Chapter 285 Darling~

Dilan’s wound on the back had already healed, and his entire body was overflowing with the energy the Blood Essences had provided.

He felt bloated and as if too much blood was circulating through his body. This was why he was willing to give Victoria some of his blood.

“Try to cut me,” Dilan ordered before stretching out his right arm to let Victoria do what she wanted.

“Are you insane?!” Williams asked in disbelief to see their leader ask her to cut him as if he was some fruit.

Even if they didn’t know what exactly would happen if a Vampire drank someone’s blood, it was a fact that Dilan could die the moment Victoria would cut open his wrist’s artery.

Revealing one’s wrist to a stranger and holding it bare was already weird, but allowing an unknown Vampire to cut your arm and drink your blood was simply insane.

Dilan eyed Williams for a moment before he smiled lightly.

“I am not offering her my blood for her sake, or just because she is hungry. Don’t be so nervous,” He tried to reassure him and act as if his behavior was not crazy.

Deep inside, Dilan knew that his actions were insane but he felt that it was correct.

“Yes, Darling~” Victoria suddenly said as her claws enlarged.

They were razor-sharp and she lightly cut Dilan with them. Or that was what Victoria intended to do, only to realize that her nails were not sharp enough to cut him. This stupefied her for a moment, forcing her to circulate mana through her claws to sharpen them.

This time, Victoria used some more force, only to note that Nial had to support her with his free hand as well.

He was still smiling, just to look at Victoria with a particular question in his mind.

“By the way, why are you calling me Darling? Is that some sort of kink?” Dilan was a bit confused as he had never been called Darling. His lovers in the past had never used that term of endearment either. It was not as if he had had many lovers, especially because he had never mustered the courage to approach anyone he was interested in when he was still living under the roof of his father.

Everyone, he was close to, could have been endangered by being befriended with him, after all.

“I don’t have such a kink…though I have lots of other kinks~” Victoria wiggled her eyebrows and spoke in a seductive voice.

“If you want to get to know them, just tell me, I will be more than happy to share with you in detail,” She added, licking her lips as her eyes were drawn to the bits of blood that trickled down her claws. It was impossible to injure Dilan seriously with her power, not after his stats had increased so much.

‘How was this bitch strong enough to injure him severely?’ Victoria asked herself in confusion, wondering how the wife of the Mihorl clan’s patriarch had been strong enough to injure Dilan. She wanted to figure out how that was possible but her instincts prevented her from perceiving anything other than Dilan’s blood.

The smell of his sacred blood hit her nostrils, it aroused her, and she could clearly feel an itch between her legs.

“And you are my darling because that is who you are to me,” She added lightly, before biting into Nial’s arm. Her crimson eyes widened and their glow intensified. The crimson eyes shone so brightly that everyone around was dazzled for a few seconds.

Meanwhile, Victoria’s hands were tightly holding onto Nial’s arm, trying to never let go of him again.

The more blood she drank, the stronger Victoria seemed to become. Her strength increased by leaps and bounds, clearly showing the difference between a hungry and a satiated Vampire.

A moan filled with all of her desires escaped Victoria’s mouth. She moved away from Nial’s arm when she was done, but instead of moving away from Dilan altogether, she began to caress his cheeks.

“You definitely are my darling~,” She whispered, smiling at him lovingly.

The bloating he had felt disappeared, which was what Dilan had expected to happen. Nonetheless, the current situation was a bit weird.

“Who decided that you can call me that?” Dilan repeated incredulously, but Victoria seemed to be totally unbothered. She was still caressing his cheeks. Her eyes were fixated on his lips, and everyone around could tell what she was thinking about.

“Well, I did~” She whispered quietly, and leaned forward.

However, Dilan lifted the hand she had bitten, pushing it gently against the forehead to prevent her from getting closer.

At this moment she noticed that he had already stopped bleeding, but this only attracted her further.

‘A human with the regeneration capabilities of an old noble Vampire.’

“Well, whatever. I guess you are done drinking. Let’s search for the keys, and save your naughty talk for later,” Dilan tried to put some sense into her.

Yet, the moment he finished speaking he noticed that everyone was staring at him weirdly, and only when it was already too late did he realize that he made a big mistake.

“…for later? So can we do it later? Yay~~!” Victoria exclaimed with a childlike glee and grasped his hand before she went in the direction of the four Sanctum keys. She halted in her tracks only for a moment when she noticed that the others weren’t doing anything. Thus, she turned her head in the direction of Williams and the others before she ordered them.

“You guys go take your corpses, their essences, and your little friend there!”

Everyone merely blinked as they registered what she had implied. Yet, even Dilan couldn’t say something against that order. He would have said exactly the same.

“Just do what she said,” Dilan gave up, waving off his hand.

His words added more to their confusion as they could not understand why he was not blocking her advances.

“Well, I guess our group just gained another powerful Ascender…or noble Vampire, to be precise,” Silas’ weak voice reached everyone.

He looked at the others with a faint smile, while lying on the ground. His wounds were healing rapidly thanks to the potions he received.

The fight against the bloodthirsty Ascenders and the Vampire Servants had been quite difficult for him, and he didn’t remember everything.

“Yeah looks like it…but she seems nice, I guess?” Ailee commented, not sure what to think about Victoria. She was only a bit sad about something when she recalled Yvonne and Kathrine, which caused her to mumble,

“:..Kath and Yvi will have lots of trouble, now that such a rival appeared out of nowhere…”

Oliver just nodded his head and blurted out the first thing that came to his mind.

“Kathrine and Yvonne are definitely amongst the most beautiful women I’ve ever met…but Victoria…wow, she is gorgeous, and knows how to play with men…” Oliver said in a dreamy voice that was overflowing with jealousy.

And just like Dilan, only when it was already too late did he realize what kind of mistake he had made. But the damage was done.

“If you think that Victoria, Kathrin,e and Yvonne are so beautiful, how about you pursue them?” Ailee retorted in a seething voice before she turned around with a “hmpf!” and stomped off in frustration.

“Oh shit…”