Adele tried searching for information about the “Vengeance Witch” on the school forum.

Unfortunately, she found nothing.

So she changed her approach and used “witch” as the keyword.

This time, she found a lot of relevant information. Adele started reading from the most recent posts.

After browsing through them, she discovered that the vampire students in the academy were incredibly hostile towards witches.

They had the attitude of “witches were created by you humans, but we vampires are the ones risking our lives, why?”

As for the voices of human ability users, they were very weak. Any rebuttals would immediately be drowned out by dozens of replies.

 

The student population at Cromwell Academy was indeed dominated by vampires, with a ratio of about 80% to 20%.

So it was no wonder that humans rarely used the school forum, leaving it to become a haven for vampires.

But it was true that witches were originally fallen human ability users.

It was said that regardless of gender, fallen male ability users were also called witches.

There was no point in arguing about this, if they were unhappy, they should go find the first witch who fell.

It was because of “her” that this title existed.

If the first fallen human ability user was male, the outcome would naturally be different.

 

And it was only in recent years that witches were officially classified as a foreign race, no longer treated differently.

Before that, humans couldn’t even decide whether to exterminate witches.

The prevailing view at the time was that they still had the possibility of turning back into humans.

So they should try their best to contain and redeem them, rather than kill them without mercy.

 

This was easy to understand. Humans weren’t a ruthless race, on the contrary, they were the most emotional race.

Because those ability users, before they fell and became witches, were all seniors who had shed blood and been injured for humanity.

They had once fought on the front lines, sacrificing countless times.

 

They had made great contributions to protecting humanity and the world.

Even after they fell, there were still many of their former relatives, friends, leaders, and subordinates who hoped to find a way to reverse “witchification.”

But in the end, they were disappointed.

At the same time, the disasters caused by witches became increasingly uncontrollable and unmanageable.

Vampires also suffered heavy casualties because of the witch issue, and sometimes they were even hindered by their human ability user companions.

This was a fatal problem in battle.

Many vampires paid a heavy price in blood and tears because of human sympathy for their so-called “compatriots.”

 

Such incidents happened repeatedly, and the consequence was that many vampires became alienated from humans.

After all, vampires were fighting desperately for humans, but humans didn’t treat vampires as their own, and even sympathized with the enemy… who could stand that?

Let alone normal vampires, even vampire traitors would despise this.

Seeing the growing dissatisfaction within the vampire race and its widespread impact, the human higher-ups finally classified “witches” as a foreign race in recent years, and one of the most dangerous foreign races!

When facing them, they had to be annihilated at all costs, without any mercy.

Only then did the controversy within the vampire race gradually subside.

So in the eyes of vampires, “witches” were probably even more hateful than other foreign races.

 

This made Adele, who was both human and vampire, and would later become a witch, feel complicated.

“Whatever…”

Adele muttered somewhat aggrievedly.

Just go with the flow.

She continued browsing the forum posts, and soon, a piece of information caught her attention.

But it was actually related to the unknown student council president of the academy.

The student council president was currently on a mission, and she was nowhere to be seen in the entire academy, even the student council became low-key.

 

In stark contrast was Edith, the president of the Black Feather Society, and her series of high-profile actions, including her attempt to recruit Adele, which became a popular topic.

According to rumors from anonymous users on the forum, the student council president might have been sent to deal with a mission related to a witch.

Adele quickly extracted the key information.

Student council president, witch, both in Dongdu.

Was it possible that the student council president’s mission… was related to that Vengeance Witch!?

Thinking of this, Adele became excited and started searching for information about the student council president.

The results surprised her.

 

This beautiful little girl in the photo… was the student council president of Cromwell Academy??

The point wasn’t her beauty, after all, most vampires and ability users were good-looking. The stronger a person was, the more perfect their body evolved, and the more beautiful they became.

The point was that she was exceptionally petite!

To describe it with a somewhat inappropriate adjective, she was about the same size as… an “elementary school student”… maybe a fifth or sixth grader.

The academy even had her uniform tailored to fit her cute figure.

At the same time, her cold and world-weary pure black eyes were also impressive.

However, despite her small stature, like a young girl, the entire student council’s reputation was built on her leadership and strength.

 

Outsiders’ most common evaluation of her was “ruthless and taciturn.”

She was a rare and highly sought-after doer in the organization.

However, it was worth mentioning that according to the information on the forum, this student council president was extremely exclusive towards foreign races, she could be said to be a natural human supremacist.

Even vampires, who were their partners, couldn’t expect a good look from her.

“…”

This was a bit troublesome for Adele.

Because she didn’t have a good impression of the Black Feather Society, even if Edith tried to recruit her with courtesy, she couldn’t make up her mind to join.

 

The student council was within Adele’s consideration.

Unlike the heroine in the original novel, who was hurt in the Black Feather Society and eventually chose to stay away from any organization, Adele actually wanted to take the “group favorite” route.

It was basically joining an organization and then currying favor with everyone, flirting… ahem, no, making friends!

And obviously, there weren’t many organizations to choose from in the entire academy, mainly the student council and the Black Feather Society.

As for other small organizations or clubs established by students, they were too weak and useless. Would she join them just to eat and wait for death?

But even without joining, she was already eating and waiting… ahem.

But the Black Feather Society was too dark, it was full of high-ranking vampires with a deep-rooted sense of hierarchy.

 

Amaterasu Kuro and Tsukimi Shiro were their true portrayal.

Everything revolved around themselves, trampling on the dignity and even lives of others.

Adele didn’t know if Amaterasu Kuro and Tsukimi Shiro would change after this setback…

Anyway, for Adele, a Sequence Five, entering the Black Feather Society would be like a sheep entering a tiger’s den.

So forget it.

Then the student council became Adele’s only goal.

But the leader of the student council happened to be a human supremacist who excluded vampires.

 

This was a bit tricky.

But Adele wasn’t completely discouraged.

Because she knew that even in the student council, which was mainly composed of human elites, there were also vampires.

So how these vampires joined the student council became Adele’s top priority.

If she could find relevant information, Adele might be able to follow their example and successfully join the student council.

Time flew by, and Adele unknowingly spent several hours on the forum.

Even her forum level went up…

 

It was conceivable how many posts she had replied to during this time.

The ID “Blood Empress” gradually became known.

Most of the forum sisters, seeing this name, which was comparable to Hermione’s Ice Queen, guessed that the owner must be a very powerful Sequence One vampire.

Little did they know that the owner of the ID “Blood Empress,” Adele, was actually one of the weakest existences in the entire academy.

But who said she couldn’t borrow the tiger’s might?

Moreover, what Adele was borrowing was her own future might.

The title “Blood Empress” was originally an honorary title created for Adele by later vampires.

 

In contrast to the Black Emperor of vampire history.

But the Black Emperor created the golden age of vampires.

And the Blood Empress… brought about the end of vampires!

It sounded very inspiring.

But the future belonged to the future, to “Blood Empress Adele.”

What did it have to do with the current weak Adele?

Closing the forum, Adele lay on the bed that still carried Celeste’s scent, enjoying the fragrance and sense of security, while lost in thought.

 

Although she knew that she could become stronger through hard work, this didn’t stop Adele from wanting to slack off at this moment.

She just wanted to gain power effortlessly and without effort.

She never hid her greedy nature.

As long as it didn’t affect the interests of others, this could actually be considered a cute trait.

Greedy, but with principles.

Suddenly, her phone rang, making Adele frown slightly.

Who could it be at this time…

 

She picked up her phone in confusion, and the caller ID on the brightly lit screen showed:

• Hermione.

Adele was startled and sat up abruptly from Celeste’s bed.

Why did it feel like she was being caught red-handed by her current girlfriend!?

While the ringtone was still playing, Adele calmed down a little before answering Hermione’s call.

“Hello…”

Before Adele could finish, she heard Hermione’s voice, confused and slightly cold, coming from the other end of the phone.

“Adele? Why aren’t you in your dorm?”

 

“…Hermione, how did you know…”

Adele’s heart skipped a beat.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for two seconds, and then Hermione chose to be honest.

Perhaps it was because Hermione couldn’t lie to the girl she loved.

“I’m downstairs at your apartment now. I bribed the dorm manager, she said you left the dorm last night… with a blonde girl.”

“It was Celeste, right?”

“…”

 

Adele was speechless.

This damned power of money!

The worst thing about it was that everyone else had it, but she didn’t!

“Are you still with Celeste now?”

Hermione’s tone on the other end of the phone was unexpectedly calm.

Adele originally thought that Hermione would be very angry.

But actually, the calmer she was, the more terrifying it felt.

“…N-no, Celeste, she went to school.”

“Then where are you now?”

“Celeste’s house, in a residential area not far from the school…”

Adele answered truthfully. Lying about this would only damage her pure image in Hermione’s heart.

Although… spending the night with Celeste had already damaged it, right?

Adele couldn’t imagine the mental struggle Hermione went through to be able to talk to her so calmly now.

But hearing this calmness that was suppressing her true feelings, Adele felt even more afraid and uneasy.

As everyone knew, it was more terrifying when honest people exploded.

Unknowingly, Hermione seemed to have joined the ranks of “honest people.”

To prevent the resentment in Hermione’s heart from building up, Adele quickly continued before Hermione could speak,

“Hermione, are you worried about me?”

“I’m fine, Celeste and I… didn’t do anything.”

“We didn’t do anything last night!”

This was true, because Adele and Celeste did it during the day in the school dorm.

As for the night, they spent it strolling through the snack street and resting.

So Adele was a good girl who didn’t lie, meow!

“She’s my friend, you should know that. I’ve been on leave at home for a few days, and my mood has improved a little, so I wanted to go out for a walk.”

“She happened to contact me online… and I agreed to hang out with her.”

“Hermione, don’t you trust me?”

The classic green tea line was here!

• Don’t you trust me!

The power of this sentence was that Adele shifted the blame to the other party.

Even if Adele was wrong, wasn’t Hermione also wrong for not trusting her?

This punch had at least twenty years of power behind it!

“…”

Hermione was silent for a while, she was trying to convince herself to believe Adele’s words.

To convince herself that what Adele said was true.

After a whole night, she, a delicate and seductive girl, was at Celeste’s house, and nothing happened between her and Celeste, who liked her.

If an ordinary person encountered this situation, they would definitely shout: You’re kidding me!

But Hermione always believed that Adele had a very pure quality.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have attracted the attention and affection of so many people – but being promiscuous could also achieve this effect.

So she finally decided to believe Adele’s words.

“…I believe you, Adele. I’m happy that your mood has improved.”

“It’s just a little…”

A little jealous, jealous that Celeste could be with Adele immediately.

Jealous that Adele didn’t consider her and her feelings first.

But she didn’t continue, instead changing the subject.

“It’s nothing, I happen to be free today, can I come see you, Adele?”

The Ice Queen was used to hiding her emotions and true feelings.

Like an iceberg floating on the sea, what was exposed might only be a tenth of its true size.

Adele knew this very well, Hermione’s tsundere nature.

So the calmer she appeared on the surface, the more upset she might be inside.

At this time, Adele couldn’t just ignore it.

“Hermione wants to come see me!?”

“If I wasn’t worried about troubling Hermione, I would have… gone to see you long ago!”

The girl’s excited voice came from the phone, making Hermione, who was clutching her phone tightly, feel a little dazed.

Adele said that she didn’t come to see her because she was considerate and worried about troubling her, as she had many things to do in real life.

With Adele’s considerate and caring personality, this was indeed something she might do.

In other words, she wasn’t actually losing to Celeste…

It was just that she wasn’t as proactive as Celeste.

It was Celeste’s luck, and her shamelessness in clinging to Adele like a leech, that gave her the upper hand…

Not because her status was lower than hers?

“Hermione?” Adele’s curious voice came from the other end of the phone. Hermione hadn’t spoken for a while, and Adele was a little confused.

Hermione came back to her senses and hurriedly replied,

“I-I’m here…”

“I’ll set off now, you decide the location.”

“Okay~” Adele’s voice sounded cheerful, making Hermione feel that she was genuinely close to her.

The corners of Hermione’s lips curled up slightly when she heard this bright tone.

Then, Adele directly told Hermione the address of her and Celeste’s “love nest.”

Hermione actually deliberately let Adele decide the location, it was a subtle way of showing her favoritism.

She wanted to express that she “didn’t care where Adele stayed last night.”

As long as Adele belonged to her today, it was fine.

But Adele didn’t seem to hear the hidden meaning.

The address she gave was in a residential area, she even told Hermione the specific building and unit number.

Adele’s openness and honesty, her pure and kind heart, were completely unguarded.

If she said she didn’t do anything, then she didn’t do anything.

Adele was even willing to share her and Celeste’s address with her, not worried at all that Hermione might come knocking for a surprise inspection.

The girl had a clear conscience and didn’t even consider the possibility of being caught red-handed by Hermione.

Because she wouldn’t do such a thing.

Hermione deciphered a lot from Adele’s words and felt even more touched.

At the same time, she felt ashamed for doubting Adele just now.

“Okay, I’ll drive over now, Adele… you go downstairs and wait for me.”

Hermione didn’t want to enter Celeste’s house, that dirty place, it was hard enough for Adele to stay there for one night.

However, she didn’t know that this house was actually Adele’s property.

It was a gift that Celeste had given Adele before.

But perhaps Adele, seeing Hermione’s arrogance, dared to reveal her address to Hermione so boldly?

Because she knew what kind of girl Hermione was, she knew her proud personality, she would never want to have anything to do with her rival, and she would unconsciously look down on Celeste.

Hearing Hermione’s words, Adele let out a long sigh of relief inwardly.

Bingo! She had Hermione under control!

Things were progressing steadily in the direction she expected and guided!

At this moment, the suspicion in Hermione’s heart must have vanished like smoke, right!

“Okay, I’ll go downstairs now.”

Adele, being Adele, deliberately started running while still on the phone, making obvious footsteps.

To show her anticipation for Hermione’s arrival, to demonstrate the purity of her heart, to take action immediately when she wanted to see someone.

As if she didn’t want to stay in Celeste’s house for another moment.

As if only Hermione’s side was her true home.

Hermione on the other end of the phone was indeed flattered.

She also started jogging, her leather shoes making clear sounds on the marble floor.

She walked towards her underground garage, while still speaking softly to Adele on the phone,

“N-no rush, Adele, I’m just leaving now, take your time.”

“It’s okay, I want to see Hermione sooner~”

“…I also want to see you sooner, I have to hang up now, I’m going to drive.”

“Okay, be careful on the road, and don’t drive in high heels again!”

“Okay, I won’t, goodbye.”

“Bye~”

Hermione was the first to hang up the phone.

Otherwise, she was afraid she would fall deeper and deeper into it, unable to extricate herself.

The Ice Queen walked briskly towards the nearest luxury car in the underground garage, got in the car gracefully, and started the engine.

If she could, she really wished she could fly to Adele’s side in an instant.

Because Adele was waiting for her downstairs at that building!