After Fang Zheng spent five minutes explaining everything to her, Gozuka Yue still looked utterly incredulous.
But that was perfectly normal. Who would have thought that after going home and waking up again, they would have become dead?
Though she was unwilling to believe it, the blood bags before her and her cold body had already told her the truth. Gozuka Yue had also tried just now and discovered that she really... no longer breathed, and her heart had stopped beating as well.
The realization left her completely stunned.
While Fang Zheng waited for her to come to her senses, she glanced at Arcueid beside her and found that she too had widened her eyes in shock.
"That's impossible..."
"What is it?"
Seeing Arcueid looking as though she had seen a ghost, Fang Zheng frowned in confusion. It was understandable that this girl needed time to process suddenly dying, but why was a Vampire like her getting involved in this mess?
"No, I mean... perhaps she really should have died."
"Hm?"
What kind of thing was that to say? They had just met; wasn't that a little inappropriate?
"No, that's not what I meant."
Reading the looks in Fang Zheng's and Akiha's eyes, Arcueid waved her hands.
"I mean... this human might have an aptitude for becoming a Dead Apostle."
"Oh? How so?"
Fang Zheng immediately became interested in the subject, and Arcueid began to explain.
"You should know that, in legends, Vampires can turn other people into Vampires, right?"
"Yes."
Akiha nodded. She had read some Vampire legends and naturally understood, while Arcueid continued.
"But in truth, that is merely a simplification humans made of our behavior. Not everyone can become a Vampire. In this world, Vampires are divided into two kinds. Those born as Vampires are called True