Chapter 1041: I really want to taste your blood

“I didn’t think it would turn out this way,” Sierra smiled, watching the broadcast and how the Vampire and the Dragon left.

“Indeed,” Milica agreed.

The broadcast went dark and returned outside the dungeon, at the gate where Irene had just been thrown out.

“Now it will be much more interesting to watch what is happening.”

Sierra, Milica, and Geminia were sitting in the living room of Idan and Arabel’s private home, watching Coco’s broadcast. There was a table full of snacks and drinks in front of them, and it was a great opportunity to chat.

“From the very beginning, when they appeared, I had a strange feeling that I knew them.” Sierra wasn’t lying. Even despite the disguise, the couple’s behavior immediately reminded her of two acquaintances. “And I was right—it’s really Idan and Arabel.”

Their suspicion was confirmed as soon as they heard the vampire mention his friend and his three wives.

“Now it’s clear where they went in a hurry, without explaining anything.” Being more experienced, all three quickly connected the couple’s actions with the will of the world and understood their actions.

“So Idan has a vampire bloodline now, and Belle has a dragon bloodline?”

Knowing that this couple could have multiple bloodlines at the same time, even though it was against the generally accepted rules, the trio wasn’t particularly surprised.

“In my opinion, these bloodlines are perfect for both of them,” Geminia shared her opinion.

Milica and Sierra agreed with her.

“Do you think Irene and the others recognized them?”

Sierra carefully observed Irene and the others who were still unconscious.

“Most likely, yes,” Milica suggested.

“If not, let’s keep it a secret for now. Let them realize and think about what happened first,” Sierra suggested, and both women agreed with this suggestion.

Now that they found out who was performing the duties of the Gatekeepers, they began to follow the broadcast with great interest.

***

“It’s a good thing that these bloodlines are only available as part of this event, otherwise I would have to destroy all the innocent girls in the Kingdom,” Arabel jokingly said, slightly scaring Idan after listening to his story.

“And in the future, if you acquire this bloodline, maybe we will open a service for secretly determining the innocence of girls?” Arabel continued to tease her husband.

“As for the remaining time, leave all the beautiful women to me, I’ll deal with them all myself,” she added with a dangerous smile and a twinkle in her eyes.

“Okay, enough jokes, Belle,” Idan shook his head. “It was just a momentary weakness caused by the first experience. I didn’t succumb to temptation, so I’ll be able to control myself eventually.”

Arabel did not doubt his words. She knew that her husband was capable of it.

“Don’t worry about Milena, Yulai, Nayla and Irene. I tried to eliminate them as quickly and as painfully as possible, and finally apologized to them.”

“I hope they won’t be offended by us.”

Arabel was slightly afraid that their somewhat rude actions might hurt the feelings of their acquaintances, and wondered if they had overplayed their roles.

“We’ll have to explain ourselves to them when it’s over,” Idan reassured. “Once they find out what was at stake, they’ll… hopefully understand.”

“By the way, don’t you want to taste my blood?” Arabel suddenly asked a question that had occurred to her. “For some reason, you’ve never asked for my blood since you became a vampire. Is it because I’m no longer innocent?”

“What a stupid question you’re asking, silly!” exclaimed Idan, hitting her on the head.

“Oh!” Arabel exclaimed, clutching her head and pouting.

“You have no idea how much I want to drink your blood… your real blood, not this avatar.”

“And I understand that I will not be able to do this within the framework of this event. So I decided that if I was going to taste your blood, it would be when I became a real vampire, not now.”

“Hmm?” — Arabel blinked, and her cheeks turned slightly pink.

“Only when you become a real vampire…” she repeated softly, beginning to imagine this moment.

Idan suddenly pulled her to him and hugged her tightly.

“I really want to taste your blood,” he repeated, and added, “But I also want to kiss you.”

Arabel looked up, and it was clear that she, too, shared his feelings.

“But I can’t do it now when you look different,” Idan confessed. “Even if I know it’s you, if I kiss you, I’ll feel like I’ve cheated on you.”

Arabel looked into his eyes in silence, and then with a sigh she said:

“Me too… Me too.”

Although it had only been an hour since the start of the event, they had both been in avatar bodies for over 12 hours, and their feelings for each other intensified with each passing hour. The fact that they looked different was starting to annoy them more and more.

It seemed that appearance did not matter for intimacy, but both of them were convinced that this was wrong. They believed that being intimate with a man who looked nothing like their loved one was tantamount to cheating.

“It’s only been an hour, Dan, and we need to hold out for another 23 hours…” Arabel whispered.

23 hours…

It was less than a day, but for both of them it seemed like an eternity, especially considering that every ten minutes they faced new waves of enemies.

[Ding! The dungeon admires the effectiveness of its Gatekeepers]

[Ding! After observing their progress, the Dungeon decided to increase the total energy of the group of Challengers from 15 to 45]

[Ding! Due to the increased difficulty, the quality of the additional reward has also been improved]

“Three times harder at once?”

Idan and Arabel exchanged glances.

Now, instead of one diamond-ranked creature, three could enter the arena at once.

It was a significant complication.

However, that wasn’t what bothered them. For some reason, both of them began to wonder,

“What happens if there isn’t a single Challenger willing to challenge them before 24 hours are up?”