Chapter 65

Translated by boilpoil Edited by boilpoil

In truth, he had been hurt and he had bled… He only just transmigrated recently into this world then, and was quite curious about this non-human body of his. When he accidentally sliced his hand once, he happened to want to figure out what the difference is between vampiric blood and human blood and why there is the ability to turn, so he collected his own blood and stored it away, happily thinking about how he could research it if he has nothing else to do later.

——Recalling it now, he was probably still affected by the character setting of the world before resulting in him being passionate about research in the early days of that transmigration.

His curiosity only lasted about as long as one would imagine, though, since it’s rare for him to enjoy a modern setting world. He also didn’t really have access to locations that would enable him to do research due to his special circumstances in this world. When he didn’t exactly ‘have nothing else to do’ thanks to being addicted to computers at all times, he’s thrown the thought back to the back of his mind and that container that stored his blood was therefore put away casually somewhere.

Uh, no… He remembers it now. It’s placed together with those blood bags he stored before?

There was once when Yu Chenqing saw it and asked him why the little bottle looked different from the blood bags.

So the problem was that small bit of blood?

Bai Lianhua looks at the system painfully, hoping that the system would deny his conclusion… Though, the system only looks at him with an agreeing expression.

Ah. It’s hopeless.

Still, even if there’s blood to convert the antagonist into a vampire, how did it end up in Yu Chenqing’s diet?

The system quietly tells him to ask the antagonist.

Bai Lianhua “…”

Ignoring the system, he starts looking at Yu Chenqing in front of him anew.

Since Yu Chenqing started to change, Bai Lianhua’s expression changed from shock to blank to helpless. Yu Chenqing watched as it unfolded and then asks, “curious about what happened to me?”

Bai Lianhua nods obediently, “mm. You’re… also a vampire now?”

Yu Chenqing looks over himself once, chuckling, “kind of.”

“But how?” Bai Lianhua tries to put his thoughts into words, “I mean, you should have always been a human.”

Yu Chenqing pauses before continuing, “because I had thought that if I always remained a human I would never figure out the truth behind your disappearance.”

Back then, after Bai Lianhua went missing, Yu Chenqing did all he could to look for him… As Bai Lianhua had a special identity, he could even log onto the special forums where Bai Lianhua had surfed incognito——There were a lot of people, including but not limited to vampires, who, like Bai Lianhua, had identities that could not be exposed in public exchanging information.

Which is where Yu Chenqing gathered two pieces of information by luck. One is that due to vampires committing crimes earlier, bounty hunters that dealt with it have arrived in city A. The other is that vampires also arrived here in city A to clean up after themselves.

Neither of these people would be friendly to his little vampire.

The former would be out of the question. As for the latter… When he interacted with Bai Lianhua, he had worked out more or less the background of the little vampire. He knew that vampires like Bai Lianhua who were young, without inheritance and of impure blood had low social status within the entire vampire society.

Whenever vampires broke the rules, it’s them who would be the caste sacrificed to take the blame.

The timing was too coincidental that Yu Chenqing started suspecting if Bai Lianhua’s disappearance was related to any of them.

There’s also that vampire that Bai Lianhua knocked unconscious… Would he have looked for Bai Lianhua for revenge? Or perhaps, facing investigation, if that vampire really was caught, would it have blamed everything on Bai Lianhua?

Though no matter how worried Yu Chenqing was, as a normal person, he clearly didn’t have the capability or power to involve himself with these supernatural affairs.

——Though he couldn’t just stay and do nothing for the little vampire. It’s only after the little vampire disappeared that he realised he has become the most dazzling existence in his boring, mundane life. He liked the dumb little guy. He wanted to be his lifelong food bank, until he grew old and his blood became stale and disgusting that Bai Lianhua didn’t need him anymore.

But now, his little vampire had gone missing.

“I wanted to enter your world. And if there were grudges, I would take revenge for you. If there were false justice, I would appeal for you.”

The system goes ‘kuhum,’ “then there’s that. If host you didn’t return to this world thanks to the return of white moonlight mission, and the antagonist continued his investigation, falsely linking your disappearance to hunters and other vampires… You know what would happen.”

Bai Lianhua grinds his teeth in secret. He’s really angry on the one hand at the sheer coincidence. He must have forgotten to divine and pick a day of great fortune to depart. On the other hand, he’s even suspecting the system for having arranged such a low identity for him to set him up for this moment.

The system changes the topic, “eh… Host, don’t grind your teeth. It’s a bad habit. If you flatten your canines you would be the shame of all vampires, becoming the first one without fangs.”

Bai Lianhua “…” Go away!

And Yu Chenqing’s tale continued as expected. To gain access to interfere in that world, and in a certain sense to become closer to Bai Lianhua, he recalls that bottle that Bai Lianhua had once told him about, where Bai Lianhua’s blood is stored…

Bai Lianhua feels deep exhaustion.

What else can he say? Why would all the antagonist have such bizarre logic abilities to manage to draw all these ludicrous conclusions with such stifling and unconventional ways and postures?

Now that he knows what’s happened he really wants to go back to the time of his first transmigration here and beat the living daylights out of himself who ‘had nothing else better to do.’

Still, his small blood sample was there for so long, while it is stored in a cold environment, wouldn’t it still have dried up or gone rotten or something?

The system tells him, “you’re a vampire, you know. Maybe your blood has inherent qualities like being a natural preservative?”

Bai Lianhua “…” I would rather not have such inherent talents thanks.

Fine, even if it didn’t dry up or go stale, at least it’s not fresh. Does the antagonist not know not to consume such things or he might get diarrhoea?

Ugh, frustrating!

The system shakes its hands in the air, “and there’s the side effect right there. The antagonist failed to be converted entirely.”

Bai Lianhua “…” Seriously?

Still, that was the truth. Perhaps it was that Yu Chenqing’s body was special or it was that his blood wasn’t extracted fresh, or something to do with both, in any case, Yu Chenqing ended up changing incompletely. He’s still human by day, and only turns into a vampire at night.

And also thanks to him being essentially converted by Bai Lianhua, a subtle link has formed between the two of them… It’s not an intense link, and someone as dense as Bai Lianhua didn’t even feel anything back during the day, but as someone suspended in some sort of half-vampire status, Yu Chenqing felt this change in an amplified way, and he was able to tell Bai Lianhua’s location before.

Bai Lianhua, at a loss, murmurs, “but, I’m fine now… And you can’t change back.” Clearly, this vampiric transformation is irreversible.

Yu Chenqing, though, tells him that it’s alright.

As a human, he didn’t have close relationships anyway. Even his home that was supposed to be the most homely place of all was not somewhere memorable for him. There was the happy 3-member household there, and he was just the extra one lodging there. He was once sad and depressed about it, but, now he thinks of it as one less chain binding him.

Whether he became human or vampire, he didn’t seem to care so much anymore——as long as Bai Lianhua was there.

“From here on out, wouldn’t it be great if I just stayed your food bank forever? Did my blood not end up tastier than before?”

——For vampires, blood from their same kind was actually more attractive.

Bai Lianhua blinks, though, and shakes his head with a bit of an awkward expression, “but the three months period I forced you to stay as a food bank due to me abusing the favour of saving your life has long since ended.”

Yu Chenqing laughs out of amusement. So that to the little vampire could be called ‘abuse’?

“Also, you’re a vampire now, you would also want to drink blood.” Bai Lianhua suddenly realises something, “eh? Do you not get hungry?”

“I do.” Yu Chenqing responds to him, seemingly also serious.

“Have you never eaten yet? Mm. Right. Blood bags taste very bad. They must have been too stale to eat…” Bai Lianhua bites his lips, then, looking like he’s resolved to do something dramatic, he tries his best to ask in a non-trembling voice, “do you want to drink my blood?”

He did drink the antagonist’s blood so many times, and it was kind of imposing too…

Still, he never did bite anyone nor did any vampire ever bite him. He really didn’t know how it would feel like having his blood sucked, if it would hurt a lot.

Bai Lianhua, with trembling hands, extends his pawing limb to Yu Chenqing’s lips, then turns his head to the side like an ostrich.

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