When Airi opened her eyes again, Yukina was no longer beside her—she had probably sneaked back to her own room before everyone else woke up.
But...
Still no awakening.
Feeling the Familiar Beasts within her body, Airi sighed helplessly again. She only had this handful of Familiar Beasts, all given to her by that unfortunate arms dealer back then. They included the First Familiar Beast, Kongo Divine Ram; the Second Familiar Beast, Amber Minotaur; the Third Familiar Beast, Quicksilver Dragon Serpent; the Fourth Familiar Beast, Silver Mist Carapace; the Fifth Familiar Beast, Golden Lion; the Seventh Familiar Beast, Night-Grinding Black Sword; the Eighth Familiar Beast, Purple Scorpion Tiger; the Ninth Familiar Beast, Deep Crimson Twin Horns; the Eleventh Familiar Beast, White Steel Water Spirit; and the Twelfth Familiar Beast, azure Ice Enchantress.
The Familiar Beasts Airi had awakened so far were the Third, Fifth, and Ninth. The others were all asleep, showing no signs of waking at all. As for the Sixth and Tenth Familiar Beasts, who knew where the hell they were? In any case, they weren't inside her...
Although Yukina had been shy yet proactive last night and let Airi drink her blood, the other Familiar Beasts still showed no signs of awakening. It felt as if they were saying, That's it? Nowhere near enough. So... she had to drink other people's blood too?
If it came down to it, she could just attack someone.
Airi shook her head and sat up. At the moment, Yukina's blood alone was clearly nowhere near enough to awaken the other Familiar Beasts. But that did not mean she was completely out of options. Thinking carefully, wasn't her perspective too narrow? If she was right, and awakening Familiar Beasts required the blood of many girls, then how had this world's original protagonist