The Vampire's Night (3)
The blood flow stops.
The hope flower that had bloomed at the edge of the cliff was eroded by despair like ink spilled on paper.
The eyes filled with emptiness gaze at Acid.
"..."
No matter what excuse, his lips only twitched a few times.
Seowoo had realized in the moment his words stopped.
His complacency.
At least he had planned to submit a blood sample report the next day.
If so, he would naturally submit the swapped sample, but that was too naive.
His heart, which was trembling with tension, didn't even try to hide his expression.
"Strange? I can hear your heartbeat."
"Damn..."
"Hmph, you're really clumsy."
Seowoo bit his lip under her mocking laugh.
Everything was over.
It was impossible to expect the same luck again.
"Yoon Seowoo, you."
"..." Just end it quickly, it's fucking annoying."
A vulgar word that he couldn't have said normally came out without filter.
If there was no attachment to life, it would be a lie, but what could he do in a situation where even a shred of hope was gone?
If he had fought desperately, he would have done something, but just before he died, he was about to vent his anger.
At that moment, Acid opened her mouth again.
"Become my kin."
"..." What?
At this timing?
He doubted his ears.
Her intention was unclear since there was no particular reason to recruit him.
At that moment.
"If you commit a single more offense against the young lady, I'll cut you down right here."
Balor, who had come back after cleaning the corridor, pointed his sword at Seowoo.
A series of situations that even the police couldn't follow.
In Seowoo's eyes, which alternated between Acid and Balor, the hesitation had vanished.
"..." I'm sorry for the offense.
Situation assessment was always concise and fast.
If there was a way to maintain life, even if it was a rotten string, he would grab it.
This was Yoon Seowoo's belief and the principle of action that allowed him to survive in Nectar.
If he could survive today, he could survive tomorrow.
'The opportunity' belonged only to those who were alive.
"Huh, I see."
Acid shrugged with a triumphant expression.
With the intimidating shoulder hyung behind her, her power felt even greater.
"..."
But why?
He knew the correct answer.
Even though he knew that the answer Acid wanted was the only path to survival, his mouth wouldn't part.
Was it because of the fear from betraying Lucia's director?
Or was it because an unpredictable future was lurking?
His head accepted it, but his body rejected it.
Becoming subordinate to her meant becoming a member of the Blemish family, and even more so, of Nectar.
That meant he would enjoy cannibalism and vampirism with them and treat human lives as toys.
Considering moral ethics and the weight of life.
Seowoo was the stubborn latter.
Facing reality again, his head cooled quickly.
"If you wish, I will become your dog, Acid-nim."
No need to go until tomorrow.
If he could survive today, he would gladly turn into a monster.
"Good! You thought well!"
Color returned to Acid's face.
Balor sheathed his sword in response, and a bit of strength returned to Seowoo's stiff body.
"Oh, can you stand now?"
"Yes."
She seemed in a good mood, so she helped Seowoo, who was struggling to stand up.
"I don't know what you're hiding, but I'm not lenient to those I like. I'll overlook something cute like this today."
To Acid, Seowoo's actions were just a plain thing outside the expected range.
Going out to the city streets, selling magic-purified recovery medicine in dark alleys.
The multiple body injuries were one of the side effects of taking unknown drugs.
Of course, the claim of receiving blood from Lucia wasn't a lie.
After all, people only use rare medicines when really necessary.
Insurance is human instinct.
"Thank you."
Seowoo really meant it sincerely.
If Acid had decided, he would have been in trouble again.
For now, she was the biggest tsundere in the world.
"Then, excuse me for a moment."
"?"
Squelch!
Acid bit into his vaguely hugged neck.
Her thin yet sharp fangs ruthlessly tore the skin and pierced the carotid artery.
"Ugh!"
The vampirism that started simultaneously with the answer proceeded smoothly.
Not just drinking blood, but injecting her own blood in procreative vampirism.
It was similar to human sex in that it created a kin like a child.
"Haa... hmm... haum..."
The rough breathing and faint sighs filled the room.
His body was pressed against her heavy breasts and snow-white skin.
Acid, like a beast that had been starving for a long time, greedily drank blood.
"Hmm."
Even Balor, who was old, coughed awkwardly and turned towards the corridor.
Blood from Acid filled his rapidly emptying body.
The narcotic substance from her fangs made his mind hazy, almost losing consciousness.
The feeling of floating in the air strangely felt good.
And the gradually felt déjà vu.
"Eh...?"
Seowoo barely regained his senses from the precarious tightrope of pleasure.
It was not the usual painful vampirism, but one that made him feel pleasure somewhere.
He had clearly experienced something like that in the depths of his memory.
"Haa... why? Is something wrong?"
After the short and intense vampirism ended, she asked him with half-closed eyes.
Depending on the change in species, Seowoo was supposed to lose consciousness within ten seconds, and if something was wrong, he had to fix it quickly.
"No. I just remembered something I had forgotten."
Fortunately, there was no mistake in the process, so Seowoo gave a meaningless answer.
"Good, from now on, you'll fall asleep for the flesh and soul subordination contract. It won't take long, only an hour, so don't worry. See you later."
"..."
After the drawn-out answer, he fell asleep without anyone noticing.
"Good. Shall we start?"
Acid wiped the blood from her lips with her thumb.
Exchanging blood between the two to perform the contract.
"I swear in the name of the Blemish."
A black magic circle bloomed like a flower around her.
"Using my blood, I will compose your flesh and bind your soul."
What was being done was a double binding contract.
It bound the kin-turned subordinate once more so they couldn't be separated from the master.
Exploring each other's souls.
Explore again.
Entangled so that the form could not be distinguished.
"Become my shadow and protect for eternity."
More sticky than blood and more loyal than a servant.
A mark that no third party could intervene with.
When he lifted the magic circle with two fingers, the spell transformed into a choker-like form.
Now, it was time to give a beautiful dog leash to Seowoo, who was sleeping unaware of the world.
Click.
The 'Ring of Subordination' wrapped around his neck fit perfectly like a puzzle.
"Huh, done."
Acid wiped the sweat from her forehead and let out a sigh of relief.
When she took out the pocket watch from her pocket, it was already past 40 minutes.
Since it was a spell that required high concentration, she hadn't noticed the time passing, so it wasn't a loss.
Thinking about Lucia's dumbfounded face, it felt like wetting his lower body.
"You look really pathetic~? You dog-like woman."
Just as she was about to stroke his cheek while enjoying an inevitable victory.
Crack.
A crack appeared in the Ring of Subordination.
"Eh?"
Bang!
Soon, the crack became a huge fracture and shattered into pieces.
The remnants of the spell scattered like dust.
"Impossible!"
The spell succeeded and the contract was established.
But why?!
"B, Balor!"
"Yes, young lady."
"You saw it too?!"
"I saw it as well."
The cause was twisted.
Even after re-examining the spell and checking the body's status, no abnormalities were found.
If it wasn't the caster's problem, then it was the blood recipient's problem.
"..."
Yoon Seowoo.
His fist clenched tightly.
His abnormality was clearly beyond the limit.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, a hypothesis crossed Acid's mind.
The reason Lucia couldn't turn Yoon Seowoo into a kin.
It wasn't that she didn't turn him into a kin.
It was that she couldn't turn him into a kin.
"Haa...! So that's what happened! No wonder that woman couldn't be so defenseless!"
In old documents, there was information about special physiques that magic couldn't affect.
If you can't have it, do you have to break it?
If no one can have it, do you have to take it?
Although it was a fact he realized late, after drinking his blood, he felt his strength overflowing more than necessary.
There was definitely something in him.
"Um... Acid...?"
While he was pondering, Seowoo was slowly waking from anesthesia.
"Are you awake?"
"..."
His expression was heavy somewhere.
Even considering his somewhat hazy state, it was felt first in the body.
Something had gone wrong.
He, who had experienced vampirism before, knew.
There was no difference in the body before and after procreative vampirism.
In short, Yoon Seowoo was still 'human'.
The calculations in his head ended quickly.
As the unknown sweat made his back chill, Acid's voice broke his thoughts.
"Haa... First, listen well. I'm sorry to say this from the start, but I failed to recruit you as my kin."
"..."
You look like a fool who knows nothing.
You don't show it.
"Literal. I'm saying this to avoid misunderstanding, but there was no problem in the process. Based on my personal speculation, it seems the problem is your body."
Seowoo swallowed hard in the tense silence.
If he couldn't stand beside them, he also knew there was no reason to keep him alive.
"Make a cute expression."
Acid looked at his stiff expression and smiled faintly.
He had thought a lot in a short time.
What to choose if there was the best choice and the best choice in the current situation?
If aiming for highly result-oriented judgment, choose the best.
Even if it's less rational and efficient, choose the best with sentiment and romance.
For example.
If you win by fighting, you dominate the opponent and become the best.
If you can win without fighting, the best is to not spill any blood.
And the one with such romance at this place was Acid.
"Don't worry. I said it earlier, right? I'm not lenient to those I like."
The heart doesn't rule, it obtains.
He briefly thought about feeding Lucia a dish, but that wasn't all of what she wanted to do to him.
The first impression was just a human with a good smell.
After seeing him a few more times, she allowed him to lift his head and meet eyes.
By the time the face and name were familiar.
There were times when she fed him a prank when bored, and sometimes when she was in a bad mood, she deliberately harassed him.
"Sorry. If there's any unsatisfactory part in the report, I'll investigate and modify it further."
"Is it about the experimental subject report? I submitted it last time... Then I'll write it more carefully and submit it."
Every time, he endured it quietly without showing displeasure.
Recently, even though he had almost died, he hadn't tried to cross the line.
Looking back, before the kiss, he had only shown a good side.
And made him have a twisted resentment for stealing someone else's lover.
The rare body that even magic couldn't affect had also stimulated his possessive desire to sleep.
"..." So I wanted to have him.
The value of stealing the noble lips was never light.
If Yoon Seowoo's residence was in Nectar.
No matter how much he ran, it was useless.
No matter what method, in the end, he would bear responsibility.
"Yoon Seowoo, even if you're not a kin now, it's fine. If you don't leave me, I will never abandon you."
"Acid-nim, can I ask one thing...?"
"Yes."
"What exactly do I get by going this far?"
It's normal not to understand.
It's rare for a predator to show interest in prey in fairy tales.
"You."
As always, life doesn't go as planned.