Chapter 23 - [Bonus ] Check

After a whole day had passed, Joren woke up with the unfamiliar ceiling greeting his eyes the moment he opened it. It was unsurprising as even without his senses fully coming back, he knew that he was no longer in his old life. So many things have changed, though, not that he had that many 'things' in the first place.

However, what's strange about this situation is that as he looked to his side, he could see two girls, one pretty and one cute.

Is this heaven?

He thought even though he already knew who these two are because he wanted to unironically say that in his head once.

[Bucket List:

....

Be in a situation where I can say 'Is this heaven?' *check*

Stop scaring people *I don't think they are people*

Find a cute goth girlfriend with big boobs. *found one but doesn't have big boobs*

...]

"Did you just think of something very rude?"

A cold voice entered his ears as he looked at the pretty one with lustrous long red hair. Joren slowly shook his head in an attempt to feign ignorance. While doing so, his eyes moved a bit lower and he nodded.

[Bucket list:

...

Find a cute goth girlfriend with big boobs. ̶̶̶*̶̶̶̶̶̶̶f̶̶̶̶̶̶̶o̶̶̶̶̶̶̶u̶̶̶̶̶̶̶n̶̶̶̶̶̶̶d̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶o̶̶̶̶̶̶̶n̶̶̶̶̶̶̶e̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶b̶̶̶̶̶̶̶u̶̶̶̶̶̶̶t̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶d̶̶̶̶̶̶̶o̶̶̶̶̶̶̶e̶̶̶̶̶̶̶s̶̶̶̶̶̶̶n̶̶̶̶̶̶̶'̶̶̶̶̶̶̶t̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶h̶̶̶̶̶̶̶a̶̶̶̶̶̶̶v̶̶̶̶̶̶̶e̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶b̶̶̶̶̶̶̶i̶̶̶̶̶̶̶g̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶b̶̶̶̶̶̶̶o̶̶̶̶̶̶̶o̶̶̶̶̶̶̶b̶̶̶̶̶̶̶s̶̶̶̶̶̶̶*̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ *Actually, I'm okay with that, medium boobs are super nice too.*

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"Oy..."

Her red eyes shone the same way her red hair luster.

"Virena, what are you getting angry for? He just woke up."

Then the cute one pouted and complained.

"Principal, it's because he's thinking about-..."

"About?"

"N-nothing..."

The pretty one, Virena swallowed her words in hopes to keep the cute one untainted.

"And how do even know his thoughts? I don't get it."

The cute one shook her head with a sigh before looking at Joren and asked.

"Are you okay?"

Dispersing his guilty thoughts, Joren answered.

"Yeah..."

He tried to scratch his head but... it's not coming.

"Hm?" Joren frowned. Has he become retarded that he can't now move his own body? Even single-celled organism can move their own body.

"What's wrong?"

The cute one asked with a worried expression.

"I can't move my right arm...!!!"

The moment he looked at his right arm, no, there was no moment he look at his right arm because there was no right arm!

"W-w-where is it!?"

He abruptly sat up and looked around.

"What it?"

Virena asked as if there was nothing wrong.

"My right arm! Look!" Joren pointed.

In reply, Virena 'realized" his troubles and seemingly pointed at the floor at random. Following the direction where she points at, Jore saw his arm- no, what the hell is that!?

It's like a stick that has branches that are similar to fingers!

"It's your arm."

Virena said then the cute girl leaned forward, asking.

"What's wrong?"

"Huh!? What's wrong?? My arm!"

"Ah... that, that's... part of nature." the cute girl smiled, almost making Joren relieved, but no, that wouldn't make his right arm return!

"S-seriously!? What do I do?"

Seeing Joren's depressed expression, the cute girl suddenly burst into laughter. She looked so happy that Joren didn't get annoyed. Even Virena besides her wore a smile.

"We're just joking!"

"Eh...? You mean it's a prank?"

"Uh... no. Your arm really withered because it was too damaged."

"So that's the reason? T-then what's the joke?"

"I'm just joking about it being part of nature."

"..."

"Ah! Sorry! Sorry! Don't get too depressed! Virena, give it to him."

"Yes, Principal."

Joren lifted his head, wondering what they were talking about. Virena was already standing in front of him.

"Say ah."

"Ah?..-m!"

Without warming, Virena stuck her finger into his mouth. Joren was surprised and was about to slap her hand away and tell them to stop playing with him when...

"Hm?"

He suddenly could taste something very sweet at the end of Virena's fingertips. It was the first time he could taste such a thing that it took him a moment to process the blissful feeling with his every gulp of that strange liquid.

In short, it was addicting. Not only that but his lost arm was returning stronger than before.

[Strength: 42 (-15) -> 52 (-15)]

But since he's just a lesser undead...

[Strength: 52 (-15) -> 42 (-25)]

Immersing himself in his own world, Joren has no awareness of his surroundings or the look on his face that screams pleasure.

Virena originally intended to give Joren just a little sip but then she began to softly bite her lower lip. This was the first time for her too and she didn't know that it was not that painful and even a bit ticklish, arousing something in her.

Meanwhile, Ness felt that the scene in front of her have turned a little 'lewd'. That's why she made an attempt to cover her eyes, yet they peeked through her fingers. Her face became focused as it heats up-

"Ah~!"

A weird sound suddenly came out of Virena's mouth and that was when she took her finger out of Joren's mouth, destroying the scene immediately.

Joren, whose bliss was suddenly taken away, woke up and came back to reality.

"P-principal...?" Virena stammered as she calls out while wiping her finger with a cloth. She felt shameful when she realized what she had just shown. She was usually the cool type and whatever situation it may be, she remains calm, that's what she always shows. She didn't expect that out of nowhere, without a warning, she showed a disgraceful act.

Furthermore, Ness's face became blank and she could only say one thing.

"It looks like Joren gave you a head..."

"What?"

Ness returned back to reality as well and to not let the situation be awkward, she felt like she had to salvage it, right?

"Gender-bender is... fine too, hm? And it's not that ecchi, it's just a finger."

She smiled but it was forced so it looked awkward.

Virena's face became a bit ghastly and the same thing happened to Joren. He understood Ness' words.

He covered his face in shame.

"I can never get married now..."

"Stop sounding like a maiden!"

Virena charged onto him and grabbed his neck out of frustration. Amidst the chaos, an accident happened.

...

"Here's your tea, Principal."

"U-umu, Virena, thank you."

Ness sat up straight, she had become too formal.

Virena then walked to Joren who sat across the new table, she then poured him tea as well. But after doing so, a nerve popped out from her forehead.

"Joren..."

"Hm?"

"You do know that you just cleared up your title as a pervert, right? So stop grinning or it'll return."

Her cold voice permeates into Joren's spine, making him shiver a bit. However, this shiver could not lower the temperature on the palm-shaped red mark on his left cheek.

"I'm not grinning."

Joren crossed his arms and denied.

Irritated, Virena got a vintage-like handheld mirror and placed it in front of Joren's grinning face.

"... is that a mirror?"

"Yes, are you stupid? Look at yourself..!" Virena said with an expression of 'See?' while waiting for Joren to realize his stupid grin, giving her the satisfaction.

"But... why can't I see anything?"

"Huh..?" Virena looked at the mirror and to see Joren's face, she leaned close to him. However, there was nothing. They could only see the chair Joren was sitting on and the wall behind them.

"Is it... defective?"

Crash*

"We're both undead! We have no reflection on mirrors!"

Virena threw the mirror upon realization.

"Eh? Then why do you own a mirror?"

"I don't know!"

Virena dropped to her knees while she wept.

"I can never get married now..."

Although she wept, she had no tears and she looked towards Joren with a face of 'I'm the feminine one here, you understand!?'

However, Joren had an 'I'll marry you, I've already touched your soft boobs anyway' face while still grinning.

"You know what. Your title as a pervert is permanent, period!"

"H-huh!? What did I do? That was just an accident earlier. I didn't notice that my right arm returned."

"Ten seconds of groping is NOT an accident."

"It was so soft, it was like a second for me though..."

"Time only went fast because you enjoyed it, pervert..!"

[Bucket list:

...

Find a cute goth girlfriend with big boobs. ̶̶̶*̶̶̶̶̶̶̶f̶̶̶̶̶̶̶o̶̶̶̶̶̶̶u̶̶̶̶̶̶̶n̶̶̶̶̶̶̶d̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶o̶̶̶̶̶̶̶n̶̶̶̶̶̶̶e̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶b̶̶̶̶̶̶̶u̶̶̶̶̶̶̶t̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶d̶̶̶̶̶̶̶o̶̶̶̶̶̶̶e̶̶̶̶̶̶̶s̶̶̶̶̶̶̶n̶̶̶̶̶̶̶'̶̶̶̶̶̶̶t̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶h̶̶̶̶̶̶̶a̶̶̶̶̶̶̶v̶̶̶̶̶̶̶e̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶b̶̶̶̶̶̶̶i̶̶̶̶̶̶̶g̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶b̶̶̶̶̶̶̶o̶̶̶̶̶̶̶o̶̶̶̶̶̶̶b̶̶̶̶̶̶̶s̶̶̶̶̶̶̶*̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ ̶*̶A̶c̶t̶u̶a̶l̶l̶y̶,̶ ̶I̶'̶m̶ ̶o̶k̶a̶y̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶,̶ ̶m̶e̶d̶i̶u̶m̶ ̶b̶o̶o̶b̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶s̶u̶p̶e̶r̶ ̶n̶i̶c̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶o̶.̶*̶ *I'm right, it's super nice*

...]

While the two bickers were in front of her, Ness sipped her tea in silence while reminiscing. The problem is that she can't properly take a sip since her hand was trembling, spilling the tea al over teh place...

The last scene countless years ago when Virena still shows a face full of expression flashed in her mind.

...

'No, actually, I haven't seen her full of expressions back then...'

Ness frowned, thinking that she must have dementia, however, she's too young for that. After a while, she thought.

'Virena, it's not ten seconds but twenty... is it because you enjoyed it too? But no, I shouldn't tell her that..'

Ness smiled like a good samaritan.

It's actually thirty seconds.

...

After a while, Joren gave up and sat down.

"I thought vampires only have that kind of thing? Where you don't have reflections?"

He sipped his tea afterward.

"Reflections signifies that you're living. All those who are dead don't have one, like us, an undead."

"So if we get a dead body right now, it won't show up in the reflection?"

"It's... a bit more complicated than that."

Virena replied while cleaning the mirror she broke.

"I don't know if this is true but actually, there is a way to return back to being human, Joren."

Ness suddenly said, startling the two.

"Really!?" Joren excitedly asked.

"I didn't know you have this knowledge, Principal. But I guess, as expected from you."

Virena said with pride.

"Ehehe..." Ness scratched her head after being flattered, "It's because there hasn't been a situation where you turned someone into an undead."

"So I'm like the first?" Joren was interested.

Virena lowered her head in shame.

"Yeah, whenever she drinks blood, she couldn't stop herself that she kills her victims before they turn into an undead." Ness explained as if it was nothing, "Though with me here, she wouldn't do that mistakes again."

"W-wow, I didn't expect that to be dark..."

Joren replied which incited Virena's sarcasm.

"So getting a dead body here just to see a reflection isn't dark."

Although she said that, Joren could feel that she didn't like that topic and wanted him not to get too interested in it.

"So, what are the ways to return to being human, Principal Ness?"

Joren asked, making Ness beamed up being called 'Principal' by someone other than Virena.