From now on, the vampire girl escapes from the world

"Ouch...?"

"...I want to become stronger. So, teach me." Coco looked at Lily.

The tone was as firm as an order.

Lily was about to say something when Coco interrupted her:

"I told you that you must be responsible for me. So, teach me how to become stronger."

Coco sat astride Lily's legs and tightened them. After a long while, she added:

"…Lily. Please."

Lily couldn't say no.

I could only nod stiffly.

"That's it."

Coco finally got off Lily who was sitting astride her.

"Go to sleep."

Coco turned around, lay on the bed with her back to Lily, rolled up the sheets and curled up.

There was no sound of breathing for a long time.

Lily remembered.

This seemed to be the first time Coco called her name.

……

When Coco sleeps, she always curls up tightly.

Few people sleep like that. Even orcs, except for their more acute senses, are no different from ordinary humans.

No one would feel comfortable sleeping like that.

This sleeping position is actually just a unique habit that Coco has developed in her long commercial life.

Therefore, Coco's sleep is actually quite shallow.

Also be careful not to expose the most vulnerable parts of the body.

Before becoming stronger.

Coco would always sleep like that.

……

Coco just listened to Lily's movements next door until Ai'er opened the window and came back from somewhere.

Coco heard Lily seemed to make room for Elle, and then Elle lay on the bed.

Only after noticing that both of them seemed to be calm did Coco close her eyes.

……

Coco had a rare dream.

Coco also had parents.

But they are not what others imagine, peaceful parents who love their children.

Including Coco, their family has a total of eight children.

Life in the village is becoming increasingly difficult.

If you want the right to continue farming here, you have to pay a large amount of taxes.

So Koko's five brothers and two sisters had to go down to farm.

The harder people work, the more food the land can produce. This is what they all hope for.

Coco is also the one who has been rolling around in the fields since she can remember.

He is also the only orc among his brothers and sisters.

Her brothers bullied her and her sisters didn't treat her well.

Poor parents do not have the energy to take care of their children.

One day, Keke heard people in the village talking about their family.

It was said that her parents were dreaming about having a magician, so they gave birth to many children even though they couldn't afford to raise them.

But qualified magicians are so rare.

Even if he really had a tiny bit of talent, he couldn't afford the cost of awakening the child's magic circuit.

The kingdom's resources were divided up by the nobles and landowners.

There is no doubt that all the brothers and sisters went to farm.

Coco is the last child.

When Coco grows up a little.

The lord sold the land.

The subordinates of the big landlords came into the village wielding knives and sticks to drive people away.

The people in the village only then realized that the world outside had changed a long time ago.

This is no longer an era where we can farm in peace.

Perhaps the magician's extremely small chance is his only chance to turn things around.

It cannot be said that Coco’s parents’ choice was wrong.

But it was undoubtedly a failure.

……

The villagers some ran away, some stayed.

Some continued to work for the landlords.

It just changes owners - and life goes on.

Coco's parents can't run away.

Even if they kept a few children, they would only be servants of the landlords.

But I don’t know how.

Coco's parents took Coco to suddenly find the steward of a certain lord.

The steward wore a coat in winter.

Hands in pockets.

Only when he saw Coco did he reach out.

Compared with my mother's hands, my father's hands are a little dirty and cold.

But the steward's hands were warm.

The manager grabbed Coco and left without looking back.

Coco turned around, but only saw the backs of her parents' heads.

……

The manager told her that those two people were not Coco's parents.

Coco was picked up by her parents.

But Coco actually knew it a long time ago.

The women in the village like to get together and chat when they have nothing to do.

Talk about A when A is not around, and talk about B when B is not around.

When we are all together, we will talk about Coco and her family.

In the family, only Coco has furry ears.

They whispered and guessed about Coco's origins.

But no matter how quiet the voice was, the orcs could hear it clearly.

Originally, the family kept her just to wait for the right time to sell her.

Any time can be the right time.

My parents had already decided this.

My brothers and sisters already knew this.

Only Coco didn't know.

No. Coco could have known.

But Coco didn't believe it.

She only remembered it when she was leaving.

She has never been treated as a family member.

……

In the carriage on the road, the steward was sitting opposite Coco.

The manager told Coco.

From now on you will be our knife.

It is also the knife of all of us ordinary people.

It took Coco a long time to figure it out.

The person in charge is not the one in charge at all.

It's a bad thing instead.

Poor, rich, common, noble. Everyone's business is bad.