I quickly took out a cooking set made out of magic technology I purchased some time ago. It costed quite the little fortune in gold coins, but I managed to get it. Back then, these types of products were very rare in the village. Nowadays there's a lot of availability in there as more nobles have moved to live in that place, it is expanding so fast it might be called a city soon enough.
I could had waited back then until everything became more available… I could had bought this cooking artifact for less than half the original price nowadays. It is one of the few little things that frustrates me.
Nonetheless, I quickly set everything up, took some food out of my Inventory from within the Grimoire, now without restrictions, I easily stored everything I had in my underground basement, including tons of meat and vegetables, and prepared a quick stew for the Familiars and Eleanora.
They began digging in right away, I made it with the most easiest of ingredients. I didn't wanted to make something overly complicated. Thankfully there were windows so the smell doesn't stay. I made it with just boar meat, potatoes, carrots, some onions, and tomatoes and a few spices, that's all. Mostly everything was enchanted thanks to the Cooking Skill though.
"Hmm! Drinking that fountain blood is surely nice for us but eating this delicious meal is all what's life is for!" Eleanora had chanted a lot since our first meeting in this life, she has come more merry and open to talk, and less formal as a result. She has also gained an obsession with my food.
Much like me, in our previous lives, the only thing we did was drink blood and that was it. Sometimes consuming pills or potions made through alchemy using materials and the like, but we never enjoyed the pleasures of good food like now.
Blood resembled an adorable dog on his small form, and was eating the stew which he had grown fond of happily. I had made sure to give him extra bits of meat more than vegetables, but monsters are able to digest anything apparently.
The little Ruby already finished his plate, sighing in relief over the bed, his small belly had grown several times his size, and the small dragon resembled a balloon covered on scales.
"You sure are a lazy and glutton little lizard, aren't you?" I petted Ruby's snout, as he playfully bit the tip of my finger.
Dragons, even lesser dragons such as wyverns, are innately lazy and gluttonous, and once they develop, they're also prideful. These are the big "flaws" of the Dragon Family, which means that if you don't raise them well, they'll be disobedient and ask too much food.
We are trying to raise this boy with care with Eleanora, trying not to spoil him too much and to also force him to train his skills and magic. It has been over a year and he has improved rather decently. My hopes are that he won't be disobedient once he matures… hopefully.
"Well, while you're snacking I'll summon the two Spirits. Thanks to the Blessing of the Holy Spirits, I can summon an extra spirit per Spirit Realm Rank, so I can summon two right now. Pretty handy, isn't it?" I sighed. "I'll be able to bring Asmodeus' companions to us in no time once I start leveling up and increasing my Spirit Orb Realm faster."
"It'll be exciting! Although…" Eleanora began to remember her previous life. "I remember there were a lot of annoying ones I would rather not have back."
"Now, now, any help will be welcomed, don't be picky." I sighed.
"Right… I apologize." Eleanora sighed. "Anybody would be welcomed, after so many years, we can finally get more of our former comrades."
"Yeah, anything will do good at this point…" I sighed.
The memories of Asmodeus inside of my mind are still there, the emotions he felt for them, the only people he ever relied on and cared for, despite his emotionlessness and everything else, it still could be said he loved them.
The Grimoire responded to my intentions, as its pages flickered rapidly, ending in two white pages with red magic circles on them.
And then, text appeared in those pages.
[Summon Spirit? You will randomly be given a Spirit based in the Souls of your Fallen Comrades.] [Available Spirit Slots: 2]
It is the same message from almost ten years ago, when I summoned Eleanora for the first time… So many things have happened since then, it really fills me with nostalgia.
I quickly gave a word command, the pages quickly began to shine bright red, as I suddenly felt my own soul and mind being sucked inside of its pages.
For a few seconds, I saw an enormous quantity of shapeless souls across a vast, near endless black abyss. All of them seemed to be resting. I don't know why I was brought here, but I felt a powerful force emerging from within me, as it shoot down randomly into one direction, without me being able to control it.
A soul was quickly grabbed, being dragged out of this place and then, when I opened my eyes, a red-colored magic circle of incredibly complex inscriptions appeared in the floor before me, something emerging from within.
It was a tall figure, taller than even Eleanora in her Full-Strength Form. It was completely covered by darkness, shaped as a black suit that covered every single piece of skin of the body of this tall and sleek man.
He quickly spread his arms, wearing black gloves as well, his face covered by a mask in the shape of a bird, but it was clear such a mask was from a Plague Doctor. Glistening red eyes shone brightly from within the interior of the mask, wearing a large black hat, the tall man lowered his head before me, making a pose of reverence to my presence…
[You have summoned [Plague Doctor Vampire Spirit: Hendrick]!]