Chapter 18: Is This Lovesickness?

The castle clock tower glowed under moonlight streaming through the window like a galaxy.

It softly illuminated a serene beauty.

She had radiant blonde hair and wore rimless glasses.

Seated in a wooden chair, her shapely legs crossed, she read an obscure essay collection.

Her alluring face, usually so captivating, was focused intently on the book.

The contrast was hard not to admire.

Suddenly, hurried footsteps broke the tower’s quiet.

The blonde beauty looked up, her fox-like eyes narrowing behind her glasses.

She glanced toward the staircase corner.

“Noah, I’ve told you countless times, don’t run around here,” Huangwei said, adjusting her glasses with a sigh.

Noah clutched her stomach, her face clouded with worry.

She hurried to Huangwei, pulled out a chair, and sat.

Seeing Noah’s anxious expression, Huangwei raised an eyebrow.

She closed her thick essay book and leaned forward slightly. “What’s wrong?”

Noah bit her lip, her fingers curling over her stomach. “I think… I’m sick.”

“Sick? Lovesickness?”

Huangwei chuckled, teasing, “Since that blood s*ave Luoyao left, you’ve been off your game. Lovesickness is normal.”

“I’m not joking,” Noah said, her tone serious.

“Alright, alright. Why do you think you’re sick? What’s the symptom?”

“Vomiting.”

Noah said earnestly, “Whether I feed from humans or drink stored vault blood, I vomit.”

“When did this start?”

Noah thought back, quickly finding an answer.

But she didn’t know how to say it.

Because…

Seeing Noah’s hesitation, Huangwei soon guessed her thoughts.

“Since you parted with Luoyao, right?” she asked.

“…Yeah.”

Noah didn’t want to admit it.

She didn’t want Huangwei to think her vomiting was tied to Luoyao.

Nor did she want to believe it herself.

Those days with Luoyao were fine.

Why did this start after they separated?

Was it… really lovesickness?

Huangwei leaned back, her fingers interlaced.

She mentally sifted through information on such symptoms.

In the vampire clan, she wasn’t just a teacher for blood slaves.

She was like a strategist for the entire castle.

Huangwei’s experience ran deep, and she stayed neutral in clan disputes.

So, when these monster girls faced puzzling problems or unsolvable issues, they sought her advice.

After a moment’s thought, Huangwei spoke slowly. “When did you arrive at this hunting ground?”

“About… fifteen years ago.”

“Fifteen years? Then you missed ‘that incident.’”

“What incident?”

Huangwei stood, walking to a bookshelf behind her.

Her fingers trailed over the spines as she spoke.

“Twenty years ago, the Blood Hunt Church in this hunting ground ran an inhumane experiment.

They recruited volunteers and injected them with a special antibody. It had no negative effects on humans and was undetectable to vampires. But after a vampire fed on such a human, they could only feed on that person’s blood.

Any other blood caused a severe rejection reaction. Like the vomiting you described.”

Huangwei found the book she wanted.

She pulled it down and returned to the table.

“The experiment aimed to eliminate vampires. A vampire restricted to one human’s blood wouldn’t survive long. But the experiment was halted. Some felt using live humans as bait wasn’t humanitarian.

Under public pressure, the Church scrapped the plan and destroyed all antibody data.”

As she spoke, Huangwei opened the dusty book.

She pulled out loose pages and slid them to Noah.

“These are news reports from twenty years ago. You weren’t here, so you wouldn’t know.”

Reading the reports, Noah’s heart couldn’t settle.

She bit her lip, asking in disbelief, “So… Luoyao was one of those volunteers?”

“Hah, love clouds the mind, little Noah.”

“Luoyao’s what, twenty? Twenty-one? How could she be a volunteer from twenty years ago?”

Huangwei said, “I don’t know how else you got this condition. But to find the truth, I suggest you go back to Luoyao.”

“But I promised her… I wouldn’t disturb her again.” Noah’s voice was barely a whisper, her eyes downcast.

She knew Luoyao craved human freedom.

And didn’t want to become a vampire for eternal life.

So Noah respected her, left her life, and marked her neck as a “charm” to keep other vampires away.

It had only been half a month.

Going back now… what would that mean?

“Wow, our lovesick girl keeps her promises,” Huangwei teased.

“It’s not lovesickness.”

“Oh? So you’re saying Luoyao likes you too?”

“…Say what you want.”

Noah pursed her lips. “Anyway, unless it’s a last resort, I don’t want to bother Luoyao.”

“Do you have a way to ease my symptoms?”

“Well, there is a way. But…”

“I knew there’d be a ‘but.’”

“Not a weird request, relax.”

“If you want my help, wear a maid outfit and send me some pics.”

Noah’s eye twitched. “How… how do you know I have a maid outfit?”

“Didn’t you make Luoyao wear one?”

“…No way, too embarrassing. Pick another request.”

Huangwei smirked. “You know embarrassment?”

“Are you helping or not?”

“I’ll help, I’ll help.” Huangwei said, “By tomorrow night, I’ll have a relief potion ready. Come get it.”

“Thanks.”

“But I still want to see you in that maid outfit~”

Noah grabbed the papers from the table and flung them at Huangwei’s face.

“Go see it in your dreams, perv!”