"N-n-nice to meet you, Teivel. A-as Miss Elysia said, I am N-Novella." I forced myself to speak after staying silent for a solid 10 seconds, unable to speak.
"I'm glad to see she is a vampire. However, she seems quite… aware." Teivel got extremely close to me, examining every part of my body with his eyes, which caused me to blush.
"Aside from being my familiar, she is just a regular vampire, so I wish to treat her like a person rather than a being only meant to be used." My blush disappeared quickly as Elysia's statement made me realise that Teivel probably only saw me as an object. Something for Elysia to use that only exists for her benefit, which isn't the kind of bond I signed up for.
'He really is a rotten guy.' Any attraction I may have had towards Elysia's grandfather disappeared, making me want to hide behind Elysia to avoid his gaze.
"Hmm, kindness can only get you so far, so I hope it does not impede your control over it." Teivel finally shifted his gaze off me, but wait, did he just call me it?
'I'm a fucking person!' I wanted to kill him right then and there, but for Elysia's sake, I needed to play along. It started to make more sense why she wanted to get revenge and, honestly, I was all for this massacre.
'If this is the kind of toxic, self-centered attitude spread across this…' I quickly looked around to see where we were.
'Underground city, then hell yeah, they should be eradicated.'
"It isn't just kindness, there's also a contract in play so do not worry." I noticed Elysia's hand was curled to a fist, its light trembling the only evidence of her growing rage. It was good to see that she felt the same way as I did, but damn, it must be hard not to lash out.
"Seems like you do have common sense... Very well, do what you wish. Let us go home for now. Tomorrow we'll begin training you on how to be a successful ruler of our people." Teivel offered his hand for Elysia, who without much hesitation grabbed onto mine, then Teivel's.
Suddenly we were engulfed in flames. For a second, I thought they'd burn me, but thankfully they proved to be of no harm.
*
We then appeared in some kind of office with weapons hung up all around the room.
"You have the rest of the day to yourself, so go wash up and get some rest while you can." Teivel spared no time letting go of Elysia's hand and sat down behind his desk.
Elysia nodded her head and exited the room while dragging me through the air. A convenient feature of floating in the air is that I can easily be dragged around without much force.
<Elysia POV>
Yumi shouted my name and instantly sprinted towards me. She jumped into my chest, elated to see me return, which was a feeling I never thought I would enjoy. Something about coming back home and being greeted like this was the kind of sweetness I liked.
"Hello Yumi, good to see you are alive and well." Even if I had only been gone for a day at most, it was clear Yumi had already missed my presence. With such a strict regime for the maids here, it must come as a relief to see me since she knows she can relax.
"Mhm!" Yumi stayed in my embrace and I couldn't help but pat her head.
However, when Yumi turned her head she noticed a very curious floating vampire next to me.
"W-wait w-who is she?" Yumi quickly moved to my side and hid away from Alice.
"Don't worry, she is a friend of mine that I made while I was out. Her name is Novella." I debated if I should introduce her as Alice, but to make things less complicated, the fewer people knew her real name the better it is. Better to avoid any accidental slip ups outside of this room.
"I-I see." Yumi still hid behind me, cautious about the new person in the room.
"We are in a contract, so if she betrays me, she will be punished, not that it would ever happen." I gave Yumi a wink, hoping that saying we were in a contract was enough for her to trust Alice.
"Hey Yumi." Alice floated down to the ground, only to find out she was actually shorter than Yumi. I instantly saw Alice's pride shattered, which made it hard not to laugh, but I didn't want to crush the shattered pieces into dust.
"H-hey Novella." Yumi came out from hiding behind me and stood in front of Alice. Their similar height made it more comforting for Yumi, but certainly not Alice.
"Good, I have a few things to discuss with Novella now, so you can continue to clean or just relax, Yumi." Now that they were acquainted, I wanted to really sit down with Alice and explain everything. It also seemed like she had a lot of questions for me already, so no better time than now to ask them.
"Okay." Yumi nodded, still nervous about Novella, but it would only be a matter of time until Yumi got comfortable.
"Alright Novella, take a seat. There are a looooot of things I need to tell you. This world is completely different from yours, so I'll need to make sure you are caught up to speed." Besides my plan to kill everyone, I also needed to get Alice accustomed to this world's common knowledge and customs.
"I understand." Alice looked worried, which was fair. I was about to dump the entire world's lore, so it will be quite daunting to remember.
"Don't worry about remembering everything since even I struggle to do so, but there are some key things you need to know." I wanted to reassure her so she could listen to me calmly rather than staying tensed up as if there'll be a quiz at the end.
"Phew, thank you." Alice looked relieved, but there was a determined look in her eyes like she wanted to remember everything.
"Enough wasting our time, let me begin with where we are."
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