Editing The Unexplored Summon Blood Sign:Volume1 Chapter3 (section)

===Secret Stage 02===

“So this is the ‘item’ in question.”

It was a gorgeous reception room decorated with gold and jewels far too gaudy for a supposed monastery.

An extremely large man had been the one to speak. If he had told people he had noble blood, no one would have believed it. Even in the modern day, he would have sounded more credible introducing himself with a cutlass in hand and a pirate ship behind him. The butler waiting behind him further drew out the crude impression he gave people.

He was facing a small man.

This man almost looked like a little grey in a human costume. He had a smile on his face, but it showed as little emotion as a plastic doll being melted with a flame.

The alien spoke.

“The Bloodline Preservation Committee intends to regain all members of the proper Magentarain bloodline that has been so neglected for a variety of reasons and we intend to receive those members of the bloodline with the treatment they deserve.”

“Hmph.”

A young girl with reddish-blonde hair and white skin stood next to the alien. She looked like a doll, but that was not meant to disparage her. Her gorgeous dress and the sweet scent of her hair were proof that everything had been stripped away from her for the life that awaited her. All of the warm things that had made her who she was had been erased and then overwritten with the Magentarain name.

It was such a “warm welcome”, that it was surprising there had been no handcuffs or collars involved.

“The treatment they deserve? She’ll be kicked out of the main family’s line of succession either way. This is some illegitimate child that showed up out of the blue. Those purity-obsessed freaks won’t even treat her like a human being.”

“Perhaps, but she is still a Magentarain. No one can find any faults in her basic specs and she will do well in any field. …And that of course includes your world of the summoning ceremony, young master.”

“I’m not about to form a team.”

“Yes, but I believe there are still ways to use her for your purposes.” The alien grinned. “She can act as bait to draw out the enemy, she can use her position as a child to gather information, and she can simply act as a human shield. You could even use her as a sandbag to relieve stress. No one would care.”

“So you ‘saved her’ to make her expendable, did you?”

This was the truth behind the vast sums of money the Magentarain family spent sending agents around the world to search out ‘hidden blood’. They were not interested in saving those who shared their blood. Jealous wives wanted to see her cheating husband’s illegitimate family line destroyed. This was a “game” that nobles had played for centuries.

The large man cracked his neck once and stared at the “product”.

“What’s your name?”

“Whatever you decide to call her, be it Toy, Doll, or Device.”

“I wasn’t asking you,” he said lightly.

Immediately afterwards, a tremendous sound of destruction was followed by the alien flying easily five meters through the air.

He rolled along, taking out luxurious chairs and tables as he went, but the large man did not even glance that way. The butler behind him brought a hand to his forehead, but the large man once more asked the girl a low question.

“What’s your name?”

“A-Azalea…”

“I see. Hey, old man. Cancel your contract with me and make one with her. The kid apparently has promise as a summoner, so it wouldn’t hurt to give her a vessel.”

“What an odd thing to say. You would ask a faithful servant to leave his master? And surely you know how much pain those words will bring.”

“Of course this is going to be painful. This is our sin. Not just mine. Ours.”

“Honestly. You leave me no choice.”

The butler gave an exasperated shake of the head.

The young girl could not follow the conversation. She knew this supposedly had to do with her, but she felt like she had been left behind.

“Sorry about this,” said the large man. “Your life belongs to you. You can follow whatever path you want and join any world you want. I’ll give you this old man to take care of anything you might need, but you don’t have to rely on him. Just make sure you live a life you can be proud of. This isn’t about the Magentarain family. Go find the kind of happiness that won’t bring shame to the name of Azalea.”

That was all.

That noble girl never again met that large man.

And she had yet to come across a life she could be proud of.