85 Ryans Troubles (1/2)

Ryan was left by Clay for a year with the Vampire Ancestor Elkanor.

Elkanor was reluctant to even touch the baby at first after Clay's order she received but when a day had passed and Clay had yet to come back, the baby woke up and started crying, disturbing every soul inside the Throne room.

Elkanor was at a loss for what to do. On one hand, she should be able to feed this baby proper nutrients to help it grow, however, she was the leader of undead and harboring a human mortal child was not something that she is expected to do.

When she was under such a heavy dilemma, she botched it and just blamed everything on Clay, the person who threatened her with overwhelming strength and magic without her being able to resist at all. If that man returned and his baby was dead from starvation, then she could only imagine the consequences. So instead of getting rid of the child, she reared him throughout the one year that Clay had gone.

***Ryan***

Father was gone when I woke up from my usual sleep. I thought that he just went somewhere for the time being and left me somewhere safe, however I was scared shitless when I found out that an undead had me under custody.

The problem was, I am currently unable to use magic or any other arts as a baby to protect myself. Although father's barrier is still erect, I don't know how long this thing will last.

Waa Waa

And I started crying the moment I felt anxious for my own safety. My crying seemed to have disturbed the quiet atmosphere in this room I was in while a lady was holding me in her arms. I knew she was undead the moment her eyes opened and looked at the crying me.

This was Elkanor. She was already well known throughout Evernight when I was alive in another life here. She was a Vampire Ancestor. Most of her underlings were sired by her as well. Different from other undead, the Vampires were of noble descent. Elkanor only turned those former nobles from the high society to be part of her coven.

Waa Waa

I continued to cry and Elkanor's face continued to change expressions. One moment she'd try to smile and as if she realized that her fangs may scare me, she retracts her smile. I'm confused as to why she's doing this. Usually, it'd be better for her to kill a baby than to take care of it, that way she could still taste fresh blood.

However, she's acting weirdly. First, she is trying to appease me and calm me down, which is helping by the way, minus the fright I have of being held by her. Second, is evident in the way that I am still alive.

I get it, maybe father made a deal to spare her to take care of me for the time being, but father really doesn't know how hard to rear a child does he? How will this undead feed me from now on? My worries started from there even until a year passed by.

***

A kind of energy burst out from the ball of flame and enveloped the ritual circle made by the Lich god. It still contained the energy that the ball of flame generated even without him.

Suddenly, the ball of flame flickered and slowly lost the flames that enveloped itself to form a smooth golden ball that glowed brightly, like a pearl. This was Clay's soul vessel. And the next moment, it was enveloped by what seemed to be a forming ribcage that enclosed it along with the flesh that went with it.