Chapter 162: CH.161 Receiving Thank You Gifts

After dinner, the villagers began giving me gifts. Anything from small wooden idols to a shortsword.  Everyone brought something.

For my personal favorites were a shortsword made from blood iron, a material made by using blood magic while smithing. A bead necklace made from blood red stones. Well, that I really liked more because it was apparently handmade by Anika, the young dhampir girl. I’m not a pedo, OK. I just appreciate the effort she must have put into collecting this many red stones and putting them together in a necklace like this. I might wear it whenever I go into dhampir villages.

Then there were a few bottles of the nectar from the blood lilies. I don’t think I’ll ever use it, but I did appreciate receiving it. After all, I can just make healing potions with my cards. I actually asked if I could have some seeds for the flowers (if they had any) and told them that I would like to have some growing in my garden if I ever buy a house. After all, my vampires should be able to grow them with their blood magic. Rosemary, the old dhampir lady and the village chief, sent a few dhampirs to get me some and I got a small bag with seeds in it. They did warn me that the seeds might go bad if I don’t plant them for some time, so I shouldn’t keep them for too long. But as I could analyze them and remake them with the dungeon later, that wasn’t a major problem. I did also analyze everything else they were giving me, just in case some of it is useful.

 

Then there was my favorite gift. And it came from Ria. No, it is not my favorite because it came from Ria.

It was the hide of the crimson boa. Considering that the monster is called crimson boa, I was expecting it to be red, but it was white with red streaks making a geometric pattern on it.

And it was huge. Considering the size of the hide, the snake must have been over 15 meters long and over 60 cm in diameter. 

But the reason I was so happy to receive this thing was what I could do with it. I need new equipment and this hide should be perfect for making some of it. I think. And while having a white and red equipment might not be the stealthiest thing in the world, it will look amazing. And that is all that matters. A Kaiba style overcoat made from a white snakeskin that has red stripes will look amazing. Not quite dragon hide, but snake is close enough for now.

 

“Are you sure I can have this?” I asked Ria.

“Yes. It is my prepayment.” Ria answered.

“Prepayment for what?” I asked.

“For helping me get deemed as stable.” Ria answered.

“I see. But I thought becoming my slave was the payment for that.” I said.

“But what belongs to the slave belongs to the master.” Ria said.

“I see. Thank you, Ria. I’ll accept it and I’ll be sure to make something amazing from it.”

 

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While I was receiving gifts, Laura notified me that Christina had responded to the message that I sent her this morning. I read it after I received all the gifts and had a bit of time.

In short, she said that the dungeon was under control. Diamond Sword were going to go there in the next few days, so the difficulty of the dungeon could be properly assessed. And as it would be good for the dungeon to be on the full side when the difficulty is determined, she asked me to let it be. 

She also thanked me for taking care of Alice and for the toploaders.

Well, at least I don’t have to worry about the dungeon. I did promise to take Alice there, but with Level Ups, I don’t really need to. Still might do it though. 

If Ria really will become my slave, getting a magic fanny pack for her might be a good idea. And I might even use the dungeon to make a weapon for her. Well, I first need to find out her fighting style. She probably could use a magic flask as well.

Perhaps I’ll make her some equipment from the snake hide as well. After all, she is the one that hunted it, so she should also get something from it.

 

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After the party was over, but before I went to bed, I was taken to the side by Agatha. She apparently had something she needed to tell me.

 

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“If you are serious about taking Ria in as a slave and helping her get approved as stable, I guess I should explain a bit about the process to you.” She said.

“Yeah. That would be a great help.” I said.

“Good. Then I’ll quickly go over the major points. Ria knows the process herself as well, so she can keep you informed as you go along.” Agatha began.” First, you will have to get approval for the process. This is basically to show that the controller, in this case you, can subdue the dhampir in case they go wild. The ease at which you can do that does affect the score going forward, so you want to really show how easy it is for you to hold down Ria.

The second part is what takes a bit longer of a time. You have to live with the dhampir in question for at least a month, recording everything. Where you go, who you meet, what kinds of triggers you encounter. And of course, any incidents or potential incidents. The less you have, the better the chance of getting approved. But if you have no encounters with anyone and just keep the dhampir locked up somewhere, they will just fail you. They want you to live a normal life, not to shut into your house for a month.

Third will be the tests. There are three in total. One is on the first day, as you get approval to begin the process. Second is after two weeks and the third is after a month. The first test isn’t too bad, but the two others are designed to push a dhampir into a blood frenzy. They are no joke. If Ria completely loses control, she will be brought back here as quickly as possible.

But as long as you can keep her in check and she only has a few minor incidents, she will get the permission to keep living outside. 

Well, that is under normal circumstances, but Ria is a bit different. She tried to do the process with me a few years ago and failed in the first week, so the examiner will be extra hard on her. And now she is powerful enough where I can’t even hold her down by myself, so we couldn’t even retry it.”

 

… holy. It sounds simple, but that was a lot. Dhampirs have it difficult. Well, I guess approving a blood sucking monster, that looks basically human, to walk around towns is not that easy.

 

“Don’t worry if you don’t remember all of that right now. I’ll help you as you go through it. I’m sure at least some of the villagers will want to go through with the process now as well.” Agatha said.

“Yeah. We need more examiners when all of them will be all like: I’m stable. Let me leave this village.” I joked.

 

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Before going to sleep, there is one thing I want to do. Well, two things. But they are both about the same thing. Level Up! Yes, the spell card. Why does it have an ! mark in it? Just making things more difficult. It’s like ‘Cyberdark Impact’ vs. ‘Cyberdark Impact!’ ‘Cyberdark Impact’ is a set, whereas ‘Cyberdark Impact!’ is a spell card. .

 

 

But anyway, as I only have two Level Ups at the moment, I wanted a few more. You know, so I can give two to Lua. And still have two for myself.

And as I have pack tokens, I can just open up some Soul of the Duelist for more copies.

(I could do it for you, Master.) Laura offered.

(I know. You can pull some packs when I sleep, but I still want to do a few myself.) I said.

(Does that mean I may restart the pack token production?) Laura asked.

(Yeah. You can do that. But keep it to just four hours per night. I don’t want you to overwork the Guardians.) I told her.

 

Well anyway. Let’s get a few more Level Ups so I can use them before I sleep.

 

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