“Convenient, my ass! I refuse! If there’s nothing else, I’m leaving!”
Su Xinran furiously gripped the doorknob, determined to leave—and this time, it actually turned.
“One last piece of advice, little kitten,” came the cold voice from behind. “In this world of monsters, survival requires caution.
Don’t make the same mistake again.
Remember, not everyone is as merciful as me.
If it weren’t for my main personality’s nauseating desire to save others, you wouldn’t have walked away so easily today.”
“Hmph, thanks for the heartfelt advice!”
Su Xinran yanked open the door and stormed out of the nurse’s office, slamming it shut behind her with a loud BANG.
What the hell is all this…
Wandering among the crowd of students heading home, Su Xinran felt a deep melancholy.
It was only her first day of school, and already she’d been dragged into such a mess…
There’s still a long way to go with this academy life.
She didn’t know if she could make it…
Sigh—maybe turning into a vampire wouldn’t be such a bad ending after all.
Sure, becoming the daughter of that twisted psycho isn’t ideal, but at least it’s better than this awkward limbo—not quite human, not quite monster.
“Dream on!!”
An ear-piercing voice screeched in her mind—Raphael.
“Haaah, can’t I just stop being human without you nagging me? So annoying.”
Su Xinran rubbed her ear, which ached from the sudden psychic shout.
“Of course I’m going to nag you. You’re the last hope of humanity! How can you just throw in the towel like that?”
“If you ever do get turned into a monster, I’ll eliminate you on the spot.”
Raphael’s calm tone made the horrifying message hit even harder.
“Hey hey hey… That’s too cruel, isn’t it? Humanity’s already extinct—what more do you want from me? There’s no comeback happening! Monsters and I have reproductive isolation, okay? If I die, humanity’s completely finished.”
“First of all, let me correct you: humans and monsters are not reproductively isolated.”
“PFFT!!”
Su Xinran nearly choked on her own spit.
“In fact, humans make excellent breeding hosts for many monsters. Haven’t you played Forest of Peril or Witch’s Night? Spiders, demons…”
“WHOA!!!”
Su Xinran cut her off in a panic.
“What are you even talking about!? I’ve never played any of those…”
“Really? But everything on that interdimensional TV has been under my monitoring—mmph!”
Su Xinran forcibly sealed Raphael’s annoying mouth with sheer willpower.
“Secondly—what’s the rest of what you were going to say?”
“Secondly… humanity isn’t finished yet. In fact, there’s still a lot of hope. But those details… are for another time. It’s still too early to discuss them.”
“You’re lucky this time—you didn’t count as exposed. So you’re getting a reward of 1000 points. But don’t even think about exploiting any loopholes. If anything about your human identity leaks through Makima’s mouth, it still counts as mission failure.”
“…Mmm.”
She was just about to celebrate the unexpected windfall of 1000 points—but Raphael’s follow-up chilled her.
It wasn’t even about the harsh conditions themselves, but what they forced her to consider.
Would someone with a personality like that really keep her secret?
Logically speaking, the only truly safe mouth… is a dead one.
So, the most rational course of action now would be… to assassinate Nurse Makima.
Assassinate that surface-level personality who pretends to be a kind healer… that Makima-sensei…
Kind, my ass—her inner personality is clearly twisted, and she so naturally made the decision to lock someone in a basement.
Who knows how many people she’s already killed behind the scenes?
As her thoughts spiraled, Su Xinran even started planning the operation in detail—how to lure Makima’s surface persona out, what method to use, how to deal with the body afterward…
Wait a sec—am I really going this far, judging her so harshly?
I’ve never even seen her do anything actually evil…
Survival at all costs—is that really the right mindset…?
Ouch!!
Just as Su Xinran was about to reflect on human nature and deliver some profound philosophical quote about the evil of mankind’s selfish instincts, a sharp, hard object jabbed her in her sensitive waist—interrupting her train of thought and almost bringing her to tears.
She clutched the railing and took a long while to recover.
“Who… Who the hell are you! Watch where you’re going!”
Su Xinran shouted angrily.
“S-Sorry!”
A timid but familiar voice sounded, freezing Su Xinran in place.
“Mei Keke!”
Su Xinran called out to the clumsy girl who had accidentally poked her with her horn while walking with her head down.
“Eh? You know me?”
Mei Keke tilted her head, confused.
Hiss…
Su Xinran suddenly realized—she wasn’t wearing her disguise suit right now.
She wasn’t the A-rank hero.
She wasn’t Horus, Mei Keke’s mentor.
“That’s weird… I don’t recall ever meeting you. Have we met before?”
“Uh… ah… um, in the cafeteria! Yeah, the cafeteria! We even sat at the same table once, hahaha…”
Damn it!
That’s the best excuse you could come up with?!
Su Xinran furiously cursed her own brain, unaware that her brain honestly wanted to punch her blabbermouth in the face.
“I see… sorry, I really don’t remember. But you do have a scent that feels very familiar…”
Mei Keke scratched her head as she looked at the strange classmate who was about her height, maybe slightly taller.
Well, even though she felt the girl was probably making things up, since she was the one who bumped into her, it was best not to sweat the details.
“Ah, my family’s here to pick me up. I’ll be going now—bye!”
Su Xinran spotted a familiar black car and instantly felt like salvation had arrived.
She rushed toward the school gate as if escaping.
“What a weird person…”
Mei Keke shook her head and continued walking, sinking back into her thoughts as she headed to her part-time job at the café.
It had already been three days since she added Master on LINE… What should she say as her first message?
This was one of the few friends she had on her messenger—and it was her Master, no less.
She had to choose her words carefully…
Hello?
Would that sound too casual or disrespectful…?
Would Master think I’m some delinquent girl?
No, that won’t do…
Hi there?
Would that come off too stiff?
Master doesn’t seem to want me to be too formal…
Maybe something like “Have you eaten?”
Too weird…
How about “Are you there?”
Still kinda rude…
Mei Keke had been agonizing over this for three whole days and still hadn’t sent a single message.
Meanwhile, Su Xinran was busy enjoying the Battlefield 2042 beta test, and didn’t have the time or desire to chat with her little disciple on LINE.
Hmm… I need to think harder.
I’ll definitely come up with the perfect message.
Far away, inside the car, Su Xinran finally let out a huge sigh of relief.
Oh my god…
If Mei Keke ever found out that her towering, heroic mentor was actually this short in real life, that would be more devastating than everything else that had happened today combined.
“My goodness, Miss Xinran! What happened to you? Your clothes are in tatters!”