A stifling silence dominated the roomās interior.
Seating apart across the small table, the two wore strange expressions while feeling perplexed about how to proceed ahead and begin a conversation.
Eiji was seated at the anterior of the room wearing a standard T-shirt and slacks.
He gazed at the person sitting in the interior with an awkward expression.
The object of his stare was the beautiful black-haired girl, wearing her former black gothic dress.
She scowled at Eiji with her piercing red pupils.
Washing away the maniacal vestiges from last night by taking a shower alternatively, both of them were now dressed in proper form.
The bed sheet, drenched in various bodily fluids, had been taken off the bed and tossed inside the washing machine.
However, the odour wafting within the small one-room hadnāt ventilated out yet. It was an instantaneous matter for anyone to conclude the events of last night if they entered inside the room at this moment.
[ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦]
[ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦]
They both maintained silence, the same as the other.
The attacker and the victim ā Perhaps it couldnāt be helped due to this relationship.
The normal setting would be for Eiji to apologize for attacking her as a result of losing himself to desire, but the cause of the entire affair was due to this girl trespassing into his room, trying to suck his blood.
Considering this point, she could be considered as the one who attacked him, thus resulting in such a complicated situation.
(Which reminds me ā¦ā¦ she sucked my blood.)
Eiji felt around the base of the throat after remembering this. Although it seems to have scabbed already, the traces of two circular wounds were left behind.
The events after that had been too galvanizing, causing him to forget that she had bit his nape, sucking his blood.
She seemed to have been overwhelmed right after that, collapsing down. Thus, the volume of blood sucked had amounted to a minuscule amount. He also felt no sensation of feeling anaemic but it was a solid fact that his blood had been sucked.
(Is she a ā¦ā¦ Vampire?)
Vampires. They were non-human apparitions which existed only in folklore or the occult.
Boasting physical strength far surpassing a humansā along with the ability to transform into either a wolf or a bat, they sucked the lifeblood of humans. The victims of their blood-sucking would in turn transform into vampires and attack others.
They possessed a lot of weaknesses as opposed to their overwhelming strength which surpassed human reasoning. Being reduced to ashes under the sunlight, unable to cross flowing water, they also detested garlic, as well as silver and the cross.
(ā¦ā¦ and so on, but isnāt sunlight covering her now?)
Although inside the room, the light passing through the window canāt be said to be non-existent.
The girlāsā body was basking in sunlight yet there were no signs of her being reduced into ashes.
[What?]
Feeling suspicious about his fixed gaze over her body, the girl took the initiative to speak.
[Nothing, just that youāre fine even under sunlight.]
The girl stared blankly in response to Eiji voicing out his current thoughts.
However, realizing why his thoughts had wandered in such a direction, she perked up her lips.
[Hmm, it seems youāve realized my true nature.]
[So you mean to say that youāre really a vampire?]
[That is correct. Thereās no harm in explaining it to you since going back is a bit troublesome now.]
[But?]
When queried about the ambiguous words she spoke, she pointed towards the table while wearing an impish smile and voiced out her request.
[I donāt think at least offering tea would cause you to suffer retribution?]
Black tea, if possible. Saying such words, when looking at her current appearance, it seemed as if the anger from before had vanished altogether.
ā ććā ććā
[Muh ā¦ā¦]
[Iām saying it beforehand but thereās only that black tea at my place.]
Eiji informed the girl who sipped the cup with a dissatisfied expression across her face.
Living the solitary life of a university student, his home only had those tea-packs of black tea. It was at least better than nothing.
Eiji didnāt expect this mass produced good to satisfy the tastes of this girl who seemed used to high quality black tea but it couldnāt be helped because there wasnāt any of that. He didnāt plan to specially go buy it for her.
[ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦It canāt be helped then.]
The girl extended her hand towards the sugar and milk placed in the middle of the table albeit giving out those words which were filled with a sense of reluctance.
She must have thought she could deceive herself by having milk tea rather than having it straight.
Pouring lots of sugar and milk, the girl began to narrate her tale while mixing them together with a teaspoon.
[Letās see. What exactly am I, is it?]
[As youāve probably guessed, Iām a vampire.]
[However, Iām not just any ordinary vampire.]
[What do you mean?]
[Hmm. Well then, let me reintroduce myself. Now that I think about it, it would be unfair for only me to do so. Tell me your name.]
[Aahh. Azuma Eiji. As you can see, Iām an ordinary university student.]
Eiji announced his name while feeling a little overwhelmed by her prompt.
However, the girl muttered a few words in response to the word āordinaryā within his introduction.
[At least, you arenāt an 'ordinary' university student from my perspective.]
[Did you say something?]
[Nothing. Something personal.]
[Itās my turn now.]
In order to deceive Eiji who had noticed her murmuring, she stood up and introduced herself after slightly raising the hem of her dress.
[My name is Noire. Noire Primella. One of the six Demon Sovereigns of Night which exist in this world, the Sovereign of Darkness.]
In that moment, Eiji experienced an illusion of everything surrounding the girl in the one-room transform into a palace from somewhere.
Her greeting had such grace ć¼ć¼ Noire exuded an aura characteristic to those of nobility.
However, he wasnāt one to just blindly believe and queried about something within her introduction.
[Demon Sovereign of Night? That means youāre the Sovereign of Vampires?]
[Yes. I would possess a large number of subordinates as well as territories if I returned back to my homeland.]
[Hmm ā¦ā¦ Itās a bit unbelievable.]
Such a small kid? Perhaps Noire could feel this thought from his gaze and adopted a sullen expression. Furthermore, Eiji had fixed his gaze a little lower from her face.
[Youāre quite rude. I have lived several decades longer than you even though I appear this way. Also, where are you looking? Do you have a problem with my bust size?]
[No, it was beautiful and felt quite good so I donāt have any complaint.]
[Whać¼?!]
Noireās face was dyed red with anger as well as embarrassment as she hid her bosom with her hands while Eiji gave an honest reply to her as he motioned his hands reminiscing the feeling he has experienced last night.
[On that subject, how dare you do such a thing last night! Such conduct as taking advantage of a person during their weakness ā¦ā¦. On top of that, you even took the chastity Iāve protected for so long!]
Eiji flinched a bit before justifying himself as he perceived Noire glaring at him after she seemingly remembered the events.
[Well, I admit it was a wrong thing to do ā¦ā¦ but it all began because of you attacking me. Moreover, I could only think of it as an invitation when you revealed that place of yours.]
[W-Who did you say was inviting you?!]
Noire was enraged as Eiji recounted her foolish state right after sucking his blood, her legs parted to the sides with her panties dripping wet from her pussy juices.
However, her anger seemed to just be camouflage to hide the shame she felt as much dread couldnāt be felt from her.
Incidentally, since her panties werenāt in a wearable condition, it was at present inside the washing machine together with the bedsheet. In other words, she wasnāt wearing it right now.
[To begin with, why did things turn out that way?]
[ā¦ā¦Itās because of your blood.]
[Eh? My blood?]
Eiji opened his mouth wide in response to her words, a blank expression written across his face.
[Yes, the reason why we vampires suck blood is to absorb the magic power within humans through sucking their blood.]
[Magic power? Such a thing really exists?]
[It doesnāt. Within ordinary humans, that is.]
According to her words, it seemed that vampires suck the blood of humans so that they can absorb the magic power which comes into existence along with their birth. Their aim is to maintain or elevate their own power by doing so.
They wouldn't starve immediately if they didnāt suck blood as a meal, conversely absorbing too much of magic power could in turn hinder the process of maintaining their body.
The amount of magic power humans possess is quite minuscule and isnāt sufficient. Magic power can be obtained by the absorption of bodily fluids as an intermediary, but it could be summed up to one word ć¼ć¼ impure.
ćHowever, youāre an exception to that. Although I donāt know the reason, the magic power density within your blood is several hundred times that of an ordinary human. A mouth-watering prey for vampiresā¦ā¦ so I thought. ć
Noireās facial expression warped into a displeased manner after speaking till here.
The reason for that can be easily guessed from yesterdayās events.
[You werenāt able to absorb it?]
[Yes, I couldnāt. Wasn't it dreadful? I really didnāt expect it to be so difficult!]
Eiji looked at her with a very warm gaze as she whined after feeling sulky.
After perceiving this, she coughed once to clear her throat and continued speaking.
[The exchange of magic power is usually accompanied by sexual pleasure but the amount of sensation felt was usually quite negligible. However, your blood was at a completely different level. An overwhelming violent pleasureā¦ā¦ Thereās no way even for me to endure that.]
In short, she seemed to have climaxed midway of sucking his blood because the magic power within his blood was too dense.
She had crossed the limit of 100% right after biting his nape with her fangs and sucking a few drops of blood, causing her to experience a forced orgasm.
In addition, her body had fallen into a hyper-sensitive state as if it had soaked within an undiluted solution of aphrodisiac for a long time.
She couldnāt bear it and had been left in an all but dead state. And thereafter, Eiji had tasted this delicious meal set in front of him.
A powerful medicine for one can be the ultimate poison to another.
ćHah, such a foolās errandā¦ā¦it turned out to be a disaster in the end.ć
Noire rose up after finishing her drink and placing the cup on the table.
It appeared that she was planning to leave this room.
Eiji became flustered as he saw this.
It things were left as it is, she would most probably disappear and never appear before him again, making him unable to see her make that expression ever again.
Although she was a blood sucking monster, he didnāt want such a rare encounter with this beautiful girl who had straddled on top of him to end in this way, he had to do something by hook or crook.
Stimulated by his impatience, Eiji murmured a few words at the moment she showed her back to him and faced towards the entrance.
[Hmm? So youāre running away?]
[What did you say?]
Noire came to a standstill and glared at him, finding fault with his words.
[This is inexcusable. Who did you say was running away?]
[Was I wrong? Although your purpose was to suck my blood, arenāt you running back home to safety because you werenāt able to handle it? It seems that a Demon Sovereign of Night is a being which gives up quite easily.]
Although it was cheap provocation, looking at Noireās face proved it was indeed effective. The corners of her eyes twitched and a vein seemed to rise up to the surface at her forehead.
[Correct your words. The proud Demon Sovereign of Night never runs away]
[If so, why donāt you try sucking again?]
[ā¦As you wish. Yesterdayās situation was something unexpected due to its abruptness. Sucking it again is an easy thing if I know about it beforehand.]
She would have perhaps noticed it was cheap provocation if she was in a calm state of affair. The black haired vampire princess had readily boarded a ship that would bring calamity upon herself.