Chapter 27: Belladonna
Belladonna
"... What the fuck?" Christopher was very perplexed.
Seeing the voluptuous vampire pressing herself against him and asking if he was single, he was at a loss on how to respond.
He sensed no killing intent from her, which was strange since he assumed his attackers summoned her to take care of him.
He looked past her to the kneeling figures and found them to be at as much of a loss as he was, very confused and shocked by what was going on.
Seeing Christopher ignore her, she pouted and poked his cheek.
"Hey, it isn't polite to ignore a lady." She said with annoyance and Christopher turned his attention back to her.
"Um… aren't you supposed to be trying to kill me?" He asked with furrowed brows.
"Oh that?" She giggled, a very pleasant sound.
"I changed my mind, you're very appealing." Her tone was sultry and it sent a chill down his spine.
She sniffed him again and let out a sigh of satisfaction.
"You aren't a normal human, not by a long shot. That must be why your blood smells so amazing. Just how would it taste~?" She kept talking and Christopher felt very awkward.
'So she's attracted to me because of my blood huh? How does that work?' He wondered, and the system came in to respond.
[Vampires of a species of beings that feed on blood. Besides it being their primary way of sustaining themselves, it's also one of the main ways they get stronger. The stronger an entity is, not only will their blood be more nutritious, but it will also strengthen them more. In the case of Master, as you hold the blood of a Primordial Human, your blood could be considered top notch for Vampires.] The system explained and Christopher nodded inwardly.
He then looked down at the Vampire and asked.
"If you're after my blood, why aren't you trying to kill me for it?" He asked the question that was on everyone's minds and the Vampire giggled once more.
"Don't play dumb big guy, if we fought a thousand times I would lose every single time. I can't kill you even if I tried." Her words were casual but the ones that had summoned her were utterly dumbstruck.
This was an entity that could kill all of them in a heartbeat. And yet here she was, talking about how the person they had summoned her to fight would beat her in every single exchange if they fought multiple times.
It was simply too difficult to believe. And they were all stunned with the realisation that they had been trying to fight him earlier. It was utterly terrifying.
"So big guy, I'll ask again. Are you single?" Hearing the question again, Christopher rolled his eyes. He assumed she wanted To try and make him fall for her so that he'd willingly give her his blood.
"Sorry, I'm taken." He answered without hesitation and she pouted again, but then a smile appeared on her lips.
"Well in that case, why not take me as a second? With your strength, having multiple women wouldn't be a problem." She said with a straight face.
"No." Christopher firmly denied her.
"Aw why???" She gave him puppy eyes and Christopher shook his head.
"I'm not into that." Hearing this, the Vampire pouted again and stepped back while folding her arms under her breasts to raise them. Creating a very tantalising image.
"Fine, in that case I'll follow you and make you fall for me." Christopher blinked without humor before looking at the people that had attacked him.
"You do you I guess. But what about those guys?" Hearing this, she turned her gaze to them and they all shuddered.
"Oh them? Just small fry." She said, and with a snap of her fingers, all of them started convulsing and horrid screams left their mouths before their blood vessels exploded and their blood floated towards her.
It condensed into a small pill above her hand and she opened her mouth, which it floated inside and the swallowed.
She kicked her lips sensually and sighed.
"It was alright for a snack." She sighed and looked at Christopher.
She slowly walked around him, her gaze filled with desire and curiosity.
"Hm, in all my years I've never met a human who smelled as delicious as you. The quality of your blood, it's lice that of hundreds… no thousands… no tens of thousands of humans combined! It's simply divine!" She said and hugged him from behind and pressed her chest into his back.
She brought her mouth close to his ear and whispered.
"Are you sure you don't want to take me as yours?" She whispered seductively.
"Hey." Suddenly, her body trembled and she flashed backwards, her body slightly crouched.
"Didn't I already say no?" Christopher's head was turned slightly so that he could see her from the corner of his eye. His voice was incredibly cold and the Vampire felt her alarm bells ringing like crazy and she smiled nervously.
'Seems I was right. I would have died right then and there if I hadn't backed off.' She thought as sweat covered her forehead.
Christopher turned to face her fully and walked towards her.
"What's your name?" He asked calmly and she stood straight again.
"Belladonna Van Rook. But you can just call me Bella." She winked as Christopher stopped in front of her.
"Well then, Bella." Christopher said.
"I don't mind you following me. In fact, I don't mind you drinking my blood either. However." His tone turned bone chilligly cold.
"Do not ever try to seduce me or convince me to take in another woman. Is that understood?" Belladonna trembled and looked down and nodded like a meek kitten.
"Yes." She said simply.
"Good." Christopher backed off a bit.
"Anyway, since you want to become my subordinate, I will take you in. However there is something I have to do first to ensure that your loyalty lies with me." Hearing this, Bella looked up. Her smile returned and she asked playfully.
"Oh? How so master~?" Her voice was back to its playful tone.
'Is he going to use a seal? Perhaps a spell that binds me to him?' She wondered and Christopher placed his hand on her shoulder.
"It's gonna hurt quite a bit. But just bear with it." As he said that Belladonna suddenly Found herself in a completely different place.
Before she could even question Anything, her eyed suddenly widened and she collapsed and gasped.
Pain unlike anything she'd ever experienced in her lifetime ravaged her body and she convulsed and spasmed on the floor. She couldn't even scream as her senses were overloaded by the sheer amount of pain.
But eventually, the mind numbing pain finally subsided and she was able to catch her breath.
"Just what… huh?!" She wasn't able to get her thoughts out before she suddenly noticed something shocking.
She looked at her hands and felt unbelievable strength coursing through her body.
"H-How Is this…" She mumbled and finally looked up. And that was when she finally noticed Christopher's dimension in all its glory, and her mouth hung open.
The air was so clean it shouldn't even be possible, and the Mana in the surrounding was dense. Denser than any location she'd ever seen in her life.
Large hills that were almost as large as mountains were made of rocks and ores that she had never seen before, but just from looking at them, she felt that they had unparalleled value.
The trees were Massive, the smallest of them being around a hundred meters tall, and had such vibrant life force that just from being in their proximity, she could feel her body being rejuvenated beyond measure.
"How do you feel?" Christopher's voice suddenly entered her ears and she spun to see him. She had many things to say, but the moment she laid her eyes on him, an uncontrollable wave of respect and reverence filled her heart, and before she knew it, she was on a knee while bowing her head.
"Belladonna Van Rook greets the Master." She greeted and Christopher nodded before inspecting her stats.
Race: High Pureblood Vampire
Rank: King
Affinity: Blood, Fire, Ice
Physique: Advanced Extreme
Bloodline: Primordial Vampire
Abilities→>
Christopher was very impressed but also a bit confused.
Bella was a rank above Thanatos which wasn't overly surprising since Christopher detected her to be at the same rank as him before he took her in, but what He was perplexed about was the fact that she was under the ranking system of monsters.
'System, are Vampires considered monsters?' He asked.
[The Term monster is subjective. Monsters are simply entities a race deems as dangerous to them. Humans would view Vampires as monsters since Vampires feed on them despite Vampires being just as intelligent.] Christopher nodded.
'But what about Kim? She uses a normal ranking system.' He asked again.
[Kim is a Demihuman. Silver was a wolf before he gained his human form so he is still under the distinction of a monster.] Christopher frowned and felt like there were a few things wrong with that logic, but in the end, he decided to leave it since it didn't really matter.
"You may stand, Belladonna." Christopher ordered and she stood up.
Christopher observed her appearance, and sure enough, she was even more beautiful than before. Her curves had become more pronounced and appealing to look at, her skin softer, her hair glossier, and her eyes more vibrant. Though the most notable thing would be the blood tattoo that had now appeared on her collarbone.
It looked like a drop of blood which was being circled by what looked like red flames and red ice. Christopher committed it to memory before asking.
"So, how do you feel?" He asked and she smiled beautifully.
"I feel incredible, Master. I never thought I'd feel strength Like this within my lifetime. And it's all thanks to you." She said with genuine gratitude.
Christopher chuckled.
"You're welcome. Anyway, now that you are officially my subordinate, I suppose I should hold up my end of the bargain." As he said this, he held up Scarlet which was still in his hand and cut open his left wrist.
Immediately he did, Belladonna's eyes widened as her face flushed and her breath picked up.
"C-Can I really? Master?" She spoke as if she was hyperventilating and Christopher felt weird but still nodded.
"Go ahead." The instant his words fell, Belladonna shot towards his hand and pressed her lips into where the cut was.
Immediately she did, a moan escaped her mouth and her body trembled as she gleefully sucked on the wound like his blood was the nectar of life.
"What the…?" Christopher turned his head to see the rest of his subordinates staring at this scene with strange gazes, Silver looking the most confused.
"Oh, this is Belladonna, your new… partner? Teammate." Christopher decided to say teammate and all of them looked at each other before looking back and Christopher and the Vampire that was sucking his blood without a care in the world.
"... Master we didn't know you were into that type of stuff." Chiara said innocently.
"What type of stuff?! You're not even a week old!" Christopher shouted.