Chapitre 82: Relaxing Journey
After Kai finished reading the paper, he stopped by the court's main armoury and picked up one of the new technologically advanced watches and summoned his standard set of clothing. He quickly changed into them (for those who forgot they are a red overcoat, black cargo pants, a white dress shirt and combat boots.)
The watches were equipped with many new functions and for the moment Kai knew that they had a connection to the main database, something that he needed.
Signing in using his aura and energy signature (a new feature) he was able to discover many new and interesting facts about the world, such as the changes in the muggle world. He quickly left the facility after saying his goodbyes to Tom. Bob had decided that he would join the vampire lord wherever he went and as such jumped onto his shoulder while changing into his cat form.
He currently stood in front of the entrance to the Court's secret facility which was a little cottage in the middle of the highlands of Scotland. The GPS told him so after he used the magical watch (it literally is, as it is powered by magic.)
After checking his location, he summoned one of his many expensive and fast cars from the orb and entered it. Bob entered the other side and sat on the seat next to him.
The vampire lord chose to use muggle transportation because he was in a need to relax after all of the pressure that came with worrying about the war against Dahak, Harry, the former Berserk ability etc… He also needed to get used and realign his mind with his enhanced body after spending so much time in the endless void that was his mindscape.
The vampire entered the car and turned on the radio, listening to it without needing to rush or worry anymore. 'This is nice' he thought. The car raced towards London at 300 km per hour. Kai estimated that it would take him around 10 hours to get there at this speed and turned to Bob who was relaxing on the luxurious car seat next to Kai. (I'm pretty sure that the time isn't accurate but for the story it is.)
He stared at Bob who was basking in Kai's aura and said: "So how have you been during my coma?"
Bob looked at Kai and after some thought replied "I've been doing well but after becoming one of the Lords I've been doing lots of paperwork. It's incredibly boring but since I've been doing it next to you it's been bearable."
"Oh" Kai smirked at Bob's subconscious confession and laughed, his soothing laughter echoing throughout the car. "I've heard from Tom that you were with me at every moment that you could. Have you become so attached to me that you can't leave me alone?"
"It's not my fault" Bob's cat eyes did what Kai called the puss in boots, where the cat in question made his eyes large and watery while doing its best to act as cute as possible.
"It's because of the familiar bond that we have." The vampiric Nundu complained. "Don't get me wrong I enjoy the benefits but it has caused me to have to stick to you otherwise I feel terrible."
Kai didn't know what Bob was talking about as he had never heard of the familiar bond in the original Harry Potter series. He faintly remembered that the bond was mentioned once but never explained. He also didn't read about in any of the other books in the Court's library when he was in still learning magic.
But he didn't miss the opportunity to tease his companion and said, "are you sure that you aren't missing me out your own free will?"
Bob looked at him with a thoughtful face, at least that was what Kai thought he was doing as it was hard to recognise expressions on non-humanoid creatures. "I've never actually thought about it from that angle" Bob answered.
"What exactly is the familiar bond?" the vampire lord asked his familiar as he looked at the green and luscious scenery around him.
"You don't know what the familiar bond is?" Bob stared at Kai with an incredulous look on his face. It was incredibly easy to spot with the Nundu's eyes nearly popping out of their sockets. The vampire lord glared at Bob with an annoyed expression and said, "if you know then say it."
The familiar bond is-" Bob and Kai continued discussing their bond over the long drive and many topics were brought up. The Court came up and Kai learnt from Bob that all of the supernatural members of White Rose academy had joined the Court.
Malcolm had become a 9-star member while Penelope and Jason had both become 8-star members. Annabelle had become a 10-star member because of her expertise with the shamanistic arts. Kai got annoyed when Penelope was mentioned but was reassured by Bob that she had matured to a reasonable degree.
Afterwards, their conversation was driven in the direction of the upper levels of the court and Kai discovered that they had the most amount of Kings in their organization, as well as lords. It appeared that Tom had made a revolution after the court fought in the war against Dahak. After all, the transcendents didn't forget what happened.
Kai smiled when he thought of how far his organization had gotten. (Bob could see what he was feeling and thinking to a degree and thought to himself that he barely did anything. Only Tom and himself really did any of the actual work.)
Kai congratulated Bob on his success at becoming a Lord and said that there were now 3 dark lords in the Court. But the Nundu stopped him and told him that there were in fact 4 lords in the Court.
"There are 4 of us, the founding 2 which are you and Tom. Then there is me and Morganna who now goes by the title of the Lady of Light. Apparently, it's her inner joke considering the fact that she has spent many centuries in the shadows."
After four hours of non-stop driving, Kai got bored and stopped the car. He left it with Bob on his shoulder and summoned it back into the blood orb.
Afterwards, he told Bob using his mental link- something that they had tested over the journey. They had both discovered that it allowed them to mentally speak to the other without any problems. This was different from the progenitor bond that allowed Kai to send a short message to his sired all over the world, as well as letting him know their general location.
The vampire lord let the Nundu jump off his shoulder and started to dash, he still only managed to move at 4 times the speed of sound, a far cry from his top speeds at his peak. But it was enough for him at the moment.
Bob, on the other hand, had no problem catching up and was easily staying at Kai's side. He decided that he could just sit on Kai's shoulder as it was easier.
Kai and Bob arrived in muggle London and both made it to the entrance of the leaky cauldron. When he entered, he noticed that the inn hadn't changed at all during the 14 years that he hadn't visited. He walked up to the door at the far end of the old building and pushed.
There he saw the familiar brick wall that his Diagon Ally from prying eyes. He took out his wand, something that felt so foreign to him as he almost never used it back when he was still learning magic.
Letting Bob channel, the magical energy into his wand instead of him (another perk of the familiar bond) and tapped the correct bricks. As soon as the arch appeared Kai stepped past it and walked down the main street.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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