The vampire heiress is two-faced

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On a nightmarish night, thick smoke filled the sky, and wails echoed across the fields.

The city was destroyed, and a massive catastrophe was spreading uncontrollably.

Order had vanished from this city; the raging flames were one of the few remaining lights in the girl's eyes.

Someone was pulling the girl away, looking panicked and glancing around nervously.

The person next to the girl covered her mouth and led her into the darkness.

"Once we get into this alley... we should be safe for now."

...

...

"The outside world is full of monsters."

"How much longer are we going to wait here? We're going to die here sooner or later!"

"This is the only way we can do it."

The figure, so vague in the girl's memory, embraced her small body tightly.

That was the last time she felt warmth from humans.

"...Coco. Wait for us here. We're going out to find the soldier uncle."

The faint sound of gunfire, accompanied by explosions and the roars and howls of monsters, made the girl sob in terror.

"Okay, okay, Coco, don't be afraid. Be good."

"Here's a clean, big cardboard box. Come on, Coco, hide inside."

"We'll be right back. Be good and stay here. If you run around, those monsters will eat you."

...

“We’re sure to encounter monsters on the way, so we can’t take her with us. If we do, none of us will escape.”

"Hopefully those soldiers will agree to come and rescue her."

"Honey... what if we don't get out of here alive?"

"...At least she can survive. Letting her stay there is safer than us forcing our way out."

"For our daughter's sake... we must find those soldiers alive."

...

...

The long night seemed like it would never break again.

After an unknown amount of time, the girl's reason was gradually eroded by fear and hunger.

She huddled in the thin cardboard box, but it couldn't keep out the terrifying noises from the outside.

The monster's roars were close at hand, but the gunfire of resistance grew weaker and weaker.

The girl was, after all, an innocent child, and she couldn't stop sobbing, though she tried her best to suppress the sound—

But the thin cardboard box could not stop her sobs.

...

"Roar!"

Thud!

"Ugh-"

Bang!

The girl and the cardboard box were overturned, and her head slammed heavily against the wall.

She collapsed to the ground, her vision going black, the intense tinnitus making it impossible for her to hear anything.

But she hadn't lost consciousness yet. She knew she was in grave danger.

"Hiss!!!"

The utterly disgusting monster growled and approached her step by step.

The girl stood up and stumbled backward.

"Ah...ah..."

Ding!

Her foot seemed to have kicked something, and when she looked down, she saw a rusty kitchen knife.

Perhaps because of the impact to her brain earlier, the moment she saw the knife, her extreme fear transformed into a desperate, furious rage.

Her anger overwhelmed her reason in an instant.

"Yeah!"

The girl picked up the knife and charged towards the monster in a single step—

"Ugh?!"

Backfired.

Even if a small girl is furious, the power that her small body can unleash is still insignificant in front of a monster that is more ferocious than a lion or tiger.

"Roar...!"

The monster avoided the girl's attack.

Dang clang——

Immediately afterward, she staggered, and the knife plunged into her chest the instant she fell to the ground.

The timing of her death was so absurd and ridiculous, yet predictable—a weak little girl who had never received any combat training had no idea how to grip the blade tightly.

In that instant, the girl could no longer feel the existence of her limbs.

She was bleeding profusely and could no longer stand up or utter a single cry of pain.

The ferocious, bloodthirsty monster let out a harsh growl and lifted her small body off the ground.

puff.

puff.

"Hiss..."

Without hesitation, the monster tore open the flesh of her neck and drank her delicious blood.

The girl could see nothing at all. Her eyes gradually lost their light, and death was only a step away from taking her soul.

...

But in the next instant, the bloodthirsty monster had its neck severed.

"Oh my, what have I discovered?"

brake!

The girl's body slipped from the monster's grasp, and just as she was about to fall heavily to the ground, she was gently caught by someone.

...

As the girl gradually regained her consciousness, all she could see in her blurry vision was a glimmer of gold.

"Hehe...a little girl who was abandoned by her family and then suffered at the hands of a monster."

The girl could only see a blurry figure.

The figure had golden curly hair; this was the only impression the girl could remember from her mind, which was no longer capable of thinking.

"Drink it, drink it down."

"No one can refuse its gifts."

The blonde figure held some kind of exquisite container and fed the girl a sweet and pungent liquid.

Immediately afterwards, a stimulating and painful sensation that almost tore her body apart instantly seeped from her throat into every corner of her body.

"Goo-ah-ah—"

The girl's consciousness was once again engulfed by the violent energy.

Before she fell into a coma again, the blonde figure gracefully turned and left.

"My old friend Yasin, I've prepared a perfect body for you."

"Yes, that's right. Come over here right away. She will play a decisive role in your research."

"Hehe. You'll have to thank me properly later, okay?"

...

The blonde figure took one last look at the girl on the ground. The fatal wounds on her body had healed, but some kind of dramatic change was taking place.

"You survived! Keep trying to live on from now on!"

She gave a wicked smile.

"I get incredibly excited just thinking about how much trouble you'll cause 'them'."

"Oh dear, I'll get suspicious if I stay away too long. I should go back to the lovely Queen."

In her last moments before losing consciousness, the girl saw that figure wearing a purple floral dress.

From that day on, the long night in the girl's heart never dawned again.

Her clear brown eyes, which could look directly into the light, closed forever.

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...

*Coo-choo*

*Coo-choo*

"Ugh...ugh? Hmm? Ah!"

Ruoke was awakened by a warm touch, and then she realized that something had pounced on her.

"Miss...!"

Ludwig rubbed her cheek hard, making strange, silly laughs.

"hey-hey..."

"Oh my, Coco, you're awake?"

Ludwig lay down beside her, giving her an innocent smile:

"Coco looks really scary, and she's sweating a lot. Did she have a nightmare?"

Coco nodded gently.

"alright."

Ludwig embraced her and gently stroked her hair.

"Don't cry, here, wipe your face."

"Once you wake up, there's nothing to be afraid of in nightmares. Because they're not real."

Ludwig said with a smile.

"Besides, the real me is with you."

Coco sobbed, "But...but...that seems to be something I went through before..."

"They are so real..."

Her body was still trembling slightly, and Ludwig sighed softly.

"Coco, what's there to be afraid of? You're already a top-tier vampire maid, and you have such powerful blood energy."

"Is there anything you can't beat? You've protected me so many times."

She extended two fingers, curled them into a hook shape, and pinched Ruo Keke's soft cheek with her knuckles.