Chapter 28: Thank You, Nature’s Bounty
When night fell once again, Jasmine took the uniform she had picked up for Adele a few days ago and went to her room. After further alterations, the mass-produced, one-size-fits-all uniform now fit Adele perfectly.
Along with the clothes Adele had changed out of the day before, Jasmine carried two sets of clothes in a small cloth bag. Adele was surprised to see two sets of uniforms when Jasmine took them out of the bag. “Where did this one come from?”
At the beginning of the semester, the school had issued three sets of uniforms for rotation. One set was already damaged, and Adele was wearing another. Logically, Jasmine should only have one set left. Jasmine told the truth, “I got it from the logistics department.”
“I heard that the staff at the logistics department have a bad attitude. Did they give you any trouble?” Judging from Adele’s tone, if Jasmine said she had been mistreated, Adele might have stormed off to the logistics department to confront the staff. In fact, the logistics department often received complaints from students.
Some maids or attendants were indeed favored by their masters, otherwise, they wouldn’t have been chosen from among the many servants to be brought to school. Like Maid White, who was even given the family name. If favored servants like her were mistreated by the logistics staff and complained to their masters, the masters would naturally stand up for them.
Perhaps because they had been confronted too many times, the logistics staff had naturally developed the ability to discern a servant’s status just by looking at the student’s name. So, when they saw the name “Blake,” even if they were facing a human maid, their attitude unconsciously improved.
Such were the woes of lowly workers.
Jasmine replied, “No, they didn’t. In a sense, they treat humans quite equally.” Jasmine hadn’t developed PTSD from the word “equally” because of the incident with the doctor, but Adele was different. She had a strong reaction to those words.
Adele was startled. She even put down the coffee she was drinking, walked over to Jasmine, and grasped her shoulders with a serious expression, “Jasmine, you can’t trust those vampires’ tricks. They are experts at using such things to deceive naive humans like you.”
Her tone of voice made it sound like she was completely dissociating herself from vampires. Jasmine twitched her lips, exposing her, “Miss, you make it sound like you’re not a vampire yourself.”
Adele proudly puffed out her chest, her already ample bosom becoming even more prominent. “I’m different. I’m upright and honest! I only tell Jasmine that I want to drink her blood, but I never resort to roundabout tactics or tricks.”
—She wasn’t wrong, but it sounded a bit strange.
Jasmine actually felt that Adele’s puppy-dog eyes and pleading for food were also a kind of trick. Fortunately, Jasmine had strong willpower, otherwise, she might have been tricked into letting Adele drink her blood without realizing it. Jasmine patted Adele’s hand, removing it from her shoulder, and said, “Miss, I just know that if you don’t leave now, you might be late.”
Hearing this, Adele immediately turned to look at the clock hanging on the wall. As expected, if she didn’t leave now, she would really be late. Adele quickly picked up the coffee she had just placed on the table and drank it all in one gulp. Her actions were too hasty, causing her to burn her tongue. Adele had a strong constitution, but she still couldn’t help but stick out her tongue and say, “So hot.”
Then, she grabbed her books and rushed out of the room without looking back.
After Adele left, Jasmine leisurely carried the clothes into the room, hung both sets in the closet, and went into the bathroom to collect the clothes Adele had changed out of the day before.
Days passed by peacefully. At night, she diligently served Adele and fulfilled her duties as a maid. During the day, she sometimes instructed Helen on how to train and fight, and sometimes she went to the farm at the foot of the mountain to meet Yuan Hang, the outpost member, and discuss matters related to the Human Resistance Army.
However, one day, while waiting for Helen at the old school building, Jasmine suddenly sensed many unfamiliar auras. She didn’t run away immediately because Helen hadn’t brought vampires to capture her. Instead, she had brought six human maids to the old school building.
Helen looked a bit embarrassed, but before she could speak, the other six maids stepped forward and looked at Jasmine with determined eyes, “Jasmine, please teach us how to deal with those low-ranking vampire maids! We’ve had enough. We don’t want to be bullied anymore!”
—Excellent.
Jasmine wouldn’t refuse those who sought her help, especially those who had developed a sense of resistance and were awakening. They were the treasures of the human world, and they would carry the flame of awakening back to their own lives. Even if they only interacted with servants who served in noble families, as long as there was a spark, it could ignite more people.
So Jasmine readily accepted them all. She was generous with her knowledge, teaching them how to train and how to fight back against vampires, regardless of their rank. She even arranged for them to practice in pairs.
Because they truly didn’t want to be bullied anymore, the maids trained diligently and made significant progress. Once, Jasmine even saw a maid she had trained finally snap and fight back when being bullied by a low-ranking vampire.
However, she hadn’t accurately assessed the difference in numbers. Facing three or four low-ranking vampires alone, she was bound to lose. She had only been training for a short time, unlike Jasmine, who had cheat abilities. So, after injuring the ringleader, the maid was beaten to the ground.
Jasmine thought about it and decided to visit the maid’s room with some medicine during the day.
The maid’s face was swollen from the beating. Those vampires were truly ruthless, not even sparing her face.
Seeing Jasmine, the maid was surprised but still invited her into her room. Jasmine sat down on a chair and, watching the maid apply medicine to her wounds, couldn’t help but ask, “Aren’t you blaming me for seeing it and not helping?”
The maid shook her head, “We’re already grateful that Jasmine is willing to teach us how to fight back. It wouldn’t make sense to expect you to step in every time we’re bullied.” After saying this, she proudly recounted her accomplishment, “And you know what! I also punched the vampire who bullied me the most! I hit her right in the eye! Her crimson, annoying eyes even turned a bit black. It was so funny!”
She even raised her fist as if to prove how strong she was, capable of knocking down a vampire.
Jasmine nodded. She had seen it.
The maid smiled even brighter. Although she had been beaten today, she had also fought back, and she didn’t feel as aggrieved anymore. After checking on the maid, Jasmine returned to her own room. The sun slowly rose from the east, hanging in the sky, illuminating the earth and bathing the world in light.
Jasmine dragged a chair to the balcony, feeling the sunlight warm her body, enjoying the warmth.
A semester quickly passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was time for Adele’s final exams. After finishing her exams, she returned to her room, fuming, only to see Jasmine packing her luggage. A smile appeared on Adele’s face. She walked over to Jasmine and sat down on the bed, her movements so forceful that her silvery-white hair flew up.
Seeing her like this, Jasmine knew that Adele must have done well on her exams, at least well enough to surpass Miss Golden. Adele looked at Jasmine with an expression that screamed, “Praise me, praise me.”
Miss Adele was truly someone who craved praise. Without it, she would wilt like a flower deprived of water.
Jasmine had no choice but to praise Adele while asking the question she most wanted to hear, “Miss, you’re so amazing. You must have done exceptionally well on your exams, right?” If Adele had listened carefully, she would have noticed the sarcasm in Jasmine’s praise. But Adele was blinded by the compliments, her head held high like a swan in a park.
“Hmm, it was alright, just first place.” Adele was bursting with pride. If she had a tail like a werewolf, Jasmine thought it would be sticking straight up in the air.
After indulging her master, Jasmine confirmed the departure time with Adele, confirming that they would be leaving for home tomorrow evening. She also asked Adele to check how much artificial blood they had left. There were no places to buy artificial blood on the way, and Adele refused to drink real blood, not even pig, duck, or chicken blood, claiming that they had a strong taste.
Jasmine couldn’t understand. Could pig, duck, and chicken blood really have such a strong taste? If it was possible, she would love to eat spicy duck blood, duck blood vermicelli soup, even blood cubes! But in this world, because of the existence of vampires, blood was a precious commodity. It was impossible to give it to Jasmine for her to eat blood cubes.
The key was that the pig, duck, and other animal blood supplied to these noble young ladies and masters actually didn’t have much of a taste. The pigs and ducks were specially raised, fed fruits daily, and scientifically bred, almost like pet pigs.
Their pork, beef, duck meat, everything was incredibly delicious. Jasmine particularly enjoyed the teppanyaki roast duck served in the school cafeteria, although it was only available occasionally. The steak was also delicious, made from top-quality beef that she could only dream of affording in her previous life.
Thank you, nature’s bounty! Thankfully, the vampires in this world didn’t eat much meat, which allowed such high-quality meat to enter her mouth. Jasmine admitted that one of the reasons she was reluctant to leave Adele’s side was the excellent food here.
If she went to the Human Resistance Army, there would be no high-quality beef, only simply raised chicken, duck, and fish. Jasmine couldn’t bear such hardship. After careful consideration, she decided to stay with the vampires.
After all, she could eat and drink for free here. As the hope of the Human Resistance Army—Lady Dawn, Jasmine decided to deplete the vampires’ wealth by eating, eating, eating.
That beef, lamb, and pork couldn’t possibly be cheap.
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