Chapter 427: Simply a Carbon Copy of Jashin-chan and Yurine!
"Alright! Confess honestly!"
Jashin-chan suddenly dropped the smile on her face, approached Ecute with a serious expression, and questioned: "Why open a blood donation center in my territory? What is your purpose?"
"Wu, wuwu..."
Ecute was intimidated by her aura and subconsciously took half a step back, her thin lips trembling.
She closed her eyes and shouted:
"Q-Quick, save Her Highness! Atre!"
"Atre, are you there?"
"—!"
Jashin-chan heard faint footsteps coming from upstairs.
She spun around, only to see a dark shadow jump down from the second floor with a whoosh.
"Her Highness the Princess, what are your orders?"
With smooth, long black hair and similarly red eyes, wearing a dark uniform with yellow patterns and a red bow tie, looking rather serious. The slightly earnest woman knelt on one knee, asking in a steady voice.
"Atre!"
Ecute cried out in pleasant surprise. Like seeing a savior, she moved her short little legs and ran over.
Playing the victim, she pointed at Jashin-chan and said: "A demon has come knocking, quickly finish her off!"
Jashin-chan looked at Atre, revealing a vigilant expression.
...A guard?
Don't know how her strength is, or if there are other helpers around...
Should I do a wave of strategic retreat first, and then come back with some backup?
While Jashin-chan was pondering, she saw Atre stand up and look at Ecute.
"Her Highness the Princess."
Atre took a light breath, her eyes suddenly becoming sharp.
She clenched her right fist and, without warning, delivered a heavy blow to Ecute's soft abdomen.
Bang—! The muffled sound was exceptionally clear in the quiet room.
Eh? Taking out her own people first?
Σ(°口°๑)
Jashin-chan was greatly shocked and dumbfounded.
Meanwhile—
"Wuaah—!"
Ecute's eyes widened round. Punched by Atre, her feet lifted off the ground, her body arching like a cooked shrimp.
"Although I didn't see it, I heard it clearly from upstairs!"
Atre grabbed Ecute's collar with an angry face, lifted her whole body up, and scolded loudly: "Is there something wrong with your head! People kindly came to donate blood; why did you attack her!"
"The job of the Vampire Princess is not for you to go around offending other demons, you idiot!"
Atre heavily slammed Ecute onto the floor.
"Her Highness was wrong! Forgive Her Highness!" Ecute supported herself on the checkered floor, struggled to prop herself up, and ignoring her numb rear end, admitted her mistake to Atre while profusely sweating.
...Are!?
A bizarre sense of familiarity welled up again; the scene before her seemed familiar.
The corner of Jashin-chan's eye twitched slightly. She raised her hand to cover her mouth—
This master-servant pair before her was simply another version of her and Yurine!
"Apologize properly right now!"
Atre roared at Ecute.
"U-understood!"
Ecute, with tears in the corners of her eyes, agreed very obediently.
Seeing this, Atre was finally satisfied and returned to her previous steady appearance.
Her body flashed and disappeared from her spot. When she reappeared, she was holding a cutting board and a fruit knife in her hands.
"My Princess was rude just now; please forgive me as I offer my sincere apologies to you!"
Atre placed the cutting board and fruit knife on a mahogany coffee table, bowed slightly to Jashin-chan, raised her hand, and gestured to Ecute: "Come, Her Highness the Princess."
"Wuwu—!"
Two streams of broad tears flowed down Ecute's face. She came to the coffee table, placed her hand on the cutting board, and tremblingly picked up the fruit knife.
"Next, Her Highness the Princess will chop off a finger to give you an explanation. You can take it home as an apology gift."
Atre wore an expression of our apology is very sincere.
"N-no need, it's not that serious..."
Jashin-chan stepped forward, placed her hand on Ecute's slender shoulder with a complex expression, and sighed: "It's not easy for you either!"
Seeing her own shadow in the other party, she felt a bit of empathy!
Ecute immediately looked at Atre with teary eyes, revealing an expectant expression.
"Since the guest said so, we'll let it go this time." Atre said, turning a blind eye.
"Phew—!"
Hearing this, Ecute let out a long breath, put down the fruit knife, and completely relaxed.
"That's great! My finger is saved!"
She grabbed her own hand, hugged it to her chest, changing from a crying face to a smiling face.
"I haven't introduced myself yet."
At this time, Atre placed her hand on her chest and said steadily to Jashin-chan:
"I am the Princess's educational advisor, Atre of the Vampire tribe!"
"I am the noble demon aristocrat Jashin-chan!" Jashin-chan put her hands on her waist and said proudly.
"Mn." Atre nodded: "Miss Jashin."
"It's Miss Jashin-chan!" Jashin-chan corrected her words, then asked: "Why did you open a blood donation center here? I asked your princess earlier, but she ignored me."
"Bleh~."
The sky cleared, the rain stopped, and Ecute felt she was capable again!
She stood aside and playfully stuck her tongue out at Jashin-chan.
In a way, this guy was exactly like Jashin-chan; the type who remembers the food but forgets the beating.
"..." Atre glanced at her and suggested to Jashin-chan: "Let's chat over tea."
"Sure."
Anyway, she was idle with nothing to do, so Jashin-chan nodded and agreed.
"..."
Soon, in the reception room on the second floor—
"Please enjoy."
Atre served freshly brewed black tea and snacks.
Jashin-chan wasn't polite either, casually picking up a wagashi and eating it.
"We think of it this way..."
Atre sat on the sofa opposite Jashin-chan, back straight, hands resting on her thighs, and said with a serious expression:
"If we attack humans for blood, it will cause conflicts with Heaven. So it's better to set up a blood donation center and let humans voluntarily come to provide blood."
"Moreover, the people who donate blood will feel they've done a good deed and have a sense of accomplishment. It's simply killing two birds with one stone!"
The female brat Ecute sat on the single sofa aside, holding half a wagashi in her hand, and said smugly.
Her petite body almost completely sank into the sofa, leaving only a section of fair short legs hanging outside.
"Sounds nice, but aren't you actually just deceiving people?"
Jashin-chan picked up her teacup and took a sip of black tea to moisten her throat.
"That cannot be denied."
Atre gently closed her eyes, her voice steady: "Right now, blood donation centers managed by our tribe are being built all over Japan."
"Other cities have them too?"
"And then, there's a reason Her Highness is personally acting as the branch manager here."
Ecute put the last small piece of wagashi into her mouth, licked her fingers, waited for Jashin-chan to look over, and said: "Her Highness is looking for a human."
"Human?"
Jashin-chan tilted her head, signaling her to continue.
Ecute changed her sitting posture—two short legs crossed together, body leaning to one side, elbow resting on the armrest of the single sofa, propping up her cute little face:
"I heard there is a human named Ryohei here. Not only does he cook delicious food, but he also subdued demons and tamed angels."
"Pfft-hah—!"
Suddenly hearing her Servant's name, and seemingly becoming the 'subdued demon' in the other party's mouth, Jashin-chan, who was drinking black tea, instantly spat it out.
"What's wrong? Do you know him?"
Seeing her reaction, Ecute and Atre couldn't help looking at Jashin-chan curiously.
Ecute blinked her ruby-like eyes, as if thinking of something, pointed at Jashin-chan, and suddenly realized: "Could it be... you are one of those subdued demons?"
"So rude!"
Jashin-chan immediately glared at Ecute, scolded her, then raised her hand, placed it on her chest, looked down her nose at them, and said proudly: "Your intelligence gathering is quite poor."
"If you really understood, you should know—he, is my Servant!"
"Are!?"
Ecute and Atre were greatly shocked.
"Then... is the matter about him 'subduing demons and taming angels' true or false?" With an insider right in front of her, Atre couldn't help asking curiously.
"Of course it's true. Not only that, he also tamed dragons and gods... these are all guaranteed real, facts verifiable!"
"I-is that so?"
Atre looked at Jashin-chan half-doubtingly. The actual situation was actually more outrageous than what they had heard, so much so that she was a bit incredulous now.
But seeing Jashin-chan speak so earnestly, even saying facts verifiable, she couldn't help but waver. Could it be true? But that's just too unbelievable!
"Sugoi!"
The female brat Ecute didn't think that much. Although she was scummy and trashy, she was young after all and had little experience, so she believed it directly and exclaimed.
"By the way, I am the greatest."
Jashin-chan pointed at herself with her thumb, unconsciously starting to brag: "My Servant respects me very much, and those guys subdued by him are the same... Speaking of which, why are you looking for him?"
Suddenly remembering this point, Jashin-chan asked doubtfully.
"...Our King heard of his deeds and wants to invite him to join us."
Atre hesitated for a moment and answered honestly.
Although this was clearly poaching the demon across from them, didn't they not know before?
Of course, now that she knew, Atre also planned to give it a try.
Even though she had little confidence in winning over Ryohei...
"How about you help introduce us?"
Ecute brazenly looked at Jashin-chan with a grin.
In order to get her royal father's praise, she wanted to bring that human back!
Jashin-chan immediately stood up, glared angrily at Ecute, and turned hostile:
"Poaching my subordinate, and you actually want me to introduce you? Don't even think about it!"
"Furthermore—"
"I refuse on his behalf, farewell!" After Jashin-chan finished speaking, she wiggled her tail and left angrily.
"..."
Coming outside, the anger on her face instantly receded.
Jashin-chan felt Ryohei most likely wouldn't agree, but if she brought them back, wouldn't her bragging be exposed?
And she would become the 'subdued demon' in their mouths!
How embarrassing would that be!
"Bah! Bah bah bah—!"
Jashin-chan spat a few times, whistled, and continued to be a street wanderer...
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