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"What?!" Zero barked at the Headmaster, his teacher, and the girl he now considered his best friend. "I might be able to use blood pills, but those are nasty as all hell, and, like she said, not satisfying enough."
Hayden herself was looking at him thoughtfully, but with a slightly cloudy expression that told him that she was thinking about his question, not thinking badly of him. "From what I can recall, a full box of the blood pops-which includes 30 of them-is about 1500 yen. The company sends the recipient a bill at the end of the month to make payment easier, considering they refill by themselves. I typically have one a day, unless I'm stressed out or there's blood spilled nearby, in which case I'll have two."
"Not too bad, I guess." Zero said, surprised at the fairly cheap price of something so valuable. The others were also surprised, though Sayori didn't quite fully understand just how valuable blood could be. She knew that pureblood vampires turned humans by feeding them their blood, but that wasn't the only thing it could be used for.
Voldemort had used Hayden's blood to resurrect himself, and required a blood sacrifice in the cave where the locket Horcrux had been stored. Hayden's grandparents had awakened her vampire side using their blood. Kaname had used his own blood to turn Zero into a weapon to protect Yuki.
"I'll send for order forms then, I suppose." Hayden spoke up suddenly. "How many should I ask for?"
When the Headmaster answered, she nodded in acknowledgment and cross the room, opening the window. The others were about to ask what she was doing, but didn't get the chance as she hummed a short tune, and then were too surprised to do so.
A large snowy owl flew into the room as soon as Hayden had finished calling her, and the owl's owner turned back towards the Headmaster. "I don't suppose I could use some paper and a pen?"
Cross blinked and nodded, giving her said items as she wrote out a missive to her grandparents. He had been aware that people in the wizarding world used owls as a method of post, but he had never been witness to it and certainly hadn't expected to see it so soon.
A few minutes later, Hayden nodded in satisfaction, rolling up the letter and tying it to the owl's leg with a royal blue ribbon that she had pulled out of her pocket. With a hoot, the owl flew back out, and Hayden closed the window.
There was an awkward silence after that, no one really knowing what to say, before the Headmaster reached into a desk drawer, and came back out with a package, which he handed to Hayden.
"This contains your uniform, 5 sets, as requested, and you may take a weekend trip to have them tailored for you if you would like. The necklace with our school crest that you ordered is also in there, as is the student handbook, and the required textbooks." Cross said, Hayden taking the package with a nod, before the man pulled out a few files.
"We also need to complete your registration forms, and put together your schedule…" he trailed off, realizing that the others were still in the room when at this point they had no need to be. "The rest of you are excused. My precious guardians, I would like you to introduce Hayden to the other Night Class students tonight. During changeover, just follow the students to the classrooms, and I'll take care of your patrols in the meantime."
With that, the others left the office, some (the hunters) more reluctantly, before the Headmaster turned back to his newest student. "So…it would probably be best for you to get used to your schedule before you begin your duties as a guardian."
This, specifically, was something that he didn't want the others to hear. He would tell Zero at another time that he would be working with the vampire heiress, but he didn't want the unavoidable argument to happen in front of Miss di Angelo, it wouldn't be fair to her.
He hadn't even been intending for the girl to become a guardian, but when she and her grandparents had contacted him in search of a safe haven for her, the young woman had insisted that she help however she could in keeping the school peaceful. Given her background and her grandparent's reputation, he had agreed.
Cross Academy now had its very own vampire Guardian.
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