The weather was a bit sunny with small clouds here and there, there was a small and cool breeze that passed through the area.

A castle, it was large, and it was built in the victorian style but was painted in colours of both red and black, the castle was located quite far the distance away from civilization, near the mountainous regions of Romania.

Within the castle there was a room that was painted black with red scribbles that ran across the entirety of the room even on the canopy bed and mediaeval furniture, the windows were painted red giving the room a red lighting.

Near the bed was a man, with short black hair and brown eyes, the man was tall with a lean body.

He wore a butler’s uniform, and he held his hands behind his back and stood there unmoving, staring at the sleeping body of another man.

The other man was deathly pale, almost like a sheet of paper and his body was thin and lacked moisture, no it lacked more than moisture as it seemed to have a complete lack of it, He was shrivelled up like all the blood on his body was sucked dry. It was much like a corpse.

The butler stared at the corpse that his master had entrusted that he guards, his honey brown eyes held a bit of curiosity and intrigued, he wondered who truly this man before him was, the man that lady Alcina had addressed as her husband.

He was certain that as a mere fifty years old daywalker he hadn’t been around long enough to know all the secrets regarding various vampires and powerful entities, and it was because of this that he felt a sense of curiosity and interest as he watched over the corpse.

The crusty dried eyelids of the corpse shook before fluttering opened.

The vision was blurry, and the dryness of the eyes quickly made it uncomfortable to blink, something expected, after all two hundred years, is a long time. He blinked a few times trying to clear the blurry vision. Once that was successful, the first thing he saw was the roof of his canopy bed, and on that roof were words.

There was initially confusion in his eyes as he did not remember sleeping on a bed however, he tossed that aside and read the writings written on the roof of his canopy bed.

“Cunoaște limba acestei lumi”

Once he uttered those words and it was as if lightning had struck his brain as he felt his tongue, lips and throat burn accompanied by a searing headache that caused him to jolt up and sit upright on the bed. His mind quickly processed what happened as he blinked multiple times.

“Good morning, Lord Vlad, or should I say good afternoon.”

The man that stood beside the bed gave him a greeting with a deep bow. There was a bit of elation in his voice, one that would normally go unnoticed, but Vlad noticed. Vlad turned to look at him. He gazed at the man in silence for a few seconds, scrutinising him from top to bottom before speaking.

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“a day walker?”

He asked day walkers was the name that referred to half humans and half vampire’s the hybrid vampires that could walk out in the sun from birth.

Unlike ancient vampires who had to accumulate an immunity to the sun, day walkers were born with it, however due to their half human heritage they weren’t really thought of highly within vampire society.

Vlad quickly put that aside as he realised he was speaking in a different fashion than usual. He quickly realised that’s what the spell was for. He smiled impressed at Alcina’s preparations.

“Yes, my lord, my name is Dominic, and I was assigned by lady Alcina to watch over you. It is with great pleasure that I am able to meet you.”

“Then I imagine she prepared food for me.”

That was not a question but a statement, he expected to have food the moment he woke up, he had even thought Dominic was the food, while sucking another vampire's blood was taboo for a few reasons, Daywalkers were half human and drinking their blood was less taboo. If Dominic hadn’t spoken, he would have lost a lot of blood right now.

“That she did, my lord.”

Dominic slipped his hand on the inside of his jacket and pulled out a blood bag, and presented it to Vlad, who looked a bit puzzled.

“What is this?”

“I apologise, my lord, but this is a blood bag. It’s a much more convenient way of acquiring blood without killing humans”.

“What do you mean? Since when have we needed to be mindful about the humans we kill?”

He asked with a bit of frustration. In what world does he need to be mindful of hunting his prey.

Humans outnumbered all the supernatural entities that exist, if humans were to be given equal strength to vampires and Werewolves their numbers would quickly overwhelm all the Supernaturals, but humans were weak and could barely put-up a fight so there would be no need to be cautious of them.

While he could give them respect as living beings, he could hardly be convinced to hide from them nor consider them his equal.

Vlad stared at Dominic and waited for him to speak. The young Daywalker seemed to be having trouble speaking, his body was sweating bullets, and he seemed to shiver endlessly.

“Ah”

Realisation dawned on him. Dominic wasn’t his familiar nor any vampire he created as such, he wasn’t spared from the Aura Vlad released in his mild frustration.

He quickly took the blood bag from the servant’s hands and sunk his teeth onto it, sucking it dry, the blood was sweet mixed with a fresh taste of iron, an indicator that the blood was drawn from a magical gifted human, his favourite.

The complexion returned from his face and his body became more hydrated and looked closer to being alive, however he still looked anorexic, he did not request another bag instead he slid off the bed and stood up.

Drinking too much blood in a short period of time can cause nausea and vomiting, he needs to have his body get used to having blood as his normal diet, it has been 200 hundred years after all.

With the blood he drank, he was feeling refreshed and energetic, a bit weaker than his normal state, but that can be remedied the more blood he drinks.

“My lord, your clothes”

Dominic, having recovered from the scare earlier, presented him with his clothes, a 3-piece suit, black in color with a blood red tie and shoes. Incidentally, he didn’t need to take a bath or shower as Dominic went above and beyond with his duties.

“Hmm”

He hummed looking at the clothes they were a bit different from what he was used to, however it has been 2 hundred years as such he didn’t question it, he wasn’t so closed to the idea of change in fact his deep sleep was so he could experience the change.

It didn’t take long for him to put the clothes on and with the help from Dominic it was quite easy, the two of them exited the room and went down the stairs as they did Dominic spoke.

“As you know my lord it has been 2 hundred years since you began your slumber as such many things have changed some you might not like and others you might, lady Alcina left it upon me to ensure that you at the very least are aware of the technological advances this way you won’t be confused, she also advised to learn some history but that’s entirely up to you”

Vlad nodded to his words, he once again was impressed how prepared his wife was, learning everything he can, will be the priority for the time being before he does anything he at least needs to get rid of any ignorance he might have, as someone of high status he must either be knowledgeable on all things or have servants that are.

Once they descended the stairs, they entered the living room where Vlad noticed something.

“Hmm my castle, where is it?”

“Oh yes, lady Alcina thought it would have been best to move you to a place that is less crowded and less noisy”.

“What do you mean?”

“I’ll explain. Please look over there to the table”

Various contraptions were sprawled across the table, some small, some big, and Vlad had no idea what they were. All he saw were strange rectangles boxes with black fronts and white back

“Now my lord let me officially welcome you to the 21st century”.

Dominic spoke with pride as he picked up a cell phone and showed it to Vlad.

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