Chapter 312 Blood Element
"Tell me?! Was it the contract?!" Alice looked up at me, knowing from my scream that I had figured it out.
"U-umm, Alice." I did not know what to say because the system was never wrong, and I was afraid that telling the truth would have some sort of repercussion.
"Yes?" Alice eagerly looked at me with eyes that resembled a puppy. Because I was a sucker for cute things, her new height had unintentionally given her an unfair charisma advantage.
"Are you aware that you have had appearance-altering magic cast on you?" I braced myself for Alice to scream or become enraged at me, but nothing happened. Alice remained silent as if she knew exactly what was wrong.
"THAT FUCKING BASTARD ALLUCARD!!! THAT STUPID MAGIC HE APPLIED ON ME BACK THEN WAS JUST TO MAKE ME LOOK LIKE HIS IDEAL WOMAN!! IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!!"
'Jeez, what kind of workplace harassment has been going on all this time?' There was no doubt that some sort of fetish play was taking place, but I had no intention to find out. If anything, it's good that Alice wasn't too attached to this place.
"Elysia! We better come back here so I can beat Alucard's ASS! That bastard needs to pay!" Alice abruptly turned to face me, declaring our eventual return to the dungeon.
"It's okay, I planned to come back anyway. I intend to come here once I am strong enough to take on everyone." I had already planned to return because I could not pass up some experience, but I still needed to adjust to my new vampire powers and figure out how strong I was.
'Perhaps I can test it out when we make our escape.' I had a feeling we would run into some vampires on our way out, so it will be a good test to see if I can handle them.
"Good, now let's get out of here."
'She's quick to get over it. I expected her to be more upset about her height.' Alice surprisingly calmed down quickly after discovering she was now a midget. Though perhaps her mind is simply less focused on her current predicament and more on how she would take her revenge.
'I wonder how she will act once we are out of here.' I expected that once we were out of here, the reality of her short stature would set in and her tsundere side would emerge.
Alice rose from the ground and removed her cloak, which had become too large for her. Fortunately, her clothes underneath shrank along with her body, which only made her even cuter than she was before.
She was dressed in a long-sleeved one-piece dress with bat wings on the hem and thigh-high stockings with bat ears on the ends.
"Yes, we've wasted too much time." The desire to pat Alice's head was strong, but I had to resist until we were out of here. It is bad enough that there is potentially a bunch of vampires waiting to kill us.
"Do you have the ability to fly? I sense you are a true vampire, so you should be able to sprout some wings." To compensate for her lost height, Alice spread her wings and floated around me, staying at head level.
"Hmm, why don't we find out?" I attempted to summon bat wings using the system, and it worked. A pair of black and red bat wings sprouted from my back, almost whacking Alice in the face.
"Sheesh, that's some big wings." Alice was taken aback by how big my wings were, but she could look at them later. Because this was my first flight, I needed to see if I could get the hang of them right away.
I concentrated on my wings, letting the system do the majority of the heavy lifting as I began to float effortlessly. I was not making a conscious decision to move them, but it would have to suffice for the time being because I do not have time to learn how to fly.
"Alright, I'm ready." I felt quite nervous about flying, which Alice clearly saw, so she grabbed my hand. I was about to pull away instinctively when I realised I needed a guide. Even though the system was flying for me, I still had to decide where I wanted to go.
Alice nodded and guided me through the air, which was surprisingly smooth. We gradually increased our speed until we reached the elevator shaft, where we really accelerated. It felt strange to be flying through the air, but mostly it felt fun.
I was getting used to the sensation of flying, gradually taking control of my movements thanks to Alice's assistance. I had no idea how it worked, but it felt like the system was instilling the movements directly into my mind so that they would become second nature.
"There might be some vampires outside, so I hope you are ready for a fight. Aside from Alucard, the people who live in the main building are the strongest of our kind."
"You are surprisingly quick to switch sides. Don't you feel bad that you are going against friends and peers alike?" Even if Alice agreed to leave, surely there are people here that she would consider friends.
"Y-you see, it isn't like I don't have friends! But I chose not to have any. Plus, if this place isn't even real, then what's the point?" Alice's face turned red, clearly embarrassed to admit that she didn't even have friends. I also finally understood Sealed Alice pushing the whole 'best friends' shtick on me, as it seems like someone is yearning for any kind of friendship.
"Ohh okay, I see." I refrained from teasing for now since I'd rather not rile up Alice while mid-flight.
"G-good, now what's the plan? We are about to reach the top." Alice relaxed upon hearing me accept her reasoning and moved on to a more immediate problem.
"As much as I am itching to fight, I think it's best we try to avoid it and make our way to the teleportation circle. If we can get there, we will have nearly escaped." It went against everything I wanted, but I had to consider the risks. I may be a crazy battle-hungry kind of gal, but I also had future wives to return to.
"I like the sound of it. I do not detect any vampires, so we might be able to get away unscathed." Alice focused on the ever-approaching hole, but she couldn't feel anything, which was a relief.
As we got closer to our exit, we slowed down and peered out the hole. My and Alice's heads appeared side by side, searching for vampires but finding none in sight.
"Clear." As I emerged from the hole, I looked around to see if there were any windows. If we can get outside, flying to the teleportation circle will make our lives easier.
"Don't. Alucard likes to fly high in the sky when he is out so we should make it to the front hall first." Alice knew what I was looking for and quickly yanked on my hand to get me to stop.
"Damn it, well, since you know this place lead the way." It was a shame that we couldn't fly through the open skies, but Alucard is the last person I want to meet right now.
"Follow me then." Alice let go of my hand and floated towards the exit of the grand hall. However, before we even got close to the door, it swung open and a bunch of hooded vampires flooded in.
"Shit!" Alice quickly flew back behind my back, frantically looking around. By the look on her face, she didn't understand how they were found out.
"Alice, what is the meaning of this?" One of the hooded vampires spoke up while walking towards us. I slightly shifted my body, ready to make a move at any moment. I also realised that I had access to the new blood element. I could feel the blood circulation of every being in the room as if I could take control of it.
'Interesting.' Some gruesome ideas appeared in my head, but I wanted to see where this was going before attacking.
"What? I don't know what you want me to say." Alice didn't admit anything, which was fair. The vampires in this dungeon seemed extremely devout, so telling them their world is a lie will just aggravate them.
"That massive burst of energy and this strange person who has the same presence as Alucard, explain?" The hooded vampire took another step closer, making him only a couple of metres away.
"Elysia, you handle it." Alice let out a sigh as if she didn't want to bother to explain and decided to let me do whatever I wanted.
"Hehe~ with pleasure." Looking at the vampire in front of me, I sensed the blood within them and tried to take control of it. Once I got a grasp of it, I tried to pull the blood out of their bodies.
Suddenly, the vampire's body began to spasm as if something inside was trying to escape it.
"ARGHHH!!" A loud screech came from them and shortly after, their skin tore open. Blood spewed out towards me and into my hand, forming a small blood ball.
"HAHA! This is incredible! Who's next!"
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