Progress

I'm currently six. Mom started trying to get me into religion. It also seems that Gods are real, better yet it seems Royal vampires are considered only one step down from our God, the Goddess of Darkness, Yathory.

It's sort of reminiscent of the Pharaohs in Egypt although I'd be a bit more prized for my rarity. You see, the stronger the race, for example a Royal Vampire, the harder it is for them to to have children. So it seems my birth was something like a miracle. Maybe that's why they constantly have heart attacks whenever I trip over? (I am quite clumsy it seems)

Another thing to mention. Vampires are immortal, their perception of time is also distorted a bit. Mother and Father have been together for thousands of years. Even then, I'm the first child they've ever had.

The first child to be born among the royal Vampires in fifty years...

Although to Vampires that's actually pretty good. There was period of time where there wasn't a baby born for a thousand years!

Cool, right? Y'know what isn't cool? Our relationship with the Humans and their God, the God of Light, Chreno, is not cool.

A few Vampire's clans have been attacked by them and their hero, Mother always scowled whenever she told me about them. Always being dismissive, trying to avoid the topic.

I guess you wouldn't tell your six year old child how some dangerous sicko was hunting down our entire race. That would probably traumatize them! Not me though! I'm fine! Really!

Learning magic basic usually takes 5 years, with the system I managed it in one. Truly convenient. This also including the fact that I got the memory skill I was hoping for, [memory archive recording]. Which allows me to remember basically anything. All I need is one good fluke and then I can replicate the feeling, then boom! Mastered it.

I'm trying dark magic currently because as a creature of the dark I have quite the affinity. Dark magic is about manipulating 'dark particles'. Basically, they're the stuff in between light. While Vampires can see with light, we can also see in complete darkness by absorbing these dark particles. A skilled person might be able to directly perceive things with dark magic. Maybe.

I asked my tutor about it- oh, I never mentioned him. His name is Mr. Derrick. He has been helping since I've started using magic properly. He's a specialist in the field. Anyway, when I asked him about it he asked how I thought of it.

I said "Because it would mirror the spell 'life sense' right? I just thought it might be useful if it works." I look up at him long ears and dark greyish skin captivating me as he was the first person I ever saw that looked like this. His ears were thinner and much longer than mine. That was because he was a dark elf. Elf...

"Yes?"

"What?"

"Your staring"

"Oh..."

Anyway, this was when we started it. Now, onto testing it.

We've run trials with the formula, now all we have to manipulate the darkness with said formula.

We're testing this by making me look Mr. Derrick while I'm blindfolded.

Okay, now were are you Mr. Derrick?

I activate the spell and focus ahead of me

Blegh, this is disorienting. Anyway, there he is, hiding by an inconveniently shaped lamp. "Gotcha" I say while pointing to him.

Okay test 1 good. Next is seeing through an object. I 'see' Derrick hiding behind a pair of doors to the supplies closet. Okay now just move my sight ahead. I'll call it dark sense. through the closet and... "Stop staring at me!" He was staring at me, ecstatic with the results.

He opened the door with a grin as wide as Monday is long. "So you can see me? Could see me?"

"Yes", I replied and as soon as I say that he runs like a whirlwind to the next room over. I close my eyes and activate dark sense. I move ahead and see he's holding up six fingers on one hand (he has a condition, don't mention it).

I go to the next room and say "It's six right?"

His eyes light up through his usually calm demeanor. "Exactly, So do you know when the last advancement was in darkness magic?" He said.

"I know where this is going... Ahem! No I don't. When was it?"

"200 years ago! And to think the next advancement would be made by a six year old child. Ha! I'd love to see those geezers at the academy see this!"

"Academy?" I replied. I'd been sheltered in the palace all my life. I know its wishful thinking but if I could go, I definitely would.

"Well, that's..." He looks at me not knowing what to say. He knows that I'm being sheltered here and for good reason. Me going there would no doubt cause an uproar. An uproar noticeable by those heroes.

"What's it called?"

"Shereius, the school favored by the Dark Goddess."

(Author note: combined shinigami and asmodeus, cool right?)