"BREAKING NEWS: The satellite Sapnik-I and Sapnik-II have visuals of two people who are standing atop of the Ariali Mountain Range in the Southern World Mists. These individuals were, recognised, as Vampires but their identities were not revealed by Hurlan but our experts say they might be key figures in Vampires' society. Thankfully, we got our hands on the message the two vampires were spreading.

During their fifteen minutes of their stay on the peak, they raised two posters which read 'Are you there, Lord 5th and Lady 6th?' and 'Who are these people watching us?'

What we think is that these vam-"

Eluya turned off the news before leaning into Iliana's shoulder.

"Eluya, are you alright? You should have just rested instead of watching the news with me on the Computer." Iliana spoke with a little concern for Eluya's health, which was getting worse by the minute.

"I don't know what those two idiots are doing in the Southern World Mists." Eluya spoke, embarrassed at the weirdos that 11th and 12th are.

Just then, Abel walked inside the agency with the little kitten nuzzling against him. He couldn't bring himself to put the little kitten down so he resorted to closing the door behind him with his legs.

Eluya and Iliana, looked at Abel before looking at the brown kitten that was sticking to Abel, meowing cozily.

"Welcome back? What's with the kitten?" Eluya asked as she slowly stood up. Her body barely responded to her commands as the accumulation of energy in her body numbs her.

"Well, I rescued her from a sealed box. Do you want to hold her?" Abel asked calmly but Eluya shook her head, seeing that she wasn't in any condition to exert force.

"I'll go and prepare for the ritual. Please be there in my room after 10 minutes." Eluya asked before she calmly walked away. Her hair glowed a faint golden as her situation seemed to be worsening.

Abel nodded before turning his attention to Iliana, hoping to hand her the little kitten in his arms.

Iliana smiled and shrugged her shoulder before walking up to Abel and taking the cat from his arms. The cat purred as it snuggled into Iliana.

"Well, this little one seems pretty happy." Iliana spoke, surprised about how friendly the kitten actually was.

"You are in luck, little one. We can keep you. So let's get you something to eat." Iliana spoke as she gently rubbed the back of the kitten before walking away from Abel.

"Abel, please take care of Eluya.. I'll take care of the little one till then." Iliana said before walking upstairs into the kitchen.

Abel nodded as he quickly ran up the stairs to his room, changing into a normal pair of clothes before walking up to Eluya's room and knocking on the door.

"Come in.." Eluya spoke in a soft voice, glancing over her shoulder at Abel, who had entered through the door.

Eluya, who was sitting on the floor wasn't wearing anything to cover her upper body, but using a towel to cover her front while sweat was dripping down her back. Her hair was glowing golden as she brushed them to the front.

"Let's begin." She spoke, before closing her eyes and taking deep breaths.

Abel sat down behind her and put his hands on her back, synchronising his heartbeat with hers. "You can start anytime you want." He spoke calmly as he closed his eyes.

Eluya nodded before she began concentrating the Residual Holy Energy flowing through her body. The process of forcing the energy into the desired shape would've been much more painful, if it weren't for Abel who was doing his best to ease her pain by taking parts of it for himself.

But even after Abel shared her pain, the pain was still unbearable. It was like her whole body was being sutured from inside while her skin was being burned by Magma.

........

248 years ago,

"Eluya, are you alright?!" Abel spoke as he applied a pain relief on Eluya's forehead.

"It hurts! It hurts so BAD!!" Eluya shouted while writhing in pain as the pain of Residual Holy Energy tortured her.

"Abel, share her pain. Otherwise she won't survive the night." Lady 4th ordered Abel.

On that day, Abel did as Lady 4th instructed and Eluya somehow survived the night, obtaining another 'Final Arrow', a key component of her Divine Blessing.

It had only been 6 years since she had awakened her Divine Blessing, transcending her blessing of Seduction from Phamis, the Goddess of Fertility.

This was also the first time she was suffering from something like this so the three of them were unprepared for anything like this.

"Tsk.. These Divine Blessings, they always have some catch. But hey, props to you, Eluya. Not only surviving something as painful but forging it into an arrow.. That's some Genius-level Thinking." Lady 4th complemented Eluya on her resourceful use of the Residual Holy Energy.

"I suppose this was a rare incident.. Since at your current rate, it'll take another 60 to 70 years for another one of these episodes to occur." Lady 4th predicted from Eluya's condition, which has stabilized.

"Thank you, Lady 4th.. and thank you, Abel." Eluya said with a chuckle while patting Abel's head, who was laying on the ground after accidentally diverting most of Eluya's pain into himself. Even after his own Divine Blessing, he still suffered a great deal of pain.

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After that night, anytime Eluya was even close to being that bad in shape, she always has Abel accompany her and help her in making the 'Final Arrows'.

According to Lady 4th's estimates, the Final Arrow's are a part of Eluya's Divine Blood Art.

........

"Divine Blessing or Divine Blood Art as we vampires call it is very sought after. Less than 40 people have ever awakened something like this among us and for the two of you to be born at the same time and be active is nothing more than a miracle..

But remember, Unlike Regular Blessings, which need a condition to activate, Divine Blessings can be activated on demand but it uses a great deal of energy so don't use it unless your life is on the line. You can call basic functions of your Divine Arts without any repercussions, which I will teach you."

Abel remembered the lectures of Lady 4th during their education as the 'Numbered', under her tutelage.

And just like that, the pain that Abel was experiencing disappeared. It seemed that the episode had ended for Eluya as well, and left about a shining 'Final Arrow' in her lap.

"That's beautiful, isn't it?" Abel spoke as he looked at the arrow in Eluya's lap, sighing in relief after seeing Eluya breathing.

"Yeah, as always." Eluya spoke calmly as she was barely covering her chest with the towel and her heart was beating like a drum.

Just as Abel was about to stand up, Iliana entered the room and she had a look of shock at the arrow in Eluya's lap, which exuded energy that was both Divine and Seductive.

"Beautiful." The words left Iliana's mouth reflexively as she walked up to Eluya and helped her cover her body with the towel she was holding, and using another towel to wipe the sweat off her skirt before helping her stand.

Once Eluya was on her feet, she smiled and looked at Abel, who was barely standing up and he looked like he could on the floor any second.

"Are you alright, Abel?"

At Eluya's word, Iliana turned her head to look at Abel. His black eyes seemed to be unfocused as he was shaking a bit.

"Yeah.. The pain is a bit numbing but I'll be alright. I should go get some rest." Abel spoke as he slowly walked out of Eluya's room and then into his to rest.

"What kind of pain is he feeling, Eluya?" Iliana enquired.

"If it's anything like the first time then his heart and Divine Blood Art is purifying his blood of any residual Holy Energy, so it must be like heating your blood." Eluya spoke, as she has seen this happen five times now.

The first time it happened was under the Tutelage of Lady 4th. Back then, Abel was in stasis for a week straight but after that he has never been sick for more than three hours at most.

"And what about you?" Iliana enquired further, gazing into Eluya's eyes, hoping that she won't have to be strict with her again.

"While it was happening, it felt like my insides were being sutured while my skin was being burned by Magma. If it weren't for Abel, I would still be on the floor, overdosing on the Residual Holy Energy." Eluya spoke calmly.

"Well, can't you just release the unwanted energy regularly so it doesn't build up?" Iliana asked calmly, as she thought of this as the proper solution and it didn't seem like it would hurt her if the energy didn't accumulate.

"Well, It's not really unwanted. I can forge it into this arrow.." Eluya waved around the arrow she made from the energy inside her, before it was absorbed into her.

"This was the sixth one that I have. I got the first one during the awakening and the other five were made like this." Eluya said calmly before sighing in relief. "By the way, where is the kitten?"

"Sleeping in the makeshift bed in my room. She was quite hungry I tell you." Iliana spoke with a smile before patting Eluya's back.

"Now have some rest. I'll check up on Abel." Iliana said calmly before the two of them waved each other goodbye and Iliana left the room.

When Iliana entered his room, she found him laying on his bed, staring at the ceiling with his shirt thrown on the floor. She sighed and walked to the bed, brushing hair away from her face as she towers over him. "Are you alright?"

"Do I look alright?" Abel replied calmly before looking at the clock. "It's not yet time for dinner.. You two had lunch right?"

"Yes, I did make some instant noodles for Eluya and myself. You don't need to worry about our meal plan so much." Iliana said as her eyes narrowed and just as Abel was about to speak, she put her hand on his mouth, covering it completely.

"You speak about what we ladies eat and I'll make sure you don't get a bed for a month atleast." Iliana spoke with a threatening undertone.

Abel nodded and gave her a thumbs-up before sighing.

"You can remove your hand now." He spoke after a minute had passed and Iliana hadn't moved her hands.

"Make me.." Iliana said with a light blush, trying to push boundaries. After all, he was laying shirtless on the bed, a view she loved secretly.

Though it wasn't that secret since Abel knew about it and Eluya shared this sentiment with her. So it was only a secret to the rest of the world and why would anyone care about her personal preference?

"Don't be creeped out, okay?" Abel warned her with a fed up look, as both Eluya and her have an overly romantic side to them. It's not that he hated it but the corny jokes that Eluya throws from time-to-time and the Iliana's suggestive actions get tiring.

"I won't.." Iliana said with a confident smile but her hand flew away from his mouth just as fast as he started licking the palm of her hand.

She blushed furiously at seeing his mouth open and his tongue, which was licking her hand just a few moments ago.

"That wasn't what I had in mind.." Iliana spoke calmly before she ran out of the room with the bright red face of embarrassment.

'She thought I'd grab it and plant a kiss on her hand.. Enticing offer but my body hurts.' Abel thought to himself before sighing as he laid in his bed until it was time for dinner.

By then, the effects of the energy from Eluya had worn off and he was back to normal. So he wore his shirt back on, went into the kitchen and put on his apron before he started cooking.

Eluya and Iliana came down a bit after the dinner was made. The little kitten, who was sitting on Iliana's shoulder jumped down from her shoulder and ran up to Abel and tried its level best to climb up his pants, but to no avail as it still didn't have enough strength to do such actions.

"Can you not tear up my pants? I only have a select few." Abel spoke while looking at the cat and picking it up in his arms.

The cat quickly nuzzled into his arms, pressing its face against his chest and purring loudly.

"What should we name the little one?" Eluya asked with a soft chuckle as she rubbed the kitten's back while it nuzzled against Abel.

"How about 'Juniper'?" Iliana suggested the kitten's name, seeing that the kitten was quite enthusiastic.

"Well, how about 'Eleanor' or 'Nora' for short?" Eluya suggested, seeing the glowing Brown furball in Abel's arms.

"Please come to a consensus, both of you. I'm bad at naming things." Abel spoke with a light blush as he felt his heart bursting out at the kitten's soft meows. Her eyes bored into his as if she wanted to say 'Thank you for saving me'.

'Oh god, my heart is melting for this little furball.' Abel thought to himself, giving up the chance to even give her a name because of his bad naming sense.

Eluya and Iliana looked at each other in shock. Abel was blushing at the cat.

'Mr. Swordsman has a soft spot for the cat?!' Both of them realised in an instant.

Then followed a series of whispers that were surprisingly loud but incoherent. After a while of this, both of them turned to look at Abel and the kitten with a smile.

"We have decided.." Iliana said with a prideful look on her face.

"The name we have decided is 'Ellen'." Eluya spoke, showing a prideful look just like Iliana.

"Ellen.." Abel repeated the name to the kitten.

His lips curled up into a smile once the kitten purred at the name.

"Yes, Ellen. That's what your name is." Abel smiled and the kitten purred again, seemingly liking the name.

Seeing the two of them happy, Eluya and Iliana smiled as well, before rushing in to congratulate Ellen on her new name.

Meow~