"White, why am I being blindfolded and tied to this chair?"
I asked sullenly. I was in White's bedroom filled with maids, Snow and White herself. It was after our lunch, and yet, I still felt the mockery of the Calico brothers.
Of course, if I wanted, I could easily break my way out of these restraints, but I still wanted to know what the point of them was.
"We want to make use of your abilities, Roxy. We all know your human skill in full detail, we know that blood is the one you crave." White said
White knew fully about my blood curse, I recently shared it when we arrived at the sweet couples, Veer and Leonhard. I told White to keep a secret, but she was bad at hiding my secrets and shared it with all the people about my hidden power. It sucks though.
While I can't see through the blindfold, I can still see their heat signatures very well. There were only six people. Kiera, Miera, Sinel, White, Snow and especially my roommate, Maine.
While I didn't know what was going on, Plasma interrupted me.
"Roxy, I thought you hid your blood curse very well. You're bad at secrets."
"Well, at least I'm loyal."
"A few of those doubts will make everyone's perspective a monster. You should be ashamed of yourself, your old soul gave you that blessing, and you will throw it away."
"You know what, shut up Plasma!"
During our daily argument between my assistant. The maids stepped in, revealing what I expected, and asked me.
"Roxy, I want to know what my blood tastes like. I know you like it." Miera said
"We need an official ranking!" Kiera added
"That's right, you like the taste of blood more than my cooking!" Sinel declared.
"You can't just turn back without at least trying, right? Besides, I want to know how I taste." White said
"That's right, Roxy. I need to know if my blood was tasty or not. And how tasty it is compared to everyone else's!" Snow exclaimed
"True Roxy, this is part of my research about your body. I know it sounds weird and all… but. Drink some of my blood." Maine added in a resourceful tone
All five of them were White's accomplices in this kidnapping. The conversation made it abundantly clear why they were tying me up.
"This is your own fault, you know. Roxy? If you hadn't just said 'it's okay' every time any of us asked how our blood tasted, we wouldn't have had to resort to such drastic measures." White said
"I told you before, remember? I'm only half-vampire, so I can't really make out your blood's taste or anything."
Indeed, my blood curse had been improved as I overcame my fourth evolution, my fangs grew and my taste of blood improved, so I was a far cry from a normal vampire. However, that excuse wouldn't cut it.
"You're lying, I can tell! Don't underestimate a businesswoman, we can tell when my daughter's friends are acting shifty!" Snow said
"What kind of entrepreneur wants her hero to taste her, Your majesty…" I muttered
"C-Call me Snow, not your majesty!"
"Your majesty, you can't appeal to your authority as a teacher if you want to call yourself by your name in front of anybody." I said in a mischievous grin
Snow desperately tried to think of a rebuttal to that while Miera continued to press the attack.
"Roxy, I don't know why you're so insistent on pretending like you can't tell our tastes apart, but we're all dying to know. We won't be able to sleep at night until you tell us."
Realizing that Miera wouldn't let him go no matter what, I gave up. I turned to Miera and said.
"Fine, but give me your finger instead of your neck. I'm not really in the mood to drink from your neck right now."
"Huh? I mean, sure, I guess, as long as you give me a proper rating."
Miera cut the tip of her finger and brought it to my lips, between my sharp fangs. I sniffed at her finger a little for a few seconds, then blushed a little and gulped. I placed Miera's finger into my fangs and sucked a small dose.
"O-Oh my…"
"Mmm, this is rather unexpected."
I drank a small dose of Miera's blood to get the flavor to work. The fangs were sharp enough to cut a small point on her skin. No wonder she was grueling in pain.
It was only now that White and the others realized just how lewd of a sight this was. I was blindfolded and tied to a chair, blushingly slightly and panting a little as I sucked on Miera's finger.
Snow and White went bright red and averted their gazes, while Sinel watched in envy that the flavor of blood was tastier than her cooking, while Kiera covered her face with her hands and Maine was writing notes in his notepad, though he kept watching entirely.
As for Miera, she had an expression of pure ecstasy on her face and looked like she wS about to awaken a new fetish. It was only I remembered what the original goal of this exercise was supposed to be.
"Miera's blood is rich and full-bodied, with a silky smooth finish and a fresh aftertaste." I said
"What are you, some kind of blood gourmand?"
They were exclaimed in unison. I drank enough blood to the point that I became a blood gourmand. The monsters I slew remained on my head. But of course, they were the ones who'd asked for my ratings, so they dutifully had me taste all of their blood in turn.
"Kiera's blood is thicker and has a really powerful, soothing flavor."
"Sinel's blood is well-balanced and light."
"White, your blood has a fruity taste and is a nice sweet and sour combo."
"Snow, your blood has a nice aged taste, like a year-old wine."
"Maine, your blood is just perfect."
For all his protesting, I made for a great blood taste critic.
"Well, that was a lot more in-depth of an analysis than I was expecting… but then, whose blood is the best?" White added
"There's a lot of options… so it's gotta be, Maine." I replied
"Roxy, what about me? Where do I rank on the blood ranking?" Kiera asked.
"In order, it goes Snow, Sinel then White, then you. Sorry Miera, but you're last."
"Whyyy?"
As the leaderboard was announced, I suddenly felt a surge of strength rising through my body. Suddenly, an icon appeared.
[Drain Activated Extraction Completed consumed one liter of blood]
Then Plasma said through my thoughts.
"Huh? I guess you drank a liter of blood through those people."
"But, I only drank a little."
"Don't matter, use your inspect to view your blood curse. Let's see what it is like."
As Plasma suggests, I used inspect to reveal my Blood Curse.
[173L/200L = evolution for phase 5]
Phase 4
[173L/ 105L= +50 agility (completed)]
[173L/ 109L= +50 defense(completed)]
[173L/ 117L= +250 mana(completed)]
[173L/ 129L= +1000 mana(completed)]
[173L/ 137L= +50 strength(completed)]
[173L/ 148L= +100 agility(completed)]
[173L/ 157L= +1000 vitality(completed)]
[173L/ 169L= +100 strength (completed)]
[173L/ 173L= +skill(shapeshift)(completed)]
[173L/ 180L=+1000 mana]
[173L/ 192L=+50 defense]
Attributes obtained: +skill(shapeshift)
"Huh? Already, I instantly unlocked the skill."
"You drank enough blood that is equivalent to a liter. Good news is that, you somehow acquired a new human skill."
As its name suggests, I obtained a shadeshift skill, a skill that can shapeshift any person anytime. It was an overpowered skill because it will steal that person's identity easily.
To further activate this skill, I will need the person's DNA to shapeshift the person I want to, meaning I will drink blood again to trace every trait that the person has. Then I called Miera.
"Umm, Miera, I changed my mind. I like your blood, it deserves in the first place on the leaderboard. Can I taste it again."
Then Miera was shocked and replied.
"See, I told you my blood is delicious, here, have some."
Miera placed her fingers on my fangs and drank a small dose. As it did, a different icon appeared.
[DNA copied, you can now shapeshift to Miera Amber.]
Now, I successfully copied Miera easily, the shapeshift ability works and I copied her DNA easily.
"So, do you want more?"
"No thanks, I'm full."
"Great."
Miera took off my blindfold and undid my ropes, then looked at the ladies once again.
"Okay, we were done. Ladies let's go."