The vampire heiress is two-faced

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“Young Miss, you still have to complete this week's etiquette class, vampire knowledge class, and vampire women's dress code class, etc. Today is Sunday, and you've already missed three days of classes. You can't—”

Ludwig threw herself into Ruo Keke's arms and rubbed her face against hers.

"Let's eat first! Let's eat first! I want to drink blood, I want to eat sweet blood cake made with cocoa! Didn't we agree to eat sweet blood cake on Sunday?"

"I'll naturally do it once you've finished these scheduled classes—wait, but the sweet blood cake is on the Saturday menu..."

"do not do it!"

"Calm down, your makeup is ruined! Oh no—"

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This is an era in which vampires and humans coexist.

Five years ago, a crisis swept the world:

[Bloodlust Plague]

Although it was quickly dispelled, it also brought the existence of "bloods"—vampires—to the world's attention.

Humans, driven by greed and selfishness, researched the supernatural powers of vampires, thus causing a great disaster.

A plague that can infect both vampires and humans has spread, turning victims into ferocious, bloodthirsty monsters that wreak havoc everywhere. Those devoured by these monsters will also transform into the same monsters and become new victims—similar to the zombie apocalypse in the movies.

But ultimately, it was due to the combined efforts of vampires and humans.

The situation calmed down under pressure.

The "Vampire Council" is an organization that unites the vampires and is loyal to the Vampire Queen.

Their actions proved the vampires' innocence to humanity and cleared them of suspicion.

The Vampire Council has developed a "Solidified Serum" that is being distributed around the world to assist humanity. It can cure primal vampires who have fallen into a rage, and can also restore the sanity of humans who have been transformed into bloodthirsty monsters, allowing them to safely transform into new vampires without taking their lives.

After everything calmed down and the culprits were brought to justice, humanity had to accept the fact that the vampire race had been forced to expand countless times due to this disaster. As a result, the vampires gained a legitimate identity in human society.

This is the result that vampires have dreamed of for thousands of years, but—in reality, vampires are not very happy.

Humans who were infected during the disaster five years ago and were cured and transformed into vampires by the serum are collectively referred to as the "Newborn Vampires".

The “old monsters” who existed before the Bloodlust Plague and constitute a very small minority of the current total number of vampires, those who are hundreds or thousands of years old, are the [Original Vampires].

Regardless of the type of vampire, there are many who cause various social problems because they cannot live with humans, cannot accept their new identity, or cannot integrate into human society.

Vampires broke the code of seclusion, but this did not earn them complete acceptance from humanity.

They remain alone in this world.

Although the Vampire Council has begun to address the issue, they are ultimately short-handed for the unprecedentedly large vampire population. As a result, the profession of "Vampire Mediator," largely performed by native vampires, has emerged.

Those who were originally vampires but are now a minority in the race, some of them have spontaneously taken on the role of "mediators" for various reasons.

Responsible for resolving social problems caused by vampires and ensuring the safety of vampires or humans who come seeking help; also, for their own survival in a world where vampires and humans can coexist.

"Hehe, I knew it, Coco is the best."

The silver-haired girl sat at the dining table enjoying her dessert, swinging her slender feet dangling in mid-air without any inhibitions.

She, the protagonist of this story, is such a "mediator".

Although this lazy vampire doesn't seem very reliable...

Chapter 2 Mediation

Wow——!

For Xue Xiaolin, the cracking sound of the glass not only shattered the double window that offered an unobstructed view of the night sky and the bright moon, but also disrupted the life trajectory she had already planned for herself.

She was killed simply because she studied diligently every night, and her brother Xue Fan refused to let her study by lamplight.

The brightly lit window in the dead of night became a "guiding light" for the bloodthirsty monsters in the vast darkness.

Every sleepless night, Xue Fan, the older brother, would secretly go out to the nearby night market to buy a warm late-night snack to encourage his hardworking younger sister.

When Xue Fan returned with a late-night snack, he habitually looked at the window that was always lit, and the bowl of red bean paste dumplings in his hand fell to the ground.

The steaming hot plastic bowl, like his heart, shattered heavily on the cold cement floor.

"Rin!!"

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Xue Fan hadn't slept for three days.

He grabbed at every doctor who kept entering and leaving the ward like a madman, repeatedly saying the same thing:

"My sister, how is my sister?"

The doctors shook their heads with serious expressions, telling him that the medical team was doing everything they could to save him, but how could saving him... possibly take three days?

On the fourth day, a group of people dressed in black robes and hoods, and dressed as doctors, entered Xue Xiaolin's ward, led by the hospital's doctors in white coats.

"What... are you going to do to Rin?!"

Xue Fan tried to stop the doctors in black coats wearing hoods, but after not sleeping for three days, his brain seemed to snap, and he lost consciousness in that instant.

When he woke up again, it was another day later. He had slept for a whole day, but his head was still throbbing.

A doctor wearing a hood and a black coat came out of the ward and bowed to Xue Fan, who was sleeping in the corridor.

“Mr. Xue, I have offended your family in many ways.”

Xue Fan couldn't see his face clearly.

"But this was the only way to save her. She is safe and sound now."

Xue Fan pushed open the ward door in a daze.

The lights inside were very dim, and the curtains were tightly closed.

He tried to turn on more lights, but then his sister gasped in surprise.

"Don't turn on the light!"

Xue Fan's eyes gradually adjusted to the dim light; he looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the girl whose neck had been gnawed and was now covered in blood a few days ago had a smooth and white neck, and there was no indication that she had suffered any violence.

Her ears also became somewhat strange, with the tips gradually evolving into a willow-leaf shape; one of her pupils turned dark red, glowing with an eerie crimson light in the darkness, creating a stark contrast with the normal black pupil on the other side.

At this moment, Xue Fan was so overwhelmed with joy that his sister was safe and sound that he didn't think about anything else. Overjoyed, he rushed over, knelt by her bedside, and took her hand.

"Rin, Rin! Thank goodness, you're alright!"

He looked down at her hand.

"But why are your hands so cold?"

"..."

"hiss..."

A wisp of cold air escaped from Xiao Lin's lips.

"Brother, I'm hungry."

When Xue Fan raised his head, the sharp teeth hidden beneath his sister's lips had already pierced his neck.

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"Oh, I see. I understand."

The elegant and dignified vampire lady picked up the black tea on the table and took a sip.

"So you now know that this is what the news calls 'vampires', and you also know that they are not so far removed from ordinary life."

The man sitting opposite her looked haggard, with a full beard. But it was still clear that before his misfortune, he was a very confident and sophisticated pillar of his family. His neatly tailored suit also testified to this.

"That's why I've come to you, Miss Yang. Please...you absolutely must help my sister!"

Xue Fan slammed his hand on the table in excitement, but Ludwig across from him stared straight into his eyes. In an instant, Xue Fan calmed down.

"Don't get agitated, Mr. Xue."

she said with a smile.

"Also, you can just call me Ludwig. Although my name is Ludwig Young, it's too formal to call me that."

“Okay, okay, I’m sorry, Miss Ludwig,” Xue Fan replied.

Ludwig stood up and said, "I understand the situation. I will pay a visit tonight."

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After seeing the client off, Ruo Keke picked up the empty teacup on the table and said:

"What methods do you plan to use for this 'mediation'?"

Ludwig lightly licked the corner of her lips with the tip of her tongue.

"Ah, isn't that obvious?"

She turned around, as if showing off something, her dark red eyes slightly brightening.

"Of course, it's to help her... become a true vampire."

...

The evening sunset was no longer a threat to the vampires, but Ludwig still held up a parasol.

She knocked on the Xue family's door. Although Xue Fan still looked as haggard as ever, this time he remembered to shave his beard clean.

"Please come in."

Xue Fan glanced behind her: "Uh, are you alone?"

Ludwig closed her parasol and gave Xue Fan a professional smile:

"Yes, I'm enough on my own."

She bowed before lifting her skirt and stepping across the threshold.

Ludwig muttered to herself:

"Coco said this would improve customer satisfaction. Humph, she even called it a practice of vampire etiquette. What a hassle."

Xue Fan sighed and pointed to a tightly closed door.

“Look at her. Ever since she became a vampire, she's locked herself in her room and spends all her time crying. The neighbors come to complain every day, saying that she sobs every night, changing the way she cries each day, each time more heartbreaking than the last. The neighbors all say it's terrifying, and if they don't take better care of her, they're going to call the police.”

Ludwig nodded slightly, seemingly lost in thought:

"Hmm... She felt like she had become a monster, afraid of hurting the people around her, afraid of being ostracized by her relatives and friends."

Xue Fan said, "I've tried everything, but she just won't listen to reason... Even the blood bag I left at her door was only taken in secretly while I was sleeping because she was so hungry that she couldn't stand it anymore."

Ludwig said, "Then, would you please excuse us for the time being?"

Xue Fan was taken aback: "Why?"

She smiled gently: "Every profession has its own rules, you must know that, right?"

The girl's crimson eyes were as bright as rubies. She blinked, and her mysterious smile was unfathomable.

Xue Fan's subconscious told him not to look into her eyes, but before he even had that thought, his subconscious and thought process had already been firmly grasped by the girl in front of him.

"I understand. I'm entrusting my sister to you. You won't be shortchanged on the reward!"

After giving a long list of instructions and advice, Xue Fan left home.

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After confirming that his footsteps had disappeared into the distance, Ludwig suddenly looked toward the closed door.

"Hehe. You heard everything, didn't you?"

At that moment, a gasp came from behind the door.

"So, how much longer do you want to listen?"

Ludwig approached the door, her slender, pale fingers reaching up to knock gently.