45 Vesta Blood Rain (2/2)
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Vesta after returning heads towards the Pill Pavilion within the Palace, behind him is a timid looking young girl, the petite girl was one of the first people he met after he arrived in Bright Star ten years ago. She was stuck at the Heaven Realm due to her bloodline being to impure she has only told Blood Rain that she was a Beast who gained human form, as her bloodline no matter how impure was something the humans hunted her kind for. As she is a descendant from an Ancient Dragon Clan that was hunted to near extinction, her love for Blood Rain even helped her enter human cities as she followed him everywhere as he treated her kindly. Thinking her blood would be used as a gift to his faster the Dragon Emperor she still willingly followed him to Blood Sun, as they reached the Pill Pavilion a youth was already waiting for their arrival.
Larisa walking behind Vesta looks at the waiting Pill refiner, chills run down her spin as she thinks of all the things Pill refiners would use dragon parts for be it her eyes, blood, bones or hair. Looking back at the panicked girl Vesta pulls her in to his chest. ”Calm down I would never allow anyone to hurt you Larisa, we are here to help you break past the Heaven Realm. One of the reasons I always helped you is because a lot of my mothers who raised me have similar traits of the half dragons from this world, I have already found a way to help you purify your blood. The method is not going to harm you one bit, and if it does I will be here every step of the way.” Vesta Said trying his best to calm her.
Walking out of the Pavilion Dashnell spots the ones he has been waiting for, he then speaks up to let them know not to waste anymore of his time. Nathaniel then takes out the Cauldron as he throws various herbs and liquids into the mixture he then looks at the Emperor with a nervous expression.
”Um.. Emperor I.. I will now take the blood sample from you please don't send me to Valara's training camp if this goes wrong.” Nathaniel said as he moved to obtain a vial of Dashnell's blood.
Watching this all happen Larisa is confused as to why Vesta's father the Emperor would give blood while she is present, as she looks over to ask Vesta she feels an overwhelming oppression from the Blood in the vial as if it is calling to her. She then studies everyone in the room but they do not seem to be affected by the blood at all, she then tries to move close but fails to even lift up her feet in the direction of the blood. Nathaniel who is to focused on the vial of blood begins to refine the pill that Vesta requested from him, Dashnell's blood being the key component in this Blood Purification Pill.
As the blood is mixed into the Cauldron an refined into a pill the oppression Tarisa felt begins to weaken, she then bombards Vesta with numerous questions.
”What is your Father? Where did he come from? Is he an Ancient Dragon is that why he calls himself the Dragon Emperor!? Is your blood the same? Why did you not tell me you had dragon blood within you? I thought you were going to grind me into pills today!” The girl said out loud forgetting others could hear her words, she then covered her mouth as she looks over at Dashnell.
”You don't have to worry child my son has told me about you, he has fallen in love and wishes to help you, I have warned him but... never mind what is to come will come. My blood will cleanse your impure blood making it become that of a pure blooded dragon once more, the down side is something I will deal with in the future all I ask for in return is for you try your best to make my son happy.” Dashnell said as he vanishes from sight.
Vesta understood the meaning but could not stop Larisa from taking the pill that would allow her to live longer, this was the only way and he will deal with the consequences once they come but until then he will make a family with the girl who has stolen his heart. With the blood red pill in her hand pulsing like a heartbeat she hesitates, as she wants to know what the Emperor was speaking about.
Nathaniel then tells her that there is a chance she might die if her blood is to impure as Dashnell's would consume her until not even bones would be left as she died, although this was true in some of the cases he read about from the Fallen Ash Kingdom archives. But he knew that was not the warning the Emperor was speaking about, as he could tell he was not the right person to reveal the truth he chose to tell her the only truth he could.