Chapter 102: The Most Reasonable Exchange.

“I need the Brilliant Gem,” Count Satinton said through Sylvia’s mouth, his gaze continuing to look out the window as he whispered, “These Gems are far from as simple as you low-level Trialists imagine. Rather than being used by you to upgrade the level of those low-quality equipment, it would be better to use these Gems in places that need them more.”

“For example? Respected Principal, my beloved great-grandfather, before you give me an answer to satisfy my little curiosity, I will always have more curiosity appearing. This might delay the time for you to obtain the Gems, right?”

Count Satinton went quiet for a moment, turned his head to look at Sylvia. In that instant, a fierce wind whistled through the entire room. The huge wind pressure made Sylvia retreat again and again, unable to withstand it.

All the glass vessels in this office made clinking sounds, and those oil paintings hanging on the walls were constantly seeping dirty blood.

“You are not an obedient Blood Kin descendant, Sylvia, you never were. Perhaps this is because your bloodline is not pure enough. However, I don’t think this is a bad phenomenon.”

Count Satinton waved his hand, and the cyclone in the room suddenly stopped. Everything returned to its original state. Even the blood stains on those oil paintings dried up and disintegrated within a very short time.

When the entire room had returned to calm, Satinton looked at the descendant of the Ventrue clan before him and said, “Those obedient lambs were all sent to the battlefield of the Millennium Holy War. Those who haven’t been thrown into this flesh-and-blood mill are only a matter of time. Vampires don’t lack those selfless descendants. What they lack are individuals like you who have already learned to refuse.”

Sylvia bowed slightly and said, “Thank you for your praise, Principal.”

Satinton snapped his fingers. The entire room suddenly dimmed. Those natural rays of light now became faint. Only the blood-like red rippled like water waves in the entire room, looking like being in an underwater passage of an aquarium.

It was just that the aquarium here was constructed of blood.

“The Brilliant Gem is a high-level Gem second only to the Philosopher’s Stone. In this World, the most high-level Gems are fragments of Yggdrasil, followed by the Philosopher’s Stone, and then, there are those high-level rewards from the Trial World, the Brilliant Gems.”

This Vampire Earl, who had blue pupils, long silver hair, and a handsome face that was almost impeccable, looking at most only in his twenties, looked at Sylvia before him and continued, “Relative to the energy in the Yggdrasil fragments that is so abundant that almost no one can control it, and the Philosopher’s Stone which has a structure so hard that it is almost indestructible, the Brilliant Gem, which has more stable energy and a relatively stable structure, is a rare and important item for most Awakened.”

Pausing for a moment, Satinton tapped the table lightly and said, “As an equipment upgrade, using the Brilliant Gem is of course the best choice. However, for the Blood Kin, the true use of this kind of Gem still lies in rank promotion.”

“Rank promotion?”

“As a Trialist, you should have learned that the higher the level of an Awakened, the more dangerous the upgrade is. Whether Human or Blood Kin, the intensity of genes always has a limit. Upgrading itself is a constant challenge to the intensity of genes. In the later stages, every upgrade means that the gene groups in the body might collapse at any time, and the Awakened would immediately die along with it. Therefore, Awakened above Level 9 rarely actively rush to the Legendary Awakened level without definite confidence. This is also the reason why in this World, there are so many Awakened who have survived, but there are only a few true Legendary Awakened.”

“The Blood Kin are very similar to this situation. There are very many Blood Kin above the Knight rank, but Blood Kin who can be promoted to the Duke rank are very few in the entire history of the Blood Kin. To change this situation, the Blood Kin have been conducting unremitting research on promotion.”

Sylvia smiled slightly and said, “Finally discovered the Brilliant Gem?”

“That’s right. The Brilliant Gem can play a very large role in the process of Blood Kin promotion. The stable energy output and stable structure can make gene twisting always stay within a range that can be controlled. This also ensures that the promotion is safer.”

Satinton stared at Sylvia and continued, “As a survivor of the Millennium Holy War, I am about to reach the limit of my lifespan. If I cannot be promoted, then I have at most 2 years of life left. So, I need the Brilliant Gem you obtained to make an attempt.”

Sylvia nodded and asked, “Then, what can I get?”

“It depends on you, child. What do you need to get?”

“A chance to be promoted to Duke. This cannot be exchanged for just anything.”

Sylvia sighed with emotion, then continued, “I hope to transfer to the Trialist Academy in Asia.”

“Because of the Li Family?”

“No, because of love.”

Satinton laughed in spite of himself. After a while, he said, “A Vampire transferring schools because of love, or perhaps, a Vampire actually believing in love, this is rarely seen in the entire history of the Blood Kin. According to my knowledge, it might be about the same as the number of times a Vampire Duke has appeared.”

Sylvia smiled and continued, “The Li Family is also a factor I considered. They had such a big incident in London. Turning back, they will find the School. This School has only so many students in total. Wanting to find out who had accessed Yggdrasil in the early morning is not a difficult thing. Next, it won’t be difficult for the Li Family to find me. So, when the Li Family asks you for someone, as a member of the Ventrue branch, will I be protected by you?”

Satinton shook his head slightly and said, “Even if I can guarantee your safety during the Trialist stage, when you become an Awakened, you will still meet those people from the Li Family. This is not the best choice.”

“So, I choose to leave this School. Yggdrasil will wipe out all my access records in this School because of my transfer. That means the Li Family simply cannot find me by checking records. On the other hand, Easterners have said that the more dangerous the place, the safer it is. In the Asian Trialist Academy, my actions are all monitored by the Li Family, which is instead safer.”

Satinton laughed. His expression was very strange, he could even be said to be looking at Sylvia with a playful expression. He was quiet for a while, then said, “It sounds like you have already made arrangements for the future. As for the Brilliant Gem, you never intended to possess it from the beginning.”

“Easterners have a saying, holding a jade makes oneself guilty. For me, possessing the Brilliant Gem now is not the right choice.”