Ming An felt that the grease at the corner of her lips was an eyesore. He pulled out a tissue and casually reached over to wipe it away, then just as casually tossed the tissue aside. Because the movement was so natural, it didn’t seem awkward or inappropriate at all.
“Xiao Hei is very sensitive to the smell of blood. That’s good for the safety of the B Division students.”
“I’ve always found it strange…” Fengguang said. “Why put humans and blood clans in the same school? Isn’t that dangerous?”
“That’s because of the great Osiris—”
She responded coldly with a single syllable. “Oh.”
“All right, Osiris,” Ming An said, rubbing his nose and wisely changing his wording. “He had a nemesis named Tobiah. Tobiah was known as the strongest vampire hunter in history, and he was the only one with the power to fight Osiris. The two agreed to a fair duel, but after fighting for three days without a clear winner, they instead developed a mutual respect.”
“So then they ran off together?” she asked.
He shot her a lazy glance. “If only. That battle made Osiris realize that not all humans are fragile, and Tobiah also understood that killing Osiris would be extremely difficult. So on the third night, they reached an agreement. Humans and the blood clans signed a peace treaty, and through that agreement, both sides came to realize that humans and vampires could, in fact, coexist peacefully.”
“So after that, Tobiah founded the Vampire Hunter Association, and Osiris founded this school?”
“Correct,” he said. “Osiris Academy is monitored and protected every year by members of the Vampire Hunter Association. If a blood clan member harms a human, they’ll take that vampire away. Depending on the severity, the punishment could be life imprisonment or even execution.”
Fengguang reacted quickly. “So the Xia family is also under the Association’s surveillance, right? That’s why my dad sent me to this school—to be under their supervision too?”
“Turns out you’re pretty smart,” Ming An said with an approving nod. “You’re right. Every child from an influential blood clan family has to study here for two years. In reality, it’s also two years of monitoring by the Association.”
“I get it!” She jumped to her feet excitedly. “Putting humans and blood clans in the same school is actually a way to test how dangerous the blood clans are. If a vampire can’t resist attacking a human, then the Association takes them away. Right?”
Watching her light up from figuring it out, he curled his lips into a faint smile. “Exactly.”
“Then what about you?” Fengguang leaned forward, bracing her hands on the table, narrowing her eyes as she studied him closely. “Are you also part of the Association? Or maybe… a really high-ranking member?”
He replied unhurriedly, “I resigned from the Association over three hundred years ago. Now I’m just a neutral party.”
“That makes sense…” She sat back down gracefully, as if she hadn’t just been overly excited a moment ago. “My dad definitely wouldn’t be friends with someone from the Vampire Hunter Association.”
“So,” he said casually, “aren’t you sleepy now, kid? This should be the blood clan’s sleeping hours, right?”
Not wanting to seem like a total oddball, she didn’t mention that her schedule was the same as a human’s. Instead, she said, “I was hungry, okay? Don’t humans get up in the middle of the night for a midnight snack too?”