You Will Only Be Mine-Chapter 303: Underhand

Beat up and battered but not ready to give up. This boy either has the will of a warrior or the idiocy of a clown. It is not too fun to see him being beaten like that.

"Sigh, did I make the wrong decision in choosing him as my successor?" I said sipping some wine from my glass. It doesn’t taste like the ones I have had when my body was still alive but given its substance, texture, smell, and even the taste is all conjured from memory, I wouldn’t expect anything more than that. "A mere copy can never surpass the original. Oh well."

I saw Dominic’s blade move towards his neck and the boy jumped back dodging it. His breath was getting uneven again and he was letting his fears slowly take over. Though the resolve of a soldier he still had the heart of a child.

"He should have parried it with his blade," I commented taking another sip. "Would have given him much of an opening. Then again, I am saying this from my own experience. The boy is not ready for that yet."

Okay, that’s enough.

I stood up from my chair and extended my arms closing my eyes. I don’t really like doing this but given how things are going. The boy will get himself killed. Either by Dominic or through mere exhaustion. Even if my blood is able to strengthen and make him more agile, a human can only go so far without any real fighting experience.

I envisioned the boy right before me and as I knew, there he was holding my hands. I opened my eyes and he looked a bit confused and panicked. His mental projection of himself also showed how exhausted he was. His clothes were torn, his shoulders slouching, and his breathing heavy. Not just his physical self but his mental was also taking a huge toll.

"Quite a pathetic show you put up there," I commented as he fell to his knees. My eyes locked with his and then I closed them again. "Take some rest boy, let me see how well my servant is being put."

The boy was too exhausted to even utter a word and I took his place. My eyes opened and I found myself in the grasp of Dominic almost burying his teeth in my neck.

"How insolent," I muttered and punched his chest. Getting up, I looked at myself and moved the boy’s arms and legs a little. "It will take some time before I get used to this body."

"My Kazuki-kun, who knew you had such strength- "

"Silence," I said glaring at the feeble being and he immediately shut his mouth up. "Has all these years of not being around me dulled your senses of my presence Dominic?"

The vampire couldn’t utter a word but his eyes started to widen and all he did was stare at me. "I asked you something. Did I not, Dominic?"

"Y-yes, my lord," he said falling to one knee and lowering his head. Now that is a familiar sight. "But, my lord, h-how did you…"

"You think a mere human body is enough to hold me back from taking control of it? Don’t forget who was the one who chose this body," I said in a stern tone. Though it was the voice of the boy Dominic knew it would be wiser to listen to me.

"You, chose?"

I let out a sigh seeing the naiveness of the man before me. I walked closer to him and he lowered his head again. I am no tyrant but I know better than to let my subjects doubt my intentions.

"Dominic, I was and will always be a man of practicality. No sane person would just let any random human child inherit his blood. You know better than anyone that I don’t trust randomness or probability," I said and Dominic nodded his head. "Then why did I hear doubts in your tone?"

His body trembled in fear and I saw him holding the hilt of his blade tighter. The holy weapon Trinity, the sword of divine judgment. A tool made to kill me. But alas, even if the sword was crafted by the greatest bladesmiths to have ever walked on this earth, the weapon was too powerful for its time. Humanity never learned how to use it efficiently.

How can they, it was made by a vampire after all.

"Use your blade, Dominic," I said and the vampire looked at me in shock. "I must see for myself what the sword that was supposed to be my murder weapon is capable of."

"B- "

"Did you forget Dominic?" I gave him a sharp glare. "My word is absolute. Do you want to make the mistake of going against it?"

Then before I knew it, I saw the blade coming at me. It was made from bathing the silver used for forging the blade in the holy water specially prepared by the Pope for this very purpose. The blade is light but very durable. A blade that doesn’t corrode or get eaten away and even can survive the harshest of environments.

I blocked the blade with the hilt of my sword but I found it hard to push back the blade. I see, even if I have the experience of all my existence I still have to move and act in accordance to the limits of his body.

"Interesting," I said and twisted the hilting changing the direction of the blade making Dominic lose his footing for a second. I tried to rush in but before I could get in range he was back to his stance and aimed a backhand at my ribs. Looks like he was able to notice that too.

"Don’t get cocky," I said and locked his fist between my knee and elbow and twisted it. I used the momentum to let go and unsheathe my blade and in a quick sweep cut off his ear.

I turned to look at him but he was already charging at me. He was getting more serious, now that is what I wanted. I stood in my place and saw him plunging the blade at my heart so I twisted my body and ducked as he slashed the blade horizontally and kicked him in his shin. He took a step back and shook his leg a little. Even if he was not as strong as I was in my days, the kid’s body still had a good amount of strength in it.

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"Dominic, you are getting too hasty with your moves. I thought I taught you better," I said shaking my head. "Just because this body isn’t mine doesn’t mean am not able to kill you."

"Pardon my rudeness my lord but that boy’s body is very weak," he said and I saw a little smug form on his face. He was looking down on him.

"And with that body right now I was able to slice your ear off easily. Now, don’t tell me you were holding back with me like you did with him," I said putting the sword down.

"Oh no my lord, I would not dare do to do such a thing. Holding back against you is a death sentence," he said but I could feel the lack of honesty in his voice. He was not just looking down at the boy’s body, he was looking down at me.

"Your insolence has reached a new high today, Dominic. I must commend you for that," I said to him and he let out a little laugh.

"My lord I in no shape or form looked down at you," he said and in a blink of an eye, he appeared before me hand right before my eyes. "I just merely don’t have as much respect for this form of you."

Trying to grab my face?

"Imbecile," I muttered and grabbed his arm. Just because the body has its limitations doesn’t mean I have to follow them. This is my blood after all.

I crushed his arm and twisted it. His body went along with it and I kicked his back throwing him to the ground and I pulled his arm off.

"H- "

"I will take this arm as compensation for your actions," I said before stomping on his head. "Now stay there while I feast."

I looked at his arm and it was everything far from a delicacy but I couldn’t do anything about it. I bit into the arm and started to drink, it tasted foul, but that was not much of an issue to me. The first sip always tastes this way and as I kept drinking, it started getting sweeter. I looked at Dominic and saw him look at me with horror. He finally realized.

"What kind of monster have you chosen my lord?" he said still in shock. "I have seen vampires feed on human blood, I have seen vampires feed on vampire blood but this…a human? Feeding on vampire blood? W-what is this my lord?"

"The fruit of my labor," I replied and stomped his head cracking his skull. "And you know how much I hate being disturbed while I eat, don’t you?"

"A-apologies, sire."

The boy doesn’t realize it yet but the time has come for him to know. I said he would be turned into a vampire, a being with a constant thirst for blood. But little does he know; it isn’t human blood he will be thirsting for.

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