The Necromancers
Ch. 10:Party and Relax

"That's why I gave her blood not because she's a vampire, but because she's a Necromancer so she needs blood to calm the darkness inside of Regard."

Staring at me, Shilph with an inviting face made me come forward and began to explain to Furuhiora about myself.

"Shilph was right, I did everything to calm the darkness inside me. If I don't get enough blood, my body will be controlled by darkness that can make me lose control of my body and mind."

Hearing it clearly, Furuhiora must have thought it was very painful for me.

Well, it's true that it hurts.

Despite his great strength and ability, I was required to constantly consume blood at the same time. Even though it was disgusting at first, I still forced myself the first time I drank it that felt disgusting and strange.

"I understand. Then..."

Lowering the clothes on her neck down her shoulders, she quickly flaunted her neck which was clearly visible as white and smooth.

"Please if you want to suck my blood!"

I don't know if he really agrees or not, but if he really wants to come with us, isn't that an outrageous act?

I knew that I needed blood but I didn't approve that if I took blood from a living being, it would be fatal.

"Regard..."

Looking up at Shilph, I sighed.

It seems there is nothing I can do but accept it.

The problem was that Shilph's gaze begged me to accept it, I had to get close to him and try to bite his neck.

Sorry if this will take a long time.

Sucking her blood slowly, I could feel the fresh taste of Furuhiora's blood. I'm sure the reason why her blood feels like this is that Furuhiora is alive and well, which causes her blood to feel like this.

To be honest I wanted to add a small portion of his blood but I was not sure if adding it would make the situation gloomy and scary or just the opposite, I decided to end it.

"Thank you very much"

"Together."

Closing her shoulders back with clothes, I turned my eyes around to not see anything protruding from her.

"....."

"Are you okay, Furuhiora?"

"Yes, I'm fine. Just a little tired..."

"Furuhiora! Furuhiora! Furuhiora!"

The unconscious Furuhiora fell right in front of us. Shilph who tried to wake up and call out his name many times, there was no response from him.

Well, I've been expecting this to happen.

The problem was not that I wanted blood or not, but rather that there was a special rule that the Demon King had told me about sucking the blood of both the dead and the living.

There are two different definitions in it.

First, the creature that has died. The Demon King told me that sucking blood from a creature that had been unable to benefit myself. The problem is they're gone so I can take a lot of blood from their bodies for everyday life. Not only that, though, he told me about the reason why he advised me to consume the blood of a creature that had died was that he wanted to avoid the possibility that it would happen if a living creature was sucked by me, he'll have terrible symptoms.

Second, the living creature. Because he forbade me to suck blood from living beings, he explained that the reason was that he wanted living beings to not experience certain symptoms.

The symptoms themselves were the same as those experienced by Furuhiora, ranging from; her skin that slowly paled, her breath that was breathless, the sweat that was rushing in her body, to her, as well as his shivering body made me believe it was a symptom experienced by the living beings I had sucked his blood from.

The reason why I understand is because I tried it against living monsters.

At first I thought sucking a living monster would make me much stronger and more powerful, but it was wrong. Instead of becoming strong, the monster had actually experienced the same symptoms as the one mentioned earlier, causing the monster to die in an instant within a matter of a few minutes.

"Regard, what should we do!?"

"Is there a way to save Furuhiora from this strange condition?"

Well, the only way is by what I'm gonna do to him.

"Maybe this takes a little longer, but I want you to keep watch around to make sure there's no interference from anyone approaching us."

"Good."

Away from our place, Shilph quickly changed his appearance to angel and held his bow in case there were monsters around us.

Now let's do our best.

Removing a large amount of mana in the palm of my hand, I drained it into the body of Furuhiora.

Furuhiora reacted for a moment but it did not last long. After successfully transferring a certain amount of mana into her body, she with a beautiful face fell asleep soundly without any symptoms that looked like what had happened before.

Sip. Succeeds.

Now all it takes is to wait for time for him to regain consciousness.

Still continuing to transfer a large amount of mana, I took out the Shadow Clone to help Shilph so that he would not be overwhelmed and have difficulty in dealing with the swarm of Orcs that would bother me.

"It seems to be back to normal."

I decided to take my arm off her body so she wouldn't misunderstand what was happening.

Approaching Shilph and eliminating the Shadow Clone in large numbers, I explained Furuhiora's condition to her.

"so yeah. In other words, he wasn't qualified to have his blood sucked because he was still alive."

"Yes, that's why I hesitated to do it earlier."

Understanding the meaning of my words, Shilph who cast his gaze towards Furuhiora felt guilty. Her expression that came off looking sad made me believe she must be sorry for telling Furuhiora to offer her blood to me.

"Don't worry, he won't be mad at you, instead, he'll apologize because he doesn't know everything without a direct explanation from me."

"really?"

"Yes, trust me."

"Good."

I don't know what to do, but I think it's better for me to return her arms so she feels happy and happy.

•••••

"You've finally realized yes, Furuhiora."

"....."

Looking around the place, Friya with a puzzled expression over where she is now.

In his view, everything felt foreign. Starting from wooden furniture such as; tables, chairs, mattresses, clothes racks, and cabinets that are visible in every place. The windows, wooden doors, and wooden floors he saw really made him confused over his present existence.

Was I taken to a different place?

Recalling what happened, Friya only remembered that she had fainted after giving blood to Regard. The rest Friya doesn't remember anything.

Could this be just an illusion?

Knowing only an illusion, Friya quickly touches Shilphonia's face sitting on the side of the mattress.

Shilphonia who was puzzled over his actions, tilted her head and put on an astonished expression at what Friya had done to her.

"Is there something going on, Furuhiora?"

"No, there's nothing."

Friya who realized that her touch felt real pulled her arm and held her chest.

He himself still did not understand what had happened to him before. At one time, he was already in a dark room that he did not know about.

"Don't worry, you're neither dead nor revived by me."

Knowing his views point to Regard, he explains that Friya is still alive. Friya who heard him let out a sigh of relief, joy and gratitude.

"Regarding the request you gave, Shilph and I agreed to accept your arrival."

"really?"

"Yes, Regard said that he accepted you as a new partner in our adventure."

Hearing the words of Regard and Shilphonia who smiled at Friya, Friya was happy with herself being accepted by the two of them.

Friya did not expect that her actions were successful. Although there are still some questions in her own right, Friya decides not to ask anything but to be quiet as proof that she accepts anything from the two of them.

"One more thing."

"What?"

"Is there anything you want to say?"

"Yes." Yeah."

Turning his gaze away from Shilphonia, Regard looked at Friya seriously. Friya who was shocked by the serious expression of Regard averted her eyes, embarrassed and nervous as she did not dare to say anything to him.

"Regarding the blood you gave before, you almost died."

"Dead?"

"Yes. I don't think you should have listened to me and Shilph to give me your blood."

"Why....why am I not allowed to give you blood?"

Regard who was surprised at the change in situation that was nearby took his eyes off Friya, he could not see the sad look that was seen in the look in his eyes. Moreover, Friya's words sounded weak which made her not have the heart to hear it further.

Be calm! I'm sure I can. Spirit, myself.

Highlighting himself, Regard nodded and convinced himself to explain in detail about his incident to Friya.

Approaching Friya, Regard explains everything that happened before him. Friya who heard him was surprised that he was experiencing symptoms that could be felt before he was nearing his end, especially in that his mana had been completely drained, Friya who heard it was shocked at the mana in her body reduced drastically without any cause. And the cause that Friya could understand was none other than Regard. While sucking her blood, Friya almost dies. Fortunately he was helped by her who made her body recover but took three days to wake up from her long sleep.

That's all Regard can explain.

For Regard, Friya can vent her anger and wrath on him, especially due to unreasonable conditions. As long as Friya is willing to vent everything on Regard, she happily welcomes Friya's anger and wrath on him.

"Thank you."

"Eh?"

"Thank you for saving me. I'm really sorry for bothering you a second time."

In contrast to his estimates, Friya thanked Regard.

Regard who averted his gaze from him scratched the temple near his left eye and smiled forcefully over the unexpected condition. Shilphonia was the same, she initially thought that Friya would be angry with her and Regard, but instead she thanked the kindness that Regard had done to her.

"By the way Shilph is, where are we?"

"We're in Farihiora City."

"Farihiora City?"

Hearing the word Farihiora, Friya remembered that she had been born and raised in this city. That is why Friya was given the name Furuhiora because her parents wanted her to hold the name of this city as proof that she used to live where humans were.

Unfortunately, everything was not as they expected.

His parents who initially loved and loved him were slowly killed one by one by the demon army which caused Friya to lose both parents causing her to live a life of kara.

Despite living a lonely life, Friya lives her life with her closest aunt, Nek Ryadu who since childhood took care of and took care of himself until finally Friya was taught by him about how to use magic that makes him strong and great at his age now.

"I haven't been here in a long time."

Walking closer to the window, Friya looked at the scene presented outside the window.

The sight of people passing by on the large highways, the magnificent and luxurious houses seen along the streets, the, as well as the slow-moving horse carriage often seen by him made him feel nostalgic for his own past.

"Regard..."

"Yes, I'm sure he was from this town before."

Regard and Shilphonia, aware that Friya's name is Furuhiora, assume that she used to live in this city. It was evident from her smiling and happy reaction, as well as her words earlier which they thought were both certain that Friya was an elf who had been in Farihiora City.