26 Close Peers(ii)

Aiden and Elanor sat and talked for a while, Aiden asked, "So who did you come with?"

"Sarah Constantine. I came with my mother. I'm with my mother because my father is usually busy with outside work." said Elanor in a normal voice. She didn't seem to mind that her father was away.

After Aiden heard this, 'Where is my father? My mother never spoke about him. Although, my mother's hymen is still intact. How is this possible? Let's say she somehow got pregnant without having intercourse with my father. So how can she have hymen even after me and my sister are born? I think I'll ask my mom when I hit puberty.' he thought.

Elanor didn't understand the reason for Aiden's silence so "Is there a problem Aiden?" she asked.

Aiden realizes he's been quiet again. So he waved his hand, "No, no nothing. Sorry, I was just lost in thought. So why did they send you here?" he asked with a smile.

Elanor for some reason smiled when she heard no problem, "Princess Sadie said they had some tedious business to talk about so she sent me here." said.

Aiden nodded in understanding. "So what core rank are you on now?" he asked. He had never met anyone his own age before, so he was wondering that. And frankly, he didn't bother to ask Sadie,Almira or Olivia because he knew that nothing would change whether they learned their magic core rank or not, since there were years of difference between him and other people.

Elanor heard this, she proudly said, "I'm in the red core mid stage."When Aiden heard this, he immediately asked, "But you've only just turned 13 and you've just awanked your core, right?". "Yes," Elanor said again with the same proud expression. Aiden nodded his head.

Aiden was a little surprised to hear this because while she had just awakened her core, she had actually passed the initial stage -black core phase- and stepped into the first stage -which actually starting cultivate them core-, and was even in its mid stage. This was a difficult feat to achieve before even a year had passed.

Even though the stage pacing would get very difficult afterward, that didn't mean it was easy at first either. Elanor's success was probably due to her descent from a Duke Vampire, but that didn't change the fact that she was gifted in cultivate. It was normal for Elanor to feel proud.

You'r not just pretty, also talented Elanor." Aiden said with a sincere smile. Elanor blushed at the praise again, surprised by how much she had been praised today. Not knowing what to say next, she changed the subject," Would you like to meet my new familiar, Aiden ?" she asked.

Aiden chuckled at Elanor's reaction. He didn't find her really pretty, but he found her cute. This was probably due to her age though. She was not still fully matured in her current state, maybe seven years later she would turn into a blooming beauty. That's what Aiden was thinking.

Aiden smiled in response, "Of course I'd like to see it. That's what I was going to ask of you." said.

Elanor raised her hand in response, and a bubble of blood formed in her hand as she used to. Then the blood bubble burst and Mia, a sweet little bat, appeared from it. Mia looked at Aiden as she appeared. She felt uneasy for a moment again as he looked so much like the woman she had seen before and feared so much, but then she was relieved when she realized that the boy in front of her wasn't as strong as she was. But there was still something that bothered her about Aiden, but that discomfort came not from herself but from her master. Therefore, she could not understand the cause of this ailment.

Elanor felt all of Mia's emotions the same way, though the expression on her face didn't change, "This is my familiar, Mia." she said.

Aiden also looked at Mia with interest, as he couldn't see her features like his older sister, so he decided to talk about the only thing he could see, her sweetness. "Your little Mia is cute." said.

Elanor laughs too, " Yeah, I think she's cute too." said. She laughed, thinking she'd heard that for the third time today.

Aiden looked at her with interest for a moment, then thought of something, looking at Elanor, "I wanted to offer you some kind of apology gift for our mistake today. Will you let me use little Mia over there for that?" he asked seriously.

Elanor wanted to say that she wasn't really bothered and that although she didn't know it completely, she thought it was the maids' fault, and it wasn't necessary. But seeing that he was serious, she sighed and then smiled. "You don't need to apologize, Aiden. But I have no reason to turn your humble gift. But I don't know what you're going to do with Mia ." She was surprised because she didn't know what to give her as a gift with her familiar

Aiden smiled and, "You'll see. Mia , will you please come to me?" ' he asked gently while looking at Mia .

Mia turned to look at Elanor as she ask for going or not going. She knew from Elanor's feelings that she could trust the young bot before her, but she still needed approval from her master. Elanor turned to Mia and nodded with a smile.

Seeing this Mia flew towards Aiden, then Aiden extended his hand and she looked at Aiden curiously. Aiden as he begins to gently pet Mia with one finger."I've heard that Constantine familiars get stronger by drinking blood. And I want to give you this as a gift since we are the only royals from your top blood. Mia, just enjoy it and maybe you won't be able to drink it another time." he said while looking at Mia and then stopping peting her and slashing himself wrist on the arm he was holding Mia .

Mia looked at the flowing blood with curiosity, and then felt it and realized that it was sweeter than the blood of her master she was drinking today, eagerly clenched her teeth and sucked on it.

Elanor just sat there staring at them in surprise. She didn't know that Aiden could give her something like this as a gift. Looking gravely at Aiden, " Thank you for that, Aiden." said.

Aiden smiled, "It's no big deal, Elano . Besides, we're friends, right and I told you it was an apology gift." said.

Elanor, knowing she couldn't stay serious with this kid, smiled, "Yes, Aiden, we're friends." said.

Mia drinks Aiden's blood for about a minute then got tired and fell asleep in his hand. Aiden laughed at this started talking while walking to Elanor, "I told her to enjoy it. The energy of my blood was obviously going to be too much for her and it was going to tire her out, but she went away and continued to suck my blood as if she was literally trying to exploit me." he said, laughing and shaking his head.

Aiden walked over to Elanor and handed it to Mia , then returned to his place, "You're probably guessing, but she needs to rest to get used to the new boost she's getting from me. I don't think it'll take long, but you shouldn't worry about it however long it takes." said.

Elanor nodded in agreement. She knew that, after all, she had only been given lessons about her Familiar when she was little. Even Mia's new buff from sucking Aiden's blood will also benefit her. That's why she was really impressed by Aiden's move.

Elanor could feel the flow of new power as she stored Mia in herblood field. It was very few, but Vampires could sense the slightest thing since they had an innate perfect understanding of blood. And after absorbing this power, she realized that the discomfort she felt from Aiden was gone.

When this happened, she understood the cause of the discomfort. This was due to their bloodline purity. The reason Elanor didn't feel it while with Sadie because Sadie consciously suppressed it. But Aiden wasn't even old enough to actively start his own lineage, so his lineage was only passively working. Because of this, Aiden's bloodline oppressed those who were weaker than his bloodline. Even though they are stronger than him as a magic core, whoever is outside the royal family on the Vampire continent, they will feel the pressure unless Aiden consciously suppresses it. Of course, it's debatable whether they are uncomfortable or not.