episode_0095

Asel left the magic tower as if running away. Celin tried to catch him, but Asel shouted that he had an urgent appointment and shook her off. Fortunately, Celin didn’t chase him further.

‘What time is it now?’

The moment he finished his conversation with Angelica, without showing his extreme impatience. He started running the moment he stepped out of the magic tower, but it was impossible to know the exact time right now.

Because there were no clocks inside the Aurora Magic Tower. To be precise, there were only sundials. This damn magic tower was a colossal level of celestial body enthusiast who only used objects that utilized celestial bodies for even clocks.

Thanks to that, Asel could only know the current time accurately after running all the way to the square.

[07:30 AM]

On Sunday morning, the square was bustling with many people, as expected on a weekend. Asel blended in, quickly checked the time, and clenched his teeth as he sprinted towards the dormitory.

Not only that, he donned wind magic and body enhancement, and triggered a flame spell formula to accelerate his body using its recoil.

“Kyaaak! Wh- what is it?”

“What crazy bastard is causing trouble from the morning? Who is that?”

“Hey, you there! Don’t you know that operating unauthorized magic within the academy grounds is illegalㅡ Uh, uh? He’s coming this way! Everyone, get out of the way!”

People muttered below, but Asel didn’t care and continuously used magic. In addition, he wrapped himself in perception hindering spell formulas and stealth magic, quickly traversing the sky.

‘If I knew this would happen, I should have bought a wristwatch beforehand…!’

The purchase of a wristwatch, which he kept thinking he should buy but put off because it was troublesome. If he knew this situation would arise, he should have bought it and worn it long ago. He relied too much on his biological clock and acted carelessly.

In fact, thinking about it, forgetting the appointment was a greater mistake than the presence or absence of a wristwatch.

It was an unfair situation for Asel, who didn’t know he would faint for 12 hours, but fainting and forgetting are separate things, aren’t they? The moment he regained consciousness, he should have been aware of the appointment with Grace, but he was oblivious.

So Asel stopped blaming something and reduced air resistance to the limit. He flew through the sky as if gliding.

And at that moment.

“Asel!”

Kwarururururu!

Next to the flying Asel, Elena, who had spread her blood-red wings, suddenly appeared. Asel widened his eyes and looked back at her.

“Elena?”

“Hi!”

Normally, high-speed movement like this would make it impossible to even open one’s mouth, but thanks to the reduced air resistance, it was sufficiently possible to speak. Perhaps Elena was also using her blood energy appropriately, as she continued speaking while flapping her wings.

“I was just passing by, but your smell came to me so I flew over!”

“…Smell?”

“Ung! Like a sweet and exciting smell? It’s a scent I like! So much that I want to smell it all day!”

“…Uh, thanks?”

Asel didn’t know how to react to Elena’s sudden compliment, so he just thanked her for now. Then Elena chuckled “ehehe” and slowly approached Asel.

The distance narrowed so much that they could feel each other’s breath. Asel made a reluctant expression, thinking that Elena’s eyes looked somewhat like a beast’s.

“But I don’t have much time right now, okay? I need to go back to the dormitory quickly and prepare for an appointment. I don’t have the leisure to just chat like this.”

“Ah, is that so? Shall I help?”

“Help?”

There wasn’t even time to ask “How?”. Elena went behind Asel, hugged him tightly from the back, and whispered with her lips close to his ear.

“Let’s go!”

“Hey, hey. Wait…!”

Just as Asel was flustered by the soft sensation against his back and the alluring scent unique to vampires.

Kwoooosh!!

Elena doubled the size of her wings and used her blood energy. The two of them flew towards the dormitory at a speed close to supersonic. Asel looked down at the ground passing by like an afterimage and let out a hollow laugh.

‘Her skill in using blood energy has increased much more than a few months ago.’

Elena’s power seen in the entrance exam was, at most, at the beginning of the 6th tier. Just seeing her crush golems as if popping tofu showed she was by no means weak. But… now she seems to have grown much more than back then.

Daily morning runs, unless there’s a special schedule. And through sparring with Ellen, is she also growing?

As he moves forward, other people also experience growth. Whether it’s in terms of realm or personality. Asel inwardly realized that fact and felt a very strange feeling.

It wasn’t a negative feeling. Rather, it was warmㅡ

“Heup.”

“…!”

The moment he thought that, Elena suddenly bit Asel’s ear. Asel felt the damp moisture, the sensation of sharp fangs, and the tip of a long tongue, and flinched, turning his head sideways in fright.

Then his hearing, which had momentarily gone blank, returned.

Asel looked up at Elena with a flustered expression and asked.

“What was that all of a sudden?!”

“Ah, n-no… just because it looked delicious…”

“…You’re not the type who enjoys cannibalism, are you?”

“No! I didn’t mean ‘looked delicious’ in that way, I meant ‘looked delicious’ in a vampire way!”

“…In a vampire way?”

“Uh, uh-huh. True Ancestor vampires like me can absorb nutrients not only from blood but also from bodily fluids. But uh, just then, there was a little sweat on your ear…”

“Ah.”

Asel understood the meaning behind Elena’s words and nodded his head.

Indeed. If that was the intention, it wasn’t something he couldn’t understand.

It had already been a week and a few more days since he had fed Elena a large amount of blood. During that time, it was entirely possible that she had missed Asel’s blood, and then, just then, ‘sweat’ rather than blood caught her eye, and she unconsciously stuck out her tongue.

‘…Is it possible?’

Asel momentarily questioned his own thought, but since it wasn’t particularly important, he just brushed it off. If she said so, then that’s how it is.

However, separate from that, the sudden licking of his ear was a flustering incident. If it happened because she couldn’t suppress a momentary impulse, there was a high possibility of this happening again in situations where she hadn’t fed on blood.

‘Guess there’s nothing to be done.’

Maybe he shouldn’t have let her suck his blood that day.

Thinking that, Asel let out a deep sigh.

It was too late to regret now. The water had already been spilled, and Elena’s impulses would only get stronger day by day. As the period increased, she would reach a point of no return at some moment.

Prevention was needed before that happened. And there was only one way.

He looked up at Elena and opened his mouth.

“Once a week.”

“…Huh?”

“I’ll let you suck blood just once a week. Can you bear with it then?”

“…! R-really? Will you really do it?”

Elena asked with wide eyes. Asel replied with a wry smile.

“Drinking too much of my blood on top of the clock tower that day is the cause, isn’t it? So I have to take responsibility.”

“Y-you mean it seriously, right? I can trust you, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Heok! I love you, Asel!”

Elena hugged Asel tightly. Asel felt her rough breath touch his neck and chuckled faintly.

“Don’t drink too much. You got anemia last time, didn’t you?”

“Ung ung! I’ll control it as much as possible! Just enough to satisfy me!”

Elena blurted that out in a spirited voice, then awkwardly rolled her eyes as if something suddenly occurred to her.

“Um, but… isn’t once a week too little?”

“…….”

“Twice… no, I think it should be three times.”

“…Let’s just pretend this conversation didn’t happen.”

“No! Since it’s come to this, I’m using my wish ticket! From now on, allow me to suck bodily fluids three times a week!”

“Heo…”

Asel, who had never expected her to use her only remaining wish ticket right there, let out a sigh as if dumbfounded.

***

Although the speed was slightly reduced for a moment due to their conversation on the way, thanks to flying with all his might afterward, Asel was able to arrive at the dormitory in less than 5 minutes after leaving the magic tower.

He expressed his gratitude to Elena as he landed on the dormitory rooftop.

“Thanks for bringing me here. I’ll repay you later.”

“Ung! See you tomorrow then! I’ll suck once at the academy!”

“…The wording is very strange, but I understand for now.”

“This time, I’ll suck without hurting you!”

“You’re doing this on purpose.”

Elena chuckled “ehehe” and flew back to where she came from. Asel waved goodbye towards her as she slowly disappeared, then quickly jumped down from the rooftop and slipped into his room through the window.

‘Washing I did at the magic tower, so pass. Let’s just quickly change clothes and go out.’

Asel casually threw the coat he was wearing onto the sofa and changed into new clothes for his top and bottom. It was the clothes Ena had given him as a gift.

Going-out clothes that were neither too flashy nor too plain. Asel stood in front of the mirror for a moment, roughly checked his appearance, then styled his hair with magic and left Aleph in the laboratory.

[Master?]

As Asel’s warmth that she was enjoying disappeared, Aleph called out to him in a flustered voice.

Surprisingly, through telepathy magic, Aleph was able to convey her voice rather than just text. Thanks to that, her emotions were also fully conveyed to Asel.

Fluster and surprise. And the feeling of ‘no way’ were directly imprinted in Asel’s mind.

Asel replied to Aleph’s call with a regretful expression.

“Wait here today, because it’s not just a minor annoyance if Grace finds out I have a devil’s object.”

[I’m good at hiding my presence. Haven’t I never been caught until now?!]

“Grace is a Regressor who died fighting a devil. There’s a high possibility she’ll notice your aura.”

[Where in the world is there such a thing as a Regressor?! Prepare a slightly more plausible lie! No, just take me with you! To be inseparable until now and then suddenly told to separate. This is book discrimination! Aren’t you afraid of the time when you find a human body later?!]

“I’m sorry.”

[Master!!!!]

Aleph’s pathetic cry was heard from behind, but Asel ignored her, holding back tears.

Then enormous resentment jabbed sharply at Asel’s head.

‘I’m sorry…!’

[Take me!!!]

Duk.

Asel forcibly cut off the telepathy magic connected to Aleph. Simultaneously, the negative emotions and voice disappeared. Asel slammed the laboratory door shut and opened the dormitory door without hesitation and went outside.

And.

“…Asel?”

He made eye contact with Grace, who was squatting in front of the door. She stared at Asel, who came out of the room, with a blank face, then suddenly chuckled “hehe” and shed tears.

“…Was the overnight stay fun? How far did you go with Celin? The lipstick mark left on your ear is Celin’s, right? You smell strongly of a female. Ehehe. Looks like this round is ruined. I’ll just commit suicide and aim for the next round. Will you date me then?”

A feast of sentences that made his mind go blank.

Asel looked into her black eyes, which were just about to go crazy, and sighed inwardly.

‘Why am I so out of it today…!’

In the dizzying confusion, Asel clenched his back teeth tightly.