Because of My Stupidity, I Became a Timid Vampire

Chapter 8 : Save the Child

Closing the door, Bei Yaoyue returned to a world with only herself.

This was a world that belonged only to her. For three years, no one had ever been allowed to set foot on this territory, not even her parents.

"What am I even doing...?"

She leaned against the door, her ocean-blue eyes flickering with faint confusion, her heart also in complete chaos.

She was actually someone who really disliked contact with people, accustomed to and enjoying a solitary life. In internet terms, she was probably a shut-in girl, or even calling her a shut-in homebody wouldn't be wrong at all.

Because of this, apart from relatives, she had pitifully few friends—she could count them on one hand.

When she discovered Xifeng was a vampire and chose to go confront her, the reason was actually just curiosity about vampires. She wanted to make contact with this fantasy creature that only existed in legends and novels.

But upon seeing that delicate, extremely timid white-haired loli, a soft corner deep in her heart was struck hard.

That white figure was like a seven-colored glass radiating strange magic, awakening a peculiar desire from the depths of her heart.

Was it protectiveness, possessiveness, or... destructiveness?

She didn't know.

Then somehow, she became obsessed and proposed making Xifeng her maid—no, perhaps saying she used surveillance footage to coerce Xifeng into becoming her maid was more accurate.

Was this to control this vampire loli, or to get close to her?

She equally couldn't figure it out. She had never felt so unfamiliar with herself, like meeting a complete stranger.

Having always avoided everyone and never actively contacted anyone, today she had done something abnormal that even she couldn't understand, leaving her only confused amid her puzzlement.

"Bang bang bang!"

Loud sounds came from the door behind her, startling Bei Yaoyue out of her confusion.

Rather than knocking, it was more like pounding on the door.

"Who is it?"

"It's me..."

This voice was filled with softness and weakness, like someone extremely weak speaking while not having eaten enough. The recognition was extremely high—besides that little vampire who looked like standing steadily was a miracle, who else could it be?

Her heart was still somewhat chaotic, and she temporarily didn't want to see Xifeng, but thinking about it, she would be her maid in the future, so leaving her hanging wouldn't be appropriate.

"What's wrong?" Bei Yaoyue opened the door, looking puzzledly at Xifeng, who appeared anxious outside. "Finished packing? So fast?"

From when she returned to her room until now, only a few minutes had passed. This was too quick, wasn't it?

"No... it's..." Xifeng hesitated, struggling for a moment before saying quietly with a slightly red face: "There's something I want to ask you to do..."

"No." Rejecting immediately, Bei Yaoyue was about to close the door directly. "What kind of maid asks her master to do things? Master and servant reversed—what's proper about that?"

"Wait wait wait...!" Using her thin arm to block the door, Xifeng put on a sheepish smile. "Master... please... it's really a very small thing, you can do it with just a move of your hand..."

The resistance from the door was so small it could almost be ignored. If Bei Yaoyue used force, she could still easily close the door, but seeing those pleading eyes, she wavered.

Her fluttering big eyes were covered with a thin layer of mist, on the verge of tears. Pure crimson pupils rippled with longing light, like a kitten that hadn't eaten anything for several days, begging for food from the heartless master who let her go hungry. She couldn't bear to refuse.

So after brief hesitation, Bei Yaoyue sighed quietly in her heart and decided to step back: "Speak."

She had never been a soft-hearted person. Today's her was a bit unlike herself.

"It's just..." Her face reddening further, Xifeng shyly lowered her head, pursing her lips in silence for a long time before speaking: "Could you pat my head..."

After speaking, the color of shame spread from her face to her neck, then covered her entire body. The intense shame nearly made her dizzy.

If she opened the system right now, she would see her shame level was as high as 87.8%.

At this moment, Xifeng really wanted to die. She had originally thought having this training system in her own hands was fortunate, but reality made her understand what cruelty meant.

She actually needed to find a way to make Bei Yaoyue perform the actions required by the task without Bei Yaoyue knowing!

This was even worse than making her train herself. Whoever could think up such a thing was definitely a demon!

God knows what kind of intense psychological struggle she went through before finally convincing herself to shamelessly ask Bei Yaoyue to pat her head.

If it weren't for that electric shock punishment looking too scary, she would never have come to lose face like this no matter what.

Ten seconds of 36V electric shock—if it were her former self, she could handle it calmly. After all, it was safe voltage; it would hurt for a while then pass.

But with her current body that was extremely sensitive to pain, if she got shocked... just thinking about it made her tremble with fear.

"...?" Xifeng's request left Bei Yaoyue completely stunned. She had seen cats actively seeking their owner's affection, but who would actually ask someone to pat their head? Was this the legendary human confusing behavior awards?

"Give me a reason."

After speaking, Bei Yaoyue began seriously pondering whether her little maid had watched too much anime and developed two-dimensional aftereffects.

"Because... because... I... like being patted on the head..." Forcibly suppressing the urge to turn and run immediately, Xifeng looked up at Bei Yaoyue with a red face, her voice becoming more pleading: "Please... master..."

This combined offensive of cuteness and coquettishness would soften even the hardest heart. Even cold Bei Yaoyue found the fortress she guarded in her heart beginning to gradually crumble.

But she bit her lip, forcibly suppressing that wavering in her heart.

She couldn't be soft-hearted. Once there was a first time, there would be a second. As long as she compromised once, there was no guarantee there wouldn't be a second time. To maintain the master's absolute position, she absolutely couldn't be soft-hearted.

"Insufficient reason." To avoid Xifeng's pitiful gaze, Bei Yaoyue imperceptibly looked away. "Without objective reasons, I won't agree to your request."

"Just one pat would be fine... please, master..." Xifeng's voice already carried a crying tone, and her well-developed tear ducts, against her will, quietly produced a few crystal drops at the corners of her eyes.

She was indeed about to cry from anxiety. When she decided to come, the task deadline was less than two minutes. After several exchanges, calculating the time, it was probably at the final deadline.

Save the child—she didn't want electric shock punishment!

"..." Bei Yaoyue fell silent, only her eyes constantly flickering with hesitant light.

A delicate white-haired loli with tear stains, using a very pitiful crying voice to beg you to pat her head once—if you could refuse even this, it wouldn't be having a heart of stone anymore, but being a completely cold-blooded creature.

Under the combined assault of cuteness, tears, and pleading, Bei Yaoyue was completely defeated. She sighed lightly and was about to agree when Xifeng in front of her suddenly crouched down hugging her shoulders.

Her petite, thin body trembled violently. Her skin, which had been tinged with pink before, instantly became deathly pale and gradually developed a layer of fine cold sweat. She looked like she was enduring some unbearable pain.

Bei Yaoyue looked at this scene somewhat stunned, momentarily at a loss.

About ten seconds later, Xifeng slowly raised her head. Her already pale complexion now seemed even more ghastly white. Cold sweat had soaked through her bangs, and her cherry-pink lips had almost lost all color. At the corner of her mouth, a wound that looked like it had been bitten open by teeth was continuously bleeding.

She used almost all her willpower to bite down hard on her lips, locking all the pained screams in her throat. The agony brought by the 36V electric shock nearly made her pass out from pain.

But to avoid exposing the system, she could only suppress her abnormal reactions as much as possible. After all, if this system fell into Bei Yaoyue's hands, the consequences would be unthinkable.

"...What happened to you?"

Bei Yaoyue was panicked, momentarily losing her composure. Could head patting have some special meaning for vampires? Would not getting head pats cause some great suffering?

If that was the case, why didn't this fool say so directly? She wasn't that unreasonable either.

"Nothing..." Xifeng shook her somewhat dizzy head, showing a weak smile as she slowly stood up. "I'm going back to pack."

After speaking, Xifeng silently turned and left, leaving only a confused and puzzled Bei Yaoyue.

"...Did I do something wrong?"