Cap 16, Taming the beast
A day more, a day less. For Erron it was like that. The routine, as always active to him. He woke up from his bed and then took a shower. His mind was beginning to give her signs of awareness. His primary objectives have yet to be completed.
The evening talk with the Lady of the castle was incredible to Erron. This woman was from Erron's time, but when he met her, she was nothing more than a foreign adolescent shorter than him. It was incredible for him to have remembered that incident so well, because after all, by that time, he would already be around 188 years old, a great life expectancy above the average human on Earth. However, his mind had collected a lot of information and events, but much of it was exclusively the affairs of OutWorld and Edenia, while those of earth are very rare.
But that memory of the train will never be forgotten. For it was his first meeting with the Lin Kuei and it was through that incident that he met Shang Tsung, the Emperor's sorcerer.
"This woman is an enigma." - Erron said while the hot water from the shower drenched his head. If Erron, an outlaw from the American Wild West could be alive now, maybe a Romanian vampire can. But Erron remembers well that the young adolescent who, except had, apart from being very beautiful at her age, a more human and warm skin, compared to the marble skin that she has now.
"She Maybe she became a vampire by a spell, or is she her by birth?" Erron wondered as he turned off the shower faucet. The vampires of Vaeternus are like this from birth, the blood witches are generally people tied to the Blood Code by means of a ritual, the Konstructos are genetically created beings from scratch from alchemy and magic.
Apparently in the case of Lady Dimitrescu, it seemed to be the case of a ritual, because unless when she went out in public she could alter her body and appear to be a normal human, there was no way she was some kind of giant vampire. Maybe it was a ritual.
Then there is the case of the daughters. These women remind him of D'Vorah. The ability to turn into swarms of flies was somewhat annoying to Erron. An enemy with these capabilities could easily resist conventional bullets, but not "special" bullets.
"These women are supposed to be daughters of the Lady, so where is the father? Could it be a man-fly? "Erron asked himself while he laughed at such a hypothesis. Until now, he knew nothing of the existence of a father and the fact that the Lady hated men, suggests two options.
The first is that the father abandoned the wife and daughters, so Lady D would hate men. And the second is that the father-fly died and Lady D has not found a worthy replacement.
The second theory was not logical, however, Erron found it funny, and imagined a scene very…. rare, where this lady will ride her fly-man.
"Any man would break." - Erron said while he finished bathing, he imagined the scene even more. This thought was so morbid that Erron didn't realize that when he got out of the shower, he wasn't alone.
"Anna?" - Erron said when he saw the young maid with 3 other maids with baskets of clothes.
"Erron!" - Anna said when she saw Erron getting out of the shower ... without clothes.
"What are you doing here in my room?" - Erron asked the maids who were there.
"Well… this… here we wash clothes with… these…. Clothes washing machines ... "- Anna said, uncomfortable having to explain to Erron, who at that moment did not have a garment on his body.
"Ah, I see." - Erron said as he began to walk towards the group of girls gathered there. Erron had a serious expression on his face, but in his mind, he enjoyed the situation. These young ladies were there watching him, with their adorable faces and their cheeks flushing like strawberries. The views of these girls tried to avert the views, and then try to see him again. Simply lovely.
"E..rrron" - Said the blushing servant Anna. Erron didn't have any clothes. Erron's face was so expressionless to her that she decided not to see his eyes, but looking down from her a little she saw Erron's bare chest. His well-built pecs and muscles were how she remembered the day he helped Mariana heal him. There were a few healed scars on Erron's body, adorning the burly body. Anna looked down at her even more until she saw his….
"Yes?" - Erron said who was now in front of her. As Anna looked at Erron's body she did not notice Erron slowly approaching her.
Seeing that the young woman, along with the other servants were blushing, Erron's arm slipped past them, the servants dodging his arm. Erron grabbed a towel that he had left on top of the washing machine before taking the shower.
Then, he began to roll the lower part of him with the towel. Only leaving his torso bare.
The maids returned to focus their gaze on Erron, now that he had covered his…. Erron is presentable, with the towel covering him now.
"Nothing Erron, we ... will not ... look." Anna said as she turned around to start activating the washing machine. The other many followed her example.
As the girls started to activate the machine, Erron, who was a few meters behind them, was putting on his clothes. All the clothes he required were there. Underwear, black pants and a white shirt.
While Erron changed, the girls spent their most time working with the washing machine, ignoring the fact that there was a naked man changing behind them. Despite having promised not to look, more than once they saw the man behind them.
Once the washing machine finished, Erron was done as well. Erron was there presentable, in his servant clothes.
"See you there ladies." - Erron said as he passed next to them, leaving them alone to do their work.
"Yes…. of course Erron. Anna said when she saw how Erron closed the door.
A few seconds passed when one of the girls began to say something.
"Did you see it, did you see it ?!" - Said one of the excited maids to another. They were both really excited and in great joy.
"Yes Yes!" - I answer the other one.
"His body is really athletic." - Said another of the maids, remembering Erron's toned body.
"You also saw his ..." - Another of the maids was about to say while she with one hand tried to hide her blushing face when she remembered.
"Yes, I saw it. He was very big, maybe he woke up happy ... "- Said the other with giggles.
"Enough already. This stays between us. No one should say anything about what happened. Agree?" - Anna said. - "If Mariana finds out we will be in serious trouble."
The other 3 maids accepted.
Although for Anna, maid gossip becomes very viral and this would not be the exception.
Breakfast was served. Potatoes with pork, a dish that Erron found very tasty. While he was eating at one of the tables, one of the maid sat next to him, it was the Maid Mariana maid.
"Good morning Erron." - Said the maid Mariana. As he ate her plate, she was holding a cup of coffee.
"Good morning Mariana." - Erron said, once he finished swallowing a piece of meat.
"Look Erron, did I want to ask you if you have experience with horses?" - Mariana asked Erron.
"Horses?" - Erron asked.
"Yes, horses. The English horses in the castle are the property of the Lady of the castle, however, the maid who was in charge of treating them was fired last week, so she asks me if you know how to tame them. " - Explain Mariana.
"Sure, I get along very well with horses." - Erron said. It was clearly better to be out in the open air than to be in the wolf's castle.
"Very well, you will meet Alina at the stable in a few minutes." Mariana said to Erron before standing up.
Erron felt lucky, maybe today he exempts the blood tax.
As Erron headed outside through one of the castle's corridors, he felt a great buzz approaching him. The buzzing, so unpleasant, was already familiar to him, clearly it was one of the daughters of the castle.
Then, when he turned around, he saw a black mass of insects formed in front of him. Little by little a human figure was formed, that of a woman to be exact. But he also saw how the black insects carried a hat and a holster with the weapon in its place.
So when the shape was finally completed, Erron could see that the black mass was all about Daniela.
"Good morning cowboy." - Young Daniela said in a mocking tone with her hat on.
"Good morning, Miss Daniela." - Erron said to the red-haired girl. This girl was the one who had taken a lot of things from her. Maybe it would be a good idea to start getting along with her, Erron thought.
"Where are you going? To escape? " - Asked the young Daniela, while she but she approached Erron.
"No, I am heading to the stables to train the horses." - Erron answered in a friendly way despite having thought about the escape.
"How nice, can I accompany you?" - Said the young Daniela.
"Well, I don't see the problem." - Erron said. - "Ok let's go."
The two figures walked through the large courtyard of the property, the woman walking further in front of Erron as she hummed a tune and took little leaps of joy.
The spring sun promised warmer days in that cold region of Eastern Europe, the heat melted the snow and the green soil began to rise, promising green and lively meadows.
A few minutes later, the two of them reached the big red barn. This was like any other stable Erron had seen before.
When the two reached the door, Daniela stopped and stood to one side of the entrance, as if she was waiting for something.
"You would be so kind." - Said the young woman with a smile. '
At first Erron didn't get the message, but seeing the girl and the door, he realized what he had to do.
"Of course, my lady." - Erron said as he opened the door as a courtesy for the lady.
"What a gentleman." - Daniela said in a pleased tone as she entered the stable. After her, Erron entered.
The barn inside was big, very big. Aside from being large, it was not that different from any other stable that Erron had not seen before. Inside the barn were several separate animals separated by sections for each species.
The sound reminded Erron of the old farms, plus the not-so-pleasant smell. There were dairy cows, sheep and the famous English horses.
"Do you like my family's stable, cowboy?" - Daniela asked as she placed her hand on the head of a Holstein cow, which was more than docile to the woman.
"It is very beautiful and very welcoming to these animals, from what I see." - Erron said when he saw the other animals on the farm.
And so it should be. My mother believes that it is good to have our own personal livestock for ourselves and thus not depend on the villagers. And as you can see, all livestock must be well cared for and that's why Mom spares no expense with these adorable beasts. " - Daniela said to caress the head of the cow.
"Well yes." - Erron said.
Soon they both went to the part of the barn where Alina, the maid in charge of the barn animals, was kept.
"My miss Daniela, good morning." - Young Alina said as she bowed to Daniela. Alina was trying to control one of the great horses.
"What's wrong with Apple?" - Daniela asked well after she approached the black horse with hairy legs, ignoring the young Alina.
"I don't know, I have tried to appease her since I was given this task ... I have dealt with other horses in town ... but these are complicated." - Alina said before being interrupted by Daniela.
"So you tell me that you are useless and that it would be better to" say goodbye "at once?" - She said in a serious tone and with more than obvious intentions the young vampire. At the same time that Daniela threatened to "fire" the young woman, Daniela stroked the head of the great horse.
"NO ! ... NO .. NO .. I did not mean that my lady, I meant that these horses are ... rebellious ... with me ..." - Said the young servant, terrified at the idea of being "fired" .
"Oh, so my mother's only spoiled animals… are they rude? -Daniela said while her teeth began to come out of her fangs despite the fact that the mask that he stole from Erron covered her mouth.
The young woman was more than terrified, apparently she was going to be fired right there.
But before what she appreciates inevitable happened. Erron spoke.
"Alina, I want you to come back to the kitchen and bring me several apples." - Erron said as he took the young woman by the shoulder.
"Yes ... Mr. Black" -said the maid as she ran through the stable.
Daniela found herself confused. "Really, a servant rebelled against me?" she thought. Then Erron approached the animal.
"Nice horse, is his name Apple?" - Erron said as he tried to approach the majestic animal.
"That's right, there are 5 more of these beautiful mares. They are all English ladies of the Shire breed that the Duke brought from the UK. I remember the day these animals were brought to us, they were very small and weak, but now they are huge and strong. " - Daniela said to Erron, happy to tell the story of how these horses came to her home. Telling her this story made her forget the maid's incompetence.
"I see." - Erron said as he tried to caress the horse's head, he only seemed to be rejected by this animal by neighing loudly.
"It seems he doesn't like you. Maybe because you are a male. " - Daniela said while she laughed.
Erron felt mocked, not only by the beast but also this bloodsucking brat. This will not remain yes.
"You know, I know how to tame horses. Only apples and charisma are needed. Now that Alina comes back I will show you. " - Erron said to the vampire.
"You can't." - Daniela used to say - The safest thing is that Apple will kick you with her big hooves "
"Do you want to bet?" - Erron said.
"What are you planning." - Daniela said.
"If I can tame Apple and the rest of the mares, you will give me my things back." - Erron said.
"What if I win?" - Daniela asked.
"Well, you can take my blood whenever you want ..." - Erron said
Then Daniela started laughing, interrupting Erron.
"You know I can claim your blood right now if I wanted to, you know?" - Said the confident Daniela as she crossed her arms.
"Well, what do you want if I lose?" - Erron asked the young woman.
The eternally young vampire would begin to think that her reward could take from the man-thing. After a few minutes of hesitation she said:
"Okay, if I lose I will return all your things that I collected except for your firearms for obvious reasons, but if I win, you will teach me to use your weapons and be my personal and private slave every Sunday without exception, done?" - Daniela said to Erron.
Erron thought very well of this deal. The issue of blood is out of the question, she would always take the blood that she wanted, however, if Erron lost it would not be as serious as he expected. Just give shooting sessions and serve her on her day off as a slave to her, "how bad can he get out of her?"
"Done" - Erron said. Then Daniela showed him her hand for a handshake.
Lady Dimitrescu was in one of the living rooms that was well lit with sunlight, giving a good view of the large courtyard of her grand estate. She was reading a wine book from her family.
The Asian competition was a constant headache that kept her from sleeping well. She tasted the wine the Duke had brought her several days ago. The taste was very familiar but clearly inferior. Her great tasting ability allowed him to discover the reason why the wine tasted unpleasant.
The Japanese customer knew well that the wine was bad, but she knew why. The blood used in this wine was not from virgin women like her wines, she detected that the blood had that characteristic bitter touch of male blood. The taste of female blood mixed with poor quality grapes and excess alcohol indicated a lousy taste for a good taster.
"I may lose a few simple customers, but I am more than sure that my loyal clientele would cut their tongues before tasting this garbage." - She said to herself the Lady. But for anything, she would closely follow this brew from the Orient.
So a few minutes passed before her peace and quiet were interrupted by the neighing of a nearby horse.
"What was that?" - The Lady wondered. - "The Duke?"
Then a large wooden door was heard being opened to the outside. Then she saw what would happen next.
"Oh My ..." - Lady Dimitrescu said as she watched through the window.
* 5 MINUTES BEFORE *
"Mr. Black, I don't think that's a good idea. These giant horses are carriage horses, they are not rodeo horses. " - Young Alina said as she watched Erron taking a saddle.
While that was happening, Apple ate her apples and at the same time Daniela stroked her head.
"I'll take care of it from now on." - Erron told Daniela.
"Of course, of course. Here take this. " -Daniela said while she took off the stolen hat and returned it to Erron, placing the hat on the cowboy's head. " - Try not to spoil the hat when Apple knocks you down, will you? "
"Sure." - Erron said upon receiving her old hat back, even though the vampire thought it was temporary, he would retrieve his hat from her.
Daniela walked away from her and left Erron with the mare.
Erron came over and stroked the horse that was eating the apples. The majestic horse was as large as the merchant's horses, perhaps of the same breed.
Erron was still stroking the horse's head, his hand running along the back of the horse's neck. Then Erron gently set the large saddle he had found. The horse did not show a negative reaction, but rather continued to eat the apples.
When Erron brushed the reins across the animal's face, there wasn't much annoyance from the animal either.
Then the main event happened. Erron proceeded to sit on the animal.
As happened when I tamed the rider-lycan horse from a few days ago, the animal would start to rebel, but 5 times worse for Erron.
The animal was beginning to leap and whinny in defiance against the rider. The mare did not want the rider, yet the rider would not give up.
"Open the gate!" Erron yelled at Alina. Erron couldn't tame the horse in such a confined space, he needed to do it in the yard.
Alina looked at Daniela for her approval, Daniela nodded and very soon Alina would open the big door with the help of some pulleys.
"Good luck cowboy" - Daniela said while she held a towel saying goodbye to him.
"Oh!" Erron exclaimed to the horse. This horse was not like the other common horses that he already knew. This type of horse was very energetic and reluctant.
Erron, a Wild West enthusiast, had ridden horses since he was a child. He always had an affinity with these animals, more than with any other animal on his family's ranch.
The horse stood on its two legs with the intention of pulling its rider. Erron held the reins of the animal tightly.
"Oh!" Erron exclaimed to the animal as this mare galloped aimlessly through the yard. The horse will not surrender to Erron's authority.
"You should surrender, cowboy-slave!" - Daniela shouted to Erron in the distance.
Erron listened to the mockery of the vampire, this made his own pride feel insulted. Erron took the reins of the mare tightly. The mare whinnied louder still.
"Arre, Arre !" - Erron exclaimed to the horse that galloped with great speed through the courtyard, making circles around the property.
Such commotion did not go unnoticed by curious glances staring out of the countless windows of the castle. The maids who cleaned the castle corridors and had access to the windows watched the show.
The mare continued her gallop with force, but little by little she began to give up. Erron knew it the moment that when the animal tried to get on its 2 legs it stopped whinnying loudly.
After several minutes, the indomitable mare gave up and obeyed the rider's orders.
"I won, sweetie" - Erron said as he stroked the back of the mare's head.
Erron galloped with the horse towards the entrance of the stable where Daniela and Alina were waiting for him.
"How about." - Erron said as Daniela approached to see him.
"That was incredible." - Daniela said when she saw how the mare that seemed to be indomitable to anyone other than a member of her family, had been tamed by the cowboy.
"Alina, come closer." - Erron said to the young woman.
The young servant girl approached the man on the horse.
"Caress her, go ahead" - Erron invited the young woman to caress the mare.
Alina approached the mare to try to pet her, at first the horse whinnied and jumped on both of her legs, but Erron managed to stabilize her.
"Quiet !" - Erron exclaimed and the mare obeyed.
Alina came back to pet the mare and saw results. The indomitable animal was now docile to her.
"Good girl." - Erron said as he stroked the mane of Apple's head.
"Incredible cowboy work, however, you have another 5 mares missing." - Daniela said as she pointed inside the barn.
"Well, let's get started." - Erron said.
A few more hours and about 5 more tamed horses, Erron was done. However, taming the mares was very tiring for him. The muscles in his legs were sore and his arms were sore. At one point he had removed his jacket and shirt so that he could handle the mare well.
Finally, the last mare had surrendered to his command. Erron had finally finished training the mare.
Erron then led the mare to the stable where Daniela and Alina were waiting for him.
"You finally made it." - Daniela said now without her mask. She was showing a warm smile.
Alina approached the animal to pet it, after several times, she had discovered how to tame horses.
"You do know how to tame mares, huh?" - Daniela said to Erron.
So, Erron emboldened, he affirmed…
"When I put my mind to it, I can tame the fiercest of females with strength and charm." - Erron said as he entered the stable on top of the horse.
As he bragged to the women outside, he was unaware of the presence inside the stable.
"What a statement, Black" - Said a female voice with great authority.
"My Lady, how are you?" - Erron asked as he took his hat with his hand in reverence. For the first time, Erron was taller than Lady Dimitrescu, for he, he, was on top of the horse.
Lady Dimitrescu showed a smile.
"I was reading in my living room, when I heard the neighing of my horses. I came when I found out that you were taming my horses and it was a show. " - Lady Dimitrescu said when she remembered how Erron rode the mares, with great force and vigor, while he exclaimed with great authority to the mares.
"I hope you enjoyed the show." - Erron said as he led the horse to its resting place for the horses.
Erron got off the horse and closed the door, not before caressing the mare's head and telling her.
"Good girl."
Lady Dimitrescu watched the scene, Erron had managed to tame the horses. The maid in charge of taming them took several years to manage to tame them. She is sorry that this woman lost her life in the outsider attack last week.
Erron walked close to Lady Dimitrescu, approaching where he had left her clothes. Lady Dimitrescu observed Erron's naked torso, the torso was well toned and very well cared for, but the back showed some scars already healed, there was one that caught her attention, they were scars that were on both shoulders as if they were nails on each side .
She watched him put his clothes on. She first the baggy shirt, then the sleeve shirt, and finally the jacket. Erron was presentable again.
"Mother, what time did you arrive? - Daniela arrived while she approached her mother. The maid Alina bowed her head to the Lady.
"I've been here for a while, anyway, we must retire my daughter, remember that today we have class." - Lady Dimitrescu said to her redheaded daughter.
"Right, it's today." - Daniela said with disappointment, she had forgotten what day it was today.
Then Lady Dimitrescu left there for the castle, not before saying goodbye to Erron.
"See you later, Erron Black."
Hello, I hope you liked this chapter. If you find spelling errors, I apologize, I will solve it in the future. Anyway, leave your comment and review. Believe me, reading your reviews helps me to know that there are people who read this. Anyway, see you later.
