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Luckily, the events that had followed hadn't been traumatising at all. At least not for Katarina, who had actually found herself enjoying it a bit.

Trying on various articles of clothing that was.

Surprisingly the smaller girl was in possession of several outfits that fit her, and when she questioned about it she got a vague answer from Chachamaru about her Mistress needing some activity to pass the time.

A number of styles, from Gothic Lolita to Maid-clothing and even some more simple outfits you could feasibly see on an everyday person on the street.

And then there were a few more… risqué, articles that Eva had considered, but thankfully she had been reminded that it was getting late before those had been forced upon her new 'sister'.

Why did such a small girl even own clothes like that? Even if she was actually 15 that would still have been inappropriate…

Fortunately, the next day was a Sunday, and as such Katarina could spend it familiarizing herself with her surroundings a bit better. As such, she found herself wandering, clad in a large purple coat with a purple felt hat perched atop her head.

The getup seemed familiar to her, though she couldn't quite place it right now, and when Eva had bestowed it upon her she had remarked that the slight twirl followed by leaning forward with her hands behind her back that she did for no apparent reason was quite fitting…

And the first thing she noted as she wandered out of the forest that Evangeline's lodge was located in, was the massive tree she had somehow missed the previous day.

It towered over the buildings around it, and was quite frankly impossibly large.

"How did I miss that?" She asked herself.

She shook her head. She was simply disoriented yesterday. Still, she felt like there were several important facts about the tree that she just couldn't remember right now.

Well, there was one thing she was convinced of right at this moment.

That tree is not normal.

Then again, neither are Gynoids, and she accepted that easily enough.

Actually, she doesn't feel all that shaken by the tree all things considered.

Shaking her head once again, she decided to move on. Hopefully everything would resolve itself as her memories sorted themselves out.

But as she turned around and took a step, she once again found herself taking a misstep, and she stumbled. She tried to recover, but failed, and fell.

To her astonishment, she fell into someone, that promptly fell over as well.

"Ugh, damn." The blonde said unhappily as she registered what had happened.

Well, first of all, there was a person underneath her. Second, her head was resting on that person's chest. Thirdly, that person was probably female judging by the modest bosom her head was resting on.

And fourthly, and most important, that person had an odd… presence about her. Some kind of odd feeling that caused some random sense of hers to tingle.

She pushed herself up and looked at the face of the girl she had fallen over.

What greeted her was an expressionless gaze from hazel-brown eyes, dark skin framed by silver hair. A red-line tattoo crossed over her right eye while under the left was a tear-drop, slightly reminiscent of something you might find on a pierrot, or similar.

Still, she forced the odd sense away and got up.

"Sorry, are you okay?" She asked as the other got up with a flip, startling her.

The other girl nodded mutely.

"…" Then she simply stood there staring at the blonde-girl.

"Was there something you wanted?" Katarina asked uncomfortably.

The other girl tilted her head slightly, then a small glimmer of realisation entered her eyes before she shook her head with a small mysterious smile.

Then she gave a small wave and left, and with her went the odd feeling the amnesiac girl had been having.

'That was… odd. Was she mute? I feel like I've seen her before though…'

She shook her head, for now, nothing useful came up, although to be honest, nothing useful ever seemed to come up from her memories.

She decided to keep wandering, and aimlessly set forth.

After a while she started feeling that tingly feeling again, although in a different manner this time.

Before it was a bit unsettling, now it was merely odd.

And then she looked up at the massive tree. In her wandering she had found herself going all the way up to it.

She also idly noted that she had gone quite the ways without feeling troubled at all.

She didn't feel like she was an athletic person, so it kind of surprised her, but she actually found walking like this to be enjoyable.

Still, the closer she got to the tree, the stronger the tingling sensation got, and she was honestly starting to feel a bit uncomfortable.

Some kind of allergy? Her memories didn't give her any information that would be helpful in that regard, and considering it was autumn, if not approaching winter, it was somewhat unlikely.

Not that she thought it was cold in any way, the coat she was wearing was excellent, if a slight bit warmer than she would like.

With the encroaching sense of nausea she was experiencing, Katarina decided to cut her losses, and leave.

It was a shame, she would have loved to look closer at the tree, but as it stood she didn't think she could spend any prolonged period of time near it.

There was also a certain faint sense of foreboding she got near it, but she didn't quite consider it due to the more prevalent feeling of pure discomfort, like she had indulged in too much of something with her entire body.

To her great puzzlement as she got further away the discomfort faded, albeit slowly, and once she had gotten back to the main campus she sat down on a convenient bench.

As she sat there breathing slowly, gradually recovering, she saw something interesting. She saw a bunch of people, including Takamichi-Sensei and Evangeline, as well as the headmaster.

She assumed that since most of them were adults they were part of the faculty, and they certainly did dress the part seeing as they were all wearing suits.

Each and every one of them also tucked at her memories, but once again nothing useful wanted to come up, except for the notion that they were the more noteworthy members of the Mahora staff.

Well, there was the more rotund man, a man with glasses and dark skin, a slightly messy looking Japanese man with glasses, a sharply dressed woman with a sword…

A sword?

Huh. What do you know. Not surprised at all.

Before she could contemplate it any further though, they dispersed, apparently having finished their meeting, or whatever it was.

Maybe they had been discussing her? It wasn't impossible. An odd location for it certainly, but the weather was nice, if a bit chilly.

Still, she was feeling better now, so she should probably continue on.

Where to…?

Mahora was massive. As far as she could tell the Academy had a small town supporting it with lodging, shopping and other conveniences.

For now she had only been wandering about the forested area in the outskirts, without entering the more built up areas.

Besides, she had been ordered not to stray too far.

Actually-

"I thought I saw you over here." A familiar voice cut into her thoughts.

"Evangeline." Katarina said as she turned around to face her host. "Was that a meeting? May I inquire what was being discussed?"

"Call me 'elder sister' while we're in public. And don't drop the honorifics!" The smaller blonde exclaimed unhappily, blushing in slight embarrassment. "As for the meeting… we were discussing a number of subjects, including you as well as a new teacher coming."

The mention of a new teacher coming once again tickled her memories, and stimulated some odd parts of her mind. Still, she managed to ignore this in favour of the conversation she was having, seeing as it didn't actually tell her anything.

"So 'Onee-Sama' then? Or would you prefer 'Aneue'?" The taller blonde asked innocently, subconsciously putting a finger on her chin.

"Mu-! Just use 'Onee-Sama'!" Eva said angrily, turning an adorable glare towards her 'sister'.

"Understood Onee-Chan!" Katarina responded happily.

"You're deriving pleasure from this, aren't you?" The elder girl said with an irritated grumble.

The only response was a small giggle.

The smaller girl sighed. "Anyway, the old fart and Takamichi wanted to speak with you. They'll be waiting in the headmaster's office. Can you find your way there?" She asked.

"I think I can manage. I wanted to look around the school a bit more anyway." The younger girl replied thoughtfully.

"Good. I'll return home, and we can discuss your living arrangements further once you get back." Eva said flippantly.

"Got it. See you later Onee-Chan." Katarina replied with a serene smile.

She knew it would probably bring her trouble, but it was so amusing to tease the smaller girl, she just couldn't help it.

Of course, maybe it was divine punishment, but the moment she tried to turn around and head towards the school she fell right over.

"What are you doing?" She heard the other girl say tiredly.

"I don't know!" She cried out woefully.

-Break—

After Katarina had went to the headmaster's office and returned, they had talked a bit more about the living arrangements, and ultimately it had been decided that she would help with house-keeping at least to some extent.

For example, the girl had proven to have at least some ability in the kitchen, and through the cooperation of her and Chachamaru, a scrumptious meal had been produced.

Evangeline would have to keep that in mind.

Chachamaru did a good job on her own, but even so there was a certain quality that Human involvement added. Therefore, their joint effort was better.

Basically, there was nothing about that arrangement that the eternal loli could complain about in her current situation.

And, the girl was compliant enough when it came to being dressed up, which had helped alleviate a bit of boredom.

Still, there was one thing she needed to do.

As such she found herself looking down upon her new house-mate's sleeping face in the middle of night.

The moon was sufficiently full to allow some of her vampiric powers to return…

She leaned down and bit into the girl's neck.

Blood flowed, and she gulped it down happily.

She didn't take much. She only needed a little bit, a taste.

The first thing she noticed was how it was oddly devoid of magic energy, yet still even so there was somehow traces of it.

The second thing she noticed was how ancient the parts that held magical energy felt.

The problem was she couldn't quite place it.

She had tasted many a different bloodline in her time, several of them magical, yet this was the first time she had encountered this one, or anything like it.

Of course, it was incredibly diluted, and considering how otherwise lacking her blood was of magical power otherwise…

She probably wasn't all that capable, if she had any ability at all.

One thing was for certain, she didn't taste like she was a user of magic…

But if so…

Why had she appeared like she did?

And why did it feel like the magical potency of her blood was increasing even now? Actually, with a magical bloodline that ancient, why was it so impotent?

Well, this was probably the first time drinking someone's blood made her confused, excepting the absolute first time she did it.

She made sure to use magic to seal the marks, and she hadn't taken much, so hopefully it would go unnoticed. The girl did seem like she actually had a pretty strong constitution, and her blood had tasted very healthy actually.

If it came down to it she might demand some in payment if the girl ever learned the truth.

Or turned out to already know it…

Actually, the old fart never did say which class Katarina would go to, did he…

Why is she suddenly getting this bad premonition?

Author's notes: Well, I guess now is a good a time as any to mention that this might be a bit of a slow story. I'll try to be humorous and interesting, but I must also admit I don't entirely know what I'm doing right now. Also, not many people read this, do they? So few views... Actually, what does that even mean, exactly? What does a person need to do to qualify for having viewed the story?

I would appreciate some feedback, and if anyone spots any mistakes I would be quite happy if they pointed them out. I hope to see some more reviews this time. It would at least make me a bit happier.

I hope you enjoyed and that you have a nice day.