VLADIMIR: The Last Blood Mage

Darcie

“Exactly” Darcie looked as though she had seen someone or something so entrancing that she could not look away.

“Am new here Could you lead me to the white rank on the mountain Tigre house,” Vladimir spoke bringing Darcie out of her trance.

“Ohh... mountain Tigre house. I live in the purple rank Let us go let me show you around” Darcie was an outgoing girl, unlike Chelsea.

“All alright,” Vladimir answered as Darcie took his hand and led him walking side by side.

[What is happening, he looks so different from the last time I saw him, he looks so alluring. Even his voice had put me in a trance]

Darcie thought as she held Vladimir’s hand and walked through the stone pathway through many parts of the school.

a building caught Vladimir’s eyes. It looked ancient almost like an insult to the school except that it wasn’t.

“Darcie...” Vladimir called out in a low voice.

“Yes, Vladimir”. Darcie stopped to look at Vladimir.

“What is that?” Vladimir asked and Darcie followed his finger to the huge ancient building. It had different exquisite designs. It looked old but didn’t look dilapidated to the very least. It looked majestic. The more Vladimir looked at it the more he began to see its beauty.

“Well, that is the house of the keepers of knowledge. Normal students are not allowed to enter. it keeps the knowledge from time immemorial”

“I have to ask, then how is it that I can get access to the knowledge within those walls?” Vladimir was visibly curious.

The more Vladimir looked at the huge building, he noticed that the building wasn’t an eye sore to the other school buildings that looked new. The building accentuated the beauty of the school giving it a mysterious visage.

“Well, for normal students to get access they would have to get merit points from missions the school assigns, Look over there that the mission's department building. There you get missions as well as rent weapons for the missions”

Darcie pointed to a small building with the words {missions} boldly written on its banner.

“All alright, please proceed to our destination” Vladimir urged her on [I will be in that building soon. This is so exciting]

“Okay,” Darcie proceeded to walk towards the mountain Tigre house.

“Is that not noble lady Darcie? What is she doing with him, are they a couple?” a female student said as Darcie and Vladimir walked past them.

“That is so not expected, who would have known that the crazy Darcie would be so smitten by a man” another female student responded.

but the thing was that even though they talked about Darcie their eyes were glued to Vladimir.

“But the man is alluring, I wonder if he is new? I wonder if I have a chance to know him?” the student looked visibly attracted

“Probably not, the stuck-up fire princess looks like she will end you if you enter the same room as him” This student also looked hooked as well, but hesitant of offending Darcie.

****

Darcie led Vladimir around the school till they got to the gate of the mountain Tigre house. Darcie stopped. “This is the mountain Tigre house, let me show you to your chambers”

The house was large, beautiful and majestic, it had a lot of chambers within it, so it took some time to walk to Vladimir’s chamber on the door it wrote, {white 10: Vladimir Walter}

“How do I get in?” Vladimir asked Darcie.

“Take your hand this way and place it close to the door, it is only for the first time, after that, you can open it as any other door”

Darcie took Vladimir’s hand and placed it close to the door and a click sound was heard from the door.

--click--

The door opened and Vladimir entered and Darcie followed behind. The initial anticipation just died as they entered the room. Even Vladimir’s toilet back at the Marshall Manor was bigger than the whole room.

[What was I even expecting?] Vladimir was visibly disappointed.

“Do not be disappointed that’s how all the white rank 10 rooms are, when you go on missions and gain merit and your rank increases you will be able to get a better room”

“When do I get to engage in missions?” Vladimir asked with scorn and disgust.

“Soon, in your second year. umm... by the way, we could go to see the ranks, I have a portable one in my room” Darcie was almost hiding her face now [ what was I thinking, I just met him, at least I just talked to him today, how am I so hooked to him, even Liam does not have this effect on me] Darcie was in a dilemma.

“All right, let us go then,” Vladimir said and shattered all her doubt.

“OK, follow me” Darcie walked ahead of Vladimir and Vladimir followed behind.

[Let us make this fun] Vladimir walked faster and held Darcie’s hand “You are my guide you know”.

Vladimir smiled in a way that took Darcie off guard and made her smile almost ear to ear. She looked so beautiful at that moment.

“All right, let go” Still smiling Darcie took Vladimir’s hand and walked towards the higher part of the mountain Tigre house.

They stopped after walking for some time. They stopped in front of the door It had {mountain Tigre purple rank zero: noble, Darcie Firefield}.

Darcie walked into the room and Vladimir followed behind [ woah] “Welcome to my humble chambers, follow me to the bedroom let me show it to you.”

extravagant would be an understatement, the chamber was huge, and it had a sauna, a study, a living area, a bathroom and then a balcony.

“Please do sit down, let me bring it out” Darcie walked into a room that Vladimir later discovered to be Darcie’s dressing room.

After some time of waiting, Darcie came out of the dressing room with a tablet, but what she wore would make any man drool. She had a pink-laced nightgown on, fairly transparent.

“Apologies for taking so much time” Darcie apologised as she walked towards Vladimir and sat beside him.

“So, this is the tablet I was telling you about” Darcie showed Vladimir a stone tablet with eccentric carvings, she placed her hand over the tablet and it glowed a blue light.

“All right so how does it work?” Vladimir asked as he inched closer.

“This is how it is; it shows the list of students in the school of magic in the central continent. but the one in the arena shows the list of students throughout the five continents” Darcie explained as she scrolled down through the list of names.

“Look here I am ranked 17th on the merit list” Darcie showed Vladimir, trying her best to make a good impression on him.

“What rank am I at?” Vladimir asked cutting her off.

“Well... let us see” Darcie looked and scrolled through the portable merit list, till she came to the end and brought Vladimir’s profile up. “Umm... You just got admitted so you are ranked number 2078th”

“This is exciting...very exciting," Vladimir laughed hysterically.

[ he just saw that he ranked last and he is trying to laugh it off. but his laugh makes him look more handsome]

“So, tell me Darcie how do I go up this merit board even though I am still a first-year student?” Vladimir’s facial expression changed from laughing to serious in a click.

Vladimir’s abyssal black eyes locked onto Darcie’s as he brought his face closer to hers. She felt his hot breath on her skin as he longed for answers. If someone saw it, this would look as though they were a couple and were about to kiss.

At this point, blood shot up to Darcie’s ears” Well...uhh...” [Darcie get a hold of yourself]. After some time, Darcie calmed herself down to answer Vladimir, without making eye contact with him.

“Well, the thing is you could challenge students at the Death Ring for some merit points” Darcie managed to finally say.

“Thanks a lot for the information, I will be taking my leave, do have a good day” Vladimir was already standing about to go.

“Wait!!!” Darcie called back. [ no... no... now, what was I thinking? I cannot do this I just met him]

Vladimir stopped. ” What can I do for you?” he asked.

" Nothing, I wanted to give you something but I think it can wait”

“All right then, I will be leaving” Vladimir turned around and left her room.

[Phew that was close, I do not want him to see me as a libertine]

****

Vladimir walked through the long hallways of the mountain tigre house. A lot of females passed him by while walking but it seemed he had a weird effect on different genders.

[deity...] Vladimir called the deity.

[mortal, what is it?] the deity answered.

[What have you done to me? The females look like they want to copulate with me and the men look as though they saw a monster]

[How do I stop it?] Vladimir asked.

[Well, you cannot, well not yet. You need to get stronger. you know what that means...]. This was something Vladimir never wanted to experience again. [Yes, training starts tomorrow night]

This was the worst bad news Vladimir had ever heard. “NOOOO!!!!... Hehe, my apologies everyone please move along”

Everyone in the hallway looked at the freak called Vladimir scream to no one in particular before laughing and walking away.

"He must have been crazy,” one of the students in the hall said to his colleague.

“Yes, I must say, he was,” After some time every one forgotten him.