It wasn’t really late, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

But Adele was still uneasy as she walked downstairs with her slender legs.

She couldn’t figure out who would come looking for her at this time.

Sharon?

She hadn’t come back today, Adele had confirmed this.

Perhaps Sharon had decided not to do bad things like stalking her and hiding her identity while living next door anymore.

If that was the case, Adele would be happy for her.

 

Because it meant that Sharon had decided to start liking her openly and honestly.

But Adele didn’t think Sharon’s knock would be so urgent.

Her knock should be polite and slow, maybe with pauses, as she patiently waited for Adele’s response.

So Sharon was ruled out.

Then… could it be that her hiding of the fugitive Li Lige had been exposed!

Was someone here to investigate her!?

Adele gulped nervously.

 

No, no, don’t scare yourself.

Adele gently patted her slightly heaving chest, having already reached the first floor.

Anyway, she would know the answer soon, so she stopped thinking about it and adding to her mental burden.

For a moment, First Snow’s figure flashed through her mind.

Could it be related to the kitten?

Adele arrived at the entrance, the light in her pupils flickering as she leaned towards the peephole.

“Hello, we are members of the student council. Please come with us.”

 

Adele’s footsteps were heard through the door.

Outside, several humans in student council uniforms said so.

Adele’s heart instantly turned cold.

Her first thought was that her hiding of Li Lige had been exposed! They were here to investigate her, ah!

But then, she realized that the student council members outside weren’t planning to use force, their attitude was rather normal and gentle, and they even used honorifics.

This was obviously not the attitude one would have towards an accomplice of a fugitive.

Thinking of this, Adele felt a little more confident and asked calmly,

 

“B-but… why?”

“You have to give me a reason. Even the student council can’t take students away arbitrarily.”

“And I’m a vampire, your student council must give me a reasonable explanation!”

Adele had figured it out.

Fine, you vampires look down on me, and humans don’t acknowledge me.

Then I’ll just decide my race based on my own needs.

She was the type who would take all the advantages and run away from all the disadvantages.

 

Call her a refined egoist, but Adele wasn’t the type to lick someone’s boots after being abandoned.

One should love specific people, shouldn’t they?

So Adele wanted to love herself and the people she cherished.

Soon, the people behind the door gave their response, with a hint of embarrassment.

“Regarding this, Miss Adele, we apologize, even we don’t know much.”

“However, the person who invited you to meet is the principal of the academy. I think, Miss Adele, you wouldn’t refuse the principal’s invitation, would you?”

Adele’s expression froze, and then she thought of many things.

 

First Snow’s figure flashed through her mind again.

She swallowed nervously.

Adele nodded to herself.

“Okay, I’ll go with you.”

Resisting the principal in this academy…

As long as Adele wasn’t crazy, she wouldn’t do that!

Her biggest worry now was that the angel Seraph’s seal on her witch origin wasn’t strong enough, and if even a little bit of it leaked out and was seen by the principal, Adele felt that she could already prepare her coffin.

 

She could only pray for the protection of the protagonist’s halo that probably didn’t even exist.

But in reality, for Adele, who had transmigrated into this world and lived here for so long, she increasingly felt that she wasn’t the only protagonist. Rather, everyone in this world was the protagonist of their own world.

Sharon had her love and hatred.

Wen Weiran had the sword she gave up on drawing.

Seraph had her “Lord” and mission.

No one’s future was predetermined.

Including her own.

 

Adele pushed the door open and walked through the cold academy at night with several unfamiliar student council members.

The girl couldn’t help but hug her arms, rubbing them up and down, and said pitifully,

“I came out in a hurry and forgot to wear a coat.”

The girl’s frail and delicate appearance was heartwarming, making one of the girls in the student council want to care for her. So she used magic to dispel the surrounding chill.

Although this consumed a lot of her magic power, not all student council members were cold and heartless.

It could only be said that Wen Weiran was an exception, but in the student council, which believed in the supremacy of power, Wen Weiran used her exceptionality to suppress the thoughts of most of the other students in the student council, making the entire student council united, and the combined force it exerted was even greater.

But if you looked at it individually, this atmosphere was still quite oppressive.

 

Not to mention that there were vampire students in the friend circles of some student council members.

The student council’s exclusion and suppression of vampires was well-known.

This made them feel awkward when facing their vampire friends.

Some even ended their friendships because of this.

“Thank you.”

Adele suddenly felt that the surroundings weren’t so cold anymore. Then she noticed the girl who had chanted the spell, her eyes lit up as she thanked her.

“You’re welcome.”

 

The girl from the student council seemed a little shy, or perhaps it was because Adele’s beauty was too stunning.

She lowered her head, turning her flushed cheeks to the side, and her steps became erratic.

Adele’s appearance was the type that easily aroused people’s desire to protect her, and it was even harder for girls to refuse.

Soon, Adele followed the path that First Snow had taken her along in the evening and arrived outside the principal’s mansion again.

As if the entire estate sensed Adele’s arrival, the bronze, intricately carved gate suddenly opened outwards.

Without any human intervention, it was as if something was flowing and manipulating everything in this estate.

Seeing this scene, one of the student council members gasped in amazement.

 

Obviously, this was the principal’s doing.

As one of the Twelve Pillars legendary mages, she was the idol of countless students studying magic in the academy.

“Please continue on your own, Miss Adele.”

“Oh, okay, thank you.”

“You’re welcome, it should be fine, the principal is very nice.”

The girl comforted Adele.

Adele gave her a faint smile.

 

Then, the student council members left. Their task also included being on duty in the academy, so they couldn’t get off work yet. They had just suddenly received a summons from the principal and temporarily changed their task.

After watching them leave, Adele rubbed her hands, which were once again feeling the cold, and walked step by step into the estate that belonged to the principal and First Snow.

At this moment, Adele roughly guessed that it was probably because First Snow’s potion theft had been exposed.

Otherwise, if she came here, First Snow would definitely fly out happily to greet her.

The banquet she was attending tonight was a Hongmen Banquet…

Adele shrank her neck timidly.

In front of her, doors opened automatically one after another.

 

The girl felt like she had entered a magical kaleidoscope.

Entering a door, then another door, and then lights lit up one after another in the darkness. Adele followed the guidance of these lights, walking through the corridor and up the stairs.

Finally, she arrived in front of an ancient door with exquisite and beautiful patterns. This time, it didn’t open.

Adele’s heart was filled with anxiety. She thought nervously for a moment.

Then she knocked on the door.

“Knock, knock—”

“Hello, Principal.”

 

“I’m Adele, a first-year student. I wonder why you summoned me tonight…”

At least she was polite.

This was her first close contact with Adele, Winona thought to herself.

At this moment, Principal Winona was sitting at her desk.

Although on the surface, Winona looked like she was working, in reality, she was looking at the documents in front of her, but she couldn’t read a single word.

“Come in, I want to have a good talk with you.”

Winona paused.

 

“About First Snow.”

“…”

So it was because First Snow stole the potion for her!

Adele bit her tongue to calm herself down, then pushed the door open and entered.

Facing a person of high authority, Adele couldn’t help but feel a little apprehensive.

The girl’s behavior was also restrained. As soon as she entered the principal’s private office, she quickly bowed, her legs close together.

The door behind her didn’t need her to close it, it closed itself with a “bang.”

 

Adele was startled.

“Sit down.”

“Yes.”

Adele was meek and obedient towards the principal, which was the exact opposite of First Snow.

This was the first time Winona’s impression of Adele changed.

So she wasn’t the kind of arrogant and domineering person. Usually, First Snow was as obedient as a kitten around her… wait, why would she describe First Snow as obedient as a kitten when she was a kitten?

Then, Winona understood why.

 

Because First Snow wasn’t obedient around her at all!

But she couldn’t use obedient or disobedient to describe First Snow either, because First Snow and Winona were very familiar with each other, so naturally, they were unrestrained when they were together.

And the result of being unrestrained was that First Snow was sometimes too presumptuous, and Winona had always tolerated her.

It wasn’t until the “Adele incident” that the conflict between them erupted.

Adele obediently sat down in the seat in front of the principal, then raised her head, curiously and for the first time, closely examining the principal in front of her.

Winona wasn’t tall, only a little taller than Adele.

Her flaxen, slightly curly hair cascaded down to the ground, but it always floated and didn’t get dusty.

This alone was very much in line with the style of a legendary mage.

She also had a pair of light brown eyes, which looked very ordinary at first glance, but if you looked closely, you would feel like you were facing an abyss, and if you weren’t careful, you would be swallowed by its depth.

Was it with these eyes that she looked up at the stars and guided the human race…

As the “Stargazer,” Winona was famous for her prophecies and formations.

She was probably a mage who was very good at buffing herself with “favorable weather and terrain.”

In ordinary encounters, Winona might not be considered strong, even a little weak, compared to people of the same level as her.

But if it was a siege battle, and Winona was defending a certain place, with her mastery of magic formations, she might even be able to put up a fight against several people of the same level joining forces.

On a whim, before Winona could speak again, Adele suddenly bravely asked,

“What aspect of First Snow does the principal want to talk about?”

“Also, I’m very concerned about how First Snow is doing now, why haven’t I seen her here?”

Afterwards, Adele really admired her own courage, but if she had to choose, she wouldn’t dare to do it again…

Winona’s eyebrows twitched.

To be honest, she was very surprised that Adele seemed to be more concerned about First Snow than herself.

She should have been surprised and uneasy about being suddenly called here, shouldn’t she?

But even when she was in a state of fear and worry, Adele still chose to ask about First Snow’s situation first.

This, in a sense, had already proved a lot.

But perhaps Adele was a skilled liar, her fear was also fake, and she was still deceiving her at this moment.

This wasn’t Winona overreacting, but with her experience, she had seen far too many people.

Except for naive people like First Snow, anyone would become suspicious after being tempered by time.

But if Adele’s feelings were genuine…

Winona had to admit that she would overturn all her past prejudices and stereotypes about Adele.

Perhaps being entangled with multiple vampire girls didn’t mean that Adele was promiscuous, a green tea bitch, or a manipulative person.

It was also possible that she had an outstanding personality.

But this was a bit unbelievable because she was in the vampire race, where Sequence rank was everything.

No matter how outstanding the girl’s charm was, being a Sequence Five had undoubtedly sentenced her future to death.

Winona temporarily suppressed her doubts and decided to observe more.

“I was just about to talk about this. First Snow has already rested. I want to ask you what you think of First Snow.”

“As far as I know, you two have been very close recently, even today… you’ve been together all the time.”

Adele’s heart skipped a beat. She didn’t expect that the principal knew everything about her and First Snow’s whereabouts today.

And what was with this feeling of being caught red-handed on a date by her girlfriend’s parents!

“Yes, we’ve been together all the time.”

But unlike First Snow’s lies, Adele was very honest.

And she didn’t make any excuses, but turned her head and softly narrated,

“First Snow is a gluttonous kitten who woke me up early in the morning, probably because she was craving the cat food I bought.”

Winona scoffed at this. What delicacies hadn’t First Snow tasted? Would she crave the cat food at Adele’s house?

But she didn’t interrupt Adele’s words, listening to her continue with an unsettled heart.

“After I fed her, I went downstairs to have breakfast. I originally planned to leave for my internship, but First Snow suddenly followed me and meowed at me.”

“…”

“I was a little surprised, but First Snow seemed to want to stay with me, so I had no choice but to take her to my workplace.”

“First Snow obediently stayed by my side, didn’t disturb my work, and when I was tired, she would actively rub against my palm. We relied on each other and spent the whole day together.”

Didn’t disturb her work? And actively rubbed against her palm to comfort her?

Was this really First Snow, not the well-behaved kitten from her dreams??

Winona’s mentality underwent some subtle changes, and an inexplicable jealousy spread within her.