Reborn In Blood

A new ceiling above his head

   - So...- said Lizbeth-...this is your new home!
   In the middle of the forest, poking through the with snow like the huge trees around it, there was a tower. It was large, made out of dark bricks, with a few windows here and there and blood-red tiles covered the roof of the top floor.
   - It has ten floors that I'll show you later, but for now let's go to the 9th Floor, that's where the accommodations are installed.
   As they walked through the stairs that formed a spiral inside the cilindrical tower, Ellioth couldn't help but to notice the height of it.
   Liz looked back at him.
   -  Why don't you tell me your story?
   - My...story...?
   - Yes, how did you end up in the situation I found you?
   - Well...I...don't think I can remember?
   - It must be the Wendigos curse...you're actually the first one I met, I wasn't even sure if the Clear Mind would work.
   -What the... - he looked down at his body - Wendigo?
   - Well, most common folks think it's type of Demon, it isn't, it's just a spirit. More of a comulnation of several spirits that suffered from a unhuman amount of hunger right before their deaths and praticated cannibalism, actually. You were possessed by one, and that's when an Wendigo gets dangerous.
   Ellioth looked at his own hands.
   - Those spirit's hunger turns into rage, and when a lot of spirits don't go to the UnderWorld and start roaming around in the same place, it starts to generate Mana. The Mana allows them to try and get a body, which is how they got you. You were probably tempted to commit cannibalism by the spirits. 
   - That is the only memory I have...
   - Then...after they posses someone, they curse their body with Misery, a never ending need to consume that is actually classified as a Race Skill. It will never stop feeding itself if not liberated from the curse.
   - I have a lot to thank you for, then.
   - You're right, but don't sweat it, it was not for free or out of kindness of my heart.
   She smiled and Ellioth felt shivers run down his spine
   - But what really intrigues me... - Lizbeth continued - is that you ate the flesh of a Dragon.
   - Why?
   - You see, the spirit of the Wendigo kills your body, it literally freezes your heart, turning your Life Essence in Mana, which is what controls your body now. Almost all of your human organs are gone or useless. The thing is, your body is designed to turn Life Essence into Mana, but the body of a Dragon has enormous concentrations of pure Mana.
   - Which means...?
   - Which means you're a Wendigo capable of using magic, and now with the conscience of a human. This type of stuff doesn't happen that often, you're gonna be a great project for me!
   - I don't have a good felling about this...wait, what are you? You're not a Human, right?
   - Do not offend me, I'm a vampire.
   - And...how did you end up alone in this castle in the middle of nowhere?
   - Don't you think that you're making too many questions that shoudn't be of your bussiness?
   She showed her teeths. Four of them were so sharp they would probably pierce through the skin of a Troll.
   - Oh...I am sorry.
   Now that he looked closely, she was really beautiful, like some sort of porcelain doll
   - Why the fuck are you staring me?
   - It's nothing, what are you gonna use me for?
   - Well, the Dragon was still a cub, but it was enough to guard the surroundings of my tower. Those three pests killed my poor baby, but I think I'll just drop some few Gollems around, you would be a waste just roaming around in the forest, I'm thinking about making you my little magic apprentice since I'm getting old, don't have so much more time and you have great potential. Also, I'm bored, really.
   - How fucking old are you?
   - Six hundred and thirty four years old.
    Ellioth's jaw dropped.
   - Don't be rude.
   - I really wasn't expecting that, sorry.
   After walking through the 9th floor, a huge cross shaped corridor with red carpet and golden chandeliers stuck to the ceiling and more than 50 doors on the walls, they were now standing in front of a door on the side of a much, much bigger one.
   - You will stay on the bedroom next to mine.
   - Oh...that explains the huge door.
   - I may be a bit eccentric.
   Lizbeth smiled.
   Ellioth's room was well illuminated, with a bright red carpet in the floor and a beautiful and fancy bed with a lot of white pieces and gold detailing. Next to one of the two windows there was a writing desk and a bookshelf.
   - Now, we have two issues to take care of.
   - What would they be?
   - First, your smell.
   She pinched her own nose and made a disgusted but funny face.
   - Oh, so this horrible scent I've been feeling is actually me.
   - Yes, you know, just uncontrollably eating a lot of humans and a Dragon doesn't really give you a good perfume.
   - So...shall I take a shower?
   - Yes, but this won't solve it entirely, so I ask you to pour this in your bathtub.
    She held her hand out and a purple hole in the hair appeared. She put her hand on it.
  - What kind of scent do you want?
   - Ah...well, I really like the scent of cinnamon...
   She pulled a little box out of the hole and the hole disappeared.
   - Here you have it! I enhanced it with some magic, it won't come of.
   - Well...thank you then...
   - Feel free to use your own bathroom, this is a suite after all.
   - Ok...
   The bathroom was all white, really big and well designed, nothing that Ellioth had ever seen, due to his poor life in the little village.
   He took off the robe Lizbeth gave him earlier. Now he could see his body in the mirror.
   In the few weeks that he was wandering in the woods he killed dozens of humans, but even so he didn't have any guilt in his mind. 
   The pale gray skin, the tall and slender figure, the long arms, the long fingers with claws and more obviously the human skull with deer horns. That was him now? That monster?
   Even though he felt that he should be scared of this new form that he assumed, he just couldn't feel fear.
   He could even feel his heart, frozen inside his chest. There was no blood rushing through his veins. The only thing giving energy to his body was the Mana inside him.
   He took out the leftovers of his pants and without looking down he entered the bathtub.
   While he couldn't feel cold anymore, he could still feel the warmness of the water.
   He was a monster now, he knew that, but at the same time, the colors of Mana playing in the air that his new eyes could see just didn't let him think of himself as an evil creature.
   But just one thought was making he uncomfortable. He was actually afraid of looking down to his body.
   What would be in between his legs?
   He just sat there and washed his whole body without touching that particular place, building up the nerves to look at it.
   He was already finishing his bath, twenty minutes had passed, he needed to look and obviously clean it.
   In an abrupt movement he looked down.
   It was still there.
   No, it wasn't the same.
   Yes, it was pale as his new skin.
   Yes, it was bigger like his new body.
   Really bigger.
   But now that had led to another question:
   Did it still work?
   He kept looking at it for a moment.
   He had no blood. Would the Mana do the job?
   There was only one way to know it.
   He would have to wash that thing anyway.
   He touched it.
   That familiar feeling rushed through his body and he let out a huge sigh of relief.
   - Hahaha...- he leaned back on the bathtub and let his body sink even more on the hot water -...hahahaha...hahaha...
   - Heeeeey.
   Lizbeth's voice was right on the other side of the bathroom's door.
   - W-what is it?
   - I was thinking about it and I realized I have to give you some clothes, so I asked to one of my Familiars to make some, it is already here waiting for yoooou.
   The last word was sung.
   - I-I'm almost done, sorry!
   After he recomposed himself, he got out of the bathtub and dried out his body, involving the towel on his waist to cover his...thing.
   - There you are! This is the second issue I was talking about before, here, put this on!
   She gave him some pieces of clothing. He went back to the bathroom and dressed.
   - Yeah, it looks good on you, hehehe.
   Lizbeth was peeking in the door.
   - Hey, privacy!
   He turned to the mirror as she closed the door again laughing.
   It was a three piece suit. Dark gray shirt, burgundy waist coat and and coal black jacket. The trousers were also black. It was confortable.
   He got out of the bathroom and Lizbeth received him with claps.
   - Beautiful, beautiful- she joked- Just to stay here it is alright, these pieces are enchanted with Fire Protection, so I think it is good for you. But when we need to go out, you will have to wear this overcoat.
   She gave him a black overcoat with a lot of fine made golden details and fine made golden plates in the shoulders. It went past his knees.
   - Thank you...but...
   She interrupted him.
   - Now, lets make a little tour through the tower, I'm pretty sure you will loooove it.

   She let out a little smug.
   The area of the cilindrical tower had 1400 meters of perimeter.
   The First Floor was just an enormous room with 100 meters of height, the Throne Room. Another red carpet with golden details went from the big dark doors to a staircase where there was a beautiful throne made of pure silver. Behind the throne there was a huge stained glass with the picture of a maiden with her eyes covered with a blindfold. Torches were attached to the pillars that held the ceiling from where a gigantic chandelier made out of cristals was hanging. Metal stairs came out of the walls of the room.
   The Second Floor was composed by the Dinning Room and the Kitchen. A enormous table with 101 chairs, all made of the finest woods and metals. Another cristal chandelier was hovering above the table.
   The Third Floor was the Recreation Room. There was a huge field of grass, a Theater and a lot more that they didn't even tried to see.
   The Forth Floor was the Forge. There was lakes filled with lava and many anvils.
   The Fifth Floor was the Torture Chamber. They didn't look inside there.
   The Sixth Floor was the Laboratory. There was many scientific and magic equipments, all sorts of things to study and prepare.
   The Seventh Floor was the Library. Above the green carpet there was books everywhere, enormous golden shelves and none of them were empty.
   The Eighth Floor was the Baths. There was Imperial-like saunas with marble statues for both male and female and even unisex.
   The Ninth Floor was The Accommodations, which they had already seen. Fifty big sized suites were available.
   The Tenth Floor was the Room of The Great Table. It was all dusty and it looked like the place didn't had a clean up in ages. There was just 50 chairs around a big table. It was too dark, it was quite hard to see the details.
    It had 122500 square meters in each floor and build up to 550 meters of height in total, all conected by a magical elevator with a complex mechanism. Besides Lizbeth and now Ellioth, the only others who lived there were the Golems and other Familiars of Lizbeth.
   - Now, let's sleep - said Lizbeth while they stopped in front of the doors of Ellioth's bedroom - It's really late, and tomorrow we will start you studies. Good Night, my little Elly.
   - I...good night...Liz...
   With a brief smile, she went for her own accommodations, letting Ellioth alone.