Strike the Blood: Reunion of the Vampire Princess, Vol. 20 by Gakuto Mikumo and Manyako

Author:Gakuto Mikumo and Manyako [MIKUMO, GAKUTO and MANYAKO]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2022-04-12T00:00:00+00:00

2

“You’re late! What time do you two think it is right now?!”

When Kojou and Yukina returned to the lab, they found Shizuri waiting for them, her temple twitching and her visage as ferocious as an angry deity’s. With her coat over her uniform and her sword belt over that, she was in hair-trigger combat mode. Perhaps she’d equipped herself in haste from noticing Kojou’s brawl with the group of gigas earlier.

“…You woke up, Cas?”

“I can’t sleep soundly through such spectacular demonic energy being tossed about…!”

Shizuri glared at Kojou with reproach. Her expression said it all; there was no way she was backing down until he gave her a detailed account of what had happened. Giving up on returning to his room, Kojou headed toward the lab’s interior lounge.

Kanon was in the lounge as well, preparing tea for everyone. Nina Adelard was sitting on the table and had changed into a white doll’s outfit. Beside her was a black cat with golden eyes.

“You have quite haggard faces for a pair who dressed up for a nighttime stroll.”

Looking up at Kojou and Yukina, the black cat pointed this out with a sarcastic tone.

“Master?”

“Professor Kitty… So you’re here, too, huh?”

Yukina’s expression hardened at the sudden appearance of her mentor. Kojou lethargically lowered his shoulders. The black cat was really the familiar of Yukari Endou, an elven Attack Mage and Yukina’s teacher. Recalling that he hadn’t seen her around earlier, he couldn’t help but wonder what she’d been up to.

“A stroll…?”

Kanon asked that while pouring a small, steaming teapot, as if wondering, At this time of night?

“Hoh-hoh,” went Nina, her lips curling up with glee.

“Were you going stargazing? ‘Behold, that is Arcturus, that is Spica, and that is Denebola.’ ‘My, how pretty.’ ‘Not prettier than you.’ ‘Oh, senpai.’ …Or something of the sort?”

“…What’s with the cringey dialogue?”

Kojou shot back with a grimace. Implicit in that criticism was, Where the hell did you come up with all that? But for some reason, Nina ignored that and proudly puffed out her breasts.

“I saw it in a TV drama recently. I’m quite trendy, you see.”

“Abbess, that is marvelous.”

Kanon brought her hands together in front of her chest, eyes glimmering. Oh yes, oh yes, proclaimed Nina’s nod. He couldn’t deal with the two of them saying that stuff with straight faces.

Fearing there was no pithy comeback to be found, he slumped down with a sigh.

“Nothin’ like that. The First Primogenitor came over to pay me a little visit—that’s all.”

“The…?!”

Shizuri gawked, spitting out the tea in her mouth in the process.

“I see. So that’s how it is.”

The black cat exhaled gravely. Shizuri closed the distance with Yukari.

“Wh-what do you mean by this…?!”

“The source of the Fourth Primogenitor lad’s vampiric urges. Good timing. Both of you, come with me.”

Slowly rising up, the black cat nimbly leaped down from the table.

Perplexed, Yukina and Kojou followed her along.

Apparently, Yukari had realized the possibility of another Blazing Banquet just from hearing the First Primogenitor had contacted him. It was the “good timing” part that left Kojou and Yukina perplexed.

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