-Yes.” She answered and got to work.

  Will she be enough? Maybe I should summon a sed one.

  I turned my terminal into a duel disk. Yes I do what while I have a card on it. The card will move from the one slot oerminal to the middlemost spot on the duel disk. I also activate my duel disk in three states.

  First is ohat looks like a deactivated GX duel disk. It will give me three monster slots I use, but I never use it in that form.

  The sed is fully active GX duel disk. And that means five slots for monsters, five for spells and traps, and one for a field spell.

  Thehird is my Hieroglyph Lithograph improved version, which gets two ‘extra monster zones’. So a total of seven monsters, five spell/traps and one field spell be active on it at the same time.

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  [Just for reference.]

  [colpse]

  With my duel disk in the five slots mode, I now had more than enough spamon a seonster.

  “Cure Mermaid.”

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  [colpse]I summoned another water attribute monster, and this time ohat increase life points, aka heal. With the two monsters now here, I was finally able to rex, feeling like everything will work out.

  “Great Summoner, is Miss Lucia fine?”

  “I hope so. Did Ria tell you what she is going through?” I answered Rosemary. She had arrived iown hall, while I was summoning moo help Lua.

  “Yes. I did hear. To think she would evolve.” Rosemary began. “I just ’t think what we would have done if you had not e. She would have been trapped in that room, suffering with no help.”

  “... yeah. I’d rather not sider that. Thankfully she could tact me.”

  “May I ask how she did that? If you don’t mind.”

  “We have our ways. That’s all I’ll say. It isn’t something a me and Lua do, so there is no reason for me to share more than that.”

  “I see. That is too bad. We could have had a way of tag Agatha.”

  “Yeah. Sorry. Maybe you learn a blood magic spell that makes bat familiars, like did. You could have them deliver letters, probably.”

  Since I haden breakfast yet, I cooked myself some egg. Monster Egg.

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  [colpse]Times like this is when I wish I was a dhampir. Because I just have no appetite. If I was a dhampir, I could just drink some blood, instead of eating.

  I also summoned Hinotama Soul. He helped me boil some water, so I could make some tea.

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  [colpse]

  “Ria, take these two and hold the True Blood Magic lesson for the vilgers, as Lua ’t do that.” I said, as I handed her tire cards. Vampire Grimson and Vampire Scarlet Sce.

  Spoiler[colpse]It has been just over two hours since we got here, and I had traded the two moaking care of Lua. Now the two taking care of her were Maiden of the Aqua and Spirit of the Breeze.

  Spoiler[colpse]“I , but are you sure that is important at the moment?” Ria asked.

  “It isn’t, but there is nothing else we do for Lua at this time. We just have to make sure her temperature stays down a her keep resting.” I said, before adding. “And I’m sure Lua would want the others to keep practig, even if she ’t teach them.”

  “Yes. Then I shall. I’ll be borrowing these two for the lesson.”

  “No. Not just for the lesson.” I said. “I’m giving those two to you.”

  “... are you sure? I already have four monsters.”

  “Take good care of them.”

  “Thank you, Brian.”

  Now, I know there is one big question you want to ask. Why am I not using the Pyro Clock of Destiny? I actually asked that from Laura myself.

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  [colpse]

  Well, I ’t. … I , but I shouldn’t. While it ter level up siess, evolution is slightly different. Her body is doing more than just adjusting to its new power. It is ging on a fual level. And skipping that could have dire sequences, so we have no choice but to wait. But I don’t mind. Lua took care of me when I was sick, so I’ll do the same for her. Even if I use my monsters as a subsidiary, instead of doing it directly.

  Well, it ts. I think.

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