“Um what’s a psionic vampire exactly?” Sera asked with a scratch of the head

“What? You don’t recall?” Lucy responded with a raised brow before shaking her head, “never mind”

While glancing back at Sera, Lucy then gestured for her to follow. Once the two had left the grounds of the human village Lucy finally spoke again.

‘As far bar back as our species can perhaps recall, we’ve been powerful creatures of the shadows that have feasted on blood and took flight through the dark night. Fittingly so the abilities of the strongest of our species reflects these truths.’ Lucy explained as she hopped from another tree.

‘There are four classes of vampires, each specializing in a different category of vampiric gift. Each class has their own strengths/weaknesses and vampires cannot have more than one nor can they train to learn another one. Purebloods are perhaps the only exception to this rule because along with their exclusive dominion over blood they are also adept in all four categories of a vampire’s abilities.’

‘Psionic vampires like yourself are adept in psychic abilities, nether vampires are masters of the dark and shadows, Templar vampires are the physically fittest and strongest, and lastly the Aether vampires are known for influencing the weather but are the rarest. Once a vampire reaches the noble stage its class or specialty is revealed. However, in the past many extremely gifted and powerful vampires like yourself were able to unlock their class before reaching the noble rank.’

Sera stayed silent and continued running as she digested her master's explanation, then further asked, “But I’ve always had psychic abilities, does that mean I’ve always been a psionic vampire?”

Lucy readjusted the two bodies on her shoulders as she successively shadow jumped before saying, ‘No don’t misunderstand me you’ve always been human. But turning you into a vampire enhanced what was already there. That is why your original telepathic powers blossomed into telekinesis and that is why they will continue to grow. A vampire’s class is usually decided by what skills, gifts, and inclinations they may have had while ‘alive’. For example, a fierce warrior more often than not will become a templar vampire upon reaching the noble rank. And an assassin or mercenary more often than not will become a nether vampire.’

‘Oh, I think I understand! So that’s how I got him to do what I wanted back there. I wonder what else I’ll become capable of…” Sera wondered aloud

“In the future with proper training and guidance you’ll be capable of so much more Sera. Although mind control is considered pretty advanced already to be honest, there are still abilities like illusions, force fields, and memory sharing to look forward to”, said Lucy just as her and Sera reached their waterfall base.

Lucy quickly laid the two corpses she brought along near the large stone basin in the center of their cave as Sera wasted no time trying on a dress from the chief.

‘You might as well take that off’ Lucy said as she raised her hand near the stone basin. Suddenly the two bodies laying nearby exploded into two large orbs of blood which Lucy then directed into the basin.

The basin was as deep and long as a jacuzzi sized bathtub and was complete with ledges for sitting and steps for walking in and out.

With a moan the crimson skintight ensemble Lucy was wearing melted into a stream of blood that flowed into the pool followed by Lucy who tip toed in elegantly.

Within seconds of Lucy submerging up to her shoulders the pool of blood began to bubble and froth.

“Come on in” Lucy said while waving an inviting hand to Sera “The blood is just fine”

Sera following her master, quickly disrobed before settling into the pool of blood. As she sat in the boiling basin of blood Sera soon began to feel strange ebbs of energy and a building pressure within her body

“Woah” Sera said as her face flushed heavily

“Shhh just go with it” Lucy reassured her, “This is beneficial towards you and I want to teach you something.”

The foreign feeling pervaded every inch of Sera’s body and caused her skin to flush a deep bruised red. ‘Ah something’s happening! Wait, why do I feel like I’m getting stronger?!’ Sera wondered amazed.

The boiling blood intensified in severity before settling to an imperceptible bubbling, though steam from the hot blood was still rising.

“Consider this your reward for a job well done and a lesson in self-care” Lucy said as leaned her head back in enjoyment of the steaming bath.

“Mmm how do you mean master ?” said Sera as she moaned at the feeling of the faint bubbles gliding past her splayed toes.

Lucy didn’t respond to Sera for several moments as the faint sounds of moans and bubbles popping reverberated through the cave. Eventually her gold eyes lazily stretched open as she opened her mouth to say.

“Don’t overthink it, you did a good job tonight, so you deserve some pampering. Even when I was a young princess growing up in Morgana, I took bubble baths similar to this every day. It’s our right as women and you’ll see that this blood bath has some unexpected benefits” Lucy said with a small chuckle as her magnificent figure rose out of the pool.

“And I wanted you to know there are other ways of quenching your Thirst. Hunting is what we do to live, it’s not our sole reason for living. We mustn’t lose our personalities to our vampiric instincts.”

‘I have to be wary of this too’ Lucy thought as she raised a hand causing some of the blood to reform into a comfortable scarlet nightgown around her body while she padded out of the basin.

Sera laid in the blood pool mulling over her master’s words before eventually rising up as well.

“Ooh why do I feel so much colder and lighter than before” she wondered aloud upon exiting the pool.

Sera’s gaze traveled down her nude form as she inspected it. With a sudden gasp her  eyes stretched open in shock.

“Ah I’m hairless like a newborn baby!” she exclaimed in surprise as the sound of Lucy’s laughter followed close behind.

Sera’s arms, underarms, legs, and even that womanly area in her nether regions were now all completely smooth and hairless. Her now naked, long, & creamy legs seemed to go on forever and accentuated her tall figure.

Sera couldn’t help but stare and admire herself. This new and improved look definitely startled her at first glance but she kind of liked the more feminine look and feel of her body now.

Growing up her arms and legs were hairy untamed things and they rarely saw daylight. But thanks to Lucy that has all changed.

“Haha I told you it would be beneficial” Lucy called from the entrance of the cave where she stood watching the rising sun. “But never mind that how’s your Thirst? Notice any changes?” she asked without looking back.

At that moment Sera realized she’d been so surprised by her full body waxing that she hadn’t even inspected her internal changes.

Closing her eyes and focusing on the stillness of her ‘dead’ heart Sera waited for the oh so familiar thrum of thirst.

As a vampire it was always there but to varying degrees. If she’d fed recently it was so negligible that she could barely feel it at all, but other times like when she was hungry it was like torture.

After several seconds, her eyes flew open in surprise as she realized she did not feel a strong need to feed, in fact she felt full of blood energy like she had just fed not too long ago.

“I-It’s amazing I feel like I just drank a fully grown man” Sera said as she clothed her nude figure and approached her master at the mouth of the cave. “What an unexpected way of feeding”

Lucy chuckled at Sera’s words before replying, “Yes I guess it is, but I find it quite refreshing and elegant. You should hang from the roof for now, the sun’s about to rise.” Said Lucy just as long rays of sunlight began to spread across the horizon.

‘Master must be showing me this method because indulging in hunting too much can cause us to lose ourselves too… I guess I have been a bit more violent lately, almost inhumanly’ Sera wondered to herself.

Following her master’s advice Sera turned into a black bat and flew to the ceiling, observing as her master watched the morning sunrise.

Once the sun was fully risen and its light rays diffused by the waters of the waterfall  like usual, Lucy turned to a bat and flew up to converse with Sera,

“I’ve been thinking” she said telepathically as her bat body settled upside down in a rocky alcove near Sera, “We are set to leave in less than a week now. And I’m sure our voyage and destination will be teeming with humans. Judging by the Chief’s words human society will be pretty advanced and may even have established nobility or laws. During this time, I believe we along with our self-control will be tested like never before.”

“I agree master during our time on the ship we most likely won’t be able to hunt. This will surely be a harrowing ordeal for us” Sera said in deep concern.

“Mhm that is why after the sun sets every night for the next week we must work on our self-control and cultivation. Only with a solid cultivation and strong self-control can we survive around humans in public as well as go longer without feeding. Above all we cannot risk exposure yet, even together we are nowhere near  strong enough to take on an established kingdom or coordinated angry mob yet” Lucy said wisely.

“Yes, that is very true master! You are so wise” Sera said in admiration of her master’s prudence, “I’ll definitely do my best during this week to prepare for our voyage”

Lucy nodded pleased with Sera’s response before stating, “Excellent, I’m glad you’re prepared to start because once the sun sets, we begin our training.”