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The things Daphne saw that day didn't just pass by in her mind. For several days, when she closed her eyes, she could still recall the terrifying image of the man with a wide mouth and fangs piercing into a woman's flesh.
It probably left a shadow, as she has been consuming much less blood these days. Even when dining with her brother, she forces herself to drink more to fill her stomach, only to later vomit it out when she returns to her room.
Daphne sat on the sofa, holding a book she had already read, unable to absorb the words on it. Helplessly, she could only set it aside.
" Lucia," she called out to the maid dusting a vase in the corner, and asked somewhat uncertainly, "Do you... know about vampires?"
Lucia's hand paused for a moment, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on her back: "…Why would Miss ask about this?"
"Hmm, is it really true?" Daphne understood her reaction and blinked, "I don't know why, but suddenly this word popped into my head… Can it be true that there are really such things as vampires?!"
"Yes..." Lucia continued to wipe the vase with a cloth, unnaturally. "There are indeed vampires... Miss, did you see something?"
Daphne remembered the man and nodded. "That day when I went to Mrs. Gina's place, I sneaked out and saw a man with fangs in the alley. He bit a woman's neck and crazily sucked out the gushing blood..."
"I'm sorry, miss," Lucia suddenly turned around, knelt down, and said, "It's my fault for not protecting you well and letting you see such a distressing scene."
Daphne was startled and told her to get up, "No, if anyone is to blame, it should be me for not listening and running around everywhere."
Being interrupted by Lucia, she felt too embarrassed to continue asking, so she decided to keep this matter to herself.
Afterwards, she subtly asked the maids who cleaned the house, but for some reason, they all shook their heads, saying they didn't know about vampires.
Do they really not know? Their expressions are so calm, as if they've never even heard the word "vampire." Or perhaps, is there someone making them "not know"?
Daphne's doubts in her heart grew even stronger, despite her efforts to hide her concerns, Miller still saw through them.
"What's wrong, Flora? What have you been thinking about lately?" he asked at the dinner table.
Daphne looked at him, although she didn't know why she felt her brother wouldn't tell her the truth, she couldn't help but ask, "Brother, the person in the alley that day... was he a vampire?"
Miller seemed to have anticipated what she wanted to ask, and his smile didn't change at all.
"Flora, why do you ask?"
"I..." Daphne murmured, "I'm just a little curious... Lucia said that there are really vampires in this world. So, I was thinking, that man that day, is he a vampire?"
The restaurant fell silent for a moment, as if the next second, the sound of a pin dropping on the carpet could be heard clearly. Louis stood stiffly on the side, silently looking at the ground, trying to lower his presence.
"…That's right, Daphne."
Miller looked at her and said in a flat tone, "He is the vampire, the man in the alley."
Daphne appeared a little blurry in his sight, her heart pounding like a drum. A strange intuition made her dare not continue to ask further.
"So it's really like this..." she murmured.
At home, there is still an attic specifically used for storing books, and Daphne has never forgotten about it.
She didn't even go to see the fish in the pond anymore. Every day, she let Lucia arrange a carriage to take her to the attic to read books.
There are really a lot of books in the attic. As soon as you step in and walk past the inner wall, you can see towering bookshelves, seemingly several meters high at a glance, requiring a special ladder to climb up and get a book.
Daphne secretly congratulated herself for not being afraid of heights.
According to the search, she found the book she wanted in a very inconspicuous corner on the second floor of the attic.
《Analysis of Bloodsucking Creatures and Their Behavior》
She opened the book's table of contents and found too many professional terms that she basically couldn't understand.
Daphne There's no way, so I had to put it on the reading desk first, and then use the search to find an introductory book on Biology.
"What has Flora been up to lately?" Miller sipped his tea, sitting in the attic watching the slowly returning carriage below.
Louis stopped reporting on his work and looked down, then answered, "Miss Daphne has been running to the library attic recently, reading books on Biology and related topics."
"Get to the point."
"Miss Daphne is researching the vampire race."
Miller watched the carriage run away, a satisfied smile curling his lips: "It seems that the trash that scared Flora still has some use after all."
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