World of Alvarra: Rise of the Vampire Lord

Chapter 169 Another Day

"I can do this, I can do this, I can do this, I can-" Luna muttered over and over again as she walked in a circle.

This was not a new sight for Van. It was weird how common this has become in just one week... "I don't know why she's complaining... after what she and the others did to me... not to mention... it's not like she hadn't lasted more than a few weeks without sex before... maybe she really has gotten sex addiction? Or maybe now that she's part succubus, this is more serious for her... or maybe just perhaps... the mear fact that it is being denied to her, is enough to make it feel that much more worse than normal..." he thought as he continued to watch Luna struggled with her sex withdrawal.

After that day, the rest of the week had actually been pretty lax. Most of their time was free, when not studying of course. Since Alv and Thea had waived any real training and instead were replaced with long meditation classes to help keep their minds off their hunger and focus on growing their aura. They also practiced mana eating to help sustain their bodies. Now that it was their only source of energy and or sustenance, they had quickly become more proficient in it than they first expected to be.

They were also given far more time to complete their tasks so that they may recover from their lack of energy. Like during that weird dance practice trying to learn that movement technique from his father. They would practice for half an hour, then had half an hour to rest and meditate on their progress and better understand the technique's movements. This actually helped a bit, as Van was able to at least flicker about a foot or so away from his original position, showing some real progress while Luna still seemed to be a little confused by it.

When not taking their sweet time with the training class, Lore and Sheri were drilling into them history, magic, alchemy, runemancy, mathematics, and more. Sometimes making them learn the same thing over and over again until they got the answer right. During this time, Van and Luna studied more about their destination of Bright city, such as. Did you know that they had a train station that led all the way to the border with the wastelands?

Apparently, this train station had a rail all the way there because that was where the school actually was. Those coming from the east will take the train to the academy quickly and safely. It was also an important logistical line for the border forts, moving tons of resources as necessary. And since the east branch of bloodhaven academy requires students to bring a small troop of soldiers with them to learn how to lead and take for incursions into the waste, there are a lot of mercenary guilds in Bright city that sell their services to young bloods such as them as they pass through.

During these lessons, Alecto would also sometimes pop in and try to help by giving some of her own advice and learned wisdom of the world. Teaching them some of her secret ingredients that she uses for potions, or how to make charms that help combat certain evil spirits, and much more.

Van soon learned, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that this knowledge had been reinforced into him, that he was actually really good with his hands... as some projects requiring them to create talismans, or brew complicated potions, or even placing runes on certain items to give them certain traits, required a dexterous hand and a methodical mindset. To which he excelled at, and sadly Luna did not... making a mess a lot of the time.

Though she was a surprisingly good baker...

It didn't help though that they were technically not allowed to eat the food she made. Since it smelled really good, and from what everyone else said, everything she baked always tasted delicious. Which he could believe because some of those brownies she baked smelled really good...

It was also weird how she was so bad at all these other things, even though she was pretty good at sewing and tailoring in general. So far, the skills she excelled at were, sewing/tailoring, baking/cooking, cleaning, and finally fighting... and sex... she was really good at that... by her own account... which was hard to deny...