“I need to drink blood to feel full, and the low-quality stuff in blood bags would contaminate my bloodline. I have to go ‘hunting’ and drink it straight from the source.”

“That sounds… kind of rough. Who could you even catch?”

“I-I could seduce someone…” Ruo Xiaoxi said bashfully, giving a playful wink.

Ruo Tianxin froze. Seduce? Seduce who? Was she planning to seduce men? No, no, that’d be such a waste! How could an adorable girl like her ruin herself like that?

“Anyway, that’s not important right now! What I wanted to say is… come with me to the study.”

Ruo Xiaoxi stood up and led her little sister back to the room.

She brought over a little stool, stood on it, and pulled a thick book from the shelf. Then she opened it flat on the table and took out a map.

She told her little sister all about the things she’d heard from Chris here and there: the war of the gods that had ended, ancient ruins said to hold treasures and divine artifacts, and so on.

Though she’d only heard the names. She had no idea what any of those things actually were.

“Now that I’m a vampire, I can’t just lounge around doing nothing every day. So my goal is obvious: bring happiness to lots of big sisters while exploring and conquering the magical world!”

“Why did you have to add the part about bringing happiness to big sisters?”

“Because a girl’s gotta make a living~” Ruo Xiaoxi said, bashfully rocking her shoulders.

Damn, she was so cute. Cute enough that Tianxin wanted to scoop her up and squish her, even knowing she was her older brother. Though she had no idea what making a living had to do with bringing happiness to big sisters.

“So, do you know what it means that you showed up in front of me today, Tianxin? To my great vampire ambitions, you are—”

“Someone who’ll help you come up with plans?”

“No…” Ruo Xiaoxi deliberately left her hanging, hiding a little laugh. Then, while Ruo Tianxin’s guard was down, she leaped right over the table and pounced! A sneak attack!

“A little blood bag who came right to my door—the start-up funds for my adventure!”

“Waaah!” Ruo Tianxin looked up at Ruo Xiaoxi flying toward her through the air. Her mouth fell open, and time itself seemed to slow down… Then she nimbly dodged to the side.

There was a loud thud as Ruo Xiaoxi hit the wooden floor…

Ruo Tianxin stared blankly down at Ruo Xiaoxi, sprawled on the floor in an awkward pose. Ruo Xiaoxi stared blankly at the floor. The sneak attack had failed, and an awkward silence settled over the room…

Just a guess, but is it possible she wasn’t actually rushing to the bathroom just now? Was she trying to pounce on me and drink my blood? (serious chin-rest.jpg)

Hah. You’re just a dumb little loli, and you think you’re going to conquer the world?

You’re basically a loli body pillow. You’d be better off keeping my bed warm.

“Sis, I might stay at your place for a few days before I go back. I brought a change of clothes and everything. Where should I sleep?”

“The couch.” Ruo Xiaoxi stood up, a red bump on her forehead, and answered without hesitation.

“Then I’ll catch a chill. There’s another room nobody’s using, right?”

“There is, but I’ve never cleaned it out. I use it as a storage room, so there’s no way I can get it cleared out anytime soon. There are a bunch of chairs and boxes with nowhere else to go.”

“So what now?” Ruo Tianxin dragged her suitcase in through the doorway and stopped in the hall.

“How about… we share a room?” Ruo Xiaoxi asked tentatively.

Honestly, it wasn’t a problem at all. They were family, and they’d grown up together. They’d only started living apart when Ruo Xiaoxi went off to high school and moved over here.

They’d only started sleeping separately once they reached puberty, to avoid the awkwardness of a boy and a girl sharing everyday life—especially after Tianxin started wearing camisoles.

Before that, they’d shared a room for all six years of elementary school.

“Well… what do you think?” Ruo Tianxin hesitated, then remembered that her older brother was a girl now. There shouldn’t be any problem with two girls sharing a bed.

“Come on, my bed’s pretty big.” Ruo Xiaoxi stood by her bedroom door and waved her over.

“You’re not going to peek while I’m changing, are you?”

“To be honest, there’s something I’ve wanted to tell you for a long time. Even that time I accidentally saw you run out of the bathroom without any clothes on, I still didn’t feel anything for my little sister!”

And now she’d turned into a girl, too.

Did siscons really exist? Ruo Tianxin wasn’t a brocon at all, either. Anyway, Ruo Xiaoxi had never had any weird thoughts about her little sister. They were so close that she just didn’t feel that way about her.

Of course, admiring how pretty her little sister was—that was a different matter!

“You little—” Ruo Tianxin clenched her fists, ready to hit Ruo Xiaoxi. For some reason, she felt looked down on, as if that tone were mocking her for not being womanly enough.

“Then I’ll take you up on that. I want to see what my older brother does every day now that she’s a girl.”

“Not much. I play games, flirt with big sisters, and read a book when I have time.” Ruo Xiaoxi walked back to her chair as if nothing had happened. Her game was still running.

Lan Yinuo had finished eating, but she was still hanging around while her character was AFK, chatting in the guild channel.

“Pfft, flirting with big sisters.” Ruo Tianxin wheeled her suitcase into the room and set the heavy thing beside the wardrobe so she could take out some clothes and toiletries.

As her little sister bustled around getting settled, Ruo Xiaoxi kept staring at her until Ruo Tianxin felt a chill run down her back.

“Why do you keep staring at me?” Ruo Tianxin bent down, then straightened and adjusted her shoulder strap. “If you’ve got nothing better to do, help me carry my suitcase inside.”

“N-No… I just thought you’d have a much bigger reaction when you found out I’d turned into a girl. I thought it’d be awful if you knew, so I even tried to avoid you before…”

“Why? You explained the reason properly, so I can only help you keep it a secret.”

“I see… Doesn’t it feel weird?”

“You’re still my same old older brother, just an older sister now. I still love you just as much as I always have. Besides… hee-hee, now that we’re both girls, I feel like we’ll have a lot more to talk about.”

“Uh! I’m not going to be your dress-up Barbie!”

Ruo Xiaoxi seemed to sense danger coming.

“Putting my big brother in a shamefully cute little skirt—” she whispered. “Come to think of it, now that we’re both girls, I have something else you can use. I brought it in my suitcase, too. I’ll get it out tonight~”

“I don’t want it.” Ruo Xiaoxi folded her arms across her chest.

“Ah! You’re playing Jian Wang 3 by yourself again and didn’t invite me!” Ruo Tianxin’s attention was suddenly drawn to the game on the computer screen. Ruo Xiaoxi was the one who’d gotten her into it in the first place.

“Want to play together later? There’s an adorable big sister online.”

“Oh, yeah! Let’s go, let’s go! I’ll get everything unpacked and charge my laptop. What kind of adorable big sister is she…? I’m on it! Leave it to your little sister to help you win her over.”