Aleister had certainly not used Kiss of Enchantment on him—not only could she not accept kissing a man, but as proud as Aleister was, she did not even consider a little nobody who had merely reached the Second Level worth noticing.
Once a Blood Servant went too long without being fed on by their master, their desire to be fed on would grow increasingly intense.
And if their master did feed on them, that unfulfilled desire would immediately turn into satisfaction... Otherwise, it would become an unbearable emptiness.
To fill that emptiness, they might even beg their master to drink their blood. For that, they could keep paying any price, giving the other person all their family wealth to the best of their ability.
—Unless the Child of the Moon wanted to exploit this state to seriously injure him or another important person close to him; or demanded unacceptable sacrifices of wealth or body—the degree to which this was "unbearable" varied from person to person, depending on their views on money and morality.
To someone sufficiently stingy, perhaps even a single gold coin would be unacceptable. For some who were already promiscuous, even being asked to use their bodies to earn money for the other person would not undo Charm Lock.
There had been Blood Slaves who regained their senses and escaped from the Child of the Moon.
But generally speaking, they had first broken Charm Lock, then suddenly realized what they had done.
Yet the boy before them, who looked no more than sixteen or seventeen, had escaped his master without breaking Charm Lock at all.
Aleister had never heard of such a precedent—which meant he had been enduring the extreme emptiness of an unsatisfied enchantment all along. Such emptiness could even drive a determined knight insane.
So the