Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn As An Ice Dragon With A System

"If it wasn't thanks to these people, we would had died, all of us. Our Family would had end, everything would had ended… Can't you realize how much they have already done for us?" Ruby's mother asked. The other Vampires remained in silence.

"Our Ancestor wasn't who we were taught he was… And I can't believe I was so dumb, so dumb to think it was such an honor to have my daughter killed so he could use her body."

Her mother quickly bowed her head to Ruby.

"I am sorry, Ruby… Now that you've grown so strong, now that you've made a family with these people… with your new friends… I don't want you to leave me behind. I'll… resign from this family, I want to stay with you, I love you." Her mother began to cry.

"M-Mom…" Ruby was left surprised by the change of heart her mother had, she quickly rushed towards her and hugged her tightly. "I love you too mom… I won't leave you behind…!"

"Ruby, you're such a gentle girl… I've wronged you so much…" Cried her mother.

"You simply didn't knew the truth mom, don't blame yourself for everything… The entire family was wrong, the ancestor's plans were also part of this…" Cried Ruby. "But he's gone now, he's gone… We are free."

"Free…?" Her mother wondered. "Y-You're right… Our freedom wasn't something we would attain when the ancestor were to show up, it would be attained when he's… finally gone."

"Now we can start anew, new lives… New everything… All of you, think about it. Our ancestor only wanted us to serve him for eternity, eternal slaves of his orders, of everything… he never really cared for us, he only cared about who would end up cleaning his things or doing everything for him." Ruby said.

"We are the prideful vampires, why should we serve a corrupt man such as him? Unlike our ancient families, we are good people. We don't kill others because of pleasure. We've even made a system so we can get our blood without hurting people, while we take care of our citizens…" Ruby's words were filled with inspiration, the Vampires slowly began to open their eyes.

"My daughter's right… It was only those that were corrupted by Red that ended becoming assassins and psychopaths. But we also wronged them, this is why they turned against us and dishonored our families." She sighed. "We must start anew, a new family, all of us together, but freer. We must move on from our former rules. The one that made them is dead, why should we keep obeying them? All of you, you have your children, your grandchildren. Don't you want a better future for them? Or do you prefer for all of them to… suffer as much as my daughter suffered?"

"No… of course we don't want that…"

"I… it takes a while to think about this…"

"I can't help but think… you're slightly right."

"It's a lot to take in…"

"I will… I'll consider it."

The Vampires slowly began to think more with their brains. Perhaps they will finally be able to get some resolution ultimately.

"For now, you're all moving to my Divine Realm though." I said.

"Eh?!"

"Wait, what?!"

"Why!?"

"It is not safe in here. Without the protection of powerful rulers, you're going to get chased down by other sects or groups of gods and killed. I will protect you inside of my Divine Realm, your people, your families. You're all welcome. This is sadly something… you can't really refuse. Unless you want to be left to die?" I asked with a smile.

The vampires felt pressured, but at the end they didn't had any other choice than to agree. Ultimately, they were all going to get inside my divine realm once they ate dinner.

"You must be thirsty, so here." Ruby said, she quickly dropped her own blood into several cups, giving them to the Vampires. "I've awakened new powers, and I've also inherited most of my ancestors basic abilities, my blood can regenerate almost endlessly. I think I can feed you all."

"Wait, really?"

"Usually our own blood tastes bad…"

"Let's see…"

The Vampires couldn't really resist their thirst, drinking Ruby's blood. Their eyes glowed bright red, fascinated by the taste and rich sweet flavor.

"A-Amazing…"

"I feel so revitalized…"

"It was so refreshing…

"Yet at the same time, I don't feel addicted either?"

"I feel… calm and composed."

"I imbued it with the power to calm your wild instincts. So you are no longer controlled by your thirst, you can thank me later." Ruby smiled back at them.

"Our instincts… gone?"

"They're really gone… I've never felt my mind so clearer before!"

"I can… calmly think."

"Incredible…"

"Oddly enough, I feel the same…" Ruby's mother said.

"That's because you've awakened your own sense of self, mother. You're amazing, you naturally broke out of the ancestor's influence." Ruby congratulated her mother.

"S-Such a thing is possible? I had no idea…" Ruby's mother was surprised. "I guess I simply realized my daughter's life was more valuable than some old man I've never seen in my life… You're my greatest treasure, Ruby. The treasure your father and I… love more than anything."

Like that, the Vampires all drank Ruby's blood, calming down their instincts and thirst. This effect was actually permanently once they drank her blood, and now they didn't even need to drink her blood anymore. Simply consuming the blood of animals or monsters, or also consuming their meat was enough too.

"I feel so renewed!"

"My vitality is coming back…"

"What is this feeling of freedom?"

The vampires were having a rebirth. This was all thanks to Ruby's special ability [Vampire Queen]. It allowed her to give abilities to Vampires through her blood. The ability she gave to everyone was to permanently resist several negative conditions that the Vampire Bloodline granted.

It even reduced damage taken from sunlight greatly, so she simply made the Vampires even stronger than before, but at the same time, less monster-like as she took away wild instincts, their endless thirst for fresh blood from people, and their delight in seeing bloodshed.

It was honestly amazing…