The Fallen Vampire

Chapter 16: Eldritch Vampire

Enyo didn't know how to describe what she was feeling inside of her prince.

It was... alien?

Internally he was like nothing she had ever felt before. His inner workings all the way down to his very soul had been... mutated?

"Prince Indra... How do you feel?" She hesitantly asked.

Indra was currently not focused on her concerned tone.

He was much more preoccupied with another fact.

When Enyo injected her qi into him.. he could feel it. There was a chillingly cold and energetic sensation that spread throughout his entire body.

He could feel every inch of his being that was pulsing with her energy.

"Prince Indra?"

"Enyo... I can feel it."

"A-Am I too heavy? I'll get off in a moment just please-"

He grabbed the foolish woman by the face and pulled her in until their lips were mere inches apart. "Enyo... I can feel your qi!"

The sudden close contact with her master did not prevent her from hearing the absurdity of his words. "You...What?"

He flashed her a charming smile that nearly made Enyo faint. "I can feel your qi, Enyo."

'The prince is so handsome! He has such a nice smile! Wait! Focus Enyo!'

"Huh?" Indra suddenly opened his eyes wide and stared at Enyo's beautiful face.

"... I think I just read your mind."

No words could've horrified the poltergeist more in that moment.

"I-I can explain! I was just-"

"I'll smile for you more if you promise not to cry so often." he offered.

"D-Deal! Wait, no!"

With great difficulty, Enyo separated herself from her prince and put on a somewhat serious expression.

"My prince, I need you to tell me how you feel. This is an unprecedented situation and we need to know everything we can."

Indra recognized that she was truly concerned and tried to pay attention to his body's inner workings.

"I feel... even better than I did before." he said in surprise. "I feel like I have complete and total control over my body..."

To illustrate his point, Indra moved his hair wildly about as if it were another one of his limbs.

"Okay... are there any other changes?" She asked.

The vampire took a deep breath and tried to showcase his body's new limitless potential.

Indra held up his arm and it shifted into the dark black tentacles of an octopus before changing it into the paw of a bear and then the head of a dragon.

"By Absalom..." Enyo nearly fell over in utter disbelief.

The powers her prince was displaying did not belong to vampires or... anyone.

Indra shifted his arm back to it's regular appearance and used his free hand to slice open his wrist.

When his blood spilled out, instead of hitting the ground it changed into a swarm of miniature butterflies that flew throughout the room.

"O-Okay stop playing with yourself please!" Enyo felt like if she saw her master do any more fantastical things her head was going to explode.

Indra did not like her phrasing, but he did listen to her request and remained motionless.

'What the hell is going on? Is it because of the blood he drank?' Enyo wondered internally.

Indra's powers defied common sense.

The power to animate and manipulate his own blood, read minds through contact, and shapeshift beyond what should normally be possible were all abilities that seemed too fantastical to have.

Even though vampires could shapeshift, they could only turn into a red mist or turn into a small bat. And even then, those abilities were exclusive to those of the Ascalon royal bloodline.

Enyo wondered if her prince may have had any other powers he did not display but her mind could only handle so much shock at the moment.

'I don't understand anything anymore...' The poltergeist thought in defeat.

"My prince... how is this possible?"

Indra thought hard about a plausible explanation before simply admitting he had no idea.

All he remembered was staring absentmindedly into the black tank before suddenly waking up to Enyo's breasts in his face.

The harder he tried to think of a possible answer, the more it began to feel like there was a dense fog clouding his mind.

"I do not know." He admitted. "All I know at this moment is these powers feel like they have always been a part of me."

'But they haven't!' Enyo wanted to scream.

"Prince Indra... I'm concerned." She said honestly.

"Even if we overlook the strange powers, you just suddenly lost consciousness a moment ago and you don't even remember what you did in that time. Why did that happen? What will we do if this happens again?"

The vampire fell into deep thought.

All of Enyo's concerns were valid and he couldn't so easily dismiss them.

'Could this have something to do with my memory loss?'

The idea was becoming more and more likely, and it seemed as though he was just within reach of the answer, yet unable to grasp it all the same.

"Enyo, I am going to give you an order." Indra stood up and stretched his body.

He held out his hand and the two katanas that were sprawled out on the ground came flying towards his grasp.

'He's telekinetic too?!'

That was usually a power that was only acquired when a cultivator reached the overlord realm, yet her master seemed to possess it naturally.

Yet another thing she could no doubt attribute to the black blood he'd swallowed earlier.

Swallowing her surprise, she bowed to receive his command. "I hear and obey."

Indra handed the blades to her and gave her an order that broke her heart entirely.

"If I should lose control again, I want you to kill me."

Needless to say, Enyo's eyes that had finally dried up began to water once more.

"W-Why would you ask me to-"

"Because if I am not in control of myself, I could pose a danger to us and I won't allow something like that to happen."

For the first time, Enyo forgot her status as Indra's maid.

The mature ghost woman forced herself into his arms and buried her head in his chest.

"Please... do not ask such a thing of me..." Enyo pleaded.

'I could never harm you..'

"W-We have to find another way!"

'I can't lose you too...'

"Whatever it takes we'll find another solution!"

'I love you...'

Indra was frozen in place.

Enyo seemed to have forgotten about his newest power of telepathy and that she was currently sharing all of her grief and anguish with him.

The vampire didn't know how to react.

Those words had caught him completely off guard. He figured Enyo may have held some sort of attraction for him and it was certainly mutual, but this was beyond that.

When she said she loved him in her mind he could truly feel it.

Her love was pure, complete, and heavy.

He was truly all she had.

But Indra did not know how to respond to these feelings. How could he when she technically had never voiced them? There was also the lingering worry that she may have loved the former Indra and not the man who she was currently clinging to.

Indra was still not sure if he had become a different person entirely with the loss of his memories.

If he did not act the same as before, would she eventually abandon him?

Normally he would not care about such a thing but when it came to her, he could admit he would be sad to see her go.

"Alright, Enyo. We'll figure something else out together."

He returned her hug and allowed her to cry on his chest for just a little while longer.