Adele realized that finding out the reason behind the scar on Edith’s face would, to a large extent, reveal how the girl had gradually become the “Miss Black Veil” she was today.

However, Adele currently had no intention of empathizing with the two-faced president of the Black Feather Society.

She even wished Edith would stay far away from her.

It was best for annoying people to stay out of sight.

Adele hadn’t been out for long, and it was obviously inappropriate to return to the dormitory now, which would also make Sharon uneasy.

So Adele had no choice but to continue wandering around the campus. She didn’t want to go to the library this time.

The girl thought about it and decided that the swimming pool was a good choice.

 

Yes, she could exercise and cultivate her sentiments, hehe~

But on her way to the swimming pool, excited, Adele unexpectedly ran into a senior she had recently met.

Lin Baiyuan, the vice president of the student council, was also present on the day Adele was kidnapped by the twin sisters, Amaterasu Kuro and Tsukimi Shiro.

At that time, she seemed to be in a hurry to take some important documents somewhere.

But when she saw Adele, she stopped in surprise.

And she took the initiative to greet Adele.

“Miss Adele? I didn’t expect to see you here.”

 

“Are you feeling better?”

“I’m ashamed that the student council was the last to arrive that day. On behalf of the student council, I apologize to you.”

Unlike Edith’s pretentious gestures, Lin Baiyuan’s demeanor, both inside and out, exuded sincerity.

 

Genuine sincerity, not a poorly disguised performance.

And there were no members of the press or photography club holding cameras around the student council vice president, ready to capture her shining moments for publicity and further solidify the president’s persona.

The student council never had personas, they were all about authenticity.

At the same time, they were very pragmatic. Everyone adhered to their duties and always did more than they said.

 

It was a different style from the Black Feather Society.

It could even be said that they were two completely opposite extremes.

Although Adele was somewhat touched that the student council vice president was still thinking about her, and even felt guilty for the student council’s late arrival and apologized to her, Hermione’s words to Adele suddenly came to mind.

Like a cold wind, they lingered in Adele’s mind, making her expression stiffen slightly.

• “The condition for joining the student council is to kill your fellow vampires!”

• “You will always have half vampire blood flowing in your body… you can’t change that, you are a vampire!”

The girl’s breathing became erratic, and it took her a while to calm down.

Adele gave Lin Baiyuan a wary look, pursed her lips, and said softly,

“I’m feeling better, thank you for your concern, Vice President.”

 

Faced with the girl’s sudden coldness, Lin Baiyuan just smiled bitterly.

She could probably guess the reason.

“That’s good.”

With that, she brushed past Adele.

At that moment, Adele didn’t turn her head, but simply asked in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft,

 

“If no one had come to save me that day, would your student council have come?”

Lin Baiyuan paused in her steps.

 

“…At least, I would have come.”

“I see, I understand.”

Adele snorted softly and left without looking back.

Lin Baiyuan couldn’t represent the entire student council. She might be one of the few doves in the student council who were friendly to vampires.

Or maybe she wasn’t friendly to vampires at all.

It was just that because Adele had half human blood, she tried to understand Adele as half human, so she showed concern and sympathy for Adele.

As for what the other student council members thought, it was obvious.

 

They were all the same, the student council and the Black Feather Society.

No one would take a marginal person like her seriously…

No one would protect her…

As Adele walked, she sniffed, her eyes reddening uncontrollably.

She finally understood what it felt like to be a mixed-blood.

Rejected by vampires, not accepted by humans, existing in the cracks, struggling to survive.

And this feeling, the original Adele might have experienced for a long, long time…

 

It was a sunny day, but she felt dizzy under the bright sunlight.

There wasn’t a single ray of light in the whole world that belonged to her.

 

Might as well let the whole world fall into darkness…

If someone else said this, it would just be dismissed as a chuunibyou outburst.

But who would have thought that the future Adele might actually have the power to do it.

She walked unsteadily under the sunlight.

After a few steps, Adele suddenly squatted down, hugged her knees, and buried her face in her arms.

 

Ignoring the surprised and mocking gazes of passersby, the girl’s shoulders trembled.

After a while, she calmed down. Adele wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, her delicate and cute appearance even more pitiful.

She suddenly didn’t want to go to the swimming pool anymore.

They were all bad people.

They weren’t even as good-looking as her Celeste and Hermione…

But she had already acted spoiled with them recently.

If she went to them again…

 

Would they find her annoying?

The reality was, of course not. Celeste and Hermione couldn’t wait for Adele to cling to them forever.

But at this moment, Adele, with her sensitive mind, was overthinking.

After thinking about it, she decided to go to the study room in the academy library to rest for a while and take a nap.

When her mood improved, she would go home and happily spend the last two days of her vacation, preparing for the upcoming internship tasks.

Adele specifically found an empty study room in a corner of the library, then pushed the door open and entered.

There was a small bookshelf in the study room. She rummaged through it and picked out an interesting storybook.

 

Then she placed it on the desk in front of her, using it as a soft cushion for sleeping.

So that’s what you’re looking for books for?

Why not just grab any book then?

But of course, that wouldn’t do for Adele.

If she woke up, she would still need this book as entertainment.

Perhaps because she was distracted, or maybe the temperature of the air conditioner in the study room was just right, and the ordinary study desk gave her a feeling of being in class, Adele relaxed her body and fell asleep not long after.

When she woke up, she heard the chirping of birds outside the window, the sound of the air conditioner blowing cold air was clearly audible in the quiet study room.

 

And also noticeable was the rustling sound of a woman flipping through pages.

“…”

Adele opened her eyes, looking dazed from sleep.

Her mind was blank and confused.

For a long time, she didn’t realize anything was wrong, her thinking ability was on hold.

It wasn’t until her senses returned that she involuntarily retracted her exposed calves under her school uniform skirt and gasped.

They felt a little cold.

 

But her body was fine, it was like her upper body was in summer and her lower body was in winter.

Could it be because she forgot to wear white silk stockings, so the air conditioner in the study room was punishing her?

No… why did her shoulders feel a little heavy, like there was a reassuring weight on them?

Adele looked up at her shoulder and found that it was covered by a woman’s jacket.

It could be seen that the owner of the jacket was tall, otherwise, it wouldn’t have reached Adele’s buttocks.

Adele finally reacted and sat up straight, startled.

Her vision was no longer limited to the small desk, instantly encompassing most of the study room.

 

And the mature woman sitting in front of her, her beautiful long hair cascading down, wearing only a white shirt.

No need for complicated decorations, just a shirt was enough to highlight the woman’s stunning beauty and maturity.

The temperature in the study room wasn’t high, but the woman had unbuttoned the top two buttons of her shirt, the faintly exposed collarbones making Adele’s imagination run wild.

At least Adele couldn’t help but gulp.

The woman was focused on reading a thick book in front of her. Noticing Adele waking up, she immediately greeted her in a friendly tone,

“I think you must have had a good dream, welcome back.”

The woman smiled and raised her eyes, the hint of purple in her pupils made Adele’s heart skip a beat.

 

Because at that moment, Adele remembered another woman with purple eyes.

Edith, the president of the Black Feather Society.

But it was obvious that the woman in front of her was a human, Adele didn’t sense any bloody smell from her.

Instead, her jacket smelled very nice, with a faint milky fragrance.

At the same time, if you observed carefully, you would find that she was clearly different from Edith.

Although they both had long black hair, the woman in front of her had straight hair like tassels, reaching her waist.

“Wait till my hair reaches my waist…?”

 

As for Edith’s long hair, the ends were slightly curled lazily.

Her purple eyes were also more hypocritical, far from being as clear and trustworthy as the woman in front of her.

A senior? Or a young teacher?

Adele couldn’t tell the woman’s identity, but she knew that the jacket on her back belonged to this woman.

So she immediately expressed her thanks, feeling a little embarrassed that a stranger had seen her sleeping face, and wanted to escape from here quickly.

“…Th-thank you.”

“Um, here’s your jacket, I won’t stay in the study room and disturb you anymore.”

 

The woman shook her head gently.

“I don’t think it’s a disturbance.”

“Rather, it was me who barged in knowing there was someone in this study room.”

“Did I disturb you?”

“…No, not at all.”

Adele’s gaze lowered guiltily, thinking that the woman didn’t have to be so polite.

This study room wasn’t hers, and she couldn’t occupy such a large space alone.

 

She just came in to rest because she saw that there was no one inside.

As for now, she should return it to someone who really needed it.

Adele handed the jacket back to the woman with purple eyes, her cheeks slightly flushed.

Then she put the storybook she hadn’t had time to read back on the bookshelf according to her memory and prepared to leave.

But at that moment, the woman with long, straight black hair tapped her fingers lightly on the desk, making a “tap, tap” sound.

This action drew Adele’s attention back, and she looked at the woman’s face curiously.

She was sure that she had never seen this woman before, she was a stranger, but beautiful.

Was there such a person in the academy?

But since she was a human, it was normal.

Humans were all low-key weirdos, they liked to “play the underdog.”

Unconsciously, Adele had even mentally separated “humans” as a separate category.

Did this mean that she was gradually starting to accept her mixed-blood identity as neither human nor vampire?

Subconsciously, Adele was starting to distrust both humans and vampires?

She would probably only trust a few specific people.

She began to understand that she didn’t need to find a sense of belonging… she just needed to find a home.

A sense of belonging came from a group.

A home came from individuals.

“Is there something I can do for you, miss?”

Adele asked the kind and considerate woman who had put a jacket on her.

If it was a small matter like bringing her a pancake or picking up a package, Adele would gladly help.

 

But her train of thought was too strange, who would ask a strange girl to do these things for them?

The woman smiled and turned to look at Adele.

“No, not me.”

“It’s you, are you sure there’s nothing I can do for you?”

“…? W-what do you mean?”

Adele was a little flustered, her pink pupils like delicate flower petals swaying and falling in the breeze, landing gracefully on a clear pond, causing ripples on the surface.

“Vengeance Witch, you searched for this information on the forum, right? And… you spent almost three hours on it.”

The woman chuckled. In her calm eyes, Adele was like a naked person, with no secrets to hide.

Adele opened her mouth slightly, her hands involuntarily clenching into fists, although they were small and powerless pink fists.

“You… how did you know?”

“Are you a forum administrator? A hacker? Who are you…”

“Administrator… I guess you could say that. I didn’t expect them to haven’t revoked my account privileges yet.”

“As for who I am, that’s a really troublesome question. Different people will probably come to different conclusions.”

“Then what about me?” Adele asked nervously.

“To you, I am the one you’ve been looking for – the Vengeance Witch.”

Like being struck by lightning, the astonishing and unbelievable answer appeared before Adele’s eyes, making her pupils tremble.

If Adele hadn’t instinctively grabbed the wall beside her, she might have collapsed.

But even though she didn’t collapse, her legs still went weak.

Oh my god! The experience pack wants to devour its host!

It was like the legendary “butterfly effect,” a butterfly flapping its wings could cause a storm on the other side of the ocean!

Now, Adele’s actions of searching for information related to the Vengeance Witch had caused the Vengeance Witch to appear.

The impact was no less than a storm.

And poor Adele was at the center of the storm.

It seemed calm on the surface, but she could be destroyed by the approaching storm and waves at any time.

The moment Adele most wanted to meet the Vengeance Witch was undoubtedly during her internship task in the near future, when she encountered the dying,奄奄一息 Vengeance Witch!

Because only then would the Vengeance Witch’s powerful strength not harm her.

And only then could she inherit the witch’s power.

Although she would transform from a human into a witch because of this, Adele no longer had much hope for humanity.

Instead, power was what she desperately needed.

If everything went according to the script, it would be the best route for Adele.

But the script had gone crazy!

Why did she have to provoke the Vengeance Witch in advance…

The complete, beautiful, and powerful witch.

But these attributes, apart from making Adele feel fear, didn’t arouse any excitement in her.

“S-s-sorry! I shouldn’t have been so nosy, I shouldn’t have searched for that, sob…”

Adele shamefully cowered. She had heard that witches were ruthless killers, the outliers among foreign races, the scum of the earth.

Under these circumstances, it was already good enough that she could stand properly without collapsing in fear in front of this woman.

“Searched randomly? You weren’t searching randomly. You searched for three hours straight, not even letting go of information about other witches.”

“You even found out that the current student council president might be investigating me, her senior.”

The Vengeance Witch smiled faintly, easily seeing through Adele’s clumsy lie.

“Senior?”

Adele keenly caught this identity.

Could it be that the Vengeance Witch was also a member of the Cromwell Academy Student Council?

And from what she said, she used to be a forum administrator.

And only student council members above the rank of minister could hold the position of administrator…

But now wasn’t the time to focus on this, Adele’s eyes were welling up with tears.

She could only hope that by acting pitiful, she could make the witch spare her.

“Why are you so afraid of me~”

She didn’t know if Adele’s delicate and pitiful appearance really worked, or if her “playing pitiful” tactic was effective.

But judging from her tone, this witch didn’t seem to have any hostility towards Adele, nor did she intend to do anything cruel to her.

“B-because…”

Adele stammered, like a primary school student being scolded by a teacher, standing in front of the witch, her head lowered, at a loss.

“Because I’m a witch, one of the most dangerous foreign races, that’s what the current textbooks teach, right?”

“…”

Adele didn’t dare to nod, nor could she shake her head against her conscience.

So she simply responded with silence.

The witch’s smile was so beautiful that even though she was scared, Adele couldn’t help but steal a few more glances.

She had a kind of mature beauty, even more mature than Hermione, who had just entered the realm of being a big sister.

More importantly, there was a certain charm about her, always calm and composed, as if nothing could affect her emotions.

As for Hermione, just Adele alone was enough to make her mood fluctuate.

The witch beckoned to Adele.

Adele, like a puppet being manipulated, walked towards her with mechanical steps.

Of course, she wasn’t really being manipulated, she was just acting too obedient and cowardly, even the witch couldn’t help but laugh.

“You don’t have to be so afraid of me.”

“It’s fate, actually. This study room you’re in is one I used to frequent.”

As she spoke, the witch showed a hint of loneliness.

What was the difference between being a witch and an ordinary person?

At least for now, Adele hadn’t noticed anything.

“And quite coincidentally, I met you here.”

Adele had already arrived in front of the witch, very close to her, stopping in her tracks, her hands nervously clasped together.

The Vengeance Witch reached out and gently lifted Adele’s cute chin, carefully observing and admiring her.

She sighed sincerely,

“You’re so cute~”

“You’re my type.”

Adele felt the coolness of the Vengeance Witch’s fingertips, her hair standing on end, trembling with fear.

“So, tell me, who bullied you so badly, who broke your heart?”

“Let’s make her pay, okay?”

The woman’s voice gradually turned cold and sharp.

It was as if a monster was residing in her body, peering at the world through her deep purple eyes, peering into people’s hearts.

She wanted to overturn all the darkness, to subvert this… disappointing world.

Affected by the Vengeance Witch’s emotions, Adele became dazed.

The only thing she could hear was the woman’s words,

• “Let’s take revenge on her… together?”