The birds cheerfully chirped by the window and a gentle breeze blew against her face. A frown formed on her delicate looking face as she twists and turns around on the bed.

Something warm wrapped around her body and she seemed to calm down. Slowly, she opened her eyes only to be met with a pair of azure green pupils staring at her. Brown caramel hair that draped over his face.

She frowned, and without warning, kicked with all her might against his stomach.

“Guha-!”

Bam, he was kicked off of the bed and landed with his bottom on the floor. He let out a painful moan “ow~ why did you kick me?”

Taking her time, she leisurely sat up on the bed and leaned her head on her palm resting against the bed’s frame. “What do you think you’re doing, Cyran?”

“Eh~? Whatever do you mean, my lady? My name is Ran.” He said with an angelic smile that could make any maiden fall for him.

But, Charlotte was different. She frowned and with irritation spoke “Don’t pretend to be a little kid when you’re old enough to be called a relic. I find it disturbing.”

“Hee~” the youthful tone he had used changed into that of a young man, the voice that he had used back then that was full of a different devilish kind of charm “How could you tell?”

“Shouldn’t you know this better than I? We have a contract, remember? Even if you were to change into an insect, I would still recognize you as irritating as it is.”

“Interesting indeed. I now see why he chose you as his master.”

Charlotte didn’t know what he meant by that, but as if he came out of nowhere, Puff Puff sat on her lap and made himself comfortable.

“…What happened? How did I get back home?” while stroking his soft fur, Charlotte looked around and recognized that this was her room back at the mansion.

“I did promise you that I would bring you back, did I not? Also, to make things easier, I told everyone that my name is Ran and became your servant, as a butler, that is.”

(This guy…he did as he pleased, didn’t he?)

Worrying about what nonsense he might have told her father and friends, she failed to even notice her own condition until he pointed it out for her.

“You had collapsed due to excessive use of mana and mental strain. There was also some poison in your system, but thanks to the contract with me who has fast regenerating abilities, as the master you gain part of my abilities, thus saving your life. The poison has also been neutralized and your internal injuries have already healed by now.”

It was known that amongst the demon races, vampires had the highest recovery rate. Even if their arms were severed, if they consumed enough mana or blood, then it would grow back without a problem.

The contract she made was one that allowed her to borrow some of his skills, just like how her magic training improved with Puff Puff. But, that wasn’t the only thing that she gained from him. She could feel that apart from her recovery rate increasing, her physical strength and even mana have increased.

“…Thank you.”

“No, I should thank you for awakening me with your presence and also for freeing me.”

“Hmm. So, are you going to keep up that appearance?”

“Apologies, but it seems so. The story I told your father was that I was rescued by you and your contracted spirit and I did so in this appearance. If it were to be found out what my true identity was...”

“I get it already. …anyway, since I am already awake, I would like to see my father. You may do as you wish so long as you don’t harm anyone or cause too much trouble.”

After that, she didn’t even glance at him anymore. She got off the bed and grabbed a robe to cover herself and went out to look for others.

Inside her room, Puff Puff kept glaring at ‘Ran’ while ‘Ran’ only smirked back at him.