-Somewhere in Northwestern Sabasa Desert-

Contrary to human mythology surrounding vampires, they do not burn in the sunlight, nor do they need to subsist on blood to survive. They have normal sleeping schedules like all other living things on the planet, and do not sleep during the day. They're simply the estranged cousins of succubi that, while infamous for their lust of blood, do not actually need blood to survive. Much like all succubi in the world, semen is essential to their survival, however unlike succubi it can be substituted for blood when necessary. It was a genetic defense mechanism that certain succubi inherited during the Monster Wars. If anyone is to be blamed for these abominations' existences, it'd be the cruel reality that created them. They're much more resilient and durable than any other monster girl of their class, and can live in habitats otherwise uninhabitable to other humanoid monster girls. Even a scorching desert.

I limped across the vast and seamless Sabasa desert, clutching my nether regions tightly with my gloved hands. My monocle has been smashed to pieces in my previous scuffle, and as a result my vision was blurred in one eye. Which was really annoying. The sky was tinted an orange hue by the setting sun. I began to get lost in my thoughts wandering aimlessly.

"That bastard hero… Alice is going to be furious with me if she finds out what happened at that Inn. I can't believe that asshole punched the inside of my vagina! Truly the lowest of scum. If I find him again, I'll cut off his dick and balls and bring them back to the Monster Lord!"

I yawned, and put my gloved hand over my mouth, as it was bad manners to do otherwise.

"Well I guess there's not much I can do now… I need a nap. This sun is just too hot for me, and the damn sand keeps blowing into my eyes and hair."

I stood still and looked far and wide for a place to rest.

"Oh! Is that-?"

I spotted a small shade of darkness in the desert terrain that inclined downwards into the planet. That probably meant a cave. It was at least a mile or so away, so it'd probably take around an hour and a half to get to it in the state I'm in right now. I moved inch by inch towards it until I eventually got to it by sheer willpower. When I arrived, my body slumped against the cool rocks inside the cave, and slouched down to the ground. While I could last considerably longer than a human without food or water, it was the semen withdrawal that was eating at my psyche the most. If a vampire or succubus goes too long without drinking semen, they turn feral and lose their consciousnesses forever, making them more akin to ravage beasts. The last human that I'd fed on was Luka back at the tavern, almost 12 hours ago or so. As a result, panic began to creep up my spine like first rising vibes of an acid frenzy. It was more of a primal instinct than a real fleshed out thought process. My body was telling me to feed.

"Damn… you… Luka…"

I took off my mantle, and used it as a blanket. It was a much better alternative than the cold rocky floor. I took off the rest of my attire, and lay naked in the dark night sky. As the fear and pain began to mix with each other, I felt a sense of overwhelming exhaustion overtaken me. My vision began to blacken, and my mind was tired of thinking all at once. I put my head on one side of the mantle, and slept for the first time in a long while.

…

A bolt of lightning struck the ground somewhere far away. A huge crackling sound echoed throughout the desert, and for a fraction of a second, the lightning illuminated the cave. A figure crept towards the sleeping vampire's body, watching her breathing intently. His head was covered with a mask, and he was wearing a red cape. He was listening to his imaginary friend talk to him.

"Just kill her be done with it Luka, you know she's been following us since back then."

I was creeping towards the vampire with a green cloth hat I'd cut holes in for a mouth and eyes. It was much too big for me. I'd bought it back in Sabasa in order to hide my identity. More lightning struck and thundered throughout the land, and as I saw my shadow cast upon the cave walls, it looked as if I were the monster described in some horror novel. I took my cloth mask off, as I only had it on in case she had brought company.

"What are you doing? Why are you getting so close to her?"

I was silent so as to not wake up the sleeping monster beneath me. It was only then I noticed her clothes were all scattered around her, and she was totally naked. A glove here, a kneesock there, even her prized bow necktie, all strewn about like garbage. I picked up her panties and sniffed them, knowing nobody but Ilias would be able to see such a crime.

"Man, you're a special type of twisted pervert. I said kill her, not rape her!"

I put my hand on the back of her scalp and ran my fingers through her hair, and stopped at her cheeks. Her sleeping expression looked so calm and peaceful. I didn't go any further than that though, so I inscribed a message on the cave wall with a stone for her when she wakes up.

I got up and began to run away back into the desert.

"Luka what the hell are you doing?! What does any of this mean? Why did we come here?"

"Just wanted to make sure she wasn't going to hurt us."

…

"Aaaaowww…"

The morning came quicker than expected. The pain and fear came roaring back all at once. If I didn't get any blood or semen by noon, there probably will be dire consequences. It was strange though. Had my clothing been shifted while I was sleeping? I didn't think much of it though, I had much more pressing issues. After I got dressed up, the light shone into the cave and illuminated a string of letters on the wall.

"Wha…"

The writing on the wall said, "MEE† Δ† LAKE". I climbed out of the cave, and stood at the top of a sand dune. The sun shone down brightly and heavily. One of the biggest reasons for the vampire coup was the Vampire Queen had thought nobody would ever expect for there to be vampires in the middle of a desert. I suppose the reason being is no vampire would be stupid enough to isolate themselves in a giant baking oven. I surveyed the surrounding area with my enhanced eyesight. There was indeed a lake nearby, maybe a few yards away, I hadn't seen it last night due to the wind blowing sand everywhere and obscuring my vision.

"..."

As the closer I got to the "lake", I soon discovered that it wasn't a lake, and was in fact an oasis.

"The Oasis of Blessings…"

I muttered quietly to myself. The closer I got to the oasis, the more silent I ended up becoming. I was weary of strange messages appearing for me while I was sleeping. If there really is somebody out here, I can't let them get away from me. It's me or them at this point. If it means I get to live another day, I'll drain the blood of a bird if need be.

"...Hm?"

I arrived at the front of the oasis. Palm trees were growing on patches of green grass that surrounded the pool of water. There seemed to be no forms of life here whatsoever. Yet eerily so, I felt I was being watched. Even though there was no way of proving it to myself, I trusted my monster's sixth sense more so than my own eyes and ears.

「Mothership」

I quietly whispered and summoned my stand. My ability is an assortment of molecules that can spread anywhere in my general vicinity. They are unnoticeable to the naked eye, and they scourge and restrain any and all dangers that may harm me. If deemed unreasonable in my mind, the particles will simply pile onto the threat's molecular structure and deform it from the inside out, if the threat was organic it would be transformed into a deformed monstrosity that would wish it were dead. But as long as I'm not within 5 or 6 feet of the person or thing that may threaten me, my stand is next to useless.

"You can quit messing around with your ability. I'm not here to fight you if that's what you're thinking. I bet in the state you're in now a gust of wind could knock you over, and you might not get back up."

A voice rang out from somewhere close. I couldn't make out exactly where, but it clearly wasn't close enough to「Mothership」otherwise the person speaking would be hoisted up into the air and restrained. The only option was to speak up.

"The only person I can imagine you being is Luka, right? How did you figure out I was following you?"

"You did a pretty sloppy job covering your tracks if what you're trying to imply is that you were hard to spot. You made a b-line straight for cover last night, which probably means your rations have run out and you're getting weaker without any blood or semen, right?"

I was hiding in the leaves of one of the palm trees, watching the vampire stand stationery calling out to me. In the tree, Ilias sat on one of the branches below me swinging her legs back and forth. She wasn't happy that I was going through with this plan of mine, and was definitely more aggravated by the thought of losing her precious permanent state of alone time with me.

"I'm telling you Luka, she's just going to wack you over the head, and either rape you to death or use you as a sex slave the rest of your life. That's what vampires do. No in-betweens. Maybe you found a way to normalize succubi, but there's no redeeming those… things."

I ignored the insanity coming out of Ilias' mouth and tried my hardest to focus on the conversation at hand.

"That's right. I'm not going to last much longer without a refill. And the only saving grace I have is you, so here's the deal. Either you come out here and willfully give me some of your blood, or I kill you and take it that way."

I had my chance in front of me. I stood up and jumped down out of the tree I was in. The action caused the vampire to flinch for a split second, and then turn around almost instantaneously. She had an angry facial expression, with a tint of fear to it. It was the same look upon that of a child forced by their father to hunt their first kill for dinner. I could tell she didn't want to fight, nor did she expect to win for that matter if she did. This was her last ditch-effort to save her own skin.

"OK."

I pulled down a part of my shirt to expose my neck. I stood still in the position I was in and waited for her to respond.

"What? Why are you showing me your neck? Are you all there in the head? Do you like having your blood forcefully sucked out of your body?"

I hung my head and listened to the vampire's qualms. She still wasn't convinced I was going to just let her take blood from me. She probably thought it to be a trap.

"I'm not tricking you, you can tie me up with your stand if you wish. But the second you try and do anything that may kill me or make me lose consciousness, you'll wish you went feral. Are we clear?"

The vampire gave me an untrusting gaze. She was fearful, but she had no other options. This will make it so that she can't report back to Alice, as she'll be under my thumb. She lowered her fighting stance and began slowly walking towards me. It seemed her last encounter with me had left her more injured than I originally thought.

"Hmph. Fine. I'll allow you to donate your blood to me just this once. You better not try anything funny when I bite you, I'm warning you it'll make you feel erotic."

The girl stood behind me, and held the bottom of my neck. She used another hand to wrap around my waist in order to hold me in position.

"O-ok I'm going to start sucking now. Don't move or it'll hurt really bad."

"I don't fear the pain. Just do it already."

She put her lips against my neck, and all at once I could feel her warm breath seeping down my chest and into my shirt. Suddenly I felt a prickling sensation, and I had a euphoric lust come over me. It felt like someone had spiked my drink at a tavern with an aphrodisiac. I still endured though, as I remembered she'd said moving causes more pain. I could hear her sucking my neck as if it were a piece of candy. She smacked her lips and swallowed my blood all at once. Her breath got heavier and more erratic, causing her to breath heavily down my neck, and onto my chest. This all served to make me even more horny. After around 2 minutes of this event, she relinquished my neck, and jumped back a few feet immediately after finishing.

"Your blood… tastes good."

It almost sounded as if there was shame in her voice when she said those words. She wiped her mouth with her gloves, hung her head, and didn't look me in the eye. It seemed as though there was something more she wanted.

"Also I'm uh… sorry for punching you in the… you know…"

I looked away from her as I said that. I felt as though it was embarrassing enough that I did something as barbaric as that in the first place.

"Well, that really hurt, you prick! I'll only forgive you if you let me kick you in the balls!"

"Wh-what?! Wait no- I'm sorry, I really am! I didn't- I was just-"

I looked back at her as she said that. Her embarrassed look about her was gone. She had both her arms crossed and was peering directly at me. It seemed she really was serious about what she said.

"Alright. You can do that if it makes you feel better."

I hung my head, and forced the dreadful words out of my mouth. My voice sounded defeated. I knew what I did was unfounded and downright mean. It was because I did that to her she almost died. I suppose I owe her this catharsis.

"Hey, I didn't consent to this! Don't let this random degenerate smash your balls to pieces Luka! Don't you have any heart? Imagine how I feel!"

I ignored Ilias' protests. I listened with gloom to what the vampire told me to do next.

"Alright, undress your lower half. I'll make sure to get rid of any excess euphoria I may have dumped into you when I sucked you."

I undid the buckle on my waist, and slipped all my clothing down to my ankles that covered my nether regions. The vampire just watched with a vengeful gaze before closing the gap between us. Although she could probably tell I was nervous, there was no mercy in her eyes.

"Alright, turn around."

I turned away so as to not face her. She was lining up her shot.

"Luka stop this at once! This is madness! What if your balls are permanently damaged from this? What if you can't ejaculate ever again? Put an end to this now please!"

The screams of the damned ringed in my ears. Ilias was begging for a way out, but she was locked into this ride with me. I suppose it's better to suffer in company than to suffer alone.

"I'm going to do it. Prepare yourself."

I felt the warm arid climate glisten over my genitals. It felt nice, it'd be a nice place to have-

*THUMP*

In an instant, I felt the vampire's foot connect with my family jewels at an unknowable speed. It stayed there for a few seconds, grinding the impact site. She was nice enough to at least take her shoe and sock off on that foot. I fell to the ground like a crumpled up piece of paper tossed into a trash can. I held in any and all words that might've tried to escape my lips, as they all were pitiful moans or noises, which would've been even more embarrassing.

"HIIIII?!"

I heard Ilias exclaim somewhere behind me. If my ears weren't deceiving me, it almost sounded like she was whimpering like an abused puppy. I honestly felt really bad. I managed to crane my head upwards and look at the vampire. She'd already put her shoe back on, and her vengeful look about her was gone.

"Now we're even…"

The pain of getting kicked there was like a burning sensation that didn't go away, as if someone lit an invisible fire beneath my dick. I positioned my arms in front of me, and tried to stand back up. I swerved back and forth for a second, and then quickly realized I was still half naked. I began pulling my pants back up past my ankles when the vampire put one hand on my lower leg, preventing me from pulling up any further.

"Hey. I know I can be mean, but surely you are in a lot of pain now, right? Even if you're hiding it on your face, I can tell."

"Yeah, I am. I don't really need consultation on it though. There's not much you can really do about it now anyways."

Beyond my current ability to do anything about it, the vampire put both her arms around my back, and purposely made me fall forwards along with her. I landed on top of her exposed skin.

-Lime Scenes Ahead-

"Owww. What's your deal? Didn't I already give you what you wanted? What more could you-"

I stopped talking dead in my tracks. The vampire girl clung to me like a spider about to wrap it's prey in a cocoon, and my penis was still exposed to the fresh air. She was laying on her mantle as a sort of pillow, and I was laying on her. Her arms and legs were preventing my arms or legs from moving whatsoever. My dick pressed up against her panties, and just like that I was as hard as a rock. She giggled to me, and I had nowhere to look but at her face. Her eyes were looking into my soul as she toyed with me some more. The vampire's gaze only served to make me more excited.

"Let me give you a tiny reward for being so nice to me."

"Some reward! You just want more food, isn't that right? I thought you had stopped sucking my blood too early…"

There was no more fighting I could do to stop what was about to happen. My words only made her grin, and thus only served to make me more horny. She knew I knew what she wanted, and she didn't care. I could feel her maneuvering around her panties so that it exposed her genitals, and made it so that I could screw into her.

"Are you ready? I'll be nice and gentle this time, I promise. Just tell me when you feel comfortable starting."

It was a sham trying to frame it like I had a choice in this matter. We're already in this position, there's no getting out of it. I may as well use this opportunity to ask something though.

"Before that… what's your name? I'd like to at least know your name before I go any further."

For a second, the vampire's face was bewildered. It was kind of cute almost. She didn't expect a question like that to be asked so bluntly I suppose. She regained composure pretty quickly though, and her lustful gaze was fixated back onto me.

"My name is-"

She took her hand and grasped my dick, guiding it to the entrance of her vagina, and poked my tip right at her lower lips. It was on the verge of sinking in, all it needed was a miniscule amount of force. At the same time, she locked lips with mine, and invaded my mouth with her tongue, leaving no part of me unviolated. She mouthed out a few syllables before doing anything else.

"Eh-Liz-a-beth"

With that declaration, my penis sank into her genitals, causing my mind to go white with pleasure. It had been a long time since I'd been able to have any release of pleasure without fear of dying.

"Hahhhh… Ahhh!"

She began moving slowly and provocatively. The sound of our hips smacking together and my dick grinding into her reproductive organ began ringing out across the surrounding barren desert. It seemed like the entire oasis was turned into a stage for my intercourse with Elizabeth.

"Look at you, moaning and groaning as if you're a woman. Aren't you supposed to be making me moan like that?"

As she said that, her embrace tightened around all of my limbs, including my penis. The stimulation was more than I'd bargained for.

"Hiiiiii! T-too tight! You'll cut off my circulation…!"

The vampire just looked on at my face with a lustful gaze. Her eyes were drooping, and her mouth seemed to be staring at my neck again, but at a different spot.

"You wondered why I stopped feeding so quickly last time right? Well…"

With that her movements became more fast and erratic all at once, while still managing to keep me tightly constricted all over. I was beginning to hit the deepest recesses of her love pot.

"This is why."

With those words, she brought her head to my neck, and bit down lightly into it. The sucking sensation coupled by her breath going down my chest again caused me to feel unexplainable amounts of pleasure. Sucking and slurping noises emanated from right below my head. It was as if I were living out a wet dream.

"Faaaaaahhh…"

Despite the vampire's previous remarks, I moaned again in pure bliss. Her movements were simply too much for any human male to take quietly. She took her mouth away from my neck and looked at me in the eyes again.

"You may be a hero that saved the world, but you know what I think? I think you're just a big pervert that likes to fuck any monster girl that comes your way. Am I wrong?"

"Uuuuuu… I thought you said you'd be nice…"

Oh crap. I didn't mean to say that out loud. To make matters worse, my face must've looked like a virgin's first time ever having sex as well. The vampire gave me a smug look as she put both her hands on my cheeks.

"You're really adorable, you know that? You're too cute to let go. I want you to be my source of food, at least until we get out of this desert. Do you think you could do that for me?"

Her eyes flashed a strange color, and before I knew it all I could think about was obeying everything the vampire asked of me. I answered her question aloud.

"Yes, I can be your source of food for you until we get out of here."

Hearing her actively talk and look at me gave my mind all the food it needed, and before I knew it she'd forced me over the edge. I could feel a hot load about to shoot out inside of her.

"I'm- I'm about to come…"

"Already? We've only just begun. I'll warn you, you'll want to be careful about carelessly climaxing. This is your reward after all, you wouldn't want it to become a punishment would you?"

Even though she said it was a reward, it felt like more of a reward for her. My thoughts raced back and forth as to what I was going to say to Alice. Hopefully I can just sweep this one under the rug and pretend it never happened.

"Coming!"

As I declared my orgasm, Elizabeth locked lips with mine, and continued her vigorous stimulation on my penis. The denial of any breathing room just made my orgasm that much more powerful, and I ended up exploding deep inside of her.

"Nngh… you're a quicker shot than I'd originally anticipated. I think I'm going to have to punish this premature ejaculating dick of yours."

Her assault didn't slow down at all, and instead she continued moving just as fast as when I'd originally come.

"Aaarghh! Too intense! S-slow down!"

"No."

I attempted to apply pressure to her abdomen in order to get out of this hellish experience, but she didn't even flinch a little bit, so much so that I couldn't even tell if she was feeling any of my motions. I stopped resisting all at once, and allowed Elizabeth to do whatever she was going to do.

"AAAAARghh! Stop! Please! Stop!"

The stimulation begins to rub against my sensitive glands that just reached an orgasm a few moments ago. The sensation caused my mind to begin to melt. All at once, my vision began to become unfocused and blurry. I had started crying.

"Oh dear me. Did I make you cry? I'm sorry. Maybe I got a little carried away. But hey, you shouldn't climax so quickly when you're inside of a girl, you know? You'd be much healthier and happier if you just follow my every word, OK Luka?"

The rough and brutal stimulation slowed to a halt as Elizabeth spoke to me. Her words were like a beacon of hope in the middle of a stormy sea. My vision returned to normal, and I could feel another orgasm on the cusp of arriving. I was very afraid to tell the vampire girl of that though.

"Hm? What was that? I can't hear you!"

Elizabeth locked my erect penis inside of her as she turned to lay on her side. My dick was constricted and twisted inside of her as she shifted her position.

"AAAAHHHH! OK! STOP!"

"Good. That's what I wanted to hear."

It was too late though. The vampire's twisting and turning had already been too much for my sensitive dick. The stimulation quickly sent me over the edge, and I painfully shot out another load inside of Elizabeth as she laid on her side, and I on my back.

"Oh my. You really came again from that? Ouch."

Elizabeth just giggled as she watched me lie down in utter misery. Here I was, stuck inside of this vampire with absolutely no way out. How long is she going to keep this going? Will I even be able to keep conscious through all of it?

"Uuuuuuu… please go back to where you were before… It hurts…"

"Well, I suppose that's enough punishment for now. This ejaculation will be gentle, and nice. I promise."

The vampire straddled her way back on top of me, and mounted me like a sex toy. This time, I was on the bottom, and she was on the top. Elizabeth groped her cleavage (or lack thereof) and began fondling them in her hands. She gave me a dirty smirk as she pulled her nipples on top of me.

"A hero like you doesn't care about breast sizes, right? What do you want next? A naizuri, or something else?"

If I said "something else" she might go ahead with something even more humiliating and degrading, and piss her off at the same time. I decided to go with the safe option.

"N-naizuri sounds like it would feel good…"

A smile appeared on Elizabeth's face, different from the lustful and dirty ones she's shown off to me before. It looked as though she were really happy with my choice of words.

"I see! So you like small boobs! That's a wonderful thing isn't it? Because I happen to have the perfect sized pair for your dick to slip in between."

She released her hold on my dick in her vagina, and my penis was exposed to the fresh air for the first time in what seemed like an eternity. Unfortunately, my suffering wasn't over just yet. Elizabeth dropped down on top of me and put her ass in my face. My nose was quickly inserted inside of her vagina, and with nothing else to breath, all I could do was inhale her scent.

"If you're worried about your come getting in your nose, don't be. My vagina sucks up your semen like nutrients, remember?"

Her words put my mind at ease. I inhaled deeply so as to get oxygen to my brain. It felt as though she were trying to smother me.

"Mmm… you're not too bad. But this isn't a pleasure session for me. Let's wring out the last of your semen you've got saved up in these balls of yours."

I could feel Elizabeth sandwich my dick between her small breasts. As soon as her skin makes contact with my penis, I'm already in ecstasy from how tight and soft it was at the same time. It wasn't a tight hell like before, but instead just tight enough to make me want to come.

"Mmmmmmmph…"

Any words I tried to form didn't escape the confines of Elizabeth's ass. She seemed to be enthralled by the feeling of my vibrating words against her private parts.

"Ahah-aa-Aaaa… That tickles Luka. Your penis is starting to twitch. Are you going to leak again soon?"

"Mmm-hmm"

"Ahhhh… well then. I'll make these next few orgasms quick before you really manage to turn me on.

Elizabeth sticks my dick inside of her warm mouth. At the same time, she begins teasing my balls with her fingers. The warm sensation of her tongue rubbing against my tip coupled with the tight squeezing of the base of my dick between her small chest forces me over the edge all at once.

"MMMMMmmmph!"

I explode inside of Elizabeth's mouth and quickly shoot another orgasm right down her throat. Some semen drips down her lips and onto her chest, acting as lubricant for the next time I come.

"Hyaa, Ahaa, nngh! You're making too many noises down there! Just… just be quiet when you come!"

The demand from Elizabeth is basically impossible. Anybody in this situation would be unable to not make a sound. Regardless, I eagerly await the beginning of the naizuri again.

"I'll make sure this perverted dick of yours is totally satisfied before you put it back in your pants."

Elizabeth takes one of her gloves off, and takes my dick out of her mouth. She then firmly grasps it like a pencil, and begins to press her palm into the head of my penis. She moves her palm in a circular movement so that she really is smothering the head of my dick. The feeling makes me convulse and writhe as the most sensitive part of my penis once again is under assault.

"MMMMMMM-?!"

Elizabeth grinds her ass into my face hard in order to cut off my outcry. The sudden increase in pressure knocks the wind out of me.

"Hehe… haaa… So that got you excited again, huh?"

Her voice was more labored and I could feel her heavy breathing on my lower waist. She was horny.

"Aaaand, in. We. Go!"

With those words, the small vampire put the upper part of my penis inside of her mouth. The naizuri had begun again. The feeling of violating this small and innocent looking girl brought me ever so closer to another orgasm.

"Mmm."

Elizabeth began rolling her tongue around my tip, and poking my urethra with the tip of her tongue as well. She'd begun bouncing up and down, forcing parts of the base of my penis inside of her warm mouth, and back out into the arid air. The piston-like movement was beginning to make my mind turn white.

"Hii, haaa, I'm… g-going to come soon. I want you too… haa, huaaa! Keep making noises… when you come… aahahaaa!"

"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPH!"

I explode inside of the girl's mouth once again, releasing another healthy amount of semen for the vampire to digest. My ejaculation is so powerful that semen shoots out of her mouth and onto her face and hair.

"Coming, nngh, haa, hi! Co-coming… I can't hold it in anymore… hnngh, aaah!"

As I breath in the lewd smell of Elizabeth and bask in the aftermath of my last orgasm, Elizabeth lets out a series of erotic noises that don't fit her personality whatsoever. She sounded very cute, but I don't say anything so as not to make her continue this endless assault on me. She rolled off of my body and lay on the ground next to me, staring up at the sky.

-Lime Scenes Over-

There is not a single cloud in the sky. Elizabeth looked up at it with a wistful gaze. I looked over my shoulder, Ilias was lying face down in the sand, it looked like her brain had totally overloaded by experiencing all those sensations at once.

"You asshole… why did you have to go and make me make all those noises? I told you not to make any unnecessary noises, didn't I?"

The nasty comments and angry personality had come flooding back instantly after she'd received her dinner.

"I'm sorry, but how was I supposed to not make any noises if you cut off my source of oxygen and do… well, that? And besides, I think you're cute when you make noises like that anyways."

Elizabeth processed what I'd said, and her face instantly flushed as red as a tomato. Her gaze was no longer focused on the sky. Instead she craned her neck and looked directly at me, and my naked body she'd just used to eat her meal.

"Wh-wh-what the hell are you talking about?! Do you even think about what you're saying before you let it fall out of your mouth?!"

It was around that time when I'd realized that I'd said that out loud.

"Wait! No! I didn't mean to say that out loud I swear! Just forget you heard that!"

Elizabeth crossed her arms and sat curled up in a ball, and looked away from me. She'd put her mantle back on, and whatever other tiny strips of clothing she had on her. She bit her lip, and had one eye closed as she tried avoiding my eyes.

"I guess… I am cute, so of course you'd feel that way!"

She motioned to look back at me, but her face was flushed red again, and she quickly turned her head back as soon as her eyes fell upon my naked body again.

"P-put some clothes on you damn pervert!"

"Ah… good point."

I put my clothes back on, and looked back at the vampire girl purposefully ignoring me. I could tell despite her race's infamous reputation, she wasn't going to try to harm me anymore than what she just did to me before.

"So… where are you going?"

"I have to get back to the castle in order to retrieve Angel Halo first and foremost. And since you were sent by Alice, you must know that there are other people with these powers that are following us, waiting for us to drop our guards so they can take us out while we're least expecting it."

I began laying out the situation, and setting down the terms I have for traveling with her.

"One other thing. This whole, you know… interbreeding thing… you have to make me a promise."

"Yeah what about it? Are you saying you're worried about me draining you to death or something?"

"Nonono. I'm just saying that I am not your food provider forever. You know, I am the Monster Lord's husband. If word gets out that I cheated on Alice, I don't even want to imagine what that kind of world would look like. It sends shivers down my spine just trying to picture it in my head. So promise me, that once we arrive at the Monster Lord's castle, you won't use me as your source of food anymore. Or talk about using me as your source of food to anybody. Say it, and we can travel together."

I stuck my hand out to shake it. It was a deal to sacrifice both of our pride in order to survive. I don't like her, and she doesn't like me, but two stand users are better than one, and I'll take allies wherever I can get 'em.

"That's fine, but don't you think it's a little selfish to make me agree to your terms without even giving me a chance to lay out mine?"

H-her terms? What on Earth could this vampire want from the Monster Lord's husband? I respond in turn to her previous remark.

"And what would your terms entail? I'm all ears."

"You need me to survive just as much as I need you right now. So I wholeheartedly agree to your previous terms, on Minagi's honor. However-"

She got all up in my face and grabbed me by the chin. It was only then I noticed that her eyes were flaring with the fury of countless generations of a species of monsters hated by the world.

"You seem to be underestimating a vampire's appetite. Vampires do not eat three meals a day like normal humans do. We feed 4-6 times a day, an average of once every four hours a day. My terms are simple. I do not care where we are, what we are doing, or anything else for that matter. You will feed me, no matter the cost. Now, if you can say yes to that, I wonder. Do you really think you'll stay sane until we get all the way to Hellgondo? I look forward to finding out ."

Elizabeth licked her lips as she finished her list of demands. I was terrified of this creature that held my chin in it's grasp. But I didn't let the fear control my thoughts. I could tell there was something really worthwhile to gain out of traveling with this vampire.

"OK, on my ancestor Heinrich's honor, I will feed you no matter the cost until we make it to Hellgondo."

I stuck out my hand and prodded her lower thigh in order to gesture to her that I was attempting to shake her hand again. She let go of my chin, and backed away a little bit with a somber look upon her face. I held my hand out steadily, awaiting her to shake my hand.

"Hmph. I expected more of a resistance out of a human like you. Aren't you scared of me, little human? What if you can't keep your end of the deal, and you end up getting drained like a fish left out in the sun too long?"

I just looked back at her in the eyes, and shot back a response with all the assurance I could muster.

"It won't happen. I can't die here. I have too much to do before that happens. Besides, I'm the Hero Luka who saved the world once already. I'm not afraid of losing blood or energy like I was a year ago. Even if it costs me an arm or a leg, I swear I will uphold my end of the deal."

"Well, if you're that sure of going through with this, I won't warn you any longer. Just prepare yourself, for these next few days will be even more intense than what you experienced with your three days of uninterrupted mating with Alice."

My mind shriveled with fear at the thought of that. I didn't show it on my face, however. I knew this beast would only be more delighted by sensing the fear on my face. And so, with that exchange, I was turned into this monster's personal sperm and blood bank. The first and only time I willingly decided to allow a monster other than Alice or the Spirits to use my reproductive organ for food had begun before I even fully understood what I had signed my name under.

"So where to next?"

I looked out past the sinking horizon, and declared our next destination.

"Gold Port."