Chapter 12: A Strange Kind of Love
Luo Yuxi spent her time in the confessional helping others with their emotional troubles. But with each person she counseled, the closer she got to nightfall. Although people occasionally came with their pets for resurrection, she could only muster a forced smile.
“If I run away before nightfall, I should be able to escape… right?”
Luo Yuxi looked at the potion in her hand. Ling Shuang appeared normal, helping those who sought aid at the church, as if everything before had been just Luo Yuxi’s imagination. But Luo Yuxi knew that even if Ling Shuang’s appearance was the same, her heart had already become that of a devil.
“I’ll probably be caught if I run away now…”
Luo Yuxi sighed, wondering if she should take a nap or research positions that would lessen the pain. Every minute and second before nightfall was torture. Meanwhile, Ling Shuang, when no one was looking, would cast possessive glances at Luo Yuxi.
“I’m looking forward to tonight~”
Elsewhere, in a luxurious mansion, Alice furiously threw a full glass of red wine against the wall. Her crimson eyes looked alluring, and a blood-red aura emanated from her.
“Is it my bloodlust period again? Damn it! Why is it getting shorter? It must be because that girl’s blood was too sweet…!”
“Alice?”
Isabelle appeared at the doorway. Seeing Alice seemingly suppressing something, she immediately understood that her dear sister had entered her bloodlust period and rushed forward to embrace her gently.
“It’s alright, Sister’s here~”
“Get away!”
“Ah!”
Alice showed no warmth towards Isabelle’s sudden embrace, pushing her away forcefully. Isabelle, falling to the ground, wasn’t angry. She simply stood up and slowly pulled down the clothes from her shoulder, exposing her fair skin to Alice.
“Come, I can endure anything Alice does to me~”
Looking at Isabelle’s exposed shoulder, Alice’s fangs grew uncontrollably. Isabelle looked like a delicious cake in her eyes. But even though she felt the urge to drink blood, Alice didn’t pounce.
“Get away! Who wants to bite you?!”
“Oh? That’s right… you were almost completely out of control before, yet you didn’t bite me. This is Alice’s love for me, isn’t it~?”
“You’re always putting words in my mouth… How could I possibly love you? Disgusting…”
“What a tsundere little sister~”
Isabelle nodded as if she understood Alice perfectly. Then, she took a wine glass from a nearby cabinet and placed it on the table. Slowly, she removed her white gloves. Instead of delicate hands, both were wrapped in bandages, stained with blood-red marks.
“But even if you’re sulking, you still need to suppress your bloodlust…”
Isabelle slowly unwrapped the bandages from her hands. Beneath them were hands covered in scars. She pricked her left index finger, letting the blood drip into the wine glass on the table.
“I’ll use my left hand’s blood today. I still need my right hand to sign documents~”
“…”
Looking at Isabelle’s self-harm, at the hands that should have been playing the piano and meticulously cared for, now covered in wounds like a tortured prisoner, Alice didn’t show any sympathy. Instead, her usual disgust remained.
“As long as Alice drinks my blood~ our bloodlines will mingle within you, Sister~ At that moment, we will be a complete family~”
A crazed look appeared on Isabelle’s previously gentle face. Alice, disgusted, took a step back. Seeing that the wine glass was full of blood, Isabelle, her face pale, ignored her bandaged hands and brought the blood-filled glass to Alice.
“Come, this is Sister’s love~~”
“Disgusting…”
“Eh?”
Alice simply uttered the word, then casually swatted the glass from Isabelle’s hand. The blood spilled onto the floor. Alice glanced at the blood on her hand and licked it.
“Tastes awful…”
With a disgusted expression, Alice grabbed a tissue and wiped the remaining blood from her hand. Before Isabelle could react, Alice, suppressing her bloodlust, pushed her aside.
“I’m going to find the blood I like to drink. Don’t bother me…”
“Wait! Wait a minute!”
Isabelle, finally reacting, stretched out her arms to block Alice from leaving. She didn’t seem to care that Alice had treated her blood like trash.
“You can’t leave our home! You’ll be discovered as a de—”
“What a joke, how could this be my home?”
Alice ignored Isabelle’s attempts to stop her. Isabelle simply clapped her hands, and the previously empty room was instantly filled with armored guards.
“I won’t let you leave me!! Forgive me, I love you~”
Isabelle smiled crazily. Alice looked at her self-righteous sister, who, in the name of love, kept her locked up in this huge room. Her bloodlust, which could be easily sated with a little animal blood, was instead treated as an opportunity for Isabelle to force her own blood on Alice, all in the name of love. Alice’s eyes turned cold. Only two words filled her mind:
“Annoying… Die…”
“So listen to Sister, and don’t go out, okay~?”
Alice simply glared at Isabelle with her crimson eyes. Isabelle felt as if she had been stabbed a thousand times, her heart ripped out. She broke out in a cold sweat. When she realized it was an illusion, Alice was already gone.
“You didn’t kill me, Alice~ This is your love for me~”
Alice, already far from the mansion, wiped the hand that had touched Isabelle with a handkerchief in disgust, then threw it into a nearby trash can. Looking up, she saw the church in the distance.
“As expected, the sweet scent is strong, I can smell it from here~”
Back in the church, Luo Yuxi, applying ointment to her body, suddenly shivered, as if someone was thinking about her.
“Did the weather suddenly get colder? Whatever, it’s not important. I need to figure out how to deal with tonight. It can’t get any worse than this…”
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