A Vampire's True Self Chapter 4

Adjusting

"Valkenhayn, would you come here for a moment?" Rachel yelled through the castle. Within a few seconds, Valkenhayn was in the room bowing to Rachel.

"Yes, Milady, how may I serve you?" Valkenhayn asked. He saw Ragna and nodded at him without saying a word.

"Yes, Valkenhayn. I am just letting you know that Ragna here will be staying with us from now on. Please prepare a room for him and fetch him anything he needs. Oh, and have my two useless familiars returned yet?" Rachel asked. Valkenhayn was shocked at the news. Ragna the Bloodedge staying here with them? What was the meaning of this? He made a mental note to ask about it at a later time.

"Yes, Madam Rachel. I will see to it that Ragna is comfortable. Also, Nago and Gii are in your quarters waiting for you with the roses you asked them to fetch." Valkenhayn stated. Rachel smiled at these words.

"Good. Would you kindly prepare my bath for me then? Also, you needn't prepare dinner for me tonight. Ragna and I are going to be dining out this evening. Is that alright with you, Ragna?" Rachel asked looking back at the man. Ragna just held up his hands. He was used to the caring Rachel from just minutes ago and was caught slightly off guard at the normal Rachel he sees all the time.

"Oh sure. That is fine with me. I don't have much money though." Ragna said rubbing his head. Rachel chuckled to herself.

"Oh, Ragna, don't be silly. I have more than enough to go around, so I will be treating us tonight. I expect you to be properly dressed in formal wear by the hour of eight and ready to go. Is that clear?" Rachel said. Ragna just nodded. He was still trying to get used to the two different Rachel Alucards he would now have to deal with. He nervously laughed to himself. Maybe it would have been easier to just have to deal with one. This was going to mentally exhaust him before the night was over.

"Well then, follow me Mr. Ragna the Bloodedge and I will show you to your room." Valkenhayn said motioning with his arm for Ragna to follow him. Valkenhayn led Ragna to an extravagant room with everything a person could need. Ragna marveled at all of the furniture and the bed that would be his from now on.

"Here you are, Ragna. For later this evening when you go out with Madam Rachel." Valkenhayn said handing Ragna a really fancy suit. Ragna held it up and looked at it. He wasn't sure how he would be able to wear something like this, but he figured he would at least try for Rachel's sake. He placed it down on the bed and turned around.

"Thanks, man. I appreci-UGH!" Ragna said as he was cut off by a hand around his throat. He opened his eyes to Valkenhayn snarling at him with his fangs bared.

"Listen to me you wretch. I don't know what has gotten into Rachel's head about you, but I am watching you. If you make one wrong move against her, I will personally make sure that your entrails meet the cold, hard truth of the outside world. Do you understand?" Valkenhayn growled. All Ragna could do in this position was nod his head. There was no way he could beat the old man in a fight when he had his claws around his neck like that.

"Good. Then I trust you will have a pleasant evening. I bid you adieu. Please do not hesitate to call if you need anything." Valkenhayn said with a bow as he left the room. Ragna's eyes were still wide from not being able to breathe during that little scuff he had with the legendary hero.

"Man, that guy is scary. I could also feel his energy as well. No wonder people said the six heroes are not a force to be reckoned with." Ragna said to himself as he went into the bathroom to shower before getting ready for his date with Rachel that evening.

Rachel sat in her bath relaxing after having Ragna shown to his room. She giggled to herself. She was thinking of how good it felt to be free of those horrid feelings that she had been feeling through all of the Ragna's she had seen live and die. It truly did hurt her to live with it, but now she could just focus on the feelings she was having now.

"If I would have known this would be so liberating, I would have done it long ago." She said to herself. She stepped out of her bath and put on a bathrobe. She walked into her massive closet to choose what to wear for the event later tonight. She felt her normal attire was too plain.

"Hmm…What should I wear? I think I need something with being able to leave my hair down." She stated. She felt like maybe wearing her hair in pigtails would make her look to childish. She looked through her closet until she found the perfect dress for the occasion.

"Aha! This will be perfect. Ragna's jaw will drop when he sees me in this. I wonder how he will look in the suit I had Valkenhayn procure for him." She said to herself changing into her new dress.

Ragna walked out of his room heading to the foyer ten minutes until eight. It took him awhile to figure out how to put on some of these pieces on the suit, but he had finally defeated the enemy which he called "formal dress." He waited a few minutes with no sign of Rachel anywhere.

"Man, where is she?" He asked tapping his foot. He heard the sound of footsteps from the hallway behind him. He turned around and his jaw dropped at the sight he saw.

"Rachel…you…you…you" He stuttered. Rachel just stood there smirking.

"Yes, that is just how I imagined you would look." She giggled to herself.

AUTHORS NOTES:

Annnnnd Chapter 4 is up. Had to make a little more light hearted of a chapter after the last one haha. I figured it would balance out the story better. Please R&R

-Echoesofmercy