'I'm really glad you are here, so I can experiment and play a little with you.'
Zaiden totally remembered marking Anna and now he wanted to seize the opportunity. She approached him all by herself and walked towards the seemingly devil. Curtis on the other hand was aware of the fact that he had to stay put and cautious about Anna. Since Zaiden couldn't be trusted easily to refrain from using his ingenious brain, hence Curtis already started to analyze the situation.
'This kid is going to do something bad, I can feel it in my gut.'
Curtis saw Anna holding a box and walked towards him, whereas Zaiden stood up and cheerfully responded to her unexpected visit. Zaiden acknowledged he had to try every possible power and ability allotted to him. He had the thirst for the unknown and it forced him to experiment without bothering the consequences.
'I can play a little with her, since now that I'm part vampire no one should be able to harm me.'
Earlier Zaiden couldn't decipher the realization of him being a vampire. But now that he learnt the perks which arrived with that particular fact made him embrace it. Zaiden was willing to go through lengths and acknowledged the fact that he was immortal. Only to be killed by another O blood group.
'But how should I hypnotize her?'
Anna smiled brightly and hated in front of him, Zaiden returned the same gesture with intensity. Zaiden glanced in her eyes intently figuring out that if something was different with her or not.
"I knew you would be here, Ellen told me that master Michal took you under his wing."
She had a prior knowledge about his activities, which Zaiden didn't expect. He had a hunch that disappointment in him might have made Anna ignore his existence. But upon seeing her he couldn't help but to inquire.
"So, you were keeping tabs on me?"
He teased her aiming to know the reason why was she looking for him. Zaiden's curiosity increased after seeing the small box in her hand.
"Haha! Yes and no. You see we can track down all the disciples due to the M-core which was given to us on orientation day."
The realization of being tapped every moment made him uncomfortable. Zaiden immediately thought of every place he went to after arriving to the new institute. He didn't want to seem suspicious, now that the faculty might have been seeing his records.
"Oh, right. I forgot about that, didn't seem to realize it since it became a part of our lives."
Zaiden shrugged off the topic by casually commenting on it. He expected Anna to blurt out the stuff, the box in her hands had been constantly ticking him off. Anna chuckled softly and shoved the box in front of him.
"Here, I brought you this. Seeing your exceptional skill and stamina the faculty paced up their search for another gem. This is the most advanced one they especially sent for you, it contains all the previous information and some training stuff too."
Anna seemed to be aware the kind of M-core he received now, her well-informed statement came from her father. It seemed that her father was favoring Zaiden, but at what cost? Since Zaiden was mature enough to understand that the vampires were equally vile as humans, and nothing comes for free. And definitely not when it's power!
"Oh? That was fast, isn't it?"
Zaiden could smell something was definitely fishy, why would the faculty favor him out of the blue. Nonetheless he took the box and opened it, but upon the slightest brush of her skin against his caused Anna pull her hand. Zaiden sensed something from the touch too and wished for the demon to be present in that moment.
'What was that? It felt like a spark.'
Curtis experienced a rising nauseous feeling within him, he floated a few steps away from both of them. He didn't know how to mention whatever uncomfy he felt, hence he summoned the system to answer his confusion.
[The entity named Anna Malcolm is part human, part vampire. Blood group | A Negative | Earth element]
'What? So, that's why master Zaiden' attunement level dropped? How he didn't I realize that she is a human?'
Curtis had no explanation about what happened. But he didn't want to risk anything more, hence he instructed the system to pass the searched information to Zaiden. As the ghost partner Curtis could sense the presence of humans around him by a strong gut feeling. Similarly Zaiden could search them with the scent of human blood.
'So, because of her my power level dropped. If she is part human like me, is she equally strong to me? Even though her element is different and she isn't a noble blood, it shouldn't make her an obstacle for me, right?'
Zaiden had multiple questions piled up and the only way to find out the answers now was experiment. Curtis saw a malicious shine in Zaiden' eyes and gulped upon acknowledging what it meant. Zaiden put down the crimson gem under the tree and moved a few steps.
"Anna, I command you to attack me!"
He smirked and using an authoritative tone, Zaiden commanded her. He visibly saw her crimson eyes turning pitch black, and her fangs growing longer as she snarled looking in his direction.