"Wait, you still have time to think about food even though your hands are bleeding? Don't joke, we have to treat your wound first. I'm really worried, you know?"
Rachel looked displeased with my words. I only realized now that Rachel really cared about me since we were children. A sweet and warm feeling welled up in my heart because of her concern.
Rachel also seemed a little taken aback by her words earlier. She said them spontaneously out of concern. When she saw the expression on my face, her face reddened even more, her eyes darting here and there looking for an excuse.
"That… you know, that's not really what I meant!! I was worried because…"
"Because?" I tilted my head.
"T-that's right!! I'm worried because you're my blood bag, so don't think weird, Hmph! I just don't want my blood bag to die any faster, "
Rachel folded her arms across her chest as she looked the other way, pretending to look arrogant even though her face was red to the point of her ears.
'Blood bag? She brings it up again when she's embarrassed. Hahaha, this really reminds me of the past, ' I covered my mouth to hold back my laughter.
"What are you laughing at? There's nothing funny here. "
Rachel felt so embarrassed and kicked my calf. I backed off, pretending to be in pain, and fell to the ground.
"Ugh..."
Actually, I just wanted to see what reaction she would make. Rachel's face became panicked. She seemed to feel guilty, but when she saw the smirk on my face. Her blood boiling in her brain, she stomped my foot hard.
"Aahhh!! Rachel, it hurts. Why are you being so mean to me? "
"How dare you say that after tricking me? Eat this, jerk!!"
"Ouch, ouch, didn't you say I was your precious blood bag? How could you hurt me like this," I said sadly.
"Shut up. After all, I can ask a maid to heal you later. Why don't I just hurt my body completely," Rachel said angrily.
'Damn, did my joking cross the line? She looks really angry. Look at that angry cute face. Ouch, that hurts. Even though her angry expression is cute, she's still as sadistic as ever,' I cried inside.
After Rachel calmed down, she looked at me in annoyance before loosening her expression with a sigh. I opened my eyes slowly after the kick stopped. I got up and saw her, who had a sullen expression.
"Rachel, are you mad at me?"
"Hmph!" Rachel looked away.
'It's so cute,'
Patting my dirty clothes, I picked up the lunch box that was on the ground and opened it. I feel very hungry right now. My stomach has been vibrating and beeping for a long time. In the forest, there is no edible fruit. Even the animals that live here are generally poisonous. That's why I can only eat grass to quench my hunger.
"Rachel, can I eat it?"
"Yeah, after all, I brought that for you,"
Rachel nodded. She then squatted down while watching me eat voraciously. I'm glad I can finally fill my stomach with food. I'll leave half of it to give to Mom.
The reason my mother and I are experiencing a food crisis is that this village has experienced crop failure since three years ago. This caused the villagers to have difficulty finding food. Many residents who live in the village go to another city or village because of this.
I know why Mother didn't want to ask her noble family to help her over the years, it's because if she told her family, they would know her current location, and we would be brought back to the Alfons family.
My mother also plans to leave this village with me this year because it has been three years of crop failure. But the plan was canceled because we were found by the Duke and brought back to the Alfons family.
The beginning of my meeting with Rachel can be said to be a little funny. When we were 9 years old, the first crop failure occurred in this village. I at that time, ventured to go to the forest looking for food. It's not that there's no food in the house, there's a loaf or two, but I want to give that to the mother who has worked hard.
Mother refused at first, but then I said that I wasn't strong enough to bite the bread because it was as hard as a rock. Maybe I can eat it if I force myself to, but I think my teeth will fall out of it. It's because I'm still a child and my teeth are very weak. Then I said to my mother that I would find food for myself.
Mother seemed very worried to hear me, but she also couldn't do anything because of my weak teeth. She only taught me some edible things in the forest, such as mushrooms, fruit, and animals. She told me to always be careful in the forest.
After learning what my mother taught me, I went to the forest to look for food. But I only found some edible fruit and mushrooms, and my stomach wasn't full either. In the end, to get rid of my hunger, I ate the weeds that were growing in the forest. At first, they tasted bitter, but after getting used to eating them, I could eat them without any problems.
And when I was eating the grass with pleasure, it turned out that someone else was watching me with an astonished expression. It was Rachel who was training in this forest, when I noticed her presence I offered her some grass.
"Do you want one too?"
"I can't believe this. Someone eats grass voraciously? I thought I was exhausted after training and saw animals eating grass as humans. This isn't wrong, is it? And he even offered me grass. " Rachel slapped her cheeks, but all she felt was pain, so she could only believe that the boy in front of her was eating grass voraciously.
From then on, Rachel brought me food with the excuse that I had to pay for it by being a blood bag for her. At first, I was confused by what she meant by blood bag. Then she explains that she is from the Gretchen family, which is the lord of this territory.
The Gretchen family was a blood specialist family, or one could say they were a vampire noble family. They drink blood to increase their abilities. They can drink blood other than human blood, such as animal blood. However, the animal's blood must also be from the blood of certain animals, which are certainly not arbitrary animals.
Even though Gretchen's family drank blood, it didn't mean they had to drink blood to stay alive. Blood is only their medium to become strong. They are still the same as humans who need to eat. So even though they don't drink blood, they can live by eating like humans in general.
But from what I know, the female vampire only chooses one man whom she will suck the blood of. That is her life partner. So during that time, before they had a partner, they only drank animal blood. You could say Rachel wanted me as her blood bag the same way she proposed to me, right? I wonder if she knew this or pretended not to know when we were children.
"Rachel, I am your blood bag, right?"
"Indeed, why are you asking suddenly, if you are not happy to be my blood bag after I have given you food all this time?" Rachel's eyes narrowed at my face.
"Hmn... You said I was your blood bag, but that's weird because you didn't try to suck my blood, " I said curiously.
'I think she already knows that if she sucks the blood of that man, it must be the person who will be her life partner. And about that blood bag, that's just an excuse for her to be able to feed me, isn't it? '
"About that… I-I waited until your body looked good to suck on. Look at your current body. Aren't you very skinny?" Rachel said, with a slight blush on her face.
'As expected, she must have known about it judging by her reaction. I feel like teasing her a bit, '
"I see, I thought you hated me because I looked dirty and unsightly. You don't want to suck my stinky blood," I said sadly.
"No, it's not like that-"
"Then why don't you try sucking my blood now?" I showed her my injured hand.
Rachel looked at my hand, her nose twitching when she smelled blood from my hand. She swallowed her saliva, and a little drool dripped from her lips. Previously, she didn't notice the smell of blood, but after looking at Teo's hand again, the smell made her hungry to bite the skin and drink the blood.
'His blood smells so good, I want to drink that blood... No, no, what have you been thinking, Rachel? How can you think you want to drink his blood? '
Rachel shook her head, but she had already arrived in front of me and was holding my hand with eager eyes.
"You want to suck it, don't you? Do it, "I smiled seductively.
Rachel heard me unfocused. She seemed to have been affected by the smell of blood on my hand. Suddenly, She opened her mouth and exposed her sharp fangs.