Three days before arriving at the crimson castle, Carlos Decker was in a meeting with Vivian in a private location. "I feel like I don't have much time to live, it is really difficult to control this thing inside my body"
Vivian chuckled before placing a vial on the table. The liquid inside the vial looks identical to water, Decker then picks up the vial to take a close look at it.
"So will this assist me in defeating Leonidas?"
Vivian gave Decker, a light chuckle, "I modified and increased the alpha wolf venom to the equivalent of an alpha lord werewolf's venom, that will be more than enough to secure your victory"
"You have done a good job Vivian, I don't plan to just kill him outright, I want to make him suffer, then I will exterminate his whole family."
Vivian couldn't help at giggling at the thought of the great Leonidas suffering "What plan do you have in store if I might ask?"
Decker took the vile and placed it in his pocket, "I have a pet that needs feeding, who better to be eaten alive than Leonidas, I would love to stay Vivian but I have to make some arrangement with some mercenaries"
Before Decker reached the door Vivian said "listen Decker, pour the venom in his tea and wait 30 minutes, snap your fingers and say activate"
Decker smiled "I will let you know when everything goes as planned"
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(present day)
When Carlos Decker walked out of the carriage, he saw John and the maid Haven are standing on one side waiting for their carriage to arrive, when he and John made eye contact, he smiled and gave John a light nod before walking to the castle door where one of the butlers were already expecting his arrival. When Decker entered the castle, he was led by the butler to Leonidas's meeting room. When Decker entered the room, he saw Leonidas sitting by the table, busy filling in paper forms. Decker gave Leonidas a bow "Greetings my lord, I have come with good news".
Leonidas put down his pen and looked at Carlos Decker "speak, when is the meeting"
"In two days, my lord", Decker said while still bowing to the ground,
"Good, what is the client's name and where does he stay, I can fly there and handle business quickly"
Carlos Decker then became very nervous as little sweat droplets began to appear on his face "No my lord, the client specifically told me that he wants to be anonymous until the meeting, the client is very careful as he is very important and has very dangerous enemies, I suggest we take my carriage my lord in order to not attract much attention, the client also gave my lord a gift as a token of trust"
Carlos Decker then took out a beautiful wooden box from his storage bracelet and placed it in front of Leonidas.
"Oh" Leonidas replied before opening the wooden box. Inside the box was a short sword with three small holes in the middle
"The short sword is called The Dancing Flame, perfect for fire users and is made from the one best blacksmiths in the world, please my lord, take a look"
Leonidas picked up the dagger and gave it a good look. "Hmmm, is this a supreme grade weapon?"
"Yes my lord"
"I like it, tell your client I accept this gift and that we will see each other in two days, now leave, I have a lot of work to do"
"Thank you, my lord, I will take my leave then" Decker said while feeling very pleased on the inside "Everything is going just as planned" he thought.
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When John and Elena arrived in town, John immediately went to a restaurant. John, Haven, along with two crimson knights entered the restaurant where they were led to their tables.
John ordered different kinds of dishes that have chicken, beef and pork. Haven could not believe how this 14-year-old boy can eat all this food.
"Why do young master not drink blood instead" she thought
John offered Haven and the two-knights food, but they were not interested and politely declined his offer. John did not take any offence and resumed eating his food. After John ate, they went to the magic shop where John wanted to buy magic stones as he used up everything when he trained privately.
When they entered the shop, an old man was already standing behind the counter. "What's up old man Clarence"
Clarence had a cheerful smile on his face when he saw John "Greetings young master, long time no see, how may this old man be of use"
John thought for a moment "I want a fire, water, lighting and wind stone please"
Old man Clarence then took out the stones and placed it on the table "I am sorry young master John but we do not have any wind elemental stones at the moment"
John did not mind "It's fine, just give me the three elemental stones"
John then thought for a moment "Old man Clarence, do you by any chance have strength and speed potions?"
"Of course, young master"
John bought two of each and looked around the shop to see if there is nothing that piques his interest, however, this was a small shop that did not have much and so John left the shop after bidding old man Clarence farewell. After John left the shop, he went to a jewellery store, and the salesperson behind the counter was a young Asian lady.
The young Asian lady began to feel nervous when she saw that the young boy who entered the shop was accompanied by two knights and a maid, she instantly knew that this boy was someone important.
She then gave John a bow "greetings young master, how may this one be of service". John was still not used to people bowing to him and he scratched the back of his head "please stand up, you don't need to bow".
The young lady stood up and began to introduce herself "This one is called Viola, please look around and let this one know if young master is in need of any assistance. John then also introduced himself "oh, you can just call me John"
John looked at Haven, "what do you think is a good present to buy a girl Haven?"
"This one does not know young master, this one always in castle working and hardly go outside"
John felt a little bad when he heard what Haven said, he then looked around; however, he did not know what to buy and so he picked a gold bracelet with a star charm "do you think this a good present for a girl" he asked Viola.
"This is an excellent present young master". John felt very happy buying this bracelet for Elena. After buying the present, John, Haven and the two vampire knights walked around town for a few hours before coming back to the crimson castle.
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That evening, Leonidas and his wife Anna were laying in bed together, they kissed for a few minutes and then Leonidas said "Listen honey, I am going to a meeting in two days with Decker, this is a good opportunity to make our family stronger, I want you to handle things here while I am gone"
Anna touched his face, "I think Zeno will be back in two days, Markus and his wives will also maybe be here by the time you leave"
Leonidas then kissed her on the forehead "good".
Anna then became curious on who the client is "So what is the client's name that will benefit our family", but Leonidas did not immediately reply "I do not know, he wants to be anonymous for the time being, he even gave me a supreme weapon as a token of trust."
"Do you think it's a trap?"
He then gave her a side look "Who would be foolish enough to ambush me, Decker is but just an insect beneath my feet and I can crush him anytime I want, he is not a foolish man"
Anna then grabbed his hand, it felt smooth to the touch "then I want you to take John with you, I want him to spend some time with his grandfather"
"Absolutely not, I do not want to be near the boy"
"You spend most of your free time with your other grandchildren but not John, Leonidas he is special and is training very hard, he is going on this trip with you when you like it or not"
"No, he is not special and he will not come with me; this is business not pleasure woman"
Anna then became angry and she grabbed his testicles "He will come with you, right honey". Leonidas looked at her and saw a glint in her eyes, they stared at each other for 10 seconds "Fine, the boy can come". Anna grinned and proceeded to remove his pants, he looked at her and his eyes started to turn red.
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On the roof of the crimson castle, John and Elena were sitting on their own respective chairs and staring at the sky, enjoying each other's company. While they were looking at the stars in the sky, John remembered something, he took out a jewellery box "Hey, um Elena, I bought you something".
Elena who was still looking at the stars, looked at John, she was shocked at what John just said "No master John"
"Stop calling me master, we are friends and this is what friends do, here take it". In all her 110 years working in the crimson castle, she has never received a gift like this from anyone. She looked at John, she wanted to cry but held it in. John smiled "open it" he said.
Elena slowly opened the box and saw a beautiful bracelet made of gold. She looked at John and he stood up "look, it also has star charms, just like how we are watching the stars right now, isn't it cool?". Tears began to stream down her face, she felt every bit of warmth of the tears rolling down her cheeks.
John saw her crying and he began to panic "what is it? Why are you crying? Don't you like it, must I take it back?".
"No, um John, this one very much like the bracelet, thank you very much" Elena got down on her knees and bowed to John and he quickly held her up "Please Elena you don't have to do that".
While they were standing, they looked at each other for a few seconds "come let me put it on ya". Elena held out her hand and John slowly put the bracelet on her wrist. As John was putting it on, she couldn't help staring at him "but I don't have a present for you"
"It's fine, I don't need one", as they stood there in silence John wanted to say something "Listen Elena…" before John could finish his sentence, he felt something soft and sweet on his lips. He was shocked and surprised when Elena kissed him, he felt her cold soft hands on his cheeks and she felt his warm soft skin on her hands.
After a few seconds, they slowly separated from each other. Elena could not help to blush, and she slowly said "Good night".
John was speechless, this was his first kiss from a girl. Elena then disappeared, and he was still standing there and looking at the starry sky, feeling very happy on the inside. He touched his lips and thought about the kiss.
He breathed a little bit of air out and softly said "wow".