"Breaking Doubts through Ice"

Ivory felt that she wasn't ready to be kissed yet and her mouth still tastes like pork stew!

"No, uhm… I mean… Not today…" she uttered as she pushed him away lightly.

But Jasiel got disappointed by this. It was unfortunate for him that Ivory had Sigmund lurking around, so he had been waiting for that moment patiently. His past lovers only held on for two to three days, and Ivory had it the longest.

"If I want to kiss you, then I'll kiss you," with force, he dragged her to the bed and pushed her down. "I won't accept no as an answer!'

"Ouch… It hurts!" Ivory screamed as Jasiel crawled over and pinned her down on the bed. "Jasiel! Please stop!"

"You're my lover, right? Come on, don't be shy," he smiled roguishly, and with a sharp dagger, he cut the front of her dress as he became more impatient. As he stared at Ivory's light skin, he lustfully grinned at her, "As expected… Not bad."

"No… please don't do this!!" Ivory screamed. "I thought you're a good guy!"

"Well, I am, if you just cooperate with me," he placed the dagger on the bedside table and cupped her chin. "Give me all of you tonight… Ivory."

Ivory's tears fell at the sight of the man who betrayed her. So all of the gentleness that he showed these past few days were all fake? Sigmund was right, all along. Her heart ached when she recalled how she sent him off. She felt that she failed as his Master and she should've trusted him more…

"Sigmund…" she murmured, closing her eyes, before Jasiel could kiss her.

"Don't call for your Servant's name while we're in bed-"

"SIGMUND!!! HELP ME!!!"

All of a sudden, the large window broke with the help of razor winds from the Vampire's Air Elemental Magic, then he swung into the room, his crimson-red eyes glowing as he glared at Jasiel.

Jasiel took the dagger and threw it at him, but Sigmund caught it with his bare hand. He slowly walked towards them as he played with the dagger, and he grinned upon seeing the terrified face of the second year student.

Ivory covered herself with the thin, linen blanket she pulled from the bed and hurriedly went to Sigmund's side.

"You dare call my name right now when you were the one who pushed me away?" He told his Master with a serious expression while gazing into her light blue eyes, but then his expression softened when he saw Ivory's tears, "Don't look at me like that, dimwit. You better give me lots of your blood later after I knock him out."

A bubble-like barrier suddenly lifted Ivory up and was protected inside of it. Her eyes widened in amazement as it was her first time seeing it.

Jasiel ran out of the room and went downstairs.

"Leave him… Let's just go, he might call his Golem Servant!" she exclaimed, but Sigmund shook his head.

"Nah, I'm going to teach him a lesson."

The panicking Jasiel quickly went to the living room and touched a stone figurine shaped like a woman. "Athena, awaken yourself!"

He placed the figurine on the floor as the stone figurine glowed with blue light. The surface of the stone formed clumps until it became bigger and formed into a female warrior with armors on her shoulder, arms, and legs. His Golem Servant, Athena, has a sturdy body made of hard stone, with bits of amazonite shards incorporated in her. She was holding two sharp and polished, stoned swords in each hand.

Golem Servants do not speak, but instead listen to what's on their Master's mind, making it the hardest Servant to build trust into.

"He's upstairs-" Before Jasiel could even finish speaking, Athena leaped up and broke into the second floor of his apartment by crashing her head into the ceiling.

"Oh? Breaking your Master's apartment, huh," the Vampire quickly stepped back. "How about I help you?"

With the dagger he was holding a while ago, he fought with her, but seeing that he's at a disadvantage because she's holding two blades and her whole body's made of stone, he decided to use Elemental Magic. He looked around the room and saw the bathroom door on the left, which was slightly opened. He formed his fingers in a triangular shape and placed them on top of his chest, and the water in the faucet continued flowing.

As he whispered some incantations, the water droplets started to gather in front of Sigmund, and using Conversion Magic, he turned some into ice, while some turned into a large translucent water barrier.

Jasiel was peeking at the door and saw the advanced magic abilities that Sigmund had. He wondered if Ivory was a prodigy if her Servant is already as strong as a Servant with a third-year Master!

Athena swayed both her stone swords at the water barrier, but to her surprise, it became hard as ice the moment her weapons penetrated into it. The ice rapidly crawled to the golem's arms, freezing her and not enabling her to move an inch.

Sigmund used this chance to dash towards Jasiel, who was trembling behind the door.

"Stop! Please spare me!" Jasiel pleaded as he knelt before the Vampire. "I regret it! I won't ever talk to Ivory, I promise!"

"Isn't that too easy?" the Vampire Servant cocked a brow. "I want you to do something else. Something that would entertain me," he said in a cold tone.

The second year nodded in panic, "What is it? I'll do anything! Just spare me!"

Sigmund bent over and whispered something to Jasiel, and the scaredy second year widened his eyes in surprise.

"Are you crazy? If I do that-"

Sigmund raised the sharp icicle against his throat, "If you don't, should I display your head outside this wrecked apartment?"

"Fine fine fine! I'll do it!" He stood up, "Release my Servant."

"Once we leave, the ice will melt on its own. I'll watch you from afar, so you better do it properly," he walked away from him and reached out his hand to the barrier that protected his Master. He dispelled it and held her in his arms. "Hold onto that blanket, woman."

"Where are we going?"

Sigmund grinned, "Up on the roof. We're going to watch a show."