Alucard wrote down every piece of the sigil he saw, even the parts he thought were unnecessary at first glance, and he did it carefully, lapping across the entire room multiple times to make sure the layering and positions were right.
Meanwhile, Sunny saw Alucard running around the room four times, drawing a line, then lapping around another five times before drawing another line.
"Are you sure you have to get your steps in right now?"
Sunny yelled to Alucard, clearly annoyed at his antics and having his time wasted.
Alucard did not answer. He was too busy hunching over the ground, drawing a circle on the leather as he began drawing the second layer.
"Just wait, Sunny. I should be done in like half an hour."
Alucard paused, tapping a pen he had made using blood against his face a few times before correcting himself.
"Actually, more like a full hour."
Sunny would have been upset if he wasn't just flabbergasted and left mouth agape at just how dumb Alucard was.
He didn't use a regular pen. He used one where the tip of the pen was a sharp knife used to cut the leather, and he somehow managed to cut his face deep enough to draw blood and didn't even react. Now he had a bleeding chin that made him look like he had a blood goatee.
If Alucard wasn't overly focused on the sigil, he would have seen Sunny holding his face and stomach, dying in laughter.
Nothing else happened after that, surprisingly, and after everything was finished, Alucard packed the sigil into his pocket and walked out, not before making the wolf hand sign.
Beast appeared in a pool of blood and white sparks, wagging his tail in excitement.
Before Beast could pounce on Alucard, he quickly caught Beast midair and stopped him.
"Hey buddy, can you destroy the sigil on the floor for me while me and Sunny quietly walk away? Unsummon yourself when you're done."
Beast nodded, already beginning to form blood tentacles and destroying the sigil on the ground, turning it into gravel instantly.
Alucard ran past Sunny, turning around at the last second to give him a salute.
"Unfortunately, Sunny, I can't stay any longer, but you should be able to escape just fine on your own. Think of it as stealth training!"
Before Sunny could even comprehend it, Alucard was already long gone.
"Damn you, Al."
Sunny said out loud, his shadows noticing the guards gathering to see what was causing this commotion.
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After Alucard ran away, smiling from ear to ear like an idiot, he reached Feltan's house again soon after, sighing dramatically at all the cardio he was doing today.
"You know, even for me this is exhausting."
Suddenly, Alucard felt like he was about to be hurt very soon and very badly.
Knowing what to do, Alucard immediately sat down and covered his ears, praying to every dead god that was enough.
Unfortunately, Alucard failed to consider he heard Feltan's voice in his head, not his ears.
"YOU DAMN BRAT! YOU DARE COME BACK TO ME AFTER WHAT YOU DID?!"
Alucard rolled across the floor in agony, clutching his ears with his hands... well, hand really, not that it mattered much since he wasn't actually hearing anything.
After a few more minutes of yelling, Feltan finally decided to end Alucard's suffering and lowered his tone.
"Now that we settled our little disagreement, let's see. Did you get the sigil I told you to get?"
Alucard, still dazed by the sudden shattering of his skull, was clutching his aching mind in pain before taking out the piece of leather and throwing it forward.
"Yeah, I did get it, but I didn't have enough time to study it fully, so I'm pretty clueless when it comes to deciphering what it does."
Feltan nodded knowingly before answering quickly and clearly.
"Oh well, it shouldn't be too hard to understand. It's just sorcery after all... by the dead gods, I am starting to sound like them. Alucard, prepare quickly. I think my sanity is beginning to deteriorate."
Feltan said in a panic. Clearly, Alucard got his dramatic tendencies from somewhere.
As much as Alucard would have liked to ask questions, he knew being distracted helped no one.
"Okay, Feltan, can you explain to me how to use this sigil?"
Feltan nodded while having his eyes closed and a cocky smile on his face. Clearly, he enjoyed being the smart one for once.
"Of course, brat. I, the great and wise Feltan, will teach you, insignificant mortal, how to use summoning. First, umhhh... wait, okay, so first you draw the sigil, then you... ah yes, then you add essence into the sigil, and finally... you do a chant, yes a chant, based on who you wish to summon, and depending on the power of the summonee, you may have to give the sigil a sacrifice in order for it to work as desired."
Alucard could barely hold in his frustration as his eyebrow twitched in annoyance.
"Old geezer, get your glasses because I can clearly hear you reading how to use this sorcery off a damn manual!"
Feltan shrugged with indifference.
"I'll have you know you couldn't read this even if you tried."
Alucard was filled with a mix of emotions, none of which he could put into words. If he had to pick a word to describe it all, he would pick gshshhenindb.
"So you admit you read it?"
Feltan shook his head in disappointment, dropping the manual down on the floor.
"What? Of course not. It's just if it did hypothetically happen, you would still need me."
Alucard was so gshshhenindb right now he just got up and sighed, raising his hands in the air in exasperation.
"I literally heard you drop the book!"
Feltan shrugged.
"How are you sure it wasn't an illusion?"
Alucard knew this conversation was going nowhere, so he decided to spend his time more wisely and instead study the summoning sigil in order to understand it, especially since his teacher needs a book to explain how it works and he still couldn't explain it well enough.
Behind Alucard, a small shadow began to approach the building, staring at Alucard from afar, not daring to get close to the building Alucard was in... yet.