Ch.64Water-Colored Wind

[Blood-Stained Ring]

Level Requirement: 15

Strength +10

Bleeding Resistance +20%

Increases [Blood] skill damage by 10% for Vampire class

“Oh…”

The item dropped by the boss was a ring.

I could tell immediately after checking the item options.

This was an item I should give to Aurel.

Of course, I could wear it myself just for the stat boost.

If I said I wanted this item, Aurel would nod without hesitation.

But I wasn’t that unscrupulous.

“Aurel.”

“Huh…”

Aurel looked slightly startled at my call.

She approached me with an expression that seemed to say “could it be?”

“Hold out your hand.”

“Huh… Huh…!”

Her reaction was quite enthusiastic just for receiving a ring item.

Is getting a new item that exciting?

Aurel lowered her head while touching her slightly reddened cheeks.

The ring would adjust to fit perfectly regardless of which finger it was worn on.

I intended to put it on her left index finger.

But just as I was about to slip the ring onto her finger,

Aurel suddenly curled her index finger.

“Aurel…?”

“P-please put it on a different one…”

A different one?

She couldn’t be talking about the thumb.

I blinked and moved the ring toward her middle finger.

But Aurel curled that finger too.

That left only the ring finger and pinky, but she even curled her pinky.

Aurel was holding out only her ring finger while looking at me.

Her breathing grew faster, and her cheeks turned bright red.

Heat began to rise from the small girl’s body.

She was as red as the blood she manipulated.

I looked at Aurel while clicking my tongue.

I had somewhat expected this reaction from the moment she held out her left hand, but I was dumbfounded by how she didn’t even try to hide her feelings.

Not that I disliked Aurel. It’s just that my feelings for her were a bit different from what she felt for me.

“Charlotte?”

Aurel wiggled her finger as if asking me to hurry and put the ring on.

I released her left hand and put the ring on her right ring finger instead.

I moved so quickly that Aurel couldn’t react.

She just stared blankly at her right ring finger.

“Do you like it?”

“Y-yes…”

After standing dazed for a moment, Aurel answered my question with a smile full of disappointment.

After clearing the boss, it was time to find the hidden secret room.

I sent the children to investigate, but with their deteriorated intelligence, they couldn’t find the hidden room.

So I had no choice but to lead Aurel and Hwang-gu to search the entire dungeon myself.

Secret rooms in dungeons are usually generated not far from the boss room.

This dungeon was no exception.

We were able to find the secret room quickly.

Opening the hidden door revealed the secret room.

A large treasure chest sat alone in the spacious area.

I opened the large chest with a pounding heart.

But as they say, the bigger the expectation, the bigger the disappointment.

Inside the chest were 10,000 credit bills.

“Ah…”

“Huh…”

Aurel and Hwang-gu became dejected at the sight.

Just because it was a secret room didn’t mean an item would always drop.

Still, it wasn’t a complete bust.

I smiled lightly and stuffed the credits into my pocket.

At least we could collect a substantial amount of credits from this rare dungeon run.

I headed toward the boss room with the children.

A large portal had been created next to the boss’s corpse.

It was the dungeon’s exit.

“I’ll go out first!”

Aurel walked forward with her hand raised energetically.

After she went through, a thousand-credit bill and a few shiny coins fell on her head.

The dungeon clear reward credits had arrived.

“Now, you all go out too.”

“Yes!”

“Aye!”

“Yesss!”

The girls responded energetically to my command.

They rushed and pushed their bodies into the narrow portal.

“Eeeek!”

“I-it’s tight!”

“I’m g-gonna burst!”

There was no sign of order or yielding.

The children kept pushing their heads and arms into the narrow space just to follow my orders.

Seeing them rubbing their soft skin against each other, I thought some might suffocate if left like this.

I gave Hwang-gu a look.

“Heave!”

Understanding my intention, Hwang-gu pushed the children.

Unable to withstand her strength, the children who were crammed in the tight space tumbled out all at once.

“Hueeek!”

“Hoeeeek!”

As dozens of children poured out, an enormous amount of coins showered from the sky.

Clink-clink-clink!

I stroked my chin watching the scene.

Children who exit the dungeon through the portal receive credits for clearing it.

What would happen if a child re-entered the dungeon and passed through this portal again?

This was a method I hadn’t thought of when I first cleared a dungeon.

I put Yeppi, who was sprawled outside, into my shadow and summoned her back to my side.

“Huh…!”

Yeppi was startled when she emerged from beneath my feet.

I patted her head and pointed to the portal in front.

“Go out again.”

“Yes!”

Yeppi nodded at my command and rushed out through the portal.

But contrary to my expectations, no credits fell on her head.

Had they blocked such exploits? It seems the god who created this world wasn’t completely incompetent.

I smiled at the pile of credits on the floor.

Didn’t they say the frequency of dungeon appearances had increased recently?

It seemed I needed to change my farming method.

***

After spending several days farming dungeons,

I had to welcome an unexpected visitor.

I swallowed dryly as I examined the visitor who had come to see me.

Shaggy gray hair.

Wolf ears poking through it twitched as if listening to surrounding sounds.

She had long legs, an exposed midriff, and impressive breasts.

Particularly noticeable were the distinct abs on her confidently displayed stomach, which looked very firm.

[Mulbitbaram]

Level: 20

Race: Werewolf

Health 100%

Mana 100%

Emotional state: Interest, Goodwill

“You’re Charlotte, right?”

I nodded in response to her question.

Mulbitbaram. A person I knew.

She was one of my few friends when I played Blood Carnival.

But for some reason, she didn’t remember me.

“Um… Mulbit…?”

Mulbitbaram frowned at my familiar address.

I tried calling her by a nickname, but she seemed a bit displeased.

I checked her emotional state and let out a small sigh.

“Don’t you know me?”

“Aren’t you the representative of the vampires?”

Mulbitbaram tilted her head and answered my question.

Judging by her reaction, she didn’t seem to be joking.

She really didn’t have me in her memory.

She seemed to be a different person from the Mulbitbaram I knew.

The conversation stopped.

In the strange silence that followed,

Mulbitbaram and I spent a long time examining each other.

“Aren’t you going to ask anything?”

Mulbitbaram was the one who broke the silence.

She seemed uncomfortable with the silence and spoke while flapping her large ears.

“Ah, right. Why did you come here?”

“I heard you’re preparing for all-out war with the humans.”

“Will you help?”

Mulbitbaram had shown a favorable attitude from the beginning.

Her answer wouldn’t deviate much from my expectations.

“I’ll help if I judge it worthwhile.”

“How will you make that judgment?”

“I plan to stay here for a few days.”

“You want to see for yourself and then decide?”

“That’s right.”

Mulbitbaram nodded at my question.

I swallowed dryly as I looked at her swaying large breasts.

With breasts that big, weren’t they uncomfortable?

At that moment, Mulbitbaram touched her breasts and asked me:

“Are you envious?”

“N-no…?”

“Hmm…”

She seemed to have misunderstood my gaze.

Mulbitbaram nodded and stood up.

“I’d like you to guide me.”

“Guide…?”

“I don’t want to wander around someone else’s territory freely.”

So she wanted to assess the vampires’ strength?

Giving a tour wasn’t a big deal.

I nodded and stood up.

“What would you like to see first?”

“The strongest clan.”

She wants to see the strongest clan?

I raised the corner of my mouth and answered.

“You’re looking at it right now.”

Mulbitbaram tilted her head at my answer.

She looked around and said:

“Where is it?”

“In front of you.”

Mulbitbaram frowned at my answer.

Could it be she didn’t believe me?

While I was thinking that, Mulbitbaram spoke again.

“You seem to have misunderstood me. Let me rephrase: I want to see the largest clan in terms of size.”

“That’s what I’m saying. It’s right here.”

I puffed out my chest in response to Mulbitbaram’s words.

Having recently absorbed two clans, my clan was the largest among vampire clans.

But Mulbitbaram didn’t seem to believe easily.

Rather than explaining verbally, it would be faster to show her directly.

“What on earth…”

Before Mulbitbaram could finish speaking, shadows spread throughout the house.

Small girls began to emerge from below.

Some even held crayons, as if they had been summoned while drawing.

“Huh…”

“Charlotte?”

“Do you need help?”

Mulbitbaram looked around in great confusion.

Her hair stood on end like a frightened Hwang-gu.

“These are my children.”

“Hello!”

“Helloooo!”

“I-I want to say hello too!”

“It’s a werewolf!”

“A second Hwang-gu!”

As soon as I finished speaking, the children rushed to greet Mulbitbaram.

She looked at the girls gathering around her.

She seemed confused.

“Y-your children…? All of these?”

“Yes.”

“You’ve given birth to quite a lot…”

Mulbitbaram muttered with a shocked expression.

I frowned at her words.

These were subordinates created using my shadow, which was no different from my body.

The expression “given birth” wasn’t exactly wrong, but it felt a bit strange.

“Wasn’t it painful…?”

Mulbitbaram asked with concern in her eyes.

Her gaze alternated between my stomach and chest.

I covered my stomach and chest, keeping my mouth shut.