CH 46

Vampire Princess and Beautiful Girl

Translated by AmaLynne

In my previous life, I was a high school girl named『Senjo Yona』and I was reincarnated as『Lean Bloodlord』of the vampire tribe.

For the next five years, I lived a peaceful and happy life…However, the vampire village was destroyed by humans who wanted to destroy vampires for irrational reasons. All the vampires except me were annihilated.

I swore revenge against the humans, and after that, I joined the demon king’s army under the guidance of the evil god Isuzu-sama, and after blood-soaked efforts, I gained strength.

Three years later, after a fierce battle, I defeated a brave man whose heart had been broken by human hands and who had been attacking the demon tribe like a ghost.

After that, the hero fell into the hands of the demon tribe and lost her『qualities of a hero』due to her ambition to disobey humans, and lost her occupation. Freed from the restraints of being a hero and named『Yomi,』she will now walk with the Demon King’s Army to take revenge on the humans――

…And so, my mind was running wild enough to sort out the synopsis of what has been going on in my head.

「Uh, umm… don’t stare at me, so much…embarrassing…」

In front of my eyes was Yomi, a former brave who was currently without a stitch of clothing and with red cheeks.

How did this happen?

Things go back to an hour ago…

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That night, the former hero was named Yomi, the same name as my pet cat in a previous life (a story I plan to take to my grave).

It was decided that Yomi, a human, would not leave her room as much as possible until her existence was announced, as she would not be seen by the demon tribe too much or they would suspect her of something strange.

By the way, by room, I mean my room.

Currently, Yomi has no place to sleep. Well, we can’t exactly prepare them.

Throwing Yomi alone into the dormitory of a demon tribe that is not accustomed to humans is nothing but bad. So, after much discussion, we decided to have her live in my room for a while.

Along with that, my move to the room reserved for the semi-executives was also postponed.

…Well, it seems that the semi-executives and above don’t have a『room』but a『house』.

「Um…sorry to bother you…」

「Hmm? It’s fine. The upper soldiers’ dormitory is spacious, and it’s perfectly fine to add one more person…More so, you’re not an honorific character like Tiana-san, are you?」

「Eh?…y-yes. Then…Nice to meet you, Lean.」

It’s kind of weird to be addressed with honorifics by someone your age, you know?

「Well, now that you’ve eaten, why don’t you go take a bath? You’re so dirty, it’s time to get rid of the grime, right?」

After that, I’ll go in too. I can’t use the big bathroom in the dormitory, but the bathtub in this room is pretty big, so…

「…What’s a bath?」

「……………Ha?」

Just now, what?

「……You don’t know what a bath is?」

「Uh-huh.」

「T-Then how do you wash?」

「Huh? When I wash my body, I use water stored in a tub…」

Seriously!?

「…I’m sorry, wait a minute.」

Saying so, I activated one of the mental magic,《Telepathy》. Yes, the one that the Demon King-sama often uses.

『Tiana-san, Tiana-san, please respond.』

『Oh, Lean-san? Is there something wrong?』 

『…Yomi didn’t know the baths existed. I’d like a full explanation.』

『Oh…About that? Among humans, baths are quite a luxury culture.』

FOR REAL!?

『If I recall, Yomi-sama was from a remote village in the Holy Land, wasn’t she? Then, it is not surprising that she did not know about baths. Humans used to wash their bodies with water, hot water, and soap stored in tubs.』

…Humans look down on us demons when they live such an inferior life?

『…Thank you very much. Now then.』

『Yes, I’m glad I could help.』

After hanging up the reminder and letting go a bit, I turned to Yomi and briefly explained about the bath.

「They use hot water so lavishly!」

「The Demon Tribe has a small population and a huge supply. The mermaids purify seawater and provide us with an almost unlimited supply of water.」

「B-But, I’m…」

「You don’t have to say me or anything like that. You’re going to be working for us from now on anyway, so you should get used to this kind of thing.」

「But, but…」

「Ah――! Geez――! Go in! Stop messing around! It’s the job of the army to keep up appearances!」

「Y-Yes!」

…Anyway, I forced her into the bathtub.

Okay, well, I’m going to train myself for a while…

「Ah, wait, how do you use this! Uwaaa, something sloppy came out of it…Kyaaa! Ouch…Oops!…Hot ch-ch-ch-ch!」

「Ahh―――! Geez―――!」

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I couldn’t listen, so I had to go in.

…What is this weird tiredness? I wonder if this is how mothers raising kindergarten-aged children feel.

「…Close your eyes, it hurts when the shampoo gets in.」

「Uh, yeah…」

…Hmmm, I still don’t think she has enough flesh.

When I first saw this little girl, I was surprised at how skinny she was.

Now, though, she’s gradually plumping up with the delicious, nutritious, and hearty meals of the demon army over the past few days.

By the way, Yomi cried when she ate our dorm’s food for the first time.

When she said,「So this what feels like to eat good food,」I almost cried too.

「Now, shower.」

「What? Kyaaaah!」

Ohh~, a cute scream.

She was pretty dirty, so it was quite fun to wash her…Oh, she had such beautiful hair color, didn’t she?

「I’ll go up first, so you can soak in the bathtub properly. You can come out after you count to a hundred.」

「Uh-huh. Um, one, two, three…」

I went up first and waited for Yomi to come out, dressed for now.

…One hundred seconds is a very long time to be sober. I should have made it about sixty seconds.

「Ninety-nine…One hundred!」

After finishing counting, Yomi opened the bathroom door and looked into my……eyes……In front of…………to……………

There she was, a frighteningly beautiful girl.

Her dull silver hair, which had been shaggy, was silky smooth from the shampoo and conditioner.

Her eyes, which had been dead until recently, had become bright in the past few days.

Her emaciated body has regained some flesh, though still a little short, and is showing a beautiful skin tone. She has a few minor scars all over her body, but she is so beautiful that I don’t even notice them.

……Yikes, she’s super cute.

Can you believe it? Can a living thing become this beautiful after just taking a bath and eating a meal?

I don’t have the slightest memory of a girl as beautiful as this that I have ever met.

Certainly, Tiana-san is beautiful. The Demon King-sama also has a lovely figure. The other female members of the executive team are also beautiful.

But what is it about Yomi that makes her so…I think she has an atmosphere that makes you want to protect her for the rest of your life. Well, she is strong without the need to protect.

Ugh…what is this girl…oh no……

「Uhh…… Lean, I’m up, okay?」

「……Huh? Oh……uh-huh.」

Couldn’t reply,  just kept staring at Yomi in a daze……I came back to myself five minutes later.」

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Midnight.

The time of day when Yomi, the human, sleeps and I, the vampire, on the other hand, become active.

I had once again activated《Telepathy》.

『Demon King-sama, Demon King-sama, please respond.』

『Mhm? Lean? What’s wrong?』

『Yomi was a beautiful girl.』

『What are you talking about?』