-3rd POV-
Currently, I am walking through the streets of Romania to make it back to my inn room. Today I've been going on an espionage rampage on all my castle targets, though I became a bit more careful because of yesterday's Gremory accident.
Sadly, none of them was it.
I still have a few places to go, so I'll check them out tomorrow morning.
As I kept walking, I suddenly felt a mana fluctuation coming from somewhere...
That alley!
I approached the alley as I took out [Lumina] from the inside of my jacket.
I quietly began to close in while in the shadows.
"Hah, fucking vampires!" said one of the three men in black coats.
"Yeah, good thing this one was an easy hunt," said the second as he kicked the body of the small vampire.
It looked small and had short blond hair. It also looked kind of girlie despite its face having a boyish vibe, twink-ish even.
...Yeah, that's Gasper.
-3rd POV-
In the dead of night, three vampire hunters were talking while letting the vampire they had captured slowly die.
"So how's the wife doing, Johny?" asked the first hunter.
"Not much just-" before he could speak, a loud bang sounded out behind him, blowing his brain into splatters.
The other two hunters widened their eyes in horror.
The hunter's body dropped to the floor, revealing a long-haired kid holding out a gun that was obviously the weapon used to kill their comrade.
Both hunters immediately drew their weapons, but black wolves that had come out of their shadows, bit their necks off with a splurge of blood into the air.
"Good job boys" Otto praised as he looked at the three corpses.
Walking towards the dead bodies, a white wisp came out of the bodies and entered the gun, creating 3 [Noble Rounds] inside the gun.
Otto let the shadow wolves he made with [Annihilation Maker] eat the hunters' corpses to get rid of evidence.
*Step*
*step*
*step*
As he finally arrived above Gaspers' body, he kneeled and spoke as he looked straight into his fading eyes. "You all right there, boy?".
"S-save my sister," Gasper spoke in a pleading tone.
Gasper, along with the person he considered his "Sister", Valerie Tepes, lived in captivity in the Tepes family castle, and Gasper, who was a half breed and a sacred gear that was considered a curse, was constantly abused.
One day, working up the courage, he asked Valerie for her help in escaping together.
Sadly for Gasper, Valerie sacrificed herself to let Gasper escape by letting herself be caught.
Gasper, who managed to escape, didn't know where to go soon after, but as fate would have it, he met a group of Vampire Hunters that gravely injured him.
On the brink of death, all he could think of was his sister, who had done so much for him so that he could escape.
That's why when the mysterious boy asked him if he was alright, all he had asked was for his sister.
"Hm, your sister, huh? How about this, you come under my wing, and I'll help you control your sacred gear, along with saving your sister. Pretty sweet deal right~?"
Otto's offer was sweet as candy, yet Gasper could feel that there was more to it. It was as if he were about to make a deal with Lucifer himself. But at this point, he didn't care, even if he truly was selling his soul to the devil, and considering that he was on the brink of death, he raised his head, "I...accept," said Gasper with a trembling voice.
"Good," Otto muttered with a grin. Pointing [Lumina] towards Gasper, he pulled the trigger, shooting out a bright white bullet.
But of course, he didn't use bullets but the [Noble Rounds] that heal.
The white light enveloped Gasper as all his wounds healed in a split second.
He quickly got up as he realized that all the pain was gone. He patted himself everywhere to check if he truly was alive.
"H-how?" Despite being on the verge of death with severe wounds, Otto still managed to heal him brand new.
"Don't worry about it, kiddo, just know that your wounds took three noble rounds," Otto said as he waved the gun in his hands.
"I-I see, thank you..." he said with a stutter.
"It's fine, after all, we have a deal~" Otto replied with a "Smile"
Gasper suddenly remembered the deal he had made. "Can you really save big sis Valerie!?" Gasper asked, his eyes filled with hope.
"Yep, that's what I promised after all. Let's go quickly, let's take advantage of the night to sneak in." Gasper nodded and followed Otto. Despite only having known him for a minute, Otto was his only hope.
Gasper was nervous, but the one thing that kept him together was the thought that he might truly reunite with his sister.
As soon as they left, two other figures entered the scene.
"Hm, I thought I felt something, but it seems like it's gone," Spoke Rias with a slight pout.
Grayfia, who was following behind, noticed the bit of red buried under the snow.
"It's getting late, Lady Rias, if there is nothing left here, then we should hurry back to the hotel," Said Grayfia as she didn't want to linger here any longer.
Rias nodded as they both left, unknowing that a single blonde child had changed many events that were destined to be.
-Otto POV-
"So this is it?" I asked Gasper who was riding on my back.
"Yes, this is the Tepes family castle," he nodded.
Currently, we are in the woods of a forest. The Tepes apparently made one of the ruined castles hidden here into their own; they rebuilt it and all.
I can also sense the barriers around the castle; it will be easy to get in, but getting out is a whole other matter.
"I'm going to need you to stay quiet, alright?"
Gasper nodded as, from my shadow, a translucent, thin fabric-shaped monster popped out; it was a jellyfish, but not your average jellyfish.
It then flew above us and slowly lowered itself, covering us in its translucent shell. Its translucent color began to bend, becoming a rainbow of hues before it disappeared completely, along with us.
We were now completely invisible to the world.
Now that this issue has been solved, there's a second one.
There is a barrier; once I go in and take off the monster I created with [Annihilation Maker] that had presence concealment, the barrier will alert everyone.
Good thing I have the emergency escape ticket. Once I convince Valerie to come with me, I'll use it, and I'll be teleported somewhere random, while the second time, I can choose where to go back to.
Home, that is.
Jumping over the castle walls, I began to sneak past a few groups of vampires, which were obviously guards.
Going in, I began to walk through the halls, avoiding everyone as well as I could, while having Gasper navigate me through the maze of halls.
After a few good minutes, we made it to Valerie's room, but the room was locked, no, sealed.
'Shit, they know she has Sephiroth Graal. ' There was no other reason the room would be sealed like this.
'It seems like the seal will set off an alarm if it's undone by someone other than the maker, Tch!' I concluded with annoyance as I inspected the seal further.
The moment I unlock the seals, the whole castle will know of my existence. And that's besides the many other alarms and barriers set.
But of course, I'm not worried since I have my own way to escape.
I put down Gasper from my back and began my focus on the seals.
It isn't that hard to undo them but I can't stop the alarm system sadly.
I quickly decipherd the magic but before that I turned to Gasper.
"Hey Gasper, the moment I unseal the door the whole castle will be aware of us" I informed his so he would be surprised.
"R-really, so we c-can't save Valerie" a hint of sadness showed in his eyes.
"No I can save her, it's just that I'll need you to stick next to me no matter what. I don't want you falling on the floor, giving me no choice to leave you being like in those horror movies" Right now Gasper is a bit of a coward but when it comes to Valerie, his best friend, he can muster enough courage to do what he needs to do.
"Y-yes I'll stay close" he nodded.
I returned the nod and put my hands on the seal and
*Scash* the magic circles shattered like glass.
*WEEWOOO WEEWOOO!!!*
Immediately, an alarm sounded out, alerting every vampire to our existence.
I opened the door to the room. It was a decent room for a vampire castle.
I expected it to be more lavish, but they surely wouldn't give something like that to a damphir like Valerie or Gasper.
There she was, her small body with long blond hair. I'm sure that her eyes were red, but they were currently closed, so I'm not able to see.
"Valerie!" Gasper shouted as he ran to her
"Wake up, we need to go! Valerie!... Valerie?" Gasper stopped shaking her as he realized that she wasn't walking up.
I walked up to him and spoke, "It's her sacred gear that caused her to go into a coma; too much information was shoved into her, causing her to be in this situation," I informed.
Valerie must have gone into a coma from suddenly receiving information about life, death, and how to make souls.
"What!? Then how do we wake her up?" He seemed to be panicking more every second.
"Calm down, let's leave here first." Without hesitation, I picked up Valerie in a princess carry while Gasper was once again hanging from my back like a koala
"H-how are we going to escape?" Asked Gasper nervously as we could hear steps coming closer.
I didn't respond, but merely showed a ticket in my hand.
I ripped it, and we soon disappeared from the scene and went to another random location.