faes took her time while bathing. it wasn't just because she was tired, it was due to the black substance sticking to her was hard to remove.
after bathing faes got ready wearing a gothic outfit and went to find others.
sky was tired because of the ritual hence she fell asleep.
after checking on sky faes took her family, grey and elijah back outside.
they appeared right where they left and in front of them were the servants who decided to vow their loyalty to faes. there were some missing ones but faes already knew where they were and would deal with them later.
she glanced behind her, towards the burnt castle which now looked black while falling off in some places.
there was a pang in her heart when she realised that due to her anger and compensation she went overboard with the spell.
the architecture of the Castle was great, just the decorations were annoyingly pink that triggered her. she could have just gotten rid of the decorations.
"its alright sister, we would make a new castle for you, one that you would love. just tell us what you want. i would take care of the finance for the construction" alex spoke in a careful tone still uncertain about current faes.
she looked intimidating with the Gothic attire along with the black runes on her skin.
"i-i will help you decorate it, if you want" nia also suggested but she too was kind of scared of the current faes.
faes knew why they were cautious and afraid.
her eyes were flickering with a red light, not to mention her watch and bloodstone were also releasing their own desire for blood. she was low on blood and her pale skin was growing paler with time highlighting the black runes and her flashing red eyes.
her bloodlust was leaking~
faes smiled at her siblings and nodded.
"it would be appriciated but we wont be needing much. i would renovate the castle later myself with my aide using magic. though i would appreciate if you can help me shop for furniture and other items"
once she spoke the two royal kids sighed their fear decreasing partially but they still had their guard up.
"but currently lets deal with the traitors first" faes spoke smiling as she turned back to the servants who were now shivering with fear kneeling on the ground, too afraid to even look at her.
"time's up. those who have decided to accept my conditions sign these new contracts while those who dont want to accept them can stand aside. hmm? some seem to be missing as well, lets summon them then"
faes had left trackers on everyone before she lost it, so it wasn't hard to find them now. most were still in the city or around trying to hide amd flee.
with a simple teleportation spell all the missing servants were teleported right in front of everyone.
once those guys realised that they couldn't escape they kneeled down begging for mercy.
"you really think i would forgive you? i have already given you all a choice yet you dared to run away~ let's show others of what would happen to those who betray me in the future" faes laughed as the dozen servants who fled began to levitate struggling in vain.
faes walked to them and then first tied them up before cutting their wrists to draw blood out.
eli and grey helped her collect the blood.
"don't worry, i won't kill you yet. I'm not done" faes laughed as she began to heal the servants until they were barely conscious.
following which she whipped those people dead. it wasn't fun because they were normal humans who didn't even have mana. she felt like they were relieved easily but she couldn't go overboard.
the nobles would rebel if she did that.
after burning the dead bodies of those servants faes turned to the raining ones around.
"it was just tip of the iceberg of what you would suffer on your betrayal so choose wisely amd act properly in the future" once she was done faes went back to her family members who all had grim faces.
"what are you going to do with the blood faes?" augustus asked eyeing the containers with clear disgust and confusion.
"I'm going to drink it ofcourse" faes replied making her father horrified.
"why? its human blood! and it could even be unhealthy or contain diseases"
faes shook her head
"it wont hurt me and i need to drink blood." faes glanced at blake who was staring at her knowingly. he knew that she can use blood magic.
"i have another ability, blood magic but it requires me to drink blood for retaining my health otherwise it would kill me" faes explained after creating a barrier around them to prevent eavesdropping.
"what?" her family was shocked. faes wondered if she should tell them about all of her abilities but in the end decided to make an excuse, a partial truth
"my original skill is power pick, i can copy the skills and magic of others using that. it allows me to use many kinds of powers"
faes noticed that her family was frozen in shock hence decided to let it be.
she would explain everything slowly in the future.
"you all need to rest, we will deal with things here then go back to mystic fog castle to rest." faes then asked the royal servants to take her family to their chambers.
blake decided to go back to mystic fog castle with her.
and once faes was done signing all the contracts she smiled at the servants who were still shaking in fear.
"you all can go back home now and continue working a few days from now. you can take this time to rest and contemplate. and no need to fear me, not until you have done no wrong. afterall we are starting anew!"
once faes was done dealing with the servants she went back to mystic fog castle.
blake was escorted to his room while she sat in her room staring at the blood with hunger.
she couldn't control her body from taking the blood and drinking it.
the metallic taste slid down her throat and her accesories absorbed its essence in n o time. even her body responded to the blood and continued drinking until she was drunk on blood.
it felt as if she had drank a lot of alcohol but it was stronger and weird yet satisfying.
once the bloodlust was soothed faes fell back on the sofa she was sitting on to drink the blood, her body relaxing and sleep taking over.
in no time she was fast asleep. zzzzzzz.