Fascination – Chapter 1

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Chapter 1: the Trashlike Love-Story of Garbage Dump Dwellers

 

1   the Union of the Splattered Girl and the Vampire

 

I killed myself.

It was inevitable.

There was nothing special about the timing, the chance simply came to me today, Monday of the 10th of February, after-school.

When I came to the rooftop, I felt drawn in by the fence.

It was like being invited by a sweet smell.

After climbing over the fence, looking at the inviting ground below, I let myself fall.

Whoosh. Splat.

As if it were crushed, as if it were smashed, my body lost its shape.

I died.

There was no pain, nor was there agony.

Ah, my life is finally over.

Knowing that, I felt happiness.

 

◇◇◇

 

Thinking about it, my life was truly worthless.

It was the eighth winter of my life when I learned that I am not blood-related to my father.

I don’t know the details, but I’ve heard that when my mother left the house, my distrustful father did some sort of investigation.

It was Christmas Eve. Santa would be bringing gifts to me tomorrow morning, or so I thought as I spent the night outside.

My father had looked at me as if I was something filthy and chased me out, forbidding me from entering the house ever again.

The next morning, my father returned to his senses after finding my cold body and rushed me to the hospital, and I survived.

To me who had to stay to recuperate, my classmates sent a yosegaki.

Their heartwarming words were arranged neatly behind the carefully-done wrapping.

 

‘Would’ve been better if you died.’

‘Why are you still alive?’

‘Don’t come back.’

‘Disgusting.’

‘The hospital suits a ghost girl like you.’

‘Why weren’t you killed by your father?’

 

My chest warmed up and the present quickly entered the trash.

Nothing changed in middle-school, nothing changed in high-school.

However, what is insignificant for me might be significant for everyone else.

Therefore, allow me to list of what I’ve lost.

 

My right ring finger is gone.

My left eye can no longer see.

My cheek muscles were damaged and are stuck in an eternal smile.

My hair is always disheveled.

My body is covered in bruises and scars, the kind which will never fade.

I don’t have a boyfriend, but I’m no longer a virgin.

If my name is searched for on the internet, pictures of me naked would appear.

 

That was it, nothing extraordinary.

Besides, there was a teacher who was kind to me.

She was raped while trying to protect me, then perhaps due to that event breaking her, she began abusing me as well. Nonetheless, she was a very kind teacher.

Because physical abuse was not the only thing she did.

Truly, she was a very kind teacher.

 

◇◇◇

 

In any case, I died.

After jumping off such a height, my body had lost its shape.

The moment it is identified, many would be laughing with glee, no doubt.

But when I opened my eyes, what greeted me was not the mocking laughter I expected.

 

“There is no need for wonder… as long as flesh and blood remains… fade the soul shall not.”

 

It was the corpse of a girl, speaking in an outdated fashion.

White-skinned, blonde-haired, red-eyed, she was like a brilliant flower compared to me.

She was like a heavenly existence, someone I could never hope to reach.

For someone like her to be conversing with me, perhaps this is the last grace I’ll receive before I disappear.

 

“Enough that is? Hmph, I am… to you… hmph, brilliant, is it.”

 

The girl spoke strangely.

And strangely, my thoughts could reach her.

Not once did my voice come out since I woke up. How?

Well, it’s pointless to think about that, isn’t it?

Likewise, it’s pointless to praise the girl before me.

For those on the verge of death, it would simply be a licking of each other’s wounds.

No, I don’t even have a tongue anymore.

 

“If exist it does not… what say you of sharing it with me?”

 

Share? But I have nothing to give in return.

My charisma, my attractiveness, my talent, my intelligence, my physical ability, all of it are worth nothing. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that none of them existed.

I commited suicide because I myself thought so, after all.

And now that I’m reduced to nothing but a pair of eyeballs, I have nothing you could ever want.

 

“No… nothing you are not. You are ‘negativity’, power, existence, life.”

 

You… want my life?

This is the first time such a thing has been said to me.

Someone worthless like me existing is a sin in and of itself.

I’ve been told such my entire life.

 

“Empty words of sightless ones… if complete each other we are to, live once more we shall.”

 

Complete each other… so I――what is left of me――will become one with you?

 

“Indeed it is so.”

 

In that case, please do as you will.

If my worthless life can be used to save yours, I won’t complain.

 

“Complete each other we shall… is what I said. Your soul… be mine it shall not.”

 

That’s a shame.

Even though I thought I could finally disappear.

 

“…Fine that is. You are what you are. Now… open your heart. Accept my soul… and become one we shall.”

 

Then please, at least, answer my question.

What is your name? What are you?

 

“Hmph… a vampire I am. Camilla is my name. Be that as it may… meaningless this name shall soon be…”

 

Vampire… while I was stunned, the vampire took me――what was left of me, a pair of eyeballs――within her hands.

Then my sight was covered by light.

I felt warmth, the warmth of a womb, and I slowly drifted away to unconsciousness.

 

 

2   in a Field of Garbage, I Met My First Love

 

When I came to, I was lying in a place covered in garbage.

Attempting to stand, I felt a trace of discomfort.

My left eye could see and none of my fingers are missing.

My body is free of scars and my face is free of muscular discomfort.

In addition, my body feels light, it is as if I am not in my own body.

For the sake of confirming the changes to my body, I searched for something that would work as a mirror, but found nothing nearby.

As there was nothing to be done there, I left the landfill, went through a sewer-like path, and climbed a ladder to ground level.

What I saw then was a crude townscape, a European slum fresh out of a history textbook.

The odor of garbage is filling the air, perhaps because of a recent rain.

Leaving the manhole-like opening, I instinctively avoided sunlight and entered the shade.

Staring down on the puddle nearby, I finally saw my own body.

Under a layer of filth and dirt, were silky white skin, red eyes, pointy canines, and pitch-black hair.

My face did not change, neither did my uniform. However… ‘was I always this beautiful’?

I would not have thought of that if I were still myself.

It seems that I changed not only in body, but also in mind.

 

“I am…”

 

――Hinata Chigusa.

I remember them clearly, my name and the life filled with abuse and suffering.

However, the body is another matter.

So to say, the conversation with the vampire girl did not happen within a dream.

I became one with her, thus we lived on.

As a half-vampire.

 

So that is why I avoided the sun on instinct. Although so, for the sake of certainty, I left the shade and stepped into sunlight.

It is hot.

However, it is not hot enough to cause pain. Is the saying ‘vampires are weak to sunlight’ truly true?

Is it because I am a half? Or are vampires not weak to sunlight, contrary to popular belief?

 

“In the first place, what is this place?”

 

If my memories are correct, I had committed suicide through jumping off the school’s rooftop.

My corpse was thrown away, then suddenly I am in a slum-town clearly not in Japan.

If only I have Camilla’s memories, then maybe I would know at least the name of this town…

Since there is no other way, I’ll have to search for information――Immediately, I saw three men in a dark alley.

On a closer look, they seem to be surrounding a girl.

――Kill.

My instincts howled to me.

My nails grew as if they were nails and power filled my legs.

 

…whatever it is you wish to do, use my body as you wish.

 

Lightly and slowly, power emerged from my body.

This feeling of having no control over my own body is, frankly, quite terrible.

I approached the men, slowly, calmly, all the while listening to their conversation.

 

“Heyy Ellis, isn’t it about time you replied?”

“I’ve told you many times over, I’m not interested!

“It’s ‘cause of Lyle, isn’t it? Leave that weak-ass bastard away and come with us, you’ll be happier.”

“With a bastard who thinks with his lower half? Not interested!”

 

The three men were encircling the strong-willed orange-haired girl.

I had an experience similar to this. Because I did not do as they ordered, they did as they pleased while saying ‘this is your fault because you weren’t obedient’.

Look, they are doing it even now.

One man’s hand stretched out towards the chest of the petite Ellis.

As soon as it began to massage its target, the other men joined in.

Ellis glaring with a flushed face, the men assaulting her gleefully.

Disgusting.

…

Oho, that was uncharacteristic of me, no doubt the fault of my vampire side.

However, it has a point.

Setting aside the worthless me, she is a girl full of liveliness, with a loved one to boot.

Such a pure girl would never love such monsters of men.

If she were to be defiled…

 

“Excuse me, may I have a moment of your time?”

“Huhh?”

 

Hearing me, the three men wrinkled their eyebrows and glared at me with thuggish faces.

Completely unthreatening.

But as there is no room for discussion, my body moved by itself.

 

“Ghh, keh!”

 

As I am as tall as their shoulders, I lowered my stance and struck one man’s gut. He went down easily.

I dodged his friends’ attempt at a grapple, before jumping and attacking one of them with a heel to the head.

The last man received a knee to the groin and fell flat on the ground.

 

“A-amazing…”

 

The girl before me was stunned.

So am I.

For the physically-incapable me to move so lightly and spontaneously, it is unbelievable.

 

“Umm, thank you.”

 

The girl bowed deeply.

Having a head lowered at me, when was the last time this happened?

I have been forced to lower my head through violence before, but this feels strange.

 

“No, I did nothing incredible.”

“But the three of them are known troublemakers! You beat them up, so you’re awesome!”

“Oh.”

“Is there anything I can do to repay you…”

 

Immediately thinking of doing something to show her gratitude, what a good girl she is.

I want to mess her up.

…Hm.

That was a vampiric impulse, no doubt.

Even so, looking at her closer, Ellis is very cute.

Healthy skin color unbefitting a resident of a slum, fairly large breasts, and excellent character.

I can use her.

 

“Actually… I know nothing of this place. When I woke up, I found myself here.”

“Eh? You mean you have amnesia?”

“No, I was in a completely different place prior this. Of course, this means that I have no place to stay…”

“Oh, if it’s that, you can stay at my place. Err, it’s not very grand though, that okay?”

 

This girl is really naive.

She’ll let a stranger inside her home just because the stranger in question saved her one time.

If there were more people like her, perhaps those who were oppressed, such as me, would be able to lead decent lives.

 

“Oh right, I haven’t introduced myself. My name is Ellis. I am 15 years old, around your age, I guess?”

“I am Chigusa, 16 years old.”

“Chigusa’s a strange name, but I think it’s cute. Nice to meet you!”

 

Ellis smiled at me as I shook her hand.

From her hand, I felt warmth, a warmth full of life.

I can even feel her throbbing pulse.

It feels like an eternity since I last touched another person like this.

But this strange feeling between our hands――the feeling of something pouring out from me into her, what is it?

 

◇◇◇

 

I followed her, through a narrow street, towards her place of residence.

Passing through that wreck of a street littered with people, either dead or asleep, we came out to a square――there towered a castle-like thing made of scrap materials.

Surrounding it were similar buildings, every one of them making up a peculiar town.

Were these made of materials dug out from the landfill?

The same odor of garbage is in the air.

 

“Is this the first time you’ve seen the trash town?”

“Trash town?”

“Yup, the dark side of the capital city of Glor. Where there’s light, there’s sure to be darkness. This is the literal trash town, where the unwanted people ekes out a living out of the unwanted trash.”

 

Glor is the name of a city, is it.

It is becoming more and more obvious that this place is not within Japan.

In that case, how can I understand the language of this country? Is this due to the vampire who makes up half of me?

How convenient.

However, if this place is truly overseas, it is still too weird.

Because I commited suicide, I was blown overseas and became one with a vampire. How did that happen?

I do not understand.

 

“Soo, I live here. As you can see it’s dirty and shabby, still okay with it?”

 

It is a small room on the third floor on one of the castle-like buildings.

On the way here, we passed by some people, all of them thin, dirty, and smelly.

In this area, Ellis is of a higher level. I felt like I understood why those men went after her.

 

“I asked you for a place to stay, I will not complain.”

 

Hearing that, Ellis made a baffled face.

Did I say something strange?

 

“My bad. Everyone around here are all selfish you see, someone humble like you is rare.”

 

I do not think I am particularly humble.

However, it is a fact that she said so.

While talking, she led me into the room.

It is a small room the size of 2 tatami, honestly too narrow for two to sleep in. Be that as it may, I am in no position to complain.

Entering the room, Ellis took out a knife from her bosom and hung it on a hook on the wall, before casually sitting on the floor.

 

“Sit anywhere you want.”

 

As told, I sat on the hard floor with my legs folded.

Noticing my gaze at the knife, Ellis began to speak.

 

“You curious about that? It’s a common thing around here, everyone’s killed at least once or twice.”

“Was my help unnecessary?”

“Not at all, you ended it peacefully after all. If you weren’t there, maybe two or three would’ve died, including me.”

 

No matter how beautiful she is, Ellis is a resident of this place.

Even so, to think that there is a place like this in this day and age.

It is unbelievable, but what can I do but believe after seeing it firsthand?

 

“If this area is so dangerous, why did you let a suspicious character like me enter your room?”

“Because I feel like you’re a good person? My intuition is surprisingly accurate at times like these, you know.”

 

She grinned, showing her teeth.

I do not understand her baseless confidence.

But it is true, Hinata Chigusa is not someone capable of causing hurt.

On the contrary, she is someone easy to hurt.

 

“And you’re Chigusa after all.”

 

Ellis approached me and bumped our foreheads together.

At her sudden move, my heart skipped a beat.

 

“So cold! You sure you’re not sick? You look pale too…”

“I-is that so?”

 

Actually, I would feel much better if you stop.

I felt burning heat from our touching foreheads.

It is no doubt caused by my low body temperature, not by Ellis having extraordinarily high body temperature.

She touched the rest of my body to make sure I am not ill, and each time that happens, she would exclaim ‘cold!’ in surprise.

 

“I didn’t expect your skin to be this smooth. It’ll be ruined if you stay in this trash town for too long.”

“Is that so? But your skin is no worse than mine.”

 

While speaking, I caught her hand.

My instinct tells me to.

Why, I do not understand.

As they touched, a sharp feeling arose between our hands.

There is no mistaking it, something is flowing from within me into Ellis.

I do not know what it is, but thinking about it flowing from me into someone else――I shuddered.

It is like defiling a virgin, untouched, pure-white canvas.

 

“Umm, you holding my hand is kinda embarrassing.”

“Forgive me, but can we stay like this just a little longer? Feeling your warmth is calming.”

“R-really? Well if it’s like that, I don’t mind.”

 

Ellis’ light brown skin was dyed red while saying that. How cute.

I suddenly felt an urge to bite into her.

Obviously, I did not do that. Soon, the time will come when she would not refuse even if I assaulted her for no reason.

Of that I am sure.

 

 

3   the Girls’ Fatal Union

 

Dinner was trash-harvested leftovers and strangely-shaped black-market-bought vegetables.

To my concern, Ellis went ‘today’s better than usual’ while laughing.

We returned to Ellis’ room and I ate without complaint.

But as I am not too hungry, I refrained from eating much and instead watched Ellis happily stuffing her cheeks with vegetables.

Suddenly, she stopped her hand and returned my gaze.

I unconsciously smiled to that curiously lovely behavior, in reply Ellis’ cheeks turned red and she hurriedly resumed her meal.

 

“You look happy.”

“It’s not every day I get to eat yummy food like this, you see.”

“It must be hard living in this trash town.”

 

Light and shadow. Glory and ruin.

Not far from this trash town is the city of Glor, which is, unlike this wretched place, a prosperous area.

Though so, it seems to be far behind modern Japan, more of a developing city, perhaps.

By driving away and averting their eyes from the unpleasantries, its citizens lived fancy lives.

But that will soon end.

Ended by this trash town of scrap castles, or so I feel.

 

“Aren’t you going to eat, Chigusa? If not, I can―”

“I do not mind. Eating such a small amount of food would not alleviate my hunger.”

“Anyway, about your strength, where’d your power come from?”

 

I wonder, back then, power came from deep inside my body.

Is this the power I gained by turning into a half-vampire?

I do not know what it is.

 

“Chigusa, w-what’s gotten into you?”

 

And that urge, that unknown impulse.

The urge which came when I touched Ellis, does it have anything to do with this power inside me?

Well, it is not as if I hate it.

However, my current behavior is quite unnatural, compared to the human Hinata Chigusa.

Back then, merely keeping up with a conversation is impossible, let alone touching someone.

But now, I am completely capable of commencing aggressive skinship with a girl I have met for the first time.

 

“It is as if I crave skin contact because I am alone in an unfamiliar place.”

“Well, you’re lonely, okay… but please say something before touching me. Also, the face is off-limits.”

 

Ellis looked confused, but she did not shake me off.

Not bad.

 

“In that case, can I hold your hand?”

“The hand’s fine… but it’s a bit embarrassing.”

 

Accordingly, Ellis turned red, but she did not resist as we sat face-to-face and I entangled our fingers together.

She might even be enjoying this.

Thump. Thump.

That something flowed from me into Ellis once more, slowly untangling Ellis’ heart.

 

“It is warm, very soothing.”

“Well, if it’s just this, I’ll give you my hand anytime.”

“Thank you very much. If I had not met Ellis, I would be drowning in hardships right now.”

“You think so? Lots of people wouldn’t hesitate to help a beautiful girl like you though.”

“If you say so.”

“Seriously! You’re cute and beautiful. I’ve thought so since we met.”

 

As I have never been praised before, it is a startling experience.

Normal people experience this every day.

Simultaneously, strangely, I feel that Ellis is adorable.

I am nothing compared to her.

Ah, why is she so cute?

Her excellent, firm skin and the fresh flowing blood it protects.

Her taut, yet soft, flesh.

Superb for both eating and embracing.

Even though she lives in a place for garbage, when I see her face, I feel as if my appetite is being drawn by a sweet smell.

Small almond-shaped eyes, pure and clear, are looking straight at me.

Slightly misty, or is that my imagination at work?

No――her face is flushed red and her breathing is rough, it is not my imagination.

She is in heat.

By just a touch from someone she just met, moreover someone of the same sex as herself… it is as if she is a cat in heat.

My right hand and Ellis’ left hand were so deeply entangled, so deeply connected, they seemed to be mating.

I brought my free left hand to her face and gently caressed her cheek with the underside of my middle finger.

 

“Ah…”

 

A soft voice came out and her body shivered.

However, she did not refuse, it is as if she is inviting me in.

Thump. Thump.

Between our entangled hands, between our fingertips, something flowed.

Thump. Thump.

Between us, the air was heavy, causing our hearts to throb so quickly, it seemed as if we were on drugs.

Hot, it is hot, it is becoming hotter and hotter, as if I am deeply in love, my heart and my body, they are hot.

First was the middle finger, then the index finger, then the ring finger, then with all fingers at once I wrapped her cheek.

She sighed as our faces came closer together, her eyes closing whilst.

Right now, I want――I crave to become one with Ellis.

Certainly, she too――

 

“Hey Ellis, you home―?”

 

We were pulled back to reality abruptly by the sound of a door opening and the voice of a male I did not recognize.

We hurriedly separated our hands and distanced ourselves.

…tch, even though we were almost there.

 

“At least say something if you’re in… er, that girl, who’s she?”

“Lyle, didn’t I tell you to knock before coming in!?”

 

The name Ellis shouted――Lyle, the same name mentioned during her exchange with the thugs.

I had thought Ellis and this Lyle were lovers.

But earlier, Ellis easily allowed me to kiss her, so it seems that their relationship is not so.

 

“Door’s not locked, your fault.”

“If I locked the door, people will go ‘looks like there’s something good inside!’ and break in!”

 

That is a result of poor security.

Well, in such a rundown place, breaking in would be easy even with the door locked.

Money spent on such things would be better off spent on food, no matter how little.

Maybe everyone in this trash town is of the same opinion.

 

“So, one more time, who’s that girl?”

“Chigusa. Ellis allowed me to stay since I had nowhere else to go.”

“Chigusaa? Strange name, strange clothes too… never seen ‘em, looks well made though, can’t you sell those for quick cash?”

“Hang on Lyle, don’t appraise her clothes.”

“Aren’t we people who’ll do anything for money? In the first place, why’d you offer her your room? You trying to be a hero of justice or something?”

 

Here, lending a hand to other people is not the norm.

I had suspected it, but Ellis is truly an irregularity.

If I had met anyone else beside her, I would have been deceived and robbed.

 

“It’s fine, she helped me out of a tough spot earlier.”

“This girl did?”

“Just so you know, Chigusa is many times stronger than you. She knocked adults out with just a single hit.”

 

Not believing Ellis’ words, Lyle turned to me with a skeptical look.

It is unbelievable, is it not? Even I myself has doubts.

However, it is true that I saved Ellis.

As Lyle did not believe her, Ellis’ mood turned for the worse.

 

“Don’t believe it? Wanna try fighting her?”

“Nonono, I can’t just hit a girl, y’know.”

 

Lyle was conceited.

I did not say a thing.

I had intended to accept the challenge, but there is no point.

I have no intention of drawing attention to myself in a place I am not familiar with.

 

“So Lyle, what’d you come here for?”

“Nah, nothing important. Just the, y’know, usual talk-with-Ellis before bedtime.”

“Well unluckily for you, I’m not free.”

“I can see that, you two girls won’t be comfortable with a guy around. Guess I’ll give up and go to sleep.”

 

Waving his hand, Lyle left, not forgetting to close the door.

 

“Good night.”

“Yeah, night―”

 

Ellis naturally wished him good night.

Although there is nothing wrong with that, I felt an indescribable feeling of being distant.

 

“As it is… what is your relationship with Lyle-san?”

“We’re adopted by the same man, so we’re something like siblings. After our old man died, we got neighboring rooms somehow, and as you just saw, we talk every night.”

“I see. He entered this room so relaxedly, so I thought the two of you were lovers or something.”

“W-wha, that’s impossible! Absolutely impossible!”

 

Ellis objected with her face blushing.

At the very least, she seems to have some feelings for Lyle.

Raised by the same parent, they were friends together from childhood, just like siblings.

They will slowly be attracted to each other, eventually becoming lovers――what a wonderful love story, just like what I once read in a shoujo manga, not something I particularly hate.

But no matter how much I enjoy it, it is someone else’s story, not mine.

 

“Well, yeah, sure I meet him every day, but we’re family, so it’s not like there’s anything special to it…”

 

I ignored Ellis, who started making excuses.

Instead, I placed my palm against her cheek and brought my face closer once more.

Of course, the still-sane girl stopped me with a hand on my shoulder.

 

“Wait, what… are you trying to do?”

“Lyle-san left, so I thought we should continue where we left off.”

“Look, about that, we’re probably just drunk on the atmosphere… and in the first place, why’re you trying to k-kiss me?”

“Because you want me to.”

 

As I stared into Ellis’ eyes, I drew closer again, and her resistance evaporated just like that.

Permission obtained――having confidence in that, I pushed her down.

Looking down on the girl with lust on her face, my desire to rule over her grew.

That which I did not have.

That which I could not have obtained.

Only now, after becoming inhuman, did I taste for the first time the sense of satisfaction.

I, the reason I am here, only now did I realize.

My life up to this point is bland, cold, constantly painful, hell.

I was not granted the happiness other people were given.

I am here so that, from this point on, I will have what I was not given.

 

“There is still a lot of time.”

“…what…for?”

“Lyle-san lives next door, right? Would he forgive me if I were to do perverted acts to you, right here?”

“Lyle… it’s not like that. There’s nothing like that.”

“‘It’s not like that’, so you do not mind?”

 

Asked such, Ellis nodded.

Her will is gone, swallowed by desire, and she could no longer think straight.

Ellis betraying the childhood friend she is in love with by kissing a girl she just met today, no matter how it is thought about, it is completely ridiculous.

Then again, I am a ridiculous one too.

 

“Honestly, this will be my first kiss.”

“Really…?”

“Really, Ellis is the first one I have wanted so much.”

 

Hearing that, Ellis, with intoxicated eyes, leaked a hot sigh.

I did not lie, it is the truth.

So for me to want Ellis this much is weird.

It is weird, I know――but I cannot hold my desires back.

 

“Ellis.”

 

I called her name, for a final confirmation, and she replied with a sigh.

 

“Chigusaa…”

 

The voice of a spoiled child, with not a single grain of her initial rejection to me, nor a trace of her guilt to Lyle.

 

“Nnn…”

 

Our lips overlapped and Ellis’ body tensed up.

As we stayed still in that fashion, Ellis’ nose flared for breath.

Her adorable, desperate state caused me to want to tease her, and I scissored her lower lip between my lips.

I massaged, I toyed with her warm, soft, elastic lips, repeatedly.

 

“Nnn, nfuu… fuu, fuuu…”

 

Not long after, Ellis began to pant through her nose.

My mischievous side took over once more.

Just for a moment, my tongue crawled on her lips, like a snake.

Her body twitched in response, in surprise.

My next act would not end with a touch, I will lick everything between your lips――

 

“Nnn, ah…”

 

As if to welcome my tongue, Ellis’ lips opened.

I did not hesitate, I forced my tongue into her mouth.

Feeling her warm mouth, my excitement went up a notch.

Especially the insides of her cheeks, soft, as if trying to smother my tongue in softness. Merely touching them with the tip of my tongue feels pleasant.

While I was exploring her mouth, Ellis’ tongue approached, slowly, hesitantly.

Unsure, it started a cycle of prodding and retreating.

Not waiting any longer, I intertwined my tongue with hers, and from her throat came a soft yelp of surprise.

This unfamiliar taste rouses my emotions.

For a while, I caressed Ellis’ tongue one-sidedly, before she began to move, after calming down.

At first, she does nothing but follow my lead, but getting the hang of it, she serves me independently, even if I stayed completely still.

She seemed happy to be pushed down, even if she appeared to be unyielding, is she perhaps a masochist?

As she happily served my tongue, I poured spit into her mouth occasionally, which she swallows after a thorough round of tasting.

Again, that something flowed into her, not only through spit, but also through every contact of my hand and her body.

Some part of me is corrupting Ellis.

It does not stop at filling her body with heat.

At some point, Ellis’ hands had moved and settled encircling the back of my neck, her mouth merrily taking in my spit, her body twisting as we madly deepened our kiss.

 

For how long were our lips one?

Our first kiss was too stimulating to end, but in the end our lips slowly parted.

As if to symbolize our reluctance, a silver bridge of saliva appeared between our parting tongues.

 

““Haa… haa… haa…””

 

While gasping for breath on each other’s shoulders, we stared at each other with entranced expressions.

No doubt, this girl before me is my most beloved in this world.

Presently, my brain is filled with thoughts of love for Ellis, and of course it is the same for Ellis, her head full of nothing but me.

Her sweat-decorated skin, her moist eyes filled with emotion, her half-opened mouth exhaling warm breaths.

Everything on her is inviting me.

One single time is not enough.

Leaving everything to my base urges, my face approached Ellis’ once again.

 

“Wait…”

 

Ellis’ voice caused me to hesitate.

However, there was no trace of refusal in her voice, so I complied.

Apparently, there is something she wishes to say.

 

“…this time, let me, do it.”

 

Saying that, she wrapped her arms around my neck.

Rather than her wanting to take the lead, it seemed more like she wanted more kisses from me.

I allowed her to lead, and again we drew nearer――and we kissed for the second time.

 

Within that cramped room were the echoing sounds of water, sweet breaths, and breathless pants.

Because there was no vent for air to escape, our bodies were covered in sweet-and-sour-smelling sweat, and hot air permeated the room.

Like aphrodisiacs, it intoxicated us.

Kisses alone were not enough.

Touches by hands alone were not enough.

We kept seeking each other until our bodies gave in.

With nothing covering our bodies, we slithered skin-to-skin against each other, until our bodies and minds became one.

Again, again, again, and again.

 

 

4   Brand

 

By the time I woke up from that dreamlike period of time, it was already noon.

Beside me lay Ellis, a single piece of clothing covering her body.

I stretched my hand towards her cheek and tickled her ear, and her eyelids twitched.

 

“Good morning.”

 

After saying that with a smile, she laughed bashfully.

Perhaps she was still half-asleep.

Or perhaps she had fallen in love with me, due to the things we did last night.

 

“Seeing you first thing in the morning… I’m very happy.”

“I feel the same, I even touched your cheek unconsciously.”

 

Ellis approached without delay.

I reciprocated and met lips with her.

Just a light meeting… the so-called bird kiss.

We repeated it twice, thrice, and then we giggled, looking at each other.

 

“I love you, I really really love you. Chigusa… you’re my number one in the world.”

“Fufu, what about Lyle-san?”

“Hmph, you tease. But… I’ll say it, Chigusa is the only one in my heart, I don’t care about Lyle. And not just Lyle. I don’t care about everyone else too.”

 

Hearing such an adorable confession, I could not stop myself from kissing her.

I inserted my tongue a bit forcefully.

Having her mouth invaded, Ellis puffed contentedly and her body wriggled against me.

She will willingly accept anything I do to her.

I slid my hand under her clothing, so that we could unite our bodies――and I found an unfamiliar mark under her belly button.

Red, heart-shaped, with demonic wings growing out… a tattoo?

This was not here last night.

 

“Ah… it got hotter when you touched it…”

 

Ellis let out a hot sigh when I touched the mark with my fingertips.

Seeing her like that, I felt a desire to mess her up until she goes insane.

What in the world is this?

I held down the urge to assault her and instead asked her.

 

“Ellis, did you ever get tattooed?”

“Eh, tattoo? I don’t have the money to get one, you know.”

“But then, what is this…”

 

Ellis herself only knew of it after being told by me.

At first, I was only touching it out of suspicion, but――

 

“Hey Chigusa, again, can you touch it again?”

“Like this?”

 

As I traced it with my fingertips, fondling her soft and elastic skin, Ellis let out feeble voices and repeatedly trembled.

 

“I knew it… it’s different from the usual, completely, different…”

“In the end, we still have no idea of what it is.”

“Ah… nnn, fuu… we don’t know, but… hehe, maybe it’s a sign to show that I’m your property.”

 

Well… if the owner herself is happy, it should be fine.

I continued touching the mark while enjoying her reactions, and after that I hungrily locked lips with her again.

Our party did not end even as evening turned to night.

It continued until Ellis’ roaring stomach broke the atmosphere.

 

◇◇◇

 

Food is not easy to find in the trash town.

Because we did not have money, we were forced to search for food.

Guided by Ellis, I came to a sturdy metal fence located far away from the trash town.

It might simply be in my head, but I feel like this fence was not meant to protect the trash town, but to keep the trash town people away.

 

“This fence was made to separate the trash town and the city.”

 

As if she knew my thoughts, without me having to say anything, Ellis began to explain.

 

“We’re trash to the city’s people. They don’t want to see us, so they left us here.”

“I don’t understand, how can they not notice the spectacularly beautiful girl right in front of their faces?”

“…are you talking about me?”

 

When I nodded, Ellis turned red like a ripe tomato.

Her body heated up, becoming comfortable to hug and delicious to bite.

One drop of her overflowing life must be very sweet――

 

“Chigusa… someone might see us here, you know?”

 

Before I knew it, I was right beside Ellis.

Without a care, I forcefully hugged the girl nervously eyeing her surroundings, enjoying her scorching hot body.

 

“Ah… you’re so pushy… though, I like that part of you too.”

“It is your fault for being so charming.”

 

As I hugged her tighter, I could hear her heart beating.

Imagining fresh blood coursing through her body with each beat――my body heated up as well.

 

“Ah… ha, ah… Chigusa, that tickles…”

 

Deciding that skin alone is not enough, I pressed my lips against the back of her neck, then allowed my tongue to crawl on her, as if to check her body temperature.

If Ellis tastes like this on the outside, how much stronger would her taste be on the inside.

And her scent, Ellis’ scent, the female animal’s scent, is still the same as it was yesterday, the scent of honey.

Inviting me, ‘come inside, come inside,’ it beckoned.

Ah, it is hot――it is as if the heat microwaved my brain, turning me stupid.

Normally… no, what is normal to me? My normal, the normal of a vampire, what is right, what is to be done to live.

That is, the instinct of all living things――the instinct which forces every living creature to obey their desires, and to us, to satisfy that desire means――

To live.

To corrode.

To bewitch.

To dominate.

We do not mate with each other, we plant ourselves in other beings, so that we may parasitize, and multiply――

 

“Haa… haaaa… nnn, ah…”

 

I could not suppress my excitement.

I could not suppress my longing for Ellis’ body――Ellis’ blood.

In a delirious state, I had my pointed fangs directed at Ellis’ neck.

 

“Ah… ah… Chigu, sa…”

 

Even after she realized what I was trying to do, she did not resist.

If someone were to be ask why, it would be because the preparatory measures are complete.

It is the Brand.

Yes, that is it, why was it lost to me… no, why did I not remember.

I laughed at my own stupidity after realizing about the existence of this memory.

The Brand, the mark which appeared under Ellis’ navel, is the sign denoting that the preparations are complete.

That the power which flowed into her body from mine had filled her up completely, leaving no gap whatsoever.

Like a curse, in this state, it could easily be dispelled by someone versed in dispel magic.

On the other hand, in this state, if I drank all of her human blood and inserted a piece of my vampiric soul in its place, her body and heart would become mine.

Her dreams, her hopes, her love, her values, her everything would turn into complete loyalty and affection to me.

However… not only her, I too, had fallen deeply in love with Ellis.

Is this due to a vampire’s instinct? How vampires naturally are?

No, no, even so! Even if it is so! I want to have her, I want Ellis’ everything to be mine!

See, Ellis is not resisting at all.

Surely, since she understood, she is entrusting her body to me.

In that case, I should pierce her soft skin with my fangs, and suck up all of her humanity――

 

“Hey Ellis! Why didn’t you tell me you’re going to the city!?”

“!?”

 

Hearing that familiar voice coming from behind, we hurriedly released each other.

While caressing the back of her own neck, Ellis shot a grudge-filled glare at the coming Lyle.

 

“W-what, why’re you glaring at me like that?”

“Nothing…”

 

For Lyle who does not know that his childhood friend has long become mine, his lack of understanding is understandable.

After all, I am just some girl who Ellis met yesterday.

 

“I heard the city got more security, got more dangerous, why’d you go there now of all times?”

“Chigusa will protect me.”

“You really trust her, don’t you. Well whatever, it’s a place worth going even if it’s dangerous, I’m coming along though.”

“Whatever.”

“So why’re you in a bad mood…”

 

It is better with just the two of us, or so the displeasure on her face implied.

However, Lyle had absolutely no idea of Ellis’ feelings.

Well, if he is that sharp, he would have realized about the old Ellis’ feelings for him, so it is not much of a surprise.

 

 

5   Falling

 

After Lyle joined the party, the three of us went along the path by the fence and came to a certain spot.

On that place was a hole on the fence.

I see, I finally understood why we came here.

It is much more efficient to head to the city to search for food compared to digging around at the landfill for leftovers.

It is very likely that this fence was made to prevent the trash town folks from doing that.

 

“You’re Chigusa, right?”

 

Just before we went through the hole, Lyle came to me.

 

“You’re clearly not from the trash town, so you’re okay, but Ellis is, and her clothes prove that. So if security soldiers see us, start running hard, okay?”

“Even if I can beat them?”

“Don’t overestimate yourself, no matter how strong you say you are, no way you’re beating an armed soldier.”

 

I am sure that I will not lose, but I conceded anyway.

It would be troublesome if I became suspicious in his eyes, after all.

Also, Ellis, please do not glare at Lyle so much.

If our relationship got found out, it would hinder our quest for food.

 

Done with our talk, we crawled through the hole on all fours.

We emerged on a gorgeous alley, with a heap of trash bags nearby, perhaps because there is a restaurant in the vicinity.

Lyle quickly reached for one, undid the knot, and started to search inside.

Almost-untouched vegetables were in them, nothing short of a feast for a trash town meal.

While Lyle was enthusiastically garbage diving, Ellis pressed her lips to my ear and whispered.

 

“Let’s go.”

 

Ellis pulled my hand, to say that we need to be alone together, and we left the alley with our footsteps silenced.

Lyle did not notice at all, really, an idiot to the end.

We left that alley, turned a corner, advanced through more complex alleyways――until at last we arrived at a site devoid of people.

Forgetting even her own hunger, Ellis pushed herself against me like a cat in heat.

I playfully scratched under her chin and she meowed ‘nyaan’ like a cat wanting to be spoiled by her master.

After a good while of playing around, her purrs became spirited and her smile colorful, our gazes tangled, and a nice atmosphere came over us.

Of course, all according to predictions, an unpleasant fellow came to pour cold water on us.

 

“Well lookie here, looks like I found some trash town maggots.”

 

A rude, unfamiliar voice said so.

Its owner had a 2m spear in hand and iron armor over the whole body… male, judging from his voice.

One of the security soldiers Lyle was talking about, no doubt.

 

“Know your place, worthless garbage!”

 

The spear came closer.

There is no need to ask, he fully intends to kill us.

From his confidence, I could figure out that trash town people are not granted even minimum human rights.

Therefore, murdering them is not a crime.

 

“Chigusa…”

“Do not worry, I will take care of it.”

 

My body knows how to fight, the thugs from yesterday proved it.

Being hostile to the soldier, my fingernails grew sharp and long.

It is quite inconvenient with them in this state, with the possibility of accidentally cutting or stabbing something, so the fact that they could grow and shrink at will is extremely helpful.

 

“W-what’s with those nails… still, don’t think you can face this spear with that!”

 

Saying those vigorous words, the soldier charged, and I replied in kind.

I dodged the incoming spearhead and slashed at the soldier’s neck, armor and all, with my nails as we passed by each other.

I felt no resistance.

Stopping behind the soldier, I marveled at the sharpness of my nails.

As I did so, the soldier’s head fell and his body collapsed to the ground――gooey red blood messily flowed forth from the severed neck.

Though I stared intently at the growing pool of blood, this half-vampire me did not become interested in the slightest.

It seems that men’s blood is no good, nauseating even.

 

“Amazing… Chigusa, you’re amazing!”

“Something like this is a piece of cake.”

 

I spread open my arms and captured the incoming Ellis in a strong hug.

My nails have shrunk, of course.

Even so――Ellis, do you not have anything to say after seeing me become a murderer?

Is it because you are my prisoner, or is it because you lived in a place where death is common?

 

“You’re cool, you’re cute, you’re beautiful, you’re really amazing. Even if I don’t want to… I’ll fall deeper in love with everything you are.”

“I did not do anything incredible, I am just fulfilling my promise of protecting you.”

“And I’m saying you’re still cool for doing that.”

 

As we were hugging, the back of her neck entered my line of sight.

This girl is really heartless, showing off her neck to me like that.

Again, I opened my mouth… and again, I heard someone’s footsteps heading this way.

Looks like Lyle realized we left him.

 

“H-hey… Chigusa, you did this?”

“Yes, he attacked us.”

 

Having just arrived, Lyle’s face paled when he saw the corpse lying on the ground.

His reaction was completely unlike Ellis’, so she must have not reacted at all because she is my prisoner.

 

“How? What did you use to cut through armor like this!?”

“How, you ask. I did nothing but slash through, so I have nothing to say.”

“You can’t convince me with that!”

 

Lyle raised his voice.

In the first place, I have no intention of convincing him, so it is impossible.

 

“Stop it, Lyle, she did that to protect me, you know?”

“Huh? You know what’ll happen if they found out one of us killed a soldier, right!? We’re trash, they can easily kill all of us off!”

“Is that so? Well, I will protect Ellis to the end.”

“Hehe… Chigusaa.”

 

Seeing Ellis behaving like a spoiled child while hugging me, Lyle scowled at me.

He drew a knife out of his waist and pointed the glinting blade at me.

 

“Lyle, what’re you doing? You trying to pull a prank?”

“No, I’m not, I’ve been skeptical since yesterday. You saved Ellis, sure, but there’s no way she’s trusting you that easily. She’s too damn careless around you!”

 

I am of the same opinion, she is very careless for someone who lives in a place like this.

Even so, please do not blame Ellis.

After all, I am the one at fault.

 

“Bitch, what’d you do to Ellis!?”

“I fell in love with her.”

“Don’t fuck with me!”

 

I got yelled at for saying the truth, how unreasonable.

Listening to Lyle saying such selfish things, I unconsciously sneered.

 

“I’m not messing around, I really did fall in love with Ellis. Ellis… it’s the same for you, right?”

“Yep, I love Chigusa. If Chigusa is with me, I don’t care about anything else!”

“And what about Lyle-san?”

 

As I glimpsed at him, he is facing us nervously while gulping.

However, it seems that there is still some composure left in his face.

‘Ellis will definitely choose me’, such confidence.

Pointless.

 

“I don’t need him, I don’t need Lyle, someone who pointed a knife at Chigusa should just disappear!”

“No way…? What’re you saying, Ellis!”

“You surprised him, you know. Did you not say that you loved him before?”

“No, it’s not like that. That ‘love’s not real, and I found my true ‘love’ already, so I don’t care about it anymore!”

“Ellis…”

“Fufufu, you’re really cute, Ellis. I too knew true ‘love’ only after I met you. I really love you, I want to make every part of you mine.”

“Aah, Chigusaa.”

 

Saying that, I lifted her chin with my hand and brought my face closer.

She closed her eyes, like a baby bird waiting for food, and my lips came down on her.

 

“Ha, fu…”

 

After enjoying the feeling of our overlapping lips for a few moments, I knocked on her lips with the tip of my tongue.

Then, as I had trained her tens of tens of times last night, she immediately opened her mouth to greet my tongue.

It was as if she denounced the ownership of her own mouth to me.

When I inserted my tongue into her warm mouth, she began serving me as usual.

First, she licked my tongue clean of saliva and swallowed everything.

Next, she slid her tongue against mine, tracing the edges of my tongue.

I savored the throbbing, ticklish feeling she was giving.

Occasionally came the reward from me, causing her to go ‘hafuu, nnn’ in pleasure.

And when I poured in spit, she rolls it over her tongue, tasting it, before swallowing――causing her body to tremble and her mind to blank out.

Fufu, really, I can see that she truly loves me.

Be lovelier and I will reward your feelings even more.

 

“S-stop it… stooOOoOOp!”

“Haa… haa… Lyle, shut up.”

“This’s not right, really not right, isn’t it!? You two met just yesterday, right!? But why’re you two doing these things!? Chigusa… you, what are you!”

 

He would be too pitiful if he does not know, and I do not wish to keep this a secret from Ellis.

This would be the first time for me to reveal what I am.

 

“Demi-Vamp.”

 

The word came out like flowing water.

Not half-vampire, Demi-Vamp――no doubt, this came from Camilla’s memories.

 

“Vampire…? You must’ve used Charm on Ellis, didn’t you!”

“I do not know, but perhaps it is so.”

 

So the name of this power is ‘Charm’.

I see, it is a perfect fit.

 

“Let Ellis go, return her to normal, you monster!”

“You’re wrong, I really am in love with Chigusa!”

“Open your eyes, that thing’s not human!”

“I don’t care, I still love her! Chigusa, you also love me, right?”

“Yes, that is true. I love you, more than anyone else.”

 

I am not someone who can lie with a straight face.

I really, really love her.

 

“Don’t believe her, Ellis! Vampires use Charm so they can eat and kill their prey!”

 

You seem to have misunderstood, Lyle.

I have no intention of killing Ellis, I also have no intention of eating such a cute girl.

 

“Chigusa won’t do anything like that! Even if… even if she really wants to kill me, I, if it’s Chigusa… I’m okay with it.”

“Ellis!!”

 

Giving up on persuasion, Lyle gathered strength in his legs, intending to stab me with his knife.

 

“…eh?”

 

However――his legs would not move.

As if the shadows were holding his legs in place, they would not budge.

I could just tear his body apart, but I had thought of a more amusing way to torture him, so I left him as is.

 

“Shit, I can’t move my legs? What’s this!?”

“Darkness is the realm of vampires. If you wanted a fight, you should have waited until I was under the sun, not in this dark alley.”

“You did this…? Release me right now! I’ll kill you and save Ellis!”

“You say that, but Ellis, what do you want?”

 

I asked such to Ellis in my arms, and she replied with a melting expression.

 

“Don’t mind Lyle. Make me yours until I can’t be saved.”

 

Receiving her agreement, my face approached her neck.

I kissed her neck, leaving a curved line――

 

“Ah, aaah…”

 

I buried my fangs.

 

“…uh, aah…”

“Stop it… please, stop! Ellis, Ellissss!”

 

Lyle’s sorrowful scream only served to enhance my excitement.

I licked the blood trailing out, and my body heated up, just like what Ellis experienced every time she swallowed my saliva.

Tasting the delicious iron-scented blood, I was reminded once more of my inhuman nature.

 

“Ah, haa… more… Chigusa, more, suck moreee…”

 

Plundering. Occupying. Dominating.

I, this me who never had anything, felt for the first time the feeling of having something become mine.

Ah, this――this will definitely become a habit.

 

“It’s coming in… Chigusa, inside me… haaaa…!”

 

To fill the emptiness caused by my drinking of her blood, I gave to Ellis a piece of myself.

That is my soul. One genuine piece of my own soul.

Even if we are not connected by blood, with this we will become sisters, connected by soul.

After losing a certain amount of blood, Ellis’ vampiric transformation began.

To begin, her light brown skin gradually lost its color, and became pure white, like mine.

Her slightly rough skin turned completely smooth, like a baby’s bottom.

‘Is this a transformation, or a purification?’, I thought while still sipping on her blood.

Compared to vampires, a human’s beauty is nothing, after all.

 

“Ah… ah…”

“No… Ellis, Ellis…”

 

Lyle must have seen Ellis losing her skin color as Ellis losing her life.

While he was wretchedly shedding tears, the knife in his hand fell.

In the face of the supposed tragedy, even his murderous intent had evaporated.

In other words, the nuisance is gone.

Now, the only thing left to do is to transform her completely.

I continued sucking up Ellis’ blood, her eyes shut and her mouth silent.

With both my stomach and desire wrapped in bliss, the next transformation came.

Her scent, the scent I knew during last night and this morning inside her room, Ellis’ suffocating scent of a female animal, it grew stronger.

A scent that draws out my desire for her lips and her body, the scent of an aphrodisiac.

In addition, her malnourished body started recovering with the help of vampiric power.

I could barely contain my excitement in seeing the girl in my arms change little by little into a body existing only for me to embrace.

After I have drunk enough, I separated my mouth from Ellis’ neck――gasping for breath immediately after.

 

“I knew it… you wanted to kill her. Monster… are you satisfied, after taking away everything from us, are you satisfied now!”

“Haa… haa… ha… fu, fufu… fufufufu…”

“What’s so funny!”

“No, you don’t understand anything, do you.”

 

I grinned at the enraged Lyle and his face quickly turned pale.

Just like an old friend.

Is my smile that scary for you?

…well, it is not as if I care about him.

I placed my hand on the cheek of the limp Ellis in my arms and called out to her.

 

“Please open your eyes, my beloved Ellis.”

“What’re you saying, Ellis is already――”

 

I ignored the idiot.

Answering my call, Ellis opened her eyes.

Her once amber-colored eyes are now brilliantly blood-red――a proof of her transformation into a vampire.

She looked at me with glossy eyes, then smiled, revealing her sharp fangs.

 

“Mas… ter?”

 

She called me as such.

‘Nnn―’, I thought, with a finger on my chin.

It does not sound right for Ellis to be calling me that.

 

“Change to something else.”

“…Onee-sama?”

 

My heart skipped a beat.

This is it, this is what I wanted.

 

“Onee-sama… I, am reborn, am I not?”

“You do not need to change your way of speaking, Ellis.”

“Err… I understand. I’ll just speak like usual, Onee-sama.”

“Yes, that is excellent. So, how is it, being reborn?”

“It feels so good… my head’s full of nothing but you, this’s the best.”

 

I was worried about her reacting negatively, this is a relief.

I hugged Ellis tightly, and in return, she hugged me tightly too.

 

“What’s going on…”

 

Hearing his dumbfounded muttering, I was reminded of his existence.

Yes, Lyle is here too.

 

“Just not, didn’t she die…?”

“I’m not dead, as you can see――actually, I feel better than when I’m still human.”

“Human… you say?”

 

You should have noticed with just a view of her eye and skin color, and the shape of her body.

For the sake of the retarded Lyle, I urged Ellis to explain.

 

“You see, I, thanks to Onee-sama, stopped being human and became a vampire!”

“No way… no way, no way! That’s impossible!”

“It’s possible, you know, here, look.”

 

Ellis’ fingernails grew, to prove her point.

It is similar to how my nails were, when I killed the soldier.

 

“These nails cut really well, you know. These are Onee-sama’s match, after all. I can easily cut a human in two with a swing.”

“Ellis…”

 

While smiling, Ellis let go of me and slowly walked over to where Lyle was.

I did not order her to, but if this is what she wants, I will not stop her.

Lyle’s existence is a hindrance to me too, after all.

 

“Look closely, Lyle.”

“N-no… no, stop it… Ellis!”

“Nope, why do I have to obey you?”

 

Slash!

As she swung down her lifted arm, one of Lyle’s arm was cleanly cut off.

She repeated the swing and the other arm fell to the same fate.

 

“Ah, aaaah, aaaaaaaaaahhh!”

 

I looked at the unsightly screaming Lyle with cold eyes.

Ellis did the same, even looking at him with utter disinterest.

 

“Aaaaaah… ah, why, why, why… Ellis, I, I…!”

“Ellis.”

“Yes, Onee-sama?”

“He’s noisy, kill him.”

“Nfufu, I feel the same. You’re an eyesore, so you gotta die!”

 

To Ellis who swung her arm with a smile, Lyle――

 

“… love… you…”

 

He confessed his feelings, but his voice did not reach Ellis.

In that moment, his head fell.

Released by the shadows, his unsupported corpse fell, and his blood dyed the ground like the soldier before him.

Around us, the smell of man blood wafted in the air.

 

“Eww…”

 

She covered her mouth and nose, I feel the same.

It is impossible to create a romantic atmosphere here.

Even though I wanted to quickly show my love to her, who just became a vampire.

 

“Let’s go home quickly, to your room――to where we can be alone together.”

“Yes, Onee-sama. There… shower me with lots of your love, okay.”

“Of course, I will love you until you faint.”

 

We left that place with our arms entwined.

The corpses are two in number.

Special mention goes to Lyle’s head, glaring at us full of resentment, which was crushed easily by a use of the shadows.

Ellis, who saw, laughed.

A/N: Chapter 1 ends here. After this I’ll update when I feel like it.