Crossover Shipgirls: Building a Dimensional Empire from Scratch

Kirie froze for a moment, not expecting Setsuna to be so proactive.

The young man before her had a well-proportioned build and handsome features, while an unfathomable aura surrounded him, making her instinctively want to taste his blood.

”You’re awfully kindhearted. But you know this is dangerous, don’t you?”

She leaned forward, took Setsuna’s hand, and gently wrapped her lips around his finger, savoring the blood from another world.

A faint metallic taste spread through her mouth, yet to a vampire, it was exceptionally sweet.

”Ah!”

Kirie’s body stiffened.

She felt an enormous surge of magical power pour into her body.

Normally, the blood she drank served mainly to replenish energy and satisfy hunger, but the blood before her could truly be called an extraordinarily rare delicacy!

Its flavor was so exquisite that not even the purest, most flawless maiden on Earth could compare.

The energy contained within it was enough to drive any vampire mad. Merely licking up a few drops that seeped from his fingertip instantly restored all the injuries she had sustained during her fierce battle with Shalltear.

Kirie felt herself become many times stronger in an instant, her magical power seemingly inexhaustible.

And this was only a tiny fraction of the power contained within that blood. With her current abilities, she could not even fully absorb such an immense amount of energy.

”Give me more! I want more!”

A look of intense craving immediately appeared in her crimson eyes.

No longer caring about appearances, she climbed over from the chair opposite him and crouched before Setsuna, greedily sucking at his blood.

”Ah...”

The silver-haired girl lost herself in the unparalleled taste of his blood, narrowing her eyes slightly as she savored it in complete intoxication.

As a high-ranking vampire, she normally looked no different from a human and feared neither sunlight nor silver. But now, instinct had completely overwhelmed reason. Aside from Setsuna’s blood, she wanted nothing else.

”Oh?”

Setsuna looked down.

The sight of the girl with her long silver hair spilling loose, licking his finger with a dazed expression, was undeniably seductive.

As expected of Bishoujo Mangekyou.

”Mm...”

Kirie was completely immersed in the taste of the blood.

She could not help craving more. Setsuna had only given her one finger, and the blood she could draw from it came only in intermittent droplets, like water dripping from a faucet.

Her desire had been awakened. She was thirsty, hungry, yet there was nowhere near enough blood.

The girl gently bit down with her snow-white teeth, but it had no effect whatsoever.

She could not break through Setsuna’s defenses at all. No matter how anxious she became or how much strength she used, it made no difference.

”Not enough, not enough... I want more!...”

Setsuna found her frantic state rather amusing.

”This is all you’re worthy of getting right now. Be satisfied.”

As he spoke, he casually pinched Kirie’s chin.

”No, no!”

”It’s not enough! Food, I... I want more!!”

Kirie raised her head, her eyes overflowing with desire.

After tasting something this exquisite, everything she had consumed before now seemed no different from garbage. She doubted she would ever be able to stomach ordinary blood again.

Setsuna, however, remained completely unhurried. He stroked Kirie’s head, deliberately teasing her.

”Only obedient girls get more.”

”Go back and rest. That’s all for today. If I’m in a good mood later, I might reward you with some more.”

”!!”

”Are you kidding me?! How is that possible?!”

Driven by her overwhelming craving for blood and energy, the girl could no longer restrain herself.

Whoosh—

Energy gathered in her hand as she cast a vampire spell meant to hypnotize those around her and blur their perception, making the target willingly obey her commands.

Then she sprang forward in an instant, pinned Setsuna’s hand down, and bit toward his neck.

Clack—

The vampire spell had no effect, and even teeth strong enough to bite through steel could not pierce Setsuna’s body. They did not even leave a mark.

The delicacy was right in front of her, yet she could not obtain it.

”Ah!”

Setsuna immediately restrained Kirie in return. Taking advantage of her lunge, he pulled her straight into his arms and pinned her there, leaving her unable to move.

”Oh? That impatient?”

”Do you know what happens to ordinary vampires who dare act this disrespectfully?”

He tapped the girl lightly on the forehead.

”All your other kin on Earth, including those so-called ancestors of yours, have already been burned to ash by Shalltear and the others.”

”!!!”

Only then did Kirie realize that being called ”Commander” did not mean he was merely a helpless strategist who stayed behind the scenes.

The man before her might very well be the most terrifyingly powerful person aboard the entire Astral Express.

”I... I...”

She still wanted to offer some kind of explanation, but Setsuna simply picked her up and pressed her onto the large bed beside them.

”Fortunately for you, you’re lucky. I’ll forgive your disrespect this time. While I’m at it, I’ll teach you something else.”

”Huh?!”

Although Kirie’s ornate Gothic dress looked complicated, undoing a few ties at the back was enough to peel it away layer by layer.

”W-W-Wait... what are you doing?!”

The vampire girl turned pale with shock.

Despite having lived for more than three hundred years, she had spent all that time hiding deep in the mountains and genuinely had never encountered anything like this.

”For a vampire like you, there’s something far more nourishing than blood. Did you know that?”

Setsuna teased her at an unhurried pace.

”What? How come I’ve never heard of that before?”

”Don’t worry. You’ll find out soon.”

”Ah...”

Under the overwhelming difference in strength, Kirie could only be subjected to Setsuna’s whims.

At first, she was terrified, shocked, and furious, but before long, even her thoughts had been scattered to the winds, leaving her with nothing but stubborn words.

”How dare you...”

”I’ll... kill you... kill you, and then... ngh...”

”Your mouth says no, but your body says otherwise. Come on, turn around...”

...

Early the next morning.

While the Astral Express was still wrapped in silence...

Kirie woke beneath the dim morning light.

”Mm...”

She propped up her aching body and tidied her disheveled silver hair.

Looking around, she found herself still inside Setsuna’s private car aboard the Astral Express, which had been furnished with exquisite care.

The Angeloids only appeared when they were supposed to. When they weren’t, they would not even knock on the door.

”Tch.”

Looking at the dress scattered across the floor, Kirie gritted her teeth, overwhelmed by embarrassment and indignation over what had happened the previous night.

Suddenly...

”Hm?”

She noticed something unusual.

There was now an unimaginably powerful force inside her body, containing far more magical power than she could ever gain from drinking blood.

So much so that, when she concentrated on sensing it, her abdomen and even her entire body felt faintly warm.

The amount of magical power was so enormous that she could not digest it all at once. She would need time to slowly absorb it.

”This is?...”

Kirie stared blankly.

”Well? I wasn’t lying to you, was I?”

Setsuna also sat up, pinched her cheek, and casually wrapped an arm around the girl’s smooth, porcelain-white shoulders from behind.

”Isn’t it more nourishing than drinking blood? And much more enjoyable too?”

He could not help marveling at how genius the settings in adult visual novels could be.

”!”

Kirie’s face instantly turned red.

She instinctively shook her head in denial at first, then reluctantly nodded.

If she managed to absorb all that magical power, her strength would increase tremendously.

”H-How do you even know something like that?”

”Don’t worry about it.”

Setsuna yawned and rubbed her head.

”So, do you know what you’re supposed to do from now on?”

”Ah!!!”

Kirie’s mind rapidly began sorting through the logic.

Known fact: vampires needed to replenish their energy regularly. Normally, they did so by drinking blood, but Setsuna had provided a superior alternative.

She could swallow it directly, or slowly refine it inside her body.

If she randomly drank other people’s blood in the Starsea Empire, she would get beaten up, and there were few people here she could defeat anyway.

Furthermore, the Commander’s magical power and physical qualities were the strongest in the Starsea Empire, and in fact, he was the only man in the entire Empire.

Therefore, there was only one answer.

Whoosh—

Kirie ducked under the blanket and buried her head beneath it.

”What are you doing?”

”Eating breakfast!”

”Three meals a day from now on, plus a late-night snack too. I’m counting on you, Commander!”

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