Master of Myths

The three day period passed rather quickly under YuJu's combat lessons, the two women spent every second of it trying to muster up some new techniques, one was half successful but the other not at all close

'Ellis used to depend on technique before so it makes sense she would quickly get the hang of basics, Zero mostly brute forced everything during her life'

He had tested the two on their progress a few hours ago and found them not in sync anymore, he would not be able to train them together after this

His fingers tapped at the armrest of his throne impatiently, a displeased look about him as the well placed expectations did not come true

'At this rate Ellis might be able to defeat that disaster of a lizard on her own, but that's it, if I ever lose control she and Zero wouldn't be able to stall me long enough until my mind takes over once more'

That was the main reason for the sudden training, someone had to be capable of handling pride, at least for a minute or two, especially since his most powerful member, Abaddon, was under the control of another sin, one that obeyed pride apparently

"My Lord"

A burst of flames appeared in the middle of the room as Ika showed herself, finally ending his wait

"Has our little friend come to a decision?"

"I believe so"

"Anything abnormal during your watch?"

"Well…I did keep an eye on her the entire time"

"And?"

"Every single second so she couldn't do anything out of sight, even during the night"

"So, what did you find out"

Ika paused and had a blank look about her

"Well, for an old woman she certainly has…bountiful energy when she turned youthful"

"...."

YuJu took a deep breath, facing palming as he looked at this absent minded servant of his

"I meant, did she expose any sort of information to the other person"

"O-oh!"

With a flushed face Ika quickly shook her head, feeling like she wanted to just find a hole and bury herself, the mental tourcher of having to keep an eye on those two idiots must have eaten away at her brain cells

"She drank the vial on the last day, I think she had something like an escape plan in her mind but chose to drink it out of pure desire for youth, in the end her youthful body has yet to return to its old form, and just be the look on her face I guess she wanted more of it"

YuJu nodded, expecting this to be the case, if anything he thought she would fall for it day two, at least allowing the blood's effect to fade and return her to that form of which she hated, whittling down on her mind more so she would go along with his demands more easily

"Then its time I pay her the promised visit"

"Should I come along?"

"No, I sent Ellis back to the front a while ago, join her and keep an eye on the others, it would be bad if someone with good potential accidentally died"

"Then I'll be on my way"

With another burst of flames she disappeared from the room, much flashier than YuJu's sudden vanish, leaving the room silent, but not empty as Mia, still standing by the throne, finally spoke

"What should I name the new daughter to be I wonder, certainly not Yona, Master might spank me to death if I keep following the numiracle order to make names because of my laziness"

It seemed out of all the things she inerted from YuJu his good naming sense was not one

Speaking of names YuJu also recalled he'd yet to know either people's names while looking upon the departing man who was ushered to leave under the youthful black haired lady's insistence, with the excuse of her needing more life to keep this spree of youthful energy going

"Finally gone, such a clingy one that man is"

"Are you not clinging to him for your dear life however"

Once more with the dramatic entry YuJu appeared before the woman

"At least I am doing it for a reason, he is a fool in love"

"Is he now? I wonder if that is all he has in mind"

His words put a frown on that pretty face, before she could question his intentions on that comment he spoke first

"So what is your dissension on our trade"

"Hmph, do I even need to spill it out?"

She gestured with both hands down the curvy body, a feast for the eyes for sure, mediocre as the top may be the backside more than made up for the bounciness, meanwhile that alluring face complimented the flowing movement of her body, each smile and blink in sync that he felt she had some sort of seducing class

"That gift of yours has yet to lose effect, only a madman would refuse the help"

"And here I thought you would be reluctant to give up on your lover"

"Come no, we both know its a cruise, only he is blind enough not to spot that"

"A trickster so oblivious to tricks, makes me believe someone else is blind here"

"Care to elaborate your intentions?"

This time she put to question his words of doubt, yet he denied the request with a head shake, proceeding to business

"Now that you've had a taste of this blood it is time we negotiate what you can do to get more"

"Just order me around"

"Hm?"

"Look, your probably an important figure among your race while I'm an old ha- I mean, a weak little lady, I've nothing to offer but my subordination, so you can order me to do whatever you want"

There was a strong and suggestive emphasis on those last three words

"I do appreciate a sharp mind, then I'll keep supplying you with vials if you keep bringing me information, speaking of I would like to know that man's class first"

"Him? He's just a trader"

"?"

"It's a class that boosts his persuasion skills, mostly-"

"No I know what the trader class does, I speak of his ability to take and give life"

"Well, that should be because of that special skill he has, Contract"

The name did not ring any bells alone, was there something the man wasn't telling her?

"Does it have any specifications or?"

"It allows him to make a contract that both parties must abide by, the payment of the contract will be assisted by some sort of entity governing life and death, he got it after coming into contact with said entity and managing to persuade it to let him live beyond his time"

"...."

'Hold up! There was one of them here?!'

On second thought he wiped that thought away, if there was someone like that here then he would already have all his powers back, unless…

'No, not possible, they are rule bound, only I am not, if they betray the rules to try and keep me in control then they could just break free from them all together'

That meant that entity governing life and death was some sort of creature from another race

'Or it could be a spirit, humans have high affinity for spirits, though that shows after level one hundred allowing us to have skills consisting the aid of spirits even if we choose a class that doe not have those skills'

It was the most probable scenario

"Umm, mister? Anything wrong?"

Her question broke him out of that loop of doubt, reminding him he had the perfect bait to lure out those answers 

"I'm just recalling all those Titles and classes that might allow such a thing"

He smiled and dug out a vial, throwing it to her who quickly caught it in fear of breaking the treasured item

"In order not to sow any doubt in his mind I will slowly supply you with it, it will also give you enough time to adjust to the blood"

"How much longer can I live with its aid?"

Finally getting the chance to ask that question her eyes looked hopeful, knowing just how little she had to live before the introductory of this item

"That s hard to say, with only this little thing you might get another couple of months, maybe half a year even, but why settle for some lesser solution"

He walked step by step toward the woman until they were face to face

"You could live much longer, become much stronger, all you have to do is.."

He leaned forward, his fangs exposed in a smile with a hand cupping her delicate chin

"Give me a small bite"

She moved to give those lips a bite indeed but only when through an illusion, the cold hand touching her a second ago already gone, as was the presence of the mysterious man

"...I didn't get his name"

She recalled, and neither did he, both caught up with their own thought