Chapter 90: Voted out

"Oh man this feel like shit!"

"I went through the exact same thing, I know your pain" Urie smiled

I went through an hour of the pain before it subsided.

"Now let me taste your blood" he says as I got up "I need to know if you're really a vampire or a dhampir"

"I thought vampires don't drink blood of their own kind" Damon replied

"We don't because our own kinds blood taste very foul to us, unlike other bloods where the taste is delicious, if you really are a dhampir, your blood is suppose to have a bland taste like the legends" Urie explained

He then slashed up my palm and taste my blood, he was then shocked by the revelation.

"How!?" he shouted as he held my arm

"Ow ow ow, calm down" I said as I got my arm off him

-How did you know?- Dabria asked

-It's cuz I'm a protagonist-

-That doesn't explain anything- She retorted

-He's a reincarnate- Damon explained -And since he was born as a human, his human blood is very pure, so he use that to his advantage hoping that the vampire blood would turn him only as a half vampire-

"Well I won the bet, I hope you keep your end of the deal when I need it" I brush off the dirt off my clothes, his expression turned from shocked to amused.

"Well since I turned you, it would be my responsibility to tell you how to turn someone into a vampire" he chuckled "It's so hard to distinguish you from a regular vampire or a human, unless I taste your blood"

He then tell me the chant that the author is too lazy to type out.

"If the person isn't willing to be turned, the blood ritual would not work" he cautioned "Now that we're done, I will be on my way, but when you get back, be careful now, the red sword have something planned"

"Can't you just tell me what they're doing?"

"Won't be interesting now would it?" he grinned "Don't worry, me or Draven will come to rescue if necessary"

He then ran and disappeared from our sight

-Rescue? Why would they need to do that?- Diana asked

-Just my hypothesis, but what if the seekers of salvation are only using the red sword?-

-Well we can at least escape if we can't fight them- Ace reassured

-Your family also already moved from the village, so we don't have to worry about them being hostages- Siege added

"Oh look retractable fangs" I showed my bonds "I can hide them whenever I want, it's so cool!"

But what was the most interesting that happened was my eyes, I felt something different like a spark, but I do not know what it is. I then thought about it and ran back with everyone, we were then told what happened at the ball after we left

*****

3rd person view

The royals, nobles and military decided to hold a meeting about the recent abduction.

"We got 2 choice, one is to exchange Perseus and his dragon and the other is Albert and his dragon" the king said

"I suggest giving Perseus for now" the military's supreme commander joined in "We can always mount a rescue afterwards, considering that he is more skilled anyway, he will have a higher chance of escaping if he needed to"

"I suggest Albert instead" a noble argued "His skills is only second to Perseus, and his dragon is a white core, and that makes him the strongest in our kingdom, so Albert would have a higher chance of escaping"

"I disagree" A royal knight by the king said "Perseus is a better choice, if we going to hand them over a dragon, they obviously have the means to subdue them, a way to weaken their physical strength and their magic in order for them to not escape, so giving Perseus and his weaker dragon would be better"

"I agree with that decision" another noble raised her hands "Albert's household is also a noble that is loyal to the kingdom unlike Perseus, his family was never our citizen and they has also already moved away, giving him to them involves lesser risks"

"What if the kingdom they're now in wages war against us?" a head general raised his hand "Isn't the kingdom they're now living in much stronger than us?"

"He only saved them once, I doubt they will wage war over a boy and a dragon" another noble argued

Through intense discussion for 2 days and a vote was made, 3/4 of them were in favor of giving Perseus and Damon to the red sword.

*****

1st person view

"Don't worry mom and dad, I'll escape, I got a plan, no matter what they'll do"

"Cordelia already told us that they will dispatch a search team for you the moment the exchange take place" Dad replied "But seriously son, just give them what they want, your life is more precious to us than any gifts this world have to offer"

"Warp, or do whatever you can to come back to us" Mom added

"Don't worry, miss, they definitely want us for something, so our lives should be okay" Damon reassured

"Call me, mom." Mom replied "You're my son's bond, so we're like family anyway"

-She's so sweet- Diana said

-Well she's the first parental figure we got, so it's hard to get use to it- Damon added

"I'll try but it will take a while before I get used to it" Damon nodded

The next day we were at the exchange site, I was accompanied by a few professors and other mages.

"There's not a lot I can do kid" professor Steel said "But I'll personally help track the location of where you're going, so just focus on staying alive, find out what they want if you can"

"Don't worry, I plan on escaping anyway"

"Your optimism is something, are you sure the rest of your bonds are going with you? They only demanded you and your dragon" he asked

-Wherever he goes, we go- Ace said

"Yeah, don't worry about it, with them, my escape will be even more fun, I'll at least have fun escaping their cells"

"We really tried to argue for both you and Albert" the headmaster joined in "But after your family moved, the odds were stacked against you, some feared that you were a spy, or a monster in disguise living among us"

-He's not wrong- Siege said

-Yeah, I'm currently only half human now-

The red sword then arrived, they gave us half the hostages, me and Damon then walked to them, they chained me and my bonds up, they even prepared a chain for Diana in her small bird body.

"Hands behind your backs, don't try anything funny" a guy said as he chained my hands and feet

-I feel weaker- Damon said as he was chained

-These chains you guys are in aren't normal- Dabria observed -They're going to stop you from using your magic and weaken your strength, enough for you to not fight back against your captors-

"Guys can you like give me the recipe for these chains, I'm gonna need them too in the future after I escape"

"Gag his mouth too" the boss ordered "He's annoying

After all the hostages returned, Me and my bonds were then lead into a warp gate to an unknown location.