53 Blood Spirit Fox

Then with a sudden surge of magical energy, her heart started to beat once again. But now her energy flowed with a sinister hint of red, and the smell of blood wafted from her. Suddenly with a painful crunch, her bones started to shift under her skin as she shapeshifted. Her arms lengthened as her legs folded down. Her body was suddenly turning into that of a silver fox with streaks of red within her fur. The fox had one giant tail that suddenly split into 4, with each of them tipped in red fur. The fox was the size of a car. With the four tails on it, the fox was the length of a bus.

(Wow, looks a lot cooler than I thought, and she's probably a lot stronger as well. Now there's one for feminism and zip for Jason.)

But while he was having these thoughts, he can suddenly feel a bit of his power siphoned away from him. An additional tail exploded from the fox. The five tails suddenly changed entirely red along with the rest of her body. But with a final second of resistance, a diamond-shaped patch of silver fur was left on her forehead. With the transformation complete, the fox started to morph back into human form. The shift was draining, leaving her in pain lying on the floor. The change had somehow managed to preserve her clothes even though her body had expanded multiple times, and there was no sign of clothes on her fox body.

As she laid on the floor, Jason felt a word sense of connection with her as he began to feel faintly her thoughts coming to him.

" Probably should have asked you this before accepting you and watching you transform into a fox, but what's your name?"

In his excitement and confusion, Jason never bothered to ask her name, and frankly, he didn't really care, but since she was a household member, he should get to know her better now.

Hearing his question, she was shocked and in awe that her new master hadn't even bothered to ask her name until now.

"My name is Yukio Aonari master."

An exhausted grunty answer was the best she could handle right now. Yukio had just gone through death and several significant transformations. It was understandable she was exhausted.

"Well, my name is Jason Sacer if you didn't know. You got a place to stay, Yukio?"

Jason was standing above her, looking down directly at her.

"No, I don't, but given time, I am sure I can arrange something for myself. I am quite capable of doing so."

Even though she was exhausted, Yukio still tried to give an enthusiastic and competent response. She wanted to make sure her new master knew her value.

"That's fine. You can stay here for the night, and then, later on, you can find your own place. I am heading out. You rest."

(Might as well let her stay here instead of somewhere else out of sight. I really need to learn more about this world.)

Jason called out through his connection to the twins again as he had more questions for them once again. The twins appeared promptly as soon as they heard Jason calling for them. They met on the roof of a building about three streets down. When Jason got there, Ashley and Michael were already kneeling down in anticipation of his arrival. Jason jumped down to the ground softly behind them.

"What do you guys know about Monarchs and the Demon Lord of Lust Asmodea?"

Jason was eager to find out more information about those two topics. It had somehow driven a mighty fox demon to him and an immense promise to wrestle control over all fox demons from a Demon Lord.

As soon as the twins heard Monarch and Demon Lord Asmodea, their eyes popped wide open in fear and shock. To their knowledge, everything Jason knew came from them. How did he find out about Monarchs? Especially about Demon Lord Asmodea that was a real top tier, Mythological Creature. She was a being that all beings spoke of in hushed tones.

"How do you know about Monarchs and of Asmodea master?"

Ashley was nervous as she asked her master why he was asking such dangerous questions.

"Well, I am planning on fighting Asmodea in the future when I become a Monarch."

Jason simply spoke about his goals, like accomplishing them would be nothing.

But as soon as his two subordinates heard what he said, their eyes bulged again. Hearing his question earlier already shocked them but hearing his goal of taking on a Demon Lord scared them witless. Hearing that he would become a Monarch was the only thing that barely brought them back to sanity. WHAT THE FUCK WAS GOING ON!! The siblings shared a confused look before thinking deeply about their future. Their lives were bound to Jason through a slave contract. The whole time they were serving him, they were planning on escaping at the first opportunity. But if they were serving a future Monarch, this was a giant meat pie falling down right onto them. Of course, it wouldn't be easy trying to be a Monarch's right hand. It was a position that gathered enemies. But if the two of them could survive, they would be under one and above a thousand. But the part where he planned on taking on Asmodea raised the danger level hundreds of times. If the wrong person or demon heard him say that and reported it to the right fanatics, Asmodea wouldn't even need to make a move. They would kill this fledgling before he could become a duke level vampire, much less a monarch.

"Master, even if you are a future Monarch, some things should not be said aloud."

Ashley was sweating from the pressure that was crushing down on her as her thoughts ran wild. Her mind kept flipping back and forth between running as far as she could while grabbing her brother or wholeheartedly serving Jason. She needed to make sure that they could survive this.

"Oh, I guess I should keep quiet about that until things start moving. But tell me more about what you know."

"Monarchs are leaders of their race pinnacles of power. Becoming one means your bloodline is of the purest origin, and you have gained the privilege to lead your own sire line. Being a Vampiric Monarch would allow you to stand on equal footing with Demon Lord Asmodea. But..."

There were a couple words left unsaid by Ashley. While a Vampiric Monarch was equal to a Demon Lord, there was a vast difference between a brand new, recently ascended Vampiric Monarch and a Demon Lord that had been in power for centuries.

"But even if we are equal in titles does not mean we are equal in power, right?"

Jason was quick to pick up what she was about to say.

"You are wise, master."

Jason once again found Ashley to be incredibly helpful. If the twins had not appeared and he had not made them his subordinates, he would be struggling a lot more with everything vampire. In the future, he would be relying on them as well, so it may be time for him to give them a reward and a bit of a power-up.

(Hmm, might be time to test out some stuff from the grimoire.)

" You have served loyally as long as you continue to do so this would simply be the beginning. Cherish the opportunity I am about to give you."

Jason had silently taken out the grimoire behind the kneeling twins. With one outstretched hand, he flipped open the massive tome. Then two dark vortexes opened above the twins. A droplet of blood slowly formed out of the whirlpools. As the droplet increased in size, it finally dripped down onto their heads.