Why can't humans do it too?

She was right beside his soul, never going anywhere else.

So... who exactly is Xin Ke, who is standing right in front of him with a bright smile?

"Jibriel!!!"

Golden light burst forth from Suer's body, slamming towards 'Xinke' in front of Suer like an iron fist, but the latter nimbly dodged it to the side, followed by Xinke's earth-shattering roar.

The great Lord Nirbalian had never been so angry.

Prelude to Chapter Twenty

How long has it been?

Suer stared blankly at the blonde beauty in front of him. How long had it been since he had seen Xin Ke's fair skin and her real, tangible body?

It was no longer a semi-transparent energy body, but rather the same form that had often accompanied him in the past.

Even without those signature long ears and beautiful eyes, the smiling human before her was even more elven than the one she remembered. A touch of crimson on her cheeks made her already beautiful even more endearing, like a plum blossom against the white snow, delicate and elegant.

Then Suer's ear was pulled hard.

"Ouch! O ...

He screamed in agony at the first moment. Suer even couldn't help but turn his neck and tiptoe towards the direction from which the evil hand was reaching out, just to lessen the pain—he wasn't acting to soften Xin Ke's heart; the great Lord Nirbalian was serious now!

Suer could feel his ears were about to be ripped off, and his entire brain started to ache.

"You're still looking?!"

"I'm not watching anymore!!! Let go! I really don't want to watch anymore!!!"

Su'er was so determined that he wanted to gouge out his own eyes on the spot to show his resolve, and he even started shouting until his voice cracked just to get Xin Ke to spare his ears.

Without a doubt, the fair-skinned Shinko, who has lost the characteristics of the Forest Elf race, is Jibril in disguise. Only a Skywing race who has become very familiar with Shinko through years of quarrels and knows the personality and habits of the great Lord Nielbaren could do such a lifelike imitation, even performing some small habitual movements.

Similarly, only Jibril, being an energy being, could so easily change her physical appearance. After all, for the Skywing race, appearance and gender can be changed simply by the flow of energy. If Sue were to prefer men, Jibril could instantly transform into a male—of course, Sue does not like men, without a doubt.

For the Skywing race, physical appearance is such a convenient thing. Jibril has maintained her current child form only because she doesn't have enough energy to support her full physical and mental recovery. Therefore, she hasn't done anything extra. However, if she only wanted to return to her previous form, it would still be easy for Jibril, as long as she needed to.

For example, today.

"Hey! Let him go right now!"

Just as Suer was begging for mercy, unlike Xin Ke, who was grabbing his ear and had long ears like a forest elf with a semi-transparent body, the fair-skinned 'Xin Ke' on the other side frowned and looked furious as she strode over and slapped at the hand that was grabbing Xin Ke's ear, but the latter nimbly dodged it.

"See! I told you you should have listened to me. How could you not get hurt hanging around a guy like that?!"

Four parts anger, three parts mockery, two parts regret, and one part blame—when such an expression accompanied such words on the face and in the mouth of the person opposite, not only Suer, but even Xinke herself couldn't help but show a blank expression—for no other reason than that it was just too similar.

This is exactly what Xin Ke would say!

This is her reaction when she sees Sue doing something beyond her control and insisting on doing it against her will!

Unable to resist confirming once again whether the existence bound by that line tightly connected to his soul was in front of him or beside him, Suer felt numb.

"You reckless bitch, how dare you imitate me!!!"

The insults were extremely vicious!

She erupted in a fit of rage and started cursing. What angered Xin Ke the most wasn't that Jibril had transformed into her appearance, but that the brainless, reckless bird-man could mimic her words, expressions, and actions so perfectly!

Even if the same situation were presented to her, she would be more likely to say the same thing!

Is this something that brainless idiot would do?!

That reckless guy managed to imitate it so perfectly?!

How well does she really know herself?!

As if she had swallowed a mouthful of excrement, Xin Ke felt even more uncomfortable after reaching this conclusion. She would rather see Jibril clumsily imitating her and being recognized by Su Er at a glance than see the man in front of her being bewitched, and even repeatedly verifying the truth through his soul.

She could feel it all!

"Huh? A female animal? Who is this piece of trash who doesn't even have a body?"

"Change back quickly!!"

"Unchanged! Absolutely unchanged!!!"

"..."

The room, which had just been thoroughly cleaned, was in complete chaos again in the blink of an eye, as if a tornado had swept through. Looking at the two creatures, who were even banging their foreheads against each other like rhinos fighting for territory, and then at the bottles and jars swept to his feet, Suer couldn't help but think of the cats he used to have.

Whenever they see any objects, big or small, on a table or cabinet, they can't help but reach out and fiddle with them until they get something they can touch and move off the table. Even if they can't get something off the table, they'll try every possible way.

Xinke and 'Xinke' are now like two cats, and everything they can touch is their weapon.

"Here, want some?" Kiss-Shot, a blonde vampire who had quietly appeared beside Sull through the shadows, seemed to have opened up during her stay and had become more talkative. At this moment, she was extending her hand to Sull, holding a donut.

Although the vampire, who had regained some of her limbs, looked much older now, her head was still not even as tall as Sue's waist. To be honest, if he were to reach out and take the donut from her hand now, Sue would feel like he was taking a child's treat—even though he knew that the vampire was actually older than him.

"No need, you eat," Su Er waved his hand in refusal, then sighed as he looked at the two guys in front of him whose argument and mutual cursing had escalated once again.

It seems the date can't go on until they come to a conclusion.

With no other option, Suer reached out and grabbed a small chair from the side and sat down.

"What a shame, someone who can't even appreciate a donut won't have a good ending, huh?"

As she spoke, Kiss-Shot quickly withdrew her hand and took a big bite out of the donut.

Chapter Twenty-One: Su Er, Deep in Thought

This vampire girl said that guys who can't appreciate donuts won't have a good ending, and she even seemed to be offering to share her donuts with Sue. But just by looking at how quickly she snatched the donuts back from her hand when Sue refused, you could tell how sincere she really was.

Speechless, Su Er suddenly realized that the centenarians around him always seemed to be doing things that were too childish for their age. Was this a common problem among older people? Would he do the same when he lived long enough?

Suer doesn't know what she will be like in the future, but like all children who secretly vow when they are young that they will not become a bad adult when they grow up, she is silently making a vow.

“Shut up while you’re eating your donuts,” Sue sighed. Having just sworn an oath, he had to immediately speak rudely to the young vampire. “Where do you think you got the money to buy those donuts? Rice is expensive in human cities, and it’s not easy to live here for free. You should at least show some gratitude to me so you can be considered a vampire with a conscience.”

"Crackling sounds," the blond vampire chuckled strangely, "Vampires don't have such things~"

“Angels and elves are both strong-willed women with their own wills. I don’t know what methods you used to win their hearts, but if you don’t do a good enough job, they won’t be able to live together peacefully for long.” The blonde vampire girl rarely spoke words of advice that were appropriate for her age, which made Suer look at her in surprise.

"Go quickly, just put them on one bed, and after a good time, any conflicts will surely be resolved~", Kiss-Shot said, making a criminal declaration that could be heard by passersby and would be enough to call the police on the spot, while Sull stared in disbelief.

"Although we skipped quite a few preliminaries, jumping straight to the final stage of the date doesn't seem so bad... to end the date with a thoroughly enjoyable sexual encounter... ughhhhh!!!"

For the sake of the safety of this article, Suer reflexively covered the vampire girl's mouth to prevent her from saying anything shocking. Although she had only grown up a little and, in a sense, was still a young girl, her words convinced Suer that she was a vampire who had lived for countless years, seen all kinds of storms, and done all sorts of things.

Having heard rumors that vampires in the West lead decadent lives and possess succubus-like openness, Sue felt a deep sense of awe and no longer doubted these rumors.

“Well said, but don’t say it again next time—otherwise, I might wake up one morning to find you turned into a clump of ashes on the balcony, even if those vampire hunters don’t kill you,” Suer said with a wooden face.

"Hmm~, with my strength, I won't die even if placed under the scorching sun~"

"That's great! Xin Ke will definitely be happy because the experimental subject is so resilient."

"It's not that I'm afraid of elves, you know?"

"Well, so can you shut up?"

"receive."

Kiss-Shot swallowed the donut in her hand in a few quick bites, giving herself no chance to offer the food politely. Instead, she used a modern technique she had learned from Araragi Koyomi, who would visit her from time to time, to wipe her lips with her index finger to indicate that she would not say another word.

Although the clever vampire had entered a standby silence state, to be honest, this silence of one person had no effect on the raging storm in the room at the moment.

"He kept clinging to my arm when we went out today! My arm! You know what I mean! Just this!"

Pia~pia~pia~, Jibril—'Sinco' slapped her bent, pale arm repeatedly.

"Shameless! This is clearly a hugging of me! Even if others see this, they'll only see me with her!"

"Really? But you don't know what it feels like to be openly embraced by him among humans, do you? You can't even openly appear with him in a movie theater! Movies, you know? Two seats! Only two! Hahahahahahahaha!!!"

Jibril let out a maniacal laugh. She had won too much today, and the angrier Xin Ke got, the happier she became—wasn't she specially transformed into Xin Ke's appearance just to see her like this?

It looked like her, but it wasn't her at all. Jibril knew that only this awkward feeling would drive Xin Ke crazy.

"Sul!! Give me your body!!" Xin Ke suddenly turned her head, her voice almost cracking.

Although the great Lord Nirvalen had previously said that the feeling of being connected to his soul was quite wonderful, she had never longed for an independent body so much at this moment.

As everyone knows, the great Lord Nirbaran also said many other things.

“…Um, if you guys keep arguing like this, we won’t have enough time to go out for food or watch a movie, will we?” Su Er said with a wry smile as he glanced at the sky outside the window.

Things always have to be done step by step. Right now, where can he find a body for Xin to take?

It has to be said that going out together is quite tempting, at least enough to bring Xinke and Jibril back to their senses for the time being.

"You're really something... It wasn't easy, was it?" The blonde vampire muttered a comment as he pulled out another donut from somewhere.

She kept snorting at the other, one in her side and the other in her mind. Even though Suer tried to persuade her for a long time, Jibril did not change her mind. The pink-haired winged creature insisted on going out in this form today.

I specifically asked McDonald's for a day off today, and it was the only day off I had. As it got darker and darker, Suer finally embarked on this road of no return.

He had a strange premonition that the three-person date he had been looking forward to might give him an unexpected 'surprise' tonight.

"Ah~~~"

Looking at 'Xinke' in front of him, who was holding up food skewered with toothpicks in one hand and serving it with the other while making affectionate sounds, Suer fell silent.