chapter 245 - Can I Touch Your Ears!?
Amaterasu Kuro, finding Kaiser incomprehensible, walked away with her wine glass. Kaiser scratched her head in frustration, then stood up, her imposing figure casting a shadow that made the surrounding vampires shrink back. But Kaiser wasn’t looking for trouble. She approached the bar, where Wen Xi sat weeping softly, her shoulders shaking. Kaiser, not one for gentle comfort, simply placed a hand on Wen Xi’s shoulder, a gesture that, for the heartbroken girl, was enough. All her grievances seemed to melt away in Kaiser’s presence.
“Wen Xi,” Kaiser said, her voice surprisingly soft, “dance with # Nоvеlight # me.”
Wen Xi looked up, her eyes red and swollen, but a shy smile touched her lips as she wiped away her tears. “…Okay,” she whispered.
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“What kind of people are they?” Adele muttered, her arm around Sharon’s waist as they danced.
Sharon, lost in the music and the rhythm of their dance, opened her eyes and saw Adele’s disgruntled expression.
“What’s wrong, my… Adele?”
“Nothing, just a pair of… bitchy girls,” Adele replied, her gaze fixed on Kaiser and Wen Xi. She couldn’t help but feel a pang of sympathy for the werewolf hybrid, and a surge of disgust for Kaiser and Wen Xi, now dancing together as if nothing had happened. She couldn’t understand what that woman (Wen Xi) was thinking.
Hello, it was Wen Xi who inexplicably picked a fight with Wofoo, slapping her and exposing her carefully hidden werewolf traits to the entire vampire society at the ball, subjecting her to their discriminatory gazes.
And then she was the one acting all heartbroken, crying at the bar as if the world had ended.
And in the end, Kaiser even went to comfort her.
It was utterly disgusting!
It made Kaiser’s image plummet in Adele’s eyes.
But as Dorothy’s challenger, Kaiser was already on Adele’s opposing side.
Sharon followed Adele’s gaze and saw Kaiser and Wen Xi dancing together on the other side of the dance floor.
Kaiser was tall, and Wen Xi was beautiful and sexy. Anyone would think they were a perfect match.
But unlike Wen Xi, who was completely immersed in the dance and looked satisfied, Kaiser seemed a little distracted, her eyes wandering.
And her gaze briefly met Sharon’s, but it wasn’t really directed at her.
Sharon suddenly realized something and quickly changed her dance steps.
Taking this opportunity, she completely shielded Adele with her body.
“S-Sharon?”
The sudden change in dance steps made Adele, a novice dancer, unable to react.
The girl’s breathing became erratic, and she didn’t know where to step next.
Fortunately, Sharon guided her with her body, letting Adele lean against her chest. This way, even if Adele made a mistake, she could bury her face in Sharon’s chest to hide her embarrassment.
“Adele, be careful of that Kaiser person, she seems to be targeting you!” Sharon said anxiously.
“Eh…”
“Although I don’t know what her purpose is, and based on the information I have so far, she’s not a bad person, but she definitely has flaws in her personality.”
“Perhaps she wants to use you to find Dorothy’s weakness and then defeat her.”
“Or… she sees you as Dorothy’s weakness!”
“Anyway, Adele, it’s best to be careful and avoid her.”
“I… I understand.”
Although Adele was a little confused, Sharon was someone she trusted wholeheartedly.
No matter what, Sharon wouldn’t harm her.
Besides, Adele already had a bad impression of Kaiser and wanted to avoid her.
Kaiser noticed Sharon’s actions and realized that she was deliberately shielding Adele.
Just as she was wondering why, she saw a girl rise slightly on her toes behind Sharon, revealing half of her head.
Those pink eyes were truly unforgettable, pure and seductive, as if they captured the most brilliant moment in the world, the moment when cherry blossoms bloomed.
It would have been better if she hadn’t rolled her eyes at Kaiser.
Kaiser: ?
She didn’t quite understand why Adele suddenly seemed to dislike her.
Just like she didn’t understand why Wen Xi was angry again.
Wen Xi’s eyes were red-rimmed, like a little rabbit’s.
“Are other women… that good-looking!?”
“Kaiser, you jerk!”
“…”
But Kaiser had danced with her.
Women were really hard to please.
Kaiser was left alone on the dance floor by her partner.
Amaterasu Kuro and Tsukimi Shiro, who were in the distance, chuckled at her.
Amaterasu Kuro successfully used this opportunity to tease Kaiser and naturally came to her sister’s side, starting a conversation.
Or maybe Tsukimi Shiro had been waiting for her all along.
There were no overnight feuds between sisters.
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The vampire night, under the crimson, demonic moon, could bring peace to every vampire’s heart.
Except for Wofoo, whose body contained werewolf blood.
She was running frantically through the streets of Twilight City, clutching her baseball cap, her eyes turning a chilling blue at some point, as if she had lost all reason, terrifying like a demon.
At the same time, strange changes began to occur in the girl’s body.
Her fangs elongated, almost protruding from her lips. Her nails grew into sharp claws, and her ash-gray hair lengthened wildly, cascading down to her ankles, flowing behind her like storm clouds as she ran.
As for her tail…
She had none. Wofoo had undergone tail docking at a young age…
All that remained was a small, pathetic tuft of fur near her tailbone, a constant reminder of her shame and humiliation.
But compared to her ancestors, she was much better off.
It was said that the werewolf captives abandoned in Twilight City were treated brutally. The men became slaves and laborers, while the women were forced into prostitution to atone for their invasion of vampire territory.
Although most vampires believed that werewolves were unworthy of leaving behind their filthy bloodline and proposed sterilizing them all…
Some disagreed, believing that werewolves could become their slaves for generations.
During this process, some pure-blooded werewolves were born, and some hybrids like Wofoo – most likely because of failed contraceptive measures.
Wofoo was a descendant of a high-ranking vampire and a werewolf. She was part of a very small minority.
But in terms of numbers, the thousands, even tens of thousands, of werewolf hybrids were still a force to be reckoned with.
And not all werewolf hybrids were slaves, laborers, or prostitutes.
There were girls like Wofoo, who had outstanding abilities, born from high-ranking vampire nobles (Sequence Three and above), but they weren’t recognized.
However, even without recognition, this bloodline was enough to change their fate.
Wofoo had the right to attend school, the right to find a job freely.
Even though she wasn’t yet on equal footing with vampires, at least she had gone from being treated like livestock to kneeling, a half-vampire who could see half of the future that vampire girls had.
Although she still suffered discrimination and ostracism during her schooling…
Even though she was fortunate enough to be recognized by Kaiser and become a member of her small group, she still wasn’t respected, as if anyone could order her around and bully her.
But this was already the best path she could take.
Would she rather not learn anything, not become stronger, and become a prostitute or a sex toy for others to play with?
She had seen werewolf hybrid girls like that, collared and leashed, naked, their fluffy tails wagging obsequiously.
At that moment, Wofoo suddenly understood why her mother insisted on docking her tail.
Tail docking meant severing ties with the werewolves, completely converting to the vampire race, and gaining a chance to integrate into vampire society. She couldn’t have her ears removed, that would be fatal. If she hadn’t had her tail docked, perhaps she would be no different from that girl today…
Later, Wofoo tried to approach the girl who was being treated as a sex slave.
She was yelled at, bitten…
Whether it was out of jealousy or some other reason…
No matter how much she bled…
Wofoo forgave her.
Because she saw tears in the girl’s eyes.
The girl finally threw herself into Wofoo’s arms, her whimpers turning into uncontrollable sobs.
From that moment on, something indescribable appeared in Wofoo’s eyes.
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After running for an unknown amount of time, Wofoo collapsed on the ground, exhausted, ignoring the dust.
She looked up at the demonic moon that drove her mad.
Her cap fell off, revealing the fluffy beast ears that Adele longed for.
No one knew what she was thinking.
Only after regaining her strength did she stand up, pick up her cap, and walk back in the direction she came from.
The girl’s frenzied appearance gradually subsided, and she returned to her normal self.
She had to go back to the banquet hall where the ball was being held, she had to go back there.
And apologize to Wen Xi.
She was the one who had been inexplicably slapped.
She had never known how she had offended Wen Xi.
She was the one who had been insulted and subjected to those discriminatory gazes.
All the bad things belonged to her, she was always the pitiful one…
But even so, she still didn’t want to leave Kaiser’s circle.
Because if she left…
Wofoo would become a truly homeless dog.
Perhaps this meant that she was like a dog in Kaiser’s small group.
But how many people couldn’t even be a dog?
“Huff… huff…”
The girl’s breathing was heavy, her lungs aching with every breath.
Perhaps because she had been running too fast.
Even Kaiser would have to be serious to catch up to her.
But to get back to the banquet hall before the ball ended…
Wofoo started running again.
About ten minutes later, she pulled her cap low and returned to the place where the elite young vampires gathered, danced, and exuded hormones.
The slap mark on her left cheek had almost completely disappeared.
She started rehearsing in her heart.
“I’m sorry, Miss Wen…”
Too ordinary.
“Sorry, does your hand still hurt?”
Too pathetic.
“I’m really sorry for letting you see a werewolf hybrid, I’ll leave now.”
What a loser! (I’m so sorry for letting you see a loser, I’ll leave now. Wojak meme)
After thinking about it, she couldn’t find a suitable way to apologize.
But there’s always a way, even if she wasn’t prepared, Wofoo still pushed open the door in front of her.
And then, she saw her.
A girl who left a deep impression, with a sweet appearance, pure and innocent.
But when she narrowed her pink eyes and smiled, she looked like a sly little fox.
Or rather, a “mischievous fox.”
“I’ve been waiting for you.”
“My name is Adele.”
“If you don’t mind… can I touch your ears!?”