Volume 4 Chapter 50

Volume 4 + Chapter 50: Coercive Measures

The person before her—was that really Miu Miu?

Xia Yi refused to accept such a truth. She felt only that the person before her was lying—merely someone else disguised as Miu Miu.

“You’re lying—you’re not Miu Miu at all!” Xia Yi retorted. “Show your true face already! Stop pretending— you impostor!!”

“Miu Miu” showed no surprise at Xia Yi’s accusations.

“Xia Yiyi, are you so unable to accept reality that you’ve started talking nonsense? The truth is right in front of you. There’s never been any disguise or impostor—I am who I am~”

“Miu Miu would never act like you!”

“Xia Yiyi, since you think I’m a fake, do you need me to prove it to you?”

“Prove it? How would you prove that?”

“It’s simple. Don’t blink, Xia Yiyi.”

“Miu Miu” stood directly before Xia Yi and spoke a single sentence.

“Xia Yiyi, please accept this. Make sure you keep it safe…”

Xia Yi froze completely.

Previously, when Xia Lulu took Xia Yi along to visit the Crimson Empire, she deliberately caused a series of events that ended with kidnapping the vampire clan princess Miu Miu and bringing her back to the Dragon Court.

Afterward, the dragon race made demands of the vampire clan, and in order to ransom their princess, the vampire clan agreed to pay.

The dragons honored the arrangement and returned the princess to her people.

On that day, the Blood King, Herman, came to the Dragon Court to bring Miu Miu home.

During their farewell, Miu Miu used a small trick—she made everyone else think the two of them were kissing, when in truth it was nothing more than misdirection, the real positioning entirely different.

Miu Miu’s goal had been to whisper that sentence quietly to Xia Yi, while secretly slipping a seed into her hand.

No outsider could possibly know those words.

Thus, it was a secret shared only between Xia Yi and Miu Miu.

But now this “Miu Miu” had spoken that same sentence.

“You—you… why do you know those words!?”

Xia Yi stared at the “Miu Miu” before her in terror.

“No one else could possibly know!”

“Exactly. I said those words to you at the Dragon Court during our farewell, didn’t I? Isn’t that the perfect proof? Miu Miu is me.”

“……”

“Mhm~ Xia Yiyi is silent now. You should be ready to accept the truth, right?”

“Miu Miu” placed a hand over her own chest.

“So then—can you still question who I am?”

Xia Yi couldn’t understand any of this.

What exactly had happened to Miu Miu? Why had she become like this?

The person before her possessed Miu Miu’s memories, Miu Miu’s body… Could it really be as she claimed—that she was the very same Miu Miu Xia Yi knew?

“Xia Yiyi, stop resisting me. Accept me. I’ll let you live a happy, carefree life. By my side, you’ll never have to worry about a thing…”

“Miu Miu” raised her hand and slowly reached toward Xia Yi’s cheek. Her voice overflowed with irresistible temptation, as though guiding someone step by step into an abyss.

Just then, Xia Yi sensed something behind her—she heard a faint sound.

In her peripheral vision, a small black fluff-ball appeared. That was… Little Black!

Little Black seemed to be warning Xia Yi about something.

Smack!

Just as the vampire clan girl’s hand was about to touch the dragon loli, it was knocked aside.

“Oh my?”

“Miu Miu” revealed a startled expression.

Xia Yi glared at her. “You! You’re twisting the truth and turning things upside down! If you really were Miu Miu, then why would Little Black reject you like that!!”

“……”

“Little Black is Miu Miu’s familiar—it knows its master better than anyone! And just now, I saw it clearly, Little Black doesn’t want to go near you at all.” Xia Yi pointed at “Miu Miu” and questioned sharply. “If you’re really her, then summon Little Black right now.”

“……”

“What’s wrong—can’t do it?” Xia Yi let out a cold snort. “You can’t even command your own familiar. What right do you have to claim you’re the original?”

“My, my… such a headache. So in the end, because of those little black fluff-balls, you still refuse to trust me?”

“Miu Miu” pressed her fingers to her forehead and sighed.

“Who are you really? Speak!”

“Since Xia Yiyi insists on rejecting me, I may as well tell you a bit of the truth.”

“Miu Miu” began her explanation.

“In reality, Miu Miu Borgia has always been regarded as a vessel. She grew up within the vampire clan, but she was never raised to become their heir.”

“A… vessel…?”

It was the first time Xia Yi had heard such a term.

“Yes. The former vampire clan king, Herman, mated with numerous female vampires, producing many children. From them, he selected those suitable to serve as vessels. The unfit were eliminated. Miu Miu was the most exceptional among them—she survived to serve as the container for the Progenitor’s Blood.”

Xia Yi had never heard any of this. It was her first time learning about Miu Miu’s past.

No wonder Miu Miu hadn’t wanted to return to the vampire clan back then… so this was the truth behind it all…

“The Progenitor’s Blood is the legendary treasure of the vampire clan—an immense source of power that can massively amplify the royal bloodline. But absorbing too much can also kill the host who cannot withstand it. Herman intended to use Miu Miu as a safe vessel to obtain all of the Progenitor’s power for himself. But he never imagined Miu Miu was too outstanding as a vessel. After absorbing every drop of the Progenitor’s Blood, the dormant Progenitor awakened within her perfect body.”

“Don’t tell me—you’re…”

Xia Yi had already reached the conclusion in her heart.

“Xia Yiyi, if you’re unwilling to call me Miu Miu, then I’ll allow you to use another name for me—”

The vampire clan girl introduced herself with cheerful delight.

“My former name… was Elizabeth.”

The Blood Progenitor—Elizabeth.

This was her true identity.

A being who should have long perished, revived in the body that had been forged as her vessel, returning to the world of the present.

“Xia Yiyi, I’ve granted you a one of a kind privilege~ In this entire land, only you may call me that. I won’t allow anyone else to do so. Therefore—”

Elizabeth moved to Xia Yi’s side and seized her wrist this time.

“Let go of me!”

Instinctively, Xia Yi tried to break free from the Blood Progenitor, but she was startled to discover that even using her dragon born strength, she could not budge the other woman at all.

She realized the other’s power and cultivation had far surpassed hers.

“What are you trying to do!?”

“Why, take hold of my precious Xia Yiyi, of course. Even if it means—”

Elizabeth spoke in a light, cheerful tone—yet the words themselves dripped with danger.

“—resorting to coercive measures~”