Due to the rumors of Tsukune being a vampire, the number of people approaching Moka with ulterior motives was reduced. There were still some brave students but Moka was quick to refuse most of them.

No more guys?

Tsukune noticed that Moka’s largest fanbase mostly comprised of male students but for the past few days, those numbers were dwindling until mostly female students were left.

That’s good… but still weird.

Tsukune looked back and saw Moka’s profile. She notices him staring at her face and she blushes.

She whispers.

“Tsukune, what is it?”

Tsukune whispers back.

“Nothing, I was just studying your face.”

“Well, look away… you’re making me conscious.”

Tsukune blushes when he sees Moka acting shy. He turns away and focuses on recollecting the events these past few days.

Since Rainee became Moka’s friend a few days ago, Moka and I haven’t been spending time alone.

Turning toward Moka again, Tsukune noticed that she was a bit pale.

She hasn’t been able to suck my blood which is good… but…

Tsukune couldn’t help but feel sad that Moka was being affected by it.

I… also want to eat more of her cooking…

As usual, the class quickly finishes with Tsukune barely listening. As long as the class was about human etiquette, Tsukune rarely listened.

But Language, Math, and Science are as difficult as ever. If I’m not careful, I might get held back.

Tsukune turns to Moka and sees her seriously compiling her notes, admiring her hardworking nature.

If I really need help, I heard that teacher Ririko offers tutoring…

“Tsukune, I’m done revising my notes. Let’s go?”

Tsukune snaps out of his thoughts and he replies to Moka.

“Yeah, let’s go. Rainee must be waiting for us.”

The two of them leave their class to meet up with Rainee. For the past few days, this was their routine. Rainee meets up with Moka in the morning to walk with the two of them. Then she waits for them until the end of classes so all three of them can go back together.

At first, Tsukune felt skeptical but Rainee’s bubbly attitude was refreshing.

Unfortunately, Moka didn’t feel the same. She enjoyed Rainee’s presence but as time went on, her instincts kept telling her that something was wrong. She just didn’t know what.

But she tried her best not to be affected by it. She didn’t want to judge Rainee because of some unfounded worry.

The two of them waited by the academy’s main entrance where Rainee usually shows up.

“She’s late this time,” Tsukune says while still worrying about his performance in the class.

Moka nods, sensing that the feeling of worry escalates. She also noticed that while fewer people were approaching her, more people were talking about her and Tsukune. Rumors that Tsukune is ugly, by vampire standards, or that Moka is Tsukune’s master because she was a vampire noble. There were many more but Moka ignored them.

Tsukune looks back at the academy. There was a steady stream of students coming out but no sign of Rainee anywhere.

“I don’t think she’s going to come out anytime soon. Should we go first?”

Moka thinks but shakes her head.

“We’ve been hanging out with her for a few days now. It’s rude if we suddenly leave her just because she’s late.”

“Okay, let’s wait a bit more.”

The two of them continue to wait but their patience is eventually rewarded. They both hear Rainee’s loud voice in the distance.

“Mokaaa! Tsukuneee!”

The two see Rainee rushing toward them with a big smile on her face.

She reaches the two.

“Hey guys, I’m sorry I’m late. I was just talking with my teacher!” Rainee explains as she catches her breath. After she recovers, she stands up.

Tsukune notices something different.

Did… did she get taller?

“Let’s go, guys!” Rainee says.

Tsukune ignores the thought and nods.

The three of them return as per usual.

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Moka’s instincts seem to reach a peak when Tsukune goes toward the direction of the male dormitories while Rainee and her go toward the female dormitories.

Is Rainee… taller?

“Sooo, you see something you like?” Rainee’s voice snaps Moka out of her thoughts.

“W-what do you mean?” Moka immediately raises her guard.

“Well… you’ve been staring at me for a while now. Did my cute appearance enrapture you?” she playfully winks at Moka as she says this.

Moka quickly denies it.

“No no no, I was just in my own thoughts.”

Rainee laughs.

“I know. I’m just messing with you.”

Moka nervously reciprocates the laugh.

Eventually, the two of them split up to enter completely different dorm buildings.

Once Moka is inside her room, she prepares to wash up and revise her notes.

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Alone in her room, Rainee looked at her open palm.

She then concentrates on the center of her palm. She starts to feel the strain of her efforts until finally, a small sphere made of earth appears in her palm.

“Yes! Finally! I’ve finally gained enough youki to create Earth on my own.”

She then focuses again and the earth in her hand quickly transforms into a variety of shapes, all according to her will. She then causes the earth to disappear.

“Now that I can manifest earth, I just need to gain more power… But… I have to be careful… those from the Public Safety Commission are trying to see who’s spreading rumors… I won’t let them find me.”

Taking out a notebook from her bag, Rainee starts to write down rumors of every type for every person she knew, most importantly the popular ones. She did her best to imitate the handwriting of other students to ensure it wouldn’t be tracked down to her.

As Moka recalled her

But… Moka… I can barely write anything about her… She’s too tight-lipped…

She then tries to recall information from Tsukune.

Tsukune, on the other hand, is weird. At first, he doesn’t know anything about common vampire rules… but suddenly he’s knowledgeable. It’s as if someone fed him information.

Without any new information to share about Moka and Tsukune, Rainee felt that she was at an impasse.

I could make some rumors about that blue-haired attention seeker but she’s too attentive. She’ll find me out in no time, especially with all those men following her around.

Rainee continues to write a lot of exaggerated rumors for everyone else to see.

The night quickly passes and Rainee sleeps in late.

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When morning comes, Tsukune rises from his bed. As per his routine, he starts to stretch. His body had signs of fatigue and pain but he wanted to be more useful to Moka.

Nothing’s happening now but it’s better to be prepared.

After stretching, Tsukune starts doing push-ups. The dorm’s cursed phenomenon, something Tsukune learned from his neighbors, is helping him become stronger.

Eventually, Tsukune’s alarm clock rings, reminding him that it’s time for him to prepare to go to school.

Moka and Rainee are waiting for me.

He goes to shower. Afterward, he prepares his bag.

Going out of his room, he notices his neighbor who originally caused him to write a withdrawal notice.

“Morning, Tsukune.”

Tsukune greets him with a nod.

“Good morning Hermann.”

Hermann nods and prepares to jump off the balcony again.

“Uh, Hermann.”

Hermann turns to Tsukune, curious at being called out.

“Yeah?”

“I’m just a bit curious so I had a question…”

Hermann nods, gesturing for Tsukune to continue.

“Well, I noticed that in the morning, you always jump off the balcony instead of taking the elevator or stairs. Is there a reason for that?”

Hermann puts his hand on his chin to think.

“No reason really. I just enjoy jumping from high heights.”

Tsukune nods.

“Okay, thanks for sharing. I was just curious.”

Hermann gives a playful salute and then he rushes off the balcony once more, jumping even higher than before.

Tsukune watches as Hermann lands without any issue on the ground.

He just enjoys it… Is it because of what type of monster he is?

Seeing Hermann walk away, Tsukune immediately remembers that someone’s waiting for him so he briskly walks toward the elevator.

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Moka’s thoughts wander again toward Rainee.

She’s not here today.

“Moka!”

Hearing her friend’s voice, Moka turns toward Tsukune.

Seeing him walk toward her with a smile, she couldn’t help but smile as well, causing Tsukune to almost trip in his step.

“Tsukune!” Moka calls out to Tsukune as they meet halfway.

Tsukune looks around.

“I don’t see Rainee anywhere. Is she late again?”

Moka tilts her head, thinking.

“I don’t know. She might have gone ahead. Unlike yesterday, we can’t really wait for her. We’ll be late otherwise.”

Tsukune nods, agreeing with Moka.

“Yeah, let’s go. Let’s just apologize to Rainee later when we see her.”

Moka smiles and nods. While she did feel guilty about leaving Rainee, it’s been a while since she and Tsukune had some alone time.

Maybe, I’ll be able to have my favorite drink today.

Moka blushes at the thought.

“Moka?”

“Yeah?”

“Are you okay? You seem a bit red. Are you sick?”

Moka quickly shakes her head, maintaining a smile.

“No, I was probably just warming up.”

She turns away before the desire to bite Tsukune’s neck emerges.

The two of them go to school without Rainee. They were able to have a carefree conversation, talking about random everyday things while walking towards the school.

While they did enjoy each other’s presence, they both paid attention to their surroundings, looking for Rainee but they were not able to find her.

Even when lunch approached, Rainee didn’t show up.

And when school ended, Tsukune was a bit worried.

“Moka, you don’t think anything bad happened to Rainee, right?”

“I hope not,” Moka replies, feeling unsure about the entire situation.

They waited for a while but when half an hour passed, the two of them had no choice but to go back to their dorms.

While walking back, Tsukune noticed that Moka was deep in thought.

“Moka?”

Moka turns to Tsukune with troubled eyes.

“Tsukune… do you have these times that your instincts are completely against your actions?”

Tsukune noticed that Moka had a serious look so he had to give an equally serious answer.

“Well… yeah, once.”

Moka’s face brightens as if she finally found a lifebuoy in the middle of a vast ocean.

“Yeah?? And? When was it?”

Tsukune looks away, feeling slightly embarrassed.

“It was when I was about to leave.”

Moka stops in her steps.

“W-what?”

Before her thoughts turn to the negative side of that statement, Tsukune continues.

“Each time I thought of running away before, I had a gigantic feeling in my stomach, telling me not to go… When I was in front of the open door of the bus, my legs felt like they were full of lead… I felt that if I left, I would infinitely regret it. After all, if I left… I would be leaving you.”

Hearing that, Moka felt her cheeks become hot.

“I-I see!.”

She nervously laughs, unable to respond. She then notices that even her hands are starting to become red. She looks away, unable to look at Tsukune.

Fortunately for Moka, Tsukune was blushing hard as well.

The two walk together in blissful silence until they eventually reach the part of the road where they have to separate.

Before Tsukune could leave, Moka called out to him.

“Tsukune!”

Tsukune turns toward Moka, who’s finally able to control her emotions.

“Thank you! I know what to do now!”

Moka’s clear and bright smile causes Tsukune to smile back. He didn’t know what Moka’s problem was but he was happy to have helped her out.

They then separate feeling good.

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Rainee was late to classes because of staying up late. Despite her lack of proper sleep, she didn’t feel tired. In fact, she felt excited.

She looked at her neatly prepared bag. It contained dozens, if not hundreds, of juicy rumors written on different types of paper and in varying handwriting. She even aged some of the papers with dirt.

Just a bit more… then… I’ll be satisfied.

So excited about her own plan, Rainee forgot to meet Moka and Tsukune during lunchtime. And once school was over, she hid inside a storage room in the academy.

She then waited until night fell.

Exiting the storage room with all of her items, Rainee started to scatter the pieces of rumors in the perfect areas that would cause the most damage. She would put the pieces of rumors inside a desk, in a locker, taped to a front door, and many more.

Once she was done spreading every piece of rumor she’d written, she then went to the massive public bulletin board that was on the first floor of the building. Taking out a spray can from her bag, she then starts to write on the board.

After her handiwork, Rainee smiles.

Without a word or sound, Rainee gets rid of any evidence that can be traced to her and she leaves the academy building to return to her dorm.

Entering her dorm, Rainee goes to sleep with a gigantic smile on her face.