Whipped Cream (1)

The plan was going smoothly.

My overwhelming power was steadily progressing through the stages to achieve my goal.

The goal was distant, but that was okay.

Because I believed Erica would follow along well.

The adaptation of the magical power accumulated in her body from the first blood-sucking will be concluded today.

And I’m implementing the final plan for that now.

[ You really promised not to kill! Remember, Aureli! ]

“I do remember.”

It’s already hard enough dragging with both hands, I wish it wasn’t so noisy.

I released vast magical power to draw Erica in.

The blood-colored rings filling the air are a sign indicating I’m here.

If it’s Erica.

If she’s my dedicated handler.

She’ll come.

I leaned the collapsed man against the building wall and caught my breath.

Erica has no choice but to hate me.

Dozens of hostage situations and terrorist acts attempted on her. Obstructing gate monster extermination, charges of assaulting Association hunters.

There are many more plans for her in the future, and I’ll cause more incidents.

Though for now, it’s probably a stage where the Association can feel at ease.

For now, yes, for now.

Well, I don’t think spending peaceful days is bad either.

If time flows like this, will I be happy?

“Ugh…”

Hearing a groan in my ear, I looked down to the side.

What’s the point of such thoughts?

I’ll continue living like this anyway.

Suddenly, silence fell.

When I placed my hand on the ground, instead of the cool sensation of cement, I felt the rough texture of leaves.

What I saw when I turned my gaze was various flowers and vines covering the floor and walls.

“The stifling air every time I come here must not be my imagination.”

Robes swayed and golden eyes shone.

“Don’t the plants Lord Seran drags around have air purification functions?”

“They do. But I don’t want to use them for the human realm.”

Glancing behind, I saw two men stuck to the wall.

“Just because you purify a tiny part of a barren and desolate land, doesn’t mean the whole land becomes clean, does it?”

“That’s true!”

Correct.

“Today’s red cube?”

“There’s plenty. We have an abundance to give to Lady Aureli.”

“Wow, thank you.”

A glass bottle wrapped in vines was held out in front of me. It’s always beautiful to see.

“Are those two in the back dead?”

Seran turned his head slightly.

“Ah, they’re on the verge of death. They’ll soon meet their fate.”

His tone seems to have changed subtly. Anyway, he’s a prominent person.

Person.

“I was on my way to see you, Lady Aureli, when they suddenly attacked me. Said they wanted these golden ornaments or something.”

Seran raised his spear. I could see numerous glittering rings embedded in it.

It is a bit tempting.

“What bad guys! They should be punished!”

Really.

Flowers that had become long thorns pierced the hearts of the bound men. With a short groan and a moment of silence, the two bodies slumped down.

“It gives me a headache.”

Seran clenched his outstretched hand. The surrounding plants withered and twisted.

“Nothing has changed.”

It wasn’t like this before.

“Law and order have been crushed, and only chaos that seems to tear at one’s eardrums remains.”

I twisted my hair. It is noisy.

“It didn’t take long for humans to abandon reason and transform into faithful beasts following only instinct.”

After the incident, as awakened ones sprouted up everywhere, it didn’t take long for the world to fall into dystopia.

“There’s no future for withered flowers.”

The vines that had encompassed electricity rotted from the roots.

“We must burn the garden.”

Seran raised both hands high to the sky.

“And sow new seeds.”

“New seeds!”

Seran smiled slightly.

You were that kind of person. Someone who smiles well.

“The project has reached the completion stage.”

“Really?”

I twisted a lock of hair.

That’s troublesome.

“Of course. It’s a plan for you, Lady Aureli, for the savior of that day who tried to save the world!”

“Wow!”

Seran paused, then lowered his arms. Then he faced me.

“I think you’ll still be wavering for now.”

I wonder.

I think it would have been better if that were the case.

“I’ll visit you again soon.”

Then there would have been no need to cut ties with you.

A dark rift appeared and Seran walked into it.

Once again, silence fell.

I twisted a lock of hair for a moment.

How do you stop an invasion again?

I hope they don’t lose their reason and just massacre.

“…Aureli.”

“Welcome!”

Let’s not think about it now, it’s giving me a headache.

Just focus on the girl in front of me.

One blood-sucking act isn’t enough to accumulate high-concentration magical power. You have to keep sinking your fangs in as the subject adapts.

The problem is that the other party is Erica.

I might get addicted to this, you know.

I mean, me.

“Good job. Your skills have improved a lot.”

Erica coughed up blood and breathed heavily. Usually she glares at me and berates me, but today she doesn’t seem to have the energy for even that.

Well, that’s understandable. I did use a bit more force since it’s the last of the accumulation plan.

“Thanks to you, this man is alive!”

I roughly pushed the man over and approached Erica.

When I bent my knees to the ground, it was a bit cold.

“Even better news is that the high-concentration magical power accumulation is complete. So…”

I stuck my knife in the ground and pointed at the trembling Erica with my finger.

“That means the second blood-sucking act is ready too!”

“You, you crazy bitch… Get lost…”

“No need to be shy. This is a good opportunity for both of us! It’s good for me because I can take your skin, and it’s good for you because you’ll gain strong power!”

Erica bit her lip. That must hurt.

“You pervert… Won’t you go away?! I’ll really kill you!”

“That’s a good ambition.”

I said that as I bared my fangs.

There was a momentary flash of light.

Urk.

“Resistance is… meaningless…”

She’s definitely gotten stronger. This hurts.

With a knife piercing my abdomen and spitting blood, Erica let out a faint laugh.

“You look… pathetic.”

“Your smile is pretty too.”

Her eyes narrowing further, it seems compliments don’t work.

“You’d better think carefully.”

I said that as I held out my knife.

“What might happen to that man if you refuse.”

Her elegant eyes turned to me. After a few seconds of silence, as if she had steeled her resolve or made up her mind, she closed her eyes and finished her answer by biting her lip.

“It won’t hurt.”

Smelling her skin, I sank my fangs in. With a squishy sensation of intrusion, warmth and body scent melted in my mouth.

“Sob, hic…!”

An unresisting body was comfortable. Because I could handle it as I pleased. Because I could feel it.

When I swallowed the wave filling my mouth, as I pulled out my fangs, what I saw was her glaring at me with wet eyes.

And then my cheek was pinched.

“Ow, ow! It hurts! Wait! Really, wait!”

“You pervert, you pervert…”

I hurriedly distanced myself from Erica. Not just my cheek, but the knife stuck in my abdomen hurt too much.

As I pulled out the knife, I fell into thought.

Anyway, the blood-sucking was successful. I thought she would resist severely, but that wasn’t the case.

The act itself doesn’t entail a big risk. It’s just a sting and that’s all, but from the second act on, I don’t need to take care of her.

“You bastard… I’ll really kill you…”

I twisted my hair.

“Why?”

“…What?”

“Killing is fine.”

My side hair fell. Is it because I didn’t groom it yesterday?

“I’m helping you to be able to kill me. Shouldn’t you be grateful to me for this?”

Anyway, once the first blood-sucking succeeds, magical power accumulates exponentially afterwards.

“…What do you mean, you did it forcibly when I didn’t even want it!”

“You didn’t resist.”

“Because you had a hostage…!”

As if her breathing overheated, she kept coughing before slumping down again.

“Still, we’re even. My abdomen was pierced by your sword. It hurt.”

I put both hands to my eyes and pretended to cry. No tears came out.

“But do you think it’s easy to inject magical power in that state? I have to check blood pressure, monitor concentration, there’s a lot to do!”

“Ha, really. I can’t believe…”

Erica clutched her chest in pain before grabbing the sword dropped beside her.

Light flashed. Magical power enveloped the blade and charged straight at me.

I tilted my neck slightly and deflected it into the air.

“What a waste…”

Sometimes I shudder when I see your persistence.

Seeing her eyes closing from fatigue, I unfurled my wings. I lifted her in a princess carry and flew into the sky.

The destination was the Association.

I opened the office door and collapsed into a chair.

“What about Erica?”

“She should be resting.”

I replenished her energy, so she shouldn’t have fainted.

“You seem busy.”

The director put a paper cup to his lips. That guy seems to be someone who can’t live without coffee too.

“There’s a gate subjugation tomorrow, will it be alright?”

“Me?”

“Erica.”

“No problem.”

The final magical power accumulation is done today, so her regeneration stats should have increased quite a bit. Being a ranker, I think she’ll be able to adapt easily.

The director put down his paper cup. It was empty.

“I heard spirit realm knights came and went in Namyangju.”

This is Uijeongbu, so Namyangju is the neighboring area.

“Is that so?”

“Won’t they stop by here too?”

“Maybe?”

The director smiled slightly.

I raised both arms slightly.

“I like how things are now.”

So you can rest assured.