"Yes, and if you dare to touch him I-"
"By her complexion, I could have sworn that she was a girl ... But that's irrelevant, as long as you do not do anything stupid and answer my questions, nothing will happen"
"How can I trust you"
"You don't think I take the risk of saving you just to take care of you myself do you?"
Looking at Deimos without being convinced of her words, the elf continued to be silent, seeing that Deimos decided to take a more direct form.
"And to be honest, they don't have a choice."
"You!"
After that Deimos asked the elf her name to which she replied that her name is Yun.
"Well Miss Yun, would you be so kind as to tell me who sent Butterflap to kill me?"
Seeing that for the moment his brother was not in imminent danger, Yun leaned back so as not to continue aggravating his injuries and turning his head to look at Deimos began to speak
"I only know that it was a Count, he manipulated the Butterflap clan after assassinating the previous lord and ordered the young lord to act against you."
"I see, then he was just a pawn"
"And it is"
"From what I see unlike your brother, you do not have much affection for that Butterflap"
Laughing lightly at Deimos Yun's words, she began to tell him her story.
"As you can guess, we are elves without a clan, apparently when that happened we had not been born yet, so at first it is not that we have an attachment to our clan, but we still suffer from this curse.
That Lord save my mother from its persecutors and give her a place to give birth to me and my brother safely, unfortunately, my brother was born weak so he could only help with minor tasks and servant labor in the castle "
Stopping, Yun looked at his brother who was sleeping peacefully, and after a few seconds continued.
"As for me, I was trained for as long as I can remember to become an assassin for the clan."
"So he saved you to use you"
"Yes and I do not hold a grudge against him, even when mother died, but when I found out that he wanted to send Yin to a viscount who caught his attention from him, I could not forgive him ...
But before trying anything the lord locked me up, it was only thanks to Mir's requests that the lord had to postpone the deal, which allowed that count to assassinate the lord and put Mir at the head of the clan "
"And that's why he was so fond of him unlike you."
"Basically. After that, you know what happened"
"Yes, I can imagine"
Saying that Deimos was silent as he thought of all those who had tried to take over his clan before, but after a couple of minutes of meditating, he sighed as he was not able to think of anyone in particular.
[With so little information I can't distinguish who it may be ...]
[It's not that there are so many counts, isn't it, boy?]
[There are not so many, and if I had them all against me long ago they would have made me disappear, the problem is in their lackeys, a viscount may have asked the count who serves for support]
Seeing Deimos's annoyed face and that she hadn't said anything for a while, Yun, maintaining a cautious attitude, asked Deimos if he would let them go now that she had told him everything.
"Okay, I see no problem in forgiving your life"
"I see, thanks… Hey, what are you doing with Yin!?"
Hearing Deimos's reply, Yun calmed down but was soon surprised to see Deimos walk over to her brother Yin and place him on his shoulder.
"What are you planning to do !?"
Seeing how the elf was upset by his actions and not wanting her to misinterpret him and do something stupid, Deimos explained what he was doing
"Since neither of you is fit to walk, I plan to carry you both to my fortress."
"But you said you would forgive us!"
"And that I will do, I will not kill you, but that does not mean that you are not my prisoners, after all, you came to try to assassinate me and I am not completely sure if what you say is true"
"But-"
"Don't worry, for now, sleep when you wake up and if what you said matches what your brother will tell me, I will consider giving you your freedom"
"You!"
{zap}
After casting a basic thunder spell and knocking Yun unconscious, Deimos placed both elves on his shoulders and began walking towards his stronghold.
[Hey chico, que paso con eso de 'Eso no lastimaria a la elfa?']
[It's not like a lightning or two had ever killed an elf, is it?]
...…
Leaving the pair of elves in the guest room on the second floor of the fortress, Deimos went to his room and after changing into looser clothes he took a bag of water and went out to his balcony to relax his mind a bit while receiving the sunset light.
[You know boy, it makes me curious how you don't mind being in the sunlight for so long, usually, blood handlers don't like it]
"It's not really that strange, or at least it isn't now.
Most vampires who still retain the ability to manipulate blood without the essence dissipating from it, tend to make their skin transparent to find an optimal route in their bodies through which to make their essence flow and connect it as if extending their veins outside of their body.
And for this reason, it is easier to suffer burns from light sources, so they prefer to stay in the dark, for my part, and like almost everyone, we are almost like a human when it comes to receiving the sunlight"
[Mortals are always so rare, but I wonder how they got so weak…]
"Either way, we must prepare for anything, soon my period of protection will end and I doubt that my enemies will surrender so easily, if they sent something a little organized unlike today I doubt that we can survive"
[Yes... that would be problematic]
"The main problem is that my territory does not have people to recruit and I have no allies"
[Weren't you from a noble clan boy?]
"{Sigh}" [Even though after the war and receiving the favor of the goddess Eris my clan reached the rank of counts, my ancestors were deceived and fell into depravity, wasting all our wealth and ruining our name.
Some of them even conspired against the royal family, although I know that was their plan.
If my clan loses its title of nobles, it would be easier for the royal family to take our last name"
[And why are they so obsessed with your last name boy?]
"I already told you, it was thanks to the goddess Eris that she gave us that surname and with it a power that provoked the envy of the rest of the clans including the royal family ...
Either way, back to the point, thanks to the sacrifice of my grandfather and my father we managed to become lords again, so we have neither followers nor a people to support us for now"
"I see ... If you had more time we could try that]
Confused by Abaddon's strange response, Deimos asked him what he meant, to which Abaddon replied saying that he knew of the existence of a neighboring plane that lost its guardian during an invasion of chaos.
[Although we sealed that plane so that nothing else would enter or leave it, I can create a path by which we can go to that plane and recruit its inhabitants]
[How is the situation? Hasn't it fallen into chaos?]
[I doubt it boy, the disaster for which the guardian of that plane died was not the fault of chaos but of mortals, unlike in this world in that plane, the inhabitants hardly can absorb any ether, so they are mostly weak]
Saying that Abaddon continued to explain that the humans of that plane had created weapons to protect themselves and these were the ones that caused them to almost destroy the world since when one of the nations of that world began to lose ground against the forces of chaos, they used these weapons which prompted other nations to use them
"... Is there anyone still alive in that place?"
[That's right, boy, thanks to the guardian's sacrifice, he managed to conserve part of the world and allowed the world to slowly recover.
Apparently, in this thousand years, the survivors managed to create a new nation ... but from what I can see at this point, it seems that the seal caused the time in that place to be slower than in this place, only 130 years have passed more or less ...]
"So how is their situation?"
[From what little I can see, they managed to reconquer one of the continents and now they are trying to recover the rest of the continents from the beasts that evolved under the influence of chaos.]
"You say that there is hardly any magic energy on that planet, how can they even fight against the forces of chaos?"
[Fortunately for them, thanks to the seal that I used at that time, the chaos cannot continue to exert its influence on its forces or send more reinforcements, otherwise I doubt they would have lasted a decade without the guardian.
In general, even though most of the inhabitants of that world are humans without magical abilities, they managed to overcome the dangers and prosper, so now they live in relative peace]
"I see ... then I doubt they want to help, who in their right mind would abandon a life of peace to come to a battlefield to fight"
[There you are the wrong boy, said peace has caused the lives of those humans, in their words, to be monotonous and boring, so they are always in search of emotions, we can use that]
"I get your point, when spirits are low, I remember there was nothing like going out hunting on the back of a soul-tracking wolf"
[In the case of those humans, their actions are controlled by the laws that they imposed to keep the peace, so they can only vent their frustration by watching others fight in arranged fights or enter virtual worlds and explore while partially controlling an avatar using artifacts
We could use that to recruit a group and transport their souls to this plane to fight for you using avatars.]
"Avatars?"
[It's a simplified version of the body that those brats relied on to create the rest of the races in this world, they are extremely weak at first but have surprising growth potential.
Their ability to absorb and refine Ether is higher than your average mortal, also if their body is destroyed, they can use that Ether or the essence they have already refined to restore it]
"I see, it could work ... What do we need for that?"
[The first thing is to build a matrix of souls to bring the souls of that world to this one and form a channel that connects both planes, otherwise, it will be difficult to deal with the difference at which time passes between both planes]
Finally seeing an opportunity to restore his clan, Deimos got excited and asked him that perhaps he could buy more time and what they needed to create those transport arrays.
[Boy, I need at least two cores from a dimensional deer, I really hope you can get it, that will save me several years of having to find another viable carrier in case you die]
"Thanks for the support"
[Use and be used boy, always remember that]
"..."
Without saying more, Deimos sighed and after refining the details of his plan to obtain the cores, he went to the elves room where he observed Yin wiping the sweat on Yun's face, which was still unconscious.
"How is she?"
"ahhh! Oh hi… this…"
"..."
"She, she seems fine… You know if-"
"For now leave her and come, we have to talk"
"But-"
"Didn't you say she was fine? Besides, it won't take long, I just need you to answer a couple of questions."
"I ... understand, let's go"
Seeing that Deimos wouldn't take no for an answer, Yin placed a damp cloth on her sister's forehead and left the room where Deimos was waiting for him.
"Well, I want you to know that I did not save your sister and you just because I wanted to, now I need you to answer me a couple of questions and I hope you only say the truth"
Diciendo eso, Deimos miro a los ojos a Yin el cual pudo ver una ligera sombra carmesí aparecer en las pupilas de Deimos
...
"Huh, where am I?"
"Sister, you finally wake up"
"Yin? Are you okay? Where are we?"
"I am fine, and we are in the castle of the Lord Deimos"
"Huh, that bastard, he didn't do anything to you?"
"N- nothing happened, he just asked me a few questions and offered us a place to stay until you recover"
"What? What did he ask you for? "
"Nothing, he just asked me to sign a contract that I would serve him as the castle's steward."
"But-"
{knock knock} Without being able to speak anymore Yun was interrupted by a knock on the door which opened without waiting for a response and through it, Deimos entered the room
"I see that you are awake"
"Lord Deimos"
"..."
"I need to talk to your sister and I need you to clean the kitchen."
"I understand, I will go immediately, sister rest well for now, when I finish I will bring you some food"
"... thank you, Yin ..."
Left alone, Yun looked Deimos in the eye as she waited for Yin to get far enough away from them.
"What are you planning?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You recruited my brother while I was unconscious and you made him sign a contract that only Eris will know what it contains."
"So you are followers of the goddess Eris, that's strange, elves usually follow Yanu"
"Stop ignoring my question, what are you planning to do with us?"
"Nothing, I just offered your brother a place to stay in exchange for being my butler, I have to say that he loves you very much, so as long as you don't try anything against me and he does his job you two can live under my protection"
"So you only want us as your servants."
"Indeed"
"..."
"Your brother has already decided to serve me to give you a roof and food, you should think about what you will do"
"As if I had a choice now that I no longer have a way to move ..."
"As I said think about it, tonight I will travel to the capital for some business and I will return tomorrow"
"... Why are you telling me that?"
"... ... That boy is kind-hearted and he's too innocent, plus you fallen elves can be very useful, but I don't need servants who can stab me in the back."
Without waiting for an answer, Deimos left the room and after dressing appropriately he left the fortress walking away and waited a couple of hours before taking the medal of royal promise which he split in two, thus opening a portal that led him in front of the king who was holding an audience
"What does this mean? Cornerstone what are you doing here? "
After exiting the portal, the first thing Deimos heard was the annoying voice of the king and several royal guards surrounding him ready to finish him off if he tried something.
Wasting no time, Deimos knelt and spoke
"Your majesty, today I have come with a medal of royal promise to claim the favor given to my ancestors" .....
....
[Well that was better than we thought, wasn't it boy?]
"I just hope that to save myself from the wolf, I have not caught the attention of a dragon"
[I don't think there should be any problems for now boy, plus didn't that king say he would give you two more years of protection?]
Abaddon said as Deimos entered his fortress while he went to the basement.
"But did you see his look when I mentioned the soul puppets? Although he said that if we needed it, he would help me develop them in case the chaos returns, I am sure he only wants them to increase his influence or take them away from me"
[Well who told you to lie to get those cores]
"{Sigh} It was the only way they would give me the cores and additional time, as I told you before, the royal family have always frowned on my clan since we were the only ones that have won the favor of the goddess Eris after the battle against chaos"
[That girl always caused problems in the smallest things ... although I suppose she was the best-behaved among them all]
"I only hope that when he sees that he cannot control them at will, he considers them a failure and forget it"
Entering a large room in the basement, Deimos, following Abaddon's instructions, carved the transport array on the floor.
"That should be enough"
"Good job kid, now you just need to place the two cores in each circle in the center"
After taking the two cores, Deimos prepared to place them in position but before doing so he sighed and warned Abaddon that if something other than what they agreed to happen, he would cause the conduit to collapse immediately.
Hearing Abaddon's affirmation, Deimos placed both cores which began to glow, and using the array as a base, created a circuit that began to absorb the essence in the surroundings.
"Now it only remains to let it charge overnight"
Understanding that there was nothing else to do, Deimos took one last look at the soul array, and leaving the basement he went up to go to this room but was stopped by a song coming from a room on the second floor.
After opening the door of the room that he assigned to the elves, he could see Yun singing while she was sitting on her bed and stroking the head of Yin who was asleep sitting next to her.
Waiting for the song to end as he watched the pair of elves from the doorway, Deimos spoke.
"I guess you have already decided"
"... Yes we did it"
"Alright, get ready, we'll be out in a couple of hours."
"May I ask where we are going… Master?"
"Lord, I am not your master, and we will go to another plane, I have a business to settle"
"I get it, I won't ask what I shouldn't"
"Whether you believe me or not is indifferent"
Without trying to convince Yun, Deimos turned around and left the room, going straight to his room on the third floor.
...
The next morning, Deimos waited for the two brothers in the basement, after several minutes of waiting Yin went down to the basement carrying Yun with some difficulties on his back using a makeshift chair.
Seeing this, Deimos did not say anything and after entering the array followed by Yin, it lit up and after a second the three disappeared.
…