Initial Blood Dependence

Listening to Avia’s explanation, the girl asked, slightly frowning.

“Yes, although I am the representative for this negotiation, the signed terms still need to be personally brought back to the Empire for the Empress’s seal.”

Avia sat elegantly in the chair, holding the hot tea Crispin had just handed her.

“Then, if that’s the case, you’ll have to take leave from your classes for a while?”

Perhaps it was because they had already fought together as companions, or perhaps because their minds were closer due to the command spell, Selina still felt a little reluctant after hearing that Avia would be leaving for some time.

During her time at school, Avia had resolved many troubles for her, including but not limited to getting entangled with disciples, coming to her rescue midway, being invited to join the student council, the girl interrupting mid-sentence, and so on.

“Yes, calculating the travel time, it will take about a month.”

Avia calculated briefly and gave her answer.

“Actually, this time I originally intended to invite you to come with me, but considering some issues midway and your new identity, I decided against it.”

A hint of regret appeared in Avia’s eyes.

In reality, she had indeed considered taking Selina back to the Blood Empire.

She wanted to take her beloved girl to meet her family, not the parents in name, but the long-deceased mother buried in the slums…

Even if it was just taking Selina to that unknown grave, for a look.

However, this idea was shattered after meeting Philicia and being warned by her.

“Is that so? Then, before you leave, is there anything I can help you with?”

Selina, as the only one who had seen Avia’s memories, naturally understood the other’s feelings.

Thinking of Avia returning to that so-called blood-related family, even Selina’s mood wasn’t much better.

“Uh… actually, there is…”

Avia hesitated for a moment upon hearing the question, her cheeks flushing.

Her delicate voice carried a hint of abnormal stammering.

Hearing this familiar sound, a rigid memory surfaced in her mind.

Selina’s cheeks instantly turned crimson, her mouth twitched incessantly, and her gaze became somewhat evasive.

“After only a day and a half, you need that again?”

“I don’t know, it might be due to the recent loosening of my cultivation realm. I’m about to advance, and the speed of my bloodthirst has unexpectedly quickened.”

Avia’s shy voice was as faint as a mosquito’s buzz.

Due to her unstable bloodline being tempered by the Ancestral Blood within Selina’s blood, the long-stuck cultivation bottleneck the girl faced had finally begun to loosen these days.

Her impending breakthrough was originally a good thing. For vampires, a breakthrough also meant a greater need for large quantities of blood.

But in this matter, the awkwardness arose…

Avia discovered that at this critical moment, she had developed intermittent ‘first blood dependence,’ a common symptom in the royal family.

Its manifestation was that royal descendants who consumed the blood of their own kind would, for a certain period and at a certain cultivation realm, only be able to consume the blood of their initial kin.

With this symptom, Avia simply couldn’t drink anyone else’s blood, not even Hrothgar’s.

Forcibly swallowing it would cause stomach cramps and cause her to vomit the blood.

Ultimately, it was because the blood in Selina’s body, a mixture of elf blood and Ancestral Blood, was too alluring.

This led to Avia, the only one who had consumed it, developing a strong dependency, even though her bloodline had been solidified and stabilized.

Avia explained the whole story.

After understanding, Selina’s face was already flushed crimson.

She hadn’t heard most of the earlier words clearly, but now she understood one thing: until Avia fully advanced, she would probably have to continuously supply her with fresh blood.

Supplying fresh blood wasn’t a problem; after all, it was normal for an elf’s body, with its rich vitality, to quickly produce blood to replenish what was lost.

It was just—thinking about what happened the night before last, Selina felt she should dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it.

‘But girls doing that kind of thing with other girls would also cause her brain to crash for a short period!’

‘She didn’t know what she was thinking that night, to actually take the initiative to open her collar and expose her shoulder for her to drink from. Was her mind filled with naughtiness without her knowing?!’

But looking at Avia’s face, already flushed and glistening with desire from suppressing her bloodthirst, and her legs in black stockings continuously rubbing due to desire, Selina, despite her unwillingness, still couldn’t bear it.

“Um… Crispin, please excuse us.”

Crispin, who had been standing at the door, utterly bewildered, guarding for over ten minutes, finally saw the door open.

Avia emerged from it, the blood-red flush from suppressing her desire having faded, leaving only the pleasure of satisfaction.

She carried a faint scent of blood and held two sealed blood bags in her hand.

“Thank you for your guardianship.”

Avia gave a slight nod of thanks to Crispin, who was guarding outside the door, then walked away.

Crispin hurried back to the dormitory, closed the door, and then saw her Highness curled up on the bed, her face slightly flushed, her clothes disheveled.

“Your Highness, you?!”

“Don’t say anything! Keep it a secret for me!”

The girl, her face flushed, curled up in the corner of the bed.

Her pouted little face was like an angry little pufferfish, cute yet with an irresistible allure.

In the bushes not far from Girls’ Dormitory 13.

Helen, a blue-haired sea elf who was the student council president’s secretary, emerged from the disguised bushes.

She watched Avia’s receding figure, holding a communication gem in her hand, making her report aloud.

“Reporting, President. Around 2:34 PM, the target, Avia, left the dormitory door of Her Royal Highness Second Princess. She stayed for a total of 46 minutes. Upon leaving, Avia was carrying two blood bags containing blood, suspected to be the Second Princess’s blood.”

The other end of the communication gem was silent for a moment. All that could be heard from the gem was heavy breathing. Then, Philicia’s voice came through.

“I understand. Continue monitoring. Remember, do not let Selina detect your presence.”

Listening to Philicia’s narration, Helen, as the secretary, immediately grew anxious.

“Your Highness, are you truly doing nothing? Allowing a vampire to approach Her Royal Highness Second Princess carries huge hidden dangers!”

Every elf royal was extremely precious in the entire Elf Kingdom. Helen had been constantly worried for Her Royal Highness Second Princess ever since she learned Selina’s true identity.

In her eyes, Her Royal Highness Second Princess was a kind-hearted yet naive and innocent girl, easily deceived by those cunning vampires.

As a subject of the Elf Kingdom, she had to do something, no matter what.

“Don’t worry, my sister is not that fragile.”

“You just need to keep an eye on things on campus. Normally, Crispin will protect her safety. Covertly, you will need to go out and deal with some ill-intentioned individuals. As for other matters, you don’t need to interfere. I have my own plans.”

“But, Your Highness, are you just not going to acknowledge Her Royal Highness Second Princess?”

Helen felt utterly confused.

Sisters reuniting was a joyous occasion.

Now that Her Royal Highness Second Princess was also on campus, once the two princesses acknowledged each other, the student council could better protect both their Highnesses’ safety.

“Acknowledge? I want to, too…”

Philicia’s helpless voice came from inside the communication device.

“It’s just that my dear sister keeps avoiding me, not wanting to meet me. If I insisted on meeting, she would probably be unhappy herself.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t do nothing. I’m waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the girl to willingly come to me and acknowledge me. As for when, or how long it will take? That will be directly proportional to how long my silly sister spends as a body pillow in bed…”

Helen hung up the communication stone, her mouth twitching.

The heavy, resentful aura almost overflowing from the stone forced her to admit.

Philicia’s concern and obsession with Princess Selina truly ran deep. She hoped Princess Selina would soon return to Princess Philicia’s embrace.

Otherwise, the Second Princess might not have a very pleasant time in bed during the days she was recaptured.