Servant

The next day was the day of the meeting with Celine Lefair, so after school had finished Ivan hurried back home. Not long after, a young lady pushed a wheelchair in.

On the wheelchair sat the old looking woman Celine Lefair. When they saw her being lead in by the housekeeper, Lara and Ivan stood up to greet her.

"Thank you for coming. We are really grateful that you are willing to help us.", Lara opened the conversation after they had exchanged their greetings.

Celine hurriedly waved off her thanks, "Don't. It is me who should be thankful.", then before it could escalate into a party of everyone trying to push their gratefulness around she continued, "Let's just talk about how we should proceed. Lucia, give me the folder please."

Her daughter pulled out a thin folder out of her backpack and put it onto the table. "Here, mom."

"This is a contract I have prepared. I hope you will accept this one, instead of the one you have prepared.", she then said to Lara.

Lara didn't say anything. She only picked up the folder and read carefully through the contract. Ivan, on the other hand, had no interest in the contract and was instead willing to let his wife handle it. After she had finished reading the contract Lara looked at Celine in surprise.

"This is quite an extreme contract."

"I know, but believe me it is necessary."

"Well, it isn't like it is bad for us, so I don't see a problem with it. Do you want to sign it now?"

When she heard the question, Celine nodded happily. She had expected the other side to agree, but when it happened she still could barely suppress her happiness. Finally, she could recover. Finally, she could get rid of this old body.

She then pulled out a small blade and made a cut on her finger, letting a drop of blood drop down on the contract. This was one of the changes she had made to the standard concubine contract. Unlike the others which could just be signed with ink, this one had to be signed with blood giving willingly by the involved parties.

Next, it was Lara's turn to drop a drop of blood on the contract. She did it in the capacity of the main wife. Then it was Ivan's turn, who through the whole conversation hadn't said anything. He too, without any hesitation, let a drop of his blood fall onto the contract.

<< Congratulations, you have gained your first Blood Bound Servant >>

For maybe the first time the System directly followed up the announcement with a short description of what a Blood Bound Servant was.

<< Blood Bound Servant

A servant who has bound itself to a master through a voluntary blood contract. This contract gives all the power to the master, while also imposing a few duties on the master, which are mostly related to the well being of the servant. This form of contract will be inherited by all bloodline carriers and as such is a decision for further generations as well.

Unlike slave contracts, the servant keeps most of its basic freedom. It has the right to refuse orders, which are not explicitly enforced through the Blood Seal. This contract is a common method of binding a servant family to the main family.

The duties of the master consist of:

- Taking care of daily necessities.

- Defending the servant against external threats, as long as the own safety isn't compromised.

- Strengthening the servant as long as it isn't at the cost of the own growth.

Not fulfilling these duties will be punished by the System after a warning.

Certain actions against the servant family are frowned upon but aren't directly punished:

- Raping or torturing

- Killing without reason

- Using the servant for experiments that leave lasting damage

The following actions are forbidden and will be punished by the System:

- Selling a servant

- Destroying a servants soul without reason

Duties of the servant:

- Following the master's orders, which are enforced by the Blood Seal

- Supporting the master

- Strengthening the master's bloodline

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When Ivan read through this info popup he was surprised. It was quite sizeable and had most of the important information on it. But he would have never expected for Celine to make this kind of contract, which would influence her descendants. But he could feel that the only servant was she herself, while her daughter wasn't included. Could it be that she wasn't her real daughter?

No, it should be that she just didn't have the same bloodline and instead carried the bloodline of her father.

<< Quest: Choosing a Blood Seal (F)

The Blood Seal is the physical manifestation of the connection between a master and his Blood Bound Servants. It will be displayed above the heart of the servant as well as in small on the left arm of the master.

Each servant bloodline will have its own seal, which must contain the bloodline representatives of both bloodlines. As such this seal has to contain the 'Spiritual Chaos Dragon God' and the 'Spiritual Fire Phoenix'

Task: Design the Blood Seal in the screen available for it.

Reward: Random new color for the next Seal

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When Ivan read the quest description he was surprised that he would be able to design the seal himself, but when he saw the reward he was speechless. What kind of reward was that?

Only when he opened the screen to design the seal he understood that the reward truly would be useful. Because there was currently only one color available and that was a screaming pink.

*What the? I hope I can change it later.*

The seal that was already shown wasn't much better. To him, it looked like the image of the dragon and phoenix mating. He hurriedly rearranged it. Now it looked like the two of them dancing around each other while supporting each other. Around it, he added a circle which should display the unity of these two. He then tried to share the draft with the other two, but sadly he was unable to. As such he could only choose to describe it to them.

"What do you think? Anything you want to change?"

"I think it is fine this way.", Lara was the first to give her opinion. "But I never would have expected you to have a phoenix bloodline. From what I have heard the phoenix bloodlines are one of the strongest.", she then spoke towards Celine.

"Neither did I expect your husband to have a dragon bloodline, which is on a similar if not higher level than the phoenix bloodline.", Celine responded in kind. "As for the seal, I think it is fine too. Just that the color is just a bit ...", she didn't continue but everyone could imagine her point. Sadly there didn't seem anything they could do about it.

Having gotten the confirmation by the two of them, Ivan pressed on the accept button of the seal.

As soon as he did that, he felt a slight burn on his wrist and when he checked it out a small seal appeared on it. It was on the inner side and with its pink color was clearly visible on his white skin. Maybe he should buy a wrist band so he could hide it?

Celine's was hidden by her clothes, which was much better than his. Of course, if she wore something that showed off her cleavage it might just be partially visible.

"Great, now that this is done, let's exchange some Qi.", Celine suggested.

"How do we do that? The only method I know don't seem to be possible with the condition your body is in.", Ivan asked in an interested tone.

"What you have should be the simplest method there is, 'Qi Exchange', right?"

In response, Ivan only nodded.

"While having sex is the easiest and most efficient method, it isn't the only one. Where do you think your Vital Qi and my Spiritual Qi is stored?"

When she asked this question both Ivan and Lara were embarrassed. They had never thought about it, even though this was an obvious question to ask oneself.

"Don't be embarrassed. Even if you tried to find out the answer yourself, you still wouldn't have been able with your current strength.

Spirit Qi is stored in ones dantian, Mental Qi in ones See of Conscious, which is also called Mental Space. These are the types of Qi everyone has. Then there is Vital Qi which is similar to life essence. It is stored in the cells of the body and especially in the blood vessels. Then there is Spiritual Qi which is stored in the brain."

"Then how come one can exchange it during sexual intercourse?", Ivan asked. Having someone explain all this to them was a great opportunity and he was determined to make the best of it.

"Haha", seeing how eager he was Celine laughed, "Don't worry, from now on you can just ask and if I know it, I will tell you about it."