Especially since she was still being held in his arms, so tiny and adorable! Rubis's heart was melting from cuteness; how could he possibly bear to hurt Yu Ling?
This shows that not only does the male protagonist not care about racial prejudice, but even the human side no longer treats vampires the way they used to, shouting for them to fight and kill them on sight.
The original owner of this body seems to be out of touch with the times.
"Have you vampires fallen so low that no one cares for your cubs, child?"
As Rubis spoke, he not only didn't put Yu Ling down, but also bounced her around in his hand, jokingly saying,
"Oh~ you're really light as a feather, obviously malnourished. How about calling me 'brother' and I'll let you take a bite, you poor thing?"
"Uncle, you're so narcissistic! You're so old and you still have the nerve to ask me to call you brother?" Yu Ling stared at Rubis's face for a long time. Even though she and the original owner of this body were older than him, judging from their appearances, he was still of the uncle generation, right?
Rubis felt as if he had been stabbed in the heart, and said incredulously, "What did you call me? Uncle? I'm only thirty!"
Oh? Do all Westerners look this mature?
[It might be because he grew a beard.] The system has figured it out.
"Yes, uncle! Let me go, or I'll suck all your blood." Yu Ling squinted, and two sharp teeth peeked out from her lips.
"So you're admitting it now?"
Rubis was dressed like a wanderer, showing no signs of having once belonged to the Papacy, and spoke with great arrogance.
"Alright, poor thing, where are your vampire family? Do you need my help to return you?"
"...I have no family, and I'm not a pitiful little thing. If you can, please pretend you didn't see me!" Yu Ling flipped through the original owner's memories and it seemed that the vampires, with a birth rate as low as 0.000001%, really didn't have children. Why did this person always think of himself as a child?
But she couldn't very well explain that she was the queen of the vampires, over two thousand years old, and that her transformation was merely an accident. Wouldn't she be handed over to the Pope in no time?
“Alright, alright, you’re not.” Rubis was always very patient with children. He smiled kindly and said, “Can you tell me your name? My name is Rubis. You can call me Brother Rubis… Uncle.” He gave in.
“Klein.” Yu Ling remained indifferent.
The original owner's name was almost forgotten by everyone in the vampire clan, so there was no harm in revealing it.
“Klein? Nice name. I hope you don’t mind me calling her by her first name.” Even though Yu Ling was wary and guarded, Rubis didn’t feel offended. Instead, he was worried about Yu Ling’s safety. “Listen to me, Klein. The human world is complicated and too dangerous for someone as weak as you. Go home, okay?”
Blood hunters have their good and bad sides; some even make deals with wealthy humans to capture vampires for sale. Yu Ling is far too beautiful; even as a child, he couldn't guarantee she wouldn't attract the attention of perverted enthusiasts.
"I'll die if I go back," Yu Ling said, playing the honest card.
Rubis: ...It's stuck in my hands.
He actually believed it, and even cursed the vampire civil war for not even sparing the cubs, so he had no choice but to go along with it and say, "I think you can travel with me? You know, Klein, you are a vampire, and I can't leave you to live alone in the human world."
Yu Ling glanced at the cross and longsword at Rubis's waist, as well as the unknown dangerous items in the bulging package.
"Are you threatening me?" Yu Ling whispered. "I can stay by your side. Tell me, what are your conditions for sparing my life?"
Due to the original owner's distorted memories, Yu Ling's view of humans in this regard was just as monstrous as a flood; she didn't believe Rubis's words were sincere.
"Maybe you can run errands for me, buy some dry food or something, and you might get a discount."
Rubis treated Yu Ling like a rebellious child, paying no attention to her demands or threats. He was simply overjoyed that this sweet and adorable girl wanted to be with him.
Due to their age difference (Rubis firmly believes that Yu Ling is indeed only eight or nine years old) and their different social statuses, the two of them were unable to have any heart-to-heart talks. One was a flamboyant and handsome middle-aged man, and the other was a cute little girl with a cold face. Walking on the street, they formed a strange sight.
A delicious meal was right in front of Yu Ling, but she could smell it but couldn't eat it. This feeling was very unpleasant. Even the human food that Rubis occasionally fed her, such as sweet and delicious pine cone bread and hot milk, tasted like cardboard.
The two arrived at a hotel, and under the owner's gaze that seemed to favor BT enthusiasts, Rubis asked for a room and checked in with Yu Ling.
Knowing that Yu Ling didn't need to sleep at night, Rubis lay down on the only bed and slept soundly, seemingly not worried at all that the other party might do something during the night.
Well, he wasn't just seemingly worried; he genuinely wasn't. In his view, aside from being able to suck blood, Yu Ling, such a young vampire (vampires are what they call themselves; humans refer to them as vampires), would probably need his protection, so why would he worry about any danger?
Listening to Rubis's even breathing, Yu Ling suppressed the urge to bite him, but her mind kept thinking: This is a sting operation! It's definitely a sting operation!
Time passed by, bit by bit.
Yu Ling's eyes were bloodshot, glowing red in the dead of night. She stood by the bed, looking down at the sleeping man, and bared her sharp teeth.
Just as she was about to take a bite to taste it, she heard a pleasant yet languid voice coming from outside the window. Yu Ling teleported to the window and saw a devilishly handsome face leaning against the window frame, smiling at her.
He was dressed in elaborate court attire, his long silver-blue hair flowing in the wind. He was young and handsome, especially his narrow, clear eyes, which were irresistibly captivating.
"Count Alvin?" Among those drawn in was the living Yu Ling. She unearthed the original owner's memories, feeling a chill run down her spine under Alvin's gaze, and couldn't help but ask the system, "Wasn't he already sacrificed himself? How come..."
"Hmm, the original owner's memories can only be used as a reference. Perhaps this person faked their death and fooled Her Majesty the Queen?" the system said.
Amid Yu Ling's exclamation, Alvin entered the room in an instant. He reached out and ruffled Yu Ling's wine-red hair, sighing, "So cute, is it a newborn? For a moment, I thought the Queen had arrived."
Rubis is truly unworthy of his status; he didn't even wake up when someone sneaked in! Yu Ling's internal alarm bells were ringing, but the other person's scent was so sweet that she couldn't bring herself to move away.
Alvin glanced at Rubis with disgust, then grabbed Yu Ling and flew away.
Are you hungry?
Seeing Yu Ling swallowing repeatedly while being held in his arms, Alvin pressed his head against his neck, and then his seductive voice rang out again.
"You can try biting it..."
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