"I can't take it anymore."
Fenrich had made his decision. He will meet Minotrose and claim his pay for his mission, even though he had failed. He had failed to assassinate Tyrant Valvatorez. Succeeded his mission or not, Fenrich felt that at least he deserves his pay. But for a while, the werewolf realised something.
"After I've received my pay, that means I will not able to meet him anymore..." He let out a long sigh. Fenrich felt sad thinking about leaving Tyrant Valvatorez.
After all, Tyrant Valvatorez was a very wonderful companion, and Fenrich actually enjoyed a lot spending times with him.
Also, Fenrich couldn't forget something that happened at every night. One thing that Fenrich couldn't resist... A sleeping Tyrant Valvatorez.
Whenever the tyrant is sleeping, it was a very breathtaking view to Fenrich.
"As he goes to sleep, he will let his long, shiny hair down and he will wear nothing but a white dress shirt..." Fenrich's heart skipped, his cheeks became redder than apples and blood slowly flowing from his nose.
"Arrrggghh! What's going on with me? Why am I suddenly?" Fenrich quickly wiped his sudden nosebleed.
"Nevertheless, no matter what are going to happen next, I will still get my pay..."
~At Minotrose's Territory~
"I've come to claim my pay for my mission, even though I'm failed to succeed it." Fenrich boldly faced Minotrose without any signs of fear towards him.
Minotrose was furious with Fenrich's request, so he quickly shot a special bullet that emits a thick mist that drains energy, which weakened Fenrich.
"I've put high expectations and hopes on you to assassinate Tyrant Valvatorez, but you failed and yet you want to claim your pay? I shall execute you now." Minotrose shot several silver bullets towards Fenrich.
Fenrich quickly shut his eyes, believing that he's going to die, but something weird happened. Fenrich doesn't feel any pain at all, not even a single tickle that he felt.
The werewolf slowly opened his eyes, and shocked to saw Tyrant Valvatorez suddenly in front of him, who was seemingly holding pain. Fenrich was even more shocked to find out that the tyrant had taken the bullets for him.
"You're Tyrant Valvatorez! Why are you suddenly here and why did you protect him?" Minotrose was also shocked.
"I've come here to save Fenrich of course." Tyrant Valvatorez stood up. "I felt that Fenrich is acting strange today so I transformed into my bat form and followed him here."
"But why? Why did you come this far to save me?"" Fenrich stared at the tyrant with disbelief.
"Why did I save you? That's because we're companions." The tyrant produced a ball of energy in his hand, afterwards blasted the ceiling above their heads, revealing the night sky with the moon in its full verse, shining brightly. "There. Enough moon energy for you, Fenrich."
Fenrich quickly regained his energy as the veil of moonlight hit him. "That's feels better. It's payback time, Minotrose." Fenrich prepared to fight while Tyrant Valvatorez pulled out his sword.
Horrified by them, Minotrose quickly fled away. Fenrich let out a furious sigh.
"What a coward... If he wants Tyrant Valvatorez to die so that he could replace him, he should kill him by his own hands..."
Fenrich shortly had a brief argument with Tyrant Valvatorez, regarding about his actions, and his attitude doesn't match a tyrant and a demon at all. Actually, Fenrich was sad that Tyrant Valvatorez risked his life to save him. He felt guilty for pretending to be his companion for the sake of killing him. Nevertheless, Fenrich felt grateful for Tyrant Valvatorez.
"Anyways, thank you very much for saving me, I owe my life to you. From this day and until the day my life ended, I shall follow under your orders and devote everything to you, Tyrant Val-, no, Valvatorez-sama." Fenrich put his hand at his chest and kneeled down. Tyrant Valvatorez was speechless at the werewolf's sudden actions.
"Well then, Fenrich. Under the moon, will you follow me and become my faithful servant for the rest of your life?"
"Yes. Under that moon, I swear that I will follow your orders and put you as my top priority for the rest of my life." Fenrich smiled.
"All is for my lord." Fenrich took Tyrant Valvatorez's hand and kissed his fingers.
"Fenrich..." Before Tyrant Valvatorez could continue his words, he suddenly collapsed. Fenrich immediately caught him in his arms.
"My lord! What's the matter with you? Get a hold of yourself!" Fenrich then remembered about his master's wounds that he got for taking the bullets for him. He quickly slid his arms under his master's knees and shoulder, thus carried him away.
~Several months after~
As days by days passed, Tyrant Valvatorez's condition became worser. His body became very weak that he can get really exhausted easily, and he always fainted. As he fainted, Fenrich would carry him to his bed effortlessly as his master's body got smaller and shorter, plus he had been losing weight. He couldn't regain his energy no matter how much food he had eaten and how long he had sleep. Now, Tyrant Valvatorez lost his powers and his ability to walk. Most over the time, he was lying on his bed while being cared by Fenrich.
"That woman..." Fenrich clenched his fists. He had found out that his master had stopped drinking blood due to promise that he had made. Now, he still hadn't found something that can replace blood.
"My lord, please drink blood, even a little sip of it..." Fenrich couldn't stand the view of his master, who is currently dying.
"Fenrich, I will not break my promise even though it costs my life..." Valvatorez replied weakly, then slowly drifted into sleep.
Fenrich was heartbroken. To think that now he had found someone to be loved, to protect and to cherish everything altogether, now that person's life is slowly eaten by the signs of death. Now, Fenrich loves his master more than anything else.
"Why my lord must suffer this? Why not anyone else? Why it must be my lord?" Fenrich took Valvatorez's small hand and held it in his hands.
Suddenly, Fenrich remembered something. He remembered that he had made a wish under the moon, months ago.
"I wish he just die already."
Tears slowly flowed from the werewolf's eyes. He held his master's hand to his face, while crying silently.
"I'm sorry, my lord... I'm so sorry..."