Act 1 Vampire slave Pov Rikka

  In the 1st floor of the manor house, in the kitchen, I was helping Shiro’s sister in preparing dinner.

  I was peeling potatoes as Nanami was working on the meat, slicing them up and then searing them before placing them into the stew pot.

  I finished my work quickly, as I added the diced carrots, onions, bell pepper and potatoes to the stew before Nanami-nee-san spoke.

  “Rikka-chan I can take it from here, go take a break I’ll prepare you something to take at night school.” She said as she took over, and politely waved me off.

  “Thank you Nanami-senpai, I’ll go help Shiro with the guests.” I said with a light bow as I left the kitchen entering the corridor.

  And as I closed the door, I smelled blood, both people and plant, I heard the screaming of the dog and the loud mechanical sound of a bushwacker slicing through flora.

  “Well it seems they're having fun upstairs.” I said to myself as my neck tightened as I looked down and saw the ghostly chains appearing.

  I followed it and saw it goes outside, what is Shiro doing outside? Shouldn’t he be helping the dog and her master from not dying to whatever is attacking them now?

  Still I kept following the chains, as it slowly loosen around my neck.

  “Damn, being leashed like a pet!” I screamed silently as I followed it, but then I felt my mind being hammered, as I forced myself not to think of the enslavement.

  “Just a few more days and the blood curse should be gone.” I said as I opened the front entrance and started floating up. If he's honest.

  Act 2 Revival

  “Shiro, Shiro, wake up Shiro.” I heard my name, over and over as I felt my oblivionic dreams disappearing, replaced by a familiar face.

  It was Rikka, her blood servant shackles visible, turning white to red as I gained my consciousness, my heart pounding quickly, my head steaming.

  “Good, you're awake, why are you outside?” Rikka asked as she pulled on her shackle.

  “The princess is still in danger!” I yelled as I stood up and looked towards the overgrown manor, specifically to the second floor window I was taken from.

  As I was about to ask Rikka to carry me and throw me there, “BOOM!” The second floor exploded, showering the backyard with shrapnel.

  “Hold still Rikka! Force-Shield!” I held Rikka close as I pulled out a strip of leather, breaking it and activating an emergency spell.

  Shards of Wood, glass, metal and stones were flung in all directions, some striking my shield. “Pop” Making the sounds of popcorn, echo in the yard.

  “Frannel? Do you hear that?” I heard the far off voice of princess Seraphim, and an even weaker android noise.

  “Rikka, can you fly us up?” I whispered to her, she gave me a strange look that I can’t understand before nodding and carrying me by my arms as she flew up.

  The smoke was fading quickly as we flew up, using the night and smoke to hide ourselves, I saw princess Komiko, Flenna and a transformed Lizel, Leaving the hole in the back of the house.

  “Sigh. . . and that’s another week of repair, how am I gonna explain that to the foreman?” I said exasperated, as I tried thinking about positives.

  Like that we live far enough from other people that the police or fire department doesn’t come up here, and if they do it’s usually after we fixed everything.

  “Shiro, Are you really that concern about the humans?” Rikka asked as she observed the girls below as the princesses were speaking to each other.

  “I haven’t given up yet sister!” I heard princess Seraphim yelling as large vines, after vines popped out of the ground, one picking up princess Komiko at her leg.

  “What the Hell!” Lizel said avoiding one cutting it with her claws.

  “The entire hill’s Infested!” I screamed from above telling princess Komiko as Rikka dodge a vine, flying higher.

  As I watched the princess be freed by Fleena, and started running with Lizel, to the front of the manor dodging the larger vines, trying to grab them.

  “Run all you like sister!” Princess Seraphim yelled towards her sister as she looked up to me and Rikka.

  I smiled sheepishly as she pointed her hand towards me as the vines below us combined with each other and then shot towards us.

  “Rikka throw me high! and catch me after!” I yelled as she did so and I breathed deeply in.

  “Father of storm and rain. . .” I started my prayer as I felt lighting burning through me, as my sleeves burned showing two blood red tattoos glowing red.

  “Grant your son LIGHTNING!” I yelled finishing my prayer loudly like the clap of thunder as a spear of lightning formed in my hand, throwing it into the vines, frying them still.

  Then I started falling as Rikka was nowhere to be seen, below me, well atleast this isn't the first time this happened.

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  I thought as I was falling, I saw the princess and Lizel driving a motorcycle charge towards princess Seraphim and Frannel as the android seemed to be shooting something at them.

  I accepted dying a second time today as I closed my eyes but as I reached the tree lines, I felt soft yet cold hands catch me, and held me forcing me to stand up.

  “Where hidden now, try to be silent Shiro.” Rikka whispered in my ear, her breath cold, as she held me at my pits and silently flew towards the action.

  Act 3 Acceptance

  I saw princess Komiko and Lizel coming close as Frannel. Kept flicking pebbles with the speed of pistol rounds at them.

  “GAH!” Lizel screamed in pain as she was hit in one of her shoulders.

  They talked as I took another strip of leather from my pocket breaking it as I looked towards Lizel.

  “Force Shield.” I said in a whisper as Frannel threw a barrage of pebbles to stop Lizel from driving but they all broke just infront of her.

  “Thank you Shiro!” Lizel said, realizing it was me.

  “Shiro Keep supporting us!” Princess Komiko ordered, but then I was thrown to the ground, as Rikka turned into bats, as a vine tried to strike me and Rikka.

  I wasn’t able to cast a spell before Frannel could throw her rocks, but I didn’t need to as Flenna threw the trunk of a tree at Frannel stopping her.

  “Impossible!” I heard princess Seraphim yelled in shock as Frannel was downed from combat.

  I nodded as I ran towards the action to help more directly, my wakizashi out as I pulled it off its sheath.

  “Blade dance!” I casted, feeling the guidance of a swordmaster, and my sense of fear, hatred and love be sacrificed for but a moment as my blade glowed.

  As my body became lighter and as my arms grew in strength, as I cut my way towards the princesses, cutting through vines that acted like metres long pythons.

  I saw princess Komiko jumping from Lizel’s bike as she fell from driving up a large vine.

  I made it to the base as princess Komiko hugged princess Seraphim, making her cry in shock.

  “I’ve got you Sera! the only safe place is here, with you.” Princess Komiko said, smiling devilishly.

  She kept her smile as she closed her eyes, as princess Sera panicked trying to struggle her off, and I worried one or both of them might fall as I prepared a spell.

  The vines started to wrap around them, squeezing them.

  “Of course, now that I’m here, it’s no longer safe.” Princess Komiko said boredly.

  “Sister!” Princess Seraphim screaming, her voice painted in terror.

  “Damn, I’m out of spells.” I said as I finished checking all my pockets to see if I had something to cut them down.

  I looked at Lizel who was climbing up from a small incline, where her bike fell too, hoping she could climb up the vine and do something but she then fell down, probably fainting.

  I moved towards her as I listened to the princesses, hoping one of them would surrender.

  “So choose little Sera.” Princess Komiko started as I looked up to see both were completely wrapped leaving only their heads exposed.

  “We die here as loving sisters or. . .” Princess Komiko said, letting princess Seraphim speak but she only cried in pain.

  “Big sister! Sister! It hurts!” She said crying now as she yelled.

  “Dying with my beloved sister, there are worse ways to go.” I heard princess Komiko, and I knew she meant it.

  I already got Lizel to wake up as I was about to run and start climbing, but I didn’t need to as princess Seraphim surrendered.

  “I. . . Understand sister! I, I lost.” She said as the vines stopped moving and then placed down the princesses in one of its larger vines, as the plant started, turning to stone.

  “Is it calcifying? Where did the young princess get this monster?” I asked to no one as I remembered the catalogs of a monster parts, minotaur merchant that visited the princess a few days ago.

  There were plant monsters but you get them as seeds, and I never read a dancing trent that can still move at night, I thought as I looked towards the sisters as the moon gave them light.

  “Seraphim, my adorable precious little sister. . .” Princess Komiko started.

  “Let’s form an Alliance.” I smiled as I heard princess Komiko say that, relieved to not repeat serving another tragic master.

  “What!?” I heard Princess Seraphim's surprise and confusion as I started happily sitting down looking tired of the day's events, while trying to recharge a spell.

  “You have no chance against our siblings.” Princess Komiko spoke, her voice was of sadness, as she hugged the crying Seraphim, and stroked her hair.

  “I don’t know how long we’ll survive, but trying wouldn't hurt right?” I saw them look into each other's eyes as princess Komiko finished.

  “Aughhed, is it over?” Lizel said sitting next to me, holding her head, as she kept eating the beef jerky I forced into her mouth and she chewed on while half fainted.

  “Almost, they're making up right now, I wish this is how every fight with Komiko’s siblings would end.” I said as Lizel looked up and nodded.

  “Except one of them.” I gave her a nod understanding her.

  “Big sis. . . you didn’t really think I was serious about the alliance right?” I heard princess Seraphim, speaking like a child in trouble, princess Komiko just smiled at her.

  “Kind. . .” I stood up as I heard princess Seraphim say as I saw her push off princess Komiko, making her fall to her feet, but not fall from the calcified vine.

  “My kind, foolish, big sister, you haven’t changed a bit.” She said walking back higher almost at the tip of the calcified vine.

  “Sister, I love you, someone like you may claim the throne. . . But someone so soft could never prevail over our siblings. . .” With that said, princess Seraphim let go and I screamed a spell.

  “SERAPHIM NO!” Princess Komiko yelled, trying to reach for her.

  “Air-Walk! Fallen-Feather!” I said breaking the spells drawn on my legs, as large feather on my ear started burning.

  I ran towards a slowly falling Seraphim, and caught her as as the feather on my ear turned to ash my spell’s magic running out, I looked to princess Komiko giving her a thumbs up.

  “Hey, you're safe, young princess.” I whispered to Seraphim as she continued to tightly close her eyes, and shook in fear.

  But after a moment, and an even gentler coaxing voice, she opened her eyes, and as I saw them, I remembered a field of roses where I once died as each petal was splattered in blood.

  “I can't let you die princess, now how about keeping you grounded for a while?” I said making a lame joke that actually made her laugh, as I walked back to the ground as my last spell of the day started to flicker.

  Act 4 Morning

  “I did say that we will have an alliance little Sera.” Princess Komiko started as she placed down her tea cup.

  “And I have no intention of going back on my words but.” Princess Komiko looked annoyed, as she looked at princess Komiko hugging my arm possessively.

  “Then there shouldn’t be any problem big sister!” Princess Sera said as I tried gently pulling my hand off her, but she was very steadfast, in her grip.

  “Shiro’s my vassal Seraphim! And I think something like him is too much for you sister.” Princess Komiko tried convincing the girl.

  “I don’t care! He’ll be my first eternal guard!” I was now internally panicking as I kept a strained smile, as I was in this kind of situation before and I died last time because of it!

  “Well, if you want him that badly, sharing him shouldn’t be too much. . .” I choked a little as princess Komiko slowly relented.

  “Princess!” I said, a little insulted that I was about to be shared like a toy among sisters!

  “Flugga.” Frannel said, looking like an archetypical emotionless android, as she looked down at her sister.

  “Flugga.” Flenna answered, dopey eyed, looking up to her sister.

  “Good! I’m looking forward to it big sis! Now let’s go Shiro! Time to look around town!” Princess Seraphim, said dragging me with her as I gave a sad look to princess Komiko, which she only replied to with a smile.