The Vampire embraced his Master from behind, putting his left arm around her waist, then his other hand covered her eyes.
Ivory smelled the scent of lilies, and she immediately knew who was behind her. "Sigmund…" she spoke softly under his palm. "You finally stopped avoiding me…Oh how I missed you-"
Sigmund whispered near her ear, "You birdbrain. You are in front of Educator Wallace, and your classmates are behind you. Don't lose control."
She eyed him, "If I stop… You won't avoid me anymore?"
"Yes… Now stop using that weird mana of yours."
Upon hearing Sigmund's request, Ivory snapped out of it, but she eventually fainted into the Vampire Servant's arms, who carried her afterwards.
"What happened?" Educator Wallace's eyes widened. "Is she alright?"
"I think so, but she's having a hard time controlling her mana."
"Bring her to the clinic to rest," Educator Wallace told him. As Sigmund left with Ivory in his arms, Lucius, who was waiting for Ivory to finish, followed the two in worry.
The Educator took the floating wooden block in front of him. He examined it and spun it slowly using the wind. He then noticed something unusual…
All four elements were successfully incorporated into the wooden block, displaying four bright hues of red, blue, brown, and gray!
'Ivory Sprucemint… Why do you have such power?' Educator Wallace pondered. Of all the techniques to incorporate elements, she did the hardest and the most complicated one.
Summoning a banished Servant Class was odd enough, but seeing Ivory's powerful magic in person made the Educator even more interested in her. Now, he knew why Principal Arthurdane had been taking care of her and placed her under his protection.
Educator Wallace was already looking forward to training Ivory soon, because he knew that with such innate power, she could become one of the strongest Masters the Kingdom of Destinia would ever have.
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Sigmund finally arrived in the clinic and laid his Master on the bed. The nurse checked up on Ivory and told him that she just needed some sleep. He then stood behind the window and gazed at the sleeping Ivory. Honestly, he was very confused about what was happening to his Master since he had no idea what kind of mana she was exhibiting.
Lucius sat on the bed where Ivory was lying down and stared at her worriedly. "What happened to her?"
"I don't know anymore," Sigmund said. He then realized that the young man in front of him may know about it because he's the General's son. "Hey, rich boy. Is it possible for a human to have two different kinds of mana?
Lucius' forehead creased, "What do you mean?"
"She has it… Two different kinds," Sigmund explained in a soft voice so that only Lucius could hear him. "She has both a normal mana, and an extraordinarily strong mana, which she couldn't control."
"Two different kinds of mana, huh?" Lucius recalled what happened in their class. "Like what happened earlier before she passed out?"
"Yeah."
It was Lucius' first time to hear something like this, making him a bit puzzled, "I'm sorry, but I haven't heard of anything like that."
Sigmund crossed his arms while thinking, "I wonder if she inherited her mana from her parents or ancestors."
"Ah, it may be possible," he glanced at the Servant then back at the resting Ivory. "After all, there is a high chance that the offspring can inherit the birthmark of Destinia based on the elders' records."
The Vampire Servant continued listening to the General's Son.
"In Ivory's case, if her parents weren't fortunate enough to obtain the birthmark, then perhaps her grandparents or her early ancestors had it," Lucius explained. Majority of his ancestors, who became Generals of the Land of Olivea, had Golem Class Servants.
Sigmund sighed. "I have another problem. When she's losing control of her mana, her behavior changes… and it's giving me a headache."
"Why? What does she do?" he asked him.
When Lucius asked this, Sigmund suddenly remembered again the passionate kiss that he and Ivory shared under the moonlight. He could also recall how her voice sounded so sexy when she told him that she wanted him…
The Vampire was stoned as he remembered these, so Lucius waved his hand in front of his face. "Sigmund, hey. You are spacing out. I asked you what she did before that gave you a headache?"
The Servant just shook his head, "Nevermind. I'll handle the problem myself."
"If you say so." He then stood up and patted Sigmund's shoulder, "I should go now. I'll leave her to you. I also worry a lot about her, so if you ask her parents about their mana, tell me about it, too."
Sigmund nodded at his Master's most reliable friend, and Lucius looked once more at Ivory before leaving them the two in the clinic.
When sunset came, the other students inside the clinic had already gone out. Ivory was not yet awake, and the nurse excused herself because she needed to be present in a weekly staff assembly, and that she would be back after two hours.
The sun had gone down when Ivory opened her eyes. Still feeling a bit tired, she asked as she saw her Servant, "Ugh… what… happened?"
Sigmund saw that Ivory was attempting to sit, but she wobbled. He placed his left arm on her back to assist her. "You used it again… that odd and uncontrollable mana."
"Uncontrollable mana?" She leaned on his side. "I don't understand…"
"Just like last night, huh…" he uttered and to support her back more, Sigmund sat behind her, placing his arms on her waist afterwards.
"I…I'm sorry... I can't remember anything." Ivory sighed and noticed his closeness to her, so she commented, "But Sigmund… Is this alright for you?"
"Hmm? What is?" He tilted his head to look at his Master's face.
"You are… touching me right now," she got teary-eyed, because she thought about that painful feeling of her beloved Sigmund hating her. "I thought you don't want me to be your Master anymore-"
"You dimwit, stop overthinking! I never said I don't want you to be my Master anymore," he embraced her tighter and whispered near her ear:
"Now… Should I remind you… whom your body and blood belongs to?"
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