Chapter 5 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Flap, flap, flap…

While Reed was deep in his study of the fascinating magic, the sound of fluttering wings rang outside the window.

A bat the size of his palm flew into the room through the half-opened stained glass window.

Reed squinted his eyes slightly. It was one of the bats that were raised in the vampire castle, and it served the same purpose as a carrier pigeon.

It delivered messages.

He reached out, and the hovering bat cleverly glided over, falling gently onto his palm.

As he deftly placed the bat near his ear, a voice rang out.

“Lord Progenitor, please return to the castle as soon as possible.”

It was a Second Circle Spell, Sending.

It was a very rare spell, which Reed had not learned. The Progenitor Vampire was not particularly interested in such support spells.

There were two second-generation vampire kins who had learned the spell, and the voice belonged to a female vampire named Lucie.

Reed was curious about the vampiric stronghold too.

As a Progenitor Vampire, he should also go back since his roots were, after all, that of a vampire.

When he turned to look at the wall clock, he saw that it was already three o’clock in the afternoon.

Clocks had appeared in that world for a long time now, but over there, time was not calculated with hours but solhours.

A solhour equaled an hour.

It was a little weird but not exactly hard to remember.

Reed shook the magic bell in the room, and a crisp, as well as pleasant sound, rang in every corner of the mage tower.

A few minutes later, the sound of Viena’s soles stepping on the floor approached.

Knock, knock, knock.

The door was pushed open, and the girl took a few deep breaths. Her puffed up chest rose and fell several times before her breathing slowed down.

Viena’s face was slightly flushed.

“Master Reed, what are your orders?”

Reed simply gave his usual excuse.

“I have a new spell in mind, and I want to find a few magical beasts outside the city to try it out.”

A vampire needed to feed on blood once a month. While ordinary food could provide vampires a certain amount of energy, they were unable to provide the unique substance found in human blood.

That was the case for every vampire, even the Progenitor Vampire.

If a vampire did not consume blood, the vampire’s life would be in danger.

The Progenitor Vampire would never strike against ordinary folks in the city, so he would return to his castle once a month to drink blood there.

His bloodline was so mysterious that even a Transcendent Mage would not be able to normally determine his true identity, so it was not that dangerous for him to lurk in Grimm.

Besides, he would never do something that could betray his identity.

Viena had also gotten used to Reed going out a lot.

“Take care, then, Master Reed. I will clean up your room for you.”

Reed nodded slightly, and after he settled some trifling stuff, he immediately got ready to return to the castle.

His innate talent gave him immunity to sunlight, so the sun, which was a vampire’s natural enemy, was of no hindrance to him. He could go out at any time.

The reputation of vampires was so terrible in the eyes of mankind that they were treated as the enemy. If they were found, the military and mages would pursue them without delay.