Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem

Yanael, Alzara, and Soara were a little hesitant about donating blood to a mysterious egg that didn't even belong to Zach, their master. But it did belong to his sister, who he was close with. And Zach was clearly eager to help her, though that wasn't strictly why he did it.

Yanael, Alzara, and Soara were all familiar with Zach's attitude when it came to summoning. He was curious. He wanted to see and know more.

He didn't go around experimenting with others' familiars, but he did go around and ask both the familiars and their masters questions about all kinds of things. Whenever he had some free time and wasn't too tired, he asked the library pixie for the latest on all things summoning and familiar-related.

He had to ask for the latest since he had already gone through everything interesting and relevant to his desires.

That was why he could formulate a hypothesis about the workings of Lexi's egg.

There were still things he didn't know and things he knew that might be inaccurate or flat-out wrong. But he was willing to learn. He Stay updated through empire

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to learn.

Right now, he could both help out Lexi and confirm his hypothesis. It was killing two birds with one stone.

Although the three familiars were a little hesitant about donating blood, how could they disappoint their master?

If they said they didn't want to, he wouldn't force them. He might not even take it to heart. But he would be let down.

How could they possibly reject his request? Zach might be cute when he pouted or sulked, but he was infinitely cuter when he smiled until his cheeks puffed out and he bounced around with sparkles and flowers raining around him.

One by one, the three familiars sprinkled their blood over the egg. As expected, nothing happened.

Rather than a catalyst for the egg's incubation, blood was more likely to be a building block for the egg's foundation. So, Zach wasn't daunted by the lack of reaction. If anything, he was even more excited. Even the blood of a deity hadn't garnered a reaction from the egg.

Zach was curious about the egg's potential and greed.

Needless to say, he didn't stop with just his and his familiar's blood. With Lexi exasperatedly in tow, Zach took a lap around the Academy. He asked for blood from everyone he encountered and their familiars. Very few did it knowingly and willingly since most declined Zach's intrusive and strange request.

Zach didn't bother too much with the unnecessary opinions of the uncultured. Any real summoner should have been excited about the egg. They should have been like his friends.

Although they showed different reactions and displayed varying levels of excitement, Nessa, Violina, Anerias, and Dukiel all agreed to share blood with the egg, though it was difficult for Dukiel's first two familiars to do it. Violina's Ice Spirit and Frost Wraith were in a similar situation.

But the Frost Imp was an Imp. It had blood it could unwillingly give to the egg. The Symbiotic Slime gave an extra loose strip of itself.

Nessa's and Anerias' familiars didn't have any trouble.

As if that wasn't enough, Dukiel even used his Enhance on the egg. They went all out to bolster the egg's potential. Finally, they came to their final blood bag.

It was the most challenging yet. This wasn't a simple matter of asking and taking regardless of answer to said question.

Forget answering, the target might not even understand the question.

"Baby, you don't mind if I take some of your blood, right?" Zach asked while approaching the baby.

The baby tilted his head curiously while looking at the shiny dagger in Zach's hand. As if he sensed something, the baby then turned to the egg in Zach's other hand. The baby reached for the egg.

Zach glanced at Lexi. Lexi nodded.

Zach held out the egg to the baby.

"Be gentle, okay? This isn't a toy. It's a precious familiar of your auntie Lexi."

"Auntie?"

"Schh."

The baby nodded, but it might have been a coincidence. He reached out for the egg with both hands and grabbed it. The baby held it up and admired it with shiny eyes.

It was now or never. The baby was distracted. Zach gulped.

The dagger flashed forward and pricked the soft flesh between the baby's forefinger and thumb just light enough to draw out a drop of dark red blood. The baby's head whipped toward his wound and in Zach's direction. He glared at the dagger for a second before the floating drop of blood distracted him.

The baby let go of the egg with one hand and swatted at the drop of blood, which deftly avoided the chubby hand before zipping into the egg that Zach had just caught.

Zach breathed a sigh of relief.

It had gone as well as it could have done. The wound had closed after the singular drop slipped out, and the baby didn't even remember the pain.

The dagger was unusable, but it had served its purpose. And the egg had absorbed the baby's blood. It would probably have been better if it had gotten more than one drop, but that was all it was going to get for now.

"Thank you, baby." Zach smiled and stroked the baby's soft hair.

"Gaga!" The baby cackled and clapped his hands with a bright smile of his own. He was happy about saying hi to the egg.

"And thank you, Nessa." Zach smiled and stroked the baby's carrier's soft hair.

Nessa glared at him and took a step back. If she had had more than one arm, she would have smacked Zach's hand away. Unfortunately, arms didn't grow on trees, and they didn't grow back on shoulders.

That didn't stop her from using her legs though, and Zach hurriedly retreated before she did just that. If he wasn't careful, the baby might be his first and last descendant, and it wasn't even his.

Zach turned to Lexi as soon as he was safe.

"When are you leaving?" He could use his funds to secure more types of blood, but getting the strong stuff would take some time.

"Now, I guess." Lexi shrugged. She had done what she came for. She didn't see a reason to leave, and while she appreciated Zach's help, the egg was her familiar. If anyone were going to spoil it, it would be her.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

A carriage was quickly prepared and the baby's things were packed into it. The egg in a pocket and the baby in her arms, Lexi left the building.

The others who came out to see her off were right on time for a massive creature to blot out the sky and sink the Academy into shadows.