"How about you two become Ruinous?"
After thinking about it for a while, Azriel offered.
"Huh?"
Ithania and Luminia frowned.
"What do you mean?"
Luminia questioned.
"With Blood of Three Races flowing through your veins, there is no way you will go past the Emperor Stage, the same goes for you teacher, with that quality of blood, you will never break through to the next stage no matter how hard you try, you have already exhausted your potential."
"..."
"..."
Ithania and Luminia turned silent.
They didn't know how to react to Azriel's words.
Especially Luminia, this was the first time someone called her blood 'weak'. No, weak was sugarcoating it.
She could see it in Azriel's eyes, he didn't say it out of his respect for her, however, in his eyes, her blood was comparable to animal blood with no real meaning at all. It was completely useless.
Ithania didn't feel any better, her case was even worse, at the very least, Luminia was still strong, she, however, would not grow further if Azriel's words are true.
She cannot stop here.
Not after working so hard.
"Your conditions might not be optimistic, however, not everything is lost."
Suddenly, Azriel spoke.
The two of them glanced at Azriel and a wide smile appeared on his face.
"The being who started the entire Vampire Race is standing right in front of you, solving this little problem is not difficult at all, however, the question is,
Are you willing to pay the price?"
"What Price?"
Luminia steeled herself and questioned with a serious look on her face.
"Abandon your name."
"My name?" Luminia frowned.
"Indeed, abandon the 'Crux' name, become my family, become a 'Ruinous' and I guarantee that all these 'walls' that you face will crumble, a new you will be reborn.
Are you willing to do it?"
"..."
Luminia turned silent.
Her mind was currently filled with many things, countless thoughts that appeared and disappeared again and again, and out of all these thoughts, one troubled her the most.
"What does being a 'Ruinous' means exactly? Does that mean I am going to sell myself to you?"
"Huh? Of course not. You are my teacher, someone I respect with all my heart, why would I even suggest something so ridiculous?"
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
A wave of confusion flew around the room.
"Then what does being a 'Ruinous' means then?"
Ithania repeated the question.
"It just means that you have to abandon your identity, the current you, 'Luminia Crux' and 'Ithania Sky' will die, and new you, 'Luminia Ruinous' and 'Ithania Ruinous' will be born.
You are not selling yourself to me, rather, you two will become my closest kin, my blood-related family members, the ones who will spend this long eternity with me."
"Heh, isn't it like a marriage proposal? Are you asking two of us out at the same time? You are quite bold, aren't you?" Ithania joked.
"You can see it like that."
Azriel didn't deny it either.
"Huh?" Ithania didn't know what to say. She was just joking before.
"We will be living a long life together, I don't have a name for this relationship, but husband and wife relation does sound bad, we can start with that."
"W-What do you mean we can start with that? It is not something you can joke around with." Ithania spoke as a small blush appeared on her face. Of course, she hid it before anyone could see it.
Azriel's smile widened, he then walked towards Ithania, brought his face dangerously close to hers, and looked into her eyes,
"There is no way I am letting someone else have you since you don't have any option, why not try being my wife? Doesn't sound too bad, does it?"
"T-T-That's the strangest confession I-I have ever heard."
This time, Ithania couldn't hide her blush.
"Well, it is my first time doing something like this."
Azriel admitted.
As the most complex being in the entire Yrniel, his way of doing things wasn't straightforward either, especially the things that involve the matter of the heart.
"Are you two ignoring me?"
Suddenly, Luminia, who has been silent for a while questioned.
Azriel turned towards Luminia and smiled,
"Of course not, how can I possibly ignore my beloved teacher."
"Heh. You brat, to think you would be shameless enough to confess to your teacher."
Luminia chuckled.
"What? Didn't you know it already? I was planning to do this even before this Trial." Azriel was honest.
"Then why didn't you do it?"
Luminia questioned.
She didn't seem particularly surprised about it.
Their relationship was never normal to being with, which teacher-student pair suck each other's blood while hugging each other like lovers?
"Well, I wasn't strong enough and I knew that you wouldn't accept a man who is weaker than you," Azriel replied.
"And you think you can defeat me now?" Luminia narrowed her eyes.
Hearing this question, Azriel couldn't help but shake his head,
"That does not matter anymore. What matters is that I get what I want, defeating you can be done later."
"Heeh, you seem pretty confident."
Luminia tilted her head as a threatening aura leaked out of her body.
Azriel, however, was not the least bit affected by this aura,
"I will not play around and lie to you, Luminia.
No matter how hard you try, for you, defeating me is simply impossible.
That simply goes against the Law of the World.
Progenitors cannot be defeated by their own race."
Azriel declared and suddenly, Luminia's aura disappeared as if it was never there in the first place.
"!!!"
Luminia's eyes widened in surprise.
How is that possible?
She wondered in her mind.
She then glanced at Azriel for answers, the man, however, just smiled and started walking towards her.
Luminia felt strangely intimidated, however, even after that, she didn't back down.
Not right now.
Azriel's smile widened, he then walked close to Luminia and spoke,
"Since I am making a move earlier than planned, how about I turn you into a Ruinous first?"
Luminia momentarily glanced at Ithania then she looked back at Azriel and,
"I would not have accepted otherwise."
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