"Do you have any objections?"
Zhao Bai said unhappily.
Bronya coughed again. "There's no problem. A woman's stomach is forever connected to her heart, but this time, the target is a vampire. Human food holds no appeal for her, so your greatest trump card is useless."
Bronya was right.
If he invited Yue Xia to dinner, he would have to bare his neck and expose his soft carotid artery to her.
That was undoubtedly impossible.
"So, let Bronya guide you."
"Huh?"
The speeding motorcycle abruptly came to a stop. Zhao Bai said almost hysterically, "What did you say? Say that again."
"She shouldn't have met such a miserable end in the experimental chamber. She should have been given a grand finale. If Bronya guessed correctly, an experimental subject hastily created like this was probably as short-lived as a cloned sheep."
"No, I meant the other sentence."
Zhao Bai did not stop to appreciate the human warmth in Bronya's words, shaking his head like a rattle drum.
"You said I'm inexperienced and that you want to guide me. Are you very experienced, then? Why? Who did you learn this stuff from?"
"..."
"Confess honestly!"
An indescribable silence followed. Bronya seemed somewhat disappointed. After being silent for a long time, she said faintly:
"Natural talent."
So Bronya had been born knowing how to pick up girls. Well, that was fine then.
The motorcycle sped onward. Yue Xia sat quietly and silently, sometimes looking at the flowing nightscape and sometimes at Zhao Bai's face. Yet what she seemed to be looking at was not his face, but his neck—or, more specifically, his faintly throbbing carotid artery.
Moonlit Embrace was hungry.
Fortunately, Zhao Bai had prepared beforehand. He checked out several medical bags of blood, all genetically engineered. The Valkyries used only a small