I Wished for Non-Face-to-Face Lectures

As I’ve mentioned before.

Before becoming a vampire, everything around me was completely ordinary.

My family was no exception.

My family, including myself, were just ordinary citizens faithfully doing their duties.

People who lived peaceful lives without straying from the norm.

Yes, having lived such an ordinary life until now, how special could a method be that someone like that would suggest for obtaining blood?

As expected, my brother told me a method that anyone could think of, and one that was actually feasible.

[“Search for ‘animal blood purchase’ on the internet. It should come up right away. There are even ways to get fresh blood. Wait, by the way… you can drink animal blood, right?”]

“I should be able to? The issue is just feeling uneasy about it.”

[“Most animal blood is for research or medical use, so you don’t have to worry about hygiene. Fresh blood is specifically for food consumption. I’d recommend the latter over the former, as it’s overwhelmingly cheaper.”]

“…I’ll search for it once we hang up, though I’m not sure if I’ll buy and drink it.”

The method he suggested didn’t quite meet my expectations, but I wasn’t disappointed.

Thanks to my brother, my narrow perspective had broadened, even if just a little.

To be honest, animal blood hadn’t even crossed my mind.

Whether it was due to the urgency of finding blood, or because the first blood I had consumed was human blood.

I had been constantly thinking about ways to get human blood.

Perhaps a vampire’s instinct desires human blood more than animal blood.

As my brother suggested, I first searched for ‘animal blood purchase’ on the internet.

“It’s more expensive than I thought.”

50ml for 50,000 to 60,000 won.

Thinking that it was about the same amount as the mint chocolate cocktail I just had, my head was already aching.

Seeing this, I now understand why vampires are portrayed as rich in novels and animations.

Perhaps poor vampires have long since died from starvation or being hunted, so they don’t appear in such pitiful states?

Suddenly, I remembered a post I once saw on social media.

When someone asked why vampires are always portrayed as rich in movies, the response was something like: if you’ve been alive since 1892 and are still living like a beggar, just commit suicide under the sun?

I laughed and accepted it at the time, but now that I’ve become a vampire, living as a wealthy person seemed nearly impossible.

Even if I drank just one glass of such premium blood a day, the monthly maintenance would be around 1.5 to 1.8 million won. Even if I conserved it and drank once every three days, it would still be 500,000 to 600,000 won.

If you include rent, food expenses, and other various costs…

“It’s really a money-guzzling hippo, damn it.”

Just imagining it was sufficiently horrifying.

A wretched species with only romance and swagger… no, in reality, it doesn’t even have those.

Quietly cursing, I searched for fresh blood next, hoping to find a new hope.

Since the price was said to be overwhelmingly cheaper, I could afford to have some expectations.

So after pressing the search button and waiting, what appeared on the screen was.

“…Oh.”

An online market selling 1kg of cow’s fresh blood for just 3,650 won.

I erased all the unnecessary thoughts I had earlier from my mind.

I take back what I said about vampires having a hard time becoming rich, it’s actually super easy.

Laughing hollowly, I added exactly one discounted cow’s fresh blood to my cart.

It’s unlikely, but if I ordered a bunch and couldn’t eat it, that would be a headache in its own way.

An important problem easily solved thanks to my brother.

After expressing gratitude in my heart, I immediately began to worry about the next problem.

“…By the way, how do I explain the cohabitation to Mother?”

My mother, who would visit my apartment tomorrow evening.

Because of that damn dragon transformer, my apartment burned down and disappeared, so I needed to send her the address of my new place.

If she made a wasted trip and saw only the remains of my old apartment, who knows what kind of worries she might have.

But.

“If she finds out that I’m living with Jaehyuk, that’s a problem in itself.”

As I told my brother, from my perspective, there was absolutely no issue.

Due to circumstances too numerous to list, there’s no way anything untoward would happen between us.

But in my mother’s eyes, it would surely look different.

A young woman and man living together…

Honestly, if someone didn’t know the circumstances, wouldn’t they think we’ve already checked our compatibility?

“If I show our everyday appearance… No, that would be an even bigger problem.”

Recalling the memories of the past week, I finally realized what kind of behavior I had been engaging in.

Actions that could give considerable stimulation to a man, and in some ways, create opportunities for inappropriate situations.

My face rapidly heating up, I started fanning myself to cool down.

“Aaaargh…”

If I had shown such behaviors in front of my mother, it would have surely led to catastrophe.

Firmly resolving to be careful with my actions from now on, I sent a message to Jaehyuk.

To establish a strategy for my mother, who would visit tomorrow, or rather, today.

Although I said grandly that we would establish a strategy, there wasn’t much to prepare.

In fact, apart from cleaning, there wasn’t much else to do.

I thought about concocting a story but…

Honestly, it’s not like I’ve committed some grave mistake, right? I ended up cohabiting due to unavoidable circumstances?

If I explain the situation well, Mother will understand and back off.

Having concluded that I would mix appropriate lies among the truths, I started waiting with Jaehyuk for my mother, who would arrive soon.

“…Why am I nervous about this?”

Jaehyuk looked visibly tired, perhaps from working and then cleaning.

His haggard face looked so pitiful that I quietly approached him and massaged his shoulders.

“What’s there to be nervous about? Have you done something wrong?”

“No, not really… but I somehow feel guilty.”

“You didn’t do anything weird while I was sleeping, did you?”

As I squinted suspiciously, Jaehyuk shook his head frantically with a look of disbelief.

“Would I have? The body you’re in contains a muscular male frame!”

“That’s strange…? I think I heard you say before that whether it’s a man or woman, as long as it tastes good, it’s fine…”

“That was Hye-eun, you crazy idiot! I’ve always been a normal person who likes alluring and well-endowed women, damn it. Would you please not put me on the same level as that weirdo?”

As if a seizure switch had been pressed, he raged and rampaged.

It seems it was quite insulting.

While trying to calm him down, I realized there was one error in his statement.

The breast size of the actresses appearing in the MILF content that Jaehyuk watched was mostly between C and D cups.

There were occasionally actresses boasting enormous sizes, but he said he didn’t watch those because they were too overwhelming, so they were excluded.

Then the standard for what he called ‘alluring and well-endowed’ would roughly fall into that range, right?

“…”

Silently looking down at my chest, what I saw was a plump bosom that appeared to be around a D cup.

When I checked in selfies, there was also a bit of a decadent charm, so if I had to say, wouldn’t this body fall within his range of preference?

I looked at him with wary eyes and quietly began to create distance.

“…What are you doing now?”

“I’m struggling to protect my body.”

“What kind of weird delusion did you have this time?”

“You said you like alluring and well-endowed women, right? Doesn’t that mean you’re targeting me too?”

“Bullshit.”

He took out some bead ice cream from the freezer and threatened me with a hardened face.

“If you talk nonsense one more time, I’m going to spill this on the floor.”

“…Let’s put down that vicious thing first and talk, okay? I’m really sorry.”

“You don’t look sorry at all.”

“Well, that’s because you made a statement that could be misunderstood?”

When I spoke with conviction, he sighed and tried to open the lid.

The moment the lid opens and the bead ice cream spills on the floor, only devastation awaits me.

In order to prevent it somehow, I forced my tired body to move and rushed toward him.

“A-are you saying we should die together now? After cleaning the floor so diligently, you want to dirty it again?”

“If I can discipline one lewd vampire, there’s nothing I can’t do.”

“A lewd vampire would freeze to death… D-don’t say crazy things…! I-if you want to die, die alone!”

I was really frustrated that it was the bright daytime now.

If it had been night, I would have subdued him long ago and mocked him!

Panting for breath, I desperately rushed at him again, but with a weakened and tired body, all I could do was cling to his body.

But it seemed to have an effect as he, unable to withstand the weight, collapsed onto the floor. Thanks to that, I was able to snatch the bead ice cream from his hand.

A barely achieved victory.

I showed a sinister smile and savored the authority of the winner.

“Huff, huff… I won, you fucking bastard. Was it fun playing with my weakness? Huh?”

“…I, I really did wrong, so could you please get off me?”

“Get off what? If you’ve done wrong, you should pay for it.”

“No, it’s just, ah…”

He covered his face with his hands and looked troubled.

His reaction was quite amusing, so I was about to sit on him a bit longer, but.

“…What in the world is going on here?”

At the familiar voice from the entrance, I froze just as I was.

No.

Why is Mom there?