"I'm sure her family will receive news of her death today." Guin immediately felt regret as soon as she realized her own indifference tone―making tears gather in Aileen's eyes. "Aileen, don't get me wrong. It's not that I don't care. Sephania already knew the risks when she helped that vampire."
At that time, a pure-blood vampire visited Unbound Havens since he wanted to buy information. However, a group of bandits attacked him. The problem was, that all supernatural creatures, such as vampires, must be willing to seal most of their power when entering the Unbound Havens. That was an absolute rule that all races must follow whenever they set foot in this mortal realm.
As a result, the vampire lost and was severely injured, and Sephania accidentally appeared to help him and offered him her blood.
A pure-blooded vampire would regain his strength and heal at a fast speed once he drinks human blood. The vampire had warned Sephania that one bite from a pureblood vampire would turn a human girl into a vampire.
Sephania knew the risks if the transformation failed, but still insisted on helping the young vampire. Therefore, Guin wasn't too sorry to hear about her classmate's unfortunate fate. "So don't be too sad." Guin put down her notebook and embraced the grieving Aileen.
"I've told her how not to become a vampire―I've also told her to convince the other deformed vampires. They only need three months before they turn back into humans. Why... why... do they have to die like this?"
"What?! Are you saying they can turn back into humans?" Not a single human who had been poisoned by the pureblood's fang had escaped the curse.
Guin loosened her embrace, gripping Aileen's shoulders tightly without realizing it, making Aileen wince in pain.
"Aileen, tell me. Is it possible for a deformed vampire to turn back into a human? Have you ever met someone like that?" Is there hope for the deformed vampires who have become a thorn in the rulers' hearts?
When Guin heard that all the deformed vampires were exiled somewhere, she felt that the higher-ups had acted arbitrarily. However, she didn't oppose it because she knew that a deformed vampire would turn into a frenzy one—a creature that had no brains and lived only to kill and destroy what it saw. Becoming a deformed vampire was not much different from someone who was diagnosed by a doctor as having an incurable chronic disease. They had no hope, and only death awaits them.
No wonder Guin didn't care too much about the sad news. Although many families would be attack by great grief, it was for the best.
Certain frenzy vampires had immunity to magic and among other things, had agility that surpassed even that of werewolves. For this reason, eradicating deformed vampires was a wiser choice than everyone having to face frenzy, violent vampires that were overwhelming.
However, it would be a different story if there was a small hope for the deformed vampires to return to humans. If there was such a way, Guin also felt it was unfair to humans. Her anger right now were the same as when she heard Lionel unilaterally stop the investigation. That was not fair!
"Aileen, tell me. Is it possible for a deformed vampire to turn back into a human? Have you ever met someone like that?"
"Ow... Guin, let go of your hand. You're hurting me." Aileen was just an ordinary witch and had never practiced offensive or defensive magic so her body was considered weak compared to her beast sister.
"Oh, sorry." Guin immediately realized and released her grip before she crushed her sister's shoulder bones. "Are you okay?" A feeling of guilt enveloped her heart, replacing the turmoil of anger in her heart.
"It's okay. I know you won't hurt me. As for what you asked, I did meet a deformed vampire who eventually aged and died at around eighty."
"Vampires can't age." It didn't matter whether it was a deformed vampire, or normal one—once someone became a vampire, that person would not age.
"That's why he turned back into a human. The only way was not to drink blood for three months since he was bitten by a vampire. Once he tastes blood―even a drop, he will never be able to turn back into a human."
"That's all? Isn't that easy?"
"If only it were that easy. A newly transformed vampire is just like a newborn baby. If a baby feels hungry and doesn't get food, what will the baby do? Cry, right? The difference is, this deformed vampire will go crazy, get stressed, and want to attack anyone he sees."
"What about Sephania?" Guin wondered if Sephania managed to hold back her thirst for three months.
"This is her third month of not drinking blood. And when I visited her last time, her red irises were starting to fade. Doesn't that mean she's starting to turn back into a human?"
Aileen's passionate explanation could make people who heard it hypnotized into believing every word that came out of Aileen's cherry lips. However, it was immensely demanding for Guin's logic to accept this reality. "This doesn't make sense. If there is a method like this, why doesn't anyone know about it?"
"As I said earlier. Even though anyone knows, holding back thirst is not easy. If Sepha didn't have a family waiting for her to come home, I doubt she would be able to survive," said Aileen sadly, and tears began to drip from the corners of her eyes.
Guinevere hugged Aileen's neck to her chest, letting her sister cry in her arms. "I understand how you feel. It's unfair." Guin patted Aileen's back gently and whispered the phrase 'everything will be fine' repeatedly as if she was reciting a spell.
"Will you wait for me for a moment? My shift will end in two hours. "After that, we'll go to Sepha's house to comfort her family," expressed Guin after feeling Aileen was no longer crying.
Aileen pulled away while wiping away the traces of tears from her eyes. She nodded once, and then told Guin that she would wait for Guin at the nearest cafe.
Unbeknownst to them, a palm-sized black spider hiding in a row of neatly arranged books had been eavesdropping on their conversation. The eight-legged small creature had unique red eyes like a vampire―staring at Guin intently as if the girl was the only one who caught his attention.