Finally, the mage succeeded in the potion he is trying to make for a while now to increase his life energy from Nandini's unlimited life energy. But it didn't make him happy as much as he thought. Although even taking too much blood from Nandini's body will still not result in her dying, she can live forever with a zombie and a dangerous poison running through her body. He is still feeling complicated by the feeling that he was unable to say out.
He, a cruel person who never let any person enter his life just easily made a person come into his life, even as a need he got attached to Nandini more than he thought, and he is feeling disturbed by that fact.
For now, he decided to keep his potion inside his cupboard and locked it and closed the door to his magic room, and locked that too.
Mage: Nize, come here... He spoke under his breath
Nize has a connection with the mage by drinking his blood every day to keep her powers in check and heard his call.
She appeared in front of him in seconds.
Nize: Yes Master.
Mage: I am going on a journey
Nize: Suddenly master? What about Nandini?
Mage: I won't be coming home for a few days and I want you to look after her. And remember the things that happened before, if it happens again. I swear, you know what will happen to you right Nize?
She trembled as she saw her master's cold eyes looking straight at her as if he won't hold back in killing her if something goes wrong in protecting Nandini.
Nize: I understand, Master.
Mage: I am leaving.
Nize: Master, what if madam asks about you? What should I say to her?
Mage: Tell her, I went on an important mission, and it will take some time for me to come back home.
He spoke and disappeared immediately with a magic circle appeared around him and disappeared along with him.
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Days passed,
The mage went on a destinationless journey, just going wherever his heart takes him with the feeling of the strongest energy coming from the directions.
He doesn't know what he was looking for, but he doesn't want to return home either. The mage in him definitely will try to take the blood of Nandini without any mercy to keep his lifeline as strong as before.
He has a condition where his powers eat his life energy, which is why he needs more life force in order to not die.
Just as days are passing more quickly, he suddenly felt the strongest energy from a direction that he never felt before. Although it's still not as strong as Nandini, This is the strongest he felt from a normal human.
He followed the scent and finally reached a large mansion in the same city as he found Nandini.
He saw a body inside the mansion on the training ground with a small dagger in his hand. Furthermore, he looked like he is only 10 years old while he is practicing swordplay with the people in front of him. Not only that, but he has a large dragon tattoo on his back all the way to his legs. It is red and the eyes on the tattoo felt so real for the mage, he understood where the life force energy is coming from.
Even though he is a normal human unlike Nandini, and he only lives an average life like a human, his energy is tremendous. It's huge. But he doesn't need it.
A human's energy dies after a few years as they age, so he left the area slowly and again went on a journey going so many places. Watching Various people and learning various things.
Power is immense and immemorial. He finds it again and again in every place he walks to. He finally came to an agreement with his own self is that Nandini was brought to the house just to be his sacrifice, and she is just his food and need of life to increase his life span.
He needs her as a being, but not as a human. He decided to return home after a month of his journey with the intention of never being swayed by as petty as human emotions, which is long gone for him.
He finally returned home and Nandini came in to hug him immediately at the door.
He held her hand and looked at her face, which was thin from the last he saw her.
Mage: Nize, I told you to look after her! He glared at the fairy. A death stare enough for it to tremble in fear.
Nize: I tried to feed her as much as possible, master, but she was missing you and was worried about you that she couldn't eat properly.
Mage: Feed her now. I need her.
Nandini: Father?
Mage: Go eat. I have some work to do. He spoke and went to his magic room and took the magic potion out and started working on it again. Making it more powerful.
The cold shoulder of her father, seeing after a month, just upset Nandini more, and she didn't eat anything running back to her room.
Even after so much persuasion of Nize, it is still no good and with no other choice. Nize went to the mage and reported it to him.
Mage: Cold shoulder?
Nize: Apparently you were always like a kind person to her. So, you being suddenly like this is making her feel like she made a mistake, and you hate her.
Mage: What is there for me to like about a person, and I should treat my food kindly?
Nize: But master------
Mage: Feed her in some way. I have more important things to do. I will start the experiment tomorrow. Even if she faints, nothing will change. So, you think of a solution and stop disturbing me for trivial things like this.
With no other choice, Nize left from there with the food in her hand again to Nandini's room.
Nandini: Why does Father hate me? I stayed at home all this month and never went out because he doesn't like it. Still, what did I do for him to be so cold to me?
Nize: Master was just tired. He did a month's journey. We should give him some time to rest and gain his energy back again and Miss. He loves you so much. He told me to look after you and make you eat the food properly because he cares about you and your health. He said he will freshen up and come to you soon. If you are crying by then, Master will feel bad so, please finish your food and welcome him with a smile.
