Aeliana Ruinous's disciple

"Hmmm."

Aeliana hummed as she stared at Melia with curiosity shining in her eyes. Once again, Melia felt uncomfortable under her gaze, however, she didn't break eye contact, she wanted Aeliana to know that she wasn't joking around, she wanted the woman to see her determination.

"And what would you give me in return?"

Suddenly, Aeliana questioned.

A frown appeared on Melia's face, she wasn't expecting this question and seeing her reaction, a playful smile appeared on Aeliana's face.

"I am the Leader of the Ancestral Order, girl. I rule over entire Yrniel and manage the universal politics, I am not exactly one of the 'free ones' like the Progenitors. After all, unlike them, I cannot dump my responsibilities to other beings, my sense of responsibility won't allow me to do that. I am not shameless."

The last sentence was clearly the jab at the Progenitors, Aeliana was sure that if the Mother of all Humans was here, the woman would just chuckle and observe the situation with interest, after all, after living for such a long time, words like these barely made them feel any sense of shame. The Progenitors' skin was so thick that instead of feeling ashamed, the lazy group would place even more responsibilities on her.

Yes, Aeliana was indeed in a helpless and pitiful position.

"You aren't expecting me to take in another responsibility of training you without you giving me anything in return, are you?"

Aeliana spoke, looking at Melia, who now had a complicated look on her face.

"...what do you want?"

Melia questioned after thinking about a while.

This was indeed not the direction she expected the conversation to go in, she felt that since Progenitors seemed quite interested in their group and even offered to take some of them as their students, her chances of getting what she wanted were high.

Was it a naïve thought? Maybe.

But seeing how the Progenitors even offered their blood to her sisters, she believed that her request wasn't very hard to fulfil. After all, she didn't need blood, she only needed guidance.

However, now that she was placed on the pedestal, she couldn't come up with a satisfactory answer and decided to send the ball to Aeliana's court.

"I want you to tell me about Nux's abilities, I want you to answer everything I ask about him honestly, if you do that, I wil-"

"I cannot do that." Melia's answer was instantaneous.

She didn't even give Vyriana, who was ready to interrupt the chance to open her mouth.

"If you are curious about my husband's abilities, you can go talk to him, you will not get anything from me."

As desperately as Melia needed help, she would never do something that could potentially harm Nux. After all, the primary reason she needed all this was to impress Nux and... be 'rewarded' for her efforts.

Aeliana raised her eyebrow when she heard that answer,"Your answer isn't helping you, girl. Do you not desire my help?" She questioned.

"You can demand anything that is not related to my husband or my sisters," Melia spoke.

"You should know that as the leader of the Ancestral Order, I am most curious about that abnormal man. Actually, the only reason I am even interacting here with you is because you are close to him, other than that, you have no value in my eyes."

"If the only way I get your help is by selling out my husband, then I will find another way to deal with my situation," Melia replied, completely ignoring how Aeliana pretty much called her worthless.

Despite feeling inferior to her sisters, she knew her worth.

She knew what value she held in her husband's eyes, she knew that value she held in her family, an outsider's opinion didn't matter.

And Melia was sure that one day, she would show this woman her 'value'.

Thinking that the 'meeting' was over, Melia turned around, wanting to leave the place and think about another way to form her Law, seeing that the woman was about to go, Skyla, who felt the need to support her Sister, quickly followed the woman, ready to talk to her once they were alone.

However, this time, Skyla wasn't alone. The rest of the women decided to follow her as well, all supporting their 'sister'.

The only one who didn't move was Amaya, who was looking at Aeliana with a curious smile on her face.

Astaria noticed and felt that something was wrong, however, noticing that the rest of her sisters were moving, she decided to follow them. Despite not being good with words, she wanted Melia to know that she was available whenever she needed someone to talk to. After all, what Melia was currently feeling was something she could relate to.

She had also desperately spent a year alone without Nux to seek strength as well.

"Shouldn't you stop your test by now? You might get rejected by her if you continue it any longer, you know?"

Suddenly, Amaya, who had been silent this whole time spoke up.

Melia, who had already created a portal paused when she heard those words, seeing Amaya looking at Aeliana, she frowned, Melia thought that the woman was trying to fight for her, something she didn't appreciate, however, before she could say anything, She noticed a smile breaking out of Aeliana's face.

"How did you know?" Aeliana questioned with a curious look on her face.lightsnovel

"It was glaringly obvious." Amaya shrugged.

"Your Sisters don't seem to think the same way." Aeliana pointed at the rest of the women.

"They were worried about Melia, so they must have missed it."

"Are you saying you aren't worried about your Sister?" Aeliana questioned with a curious look on her face.

"I am not," Amaya spoke without hesitation. "I only care about Nux, the rest of them would have died if it were up to me, but since my husband would be sad if something happened to them, I hold myself back." Amaya sighed with a tired look on her face.

Her life was indeed tiresome and complicated.

"Heh, you talk as if you have the ability to kill us." Astaria laughed. Her eyes shone as she glared at the woman.

"I simply need to devour your sword. It is not that hard." Amaya replied nonchalantly."Why don't you try it out?" Astaria questioned with a smile that didn't seem like a smile at all.

lightsnοvεl "I am not a brute like you." Amaya shook her head.

"Yo-"

"Sister Amaya, are you saying you would kill me...?" Astaria wanted to say something, however, she was interrupted by Skyla, who, at some point, had rushed towards Amaya and questioned with her big eyes shining pitifully.

"..."

Against the woman, even Amaya could only stay silent and turn her face away.

She was prepared to face all her 'sisters', except this one. Amaya didn't want to admit it, however, she had grown attached to Skyla, despite the woman being older than her, she treated her like a younger sister, someone she wanted to spoil.

"Whatever." In the end, Amaya just turned away, not wanting to follow this topic further.

However, before she left, she glanced at Aeliana and,

"Stop playing around, Lady Aeliana. I believe you have already tested my Sister enough, even though I do not particularly like her because she, like others, takes time that my husband can spend with me, she is still talented."

"He is MY husband." Melia narrowed her eyes as she glared at Amaya. At this moment, she completely ignored Aeliana and what she wanted. After all, marking her territory was much more important.

Else a bitch like Amaya would take everything from her.

Amaya, on the other hand, didn't say anything. After all, in her head, she knew that she was the best wife, much better than any of her 'sisters'.

'If only I was stronger than him.'

The woman couldn't help but mutter in frustration.

How much she wanted to just kidnap the man and lock him up in a room to spend an eternity with him.

She wouldn't allow any bitches to even see him, let alone get close to him.

Amaya's eyes displayed dark desires as she started thinking about all this, soon, she was lost in her own world and a very important place started being affected because of her line of thoughts.

"In future."

Suddenly, Aeliana spoke up.

All the women turned towards her and saw that the Vampire was looking at the little Vampire.

"The current you have nothing you can give to me, but I believe the future wouldn't be the same.

I am willing to invest in your future. I will help you right now and, in the future, you will owe me one favour.

How does that sound?" Aeliana questioned.

"As long as it does not harm my husband or sisters in any way, I will do whatever you want," Melia answered and hearing her answer, a big smile appeared on Aeliana's face.

"Then Melia Leander, from now on, you are my, Aeliana Ruinous's disciple."

"Yes, Master."

Melia spoke as she knelt on one knee and bowed her head.

Aeliana's smile widened even further, different emotions were reflected in her eyes, emotions that only her longtime friend could see.