Road to the abandoned house III.

(Is he serious? In this situation?)

“Kibishi Muroi.”

“Muroi? As in Miroi City?”

“I have very creative parents, as you can tell.”

“What are you doing here?”

“I was bored. What about you? What were you looking for in that box?”

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Chapter 5: Road to the Abandoned House III

“Oh, I was... uh...”

“You were?”

“Well...”

“Hm?”

“W-why do you care, huh? It’s none of your business!”

Muroi smirked. “Guess I’ll just have to make you talk with brute force.”

“B-brute... force?”

“Yeah. Ever heard of it? Super nice and soothing.”

Ruroi swallowed. “What kind of force are we talking about?”

“Well... Since vampires can regenerate, I’ll start by cutting off your fingers. Then maybe peel off some skin... just to see what happens.”

“Fine! I’ll talk! I’ll talk!”

“That’s more like it.”

“I was looking for an elixir.”

“Elixir?”

“Yeah... a speech elixir. Made by a powerful love witch. It’s supposed to help people who struggle to talk to the opposite gender.”

Muroi raised an eyebrow. “And you need this because...?”

Ruroi scratched his neck awkwardly. “I have trouble talking to women.”

“But you’re talking to me just fine.”

“That’s because... you don’t act like a woman.”

“...Charming.”

“Look, are you gonna help or not?”

“Why should I?”

“If you do, I’ll give you some exclusive noble vampire blood.”

Muroi’s ears perked up. “Is it... AB-?”

“Yup.”

AB- is a pretty rare blood type, delicious too. Just thinking about it was enough to make Muroi drool.

“Deal. Let’s find that elixir.”

(That’s all it took?)

After searching for a while...

“We’ve been at this forever. You sure it’s here?”

“Absolutely.”

“All we’ve found are useless talismans and weird potions with God-knows-what inside.”

“Oh! Don’t forget that potion made from a lizard’s head and roach legs.”

“Got any bright ideas where else to look?”

“Can’t you use your werewolf senses? You know—like sniffing or something?”

“Good idea. Lemme try.”

Muroi sniffed around the room, moving from one dusty corner to another.

“Oi.”

“What? Did you find it?”

“I have no idea what the elixir smells like.”

“Just sniff out something weird.”

“Everything here smells weird. Including you.”

Ruroi rolled his eyes. “It’s supposed to smell like strawberries. Or at least that’s what I heard.”

Muroi gave him a flat look. “And where’d you hear that?”

“Rumors. I heard it at school.”

“So you’re basing this entire mission on a rumor?”

“Well... it could be true.”

“It could also be complete crap.”

“But it could also be true!”

Muroi cracked her knuckles. “If it’s crap, I’m snapping that neck.”

“Alright, alright! Relax. You’ll still get the AB- blood for your hard work.”

“Smart move. Now, where else should we search?”

“I’m not sure... Maybe we should ask someone.”

Muroi shot him a glare. “I'm seriously going to be snapping that neck.”

“Wait, wait! I’ll call Marit—he’s good at this kind of stuff.”

“Marit?”

“Yeah. If anyone can help, it’s him.”

~TO BE CONTINUED

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