Chapter 270
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Soon it's sunrise, the duo are unaware of this due to them both being in a secret room underground. Reima is still happily sifting through books, separating the extremely dark vile ones from the useful grey. He looks to his side at Ciri to check her progress but frowns when he sees her lying face down and drooling on some valuable looking documents while snoring... Using his telekinesis he quickly saves the document from being destroyed via saliva and exits the room to check on the others.
Once out of the basement he walks up to Talicia's room and knocks, a hoarse feminine voice quietly says \"Come in\" from inside, taking the invitation he opens the door revealing the widow with tear streaked makeup and redder eyes than her vampiric nature would imply, her face looks puffy for some reason and she looks all around exhausted.
Reima \"Are you ok?\"
Talicia nods, \"It's been a trying night... I was just preparing to sleep... Did you need something?\"
Reima finally notices the small black rabbit lying on the bed, asleep. \"I just wanted to let you know, if there is anything you need, I'd be more than willing to help.\"
Talicia starts to shake her head before slowly stopping as if she had an idea, \"I'm sorry to ask this but would you be amiss to providing us... Blood?\"
Reima shakes his head, \"I'm sorry but my blood would be incredibly hazardous to ingest.\"
Talicia \"Ah, no, that's not what I meant. I was asking if you'd be willing to occasionally drop by the blood bank for us, I don't think I need to tell you how dangerous it would be for us to be seen in public...\"
Finally understanding what she meant he nods, \"I can do that... Though I would like to ask a favour of my own.\"
She looks at him expectantly, waiting for him to say what he need. \"Ciri and I have been living in the Leaky Cauldron for a month or so now, I've been meaning to find a proper place to stay but found it'd be pointless since we'd be going to Hogwarts in September... Anyway, I'm asking whether or not we could stay you with two until school starts...\"
She doesn't even hesitate to agree, \"Yes, of course. In-fact it'd be a boon if you stayed with us, not only for my daughter but for our protection in general. I, am not the most combat oriented person, obviously I'm not saying I'm weak but Ambrose was always the strongest, without him I don't think I could protect Nerissa from \"Them\"... As long as Ciri is fine with this then I'll ready your rooms immediately.\"
Reima shrugs, \"Seeing as she'd already fallen asleep in the basement I think it'll be fine, she's been slowly warming up to the idea of living around vampires...\" He personally believed her aversion to vampires was due to her blood's unique qualities... If the hags at Crookback bog would ignore the Wild Hunt's orders just to ingest her blood then what would vampire be willing to do? Of course he doesn't make his speculations known, he didn't wish to find out the effects her blood would have on vampires in this world.
Reima holds his hand out and they both shake in agreement.
As Talicia's about to leave her room to prepare his and Ciri's, he suddenly hears the fluttering of wings. Immediately on alert he draws Arcell and pushes a confused Talicia behind him. She tries to tell him something but he ignores it and gets ready to meet the threat. Through the door comes a large grey owl that throws something in his face before turning around and fleeing as fast as it's wings can carry... Apparently it understood the danger it was in.
Talicia \"Did you really just try to cut down the mail owl?\" she asks in disbelief.
Reima seals away the sword and sheepishly rubs his head, \"Er, not... Just practising caution is all...\", her expression tells him exactly how much she believes him. He shrugs off her glare and uses Telekinesis to pick up the package off of the floor, it's snatched away from him by Talicia as she rapidly opens it up, revealing a news paper, the daily prophet.
She clears her throat and reads the front page out loud, \"Fiend-FireBall draws muggle attention!\"... She sighs and reads the paragraph below. \"Yesterday a huge ministry response was formed to stop a magically made green fire from burning down a forest and the nearby Village Brimsby in Scotland. Experts suggest the green colouration indicates the use of FiendFyre by they state that \"Not even Merlin would be able to produce that amount.\", the Department of Magical Law enforcement sent out all of their Obliviators to try and maintain the statute of secrecy. Head Auror Rufus Scrimgeour made this statement when questioned, \"We are led to believe that the fire was not fiendfyre and was instead a new unidentified kind that used magic to fuel it, the unspeakables are already on the case and investigating what could have been the cause.\". We at the Daily Prophet endeavour to bring you all the most truthful news possible and as such asked a couple Auror's who do not wish to be identified what they saw happen. \"We'd just breached the Fire and immediately came under siege from a large group of vampires using some kind of modified clothing that prevented the sun from affecting them... We would've had a hard battle on our hands were it not for a mysterious golden armoured individual cutting most of them down with ease, if this is included then I'd like to say one thing for this person, My family thanks you and I thank you for helping me make it home.\", with this new information we immediately asked the head of magical law enforcement for any comments, here's what she had to say : \"I don't know how you accessed this information as it's highly restricted but since it's already out I'd like to make one thing public, we at the ministry of magic do not agree with vigilantism and certainly not in incredibly high risk situations such as the one we found ourselves in yesterday. Therefore I'd like to make known a bounty placed on this \"Golden Lions\" head for a thousand galleons, if you have any information on this man please bring it forwards.\".
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Soon it's sunrise, the duo are unaware of this due to them both being in a secret room underground. Reima is still happily sifting through books, separating the extremely dark vile ones from the useful grey. He looks to his side at Ciri to check her progress but frowns when he sees her lying face down and drooling on some valuable looking documents while snoring... Using his telekinesis he quickly saves the document from being destroyed via saliva and exits the room to check on the others.
Once out of the basement he walks up to Talicia's room and knocks, a hoarse feminine voice quietly says \"Come in\" from inside, taking the invitation he opens the door revealing the widow with tear streaked makeup and redder eyes than her vampiric nature would imply, her face looks puffy for some reason and she looks all around exhausted.
Reima \"Are you ok?\"
Talicia nods, \"It's been a trying night... I was just preparing to sleep... Did you need something?\"
Reima finally notices the small black rabbit lying on the bed, asleep. \"I just wanted to let you know, if there is anything you need, I'd be more than willing to help.\"
Talicia starts to shake her head before slowly stopping as if she had an idea, \"I'm sorry to ask this but would you be amiss to providing us... Blood?\"
Reima shakes his head, \"I'm sorry but my blood would be incredibly hazardous to ingest.\"
Talicia \"Ah, no, that's not what I meant. I was asking if you'd be willing to occasionally drop by the blood bank for us, I don't think I need to tell you how dangerous it would be for us to be seen in public...\"
Finally understanding what she meant he nods, \"I can do that... Though I would like to ask a favour of my own.\"
She looks at him expectantly, waiting for him to say what he need. \"Ciri and I have been living in the Leaky Cauldron for a month or so now, I've been meaning to find a proper place to stay but found it'd be pointless since we'd be going to Hogwarts in September... Anyway, I'm asking whether or not we could stay you with two until school starts...\"
She doesn't even hesitate to agree, \"Yes, of course. In-fact it'd be a boon if you stayed with us, not only for my daughter but for our protection in general. I, am not the most combat oriented person, obviously I'm not saying I'm weak but Ambrose was always the strongest, without him I don't think I could protect Nerissa from \"Them\"... As long as Ciri is fine with this then I'll ready your rooms immediately.\"
Reima shrugs, \"Seeing as she'd already fallen asleep in the basement I think it'll be fine, she's been slowly warming up to the idea of living around vampires...\" He personally believed her aversion to vampires was due to her blood's unique qualities... If the hags at Crookback bog would ignore the Wild Hunt's orders just to ingest her blood then what would vampire be willing to do? Of course he doesn't make his speculations known, he didn't wish to find out the effects her blood would have on vampires in this world.
Reima holds his hand out and they both shake in agreement.
As Talicia's about to leave her room to prepare his and Ciri's, he suddenly hears the fluttering of wings. Immediately on alert he draws Arcell and pushes a confused Talicia behind him. She tries to tell him something but he ignores it and gets ready to meet the threat. Through the door comes a large grey owl that throws something in his face before turning around and fleeing as fast as it's wings can carry... Apparently it understood the danger it was in.
Talicia \"Did you really just try to cut down the mail owl?\" she asks in disbelief.
Reima seals away the sword and sheepishly rubs his head, \"Er, not... Just practising caution is all...\", her expression tells him exactly how much she believes him. He shrugs off her glare and uses Telekinesis to pick up the package off of the floor, it's snatched away from him by Talicia as she rapidly opens it up, revealing a news paper, the daily prophet.
She clears her throat and reads the front page out loud, \"Fiend-FireBall draws muggle attention!\"... She sighs and reads the paragraph below. \"Yesterday a huge ministry response was formed to stop a magically made green fire from burning down a forest and the nearby Village Brimsby in Scotland. Experts suggest the green colouration indicates the use of FiendFyre by they state that \"Not even Merlin would be able to produce that amount.\", the Department of Magical Law enforcement sent out all of their Obliviators to try and maintain the statute of secrecy. Head Auror Rufus Scrimgeour made this statement when questioned, \"We are led to believe that the fire was not fiendfyre and was instead a new unidentified kind that used magic to fuel it, the unspeakables are already on the case and investigating what could have been the cause.\". We at the Daily Prophet endeavour to bring you all the most truthful news possible and as such asked a couple Auror's who do not wish to be identified what they saw happen. \"We'd just breached the Fire and immediately came under siege from a large group of vampires using some kind of modified clothing that prevented the sun from affecting them... We would've had a hard battle on our hands were it not for a mysterious golden armoured individual cutting most of them down with ease, if this is included then I'd like to say one thing for this person, My family thanks you and I thank you for helping me make it home.\", with this new information we immediately asked the head of magical law enforcement for any comments, here's what she had to say : \"I don't know how you accessed this information as it's highly restricted but since it's already out I'd like to make one thing public, we at the ministry of magic do not agree with vigilantism and certainly not in incredibly high risk situations such as the one we found ourselves in yesterday. Therefore I'd like to make known a bounty placed on this \"Golden Lions\" head for a thousand galleons, if you have any information on this man please bring it forwards.\".
Soon it's sunrise, the duo are unaware of this due to them both being in a secret room underground. Reima is still happily sifting through books, separating the extremely dark vile ones from the useful grey. He looks to his side at Ciri to check her progress but frowns when he sees her lying face down and drooling on some valuable looking documents while snoring... Using his telekinesis he quickly saves the document from being destroyed via saliva and exits the room to check on the others.Once out of the basement he walks up to Talicia's room and knocks, a hoarse feminine voice quietly says \"Come in\" from inside, taking the invitation he opens the door revealing the widow with tear streaked makeup and redder eyes than her vampiric nature would imply, her face looks puffy for some reason and she looks all around exhausted.Reima \"Are you ok?\"Talicia nods, \"It's been a trying night... I was just preparing to sleep... Did you need something?\"Reima finally notices the small black rabbit lying on the bed, asleep. \"I just wanted to let you know, if there is anything you need, I'd be more than willing to help.\"Talicia starts to shake her head before slowly stopping as if she had an idea, \"I'm sorry to ask this but would you be amiss to providing us... Blood?\"Reima shakes his head, \"I'm sorry but my blood would be incredibly hazardous to ingest.\"Talicia \"Ah, no, that's not what I meant. I was asking if you'd be willing to occasionally drop by the blood bank for us, I don't think I need to tell you how dangerous it would be for us to be seen in public...\"Finally understanding what she meant he nods, \"I can do that... Though I would like to ask a favour of my own.\"She looks at him expectantly, waiting for him to say what he need. \"Ciri and I have been living in the Leaky Cauldron for a month or so now, I've been meaning to find a proper place to stay but found it'd be pointless since we'd be going to Hogwarts in September... Anyway, I'm asking whether or not we could stay you with two until school starts...\"She doesn't even hesitate to agree, \"Yes, of course. In-fact it'd be a boon if you stayed with us, not only for my daughter but for our protection in general. I, am not the most combat oriented person, obviously I'm not saying I'm weak but Ambrose was always the strongest, without him I don't think I could protect Nerissa from \"Them\"... As long as Ciri is fine with this then I'll ready your rooms immediately.\"Reima shrugs, \"Seeing as she'd already fallen asleep in the basement I think it'll be fine, she's been slowly warming up to the idea of living around vampires...\" He personally believed her aversion to vampires was due to her blood's unique qualities... If the hags at Crookback bog would ignore the Wild Hunt's orders just to ingest her blood then what would vampire be willing to do? Of course he doesn't make his speculations known, he didn't wish to find out the effects her blood would have on vampires in this world.Reima holds his hand out and they both shake in agreement.As Talicia's about to leave her room to prepare his and Ciri's, he suddenly hears the fluttering of wings. Immediately on alert he draws Arcell and pushes a confused Talicia behind him. She tries to tell him something but he ignores it and gets ready to meet the threat. Through the door comes a large grey owl that throws something in his face before turning around and fleeing as fast as it's wings can carry... Apparently it understood the danger it was in.Talicia \"Did you really just try to cut down the mail owl?\" she asks in disbelief.Reima seals away the sword and sheepishly rubs his head, \"Er, not... Just practising caution is all...\", her expression tells him exactly how much she believes him. He shrugs off her glare and uses Telekinesis to pick up the package off of the floor, it's snatched away from him by Talicia as she rapidly opens it up, revealing a news paper, the daily prophet.She clears her throat and reads the front page out loud, \"Fiend-FireBall draws muggle attention!\"... She sighs and reads the paragraph below. \"Yesterday a huge ministry response was formed to stop a magically made green fire from burning down a forest and the nearby Village Brimsby in Scotland. Experts suggest the green colouration indicates the use of FiendFyre by they state that \"Not even Merlin would be able to produce that amount.\", the Department of Magical Law enforcement sent out all of their Obliviators to try and maintain the statute of secrecy. Head Auror Rufus Scrimgeour made this statement when questioned, \"We are led to believe that the fire was not fiendfyre and was instead a new unidentified kind that used magic to fuel it, the unspeakables are already on the case and investigating what could have been the cause.\". We at the Daily Prophet endeavour to bring you all the most truthful news possible and as such asked a couple Auror's who do not wish to be identified what they saw happen. \"We'd just breached the Fire and immediately came under siege from a large group of vampires using some kind of modified clothing that prevented the sun from affecting them... We would've had a hard battle on our hands were it not for a mysterious golden armoured individual cutting most of them down with ease, if this is included then I'd like to say one thing for this person, My family thanks you and I thank you for helping me make it home.\", with this new information we immediately asked the head of magical law enforcement for any comments, here's what she had to say : \"I don't know how you accessed this information as it's highly restricted but since it's already out I'd like to make one thing public, we at the ministry of magic do not agree with vigilantism and certainly not in incredibly high risk situations such as the one we found ourselves in yesterday. Therefore I'd like to make known a bounty placed on this \"Golden Lions\" head for a thousand galleons, if you have any information on this man please bring it forwards.\".
