Chapter 2: Retirement

When the elf came in, he looked up and called out,

"Jasper I know you know I am here, do the thing!"

Jasper took off his cloak and appeared right in front of the elf. The elf said in a calm voice,

"Wow congratulations for getting out of your room and all the way downstairs! I was expecting you to teleport me straight up to the Alchemy room as always"

" And I was hoping you'd come earlier! I guess we both haven't gotten to know each other yet, you're walking to the Alchemy room today"

After Jasper said it, he snapped his fingers and disappeared. The elf tried to say Jasper before he disappeared,

"How am I g- Oh great hey, I know you can still hear me tho! How am I supposed to find your Alchemy room, the location of that stupid room changes every second"

Jasper's voice echoed in the castle,

"Stupid room huh?! You better start searching, Kael."

With a sigh, Kael went upstairs and started to go from one room to another, he came across the same room several times... and after a few hours he came across a kitchen.

He went in to get something to drink, but there was nothing in the fridge or in the cupboards or in the drawers and he said to himself,

"Really? A kitchen! And it's just for decoration. There's nothing to eat or drink in it..."

Jasper's voice echoed through the house again,

"The tap still works!"

Sarcastically,

"Really? Oh, thank you so much."

After Kael took his water, he started to grumble,

"Come on, you can't do this to me just because I'm a few minutes late. I've been looking for your room for hours, have some mercy!"

After a sigh, Jasper snapped his fingers and Kael teleported to the alchemy room. Kael said,

"Finally! thank you"

Jasper threw a metallic tool at him, an imitation of a vampire's upper jaw and said,

"You know what you have to do"

"Oh even after doing this so many times I still can't get used to it, aren't you vampires supposed to bite and suck our blood?"

Jasper looked disappointed,

"What do you take me for? A fucking barbarian?!"

Kael was confused but didn't want to question it further.

He plunged the fangs of the tool into a vein in his arm and his blood began to flow through thin transparent tubes to the glass in front of Jasper.

As the blood filled the glass, Jasper asked,

"Why did you come late today?"

"The elders wanted to have a meeting because of the food crisis and they didn't let me go."

"Hmm food crisis, huh... How come you live in the middle of the forest and starve? Go gnaw some trees and don't you feel ashamed to dress like this when your people are starving?"

"Ehm! First of all, gnawing trees? What do you think we are, otters? And secondly, I deserve these clothes I've been giving you my blood every two weeks for the last hundred years"

"Hey, I can drink all kinds of blood, but you know I just don't prefer all kinds. Elves eat plants so I thought they could eat trees."

"For the 100th time, we don't eat plants we are carnivores!"

"Whaaaaaat?! How can such a thing be possible, you are elves"

"And you are just as surprised for the hundredth time! Yes, we are elves, plants are sacred to us. What are we supposed to do, eat our deities?"

" Whaaa?!"

"Hey stop it!"

"Ehh Alright! You're no fun!"

When his glass was finally full, Jasper took a sip and tasted the blood then said,

"Hmm, I feel like this used to taste better hey have you gained weight?"

"Of course I have, it's a miracle I haven't gained it by now. There's not a man in the world who is as rich as me and still works out"

"Of course you will, you earn your money with your fucking body!"

"Hey, don't say it that way."

"Don't say what that way"

"Well, when you say it like that... Ehm, anyway this was my last time giving you my blood. Pay up so I can leave and enjoy my retirement"

"What?! What do you mean I'm retiring, who am I supposed to get my blood from?"

"I don't know, how about you go and GNAW those humans that invade your castle!?"

"Ugh don't say it like that, that's like me saying to you, Oh so there's a food crisis why don't you go eat some shit "

"You really are a racist vampire"

"What do you mean you are racist, humans are just like bugs, look how many millions of them exist? And they die too quickly as well"

"Hey stop it, pay me and let me go"

"No."

"What do you mean no?"

"You can't! I've been paying you regularly for a century! I made you rich and now you're going to leave because I told you you're gaining weight? What are you, a woman?"

Jasper's red eyes began to glow with anger and a devious smile appeared on his face,

"I tried in a nice way, don't blame me for that! I will prepare a very special room just for you and I will suck your blood regularly for the rest of your life... Ohh and maybe I'll make you one of the toys I make for my rats to run on so you can stay in shape heh, what do you say?"

Kael's calmness up to now had given way to confusion and fear.

He was confused about whether he should take Jasper's words seriously or not because even though it scared him to admit it, he was strong enough to do what he said...

The scary expression on Jasper's face disappeared and he said in a calm voice,

"Or you can find a different fit elf for me! You know it's hard to find fit elves, you idiots eat all day and lie on the grass"

Kael was a little relieved but he didn't have the courage to ask for money... Kael said after he came to his senses,

"You really are a racist man! Anyway, I'm not taking your money this time, it's on me. I know a fit elf, I'll send your new blood storage in two weeks"

"Good, enjoy your retirement and if you run out of money, don't come back here without getting in shape. I don't want unhealthy food"

"All right, I'll see you then."

With a snap of Jasper's fingers, Kael found himself outside, sighed with relief and headed to his village. On the way he began to think of lies in order to send his friend Sylvaine to this castle...

Jasper put on his sunglasses and went out onto the balcony of a room in the castle that faced the demon king's castle.

He put a soft pillow stuffed with griffin feathers on his head, lay down on his chaise longue and watched the demon king's fight while sipping his drink...

After he had finished his drink he thought, 'Your hobby wasn't so bad after all Asmodeus, at least it was fun to watch while having a drink'

When Jasper Alchemy returned to his room, he couldn't think of anything to invent or create. He decided to take the day off and went out on the balcony again to watch the demon king's fight...

Before he knew it, days had passed and he was so engrossed in watching the demon king fight that he would sometimes stand up and cheer. In the middle of the battle, the demon king would hear the cheers coming from hundreds of meters away and he would give a thumbs up to Jasper and with that finger he would slice heroes in half in the guts for give him a good show...

At one point he decided to go to the Alchemy room and make some snacks to eat while watching, after a day or two of research he mixed several types of corn and invented popcorn, which did not exist in that world...

Of course these snacks wouldn't make him full, only blood could satisfy his hunger.

After two weeks of lying down, eating junk food and lying down more, he started to feel his hunger. That means it was time for Kael to visit but this time, instead of Kael,there was a female elf at his castle doors...

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