Volume 6, Chapter 46 – A Secret to Take to the Grave

Yisi refused flatly.

“I’ll pass.”

“You uninteresting woman,” Edith pouted, her interest waning. “This is a privilege only you enjoy. I’ve never done this for anyone else.”

Even if Pepe said that, she couldn’t possibly actually kiss her. It wasn’t a matter of their relationship not having reached that stage, but that she was too thin-skinned.

Averting her gaze from Pepe’s dissatisfied face, Yisi looked up at the ceiling with a wry smile.

“Although the fact that you haven’t done it with anyone else does make me happy, no means no—”

Before Yisi could finish, a faint, sweet scent rushed into her nostrils. It was a scent that only a vampire could perceive, the unique fragrance of blood, and at the same time, it was the scent that always lingered around Edith.

And immediately following this warm scent was a rather acrid, exceptionally peculiar taste, as if the mud from a pond had been mixed with various spices, then roasted over a fire, producing a strange evaporated smell—this was the taste of Evelyn’s blood.

She had been ambushed by Pepe.

By the time she realized this, her thoughts had become sluggish due to surprise and shyness.

It wasn’t until Edith had returned all of Evelyn’s remaining blood in her mouth to Yisi, and her lungs were groaning in a warning due to the lack of air, that she finally released her arms from around Yisi’s neck. Panting heavily, she wiped the corner of her mouth with great satisfaction.

“Hah… hah… How was it? Tasted pretty bad, didn’t it?”

Yisi, who was still in a short-circuited state, came back to her senses at Edith’s words. Her flushed side profile gradually stiffened.

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“Hey, so you just wanted to dump that peculiar taste on me!”

She had thought it was because Pepe was unhappy that she had acted so forcefully.

Although she didn’t resist, this kind of semi-forced ambush without any mental preparation was just too embarrassing.

Edith’s mouth curved into a teasing smile, full of aggression.

“You say that, but your expression looks like you enjoyed it. If you hated it, you would have pushed me away long ago. You look so proper, but inside, you desire a slightly more forceful me? What do you call this kind of personality, so pure on the surface but actually filled with desire? I’ve never seen it in those pets before.”

“I don’t know.”

As if sulking, Yisi turned her face away, her mouth turning into a [ﾍ] shape.

Although it was the truth, she absolutely could not admit it. One didn’t need to think to know that if Pepe knew her inner thoughts, she would surely launch surprise attacks like the one just now every day. And with her poor self-control, she would definitely be unable to refuse a beautiful girl like Pepe.

Very interested, Edith tilted her head, trying to observe Yisi’s expression. But Yisi, who had already sensed it, turned her face away again, not letting Edith see. Edith couldn’t help but let out a sound like she was holding back laughter.

“Shy? Are you shy?”

“How could I be.”

“Hoh, being true to your own desires is not something to be ashamed of. I won’t laugh at you if you say it. In fact, I’d be very happy if you did. I will satisfy you in every way.”

“That’s just your imagination, Pepe. Although you are indeed a rare beauty, but,” Yisi turned around and glanced very deliberately at Pepe’s unremarkable chest. Perhaps because she was aware of her developmental shortcomings, the dress on Pepe’s chest had many floral decorations, making it look puffy, as if there were something there. “but you’re too small, Pepe—I mean in age.”

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Edith’s eyebrows immediately shot up.

“You… I personally shared the next Pope’s blood with you, and you’re so ungrateful.”

“Only a ghost would like that taste!”

“It’s the status that’s important… Ugh.”

“What’s wrong?”

“A little… bit…”

Before Edith could finish her words, her straight back suddenly bent slightly. One hand clutched her chest, the other covered her mouth. Her already pale face became even paler. As if enduring something, Edith gently pushed Yisi away and took a step towards the door.

Noticing that something was wrong, Yisi quickly went forward. If something happened to Pepe, she would surely be heartbroken. She bent down and tilted her head to look at Edith’s face.

“A little bit what?”

Edith’s face turned even worse. Her shoulders began to tremble, and she squeezed out a few words from between her teeth with great difficulty.

“I’m sorry.”

Splish, splosh.

Because the blood filled with a holy aura was naturally incompatible with the Blood Clan, and because Edith had drunk too much at once, and had done something that made one’s heart race with Yisi right after, her stomach finally couldn’t take the stimulation, and a common yet uncommon physiological reaction occurred.

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—Vomiting.

With a splashing sound, Pepe threw up her breakfast and Evelyn’s blood all over Yisi.

“Eeeeeek!!!”

Yisi’s miserable shriek echoed in the room.

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After scrubbing herself in the bath with a force as if to rub off her skin, and soaking for nearly half an hour in a tub filled with various herbs, and with Tiffany’s help in washing, Yisi finally had the courage to walk out of the bathroom. With Refina’s help, she returned to her room and changed into a brand-new formal dress.

Squatting behind Yisi and tying a ribbon for her, Refina’s voice was full of apology.

“I’m very sorry, Lady Yisi. Viel didn’t mean it.”

“I know. And even if she did it on purpose, I couldn’t say anything.”

However, this incident did make Yisi understand the difference between reality and fiction. A beautiful girl’s vomit really couldn’t possibly smell fragrant.

“Speaking of which, where is Pepe now?”

Because of her miserable cry, all her companions now knew that she had been thrown up on by Pepe. The bathwater and herbs were prepared by Mary and Refina. Moreover, in the middle of it, Refina had strongly requested to help her wash her body as an apology for Pepe’s sin. Yisi had naturally refused. Unlike Camilla, Refina was very well-developed. If she entered the bathroom, she definitely wouldn’t know where to look.

It was worth noting that there was something recently that had been puzzling Yisi. Ever since they had made a trip to the Blood Clan’s royal capital, Alvier, Refina had been very attentive to her, taking care of her meticulously like a personal maid. She would even wash her undergarments on the side after finding them.

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Refina’s hands paused for a moment. Her purple side ponytail swayed due to inertia, and her expression was slightly hesitant.

“Viel… she’s in her room.”

In fact, she was currently so ashamed of her unseemly act that she was rolling on the floor, or banging her head against a pillow. But this was a secret Refina would never tell Yisi, a secret to take to the grave.

As if she understood, Yisi nodded to herself.

“She’s bathing with a tub brought to her room? She must have given the innkeeper a lot of money. Can you inform Mary and Camilla for me, Tiffany? I’m going out for a bit.”

Sitting in a corner of the room, holding a glass of milk in both hands—this glass of milk was a special product Yisi had given Tiffany, with her own blood added to replenish Tiffany’s magic power—a question mark appeared above Tiffany’s head.

“Where are you going?”

“To clean up the trash.”

She had not yet taken care of the six ‘angels’ that had escaped before. Although they had been hiding in the sewers all day yesterday and had not come out, the searching paladins were also about to find the sewers. If she didn’t deal with them quickly, the battle between the two sides would likely affect innocent people. As she had guessed, the levels of the angels would increase with time. They were not yet in their complete form when they were born.

“Need help?”

“No need. You just look after the house, Tiffany.”

“Be safe.”

Placing the milk on the table, Tiffany jumped off the wooden chair, her feet landing on the floor, leaving Yisi and Refina in the room.