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“No…!”

My bare skin is exposed to the night air, and my body trembles.
Even if I wanted to cover the parts that have been exposed, the chains binding my limbs won’t let me. All that echoes is a hoarse sound.
Looking down at me with a gaze that feels like it’s clinging to me, Elsie forms the words.

“Haa… this snow-white skin… beautiful body untouched by anyone… I’m looking forward to it, so looking forward to it! No, no! I had been looking forward to this! From now on, it’s time for the fun!!”
“N-no…!”

Her fingers meticulously trace my body. Her movements, as if she were inspecting a product, send a shiver down my spine.
And even though she’s doing whatever she wants with my body, all I can do is squirm slightly.
My bed, which is usually so soft and cozy, now feels like a soft cage designed to trap me, and I feel terribly anxious.

“…You’re quite innocent, aren’t you?”
“Huh…?”
“Even though you possess such immense power, enough to make a name for yourself if you ever wanted, your heart is completely innocent. You’re like a child bewildered by emotions they’ve only just begun to feel.”
“What are you—”
“You don’t know what true fear is, do you? Or true joy? Or true pleasure? Don’t worry—I’ll teach you everything.”
“What do you mean… mmph!?”
“Mmm, chu…”

A wet sensation crept across her skin.
She was sucked on here and there, licked, and sometimes caressed with fangs.
The slurping sounds reached her ears, sending a shiver down her spine.
Perhaps because her face was buried there, a sweet scent filled the air, making her dizzy.

“Eek”

It’s different from just feeling sick. It’s a sensation that if I don’t make a sound, something inside me will snap, and I won’t be able to take it anymore.

A slimy tongue presses against me, and it feels as if my consciousness is being rewritten from there.
The skin where it’s sucking on me tingles and feels intensely hot.
The fangs crawling over me feel just like being roughly scratched.
My skin is being devoured roughly yet meticulously. It’s itchy and unpleasant, and a moan is forcibly wrung from me.

“H-ah… W-what… is this…!?”
“Hmm~? …Hehe. Well then, I’ll tell you exactly what that is.”

Elsie’s lips twisted into a smirk as she laughed maliciously.
Reflecting the moonlight, her fangs glinted menacingly. Just like the eyes of a bloodthirsty beast.

“S-stop… please stop…!”

I had a terrible feeling. If I let her do this, if she told me, I felt like I wouldn’t be able to stay the person I’ve always been.
Even though I knew it was useless, I made my chains clang like a scream.
Watching me struggle in vain, Elsie laughed gleefully.

“Ah, yes, that look! That’s the look I wanted to see! So cute! So cute! Absolutely wonderful! …Hey, Argento. How about crying this time?”
“Ah…!”

A blissful smile descended upon my neck.
Even if I shook my head in refusal, there was no way I could escape with just that—and there was no way I’d be spared.
Another person’s fangs pierced my skin and tore into my flesh.

“Hii, aaaaaah!?”
“Mmm, chu… nku… ♪”

It’s completely different from biting myself and drawing blood.
The bleeding doesn’t hurt; I just feel the strength draining from my body. There’s a strange sense of release, and yet, the fangs embedded in me are terribly hot.

“Ah, ha, just as I thought, it’s delicious… the best taste ever…♪”
“H-h, aaaah…”

Being drained of blood felt much stronger than having my skin sucked on; it was a sensation as if even my nerves were being caressed.
I could hear the steady, rhythmic gurgling in its throat, and with each sound, I realized just how much blood was being drawn from me.

Everything before my eyes flickered, growing brighter then immediately darker, and my consciousness rose and fell.
As if heat were being poured into me from the bite mark, my whole body went into a sweet numbness that wouldn’t stop.
I shuddered and couldn’t hold back a moan. My strength melted away from my entire body—so much so that I had no energy left to protest, deny, or refuse. I was being swallowed whole.

“Mmm, slurp, mmm… hehe… mmm, mmm, gulp.”
“Noo!? Ahh, ahh…!!”

The wound was pried open, and without even a moment to consider that I was under the night sky, I was forced to cry out.

Every time I was forced to squeeze out a sickly sweet voice like a little girl, I became acutely aware of just how different my body was now compared to “before.”
A sweet, numbing sensation made my body convulse, robbing me of all my strength and stripping my heart of any will to resist.

“Puhah…♪ Ha, ah… Just as I thought—You have the most exquisite mana!”
“Ah, nfa… m-ma…na…?”
“Oh my, you don’t even know about bloodsucking? We drink blood to absorb our victims’ mana. Vampires are essentially masses of mana, and our very existence is unstable. We need to regularly draw mana from someone to stabilize our existence… but I suppose that sort of academic explanation is irrelevant, isn’t it?”
“Hyah… hiuu…”

I don’t understand what she’s saying.
My head feels all fuzzy; even when I can hear her words, I can’t make sense of them.
As she gently stroked my wound, all I could do was flinch. Even that slight touch sent a tingling sensation through my whole body, causing a sweet moan to escape my lips.

“What matters is what a vampire gives when she drinks blood. When we drink blood, we give the other person what lies deepest in our hearts, you see?”
“Heart…?”
“Yes. The thing you feel so strongly—so, so strongly—that you want to give to the other person. In my case, it’s ‘pleasure.’ I make them feel good, and good, and good—I give them melting, blissful pleasure until they feel it’s okay to devote everything to me.”
“No, that means…”
“That’s right. You’re letting me drink your blood—and I’m making you ffeel sooo good.”

Hearing it spoken so clearly, my body flared with heat.
Because I realized exactly what was being done to me. And because I could already foresee what would happen if this continued.
That realization felt like a chill, sending shivers racing through my entire body. It was so intense that I felt like I wouldn’t be able to think straight if this went on.

“You seem quite resistant to curses and magic… but what I give through bloodsucking is a little different from a curse. It’s just a characteristic of mine. …Well, it seems you still haven’t quite let go of me, so this time, I’ll make sure to corrupt you, okay?”
“Eek… n-no, I’m really going to turn into a girl…”
“Hehe, hearing you say something so cute really gets me fired up… Come on, let’s do something pleasurable, just between us girls?”
“Ah, no, stop… No, no, please don’t…”
“Ahahaha♪ Not a chance♪ Didn’t I tell you? We’re going to play until you can’t breathe. The ‘you’ that existed until today ends right here. Starting tomorrow, you’re my, and only mine, cute bride! So… let’s enjoy our wedding night, okay?”

Elsie laughs with a voice brimming with satisfaction. Then, once again, she slowly brings her face close to my neck.
I can end this—thinking that, I close my eyes as if to escape from there. It was the only thing I could think of to do.
A feeling akin to resignation or despair. Her fangs press against me, and a “Hii!” escapes my lips naturally.

“Fufufu, here I go…!”

The words meant to finish me off were never fully spoken.
That’s because Elsie pulled away from me just before she could finish.

“Huh…?”

The sudden weight pressing down on me vanished, so I opened my eyes.
A moment later, something swept past right above me—exactly where Elsie had been just a moment ago.
She must have moved away from me to avoid it. But what was that just now…?

“What—”
“—Arje, are you okay?”

A clear, dignified voice cut through the fog of my confusion.
I recognized that voice. Even though it had only been a few days since I hadn’t, I had had heard it every day.
She’d always spoken to me—nagging, yet gentle—no matter what.
Clanking my chains, I sat up as much as I could. My body was still drained of strength, but even so, I wanted to see her face. That’s why.

Her left eye was a gentle shade of purple, her right a golden hue, both narrowed slightly.
Brown hair pulled back to the side, radiating a warm aura.
Her ample chest was heaving because her breathing was ragged. She must have rushed all the way here.

“Felnoute-san…?”

Just like a knight straight out of a fairy tale.
A familiar face was standing there.