Chapter 40: Blood-colored

  "What's wrong? Are you lost?" Yuuki said softly as she picked up the black kitten.

  "You're really cold-blooded, Yukisan." With a lazy glint in those beautiful purple-blue eyes, he slowly approached Yuki. "Have you forgotten about the person who's always been concerned about you?"

  "That person refers to......" Yuuki looked at Xian with a puzzled expression, as if asking her who she had forgotten.

  "Always by your side."

  "Is it zero?"

  As she opened her eyes, the black cat that was originally in Yuuki's arms suddenly widened its green pupils, as if it had seen a very frightening beast. It struggled free from Yuuki's tight embrace and scratched her hand with its sharp claws, then quickly jumped to the ground and ran into the woods. Yuuki lifted her hand and looked at the blood flowing from her fingers, and was suddenly shocked. A string of memories flashed through her mind, but she couldn't remember the ones that Kurenai had erased, because those memories would be forever forgotten...

  "I remember now, how could I have forgotten?" Seeing Yuuki had already recalled the memories that were erased by Kuranosuke, he turned around with satisfaction and walked away.

  "Wait!" Yuuki saw Izanami about to leave and rushed forward, grabbing her hand. "Maria-san, what's wrong with Rei?"

  "It's fine for now, but soon it'll be level 10 and no matter what you say, he won't listen. With a smile, he gently stroked Yuki's cheek, and at the moment of contact, Yuki stiffened noticeably. "I know Zero's method, let's make a deal, in exchange, you have to help me with something that only you can do." He said with a smile, lifting up Yuki's brown short hair.

  "What?" Yuuki gazed at Izanagi warily.

  "I'll give you three choices." SA~Yuuki's lips curled up in a sly smile, "One, go kill Jurou Kuzu, or two, I'll go rescue Kawahime Zero."

  "Two, give yourself to me, Yuuki is very kind, right?"

  Yuugi unconsciously took a step back, Hakase... absolutely not! You want to give me to this woman and have her suck my blood? No way! I'd rather not become a Level E! Third, yes... there's also the third condition.

  "Third." His eyes, which had been idle, suddenly turned cold and menacing as he gazed at Yuuki with a hint of murderous intent. "Bring me Kuroba Aoi! Today, at the ball, just complete one of these three options, and I'll go save Rei!" With that, he left Yuuki behind and walked away...

  Yuuki bit her lip, with a thick layer of cunning flashing in her eyes. That cheap woman always tries to steal Zero and Kaito-senpai from me! Just right, Akane Sakuragi seems to want to kill that woman, just right, I'll borrow her hand to get rid of her! As long as that woman disappears, both Kaito-senpai and Zero will fall in love with me! They all belong to me, no one can take them away from me!

  Looking at Zero lying on the pure white bed, although he had long been unconscious, his eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and a thin layer of fine sweat was attached to his forehead. His face had turned pale due to excessive blood loss. I looked at Zero now and frowned, taking out a light blue handkerchief with sparse blue flowers embroidered along the edges from my pocket, bringing it close to his face, leaning over to lift up the silver hair on his forehead to wipe away the sweat. Looking at his struggling eyebrows, I raised my hand to smooth them out.

  "Ah!" Before I could even retract my hand, it was grasped firmly. I couldn't help but let out a startled cry. Our eyes met, and his shallow purple gaze was filled with panic, fear, and wariness, as if he had just woken up from a nightmare that terrified him. "Have a bad dream?" A calm voice echoed through the room, but the gentle tone sounded mature. His bewildered eyes slowly cleared up, murmuring softly, "Kaito..."

  "Hmm, did I just have a nightmare? You've been frowning......" A look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and the hand that was originally pinned down was pulled down by him, then fell into his arms. He could clearly feel the trembling on his body, it seemed he had a very frightening dream. "......It's okay, you're fine, you're really fine." Being held tightly by him, she heard his voice filled with fear of losing her, and trembled. Was he worried about me? She gently patted his back to comfort him, "I'm fine, Zero."

  "Surrounding me is the scent of your blood, I...I thought......" The scent of blood? But I'm not bleeding, did he smell the scent of my blood because I was too close to him?

  "Ah!" Zero suddenly grunted, as if struggling to push me away from him. I stumbled and steadied my body, which was about to fall backwards, and looked at him with concern. In the dimly lit room, Zero's originally pale purple eyes were now flashing a deep red. Zero grasped his collar tightly and panted violently, his fangs also extended. "Get out! I will... can't hold back myself, get out!" he growled at me, his face twisted in restraint.

  "Has LEVELE been triggered?" Looking at Zero's current state, is it because of excessive blood loss and over-excitement that his LEVELE was triggered prematurely? And also, my blood is too tempting for them...

  Sighing to himself, he had originally wanted to ask for a bottle of blood from Rou, but now it seemed that he could only offer his own. He undid the bow tie and the buttons on his collar, revealing his slender, snow-white neck. "Aoi Sakura, I..." Rei struggled to hold back his desire to drink my fresh blood, his face contorted in anguish.

  "Drink my blood, you look like you haven't had a drink in ages. If you don't feed on fresh blood soon, you'll turn into dust before you know it."

  "Don't mind me! I just... just don't want to hurt you, okay?! Leave now before I lose my sanity!" Zero gritted his teeth and averted his gaze with difficulty.

  I blinked, and you're really going to become a Level E if you don't drink blood now. It will corrode your sanity and leave you with only a thirst for blood, and by that time it'll be too late. And the thought of you like that sends shivers down my spine. I pulled out a sharp blade from Blood-colored Sakura and threatened Zero. "Zero, if you don't drink, I'll have to make you bleed instead. But that seems painful, and wasteful too... maybe I should just drink first and then feed you."

  Zero tolerance for the black line, is there still a way to make people drink blood without hurting? Moreover, what if accidentally cut into the main artery, how would that be handled, this will lead to death! "Don't...this...way, I, I'll drink." Gasping violently, scarlet eyes filled with desire for blood and struggle.

  "Is that so, be gentle then." Blinking eyes, it's just that simple, I should have used this method from the start. Sat down on the bed, opened his collar, and exposed his snow-white neck to the air.

  A tingling sensation spreads from the nape of my neck, a soft tongue licking, this is a reaction before meals. Then, a sudden sharp pain spreads from the nape of my neck, making me involuntarily hum, a numbness that spreads throughout my body as he sucks fresh blood. Fresh red blood flows slowly, giving people a sense of suffocating beauty. The air is filled with a deadly and fascinating fragrance, like poppy, making people lose themselves, and like mandrake, leading people...

  As if he had drunk his fill, he licked away the blood flowing from my neck. He gently pushed me away, his eyes flashing with incredulity. I sighed inwardly, so he knew after all. Why did such troublesome things always happen these days? "Hey, Zero, I'm just the vampire you hate the most." The two holes in my neck healed at a visible rate.