After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

"That's too much, isn't it? That's too much, right?"

“No, this…”

Hecate's face was filled with black lines, and he had no idea how to answer.

After all, she had only been with Aize for a few days and didn't know him well at all, so there was really nothing much to say.

But, how to say it?

Now, this sinister man who is full of evil and conspiracy, and can force others into a desperate situation with a calm face, can he still be so... innocent?

It's a bit hard to imagine.

But it seems quite interesting.

As for Charlotte, she was the one who was getting angrier the more she thought about it.

"Tsk, at that time, I should have bitten open his neck, sucked it clean, and then directly turned him into my follower. Let's see if he dares to disobey me——"

"But, even though she said that, didn't Lady Charlotte change her mind?"

No matter how unhappy she was, Charlotte changed her speaking habits in an unusually honest manner in front of Aize.

You have to know that this custom may have lasted for hundreds of years and it cannot be changed easily.

Charlotte, who was complaining, was touched by this and froze in place.

I don’t know if it was out of embarrassment or shyness, but there was a hint of blush on her fair skin.

Of course, it didn't last long.

"Hmph, there's nothing you can do about it, right? I'm the direct descendant of the First True Ancestor. How can I argue with a commoner over such a trivial matter?"

As if trying to hide something, Charlotte crossed her arms and turned away.

"Besides, he and I have a mutually supportive business relationship. If he keeps laughing every time we meet, how can we get down to business? This is the only way!"

These words, combined with such performance, are not very convincing.

However, Hecate didn't have the courage to point it out.

The atmosphere fell into awkwardness for a moment.

After the two looked at each other for a few seconds, Charlotte was the first to shake her head.

"Well, forget about all these unpleasant old things, let's get down to business!"

As she spoke, she once again turned her attention to the corpse in front of her.

The blood-red pupils quickly swept across the other person's body, and then stopped on the horrifying scar on the other person's waist.

"...Even if they were transformed later in life, since they've already become vampires, how could they have left such marks? They should have been eliminated during the transformation process."

While confirming Aize's suspicions, he also raised the same questions as him.

With such doubts in mind, Charlotte raised her hand and activated the magic power in her body.

An ominous scarlet light instantly occupied her eyes, and even her beautiful burgundy hair floated up under its power.

As a result of the activation of magic power, all the remaining blood of the dead vampire girl quickly flowed out of the wound and gathered into a small ball in the air in front of her.

"Tsk, is that all that's left?"

Although the body was well preserved, the blood had almost dried up during transportation and storage for several days.

But it's barely enough.

Charlotte reached out her hand, gently touched the small blood ball, and after it was stained with some bright red liquid, she slowly put it into her mouth.

Then--

"Ugh... Tsk—Pfft..."

He almost immediately revealed a nauseous expression and quickly cleared the liquid out of his mouth in an unsightly way.

"What is this? It's not vampire blood at all! No...it does smell like vampire blood, and I can sense some residual consciousness, but if I have to say, it's more like human!"

"What does it mean?"

Hecate didn't understand what Charlotte meant at all.

After all, the senses of vampires and succubi are very different, and each has a unique taste perception of their favorite foods.

This general statement is of course incomprehensible.

And Charlotte seemed to have been quite shocked.

Without even paying attention to her, he gathered his magic power again and examined the body more carefully.

His brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

"There are vampire parts and human parts, completely mixed together. Is it in the process of transformation? No, that's not right. Once transformed, even if you die along the way, the transformation process will continue."

Although humans can be transformed into vampires.

But whether it is human or vampire, the boundary after transformation is very clear.

Theoretically, such an intermediate state should not exist.

"As for the vampires... well, they are undoubtedly descendants of the original True Ancestor, but which branch are they from?"

Charlotte completely fell into her own rhythm while talking to herself.

Half an hour passed like this, the door of the workshop was opened, and Aize finally appeared.

"Sorry, I'm late."

I discussed with Villian the progress made in cracking the ancient ritual so far, and also discussed the possible intentions of the mastermind behind the incident.

By the way, I also have to hold the witch's curly hair down while she eats and sleeps.

It just took a little more effort.

While apology was being spoken, he walked over to the corpse.

At this moment, Charlotte was still concentrating on examining the blood in front of her.

He even cut his arm and mixed his blood in it for better control.

The bright red liquid floated and deformed between light and shadow, looking unexpectedly unreal.

"This is it, brother?"

Suddenly, as if she discovered something, Charlotte's face darkened.

He then snapped his fingers and canceled the spell.

The mixed blood of both parties separated on their own as if they had wisdom and returned to each other's bodies.

As if nothing had happened.

Then, the vampire girl raised her head and finally spoke:

"This guy is in a state between a vampire and a human. He has the abilities of a vampire, but his body is still basically human."

As soon as he opened his mouth, his tone changed again, and the aristocratic and dignified speech disappeared again.

The naturalness of the switch made Hecate marvel.

"This kind of intermediate state has never appeared in the history of the vampires, and I dare not jump to conclusions about what exactly happened. But..."

Charlotte looked at Aize with an extremely serious expression, so much so that Aize couldn't help swallowing.

"but what?"

"If you only look at the bloodline of this girl, she's undoubtedly the descendant of my deceased brother, and there are even traces of the blood plague. I believe she was transformed by the new blood plague now spreading in the capital."

Chapter 77: Sharing Consciousness

"Transformed... by the blood plague? Is that possible?"

Aize crossed his arms and frowned.

Before coming to this world, he was still a otaku and had come into contact with many fictional works containing elements such as virus outbreaks and zombie crises.

Immunity and then evolution are also one of the common plug-ins of the protagonist.

However, this is ultimately just an ideal state required by the plot.

In the real world of swords and magic, would such a situation really happen?

Blood slaves are essentially inferior vampires who failed to transform. They are born almost at the same time as vampires, so it is natural that patients will be transformed into vampires.

Rather, transforming into a vampire is the main goal, and blood slaves are the by-product of failure.

However, after years of improvement by the previous True Ancestor, Charlotte's brother, the weaponized blood plague technique completely eliminated this possibility.

Ensure that any victim will only become a mindless and violent monster, so as to maximize the killing efficiency of human armies and towns.

Instead of causing any farce about the vampires' bodies and human minds, which would create unnecessary trouble.

The current situation in the royal capital is the same.

Over the past month, countless people have died from the blood plague and then been transformed.

Among the base number of tens of thousands, there is not even a single case of becoming a vampire.

Not to mention that Charlotte and her subordinates have been active in the royal capital for so long. If there really is an organization composed of converted vampires, there is no reason why they would not discover it.

"To be honest, I don't know either."

In response to Aize's question, Charlotte just shook her head in distress.

"In theory, even if they were truly transformed by the blood plague, they would become pure vampires, not this half-baked state. This is completely beyond the concept of an ordinary vampire."

"Then why do you make such a judgment?"

"Because the vampire part of this guy comes from my brother. That guy... how should I put it? In his cognition, humans are not even as good as livestock."

Charlotte narrowed her eyes and spread her hands helplessly.

"I don't think he would come to the capital and turn a not-so-strong human into a vampire. If that's the case, then the blood of my brother in her can only come from the blood plague."

In this way, the judgment is reasonable, but the question just now is still not answered.

"Um……"

Aize closed his eyes and fell into thought.

After much effort, he combined an already perfect technique with an unknown ancient technique to create a completely new technique.

Judging from the destructiveness of the blood plague alone, there is no fundamental difference compared to the previous generation, which is not worth the huge amount of time and money required for related development.

If you think about it this way, perhaps transforming humans into their current form was the original purpose.

But what is the point of transforming into this?

Half-blooded vampires have no strength advantage over purebloods, and their physical fitness does not seem to be significantly improved.

So what is this...

"……Um?"

Suddenly, Aize remembered what he had just talked about with Villian.

According to Miss Witch, the ancient spell is composed of three effects, and the one that has been cracked can be determined to be some kind of healing spell.

treatment.

Aize opened his eyes and looked down at the horrifying scar on the corpse's waist.

Leaving aside the vampires, if it were a human, after suffering such severe injuries, there would be a high probability that they would die on the spot.

Even if they survive, they will at least suffer from lifelong disability.

Seriously injured, need treatment.

Is there no connection between the two?

"Oh, I have another idea I can try."

In the silence, Charlotte suddenly spoke.