Episode 87
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The dining atmosphere was the same as usual.
There’s just one other thing.
It was a much quieter meal than I expected.
Charlotte was eating meat and French fries as ‘usually’, smiling brightly, Thanos was inhaling food on the table in a way that befitted his size, and even Cell, who had awakened to his culinary talents early, forgot everything else and focused on eating for this moment.
After the meal, I left Charlotte alone.
I locked eyes with Charlotte, who was sitting next to me.
The guy’s eyes were shaking slightly, as if he had noticed that the atmosphere was a little different than usual.
There is nothing new about this.
When Charlotte faces a difficult situation, she hides it from those around her as much as possible.
That’s the world he lived in, and those are the habits that were imprinted on him.
Knowing that, I just wanted to wait and see what was going on at the Academy.
Because I didn’t want to touch Charlotte’s independence, an independence that could be called overly reckless.
But I’m really sorry, I can’t do that.
I can’t stand it.
“Three days?”
Our little one makes a puzzled expression.
Three days? What three days?
That’s the kind of expression you have.
“It’s been three days since you drank my blood?”
“… … .”
Charlotte’s expression hardens.
The guy’s expression is second to none, his skin tone is dull, and his complexion itself is dark.
It seems like it takes about three to four days.
“I definitely drew blood regularly and put it in the kitchen. But the amount didn’t decrease. I thought they were going to eat it all at once, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.”
“… … .”
Charlotte hangs her head as if she were a sinner.
hmm.
“Actually, I stopped by the academy a little while ago.”
“yes?”
“I went to see how Thanos and you were doing, and Thanos seemed to be doing well.”
“… … .”
“Unlike you.”
Charlotte purses her lips.
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“I don’t mean to scold you, I just want you to know.”
Charlotte slowly raises her head.
The guy’s expression was filled with anxiety.
Oh, no need to be anxious.
“Don’t go around getting hit.”
“……yes?”
“Differences in race, differences in opinion, who is superior, who is inferior, and other worldly prejudices, these are things you will experience as you go through life.”
I slowly ran my hand through Charlotte’s hair.
I can definitely feel my hair becoming more frizzy.
“How you behave… … That’s all up to you to decide and judge. I know it may sound irresponsible, but there’s nothing I can do about it. I can help, but if I control the details and the big picture, it means you become my puppet. I don’t want that. You live your life.”
“boss…….”
“But just one. Let’s emphasize just one thing.”
“One?”
“It’s nothing, just repeating what I just said. Don’t ever get hit. Don’t be discouraged by the idiots who try to trick you behind your back.”
Charlotte asked after a moment of silence.
“… … If you were the boss, what would you do?”
This is such an obvious question.
“Kill them all… … Hmm. No, I guess I stepped on them so they couldn’t crawl back up.”
Charlotte bursts out in a sarcastic laugh.
“Isn’t it for a similar reason that you haven’t eaten blood for the past few days?”
“… … Yes, to be exact, I felt like I was changing every time I ate something.”
It feels like something is changing… … .
I didn’t think much of it.
I gently hugged him and brought his face to my left shoulder.
I’ve been feeling this way for a while now, but Charlotte likes to suck blood from my shoulder.
Charlotte just turns her head and looks up at me.
Now that I think about it, Charlotte’s body seems a little bigger than before.
I was about 120cm tall, but now I look at it and think I’m 125cm? 126cm?
Is it because I ate well and slept well? I’m definitely going through a growth spurt.
Actually, I’ve been feeling a little taller lately, and it feels kind of strange.
anyway.
“Eat. I’m here with you, what are you worried about?”
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Charlotte finally nodded and slowly sunk her fangs into my shoulder.
With a whooshing sound, I felt my blood slowly draining away.
Ah, this also feels strangely like it’s been a long time.
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I turned my head slightly and saw my teacher looking at me.
But, something… … is a little different.
It’s definitely different than usual.
Should I say that the teacher’s gaze has sunken a little?
“Why are you doing that?”
The master did not answer.
It’s strange.
The atmosphere is… … um.
I turned my head briefly and looked at Charlotte.
Since when did it start?
Charlotte’s eyes are red.
Very, very red like blood.
Blonde hair and red eyes.
It was a little beautiful, but what should I say?
Living?
It may seem like a strange thought, but my senses detected a strange aura coming from Charlotte’s body.
Is it because it’s been a long time since I’ve had blood?
By the way, Charlotte doesn’t want to kill all the kids like Cell… … You’re not saying that, are you?
It was then that I reached out to the tomato juice on the table without a second thought.
Tingle-!
Pain radiates from the shoulder area.
“You must have been very hungry.”
He said this with a big smile, but Charlotte didn’t answer.
Instead, he stretches out both arms and wraps them around my neck.
As if he would never let go.
As I was starting to feel a little strange, the teacher who had been sitting on my shoulder got down on the table.
The situation is a bit strange.
Just then, I opened my mouth and was about to speak to the teacher.
Wow!!
“hmm…….”
I ended up groaning.
My left shoulder, no kidding, is broken.
He said, patting Charlotte on the head with one hand.
“Hey, kid. Aren’t you chewing too hard? It hurts.”
Despite what I said, Charlotte instead snuggled into my arms.
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Only then could I feel it.
The situation wasn’t just weird, it was downright weird.
Whack-! Whack!
Charlotte chews my shoulder like crazy.
“Stop… … Stop!”
Charlotte, who doesn’t answer, continues to suck my blood.
In the end, I had no choice.
I quickly raised my mana and released Charlotte’s arms from around my neck.
And ignoring the pain of his broken bone, he stretched out his left arm and pushed Charlotte’s head away.
“Tsk… … Kid, you’re being too naughty… … .”
I couldn’t continue speaking.
Charlotte’s appearance is strange.
Charlotte’s eyes were completely red, including the pupils and the whites of the eyes. Black veins were popping out on Charlotte’s face and body.
What is this?
A prophecy suddenly pops into my head.
-The blackened devil.
“Krrrr… … .”
Charlotte lets out a low, animal-like howl.
Then, Charlotte’s body turned completely black.
-Change the earth and the sky.
“Krrrr… … .”
Charlotte, her teeth chattering, and the Master, arms crossed on the other side of the table, come into my sight alternately.
– Will destroy the world.
I shook my head to clear my mind of distracting thoughts.
I wonder if the teacher read my gaze asking for an explanation.
[Didn’t I tell you clearly? At least don’t feed it your blood.]
When I first met Charlotte and told her that I would take her in, the Master clearly said,
Don’t feed my blood to Charlotte.
“Wasn’t that just something you said?”
I tilted my head slightly to the side to avoid Charlotte, who desperately tried to bite my neck, and then looked at my teacher again.
[It is a phenomenon called ‘Pianhua’. It is named after a flower called ‘Pianhua’ from the distant past.]
The little boy’s power is growing stronger.
A power that is difficult to explain in circles.
Should we call it the body’s limit?
It is very similar to the power emitted by those who have at least 3 or 4 circles.
By the way, Pianhua?
As far as I know, Pianhua is… … .
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“It appears when the king of the ancestors feeds blood to the next ancestor… So, isn’t it a phenomenon that only occurs during ‘succession to the throne’?”
[I guess I didn’t give you the details.]
“… … .”
[How much do you know about the blood sucking that vampires do?]
It feels like an out-of-time question and answer session.
“I know it as a revitalizing effect.”
[Similar, but not the core. I’ll just briefly explain the core. Vampires’ blood sucking is a process of absorbing the ‘power’ contained in the blood they drink, that is, it’s not a concept of recovery, but rather absorption.]
absorption…….
I felt a prickle inside.
no way.
[The succession to the throne by the ancestral lords… … That’s true, but the chronological order is wrong. The procedure where the kings of the ancestral lords of the time who used the marriage certificate would feed their blood to the next king to give him information about the marriage certificate and a ‘feel’ for it. If the next king continued to drink their blood containing the marriage certificate, he would run wild. That became the symbolic ritual of the succession to the throne.]
“… … .”
[You have already adapted your body by using the spirit of marriage. When you were cultivating mana, didn’t you wonder at the rapid speed at which you were able to do so?]
“you’re right.”
The teacher gradually retreats further and further away.
[I don’t think I need to explain it at length. The blood of the True King flowing through Charlotte’s body is on a different level from the blood of ordinary vampires. That blood is what was decided. Your blood, the blood of the King.]
“… … .”
[Strictly speaking, your body is still growing. Your soul will definitely become stronger as time goes by… … Charlotte, who drinks your blood every time, will probably experience the same blood transfusion.]
“… …Is it good?”
[It’s not bad in terms of growth, but on the other hand, it’s not good either. If not you, who can stop Charlotte from being in a state of ecstasy? What if Charlotte is buried in the crowd while you’re away and the ecstasy explodes?]
“hmm…….”
[A vampire who opens his eyes to blood loses his reason and goes crazy with a strong impulse, and becomes a monster that moves only for the purpose of killing and drinking blood without distinguishing between friend and foe.]
“How to solve it?”
[There are two ways. One is to deal with it until the phantom subsides, and the other is to kill it.]
In short, the more Charlotte drinks my blood, the more power she absorbs.
Of course, it won’t absorb everything I have.
I will absorb it very little by little, but the important thing is that my body is not in its prime right now.
Your strength will grow stronger, your soul energy will become more concentrated, and your mana will become more concentrated as well.
Charlotte absorbs it?
Usually, the piercing ends after exploding once.
Because the king of that time gave up the marriageable age, and from then on, the next king did not drink that king’s blood.
Because the succession to the throne has already been completed.
But things are a little different now.
I will become stronger, and if Charlotte continues to drink my blood… … Charlotte’s blood transfusion will continue.
But, as the Master said, what if I’m not there when the fireworks explode?
If there is no one to stop it… … .
‘There will be a massacre.’
That too, thanks to Charlotte’s hands.
hmm.
It’s a bit complicated.
