Reincarnated into a New World As a Vampire

"Hey, get me a ticket to the inner wall, fast." Aldritch ordered as he reached the train station where he would buy the tickets.

The lady stationed there took one look at Aldritch\'s sour expression, and without any words of complaint prepared the ticket.

Unlike the inner wall or outer wall, there was close to no lines here, as not many people wished to visit outside. Luckily, the train arrived before a minute was up and Aldritch boarded. He already had it in mind to use his skills to get in if there was any delay, but there turned out to be none.

Once Aldritch boarded the train, he felt a little safer and the tension from earlier was greatly reduced. Even though they would want to chase him, they wouldn\'t have been able to make the train, as he maintained vigilance all through, trying to pick out anyone who looked suspicious to him.

It took some time, but the train brought its passengers, Aldritch included, to the inner wall in the same amount of time it took for Aldritch and Maggie to arrive at the innermost wall.

Once he came down from the train, he made his way towards Gavik\'s mansion to meet with Lada.

…

While Aldritch and Maggie left for the academy, Lada had been busy with other things.

Even though she proclaimed Aldritch to be her one true master, she couldn\'t help the feeling of something being amiss, and if there was one thing she had learned throughout the years, it was to trust her instincts no matter the situation she found herself in.

Once she observed Aldritch and Maggie leaving from a window while within the house, she made her way to the secret chambers below the house, going to an enclosed room where she alone was allowed. Once in there, Lada pulled down her clothes to reveal a necklace with a small green gem attached to it.

The gem shimmered with a dull greenish hue, the intensity of the luminescence rising and falling in faint motions.

\'This shouldn\'t be happening, unless something has happened to trigger the gem.\' Lada inspected the gem closely for a bit before looking at herself in a mirror.

According to her memory, the gem started acting like this the night before after Aldritch revealed himself to be her master.

She couldn\'t understand why the gem would react then, after all, it was meant to do so only when she was under an illusion or mind control, so it could signal her and she would be able to break free. It was able to permeate through any such spell.

In addition to that, it worked to counter the effect of any such spell, meaning that it had been working ever since then, another reason for Lada\'s confusion, since it should have solved the problem after so long.

"Everything is so confusing. My memories were locked away previously, so maybe that was why it didn\'t activate? Since that wasn\'t exactly mind control. Then, why did it activate after my memories were released?" She didn\'t understand.

Instead of spending time thinking about it without an end, Lada decided to follow the part of her instinct that compelled her to carry out a ritual that would break any such mind control or illusion, ignoring the part of her that wanted to trust her master and not do anything.

Unknown to both her and Aldritch, the brainwashing Aldritch had done had almost worn off, and the only thing keeping Lada loyal and acting as a foundation for her believe was the primal obedience and loyalty that came from her being blooded by Aldritch.

Lada put away the thoughts for the time being as she gathered different things that would be needed for the ritual. Since the spell that would have solved the problem was too high tier for her to use, she could only resort to using performing rituals to get the job done.

Even though it was a more tedious process that not many stressed themselves to even learn, such vast knowledge was part of the reason she could maintain her rank within the cult, that is, apart from the fact that she was backed by a primordial dame, which was the major reason.

After preparing the necessary materials, Lada drew the magic circle on the ground needed for the ritual, after that, she began concocting the potion needed to induce the ritual process.

Once she was done, she held the potion in her hand ready to gulp it down, "this should work." She said to herself, as she had never done thing before to be exact.

Just when she was about to drink the potion, someone knocked on her door, informing her that Aldritch had returned and was looking for her.

Immediately, she dropped the potion on a nearby table and rushed out. Looking at the things she had prepared inside the room, she couldn\'t help the feeling of shame that came over her.

She didn\'t exactly need to be conscious within the house, since everyone was her slave there, even Gavik\'s other wives and children. Of course, she herself had no child with Gavik or anyone for that matter. In the end, the entirety of that house hold only served to accomplish her goals.

She found Aldritch waiting for her in the study within the house. Even though this enormous mansion had this sturdy, Gavik never used it, instead it was used once in a while by his children as not even his wives were interested in whatever was inside.

"Master… why did you return so early? Did you change your mind?" Lada asked as she held herself in a respectful and subservient manner. This was mostly because she felt a sense of guilt after her previous action, the ritual she was about to conduct before Aldritch returned.

"I ran into a little problem. There was someone within the academy who was able to see through my skill, magic."

"The academy does have powerful people, so it is expected for such a thing to happen, master." Lada responded, not quite sure what Aldritch was getting at, what he had just stated was something obvious.

"Yes, but I am talking about magic that shouldn\'t be detected by just anyone, unless that person was at a much higher level than any regular academy teacher."

There was the fact that the headmaster of the academy was strong, but most people, even those that had special magical powers, they were all fighters, and magicians were very rare… even those that leaned towards spell casting, they were not so much in number, especially not within the academy, and this was something Lada knew very well of, since she had been collecting information for a very long time.

"If that is the case, then I\'m afraid you must have encountered a witch, and a powerful one at that." Lada said apprehensively.

"I thought as much."

"If that is the case, considering your level of power, master, it would only make sense to assume that you ran into the former primordial dame of purple, Labra. If that is the case, master, then I suggest covering up all your tracks because there\'s no doubt she will be able to find you."

Aldritch listened to Lada carefully, but the problem was that he had no means of doing what she just suggested, and from how she looked at him, he could tell what she was thinking, she totally expects him to be able to do such things without effort! He couldn\'t!

Swiftly, Aldritch came up with an excuse to save his image.

"The thing is, Lada, I have lost most of my power, as you must have noticed, that is why I still need to go through such corners to achieve my goals, if not, I wouldn\'t need to think of enrolling into any academy, I would be able to crumble this entire kingdom single handedly." Aldritch said with a somewhat bitter expression, the best he could muster.

\'I see, I didn\'t even notice… even though master lost his powers, the aura of a great warlock still remains all around him.\' If only Aldritch could read her thoughts, he would face palm at the fact that she completely omitted the fact that she couldn\'t feel that aura when they first met, but alas, it would mean his brain washing was working well… even though it wasn\'t exactly so.

"I have a mystical item that can help with that, master, let me get it right away." Lada said before leaving the room after Aldritch waved her to it.