Free Web Novel“So pretty~”
Just looking at the angelically adorable little blonde girl before her, Sally felt as if the darkness in her heart had been purified.
“You’re really so cute... just, please don’t do anything stupid later, okay?”
Sally hugged her tightly, petting her like a cat. Vieya’s face looked as if she had already given up on life.
Fine. Let’s just treat this as practice for how to comfort children.
After a while, when Sally saw that the time was nearly up, she spoke again with heartfelt sincerity,
“When the manager comes later, don’t be afraid and don’t speak. Any blood seedlings placed on our floor—before the true master of the castle comes to enjoy their first feeding—as long as you don’t try to escape, they don’t dare touch you recklessly.”
“Mm.”
Vieya nodded lightly, curiosity flickering in her green eyes. “What does the master of the castle look like? Is she scary?” freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
“......”
Sally pondered deeply for quite a while before sighing. “Except for you, everyone else on this floor has had their blood sucked by the master of the castle... but none of us can remember what the master looks like.”
Sometimes, Sally even wondered if there was something wrong with her memory.
Each time those sharp fangs pierced her throat, the pain was unforgettable—yet every time she fainted from blood loss, she would forget the face of the one who had done it.
It wasn’t just her. Everyone on this floor was the same.
In the eyes of the master of the castle, they weren’t people at all—just living blood bags that could regenerate on their own.
And when the master was angry, the first to suffer were always those blood bags.
Sally remembered more than once—
When the castle master was in a bad mood, too lazy to control the amount of blood drawn or to care about a girl’s cries and resistance, she would simply drain an entire blood seedling dry, killing her outright.
Even now, Sally could still hear the echoes of that night—the girl’s agonized screams and desperate pleas from the room next door.
But in this underground fortress, no one would ever respond to those cries for help.
Resistance and escape only led to crueler punishments. Over time... all those with the will to fight had died, leaving only timid, obedient blood seedlings like them.
“Right, little sister, what’s your name?” Sally smiled awkwardly. “We’ve been talking for so long, but I still don’t know what to call you...”
“My name’s Vie—” Vieya paused mid-word. She suddenly remembered she was using a disguised identity now. Using her real name would definitely be a bad idea.
If the mastermind behind this place happened to hear her real name, she’d blow her cover immediately.
“You can just call me Wei,” Vieya said softly.
“Wei...? That’s such a pretty name. Then from now on, we’re friends!”
Sally’s eyes sparkled brightly. “When the manager finishes the inspection later, I’ll take you to meet the others. They’ll definitely like you!”
“......”
Vieya didn’t respond. She figured Sally had probably been trapped here too long, with almost no chance to see anyone new—hence all the chatter.
Muttering nonstop like a bothersome little sparrow.
Besides... if that so-called manager really came later, how was she supposed to draw information out of him?
If she could at least learn the whereabouts of either Rania or Helcat, this whole ordeal wouldn’t have been in vain.
Just as Vieya was thinking about how to extract intel from the manager, a deep, dull bell toll echoed throughout the entire underground castle.
“Oh no, I almost forgot the time...”
Sally’s face changed. She hurried toward the door, then hesitated and turned back nervously.
“The manager will start his patrol any moment now. He’ll definitely come to this room first to check on you. Don’t forget what I just ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ told you... I have to get back to my room. Be careful—but don’t be afraid, you mustn’t be afraid!”
Afraid?
Me?
Vieya playfully blinked and waved her hand. “Don’t worry, I won’t be afraid.”
“And don’t curse at him!” Sally added quickly. “Also, I’m right next door to you!”
With that, she didn’t dare linger another second at Vieya’s door—she spun around and ran back to her own room.
......
At the same time—
Akm stepped into the hall of the Demon King’s palace.
At the far end of the hall, the throne was shrouded in a crimson haze.
Akm didn’t dare look up at the figure seated there, nor did he dare to speak first.
He lowered his head and slowly knelt upon the red carpet.
No one would have imagined that the man who, in Fengxiang Town, could stir the clouds with one hand and rain with the other, ruling over the entire residential district, now looked so pitiful—like a groveling pet dog.
Just then—
Among the many vampires standing along both sides of the hall, a girl who appeared no older than ten suddenly giggled and asked,
“Heehee, Uncle Akm, why are you so slow? Her Majesty’s been waiting for you for ages.”
“Forgive me... Your Majesty.”
Akm pressed his forehead to the carpet. Among all the vampires present, even the lowest bloodline here was at least A-rank... and though he was mocked by the daughter of an old friend, he didn’t dare harbor even a trace of resentment.
Within the vampire race, bloodline rank meant everything.
The one and only S-rank Vampire Queen held absolute dominion over all lower ranks—she could erase any subordinate’s existence with a single thought.
Likewise, A-ranks could easily suppress those below them—B and C ranks alike.
And Akm wasn’t even capable of reaching C-rank.
No... only those of B-rank and above were considered noble vampires. The rest—those like him—were nothing but lowly bloodsuckers.
If not for his influence among humans, and for his contributions in helping the Vampire Queen establish her foothold in this city in its early days, he wouldn’t even have the right to set foot inside this palace.
Ignoring the varied looks from the other vampires, Akm forced his heart to stay calm as still water. Kneeling low, he said,
“Your Majesty, the humans who’ve recently gone missing held rather high social standing. The uproar outside is growing too large... I’ve already come under suspicion.”
“Under suspicion?” The shadowed figure on the throne spoke faintly.
“Yes...”
Cold sweat dripped from Akm’s forehead. “Today, Lady Laisa’s capture of that prey has only added fuel to an already tense situation... and the human knights even saw it happen...”
At that, the little girl who looked forever under ten suddenly said, “Uncle Akm, are you blaming me?”
“But even if I hadn’t captured that prey, she would have dug us all out and exposed us under the sunlight sooner or later. That human girl’s intuition is terrifyingly sharp!”
“Lady Laisa, no matter how sharp a human’s intuition is, as long as we weather this storm—” Akm tried to explain, though inside he wanted nothing more than to strangle that brat where she stood.
He should never have agreed to Lord Beck’s request back then—to use vampire blood on his dying daughter, the same girl who now stood before him as this damnable ‘Lady Laisa.’
And now look—after her revival, the once-dying child had gained an A-rank bloodline, earned the Queen’s favor, and climbed right onto his head.
“Mere humans—how could they ever compare to us, the undying?”
Laisa dismissed Akm’s words carelessly and continued, “Besides, the aura on that human girl I caught is extremely...” She licked her lips faintly, eyes gleaming dark red with hunger—“just like the blood Your Majesty once bestowed upon us.”
“I think Your Majesty will definitely take an interest in that human. So I brought her here—as an offering to the Queen.”
Her tone was reverent... and perhaps— freewebnovel.cσ๓
When Her Majesty tired of her, she might, as before, gift that human to Laisa again to play with for a few days.
