Free Web NovelAfter dinner—
Once she had soothed her daughter to sleep, Vieya left the bedroom and went to the study, casually bringing along the two cages.
To be honest, ever since she had moved into this three-story villa, she had hardly ever set foot in the study.
There were no books inside—only empty bookshelves, a desk, and a chair.
After closing the window, Vieya tiptoed and set the cages on top of the desk. Then she dragged a chair over and climbed onto it.
Now she was standing taller than the Demon Kings.
“Little white hair, are you planning to let us out?” Elizabeth’s voice held a note of expectation. “I haven’t had fresh blood for ten days or half a month now. Can you get me some to taste? Please, little white hair.”
“Ah...” Vieya froze. “Do you have to be fed with blood? Can’t you eat normal food...? What about animal blood—like cow, sheep, or pig?”
“You’re joking with me, right?” Elizabeth smiled faintly. “You know very well that for a bloodkin, only human blood tastes as good to us as the little bread you eat... So you must be joking, right... ahahaha.”
“This vampire bat is really picky about blood quality,” Jiele Xiyin muttered from the side, “the type that goes on a hunger strike if she can’t get fresh blood.”
“If you’d just keep your mouth shut, no one would mistake you for mute!” Elizabeth gnashed her teeth in fury, but when she turned back to Vieya, her voice softened again. “Little white hair, I just want to fill my stomach.”
“Well... I’ll think of something later.” Vieya sighed. She had not expected keeping a vampire to be such a hassle—not only did she need blood, it had to be human blood at that.
“Little white hair, back at the fortress you said you’d buy human blood to keep me alive, uuuu.” Sensing that Vieya was brushing her off, Elizabeth’s voice began to choke.
“I wasn’t talking to you!” Vieya thumped the bat’s cage with her fist, making the vampire shriek. “And stop calling me ‘little white hair’! Call me Master. Got it? Or you’ll starve...”
“M-Master...” Elizabeth forced the words through gritted teeth. One day, she would drain every last drop of liquid from this slime girl’s body.
The Vampire Queen made her vow.
Hehe, she had lived so long, but she had never tasted what a slime girl was like!
“From now on, that’s how you address me. Understood?”
Vieya nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the other cage holding the spider, asking cautiously, “You don’t also need to eat something weird to survive, do you?”
“No.” Jiele Xiyin’s voice was flat. “Just give me meat. Pig, dog, cow, sheep—whatever. Though my appetite might be big...” ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
“That’s easy. From now on, when you’re free, both of you can take commissions from the Adventurers’ Guild. Earn some money to cover your food and living expenses.” Vieya stood with hands on her hips, emerald eyes gleaming with pride, clearly pleased with her clever decision.
“It’s not household expenses—it’s yours,” Elizabeth said gloomily, exposing the truth. “Besides, do you really think letting two Demon Kings go out to work like that is a good idea?”
“What’s the problem?” Vieya didn’t understand.
“Do you like using a cannon to shoot shrimp?” Elizabeth said righteously. “We’re Demon Kings—you can’t make us do such petty things.”
“If you two don’t do it, do you expect me, your Master, to go?”
“You actually go work yourself?”
“Yes, why not?”
“Oh heavens, you really are a cutie,” Elizabeth said in a strange tone. “Fine then, we Demon Kings will handle the earning. You, our little cutie, can stay home and play house with your daughter.”
“I feel like you’re insulting me.”
“How could I dare? You’re the one and only precious cutie under heaven, hehe.”
“Call me Master! No other titles allowed.”
“Yes, my little Master.”
“Take off the little!“ Vieya slapped the desk—thump, thump, thump—and emphasized, “Both of you are the same. Whether outside or at home, you call me Master!”
After finishing, she took out the key and unlocked the cages, releasing the bat and the spider.
“Farewell, prison!” Elizabeth flapped her wings and threw herself straight at the white-haired little girl.
Smack!
Vieya’s vision went dark—like a bird with broken wings, she tilted backward.
Creak—!
“!”
A sharp noise rang out as the chair beneath her lost balance and toppled over heavily.
Thud!
The white-haired girl fell straight off the chair, her small body battered between chair and floor in quick succession!
The quiet study burst into chaos!
Oh no!
Elizabeth’s whole body went cold. Meanwhile, Jiele Xiyin crawled out of the cage, happily watching the scene unfold.
Hilarious—she loved nothing more than watching a colleague mess up! Double the dose! Joy!
Thud, thud, thud!
The study’s wooden door was knocked.
From outside came Aislin’s worried voice. “Vieya, are you all right? If you’re still not feeling well, get some rest early. Don’t stay up too late.”
Under the fallen chair, the white-haired girl slowly opened her eyes, head spinning. Who am I? Where is this? What am I doing?
“If you don’t answer, I’m coming in, okay?”
Oh right, I’m Vieya.
Wasn’t I just talking with those two Demon Kings? Why am I on the floor...? Ugh, something heavy’s on me—it hurts, and it’s heavy.
Click.
The handle turned, and Aislin entered, immediately seeing the white-haired girl pinned under the chair, her eyes vacant.
“What are you doing?”
Aislin couldn’t help but laugh and sigh at the same time. She quickly moved the chair away and lifted the small slime girl, placing her on the desk.
While channeling healing energy to restore her HP, she asked gently, “How are you feeling? Any better?”
“Ugh...”
Vieya frowned, her emerald eyes regaining their light as she murmured faintly, “Where’s that damn bat... I’m turning her into dried bat jerky.”
“I didn’t mean to! Who knew you were such a weakling?” Elizabeth perched on the bookshelf, going full drama queen. “I only wanted to get close to my Master—I never thought it’d cause such a terrible accident! Uuu, I’m guilty!”
“She’s lying!” Jiele Xiyin fanned the flames. “That bat only ever thinks of herself. She’s rotten to the core—you can’t trust her.”
You damn spider!
Elizabeth glared viciously at her. But as a spider, Jiele Xiyin was not about to lose a staring contest. With her many eyes, she even gained the upper hand!
“You two... I’ll remember this.”
Vieya took a deep breath, hand clutching her waist, her voice calm—like the calm before a storm.
“Aislin-sis, could you bring me the little wooden box from the bedroom?”
“The birchwood one?”
“Yes, that’s the one. Thank you, Aislin-sis.”
“......”
Aislin pinched the slime girl’s soft cheek with helpless affection, then got up and left.
At the side, Elizabeth asked fearfully, “Did you just send her to fetch the torture tools?”
“Yes. I keep them [N O V E L I G H T] in my daughter’s room.” Vieya said flatly.
Elizabeth: ...
The study fell silent.
No one knew how much time passed before Aislin returned, holding the small wooden box.
“This one?”
Vieya nodded. Under Elizabeth’s terrified gaze, she opened it—and inside were not the torture tools she’d imagined, but two brass keys engraved with ornate patterns.
“Eh, you scared me for a second. Isn’t that the key I gave you back then?”
Elizabeth relaxed a little, but soon frowned in confusion. “Why do you have two? Wait... the engravings on the other one look different.”
