That sudden jump in trust was a bit surprising to me, but his next words brought me to a halt.
"What now?" I asked immediately.
Damien still had his head glued to the ground. "Did you say ’God’ just now?" I asked again.
"Forgive my insolence, the Ruler of the Vampires; I spoke out of turn and didn’t know my place. Please punish me as you see fit," he pleaded.
’Why do every SSS-ranked summon have to have a special quirk in them?’ I thought. ’Whatever happened to the aggressive Ancient Vampire noble?’
Taking a deep breath, I addressed them, "Okay, first of all, stand up; that’s an order. Then explain your behavior, and why are you calling me a god suddenly? Is it because I summoned you?"
He stood very slowly, but his eyes were full of reluctance. He kept his head still bowed. "God, if this is your way of testing me, I will do everything I can to satisfy your demands," he said.
"I am not addressing you as our God because you summoned me, although that feat alone is worthy of praise. You are my God because my blood said so," he answered.
"Okay, explain it like I have minimal knowledge. About vampires, all I know is that the rank of their blood is sometimes more effective than even high cultivation rank. Rest, please explain," I reiterated.
"As you rightly said, God, the higher the rank of bloodline, the more influence one can have over vampire society. My lowly self is an ancient vampire; there are only two ranks above me."
"Sovereign and you, god," he answered.
Then it hit me: the original Sovereign Bloodline evolved into the Crimson Origin Bloodline. ’System, is that bloodline the highest in vampires?’ I mentally asked.
[Yes, Host.]
My vampire transformation was still active; I focused on it for a second and reverted back to my natural form.
"Do you still feel that suppression?" I asked.
"No, God, the suppression is lifted. Pardon me for my insolence, is this your true form?" he questioned.
"Yes, but answer me this: I could have been a sovereign. Why did you think I was your God?" I added.
"Because every lower-ranked bloodline feels a threat and fear from higher-ranked bloodlines. However, no one has ever seen the Vampire God, but in numerous texts, it’s mentioned that every vampire would feel reverence when they set their gaze on the True Ruler of the Vampires," he answered.
"And when my eyes landed on your divine appearance, for the first time, I felt like venerating somebody. Every drop of my blood only wants to worship you in every way possible. My entire—" Before he could continue further, I interrupted.
"Okay, I get the picture. First of all, stop calling me God; I am not. Second, I just became a vampire a few moments ago. So I don’t have that extensive knowledge about vampires." I addressed.
"However, we will talk about that later. Currently, I summoned you here to be my bodyguard and many other things too. At present I have about 10 days to prepare for an event before I have to leave for that event." I added.
’Now I think I need a person just to give entry orientation to the summoned beings,’ a thought crossed my mind as I spoke.
"For now, let’s join the rest of the party. You can get other details later," I said as I opened the portal and we entered the Dominion.
As soon as I entered the Dominion, something new unfolded before my eyes.
There were multiple wooden huts, centered around a larger hut. The wood used was not like normal huts; it felt alive. Looking at this, only Britany came to mind.
Damien, standing behind me, spoke with a hint of arrogance, "You are not staying here with such pesky mortals, are you, his holiness?" he asked.
"Didn’t I say to be done with this God nonsense? And they are all part of the team, including you. So I don’t want to hear any unnecessary complaints from them," I answered in a firm tone.
Just then, I saw Felicia flying at me at full speed. "Nice, mister, you are back. The Skeleton uncle told us that you were looking at rewards. Can Felicia also get a reward?" she spoke cheerfully as she sat on my right shoulder comfortably.
She was the only one that I didn’t have to worry about. She is the best.
"Of course, but I don’t know what my little ice princess likes. How about you tell me, and I will find those rewards for you," I answered, trying to match her enthusiasm.
"Ah...mister, who is this? He looks like he wants to kill me." Her voice changed to a frightening one as she moved herself in my hair, trying to hide.
Turning around, I looked at Damien fiercely. "What did I say just now?" I spoke with an angry tone.
"Forgive me, His Holi- Master, I just didn’t like such a tiny being sully my master’s body with such carelessness," he answered with his head bowed.
"Apologize to Felicia for frightening her and promise to never do such a thing again on your blood," I ordered.
"Felicia, you can come out. No one will ever hurt you, I promise," I spoke softly.
After a few seconds, she hesitantly came out. "Do you really promise that, nice mister?" she asked, fear still palpable in her voice.
"Of course, sometime later when I am free. You should tell me all about those that wanted to hurt you. I will punish them so that they never hurt my ice princess again," I reassured her, rubbing her head with my finger.
I glanced at Damien; he flinched immediately and spoke, "I apologize to Lady Felicia. I didn’t know you were such an important person to my master."
"I, Damien Valen von Nightshade, take an oath on my ancient blood that I will never bring harm to Lady Felicia and will protect her with all my might. Please pardon my earlier behavior," he apologized earnestly and even offered his protection.
"Hehe...Scary Uncle has a cool name. Okay, Felicia forgives you," she answered with a smile. I still didn’t understand how quickly she changes her mood and tone.
"Felicia, could you please go tell Seraphine and Thane that I am here?" I requested.
"Okay, mister," she agreed happily.
She started flying towards the biggest hut. I spoke a bit loudly from behind, "Also make a list of what you like; I will get them for you."
She flew with more speed as I heard her cheering voice.
"Forgive me for my behavior, Master. I will never be disrespectful to your companion and other summoned beings," Damien spoke with a regretful voice.
"Just see to it that you don’t repeat such behavior," I stated.
Within a few moments, I saw Seraphine and Thane coming towards us with Felicia trailing behind.
However, the next moment, Damien moved ahead of me with daggers in his hand, and Seraphine also had her sword drawn as she appeared before us.
They looked like they were ready to fight, before Seraphine could use her mana core and did some irreversible damage to her core. I shouted.
"Both of you STOP! This instant,"