I was now on the way back to my room. The conversation didn’t last much longer as she kept saying that she was fine every time I would ask her a question that was a little touchy.
I tried to get her to come back with me inside the Academy for her to get a little bit of sleep, but… she told me she was fine.
And look, I’m all for helping others, but I won’t force them to do anything.
Right now, there was another problem that I had to face—boredom.
I had just slept for a few hours, and I wasn’t anywhere close to feeling tired yet, which meant that I would have to pass the time… I could’ve gone to see other teachers and presented myself, but they hadn’t arrived.
This entire situation was boring. I thought that my career as a spy would have started right away. But it would have to wait a few days before it started. Truth be told, I was waiting for Alexandra to call me to her office to talk about it since she should learn about it soon enough.
In the meantime, I sat on my bed, and just laid down while staring at the ceiling. There wasn’t much else I could do as I just went over what had just happened in my mind.
I had to say…being a professor seemed a lot more fun than I originally thought. Well, maybe it was because my first student was a princess that had a shitty attitude.
‘I can’t imagine all my students being like her…Well, it would certainly be interesting.’
My mind went in all directions as I remembered her witty answers, and then I realized how stupid I was.
Why was I in my room?
I could have just followed her around to see what she had been hiding from me.
What a great professor I am!
With no time to waste, I went back outside and followed her footsteps once more. It guided me a little bit further away from the Storage Room, but in a few seconds, I spotted her.
She was where the Royal Academy stored all the food that they would be serving the students, the Pantry. However, it wasn’t a small one. It was absolutely massive, which made a lot of sense considering the amount of students that would soon be arriving at the Royal Academy.
Still, there was just one small thing that confused me. She was a Vampire. Blood is what they need to sustain themselves.
At least, that’s what I saw on the battlefield. The craziest ones sucked all the blood from the people they killed. It was a bit of an ugly sight, but each time I asked them why they were doing that. They all had the same answer.
Blood makes us stronger.
‘Maybe there’s blood in the Pantry? After all, all races are accepted within the Royal Academy.’
I didn’t show myself as I looked around the building, trying to find a window to see what was happening inside. Seconds passed by, and I found a window on the right side of the building, which gave a perfect view inside the Pantry.
She was sitting on the ground with pouches filled with blood. She was drinking them one after another. My guess was that she was famished. Well, it was either that or she was crazy. Because in the five seconds that I had been watching her, she had already drunk three pouches of blood. However, it didn’t make sense. Every time she took a gulp of blood, she was gagging. It was as if she hated the taste of blood.
I had never seen such a reaction out of all the Vampires I had met in my life. They all adored it, so why was she different from the rest of them?
It was frustrating. Every time I learned more about her, the more confusing it was. But, as much as it was frustrating…the more I wanted to find out about her.
I looked at her through the window for a couple of minutes, and it seemed she had finally got her fill as she headed for the door. I looked at her walk out and didn’t move right away, letting just the right amount of distance between us. After all, we were pretty much in an open field with only a few bushes around to hide. I couldn’t really follow her from up close.
I also couldn’t get spotted, or else I would probably be losing her trust since I told her that I would be going back inside.
Still, I was confused about what I had just seen.
‘She drinks that much blood every night…So, why does she look so weak?’
I just couldn’t wrap my head around it. Vampires got stronger the more they drank blood. So, why was her body feeble and weak?
She was also a Vampire Princess, which meant that she had received a lot more attention compared to other vampires.
I continued to follow her for the rest of the night, and nothing else major happened. She just roamed around the Academy. She ate, trained, and finally slept.
Her day ended, and mine did too.
***
“So, how was it yesterday?” Alexandra asked. “Did you find her?”
We were walking around in the garden, talking about my arrival at the Academy, whether I liked it or not. It wasn’t very interesting, well, until I asked her my next question.
“I did, she was…uh, something.”
She stifled a giggle. “Well, you better get used to it!”
I didn’t quite grasp what she meant in that sentence at the time, and I didn’t care to be quite frank.
“Right, I really should. Still, there’s something I need to ask you about her.”
“Sure, I’ll answer if I can.”
“About that student of mine…could I know the reason why she arrived so early?”
She glanced at me before answering and shook her head. “Sorry, it’s a bit of a touchy subject.”
Touchy subject? Perfect.
“Okay, then I have another question. She’s a vampire, right? So, answer me this, why doesn’t she like blood?”
She momentarily stopped walking for a fraction of a second, but I noticed it. It seemed to be an even touchier subject. She turned to look at me with the best fake smile she could muster.
“Oh! Weird, why would you say something like that?”
