"Not enough..." Mizuno shook his head.
An adult had roughly 5,000 milliliters of blood. Losing 800 milliliters could bring on shock. Losing 1,500 milliliters was life-threatening, and once the amount reached 2,000, the person was probably done for.
He had no idea how much blood these two Umamusume needed, but Mizuno was certain the blood in his body would not be enough. Using blood to satisfy their appetites was completely unrealistic.
How could he satisfy their appetites?
"..." Mizuno frowned, unable to come up with a suitable method for the moment.
Seeing Mizuno look so troubled, Fuji Kiseki assumed he was afraid they might forcibly cook him as food, so she sighed and comforted him.
"Don't worry. We won't eat you." Fuji Kiseki set down her spoon and placed a hand over her chest.
"We have our own moral standards. We would never cross that line for the sake of our own desires. If that day ever truly came, we would rather take our own lives than become man-eating monsters..."
"This..." After hearing Fuji's words, Mizuno not only failed to relax, he grew even more anxious.
If I don't solve this quickly, they'll... choose to... take their own lives?! Mizuno looked at the two beautiful young women before him, both in the prime of their youth, and his pupils shook violently.
He had considered that if he failed, the worst outcome would simply be getting Uma Pyoi'd hard himself. As long as it fulfilled their wishes, that level of sacrifice was completely acceptable.
But he had never imagined that his failure might endanger someone else's life.
"I'll think of something!" Mizuno's expression instantly turned serious, and a firm resolve appeared in his eyes.
Hishi Amazon looked at Mizuno's sharp-eyed expression, and for some reason, the heartbeat in her chest thumped a little faster. However, the idea that Mizuno was a scumbag was far too deeply rooted in her mind. There was no guarantee he was not putting on an act, so Amazon still said with disdain,
"Hah. What could you possibly come up with? Just behave yourself and stay here until the blood sample research results come out."
"..." But in the face of Amazon's mockery, Mizuno's emotions did not waver in the slightest. The look he gave them remained steady, as if saying, I won't let anyone get hurt because of this.
"Guh..." That made Amazon's cheeks redden a few shades more.
"Hmph! Just looking at him annoys me!" Hishi Amazon patted her burning cheeks and turned away. "I'm going to check whether we can get back into the Academy, and buy some ingredients while I'm at it..."
As she spoke, Amazon grabbed her wildly swishing tail and trotted awkwardly toward the door, afraid that if she stayed here any longer, she would start developing feelings she absolutely should not have.
"Kiseki, keep an eye on him. Don't let him run."
"Okay."
Fuji Kiseki nodded in agreement and silently watched Hishi Amazon put on her shoes and hurry out of the wooden cabin.
About three minutes after Amazon pushed the door open and left, Fuji, who had been quietly sitting at the table playing with a spoon, finally moved.
"Finally gone..." Fuji carefully peered out the window a few times. After confirming that Amazon really was nowhere nearby, the corners of her mouth could not help lifting. Then she turned and walked toward the bound Mizuno.
She came up to Mizuno, picked him up in one smooth motion, then strode over and threw him onto the bed.
Mizuno, who had still been earnestly thinking of a solution, was left a little stunned by Fuji's sudden move.
"Fuji, what are you doing?" Mizuno watched Fuji Kiseki climb onto the bed and straddle him, suddenly struck by an ominous premonition.
"Isn't it obvious?" Fuji stared down at the utterly helpless Mizuno beneath her and licked her lips with interest. "I'm going to eat you now~"
"But didn't you just say..."
"Sorry. I lied to you..." Fuji braced both hands beside Mizuno's head, her emerald-blue eyes giving off a strange light from beneath her handsome black hair.
"The truth is... I never thought you were a scumbag at all. I was pretending the whole time..."
"Huh?"
Before Mizuno could understand what she meant, Fuji Kiseki took out her phone and opened a photo in her album. "This person is you, right?"
The photo showed a pitch-black night. In the center of the image was a black-clad figure hanging upside down from a streetlamp outside the Secret Boys' Dormitory, looking utterly ridiculous.
"This!" Mizuno recognized the photo, because the person hanging there was him!
Back then, during the Fifth Uma Siege at the Secret Boys' Dormitory, Mizuno had deliberately deceived the Umamusume who had invaded the dormitory in order to save the remaining Trainers inside. As a result, he had been hung from a streetlamp by the angry Umamusume, photographed, and posted on Tracen's official site as a wanted notice.
But Mizuno remembered that after the incident ended, Symboli Rudolf should have used her connections to delete this photo. How did Fuji Kiseki, who had never participated in that incident, have it too?
"It's me. What about it?" Mizuno answered honestly.
"It really is you!" Fuji Kiseki was pleasantly surprised. She casually tossed her phone aside, stared excitedly at Mizuno's handsome face, and slowly said,
"This photo was sent to me by a junior of mine who took part in the attack back then."
"In her description, this black-clad man—that is, you—was a vulgar and cunning guy who obstructed her wonderful chance to be united with her Trainer during that attack. Extremely hateful!"
"But I knew you were brave. When the other Trainers were hiding in their rooms and trembling, you dared to take on the responsibility of drawing fire. That proves you aren't someone who clings to life out of fear of death."
"Although you ruined the good thing many Umamusume had going when they attacked their Trainers, which made you look terribly lacking in tact, that proves precisely that you have a clear moral bottom line. To uphold that bottom line, even when facing the Umamusume every male Trainer fears, you would not back down."
"You... are a good person." Fuji Kiseki smiled and handed Mizuno a good-guy card.
"Uh... so?" Mizuno blinked in confusion. Looking at Fuji Kiseki before him, whose Umamusume ears were twitching merrily, he still could not understand what this had to do with her trying to eat him now.
"So I like you." Fuji Kiseki's words were astonishing. The abrupt confession made Mizuno, whose brain was already in chaos, completely freeze.
That's it? Mizuno raised an eyebrow.
This evidence could only prove he was not a bad person. It should not have been enough to become a necessary condition for Fuji Kiseki falling for him.
After all, there were countless good people in the world, and there were quite a few yasashii Trainers at the Academy too. Why would Fuji Kiseki specifically like him instead of anyone else? It made no sense!
"Hmhm. Of course that isn't the only reason." Fuji Kiseki smiled. After leaning down and sniffing the sweet scent on Mizuno's body, her alluring eyes grew even hazier.
"Do you know... the scent theory? When you think someone smells good, it means their genes are highly compatible with yours, and they're suitable as a partner for reproduction and childbearing..."
As Fuji Kiseki spoke, her legs slowly exerted strength, clamping around Mizuno's waist.
"Wait!" Mizuno grew alert and hurriedly explained, "That scent theory is only theoretical. It hasn't been conclusively proven. Besides, with my Uma Mint constitution, any Umamusume would think I smell good. You can't say my genes are compatible with every single Umamusume, can you?!"
"At first, I thought so too..." Fuji Kiseki chuckled, Mizuno's terrified expression reflected deep in her pupils.
"I thought that your appearance in front of the statue of the Three Goddesses, tempting our desires and corrupting our minds, was a punishment sent down from heaven...
"Only later, I figured it out."
"How could someone of such noble character as you intentionally want to hurt everyone? You must have had some sort of difficulty that caused the mysterious man incident to happen by accident. It wasn't your true intention."
"Combined with President Rudolf and the others' high praise of you, I realized that you weren't a punishment sent down by heaven. You were a blessing the Three Goddesses gave us Umamusume!"
"And after tasting your blood, I became even more certain that you are the one destined for me in this life!" Fuji Kiseki straddled Mizuno, her chest rising and falling with extreme excitement as hot breaths kept leaving her mouth.
"So from beginning to end, I've always believed in you!"
"?!" Mizuno was shocked, and even more confused.
"If you believe I'm not a scumbag, then why did you and Hishi Amazon capture me here together? Why won't you let me go back?"
"Shh..." Fuji Kiseki smiled faintly and made a shushing gesture.
"Sharing you with that idiot Amazon is better than fighting President Rudolf and the others for you, isn't it? Besides, Amazon still hasn't discovered that you're a truly outstanding good man. She's still foolishly rejecting you as a scumbag."
As Fuji Kiseki spoke, she wrapped both arms around Mizuno's neck. The softness of her chest pressed against Mizuno's, and at some point, pink hearts had surfaced in her pupils.
"You!"
"Shh..." Fuji shushed him again, her handsome face drawing closer and closer.
"I'm different from Amazon. I was never that resistant to that sort of thing to begin with. Even if it's my first time, as long as it's with you, then there's absolutely no problem."
"It's only appetite. Why would I need to drink your blood? There's clearly a better way, isn't there?"
"I heard that the better two people's compatibility is, the sweeter their saliva tastes."
"Isn't that right? My destined prince." Fuji Kiseki lowered herself and completely let go of all restraint.
"Mmph!!!"
...
Two hours later.
"I'm back." Hishi Amazon pulled open the wooden door while carrying several bags of ingredients.
As soon as Amazon entered the cabin, she saw Mizuno sitting on the floor with a white sock in his mouth, his face pale and his whole body looking drained, as well as Fuji Kiseki sitting on the bed with one long bare leg exposed, her hair disheveled and her complexion flushed.
"What happened to you two?" Hishi Amazon asked in confusion, feeling that the current state of this human and Umamusume seemed a little off.
"Nothing." Fuji Kiseki calmly shook her head. Her throat swallowed almost imperceptibly, while the smile at the corners of her mouth could not be suppressed.
"After you left, this guy tried to take the chance to run. It took me a lot of effort to subdue him."
"Is that so..." Amazon blinked innocently, then took off her shoes, stepped onto the wooden floor, and put all the ingredients in the refrigerator.
"Then you really worked hard."
"Hmhm~ Not at all~" The smile on Fuji Kiseki's face grew even deeper, and her jade-white toes lightly brushed against Mizuno's calf on the floor.
"It wasn't hard at all~"
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T/N: hmmm i guess just making out? unsure unsure... but hmmmmmm yeah just making out since theres no smell also JADE WHITE TOES
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