Reaching the highest floor of the academy, the grand hall!

Oh my, isn’t that Dorothy? Let’s look at Hermione in the distance, everyone.

Adele avoided Dorothy’s gaze and instead met Hermione’s eyes, smiling faintly from afar.

Hermione’s heart skipped a beat, then she recalled the experience of that night, and a certain part of her neck started to feel hot.

So… this was what it felt like to be possessed.

For her, who was used to dominance and taking the initiative, it was actually quite novel and not bad.

Not to mention that Adele was gentle and patient, and the occasional clumsiness and nervousness she showed were also endearing.

 

But the reason she left that morning without saying goodbye was because her family suddenly summoned her.

So Hermione couldn’t continue to stay by Adele’s side, let alone see her off.

However, her family didn’t call her because she had found a “girlfriend” and was even the submissive one in the relationship.

Although when they heard the news from the maid, Hermione’s family was shocked.

They even found it hard to look at Hermione, the most talented descendant their family had produced in centuries.

It was probably the reaction of any member of a prominent family when they heard that their heir was the submissive one in a relationship outside.

What a disgrace…

 

But for Hermione, this was something she was willing to do for love.

Love wasn’t just about taking, it should also involve unconscious giving and dedication.

The real reason her family called her was to talk about… her match with Dorothy that day.

Although the Black Emperor of the vampires had disappeared into the distant past, his reputation still lingered.

Not to mention that his bloodline still flowed in Dorothy’s body.

Generally speaking, the descendants of the bloodline of a True Ancestor who was still alive would be stronger than vampires of the same age.

For example, the True Ancestor of Hermione’s family existed in this world, while the True Ancestor of Edith’s family, Lady Chen Xi, was currently no different from “dead.”

 

Setting aside Hermione’s talent, assuming she and Edith had the same talent, then Hermione’s power would definitely be stronger than Edith’s.

This was a common belief among vampires.

And what Hermione’s family wanted to figure out was whether the bloodline of the Black Emperor, which continued in Dorothy’s body, still protected his descendants.

 

Would the Black Emperor… make a comeback?

On the surface, everyone in the vampire race hoped that the Black Emperor would return with the glory of the vampires.

This was the politically correct stance within the vampire race, and no one dared to openly oppose it.

But behind the scenes, it was uncertain whether everyone could agree.

 

Obviously, a too powerful emperor was a sword hanging over the heads of the vassals.

This sharp blade could be used externally to create a prosperous era, or internally to punish those who were disloyal.

Everyone respected the Black Emperor, but if anyone wanted to return to the Black Emperor era, many vampires would only think that they were crazy.

However, there were actually quite a few such crazy people. They were the royalists within the vampire race, and also the foundation for Dorothy’s future rule.

For them, even if the Black Emperor couldn’t return, it was enough to welcome the birth of a new emperor.

Therefore, Dorothy’s strength became the focus of attention for most vampires.

Before Hermione and Dorothy had a serious match, most blood nobles couldn’t say for sure who was stronger.

 

If it weren’t for the fact that Dorothy’s contracted familiar was an indescribable and unpredictable being from another world, most people would definitely guess that Hermione was stronger.

But after Dorothy contracted such a being, she had unlimited possibilities, making people wary of her.

Now, the match began with Hermione’s challenge and ended with her defeat.

The spread of this news inevitably caused some people to worry.

That’s why Hermione was summoned.

In her family, while Hermione felt that the way people looked at her was strange, she still truthfully reported her feelings and experiences from her fight with Dorothy.

 

In her impression, she might have made Dorothy unusually excited.

 

But to say that Dorothy went all out for her…

Sorry, Hermione didn’t think she had achieved that.

Although Hermione also had some tricks up her sleeve, if they fought to the end, she still didn’t think she had a chance of winning.

This was undoubtedly bad news for Hermione’s family.

It was even worse than their daughter being the submissive one in a relationship outside.

They obviously didn’t want Princess Dorothy to continue growing up peacefully and eventually recreate the glory of the Black Emperor era.

Therefore, creating obstacles for Dorothy became their topic of discussion and goal.

 

But these were all things that the current Hermione didn’t know.

It was also the adults’ responsibility to let Hermione, who was still in the academy, maintain her precious innocence.

Hermione was about to respond to Adele, but the hall was too noisy. In a blink of an eye, Adele had disappeared.

The Ice Queen couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed.

But she knew that Adele had gone to the area for their lower year.

Finally, after finding her seat, Adele began to observe the surroundings.

As far as she could see, almost all the students were vampires. Humans were clustered at the front of each area, standing out as the most outstanding.

 

So, sometimes humans were also cunning. Those who could become ability users were all dragons and phoenixes among men, but they seemed insignificant compared to the billions of humans.

Those billions of humans were the most ordinary base.

 

But in the academy, the atmosphere that every vampire student felt was the excellence and strength of humans, subtly making the new generation of vampires feel a certain awe towards human ability users.

They forgot that even the most ordinary vampire was much stronger than an ordinary human.

Tang Linlang sat next to Adele, her gaze occasionally glancing at Adele’s left hand, where she was wearing the ring, lost in thought.

Celeste was sitting not far away in front of them. She didn’t interact with the vampire students around her, like an island in the crowd.

But actually, before she met Adele, she also had friends she could talk to.

 

However, these so-called “friends” all disappeared after Celeste offended Hermione.

It could be said that the closer they were to Celeste before, the worse their attitude towards her became afterwards.

After all, whether Hermione saw it or not, they needed to express their clear stance in this way.

Celeste experienced the coldness of the world early on.

That’s why she understood how hard-won her relationship with Adele was, how touching it was that her Master never abandoned her.

She didn’t care what others thought, but Celeste would definitely stick to her loyalty, always serving her Master.

Whether there was any influence from the magic patterns, it was hard to say.

 

But even if there was, it was just the magic patterns further shaping her heart according to her own wishes.

Also worth mentioning was that the order in the hall today was maintained by members of the Black Feather Society. This was one of the powers they had taken from the student council.

This undoubtedly highlighted Edith’s success as a leader.

In contrast, the student council’s power in the academy was shrinking.

The overall situation was one of “the enemy advancing, we retreating,” which made the student council members very indignant.

They had been the elites of the academy for so long, and naturally, they didn’t want others to share their pie and take away their positions as managers.

 

Therefore, criticisms of the student council president arose.

 

Of course, there were also other discordant voices.

The most famous argument was that “as long as the student council opened its doors to vampires, the Black Feather Society would collapse instantly.”

After all, the Black Feather Society was essentially an organization born from the arrogance of the student council.

The student council’s arrogance made them only allow humans and a very small number of vampires to join, ignoring the majority of vampires who accounted for more than 70% of the entire academy.

If the student council chose to abandon maintaining their internal purity and instead accepted most vampires, the Black Feather Society would disintegrate instantly.

On one side was the established and powerful organization, and on the other side was a newly established and corrupt one. Anyone should know which side to choose.

This argument did sound very tempting.

 

It was also the best way to solve the problem of the Black Feather Society once and for all.

But so far, it was only a small-scale discussion, no one dared to bring it up directly to the decisive student council president.

But once the tide formed, it would eventually turn into a huge wave crashing against the shore.

People were always short-sighted, unable to see the huge crisis hidden behind this.

The student council executives even had reason to believe that this argument might not have come from within the student council, but from their biggest rival, the Black Feather Society.

Because once the student council couldn’t withstand the pressure from the Black Feather Society and chose to open its doors, accepting the influx of vampires, even if they controlled the ratio, even if they controlled the promotion channels for vampires, making them only exist as low-level members of the student council, it wouldn’t change the fact that the internal structure of the student council had become impure.

 

Maybe they could still suppress the vampires at the bottom of the student council at first, for one year, two years…

 

But what if after three or four years, the current batch of the most determined human executives in the student council had all left the academy?

Would the remaining humans still be willing to maintain the policies they formulated under the long-term pressure from the vampires?

Loopholes would be opened one after another, the first vampire to become a deputy minister, the first vampire to become a minister, then the vice president…

Finally, even the student council president…

Only then would the humans in the student council suddenly realize that the Black Feather Society would never die, but the student council had become the biggest Black Feather Society…

“Edith, I don’t understand, you’re spreading this kind of public opinion, it’s like you’re giving up on our Black Feather Society.”

On one side of the front row of the grand hall, Vicky, as Edith’s confidante, who knew everything behind this, expressed her confusion to Edith.

 

Beside her, Edith, now the president of the Black Feather Society, was still wearing her signature black veil, only her purple eyes were staring ahead, looking dark and unfathomable.

Vicky could actually understand that this was a brilliant scheme that the president had come up with after careful consideration.

The point of a brilliant scheme was that – no matter whether the opponent knew your intentions or not, they couldn’t stop this plan from being implemented, they couldn’t change the final outcome.

The only difference was whether the current student council wanted to continue to maintain the purity within their organization and let Edith’s Black Feather Society continue to grow rapidly, or whether they wanted to cut off the roots of the current Black Feather Society and accept the risk of the future student council becoming a larger Black Feather Society.

Even though Vicky knew the brilliance of this move, she still couldn’t help but ask Edith for an explanation.

Because in her opinion, if the Black Feather Society didn’t belong to her and Edith, then it was meaningless.

 

Even if this scheme was successfully implemented, and after a few years, Cromwell Academy completely became the world of vampires, with human elites declining, what would Edith and Vicky gain?

 

Vicky knew Edith’s character, she wouldn’t do this kind of “for the greater good” thing.

Rather, vampires were all selfish creatures, so it was no wonder they were a disorganized mess.

Would Edith be willing to give up the current Black Feather Society in exchange for the future Black Feather Society, a Black Feather Society that was most likely not under her control?

Impossible!

If such a thing really happened, Vicky would only think that Edith was crazy.

Or maybe she really was crazy…

Ever since that meeting with Adele in the conference room, Edith had become different from her past self.

 

Vicky, as her confidante, felt this the most strongly.

“Our Black Feather Society… Vicky, I will never give up.”

For some reason, Edith seemed a little tired. Recently, she had switched from her favorite black tea to coffee.

Although she looked like a mature woman, Vicky, who was loyal to her, couldn’t help but worry.

“But realizing this now is my negligence as the president.”

“Maybe we’ve unknowingly gone astray, just like the outsiders’ evaluation of us, ‘a den of filth,’ isn’t it?”

“But that’s…”

 

Vicky believed that it was the price an organization had to pay to be born and prosper.

The members of the Black Feather Society needed cohesion, they needed unity. They didn’t rely on beliefs and honor like the student council, but on secrets and darkness.

 

Although she herself was clean, Vicky didn’t mind Edith, and of course other executives, doing… bad things to low-ranking vampires.

Besides, this was the truth of the vampire race, wasn’t it?

The history of vampires was like this, and it was still like this now, no one could change this reality.

Edith waved her hand, stopping Vicky from continuing.

“The principal’s speech is about to begin, and that person hasn’t arrived yet.”

Edith diverted Vicky’s attention to the podium in the distance.

Vicky also knew very well who the person the president was referring to was.

The current student council president, Wen Weiran.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call her the former president Li Lige’s prized student.

But recently, Edith had heard an incredibly shocking piece of news…

…

On the podium of the grand hall stood Principal Winona, with her soft, flaxen, slightly curly hair.

She greeted all the students with a calm smile and then began her speech.

The biggest feeling after becoming an adult should be “having no choice.”

Standing in a certain position, you had to do certain things, you had to be dignified and elegant.

Sometimes, Winona also missed the time when she and First Snow roamed and explored the forest, searching for ancient ruins, looking for traces of magic that contained ancient information.

Playing and having fun, feeling the vitality of life.

But that time was gone forever.

First Snow, unwilling to understand this, naturally sought out a girl like Adele who could make her happy.

So Winona was very eager to find the girl who might be a bad influence on First Snow.

On the other hand, she had complicated feelings towards that girl.

Because she knew that the culprit behind all this was clearly her own neglect and indifference towards First Snow.

“…That concludes my speech. Next, please welcome…”

Winona returned to her seat on the podium. She saw a lazy cat sleeping soundly at her feet, its soft wings pressed tightly against its back.

First Snow was both playful and sleepy. Her record was sleeping for 22 hours a day and then spending the remaining two hours playing.

A long time ago, Winona even thought that the kitten was sick and took her to the doctor.

A doctor in the magic world who specialized in treating magical creatures, but the doctor didn’t consider herself a veterinarian.

Because she believed that magical creatures had intelligence no less than any human and shouldn’t be called “beasts.”

The doctor spent a long time but couldn’t find the reason why the Cat-Bird was always sleeping.

Just when they were both at a loss, First Snow suddenly stretched comfortably in front of the wide-eyed doctor and young Winona.

Then she flew off to find food, making a mess of the doctor’s house.

But the way the little Cat-Bird munched on the dried meat in the end was still incredibly cute and amusing.

Shaking her head gently, Winona looked away and scanned the students in the hall.

She was sure that among them, someone had been in contact with First Snow, someone had received a gift from First Snow.

As for the identity of that person, unlike ordinary people, she didn’t believe in the legend that Cat-Birds had the ability to find the “chosen one.”

If a person’s fate could be determined from the beginning, that would be the scariest thing for Winona.

She thought that the reason more people were willing to believe this legend was purely because her own achievements were reflected on First Snow.

It had nothing to do with First Snow, the lazy cat.

When Winona’s gaze swept across the hall, Adele lowered her head guiltily, but fortunately, the principal didn’t notice this detail.

She was no longer suspicious, but somewhat certain that the staff must belong to the principal.

And… it was stolen by First Snow!

She had become an accomplice to this silly cat!

But to ask Adele to apologize to Principal Winona and return the staff now, the girl was reluctant from the bottom of her heart.

She would take it one step at a time.

It was a pity that the staff was much larger than 300 cubic centimeters, otherwise, Adele could have hidden it in her spatial ring.

However, it was worth mentioning that Adele had already found the best use for this spatial ring.

It was to store her phone!

The volume of a phone was only about 50 cubic centimeters.

And a small knife might be even smaller.

If she hid these important things inside, although Adele didn’t think she would encounter that kind of clichéd “kidnapping” scenario, after all, everyone knew the fate of Amaterasu Kuro and Tsukimi Shiro… it was always better to be safe than sorry.

Imagine, if Adele hid her phone or a small knife in the spatial ring, when she encountered danger, she could summon them as tools for communication or self-defense.

Very useful!

The mobilization meeting ended successfully, and then the students went to their respective teachers to receive their tasks and meet their partners.

Although Adele would become a lone wolf player in the future, for now, she would still obediently follow the teachers’ arrangements.

She and Tang Linlang received their tasks one after another.

Tang Linlang immediately shared her task with Adele.

“Looking for a kappa???”

“Yes, it’s a very common task. Actually, kappa is a general term for foreign races related to water. In most cases, what we find are kappa.”

“But it doesn’t matter if we can’t find them, as long as we fill out the internship logbook, the teachers will usually be lenient.”

“Adele, what’s your task?”

“Maybe searching for traces of foreign races, even finding a hair would be enough to report back.”

Adele guessed casually until she opened her task page.

It clearly stated that she was to go to a certain government agency and do some work related to organizing text archives.

Adele was speechless, then she seemed to have realized something and looked up in Celeste’s direction.

At this moment, the golden-haired girl also looked back, giving her Master a gentle smile that yearned for a reward.

As if saying, “I did it, Master, you have to reward me well~”

In Celeste’s eyes, her Master was too weak, and it was very dangerous to be close to foreign races.

So she bribed someone and changed Adele’s original task to ensure her Master’s safety.

Adele forced a smile, her lips twitching.

A reward, she could give her a reward!

She would definitely… “reward” her well~!