Chapter 10: New Way of Life

"My Alpha it's an honor to meet you."

Said an elderly man, he was dressed in the same attire as Archduke Quincy, albeit his uniform is black, unlike the classy white that lord Quincy wore.

This person who is kneeling before Merciless seems to be in their late sixties if not early seventies appearance-wise. His skin was clear, his hair seem to be silver instead of grey. The man in question had a well-groomed beard and neatly combed hair. If standing he would be a little shorter than Merciless as his height was 6"1, meanwhile he had a muscular build and physique, and his eyes shine an ominous yellow that weighs upon the soul.

And yet this elder never once dear to meet his eye, strangely Merciless feel connected to him, not via one with blood at the mercy of his blood talent, but via a weird bond Merciless cannot explain.

This elderly man and Merciless were connected somehow and on a very deep and spiritual level at that.

Meanwhile, Scáthach taps his shoulder grabbing his attention as a result, and gives him a piece of folded paper. And before Merciless could say or ask anything the quiet woman walk back into the meeting hall, the door close behind her, leaving only Merciless and the nameless man in this long hallway adorned with red and gracious moonlight.

Merciless unfold the piece of paper, to see what was written on it.

It was at that moment, Merciless became even more confused about Scáthach out of context behavior.

Because on the piece of paper, she gave him, there was but one word written in black ink.

And that one word was.

"Hi"

...

This was weird, it was clear it was her way of responding to the hello he said earlier which she ignores, or so he believes.

But Merciless smiled at this weird response nonetheless, after all, he thought he was hated but maybe he jump to conclusions way too fast.

However Merciless folded the piece of paper, he wasn't going to throw it away, instead, he decide to keep it as a weird trophy, who knows maybe he could use this to tease her one day.

Meanwhile, however, Merciless soon shifted his focus to the old man and ask.

"Um. Excuse me, good sir, I don't mean to impose but who exactly are you?"

The man finally lifted his head, and look directly at Merciless his hand rising to his chest, and when it reaches his heart he began to introduce himself.

"Greetings my alpha, my name is Hector, Hector Goodmen, I have been chosen as your closest aid my alpha."

"Hector Goodmen ha? A curious name indeed, you aren't a vampire are you Hector?"

Merciless asked with a curious gaze, seeing that Hector have a different presence to him. One a vampire doesn't have.

Normally the vampire he meets are all for a better lack of a word, cold and unpredictable, they give off a very threatening but calm and bloodthirsty aura to them, meanwhile, Hector here had a very calm, but also very dangerous and wild presence hidden behind that stoic expression of his.

Hector got up and bowed once more as he answered honestly.

"You are quiet perspective my Alpha, especially for being a newborn, but it is as you say, im, not a vampire, nor am I a human, I am of the Wereones species, a thick blood Dire wolf is what they call me, in vampire terminology im the equivalent of Archduke or the duchess of my species, a purebred werewolf, I have served under Alpha Michelle for eons until he gave me the honor of being your aid, bodyguard, and personal servant my alpha."

At these words, Merciless eyes raised with even more curiosity, as he said.

"So you are an actual werewolf interesting, very interesting, hahaha... Tonight just keeps getting, better and better, hahaha... Well, either way, Hector, im glad to meet your acquaintance, and I look forward to working alongside you, please take good care of me, im still green behind the ear when it comes to the supernatural world, I hope I can entrust my back to you, and look for guidance when im lost."

Hector smiles at Merciless humbleness as he replied as such.

"It's only natural my alpha, you don't need to be humble about it."

"Hahaha... Well, my mother always told me to respect my elders."

"Well, I can definitely say she had taught you well my alpha, your modesty is too gracious for a mere servant like me though."

"Please think nothing of it, Hector, respect must be shown to those worthy of it, but enough of that, Michelle told me you can guide me to my room, I could really use a bath and some rest."

"Aww. Yes please this way, my alpha, we need to take the elevator to the highest floor of the Elderblood manor, that's where your room is located."

"Wait! Did you just say, m-m-manor?"

"Yes, this is Alpha Michelle's main current residence, and also your new home my Alpha, to be honest, this is what vampire refers to as their sanctuary, a terminology for my home."

"... A manor you say hehehe... Well, vampires in mythology and the movies are all about that life so it shouldn't be a surprise, after all, that meeting hall was also unreasonably large so I expect it should take a manor or a castle to have such a large room, but im rather curious now Hector, which manor belong to Michelle?"

"If my memories serve me right, I only know of three manors that exist across the entirety of Lavatos... The first one is located on Santa Mata street, the second above the harbor of Agrato beach revered as the sea castle of Agrato, and finally the largest house in the entirety of Lavatos, a super manor that makes other manors look like normal houses located on Lavatos Gempta, a place were many grand events for the rich is hold, such as fashion shows, banquets, car shows, and even political meetings, and that place is located at the highest peak of Lavatos, I heard rumors that place was owned by one of the richest people of the Lavatos as well, but regardless of that which one is it?"

Merciless asked with a shocked look on his face, seeing that either one of them is considered a luxury house, the best of the best, he himself would never have thought to step foot upon none of these properties.

Hector smiled as he said.

"My alpha, Master Michelle owns all three of them, along with many other manors, villas, palaces, mansions, castles, and many more properties across the entire world of Hexamore, after all, your sire is a man who has accumulated wealth before the concept of currency was even a thing among the humans!"

"..."

At this point Merciless's brain had stopped working momentarily, scrap being rich as fuck, Michelle's wealth was truly unfathomably large to the point when you look in his accounts it says built differently, you don't even see numbers.

Truly Michelle was the economy, or maybe all the other progenitor vampires including the king himself control the world's overall economy.

Meanwhile, Hector said.

"My alpha are you alright?"

"..."

"My alpha?"

"..."

[20 minutes later]

At this point, both Merciless and Hector were on the elevator, meanwhile Merciless holds his head in disbelief, as he says to himself.

'Vampires, define as mythological creatures that feed off the blood of men to sustain themselves. Not only are they immortal, but they are also super strong, fast, and dangerous, in every way they transcend the logic of mankind, or that is what Wiki says, honestly you should never trust Wiki, but based on everything I know till now, Wiki doesn't do the vampire race any justice, they are far scarier than what humanity gives them credit for.'

'After all, the vampiric race itself predates humanity by millions of years, the seven progenitors themselves are as old as dinosaurs, and it's rumored that the vampire king Eos might be billions of years old.'

'Ah. I received many answers, but im left with even more questions, but either way, I should stop being surprised, yeah. I should start feeling more grateful from today onwards.'

With that in mind, Merciless attention soon shifted to Hector as he said.

"If my guess is correct then we're at the manor built on Lavatos Gempta right."

"Most certainly my alpha."

"I see."

Merciless replied. But at the same time, a ding song could be heard.

*Ding!*

"It would seem we have arrived my alpha."

When Hector said that, the elevator doors open up, and what came before Merciless shocked him. However, he tried to contain his shock.

Yes, the room was easily larger than even the meeting hall, it had well-decorated walls, and the floor was tile with designer tiles, giving the entire place a more modern but also a slightly gothic feel.

Compare to the neo-classical and gothic theme of the manor this room alone was the most modern design room of them all. It was as if Michelle took Merciless previous living standards into account and tried to give the place a more modern feel without betraying the manor original and overall theme.

To summarize this room or his residence in a nutshell, then it was a grand artistic masterpiece. Seeing that it contains a variety of things. Such as a large fireplace, filled with large expensive Egyptian and modern-day furniture, a personal bar, a large pool, and a stage filled with many musical instruments, making it clear this place was meant for performance, and overall announcement.

At the end of the room, there was even a large throne similar to the one in the meeting hall that was meant for Merciless, but the most notable thing was a large coffin, black in design with soft red interiors, clearly more than ten people could fit in this giant monstrosity.

This place even had an upstairs with several guest rooms, gambling stations, a pool table, a snack bar, a theater room, a training room, a gaming room, a personal office, a giant library, a large kitchen, a bathhouse, a torture chamber, a small dungeon, and finally even a medical ward most likely for guest, although it was not needed,

Moving unto the giant balcony outside you can find it was made from Polish oak, on this balcony you can find seven beach chairs, a large grill, a helipad, and a small pool that was also built on the balcony glowing with expensive led lights, and sea lamps, the entirety of Lavatos was before him, as many lights could be seen.

Merciless felt like a king watching down on his kingdom, truly it felt weird to say the least, especially because his life took a dramatic turn for the best.

This all felt like a dream to him, and if it was, he didn't want to wake up. This was a level of treatment, love, and respect he could never receive as Mercy Minerva Morgan.

In a way that is why Mercy died, because under the watchful eyes of the damned heaven, the Gods would have never allowed him this much happiness to begin with.

Yes, none of this was for the one called Mercy in the truest sense, after all, all of this was for the Bloodkin of the seventh progenitor, His eminence, Lord Merciless Minerva Elderblood II, the Grand Duke of Lavatos, a member of the royal family, and young master of the Elderblood clan, and the only human that will be recorded in history to have been sired by Michelle Okelix Vinter Cain Elderblood.

In this household of elites, filled with ancient historical figures across various timelines, a new legend is born, however, his epic has barely just begun.

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