Because of My Stupidity, I Became a Timid Vampire

Chapter 38 : Blood Craving

"Do you know about that game coming out next month? I heard......"

During break time, Xifeng chatted idly with Bai Pu, though most of the time it was Bai Pu eloquently holding forth.

Although Bei Yaoyue had forbidden it earlier, Xifeng didn't take it too seriously—no matter what, restricting her personal freedom was going too far.

She also didn't believe Bei Yaoyue would really punish her for this reason, and Bei Yaoyue hadn't mentioned it again these past few days, so it seemed Bei Yaoyue was probably just talking.

"Let's see how much it costs. Who knows when it'll go on sale—better to buy early and enjoy early."

"Buy early and enjoy early, buy late and enjoy discounts."

Suddenly, a strange burning sensation appeared in Xifeng's body. It was an indescribable feeling, as if every cell was sending signals of craving to her brain, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

This was a feeling both strange and familiar—Xifeng felt like she had experienced this before.

"Could it be......?"

Her heart skipped a beat as Xifeng quickly opened the system and checked the status bar. The data there made her mood instantly plummet.

"Satiety: 6.1%"

"Damn it!"

Xifeng couldn't help but curse silently. Having lived as a human for too long, plus preparing three meals a day for Bei Yaoyue, she had habitually eaten meals with Bei Yaoyue, only remembering to consume human food while forgetting about replenishing blood!

So hungry......

This thought flashed through Xifeng's mind, and at the same time, an intense feeding desire suddenly erupted, violently hammering against her consciousness.

Seeing Xifeng suddenly fall into a daze, Bai Pu tilted his head and asked with concern: "What's wrong with you?"

"I'm...... fine......" Desperately suppressing the bloodthirsty desire in her mind, Xifeng forced out a strained smile. "I'm going to the bathroom."

"Oh!" Bai Pu suddenly understood. "Then hurry up. If you don't come back before class, I'll ask the teacher for leave for you."

"......Thanks." Understanding that Bai Pu must have misunderstood something, Xifeng looked embarrassed, but she had no interest or mood to explain to Bai Pu right now.

She didn't know what would happen to her in a state of extreme blood thirst, but she had at least one precedent—when she first met Bei Yaoyue, she had completely lost consciousness and reason.

"Bei Yaoyue......"

Subconsciously calling out this name, Xifeng shuffled her steps toward the neighboring Class 101.

Only Bei Yaoyue knew her secret as a vampire. She could only ask Bei Yaoyue to help solve this problem.

But reaching the doorway, she hesitated and stopped.

She had only known Bei Yaoyue for a few days, yet had already fed on Bei Yaoyue's blood twice.

No matter what, Bei Yaoyue was just a fifteen-year-old girl with limited blood production capacity. She couldn't provide fresh blood without limit.

Xifeng had never donated blood but knew there were mandatory intervals between blood donations, otherwise it would cause great harm to the body. The amount of blood she consumed each time when feeding to satisfaction was clearly far more than a single blood donation.

So Xifeng bit her lip, turned and left, thinking she absolutely couldn't harm Bei Yaoyue's body again in the short term.

Her consciousness gradually became scattered. What echoed in Xifeng's mind now was only that intense bloodthirsty impulse, burning like a flame in her chest.

"Hiss......"

Viciously pinching her thigh, the piercing pain made Xifeng suck in a sharp breath. Her mind cleared slightly, but it also brought forth two uncontrollable tears that slid down her cheeks.

She absolutely wouldn't allow herself to lose reason within the school. If her identity was exposed, what awaited her might be an endless abyss.

The class bell rang, and students hurried back to their classrooms, but only Xifeng went against the flow.

"Splash—"

Xifeng cupped the cold water flowing from the faucet and, as if venting, splashed it across her burning cheeks. The icy sensation brought back some of her reason.

"What the hell was I thinking when I made a request to become a vampire in the real world......"

Xifeng couldn't help but show a bitter smile. This was probably what they meant by "heaven's disasters can be endured, but self-inflicted disasters cannot be survived."

She slowly raised her head and looked at the person in the mirror.

Silver-white bangs were plastered to her forehead in wet strands, her cute face was full of exhaustion, and her crimson eyes were like two luminous pearls, emitting a blood-red glow in the dim bathroom. Two small fangs had quietly peeked out from under her lips, looking quite adorable.

But only she knew these weren't cute canine teeth for acting cute, but fangs vampires used to pierce skin and draw blood.

Xifeng breathed heavily, thinking of solutions in her mind, but her somewhat clouded consciousness greatly reduced her brain's thinking speed.

The only method she could think of was to immediately order takeout spicy blood curd, but from placing the order to the delivery person bringing it to her would take at least an hour.

And this hour...... no one knew what would happen, not even herself, but one thing was certain—she would almost definitely expose her identity.

Xifeng thought it over and felt she still had to seek Bei Yaoyue's help—as a clear-minded person, Bei Yaoyue's brain must work much faster than hers.

Turning around, Xifeng was about to go find Bei Yaoyue when suddenly, an even more violent bloodthirsty desire struck, hitting her reason like a 460mm Type 91 armor-piercing shell.

Her fragile reason was like a 32mm ship hull—utterly useless against the 460mm equality cannon, crushed and shattered mercilessly in just an instant.

"Ugh......"

Letting out a pained whimper, Xifeng's legs gave out as she collapsed to the ground, holding her head in her hands and trembling violently.

She felt she was only one step away from completely losing her reason. She had to find a solution quickly!

After a moment, as if thinking of something, Xifeng slowly turned her gaze to her own slender arm.

Fair, tender, delicate—beautiful like flawless ivory.

But soon, this beautiful and flawless scene would be ruthlessly destroyed by her.

Without any hesitation, Xifeng opened her razor-sharp fangs and bit down on her wrist with all her strength.

It hurts so much!

Intense pain accompanied by tears flooded in. She forced herself to resist the urge to give up, as if completely uncaring about herself, desperately drawing fresh blood from her own body.

Unlike Bei Yaoyue's sweet and delicious blood that was like refreshing iced drinks on a sweltering summer day, Xifeng felt her own blood was more like aged wine treasured for years—mellow and fragrant with endless aftertaste.

She didn't know how much blood she had drawn from her own body. Only when the bloodthirsty desire slowly receded, the passion in her chest gradually calmed, and her chaotic consciousness became clear again did she release her bite with relief.

"Hah......"

Xifeng breathed heavily as she slowly climbed up from the ground.

Undoubtedly, this palliative approach, from the perspective of energy conservation, couldn't truly solve her body's need for blood—otherwise this wouldn't be a vampire but a perpetual motion machine.

After all, this was just deceiving her own body. It might last a few dozen minutes, maybe even shorter.

In other words, she had to find a way to completely solve this problem before she lost reason again due to blood thirst.