"Ugh…"
The sudden sound made Shichen flinch, almost jumping in fright.
He immediately reined in his smile and turned to look at the source of the voice.
He saw Nangong Nayue in mid-air, holding a purplish-black parasol, standing on a magic circle, and looking at him calmly.
"Na…Nayue-chan, why are you here?" Shichen's surging magic power instantly subsided, and his entire aura weakened.
It was as if he had been caught doing something bad by his parents.
In reality, it was pretty much the same.
"Heh~ Why do you think I'm here?" Nangong Nayue sneered and retorted.
"Um… to pick me up and take me home?" Shichen tried to joke to lighten the mood.
Nangong Nayue didn't play along at all: "What? You're going home in the middle of the day?"
"Nayue-chan, don't you have work?" Shichen gave up on joking around.
"Hmph, I'm done." Nangong Nayue crossed her arms.
"Alright…"
"Quick, tell me, what was with that massive magic power just now? Why do you have magic power?" Nangong Nayue didn't waste words and asked directly.
"I devoured the Sage's Spirit Blood, so I have magic power," Shichen replied honestly, not intending to hide it.
"Sage's Spirit Blood? Are you talking about *that* Sage's Spirit Blood?" Nangong Nayue found it a bit hard to believe.
She naturally knew what the Sage's Spirit Blood was, and its function and effects.
"That one," Shichen nodded.
"Why is there Sage's Spirit Blood here?"
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"You'll have to ask her," Shichen gestured to Nina on his shoulder.
"Master… who is she?" Nina asked uncertainly.
Not having figured out Nangong Nayue's identity, she was a bit unsure how to respond. After all, Shichen kept trying to absorb her, what if she used the wrong attitude?
She already knew that Shichen was the so-called Progenitor, which meant he was a vampire. And what vampires needed most was the blood of pure maidens.
What if the maiden in front of her was his type?
"Oh? You're already calling him Master? Just one morning apart, and you've become so accomplished?" Nangong Nayue's tone was a bit cold, and her expression suddenly turned dangerous.
"Cough cough, Nayue-chan, don't be so quick to get jealous."
"Who's jealous?!"
"You listen to Nina explain first."
"Nina?"
"Nina, just treat Nayue-chan as me, and quickly explain all the circumstances here to her."
"Treat her as Master? I understand."
Nina stood up from Shichen's shoulder, bowed to Nangong Nayue, and then began: "This Master, my name is Nina Adelard, and I am an alchemist."
"Nina Adelard?" Nangong Nayue frowned tightly and slowly asked, "The alchemist from over two hundred years ago? The last descendant of the Mysterious Messenger Hermes Trismegistus? The Overseer of the Sage?"
"Master, you know me? Wait, has it really been over two hundred years?"
"If you are her, then yes, it has indeed been over two hundred years," Nangong Nayue nodded.
"I see."
"How did you find her?" Nangong Nayue asked Shichen.
"Don't rush, listen to her explain."
"Master, let me explain," Nina interjected.
"…Don't call me Master."
"But Master said…"
"It's fine, it's just a title," Shichen said indifferently.
"Forget it… you continue."
"I understand." Nina continued: "Back then, to prevent the Sage from resurrecting, I sacrificed myself to seal him. This is where the Sage's Spirit Blood was sealed… Because of Master's appearance, I also awakened, and now, with a bit of the Sage's Spirit Blood, I have a body."
"What about the rest of the Sage's Spirit Blood? Did you absorb it all?" Nangong Nayue asked Shichen.
"Pretty much," Shichen nodded.
"So, the Sage can't resurrect then?"
"Probably," Shichen didn't care, he was feeling very inflated right now.
"It seems so," Nina, on the other hand, was slow to realize.
Since all the Sage's Spirit Blood had been absorbed by Shichen, the Sage could no longer resurrect through the spirit blood. In that case, she seemed to have been freed.
Should she even thank Shichen?
"I'm asking you, was your goal just the Sage's Spirit Blood?" Nangong Nayue stared at Shichen seriously.
"Not at all." Shichen met Nangong Nayue's gaze sincerely: "My arrival at Itogami Island was indeed an accident. I just happened to discover the Sage's Spirit Blood, so I absorbed it along the way."
"Is that so? I'll reluctantly believe you then."
"Nayue-chan…" Shichen smiled.
"Hmph~ Don't get too happy too soon, you've already been discovered," Nangong Nayue snorted coldly, reminding him.
"Discovered by whom?"
"The outburst of your magic power just now has been noticed by many. That astonishing magic power, many people definitely won't be at ease. You need to be careful now, or I won't be able to keep you."
"Then what should I do?"
"What else can you do? Just act as usual. For those who can detect you, hiding is useless. For those who can't, hiding is meaningless."
"That's true."
"Besides, you're not afraid of trouble now, are you? Has your power recovered?"
"Not yet," Shichen spread his hands helplessly.
"Hm?" Nangong Nayue looked at him in confusion.
"I don't have a Familiar Spirit yet. I only have magic power, and I don't even know how to use magic," Shichen said honestly.
However, that was only his current self. He couldn't learn before because he had no magic power, but Flamme had already taught him many spells.
In other words, he could start learning now, he just wasn't sure if the magic powers were interchangeable.
"No Familiar Spirit… You're not going to absorb a maiden's fresh blood to awaken a Familiar Spirit, are you?" Nangong Nayue asked.
"Not at all."
He didn't even have one, so how could he awaken it? The top priority now was to subdue a Familiar Spirit.
But Familiar Spirits were beasts from other dimensions. He didn't have the ability to communicate with other worlds, and he didn't know if the God Fragment could do it.
"That's good then." Nangong Nayue didn't care about him, she relaxed when she heard he didn't need to drink blood.
"Good?" Shichen looked at her sadly: "Nayue-chan, even if you're jealous, you can't be like this, can you? Without a Familiar Spirit, wouldn't I be nothing?"
"Shut up!" Nangong Nayue glared at him irritably: "Who's jealous? I just don't want to see you getting horny and drinking blood everywhere… Besides, what do you need a Familiar Spirit for? Just be a teacher honestly."
"No, the Fourth Progenitor is about to awaken, what if I get caught up in it?"
"What did you say?" Nangong Nayue stared intently at Shichen: "Are you serious?"
"Yes, the Feast of Flame will begin soon, and it's right here on Itogami Island," Shichen confessed honestly.
There was nothing to hide. He had already told her before, and it was good to let her be prepared.
"…" Nangong Nayue's pretty eyebrows were tightly furrowed, she bit her lower lip, and her face was gloomy.
"So, I need some self-defense capabilities. I really like Itogami Island, I like our home, and I don't want anything to happen to Itogami Island."
"Our home…" Nangong Nayue looked at Shichen and murmured to herself.
After Shichen said that, she suddenly started to care about her home, even though she hadn't felt anything before.
Her home was no longer just her home.
"I swear, everything I said is true!" Shichen held up four fingers, his tone serious.
"…What do you need? Can I help you?" Nangong Nayue looked at Shichen with a complicated expression.
"Nayue-chan, don't worry, I won't mess around, and I won't do anything that makes things difficult for you."
"So what exactly do you need me to do?"
"Cough cough, can you teach me Spatial Control Magic?" Shichen asked awkwardly.
"Hm? You want to learn Spatial Control Magic?" Nangong Nayue was stunned for a moment, thinking she had misheard.
"Can't I?" Shichen blinked: "I'm your younger brother, so it's only natural for me to learn Spatial Control Magic, right?"
"…Now you know I'm your older sister?"
"This isn't outside, is it?" Shichen laughed.
"I can teach you, but whether you can learn it depends on you."
"No problem!"
"Then let's go back to school first, I'll teach you tonight."
"Alright! Nina, let's go."
"Understood, Master." Nina sat obediently on Shichen's shoulder, her mind a bit confused.
She seemed to have just heard some incredible news, but who cared? When the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. As long as she listened to her Master, she would be free.
Since her Master hadn't absorbed her just now, he probably wouldn't attack her again.
But her Master was a vampire… would he have a special preference and be interested in her?
Hmm… it wasn't impossible.