Zero arrived at the hotel and found Yoko in the lobby pouring over books. Zero noticed that she was so entranced by the book she hadn’t noticed him and Nova yet. He motioned for Nova to be quiet after putting her down and snuck behind her and readied to scare her when he heard Hel say, “Zero, Nova your back. Where did you go?”

Zero sighed as he turned with a smile said, “I went to find some souls to make an item?”

“Oh, so you’re capable of soul forging too. What did you make?” asked Hel

“By the word ‘too’ I assume that you can also soul forging. I made this by the way.” said Zero as he pulled out a Ring of Humanity and tossed it to her. She examined the ring and said, “This is exquisite craftsmanship but why would you waste so many souls for an item like this.”

“I plan to spend some time in this world and I think it would be annoying to actively disguise myself and control my strength so I made this to do both. Go ahead and try it on.” said Zero

Hel tried on the ring which instantly turned into an elegant black ring adorned with white diamonds and 4 black skulls held a beautiful green andara crystal. Hel’s form didn’t change when the ring finished its transformation, unlike Nova. She looked at Zero and with an impressed look said, “Although this ring normally wouldn't be able to seal my abilities it surprisingly worked on me. I wonder why?”

The statement caused Yoko to divert her attention from the book and grab Hel's hand and exam the ring. Zero smirked and pulled out another ring and tossed it towards Yoko. Yoko grabbed the ring and wasted no time putting it on. Her ring then transformed into a sliver ring adorned with mystical runes and a beautiful sapphire. Yoko’s transformed into her human form and then said, “So the reason why this ring can seal our power is that it works a bit like Sophia’s seal in which it uses our power to seal itself.”

“Yup I don’t have enough power to seal demigod abilities so I thought to make an item with that would use its wearer's power to accomplish the effect.” explained Zero

“That’s an interesting effect. I’ll play around with that concept next time I’m forging.” said Hel

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“So is everything okay with your bodies after wearing the ring?” asked Zero

“I’m fine.” said Hel

“We’re fine it looks like our mana is still resting within our body although our strength has been reduced.” said Yoko

While Hel was friendly and helpful the group still didn’t fully trust her and had decided to keep a few things hidden from her such as Yoko’s pregnancy. Zero then smiled understanding Yoko’s meaning and asked, “Where are the others?”

“Azalea and Dahlia took Valna to my realm for her to rest before returning to their own realm.” answered Yoko

“Okay, I’ll give them theirs at a later time. I’ll take Nova to school tomorrow so I’ll be a little late to class so don’t be too mad teach.” said Zero with a wink

“Nope sorry I don’t make any exceptions if you’re late then you’re late.” said Yoko with a chuckle

Zero then picked up Nova and bid farewell to Yoko and Hel before going to his room where Hikaru had his and Nova’s school supplies delivered. Zero prepared a bag with supplies and put it on Nova’s bag and asked, “Is it too heavy?”

Nova shook her head and said, “It’s fine papa. So will I use everything inside the bag?”

Zero nodded and picked her up and said, “Of course and I’ll take you there tomorrow so get some rest tonight.” said Zero

Nova jumped onto Zero’s bed and got under the covers. Zero then walked over to turn off the lights and then pulled a book out of his space. Zero also got underneath the covers next to Nova. Zero sat up and leaned against the bed’s head base and opened the book. Normally it is impossible to read a book in a dark room but as part vampire Zero could see in the darkness as if it were daylight.

Nova squirmed around clearly excited about going to school. She then asked, “Do you think I’ll get along with all the other children?”

Zero rubbed her head and said, “Don’t worry about it just be yourself and you’ll get along with the other kids. I can’t say you’ll be friends with all of them but I know for certain you’ll make some friends tomorrow.”

Nova smiled and giggled as she continued to squirm around for a few minutes before finally falling asleep. Zero continued reading the book that was a part of Dracula’s collection. The book was an instruction manual on creating artificial familiars that would be loyal to the creator and would serve as their eyes and ears. The creatures could develop their own egos but that would take decades and they would be undying so long the creator was safe. Zero thought this was a very practical creature since what he would lack the most in the worlds he would be visiting was information. While he could simply read the memories from the souls captured that was troubling since he received all the creatures' memories and 95% of those memories were useless and needed to be purged.

Zero read for an hour before placing the book aside and falling asleep. He was woken up very early in the morning by Nova shaking him. Zero awoke and helped Nova prepare for her school before sending her to the lobby to eat as he got ready. After he finished getting ready Zero stared into the mirror as she sighed and left to find Nova.

Zero found Mina and Soma eating with Nova. He walked over and greeted the 2 of them. He then asked, “You guys ready for the 2nd semester?”

“Of course unlike the 2 of you I’m a top student.” said Mina with a smirk

“We’re not the best of the students but we’d rather not spend the weekend studying is all.” retorted Soma

“Yeah, I really only do things I find interesting or necessary. That’s why my main concern was passing and not being the best.” explained Zero

“Well that not going to cut it this time. Mrs. Belnades warned us that we all better pass this semester.” sighed Soma