Chapter 59: Special Uses of the Life Potion

“Take it away… Just the smell makes me want to vomit…!”

Facing the beef Luwei offered,

Lilique weakly shook her head.

“I… I don’t eat beef…”

But then, she seemed to notice something—

The expression on Luwei’s face… seemed somewhat suspicious?

Could her strange behavior have aroused suspicion??

Until the silver-haired girl before her extended a hand, rolled up her sleeve, and waved her pale, slender wrist…

“Picky eater even when you’re this hungry?”

“Is this the kind of food you want to eat…?”

Is… is this a test??

Lilique seemed to catch a whiff of that enchanting fragrance again.

She couldn’t help but fix her gaze on the girl’s wrist, right beneath that pale skin, faint blue veins winding and intertwining…

But Lilique quickly calmed down.

Because, under the effect of the Curse, even if she tasted blood, she couldn’t replenish her Mana.

Instead, it would make the girl before her suspect her Vampire identity.

Fine, I’ll eat it!

So Lilique took a deep breath, held it, closed her eyes, and bit into the steak Luwei offered…

An overwhelmingly strong, rotten stench,

Mixed with indescribable plant spices, exploded in her mouth.

She almost threw up…

And looking at Luwei’s relieved expression, Lilique felt nothing but despair.

Why must she suffer like this??

Forcing herself to swallow the steak in her mouth, tears were even brought to her eyes by the smell…

Is… is she crying because it’s delicious?

“Take your time, there’s more here~”

Luwei said quite considerately.

Watching Lilique swallow the food whole without even chewing, she finally dispelled her doubts.

“I don’t like beef, I want to eat grass…”

This was Lilique’s final compromise!

At least eating grass wouldn’t make her feel nauseous.

“Eat… grass?”

The strange phrasing made Luwei pause,

But she quickly understood.

Indeed, for someone who hasn’t eaten for several days, beef might be hard to digest.

So, Luwei asked the server to bring a vegetable salad and sweet porridge…

Watching the little one slowly finish the food before her,

Luwei felt somewhat soothed inside.

Wow~~

Lolis are right!

Her Gold Coins should be used to nurture such harmless little cuties, not a bunch of gyaru female leads who are always plotting revenge against her!

“Are you full already?”

Watching Lilique put down her knife and fork, wipe her mouth, but still look listless… Luwei couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

What’s wrong?

It shouldn’t be… Could it be that Lilique wasn’t just hungry?

Luwei began to ponder.

From the very beginning, she had noticed that Lilique’s skin was excessively pale, and she was so weak.

Could it be that—

When she was living on the streets, she suffered some injury?

Coupled with the fact that she had been quiet and didn’t speak much, Luwei became even more convinced of her theory.

Probably, she doesn’t want others to worry, right?

Thinking this, Luwei curled the corner of her mouth, revealing what she thought was a gentle smile.

“Lilique? Is there anywhere on your body that doesn’t feel well?”

“Let me give you a check-up~~”

But before Lilique could answer,

A loud clatter suddenly came from beside them.

Luwei looked over in confusion and found that Shuangsha had stood up too abruptly, accidentally bumping her knee against the table.

And even stranger,

Her usually expressionless face now wore a look of constipation…

“…?”

“I’m going to… the restroom…”

Feeling Luwei’s puzzled gaze, Shuangsha explained.

After Shuangsha excused herself, the small restaurant private room held only Luwei and Lilique.

“……”

Having personally witnessed Luwei’s eerie smile,

A faint trace of fear had surfaced in Lilique’s eyes.

What does this silver-haired person want to do?

First taking her to eat, now saying she wants to check her body…

Could she really have noticed something?

Fortunately now, her powerful bodyguard was temporarily absent.

If she wanted to escape, this was absolutely the best opportunity!

Thinking this, Lilique rallied her spirits, trying hard to mobilize the thin, almost nonexistent Mana within her body…

But suddenly, Luwei beside her spoke again:

“Lilique? Are you feeling embarrassed…?”

“Hmm, it’s okay if you don’t want a check-up, I’m just a little worried…”

“How about you drink this instead.”

Saying this, Luwei took out a potion from her bosom.

It was a potion color Lilique had never seen before…

No, what kind of potion has a blood-red appearance?

Is this… blood?

Lilique’s expression turned somewhat grim.

Could this person still be testing her?

No, she must not let her find out about her Vampire identity!

“I won’t drink your stuff…”

This human before her seemed to hold a high status.

If she learned about the Vampires, the news could very well reach that mysterious powerful individual!

“No need to be so wary… How about I take a sip first to show you?”

Saying this, Luwei pulled out the potion’s stopper, making a show of about to take a sip…

But just then—

Lilique felt an overwhelmingly rich aroma waft from the bottle’s mouth.

It ruthlessly invaded her nostrils, instantly triggering her bloodthirsty instincts.

“!?”

What is this?

Lilique’s mind only had time to form this one thought,

Then, her reason was completely shattered by an irresistible craving—the scent of this potion was even more alluring than blood!

Even if she slit a prey’s fragile neck, watched them struggle desperately in a pool of blood, felt that rich, bloody scent cover her entire body… Lilique wouldn’t be as excited as she was now.

Staring at that blood-red potion, Lilique’s eyes emitted an eerie red glow, something even her magical disguise couldn’t conceal.

“Give it to me!”

As soon as the words left her mouth, she pounced on Luwei without hesitation.

“Huh?”

Luwei had completely not anticipated Lilique would act like this.

As expected… the unprepared Luwei was knocked down.

She lost her grip, and the Life Potion in her hand spilled all over her face.

“Cough, cough…”

Some went up her nose, some flowed into her ears… So she frantically tried to wipe the potion off her face.

But then she realized—

Her hands seemed to be pinned down by something…

The potion had also splashed into Luwei’s eyes, a faint stinging pain making it hard to open them.

“Wh-what’s going on…”

Luwei felt someone straddling her, and moreover, that person’s head was getting closer and closer… so close she could feel their heavy breathing.

“Lilique…?”

The other person didn’t speak.

Instead—

A wet, soft tongue landed on her face.

Luwei hadn’t managed to wipe the potion off her face,

But Lilique helped her… lick it clean…?

Luwei felt a buzzing in her head, she could hardly comprehend the current situation…

Until,

Bang!

A loud noise came as the restaurant private room door was violently pushed open.

“Master?”

Hearing the unusual commotion, Shuangsha immediately rushed in…

But seeing the scene before her, she suddenly froze.

The black-haired girl was pinning her Master down, sticking out her little tongue, diligently licking all over the other’s face…

“My apologies.”

Shuangsha turned and left without hesitation, even gently closing the private room door on her way out.

Hearing Shuangsha’s voice, Luwei seemed to have grabbed onto a lifeline.

“Is… is that you, Shuangsha?”

“Hey, don’t go… Help me move Lilique away!”

But no matter how sincerely she called out, it didn’t make Shuangsha turn back.

Instead, it made Shuangsha even more certain of her conclusion—

Her Master, indeed, liked being pinned down by others.

Though the prerequisite was, the other party had to be sufficiently “safe”…?