The little blonde girl's eyes were practically glued to the freshly made crepe and its tantalizing aroma.
She eagerly took the plate.
Without even bothering with a fork, she took a huge bite. Her eyes curved into happy crescents, and her legs swung merrily beneath her chair.
"Mmm! Delicious! This smells even better than that one earlier!"
She mumbled her praise through bulging cheeks.
Qi Wu sat down opposite her. Jiang Qingyue and Gale also moved closer, curious about this stranger of unknown origins.
"Now, can you answer my questions?"
Qi Wu waited until she slowed down a little before speaking again.
"Who are you? Where did you come from? Why are you here?"
The little blonde girl licked the cream from the corner of her mouth and took another big bite of her crepe before mumbling:
"My name is Lilith Ventrue... you may address me as Your Highness!"
She tried hard to look imposing, but the cream on the tip of her nose made her utterly unconvincing.
"I came from... very, very far away in the west."
She blinked her crimson eyes, seemingly reluctant to specify where.
"Home was too boring! Nothing but those ancient ceremonies and dreary banquets all day... I sneaked out to have some fun!"
She waved the crepe in her hand like a banner of rebellion:
"I heard the east was fun! So I flew here! But I flew for too long... got lost... and almost ran out of spiritual power... then I smelled this amazing smell..."
She pointed at the crepe shop.
"I wanted to come down and take a look, but I misjudged my altitude..."
Qi Wu stroked his chin, understanding dawning on his face.
"You're a vampire?"
Vampires were one of the countless nonhuman races.
They were neither humans nor Demons.
Rather,