Category: The Delicate Female Lead Only Wants to be Loved by the Villainous Young Ladies

Chapter 337:

Even though the angel Seraph felt humiliated, she had to admit that if she acted rashly and became enemies with Jormungandr now, the only possible outcome would be death. But at this moment, she was extremely confused. Facing “death,” no angel in the past would be afraid, especially Seraph. Instead, they considered it the best ending to fight for the “Lord,” bringing great glory to Valhalla. But now, Seraph was afraid of death, and she couldn’t tell why. Was it because the “Lord” hadn’t returned yet, and dying for no reason was inglorious? Or was it simpler and purer, just the fear of being separated from Adele?

Seraph was in a daze. Suddenly, one of her tail feathers turned completely black. The prelude to her fall had begun. Just because in the face of a powerful enemy, at this moment of life and death, Seraph, because of the girl, chose to live.

Jormungandr suddenly raised her eyebrows. She looked at the petite Seraph, but her gaze clearly saw the phantom behind her, a monster with countless eyes and six wings. That was Seraph’s true form. She saw the feather in Seraph’s phantom body that had turned black because of her fall and smiled contemptuously.

“Interesting.” The next moment, she vanished before Seraph’s eyes. Jormungandr teleported to the last escape room Adele entered, the place where the final chapter of the vampire and vampire hunter story unfolded.

“Linlang! I’m here to save you!” The final chapter took place in an escape room designed as an execution ground. The vampire hunter Adele arrived, holding a silver Desert Eagle. There was no need to explore any new plot at this point.

Tang Linlang was tied to a chair, blindfolded, and looked nervous. This meant that she had received the bad ending in the escape room she experienced alone, being captured by vampire hunters as a vampire and brought here. Hearing Adele’s shout, she replied, “Adele! I’m okay!”

Tang Linlang was certainly okay, but the “Tang Linlang” in the story was in trouble. If Adele failed this level, the “vampire” in the story would be executed. To save her, Adele needed to solve a series of puzzles in the room within a short time to obtain the fragments of the key that unlocked Tang Linlang’s shackles. Finally, by piecing them together, she could unlock the shackles binding the girl and win the game, achieving the first ending.

“Linlang, we finally escaped from there.”

“We’re free.” If the challenge failed, Linlang would be hit by a mithril alchemical bullet the moment the countdown ended, signifying the failure of the escape room and the end of the game. This was undoubtedly a bad ending, an ending Adele absolutely didn’t want.

So she sped up her puzzle-solving process. There were three puzzles in total: Sudoku, a Chinese Rings puzzle, and a Go life-and-death problem. Solving each one would reward her with a key fragment, and then she could get the complete key from the NPC guarding Tang Linlang.

But, who the hell knows how to do these! Although the rules were written on the side, if someone without experience tried them, they would be driven by nervousness and unable to calmly solve the puzzles within the limited time. Adele was the same, but she tried her best to calm down, even using magic.

There were only ten minutes. Adele spent three minutes solving the Sudoku and another four minutes solving the Chinese Rings. As for the Go life-and-death problem, can’t it be Gomoku instead!? Adele didn’t know how to play Go. Just reading the rules took her more than a minute. It was too much to ask her to solve the problem in the remaining two minutes.

So the girl could only hear the ticking of the clock. At the last second, the moment the alchemical bullet was about to be fired and hit Tang Linlang, Adele threw the problem aside.

Screw it! I’m not doing this anymore!

Under everyone’s surprised gazes, Adele rushed towards Tang Linlang and, ignoring the NPC’s attempts to stop her, shielded Tang Linlang with her own body. The bullet was fired automatically. The paintball exploded on Adele’s stomach.

“Ugh…” It actually hurt a little. For Adele, who was afraid of pain, this wasn’t a pleasant experience. And according to the game rules, this was equivalent to Adele dying for Tang Linlang. It was unknown if there was such an ending, or if Adele had created a non-existent third ending. But in any case, if the vampire hunter died and only the vampire Tang Linlang survived, it would still be a tragic story. It was just that in the story, someone was willing to sacrifice for love, making the tragedy touching.

Jormungandr, hidden in the shadows, saw this scene, and for some reason, tears welled up in her eyes.

Adele, now completely immersed in her role, pretended to be fatally wounded by the bullet and fell into Tang Linlang’s arms. Tang Linlang’s tears instantly flowed. She easily broke free from the rope that was supposed to “bind” her and hugged Adele tightly.

“Silly, why are you crying…” Adele trembled and raised her hand. Even though her life was about to end, she still used all her strength to force a smile, comforting the one who would soon be alone in the human world. Sometimes, the living suffered more than the dead. If possible, they would rather die in the dead’s place.

“You look beautiful even when you cry, Linlang, but I still prefer to see you smile.”

“I’m sorry, I promised to be with you forever…but I couldn’t keep my promise.”

“If only there was a next life.”

“In the next life, I’ll be the vampire, and you’ll be the vampire hunter.”

“I’m very clumsy, you’ll easily catch me.”

“At that time, let’s escape to a place where no one can find us and spend the rest of our lives together…” After these words, Adele’s eyes flickered with a bright light, as if she saw that happy scene. Then, the light went out. The girl’s hand, caressing Tang Linlang, fell limply. Adele closed her eyes, her head tilting to the side, and met her end in Tang Linlang’s arms. But her expression was peaceful, a faint smile on her lips. Perhaps because dying in her lover’s arms was also a happy ending for her.

“N-No!” Tang Linlang cried out with all her might, tears streaming down her face. A world without Adele was so cold and lonely. Linlang could have endured this loneliness until she met the light. Is this the fate of a vampire…? Tang Linlang vaguely understood the sorrow of being a vampire, possessing a long lifespan, but only able to watch her loved ones leave her side one after another, unable to stop it.

But perhaps the cruel reality couldn’t be changed. A fictional story, however, had a chance for a happy ending. Tang Linlang suddenly remembered the information she received from the martyred saint on the cross. He told her that a vampire had one chance to resurrect. But perhaps no one would have thought that Tang Linlang would be willing to give this chance to the vampire hunter Adele before her.

Tears falling, the girl used all her strength and softly uttered, “Don’t die.” If someone was willing to exchange a quarter of their life for this power, then Tang Linlang was willing to exchange her entire lifespan for it to happen once.

This was the third ending created by Adele and Tang Linlang together. Adele took the bullet for Tang Linlang, and Tang Linlang used the “one-time immortality” power to resurrect Adele. The two gained hope from despair, welcoming a grand happy ending together!

At this moment, all the staff members came out, applauding and expressing their deep respect for the two. According to them, such an ending only existed in theory before. There had been almost a hundred couples who had experienced this escape room, and the best they achieved was either the first ending, solving the three puzzles and unlocking the lock with the key, or the second tragic ending.

But actually, the tragic ending was also a good ending, because Tang Linlang had the power of one-time immortality. So even if she was hit by the bullet, it wasn’t considered a loss. She could be resurrected and leave with her lover, equivalent to the first good ending. This was actually a clever trick by the designers. Making the participants think they had failed and feel dejected, then pulling this off. After all, the purpose of an escape room was to make customers happy. There was no reason to make them leave disappointed.

Hearing this, Adele and Tang Linlang blushed, but their hands held each other even tighter. Adele playfully asked, “Since we achieved an ending that no one has ever achieved before, can we get a reward~?”

“Of course there’s a reward.” After all, it was the customer’s request, and the owner of this place was very good at business. And so, Adele got a cute vampire doll for free. Except for the white hair, which was different from Adele, the other features, like the pink eyes and the slightly cunning expression, were quite similar to Adele. But Adele actually wanted that silver Desert Eagle. Because it was really cool, meow! However, this doll seemed to be quite to Linlang’s liking, so Adele gave it to her.

After the escape room, both Adele and Tang Linlang were starving after the mental and physical exertion. But they didn’t plan to eat at a restaurant outside. Instead, they returned to where Tang Linlang’s driver was waiting. The two girls got into the car and headed towards Linlang’s home.

“Then I’ll look forward to Linlang’s cooking!”

“And of course, also looking forward to Linlang’s…taste~”. Adele’s words had a double meaning.

Tang Linlang blushed and looked out the window. After a while, she softly replied, “…Mm.”

Chapter 336: Angels and Demons

Although the Hell Queen hadn’t been to the human world for a long time, she didn’t recognize the small pistol that seemed to fire small magic balls, but she knew it was a weapon. Her body trembled, and the blood beneath her skin turned icy inch by inch. She didn’t understand. Why, after so long, so many years, after the flowers bloomed and withered, after the ups and downs, after she had been worn down by the long years and filled with regret in endless pain, why…were you still unwilling to forgive me? My God…

………………

Bang~ The sound wasn’t from Adele’s mithril Desert Eagle, but from the girl’s kissable lips. Unfortunately, the woman before her looked a bit stiff and wooden. Although she was so beautiful, her aura seemed a bit too serious. And her gaze was too deep, as if she was seeing many other things…perhaps events, or perhaps people…through Adele.

Seeing that she was being ignored, Adele pouted and turned to leave the escape room. She was going to rescue her vampire lover. As for the big sister she had just met, it was a pity that nothing happened between them, or that they didn’t exchange contact information. But if the other person’s personality was too serious and rigid…or even a bit crazy, Adele thought it was better not to provoke her. Who knew if she would demand that Adele love only her, implementing the monogamous system that was considered very backward by vampires? That would turn a romantic encounter into a disaster.

Moreover, Adele didn’t think the other party could really control her. She couldn’t be a queen who really came from hell. At least, Adele didn’t sense any magical aura from her. She could be sure that she was basically an ordinary person. So the one who should really restrain her power, and restrain other girls, was Adele.

The girl shook her head, dismissing these thoughts, and decided to focus on the game. If Adele’s guess was correct, Tang Linlang should have already figured out the plot where she was captured by other vampire hunters and understood the origin of her relationship with Adele. The next escape room was their final execution ground, the final chapter of this escape room game. Whether Adele could save her vampire lover there was still unknown.

It was also worth mentioning that Adele was currently immersed in a thrilling battle royale plot. After opening the door, she entered a maze. This escape room experience center really put a lot of effort into setting this up. The maze was made of interconnected mirrors, and Adele could only move slowly, otherwise she would easily bump into them. Then she would not only embarrass herself but also have to pay for the damage.

She held the Desert Eagle, her heart pounding, not because of fear, but because of a thrilling sensation. A rapid drumbeat came from the background music, a battle march, indicating that Adele’s relatives, the staff members playing vampire hunters, also known as NPCs, would appear here. They would play a thrilling live-action CS game with Adele using the same pistols.

Adele had played this kind of game before at amusement parks. But at that time, she didn’t have the chance to use real guns and bullets—not even paintballs. They used laser guns, the point being to continuously fire lasers, and each hit on the opponent would add a point. The winner was determined by the final score.

Adele’s title of “Miss I Can’t Aim” wasn’t for nothing. But times had changed. Her vampire and witch identities had strengthened her physique, including the training she received at the academy and the Kitty Paw Strike taught by First Snow. All these factors combined to create a brand new Adele.

Although her physical abilities were still not impressive among vampires, let alone Kaiser, the peak of physical prowess among vampires, even Wofoo, who was slightly inferior, could easily break any world record in the human Olympics if she wanted to. But Adele never thought of comparing herself to them. Everyone had their own strengths. Knowing your strengths and weaknesses was what made someone smart. But for ordinary people, Adele’s physical skills were considered excellent. So it was more than enough for her to deal with the NPCs lurking in the shadows.

They tried to use the mirrors as a cover to approach Adele, but Adele turned and fired, hitting the correct target almost without thinking. A cloud of red powder exploded on the staff member’s chest, indicating that he had been hit by Adele. The staff member had never encountered such a thing since he started working. Is she…a genius?

But rules were rules. The NPC stopped chasing and could only signal to his colleagues with his eyes, telling them to be careful, that the girl was very skilled. But clearly, his teammates didn’t think so. They just thought, You’re just bad. Then they experienced the cruelty of a god-like ADC. Bot lane, why are you feeding so hard!? Oh wait, we’re the bot lane, never mind.

So this live-action CS game turned into a stationary sniping game for Adele. She also found the way out of the mirror maze. The last door appeared before her, and the girl’s eyes lit up, seeing the dawn of victory.

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Meanwhile, the Hell Queen hadn’t left yet, but covered the area with her spirit. She finally witnessed the variety of people and the dazzling array of things, the bustling mall and the endless stream of pedestrians, realizing that this human world was vastly different from the one she was familiar with. It was like a new world, and she couldn’t find anything familiar.

No, wait…there was something. The Hell Queen’s cold and beautiful eyes suddenly narrowed, clearly sensing something, and she began to exert pressure towards the darkness. The next moment, a light appeared in the unmonitored escape room. And after the light disappeared, a small, silver-haired girl appeared out of thin air, staring at the woman before her with hostile and vigilant eyes.

Jormungandr… The enemy of the supreme Lord, the queen who ruled hell, the opposite of the Lord, like light and darkness. Of course, the Lord was light, and Jormungandr was born from darkness. No one knew her origins, just like no one knew the Lord’s origins. However, angels generally believed that the Lord was the god who created this world. But this didn’t seem to explain why, if the Lord was the creator god, she would create such a mortal enemy as “Hell Queen Jormungandr.” Wasn’t that a redundant act…?

But in any case, the angel Seraph couldn’t deny that Jormungandr before her was from the same era as the “Lord.” But whether they were on the same level…that was unknown. They were on opposing sides, mortal enemies. It was just unknown why Jormungandr always stayed in the so-called “exile of sinners,” that is, hell. She didn’t participate in the war of the Mythical Era, neither siding with the “Lord” nor supporting the “Witch.” But after the Witch and her city were destroyed, some surviving fallen angels seemed to have been taken in by Jormungandr in hell. Hell became their sanctuary, and Jormungandr their protector.

If the “Lord” hadn’t suddenly left this world, going away to search for something, then Seraph and the other angels wouldn’t have been so lost and confused. They should have quickly opened a second battlefield, that is, hell, killing the fallen angels and capturing Jormungandr. But there were no ifs. The angels, having lost the Lord’s guidance, were lost. They were originally ruthless war machines that could easily destroy cities and countries, but at that time, they became abandoned children, at a loss.

Most angels chose to seal themselves away, waiting for the Lord’s return to fight for her again in the long years. A small number of angels, influenced by the fallen angels, began to interact with the human world. Many miracles related to angels in history were their handiwork. Time buried an entire era. Many angels were left behind in that time. They died, not for the Lord’s command, but for what they believed was right, for freedom. In their final moments, would they regret it, or smile in relief?

Seraph was probably somewhere in between these two types of angels. She had indeed sealed herself away several times, but she had also walked among humans many times. She personally experienced the Black Death in the Middle Ages and also stayed during the era of selling indulgences. It wasn’t until she was awakened again today that she discovered how prosperous the human world had become. It wasn’t until after she avenged Li Lige that she met Adele, and everything that followed happened, including today’s confrontation with the queen from hell.

Honestly, Seraph wasn’t confident that she could defeat her. Just resisting an opponent of this level might require all her strength. So if she could avoid fighting and figure out the other party’s purpose, Seraph would try her best to avoid it.

So she broke the silence, her cherry-like lips slightly parting, “Hell Queen, Jormungandr, why are you here?”

“There are no souls for you to devour here.” It seemed that Seraph considered Jormungandr a monster that fed on souls.

Jormungandr ignored Seraph’s question, her eyes suddenly turning terrifyingly cold. “That woman…where is she?”

Seraph felt a powerful pressure crushing her body. She felt like a tiny human in a huge storm, about to be swept away and shattered. Seraph knew who she meant by “that woman.” Using such a title for the Lord was disrespectful. But Seraph didn’t have the power to punish Jormungandr. Only the “Lord” could suppress her in hell forever. So Seraph was more wary. If necessary, she had to be prepared for the worst, to prevent her from wreaking havoc in the human world.

“The Lord will return soon, and then all of hell will be overturned.”

“Let it be overturned, it’s her headache, not mine.” After these words, Jormungandr transformed before Seraph. She concealed her demonic horns and retracted her bone wings, becoming pure, like a human. Then, only a pure black dress remained on her body.

“Angel, you’re lucky, I have no interest in you right now.”

“I won’t kill you either. Before that woman returns, you can hide in your hole like a squirrel.”

“There’s only one thing you can do. When she returns, tell me immediately.”

“Like a human…alarm clock.” Countless pieces of information flashed in Jormungandr’s eyes. She seemed to be madly learning everything about the human world in some way. Human consciousness wasn’t protected, their mental power was weak, and it was indeed too easy to steal.

Chapter 335: Give a Girl a Chance

The Demon Queen had forgotten how long it had been since she last set foot in the human world. Since a long, long, long…ah, anyway, it was back then. After being punished and cast into hell, the Demon Queen had never returned, let alone ascended to heaven, to the side of her beloved. But the one who punished her…was precisely her beloved, that supreme God, the only God.

Sigh, why am I thinking about such sad things again! The queen from hell, let’s just call her the Hell Queen, shook her head vigorously. Pain and relief flickered across her face, as if two split personalities were fighting for control of her body. Soon, the carefree expression prevailed. She returned to her calm and natural demeanor, a smile playing on her lips, murmuring, “Sneaking into the human world…I can’t let my God find out~”.

If anyone saw the Hell Queen at this moment, they would definitely find her state strange, as if she had lost her mind, becoming carefree and foolish, her mentality completely inconsistent with her mature and elegant appearance, more like a playful young girl. This state was like a protective measure after the body suffered a great shock—amnesia, losing those sad and painful memories, leaving only pleasant and comfortable ones. Then she could live on with a smile—in this world without God.

No, no, what am I thinking, haha, how could there be no God? God is eternal and immortal. The whole world was created by her, all laws are controlled by her. God will always exist. I just have to stay in hell obediently…until she calms down. Then I can return to her side and accompany her. Then I won’t be so lonely that I want to die. I want to kiss God’s fingertips, kiss everything about her. I want to return to those happiest times, to be with God… The Hell Queen licked her lips, a charming and seductive expression appearing on her face. Happy memories filled her mind. Yes, she survived on this, barely surviving in the barren hell.

As for why she broke through the barrier and secretly came to the human world today, it was because some time ago, a Great Demon with broken horns reported to her subordinates that it had been summoned to the human world, only to step into God’s battlefield. It was unclear whether it was a continuation of the ancient divine war. According to its description, countless kings of the night, vampires exuding a strong bloody aura, had gathered on the battlefield. And a six-winged angel, one of the highest combat forces on God’s side, descended. A black-winged fallen angel (Chacoco) sang a song of destruction on a brightly lit altar (stage) that flickered with an unknown light and emitted a strange demonic sound. It was clearly a war between angels and fallen angels. Even a large number of humans participated, each holding a bottle of fire (glow stick) that could burn down forests and land when thrown.

In short, the Great Demon was almost scared to death. It didn’t dare to stay for a moment and hurriedly fled from this battlefield, which was even more terrifying than hell, but still paid the price of having its horns cut off by the six-winged archangel.

The Hell Queen didn’t believe there was any continuation of the divine war. It was all over. But unexpectedly, after that, this matter took root in the Hell Queen’s heart like a seed, popping up from time to time, making her restless. Finally, she decided to secretly come to the human world. As long as God didn’t find out, it would be fine. She naively and stubbornly clung to the belief that God still existed, as if she were still living in the distant past.

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“Is this the human world now?”

“It doesn’t look any different from back then.” The Hell Queen didn’t know that she had teleported to an escape room experience center inside a shopping mall after breaking through the barrier between hell and the human world. She found herself in a Western fantasy-style castle hall. It was a bit small, but decorated luxuriously. This was the hall of the vampire hunter family. Adele, playing the vampire hunter, would be whipped here as punishment for letting the vampire escape.

At this moment, the NPC hiding behind the secret door was still unaware of the Hell Queen’s arrival. As for the Hell Queen, she noticed him, but didn’t care, just like a human wouldn’t care about an ant crawling on the ground. The queen had no intention of looking down and crushing him. But she was interested in the door that suddenly opened before her.

Behind the door, under the light of the wooden corridor, a girl appeared, wearing an academy-style uniform, white warm stockings, and elegant small leather shoes. She had black hair and pink eyes, delicate and cute. She was holding a mithril Desert Eagle pistol in both hands, posing in a cool shooting stance at the door, as if ready to defend against any enemies emerging from inside. She believed that when a prop gun appeared in the game, there would definitely be a time to use it. Just like when beautiful girls appeared in yuri stories, there had to be some yuri action!

But Adele didn’t expect a real NPC to appear the moment she opened the door. At least, not so soon. She hadn’t even finished exploring the plot yet. But she had to admit, this NPC big sister…was making her drool! A voice in Adele’s heart was screaming, “Give a girl a chance! Beautiful sister!”

She was a beauty that even Adele, who had been among countless flowers, found stunning and unparalleled. She had jet-black goat horns, long, pure white hair, and captivating scarlet amber eyes. Her features were sharp and deep, her figure well-proportioned and slender. She had a mature and elegant, sexy and noble aura, like a resurrected goddess from ancient Greek sculptures, or a seductive succubus from hell. A beauty of this level should be walking the runway at Victoria’s Secret. No, she should be crowned Miss Universe! But she was working in such a small escape room experience center. It was a waste of talent.

Even Adele felt a pang of sympathy, blushing slightly and shyly hiding the Desert Eagle behind her back. How could she bear to shoot this big sister!? Could this be the difficulty of this level? As they said, even heroes couldn’t resist the allure of beauty. But thinking that Tang Linlang might be waiting for her behind this room, Adele gritted her teeth, entered the room, and said to the big sister cosplaying as a demon queen, who was staring at her intently with trembling pupils, “Um, big sister~,” Adele used her cuteness as an attack.

“Can you go easy on me? I’m in a hurry to clear this level and find my girlfriend.” But it didn’t seem very effective. Because the big sister before her didn’t react to her words at all. Or rather, from the moment she saw Adele, she seemed to have turned into a statue, only the intense trembling of her pupils proving that she was conscious.

Seeing no response, and feeling a chill down her spine from being stared at by the beautiful NPC, Adele grinned slightly and awkwardly brushed past her. Anyway, although she didn’t know what was going on with this NPC, she should just look for clues and piece together the plot. That was her purpose here.

And the following plot was far beyond Adele’s expectations, and it had nothing to do with the demon big sister before her. Adele even suspected that the big sister cosplaying as a demon had entered the wrong room. Perhaps another escape room customer was wondering, Where’s the demon big sister I booked!? Could Adele say that she had “poached” his demon big sister? It was quite amusing to think about.

Let’s first introduce the plot Adele pieced together by searching for clues in this room. The general content was that the vampire hunter who let the vampire go, namely Adele, returned to the vampire hunter family. And here, Adele never expected that she would face the judgment of the entire family.

The man who was the head of the family and also her father appeared, holding an earring in his hand. He glared at his daughter with a disappointed expression. And that gleaming, bloodstained earring was a gift she had given to Tang Linlang. It once swayed on Tang Linlang’s earlobe, shining brighter than the moonlight.

Adele’s heart sank when she found the clue item. Because the appearance of this earring could only mean one thing. Tang Linlang had been captured by the family members, and the fact that she had let her go had been discovered. This was why this escape room was designed as a castle hall.

The price for violating family rules was that Adele would be judged and whipped by the entire family here. A black whip hung on the wall. Looking at the bloodstains on it, Adele imagined herself kneeling on the ground, facing the accusations of everyone, the disappointment of her family, enduring the painful lashes one after another, but still refusing to yield for Linlang, a tragic beauty. Anyway, she was also the unwanted daughter of a monster. When she was still in her mother’s womb, her mother was bitten by a vampire and drank its blood. This caused her mother to develop a thirst for blood, becoming a bloodkin of the vampire.

No one knew whether Adele had been contaminated by her mother’s blood. But ever since she had memories, her only impression of her mother was a black and white sketch. The mother in the painting was gentle and beautiful. No one knew what she did, giving her all just to let her daughter live. As for her own ending, it was already doomed.

Growing up in the vampire hunter family, Adele was always treated as the daughter of a monster, bullied and humiliated… She only endured all this in silence. Perhaps this was one of the main reasons why she was confused about her own identity and wasn’t so cruel to vampires.

The reason she let Tang Linlang go and refused to expose her vampire identity along the way was because before receiving the mission to hunt Tang Linlang, Adele had met her once. It was when Adele was little. She was hiding in the garden, crying, when she met Tang Linlang, who was disguised as a human. Adele, with tears in her eyes, asked Tang Linlang, “Big sister, is life always so painful? Or is it just like this when you’re little?”

Tang Linlang didn’t say anything, but she gave Adele a lily. It was the first and only flower Adele had ever received in her life.

The head of the family asked her to admit her mistake, and he would forgive her, probably because Adele had shown her talent. She could become the strongest vampire hunter in history, a useful tool. But no matter how much she was punished, her back covered in blood, she refused to yield. So they threatened Adele, saying they would execute Tang Linlang in front of her.

Now, Adele had only two choices, but she only saw one—to save her. As Adele pulled the rope representing “choose to save her,” a mechanism was triggered, and a door leading to the dungeon opened. At the same time, several NPCs jumped out from hidden locations. They were the “family members” who were stopping Adele from rescuing Tang Linlang. And Adele’s Desert Eagle finally had a use.

But after they jumped out, before they could chase after Adele, they froze on the spot, because they were equally shocked and confused by the Hell Queen’s presence in the escape room, besides Adele. W-What…is she a customer from another escape room!? How did she get here!? An escape room couldn’t be opened without customers. Did she appear out of thin air!? They didn’t know that the surveillance cameras in this room had already been destroyed by the Hell Queen. So naturally, they didn’t receive any warnings from the staff in the monitoring room.

And Adele was immersed in her role. No one could stop her from saving Tang Linlang. Today, Adele was taking Linlang away, and she would see who dared to stop her. So the girl picked up her Desert Eagle, loaded it, and fired, all in one smooth motion. The current Adele was no longer the inaccurate shooter from before. The training at the academy had allowed her to adapt to tense combat environments.

Bang! A paintball was fired. A red powder cloud appeared on the chest of a staff member dressed as a vampire hunter. This meant the NPC was hit and couldn’t continue the chase.

At this time, the NPCs also reacted. Compared to the presence of the Hell Queen, their primary task was to catch the customer before them. Of course, they needed to go easy on her. But Adele’s skill was so outstanding that they suspected she might be a professional shooter!

Bang! Bang! This time, two shots were fired in quick succession, hitting the remaining two NPCs. The paintballs exploded on their chests, forming powder clouds. They hadn’t even started chasing, and they were all wiped out… How embarrassing. But according to the rules, they could only freeze on the spot, watching as Adele escaped from this room to find her vampire lover, Tang Linlang.

But then something unexpected happened. Adele, still feeling hot, loaded another paintball. However, this time, her target…was the Hell Queen.

Chapter 334: The Demon Queen

Because it wasn’t a horror-themed escape room, Adele felt quite relaxed. She quickly got into character, exchanging cheesy and chuunibyou lines with Tang Linlang. After the first act ended, under Adele’s influence, Tang Linlang also successfully got into character. Now, she was the vampire waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on Adele. As for Adele, she was the vampire hunter who knew the vampire’s identity but still kept her by her side, raising her. As they said, the most skilled hunter often appeared as prey. Tang Linlang thought she was the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware that Adele, the oriole, was behind her.

The two entered a room designed as a dilapidated church to search for information and clues. The props they found could also be used in later rooms. Overall, it was a very interesting process, like an online puzzle game, but a live-action version.

“Linlang, let’s stand back to back!”

“Eh…why?”

“Haven’t you played games!? When we’re looking for something, and we lower our heads or get immersed in something,”

“When we turn around, there’s bound to be something scary! It could be a ghost, or some other monster!”

“This is the classic ‘jump scare’ setting, right!?” It was also a point that most audiences and players would complain about. Even though they knew what would happen, they would still be scared. Perhaps turning around and finding something or someone that wasn’t there before suddenly appearing was the most basic form of horror.

“…” Tang Linlang was silent for a moment.

“Is there a possibility that the biggest monster in this escape room is a vampire?”

“And you’re a vampire.”

“…Absolutely impossible! I’m a vampire hunter with a mithril Desert Eagle!”

“Um, o-okay.” Tang Linlang wanted to laugh, but she still cooperated with Adele, standing back to back with her nervously. This was a famous tactic on ancient battlefields, but using it in an escape room was quite absurd. If there really was an NPC playing a villain role to scare them, wouldn’t he be stunned?

Fortunately, the space inside the church wasn’t very large. There were just a few rows of tables, a lectern, and a huge cross behind the lectern. A figure seemed to be tied to the cross, wrapped in a bloodstained red shroud. Adele was almost certain that this person was the NPC of this escape room! Ugh, can we avoid touching it? It looks disgusting!

NPC: …

But as the game progressed, after Adele and Tang Linlang collected the clues in the church and read all the information they could find, the only thing left was the NPC wrapped in red cloth. At this time, Tang Linlang raised her eyebrows and tugged Adele’s sleeve, whispering, “Look, the door is behind the cross.”

And a door meant another room behind it, the location of the second act.

“Damn it, this setting where we have to face the NPC is too cunning…”

“Linlang, why don’t…you go and uncover his cloth?” Adele instigated.

Did she use up all her courage on flirting with girls…? Looking back now, Ice Queen Hermione and the last vampire princess, Dorothy, were much scarier than this ordinary staff member playing an NPC. And there was also Seraph, the angel girl representing one of the strongest combat forces. Her true form was even more terrifying. And Adele still…did things to her.

Tang Linlang nodded, without any objection. The girl always pampered Adele. So no matter what lay ahead, she was willing to go through it for Adele. But the moment Tang Linlang took a step, a voice came from the loudspeaker in the church. A staff member reminded them that different people would receive different information by touching the “martyred saint,” and they could only receive it once. This information was very important, related to the ending of the game, and they weren’t allowed to tell each other. The implication was that the two guests had to decide who would obtain this information. And the person who obtained this information would have a higher probability of winning the game.

That’s right, this game wasn’t about escaping together. It contained a competitive element. This could be seen from their roles. A vampire hunter and a vampire were natural enemies. Their ending together was most likely a fight to the death, not a happy ending. But it wasn’t that there was no “happy ending.” It was just that the probability of achieving it was very low.

Now, Adele and Tang Linlang looked at each other. So it was information that needed to be competed for.

“How about…Adele, you go,” Tang Linlang smiled slightly. She wasn’t very competitive. Enjoying the game with Adele was what she wanted.

But Adele looked at her seriously. “It’s not like that. If the game involves ‘letting others win,’ it becomes meaningless!”

“And if that’s the case, Linlang…do you think I would be happy?”

Tang Linlang’s gaze trembled.

“Besides, I’m the vampire hunter, the one with the advantage.”

“So, let’s decide with rock-paper-scissors!” Adele’s smile was bright, and Tang Linlang’s image appeared in her cherry-colored eyes. She didn’t intend to let Linlang win. Because this was the right way to play the game.

Looking at the girl’s sincere face, Tang Linlang immediately nodded with a smile.

“Then…rock-paper-scissors!”

The two extended their hands at the same time. Adele showed rock, a clenched fist, and Tang Linlang showed paper.

“Ugh!” Tang Linlang easily won this round.

“A-Again, best two out of three!” Adele suddenly added a rule. Cheating was also part of the game! Adele was really taking this escape room seriously.

“Eh…oh, okay.” Although Tang Linlang felt that this was a bit different from the fair competition Adele mentioned before, she still gently accepted Adele’s proposal.

Then the two played rock-paper-scissors again. Adele won a round, her scissors cutting through Tang Linlang’s repeated paper.

In the final round, Adele calmed down. I choose you, rock! Adele didn’t believe that Tang Linlang would show paper three times in a row! But the result…

“Oh, I won,” Tang Linlang said with surprise, her palm open. And Adele, clenching her small fist, was petrified on the spot. She lost, lost to a stubborn girl who didn’t know how to adapt. You go, Linlang.

“Then, I’ll go talk to the saint?”

“Go ahead, I’ll wait for you here.” The dejection only lasted for a moment in Adele’s mind before vanishing. The girl showed her usual gentle yet cunning smile again.

Tang Linlang walked towards the martyred saint on the cross. As Tang Linlang approached, the “saint” NPC began to struggle and moan in pain. The red shroud changed shape, making the scene look very gruesome. The horror element had finally arrived. Adele suddenly felt glad that she hadn’t won the rigged rock-paper-scissors contest.

But looking at Linlang, she tilted her head, seemingly only finding the scene a bit strange, without any other thoughts. Here, a moment of silence for the NPC who was trying his best… An escape room NPC who couldn’t scare people would probably be very hurt…

It seemed that the “dead saint” was very resistant to Tang Linlang’s approach, or rather, resistant to her identity as a vampire. This was actually foreshadowing, allowing Adele to realize that the person beside her was the vampire she had killed in the first act. Although this was information already known to both Tang Linlang and Adele before the game started, she still had to praise the escape room’s attention to detail.

Another detail was that when Tang Linlang touched the cross, she felt a slight electric shock. It should be some kind of harmless mechanism. But if Adele, the vampire hunter, touched the cross, probably nothing would happen. And the martyred saint would also appear very peaceful, telling the girl the information normally, not gruesomely like now, as if trying to escape the cross, escape the approaching vampire.

Tang Linlang leaned closer to the saint, and the saint whispered something hoarsely in her ear. The girl’s expression changed slightly, and she looked back at Adele. Just as Adele was curious about what information Tang Linlang had received, the door behind the cross suddenly opened automatically. This meant that the search in this room was over, and they needed to enter the next scene to experience another part of the story.

Adele came to Tang Linlang’s side and touched the cross, but there was no reaction. And the saint NPC returned to his original “playing dead” state. It seemed that they could only step into the darkness behind that door. Adele suddenly joked, “I’m really curious about what information Linlang received!”

“Could it be my fatal weakness or something?”

“At the end, will we have to fight to the death, fulfilling our destiny?” As a “fujoshi” who had read too many novels, sometimes, whether it was a novel or an anime, Adele could predict the plot just by guessing. This escape room, to maximize the players’ experience, would definitely create a cliché plot about destiny and life and death. Perhaps, in many cases, the ending was already determined by the roles they chose. A vampire and a vampire hunter…could they really overcome worldly prejudices and be together?

Tang Linlang bit her lip gently, seemingly unsure of Adele’s meaning. After all, she was the one who said they should compete fairly. But she still tentatively asked, “Adele…do you want to know?” If Adele wanted to know, Tang Linlang certainly wouldn’t hide anything from her.

And Adele was indeed just joking. She shook her head.

“Silly! I was just teasing you.”

“Come on, let’s go to the next scene, my vampire lady~.” Adele came to Tang Linlang’s side, raised her leg, and gently kicked the girl’s butt like she was playing cat’s cradle.

“Eek!” Tang Linlang jumped slightly. Then, blushing, she covered her butt. When she glanced at Adele, the latter smiled mischievously and charmingly.

“Hehe~” Only Tang Linlang had such a gentle personality. Otherwise, if it were someone else, they might kick Adele’s butt back. What was this called? This was called “bonding through butt-kicking.”

The two entered the second escape room together. It was a cabin in the woods. Here, the relationship between the vampire hunter and the vampire took a new turn. Because it was a story-driven escape room, the real gameplay for Adele and Tang Linlang was to find clues and information to restore the outline of the story, and occasionally play the characters in the story to interact or make certain choices.

Adele and Tang Linlang each searched around, and the pieced-together plot was roughly this: The vampire hunter was preparing to take the vampire girl back to her family. But for the vampire girl, this was no different from walking into a trap, a dead end. She was still weak and hadn’t regained her strength, so she thought her vampire identity hadn’t been discovered, and she believed that the vampire hunter wasn’t wary of her. So she secretly decided to kill the vampire hunter here, that is, Adele.

Tang Linlang’s eyelids twitched when she saw this plot. She couldn’t imagine herself wanting to kill Adele. But the prop dagger before her reminded her that the girl in the story would use this dagger to stab the vampire hunter’s heart while she was sleeping at midnight, also the time when the vampire, bathed in moonlight, was at her strongest.

Unconsciously, Tang Linlang seemed to experience the life of another woman and felt a great shock. The same feeling appeared in Adele’s heart. She was also curious, would the vampire…Linlang, stab her heart? If she did, what would she do?

The escape room’s plot became increasingly captivating. The two continued to search for clues, wanting to know the final answer. Adele finally found a diary under the cabin’s bed. She opened the lock and saw what was written inside. The diary not only recorded everything that happened that night, but also the bits and pieces of their time together before that. It was the ordinary yet warm daily life of a cold female hunter and a tsundere little vampire.

They traveled together, walked the same path, and experienced the same adventures. The vampire discovered that the hunter wasn’t as cold and heartless as she seemed, and had a gentle side that could make one blush. Similarly, the vampire hunter also developed a different view of this vampire disguised as a human girl. After all, what was the difference between her and a vampire? Weren’t they both monsters rejected by this world?

Finally, Adele turned to the last page of the diary, the night of the assassination attempt. She even gulped nervously as she turned the page. But what appeared before Adele was a blank page. The previous page clearly showed the vampire giving herself a pep talk with determined handwriting, saying that they were mortal enemies and not to be fooled by her appearance along the way. That doesn’t belong to you, that gentleness, that care, it doesn’t belong to you, to you, a monster! She was only being kind to the human girl you pretended to be. When she discovers your vampire identity, she will without doubt shoot you in the chest with that silver Desert Eagle. So…use this dagger, which she even gave you for self-defense…to kill her! Please, kill her…

Adele slowly closed the diary, thinking wistfully, Is the ending of that night destined to remain unknown?

At the same time, Tang Linlang came to Adele’s side. Adele handed the diary to Linlang, watching her reaction. Tang Linlang quickly finished reading the diary, her expression clearly dazed. She either immersed herself in the vampire’s role, mistakenly thinking that she had written the diary, or something else.

Just then, Adele suddenly hugged her from behind, a warm, firm embrace, and asked in a vulnerable voice, “That night…did you do it?”

“No—no!”

“I couldn’t bear to…” Tang Linlang’s heart clenched, and she subconsciously replied to Adele, or rather, to the vampire hunter.

From Tang Linlang’s reaction, Adele was willing to believe that this was the ending of that night. And Tang Linlang, coming back to her senses, lowered her head in embarrassment.

It was worth mentioning that while Adele found the diary, Tang Linlang also found a clue item. It was a cloth bag with a vampire symbol on it, containing heavy silver coins. But according to the description, the vampire’s current identity was a “rescued human girl.” It was impossible for her to have so much money. So the only possibility was that the vampire hunter secretly put her own money into the vampire’s bag. She seemed to know that the girl was leaving, so she chose to silently care for her in this way. And the vampire seemed to have noticed this. She didn’t choose to hurt the vampire hunter with the dagger, as there were no bloodstains on it. Nor did she choose to take the money. She just left alone, parting ways with the vampire hunter. Because she was afraid that if she stayed, she might fall…for her enemy, for the vampire hunter, developing feelings that shouldn’t exist. The vampire was afraid of herself like that. It wasn’t so much parting ways as it was escaping.

Adele and Tang Linlang looked at each other, feeling a bit emotional about the story’s development.

“My little girl is running away,” Adele said to Tang Linlang affectionately.

Tang Linlang knew that she was half in character and half teasing. She immediately blushed, and after a while, murmured, “…She will come back.” Your little girl, she will come back.

Adele smiled and nodded. Both realized that in the next room, they might have to temporarily separate. This was also necessary for the escape room game.

As expected, when they opened another door in the room, a wooden corridor appeared before them. The corridor split into two sides, each with a symbol representing the path they should take. Adele’s was the Desert Eagle. She was still holding the pistol, but unfortunately, she hadn’t had a chance to use it, which made her a little regretful. But this time, Adele guessed that the opportunity to use it had finally arrived.

The place Tang Linlang was going to was on the opposite side, to the right. There was also a room waiting for her there. As for what was inside, whether it was a new clue or an NPC playing a certain role, it was unknown. But if time were to rewind by ten minutes, no one would know that in the room Adele was about to enter, scarlet, twisted, indescribable magic patterns suddenly appeared on the floor and walls, like the veins formed by spreading blood. They pulsed and breathed as if alive. Finally, they slowly converged, spreading and growing like branches.

A graceful figure, like a demon queen from hell, descended upon this world. She had jet-black horns like the Mother of Black Goats, pure white hair, and scarlet amber eyes. Her skin was snow-white, and a pair of majestic bone wings unfolded behind her. Bony spikes protruded from her elbows and knees, and her fingertips were as sharp as knives.

Suddenly, the queen frowned and looked sharply at a certain spot on the wall. It was a security camera mechanically performing its task. But the next moment, the camera’s feed went black! All the captured images were distorted into garbled code by an indescribable force, impossible to restore.

Only then did the queen nod in satisfaction. Then, she looked thoughtful, as if wondering…

“Where is this?”

“Is this still the human world I’m familiar with?”

Chapter 333: Shipped It!

Tang Linlang, returning victorious, received Adele’s admiring gaze as she wished. Of course, she knew that Adele was deliberately putting on a little fan-girl act to amuse her. But Tang Linlang accepted it all. After all, this kind of unspoken understanding was what made life interesting. The two girls walked into the “couples’ theme” experience center, under the envious gazes of everyone around. For the Eastern Capital, where social customs weren’t as open as in the Vampire territory, their actions were considered quite brave.

But Adele’s bravery instantly crumbled when she saw a large spider suddenly descend from the wall. Like a deflated balloon, all her courage escaped with a scream.

“Ahhh!”

Tang Linlang embraced her and, after a moment of panic, realized it was just a toy spider. The girl couldn’t help but chuckle, feeling that it was different from what she had imagined. Initially, Tang Linlang thought Adele would bravely protect her, and she would just whimper in her arms. Later that night, she could pretend to be shy and use a kiss to stop Adele from teasing her, followed by a wonderful, indescribable night.

But in reality, Tang Linlang felt like she was the calmer one. As for Adele, it was already good enough that she dared to open her eyes during the transition between scenes. However, this gap moe was also very cute. Timid and adorable during the escape room, not even daring to open her eyes, but at night, she would transform into a lustful queen, sending Tang Linlang to cloud nine again and again. Wasn’t that great!?

Tang Linlang seemed to have settled into her submissive role. This was probably related to her personality. Linlang was inherently obedient and passive, while Adele was a cunning, aggressive, and greedy girl.

“Just kidding, welcome, esteemed guests,” a young staff member greeted them.

Adele’s expression said—I don’t find that funny at all!

The staff member, realizing his joke fell flat, laughed awkwardly and began to introduce the experience center’s couple-friendly projects. The first recommendation was naturally the horror haunted house with a beautiful and romantic love story. But Adele didn’t think horror and romance went well together. This was just a script designed to trick couples into spending money!

Next was the puzzle and adventure escape room. This one was more conventional and less scary, but unlike the first one, where couples stayed close together, this escape room had sections where they had to separate.

Finally, there was a fantasy-themed story-driven escape room! It mainly told the story of the emotional entanglement between a vampire and a vampire hunter, requiring players to find a series of clues to piece together the beginning and end of this touching love story.

Tang Linlang’s gaze was immediately fixed on this option. The attentive young staff member asked, “This is our newly launched escape room, would you two like to try it?”

Adele thought for a moment. Compared to the first horror escape room, this one was more acceptable, less scary. And compared to the second pure puzzle-solving one, it was more interesting and engaging. More importantly, Adele clearly saw the interest in Tang Linlang’s eyes! After all, the story of a vampire and a vampire hunter…wasn’t that about her and Tang Linlang!? It would be a pity to miss such a fitting theme.

So Adele readily decided, “We’ll take this one! How much?” Adele was never vague when it came to paying.

“We have several packages. The original price is 399, but we have a special offer at 288, and a premium couple’s experience upgrade package for 599, originally priced at 599.”

“Which one would you like?”

“Do you have a 998 ‘So Good You Can’t Breathe’ package?”

“Uh…” Adele stunned the staff member. A 998 ‘So Good You Can’t Breathe’ package? That would have to include an overnight stay at a love hotel. But Adele’s suggestion wasn’t bad. The staff member would report it to the boss. They just needed to reach a cooperation agreement with a nearby hotel. After finishing the escape room, they could seamlessly transfer the excited couples to the hotel, opening up a new battlefield.

Adele’s casual remark had actually revealed a great business opportunity.

“Just kidding, the 599 package is fine, Linlang, let’s do this one!” The girl said enthusiastically to the girl beside her.

Tang Linlang blushed, pursed her lips, and softly replied like a shy little woman, “Okay.”

Next, the escape room opened, and Adele and Tang Linlang entered hand in hand. Because it was a story-driven puzzle escape room, it wasn’t really about escaping. Adele and Tang Linlang had to play the roles of a vampire and a vampire hunter respectively, to reenact the story and find a way to break the curse of their forbidden love. The setting was that vampires and vampire hunters couldn’t be together, but if they completed the task, they could be together! There would be some NPCs playing villain roles, and Adele and Tang Linlang needed to use puzzle-solving, intelligence, or other methods to defeat them.

At the starting point, they needed to choose their respective roles. Tang Linlang seemed a bit stunned, as if she hadn’t expected that they needed to choose roles. Adele, on the other hand, looked excited.

“I want to play the vampire hunter!” Hearing this, Tang Linlang instantly blushed. She felt like Adele was implying something… Was this “play” vampire hunter the real kind of “play”? But Adele actually chose to play the “vampire hunter.” This role reversal was quite interesting. After all, Tang Linlang was a descendant of vampire hunters, and Adele was half-vampire, the prototype of a vampire.

The staff members of the experience center probably never imagined that the roles they were playing were fake, but these two were the real deal!

Adele received the weapon representing the vampire hunter, a Desert Eagle made of mithril. Don’t ask why it was a Desert Eagle, it was just cool! As for Tang Linlang, she received the ability of immortality.

The first chapter of the story was set in the Wild West. After a bloody battle, the vampire hunter Adele successfully killed her nemesis and rescued a girl who was being used as blood food by the vampire. But that girl was actually the vampire herself, Adele’s nemesis, the vampire Tang Linlang, known as the Flower of Mourning.

Tang Linlang, playing the vampire, disguised herself as an injured human girl and traveled with Adele. But in reality, she was constantly thinking about regaining her strength and killing the vampire hunter before her. However, the fastest way to regain her strength was to drink blood. And Adele, the powerful vampire hunter…was she the best blood provider? Moreover, did Adele really not notice her vampire identity? Or did she actually know, but was tired of the past hostility, so she pretended to be oblivious, wanting to just…be with Tang Linlang?

This plot, I’m totally shipping it! Adele exclaimed internally.

Chapter 331: Willingly Defying Conventions

While Adele and Tang Linlang were lost in their mutual affection, First Snow and Xiao Ai exchanged a knowing glance.

“Looks like we’re home alone tonight, meow,” First Snow said.

“…” Xiao Ai looked a little disappointed. But she knew that once Mama made a decision, she wouldn’t change it. Moreover, she didn’t want to make things difficult for Adele. So after sighing, she lifted her cute little face and looked at First Snow, “Then I want to play yesterday’s game!”

“Okay!”

Adele silently watched the two little ones reach an agreement and smiled slightly. Having First Snow at home to take care of Xiao Ai made Adele feel much more at ease when she had to leave the dorm.

“Wait for me a moment~,” Adele suddenly said.

Tang Linlang nodded shyly. Then she saw Adele run upstairs. Not long after, she came back down, dressed in an elegant and intellectual academy-style outfit. Tang Linlang gazed at the girl, feeling a sense of beauty and happiness.

Adele came to Tang Linlang’s side, linked arms with her, and then looked back at First Snow and Xiao Ai, who were still nestled on the sofa.

“Then Linlang and I are going out.”

“Be good at home. If you’re hungry at night, there’s food in the refrigerator, or you can order takeout with my tablet.” Adele carefully instructed the two on what to do at home. Unknowingly, she had also become a nagging older sister. It was because she was no longer alone, she had become warm and happy, but also shouldered more responsibilities.

“Bye-bye~”

“Bye-bye, meow!”

“…Goodbye, Mama.”

The moment the door closed, Tang Linlang’s heart skipped a beat. She hugged Adele from behind, resting her chin on her shoulder.

Adele’s lips curled slightly.

“Silly, we’re still at school~.”

“Have you forgotten the school rule against impure heterosexual and homosexual relationships?” the girl joked, pretending to be serious.

If it were the Tang Linlang from before, she would probably have been scared by the girl’s words and quickly withdrawn her hands. But now, she just giggled.

“I wonder who was the first one to engage in an impure relationship…”

“Oh, you’ve learned to talk back, haven’t you!?”

“I have to teach you a lesson!”

“But not here. Come on, let’s leave the school. Are we going straight to your house, or do you have other plans?” Adele turned around and took Tang Linlang’s hand.

The two walked hand in hand along the path lined with lawns and flowerbeds, heading out of the campus. Tang Linlang thought for a moment. She didn’t have any special requests for a date, as long as she could be with Adele. But she heard that there was a horror escape room experience center in the nearby mall. It seemed quite interesting, suitable for couples.

Thinking of this, Tang Linlang tentatively suggested the idea of going to the escape room. Adele immediately froze. Oh no!

She was most afraid of scary things! Adele still remembered the childhood trauma caused by zombie movies. She didn’t even dare to show her face while sleeping at night, even if the blanket made her hot and suffocated, for fear that when she opened her eyes, she would see something terrifying that would make her scream.

Tang Linlang was a considerate girl. Seeing this, she quickly waved her hand and said, “Then let’s not go, we won’t go.”

With Adele’s usual timid nature, she should have taken the opportunity to back down. But hearing Tang Linlang taking her feelings into consideration, the girl felt a little guilty. Thinking back to her interactions with Linlang, Linlang was always the one making sacrifices. As Adele’s classmate, she had more opportunities to be with Adele. But in terms of relationship progress, she was always the slowest. For example, before, other vampire girls had already developed deep relationships with Adele, but Tang Linlang was still at the stage where holding hands could make her blush and shy. And she didn’t have a strong competitive desire, instead constantly indulging and waiting.

Thinking of this, Adele realized that in this relationship, she couldn’t always be the one being cared for and pampered. Occasionally…she should also consider others! Because true love was always a two-way street. One-sided love could only create a distorted relationship!

So, the girl gritted her teeth.

“Th-Then that esc…esc…” Adele stuttered in fear. And Tang Linlang helpfully added, “Escape room.”

“Yes! Escape room, I’ll go with you!” Adele bit her tongue, using the pain to mask her fear, and blurted it out.

Although Tang Linlang was happy in her heart, the gentle girl still blinked and asked, “Aren’t you always afraid of scary things, Adele? Are you…sure?”

“No problem! Hmph, who do you think I am?”

“Besides, it’s all fake!”

“Ghosts, zombies, vampires, please, I’m a vampire, vampires are the prototypes of vampire legends!”

“If I go to an escape room, they should be the ones afraid of me!” Adele’s clever words even convinced herself, instantly boosting her confidence.

Hearing Adele’s words, Tang Linlang giggled. She held the girl’s hand tightly.

“Then let’s go now~”.

“After the escape room, we’ll go back to my house.”

“I’ll cook for you personally, wearing that new apron…” When the girl mentioned the apron, a hint of charm flashed in her eyes.

Adele couldn’t help but gulp. She seemed to realize something and licked her lips before replying ambiguously and expectantly, “Okay.”

After receiving a positive response, Tang Linlang immediately took out her phone and called her driver to pick them up.

“Wow, Linlang has become a young lady with a dedicated driver!” the girl exclaimed. Although Adele knew that after Linlang’s family sold their ancestral land and received the demolition compensation, they became extremely wealthy new money, new nobles, for a long time, Adele’s impression of her was still that of a simple girl living in an old mansion, a quiet and studious student in class. It was indeed different from a young lady with a dedicated driver.

However, this was a symbol of Tang Linlang’s rise in social status. Adele was only happy for her. Tang Linlang lowered her head shyly and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

“I’m not a young lady…”

“I’m…Adele’s…little woman.” The girl’s voice was soft, but it tickled Adele’s heart like a feather. Who would have thought that this clueless girl would learn how to say such sweet nothings!

“I can’t take it anymore!” Adele suddenly exclaimed, her breathing rapid. Then Tang Linlang felt the world spin. When she came to her senses, she was already on the clean lawn beside the sidewalk, surrounded by the fragrance of flowers, with Adele straddling her, having pushed her down. She gazed at her affectionately and slowly leaned in for a kiss.

Even though this was the school, a place where impure same-sex relationships were forbidden, Adele still chose to act on impulse. And Tang Linlang, faced with this sudden surprise, didn’t resist at all, but rather enjoyed it wholeheartedly. She was indeed an obedient and good student, but for Adele, she willingly defied conventions.

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Chapter 332: The Power of Money

Fortunately, the school was deserted during the holidays. So no one noticed the two girls’ romantic kiss on the lawn. Adele was always like this, acting on impulse, but also giving people great surprises, the kind of romantic and touching moments that would bring a smile to their faces even years later.

Tang Linlang closed her eyes, feeling as if time had slowed down, so slow that she could hear the grass growing and the flowers blooming. The gentle breeze carried the fresh scent of grass and the fragrance of flowers. And, of course, the girl’s sweetness, like candy she could never tire of.

After a long time, Adele finally parted from the girl’s lips, panting slightly, a hint of glistening moisture between them. Tang Linlang’s skirt was disheveled and slightly lifted. Adele wanted to fix it for her, but Linlang blushed and gently placed her finger on the back of Adele’s hand.

“This kind of thing…let’s do it back at my house, okay?”

“…” Adele should have explained that she just wanted to fix her skirt and had no such intentions. But somehow, she remained silent, as if admitting that she was a lewd and greedy girl. Perhaps because she knew that if Tang Linlang liked her, she would like many aspects of her. And she did have moments when her mind was full of lewd thoughts. Wasn’t Linlang’s response also acceptance? So there was no need to explain.

So the next moment, she nodded slightly. “Okay.”

Then Adele stood up first and extended her hand, pulling Tang Linlang up from the lawn. There were grass, seeds, and dust on Linlang’s clothes. Adele meticulously brushed them off. Using magic might have been easier, but Adele liked this kind of intimate contact in daily life. There was no need to save time. Time itself wasn’t important, the inner experience, and who and what you spent it on were more important. Focusing too much on time would be putting the cart before the horse.

After Tang Linlang was neat and tidy again, the two girls walked out of the school as planned.

At the school gate, a luxury car that Adele couldn’t name was parked in a prominent position. Seeing Tang Linlang, the driver immediately got out of the car respectfully and opened the door for the young lady. Tang Linlang thanked him. Adele, arm in arm with her, teased, “So stylish, my lady~”.

Tang Linlang blushed and could only murmur, “You’re always bullying me, Adele…”

“What do you mean bullying? Why wouldn’t I bully you~?” Adele said confidently.

The two sat in the back seat of the car, and Tang Linlang carefully smoothed the wrinkles on Adele’s skirt. But Adele wouldn’t let her off the hook, giggling and grabbing her wrist, guiding the shy girl’s hand to her leg where the driver couldn’t see.

Adele was wearing warm, white stockings, not the fishnet kind, but the opaque kind, lined with fleece but still with the smooth texture of silk stockings. They felt incredibly soft to the touch. Adele herself didn’t feel anything, but Tang Linlang’s breathing quickened. The girl leaned against the car window, squinting at Tang Linlang’s blushing face. It was undeniably amusing.

Tang Linlang knew that Adele was making fun of her, but she couldn’t resist the intimate contact with Adele and the soft, wonderful touch of her fingertips. So even after Adele let go of her hand, her hand seemed to have a mind of its own, slowly moving. Tang Linlang’s reason had lost to her instincts.

Adele didn’t mind if Linlang was a little greedier, taking advantage of the car ride to explore further…

The journey to the mall wasn’t long, so Adele pretended to doze off, practically saying, I’m not pretending anymore, I’m giving you a chance. But Linlang seemed a little timid. She didn’t dare to do anything more daring. She was truly different from Adele in personality. One could imagine that if it were Adele, and there was a little vixen seducing her, she wouldn’t stop until she had her way with the vixen!

But this was also one of Tang Linlang’s cute points. Adele enjoyed the girl’s caresses and didn’t rush or push her. Innocence is a consumable. Adele didn’t want Tang Linlang’s innocence to be gradually replaced by greedy desires.

The car stopped smoothly, almost without any bumps. This was the performance of a luxury car. If Adele wanted one to play with, whether it was Tang Linlang, Celeste, or Hermione, they would all unhesitatingly fulfill her wish. But Adele was too lazy to drive. It was more comfortable to sit in the passenger seat next to the girls.

Tang Linlang and Adele got out of the car from their respective doors. Tang Linlang went to the driver’s seat and instructed him on something before walking to Adele’s side with small, elegant steps. The two beautiful girls walking together easily became the center of attention. Some even suspected that Adele might be a debuting actress. Tang Linlang had more of a student aura, so in the minds of passersby, she became a student being kept by Adele!

But the reality was the opposite! Heaven knew why Adele could confidently wrap her arm around Linlang’s waist, exuding the aura of a wealthy woman.

“Is that the escape room you mentioned?” Adele looked up and pointed at the huge screen in the mall’s central atrium. It was playing an advertisement for the escape room experience center. They really spared no expense. The advertisement showed that the escape rooms were categorized into horror, puzzle, role-playing, etc.

Adele was already prepared to play the horror one. Wasn’t the fastest way to heat things up between girls to go to a horror escape room or watch a horror movie? Although cliché, this method was very effective. It was like getting physical first to quickly escalate the relationship.

“Yes, that’s it,” Tang Linlang said softly after confirming.

Hearing this, Adele immediately wrapped her arm around the girl’s slender waist.

“Then what are we waiting for! Go, go, go!” Adele, although scared to death in her heart, still acted enthusiastically in front of her girlfriend. Very cool!

Tang Linlang knew that Adele was accommodating her and felt warmth in her heart.

The two smoothly entered the mall, but instead of taking the elevator directly, they strolled from floor to floor, taking the escalators. Occasionally, Adele also wanted to go shopping. Since they were already out, the bustling crowd further lifted her spirits. Tang Linlang was also happy to take this opportunity to show off her wealth, to compensate for the deep shadow left behind not long ago when Celeste could provide Adele with a better life, and she could only watch helplessly. Because at that time, Tang Linlang was still a poor girl, while Celeste was a blonde capitalist heiress. Which side Adele should choose was obvious.

Tang Linlang was depressed for a long time because of this. But in the end, she regained her confidence with Adele’s comfort. And her father finally made the decision to “go against his ancestors” for his daughter. With one demolition, Tang Linlang’s wealth instantly caught up with the accumulation of the Celeste family over a long period. Of course, it was impossible for her to completely inherit the Celeste family’s wealth. So in terms of money, Tang Linlang had surpassed Celeste.

But unfortunately, Adele was just casually window shopping and didn’t have anything she particularly wanted to buy, wasting Tang Linlang’s intention to show off her wealth. But Adele didn’t leave empty-handed. She bought two drinks, one for each of them, and drank them with relish, using her own money.

The escape room experience center was on the third floor. Adele and Tang Linlang had anticipated that there might be more customers during the holidays. But when they arrived, they found that there were a lot of people. There were many areas inside that could accommodate several pairs of people simultaneously, but there was still a long queue in front of the experience center.

Adele looked slightly troubled, but she wasn’t anxious. She just said to Linlang, “Then let’s wait a bit longer.”

“…” But Tang Linlang didn’t want Adele to wait. So she softly said, “Let me try,” and left Adele, approaching the waiting customers one by one, asking if they could let her and Adele go first. Of course, there was compensation, and it was very generous. Linlang, the newly rich girl, finally had a chance to spend her money. No one could refuse Tang Linlang’s request, just for letting them cut in line, they could receive a hefty sum of money.

So the two naturally became the first couple to enter the experience center. Was this the power of money? Terrifying!

Chapter 330: Forever and Always

At the end of the movie, the villain’s plot was exposed, and the tsundere rabbit police officer was finally won over by the fox con artist, finally expressing her true feelings frankly. Then came the climax of the movie, the kissing scene. Adele covered Xiao Ai’s eyes, who was sitting in her lap, while she herself stared intently at the screen, her cheeks slightly flushed. But she had a reason! This kind of thing was still too early for Xiao Ai. However, the girl seemed to have forgotten who was secretly doing strange things with Seraph behind Xiao Ai’s back yesterday.

It was hard not to suspect that she was really starting to experience what it was like to be a parent. The kind where you wanted to be intimate with your lover, but because the child was right there, and the child was too young to understand, you could only wait until the child fell asleep, then suppress your voices and movements to experience the joy and passion you once had. And any slight movement from the child could make both of you freeze instantly. Although it might not be completely satisfying, looking back, it would be an unforgettable experience. Then you would look at each other, eye to eye, heart to heart, and suddenly burst out laughing. Suddenly feeling that being an old married couple was also great!

But now, Adele and her “wings” were still in the honeymoon phase. It would be a long time before they reached the old married couple stage.

Finally, the rabbit and fox furry lesbians on screen finished kissing. Adele released her hands from Xiao Ai’s eyes. Xiao Ai had a “…” expression. She had been looking forward to it, wanting to see how it was portrayed on TV, to make a little preparation for her future with Mama… Would they stick out their tongues? Would they lick their teeth? Xiao Ai started to have some strange thoughts.

And Adele was still complacent, thinking that she had protected Xiao Ai’s innocence. The girl’s IQ instantly dropped to zero when she was with someone close to her!

“Linlang! What did you think of the movie!?” Adele excitedly asked the girl closest to her for her thoughts. At this moment, Tang Linlang was already tidying up the takeout boxes on the coffee table and cleaning up like a virtuous wife and mother. Hearing Adele’s question, she looked up, tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, and smiled, “It was very good. And I feel like Adele is a bit like the protagonist.”

“Eh! I’m not a tsundere!” Adele wasn’t tsundere at all, just dere. Besides, if she had to say who Adele resembled, it would be the rabbit officer with the large chest… Tang Linlang chuckled.

“I was talking about the fox.”

“! Linlang, are you saying I’m a con artist!?” The fox’s role in the movie wasn’t entirely righteous. At first, she did cheat and deceive, and was even caught and put in jail by the rabbit officer. But she wasn’t inherently bad, and after falling in love with the rabbit officer, she gradually changed her ways and eventually stopped the villain’s plot. It was worth mentioning that the fox was the dominant one, and the rabbit officer was the submissive one. But actually, when the rabbit officer handcuffed the taller fox, she had quite a dominant aura. At least, Adele briefly shipped the unconventional pairing.

But that didn’t affect her preference for the soft and tsundere rabbit and her slight aversion to the smooth-talking fox. In her heart, she also considered herself a pure little rabbit, not a deceitful fox! That’s why she cared about Linlang saying she was like a fox.

But Tang Linlang hurriedly waved her hand and explained, “N-No, I didn’t mean Adele was a con artist.”

“I mean, Adele is always so smart and…cunning, giving off the same feeling as the fox.”

“But these are all good qualities! Qualities I like…” Saying this, Tang Linlang glanced at Xiao Ai and consciously held back her next words.

Adele blinked, her heart fluttering at this sudden confession.

“~”

“So that’s how it is.” Adele tasted the sweetness and didn’t pursue it further, turning to the silent cat-girl First Snow, “What about you, First Snow!?”

First Snow seemed a bit dazed, still staring at the ending credits rolling on the screen. Her tail, within Adele’s reach, swayed behind her. Adele grabbed it without hesitation.

“Meow!” A cat’s tail was very sensitive. First Snow immediately turned around, looking up at Adele with adorable eyes.

“…My thoughts, meow?”

“Ugh, I think it’s strange.”

“Eh? What’s strange?”

“It’s just strange, the whole thing is strange!”

Adele immediately perked up her ears, ready to hear First Snow’s thoughts. Had she overlooked some foreshadowing or hint in the movie? Was there another villain? It seemed true that the ending was a bit too easy. Could it be that the real villain hadn’t been caught, and there would be a post-credit scene? Then the fox would suddenly turn around, half her face shrouded in shadow, and give a wicked smile? Adele’s thoughts gave her goosebumps.

But under her anticipation, First Snow’s response, the thing she was truly concerned about, was…

“Why are the animals all fluffy when they turn into humans!?”

“I’m speechless!” Adele thought, Guys, I’m truly speechless today.

But perhaps Adele needed to take this seriously. Because First Snow looked horrified and dazed, as if her understanding of something had been completely overturned. Could it be…that when I transform into a cat-girl, I should be fluffy!? Not like now, with smooth, fair skin, basically the same appearance as a human, just with a pair of cute, fluffy ears and a tail.

If she didn’t properly address First Snow’s current feelings, one day she might become a “furry,” and Adele would regret it! Adele seemed to realize this. This was a major issue concerning the girl’s self-perception. So she quickly explained, “But First Snow is cute just the way you are now!”

“That’s just the movie’s anthropomorphic interpretation of animals.”

“First Snow, you’re perfect just the way you are!”

“…Really, Sister Adele?” First Snow’s expression softened slightly, and she looked into the girl’s eyes earnestly.

Adele’s response was naturally a gentle comfort and embrace.

“Of course it’s true, silly.” She stroked the girl’s fluffy ears, expressing her affection with actions. First Snow was indeed receptive to this and soon returned to her usual lively self.

Tang Linlang also finished cleaning the table at this time. Adele secretly kissed her cheek when no one was looking. Linlang’s heart pounded like a deer.

But then Adele raised her arm high, holding a game controller in her hand. She announced, “So, let’s play games!” Everyone’s attention was drawn to her, no one looking at Tang Linlang. She could slowly savor the happiness brought by that kiss.

The girl’s words were met with positive responses. First Snow and Xiao Ai were clearly more enthusiastic about games than movies. Perhaps the younger you were, the more interested and serious you were about games. But once you grew up, it was difficult to accept slow progress, and you only wanted instant gratification in games, which made games less interesting.

After connecting the console to the screen, Adele started distributing the controllers. She took the pink one, Xiao Ai the red one, First Snow the white one, and Tang Linlang the black one. All colors matched their images. They were playing a party game, as the name suggested, a game played at parties. Multiplayer levels, competing with each other, and many mini-games to liven up the atmosphere. Even the shy Tang Linlang had a lot of fun.

Adele was very competitive, but her luck was even better. Every time she rolled the dice, she got a high number. Perhaps this was also related to the type of dice she chose. The dice she chose were true “gambler’s dice.” Either the highest three numbers or the lowest three numbers. And Adele, blessed by the holy words “Call me a gambling monster,” succeeded again and again, eventually winning the game.

Xiao Ai came in second, First Snow third, and Tang Linlang, who wasn’t competitive and wasn’t good at games, came in fourth, but she looked as happy as Adele. Seeing this, Adele muttered, “Maybe I should add a penalty…”

Time unknowingly passed until evening. The sun set outside the window, and Adele stretched comfortably. For Tang Linlang, the movie had ended, and the games were fun. It seemed like everything was perfect. Even if today’s date was postponed, she wouldn’t have any complaints. Perhaps…there was still a little regret. But Adele seemed tired and needed to rest for a while. If, at this time, she only cared about herself and made Adele force herself, Tang Linlang would feel very bad. And it would also go against the original intention of their feelings.

So after a meaningful silence, Tang Linlang took the initiative to say, “M-Maybe…the date…should be postponed to next time.”

“I had a lot of fun with everyone today.”

“I should go home now.” Tang Linlang smiled with her eyes closed. Was she afraid of letting others see the disappointment in her eyes? The considerate girl was good at wronging herself for others. But wasn’t she the most pitiful one?

Adele suddenly took Tang Linlang’s hand, regardless of First Snow and Xiao Ai watching from the side, and looked into the girl’s eyes earnestly. She waited until Tang Linlang’s pupils trembled and her eyelids gradually opened, then said in a firm voice, “I’ll go home with you.”

The girl’s voice was actually soft and cute, but at this moment, no one would doubt her determination. This moment, although fleeting, felt like an eternity to Tang Linlang.

Chapter 329: An Interesting Movie

Outside Adele’s dorm:

“Ding-dong!” Tang Linlang pressed the doorbell only once and waited patiently. She would only press it a second time, or knock gently, if Adele happened not to hear. The girl’s shy and reserved personality was evident. At this moment, she was still wondering if she had chosen the right shade of lipstick, if it looked strange and inappropriate for her age.

Then, the familiar sound of footsteps, which Tang Linlang would never mistake for anyone else’s, came “da-da-da” from inside. Tang Linlang immediately took a deep breath, straightened her chest, and put her long, slender legs together, waiting for the door to open and her first glimpse of Adele.

“Linlang!” Adele’s actions were even more “Adele-like” than she imagined. Hmm… “Adele” has unknowingly become an adjective.

The moment the door opened, the girl immediately rushed towards Tang Linlang, who was wearing winter clothes but still looked beautiful and slender. Tang Linlang stumbled from Adele’s weight, but didn’t fall, instead embracing Adele’s delicate body. A sweet smile appeared on her lips. She was deeply moved. Perhaps, precisely because Adele was the kind of girl…who could give her all to you, Tang Linlang also chose to dedicate everything to Adele.

At the window on the second floor, First Snow and Xiao Ai poked their heads out, one on the left and one on the right, staring at the scene below. First Snow’s expression was one of habit, but Xiao Ai seemed a bit concerned. So First Snow pulled Xiao Ai closer and, as someone with experience, comforted her, “Sister Adele is just so charming, we all like her, so how can we stop others from liking her?”

She could tell at a glance that Xiao Ai’s feelings for Adele weren’t right. It wasn’t the kind of affection between mother and daughter. But they weren’t actually mother and daughter, it would be strange if there was such affection.

“…” Xiao Ai didn’t speak. No one knew what her silence meant. But she agreed with First Snow on one point. Adele was indeed too charming. And without her former naiveté, she was a blooming flower that never withered. It was better for the bees and butterflies attracted by her fragrance to each enjoy their own share of sweetness than to fight to the death and miss the girl’s blooming period. So it was better for the girl to keep her petals open.

So Xiao Ai rationally changed her train of thought and asked First Snow, “Then, Sister First Snow, what is that girl to Mama?” Xiao Ai’s communication was fine, but occasionally she would omit words or use inappropriate expressions. She probably wanted to ask, “What is that girl’s relationship with Mama?” But First Snow, having lived in the human world for many years, easily understood.

So First Snow explained to Xiao Ai based on her understanding, “She’s called Tang Linlang, she’s Sister Adele’s classmate, meow.”

“Do you know what ‘classmate’ means?”

“…What does it mean?” Xiao Ai blinked her big eyes.

“It means studying together in the classroom at school, meow!”

“What does ‘school’ mean? What does ‘classroom’ mean?”

“Meow!? School is…” First Snow started to painstakingly explain to Xiao Ai. But often, one sentence would contain several words Xiao Ai didn’t understand. Then First Snow had to explain those words one by one. So teaching without mind-reading is…this difficult. First Snow soon gave up, raising her cat tail in surrender. I’m not teaching anymore, meow! Why is it so easy for Sister Adele to teach Xiao Ai!

Meanwhile, Adele and Tang Linlang had moved indoors. Their conversation continued. This was their first time seeing each other since the holidays began, so they had endless things to say, countless things they wanted the other to know. But the most surprising thing for Tang Linlang was undoubtedly Xiao Ai’s existence. This was also one of the main reasons why Adele invited Tang Linlang to her dorm to enjoy a takeout feast.

Their meeting began with Adele saying, “I have a surprise for you.” But whether the “surprise” Adele mentioned was more surprising or more joyful for Tang Linlang remained to be seen. Adele herself was also nervous. But since everyone else had accepted Xiao Ai’s existence, Linlang shouldn’t be an exception.

Thinking this, the girl opened her dorm room door. Tang Linlang closed her eyes dramatically, but Adele immediately told her to open them with a smile. Then, the girl saw a scene she would never forget. Ignoring the cat-girl First Snow, the problem was, why were there…two Adeles, one big and one small, in front of her!? Had Adele learned some kind of cloning technique!? Like a forbidden blood magic that could create another self? If that were the case, being intimate with little Adele…with Tang Linlang’s honest personality, she might not be able to accept it. It wasn’t something she could do just by using the excuse “She’s also Adele.”

It had to be said that Tang Linlang had a rich imagination, even coming up with cloning techniques. But soon, Xiao Ai’s gaze made Tang Linlang quickly realize how unrealistic her thoughts were. It was a gaze distinctly different from Adele’s. They said the eyes were the windows to the soul, and Tang Linlang finally understood the meaning of this phrase at this moment. Xiao Ai’s eyes belonged to a completely different, independent soul, entirely different from Adele’s.

“Who…who is she?” Tang Linlang asked Adele for confirmation.

Unexpectedly, before Adele could answer, Xiao Ai responded to the girl’s question. She greeted her politely, “Hello, Sister Linlang, my name is…Xiao Ai.”

“I’m Mama’s daughter.”

“My daughter~” Adele added proudly. Unaware that Tang Linlang, like many before her, was struck by lightning. Daughter…Adele has a daughter… Tang Linlang felt a sense of crisis. Is this the legendary ‘bringing your daughter to a date’ strategy!? And the daughter looks exactly like a younger Adele! This is too much!

First Snow couldn’t stand it anymore and hurriedly explained. After her “this and that, like this and like that” explanation, Tang Linlang finally understood that Adele and Xiao Ai weren’t blood-related. Xiao Ai was a being Adele brought out from a secret realm in the vampire territory, and even Adele couldn’t confirm her identity at the moment. But because of her prematurely overflowing maternal instincts, and because Xiao Ai was indeed very well-behaved, she kept her by her side and treated her like a daughter.

Now, Adele was being completely open and honest with her, without any secrets. So Tang Linlang’s feelings were complicated, somewhere between surprise and a slight happiness.

First Snow puffed out her chest proudly, thinking that it was thanks to her that a shuraba didn’t happen. But Xiao Ai seemed to be trying to accept the women around Sister Adele, so perhaps a shuraba wouldn’t have happened in the first place? Well, anyway, I still worked hard!

Just then, the doorbell rang again. Adele’s eyes lit up.

“The takeout is here!” Delivery drivers weren’t allowed inside Cromwell Academy, but there were dedicated personnel to deliver takeout to the students’ dorms. This academy housed many vampire nobles, so they could afford this labor cost.

Adele received the takeout she ordered from the school staff. It was delivered on a small food cart, showing just how much takeout she had ordered. It was all food suitable for a happy gathering: fried chicken, pizza, fries, cola, barbecue skewers, and of course, the small yellow croaker fish and squid that First Snow always ordered. Coincidentally, the two game consoles and controllers Adele ordered yesterday were also delivered. This way, Adele, Linlang, First Snow, and Xiao Ai could play party games together. Adele, a homebody, was infecting the people around her with her lifestyle. But wasn’t Tang Linlang originally a homebody? Her family had declined, she had been poor since childhood, and because of her special identity, she didn’t have friends to hang out with, so it was natural for her to be a homebody.

Therefore, she was very much looking forward to this kind of gathering. Adele had unintentionally fulfilled her wish.

The girl quickly set out the takeout on the coffee table in the living room downstairs. Then she connected the game console to the TV screen. That’s right, there was a TV in Cromwell Academy’s dorms. It was just that few people watched TV these days, so it had been left unused by Adele. But now it finally had a purpose.

With her past life experience, Adele quickly connected the console and the TV. But the girl wasn’t in a hurry to start the party game. Instead, she disconnected the console and decided to watch a movie. It would be so relaxing to eat takeout and watch a movie together. Considering First Snow and Xiao Ai, Adele specifically chose an animated movie from this world. Definitely, definitely not because she wanted to watch it herself!

The movie was about a rabbit police officer and a fox con artist. It sounded so similar to…Zootopia! Perhaps there was some indescribable connection between the two worlds. Adele could explain this by simply thinking that this was a world within a book written by an author. But she didn’t seem to consider that there were many types of authors. Some wrote original stories, and some wrote fan fiction. So which kind was the author of this book? Original was easy to understand. If it was fan fiction, then was Adele actually a character from another work? This work could be a novel, an anime, or even a legend or a story.

Ahem, getting off track. Back to the movie. Actually, it was fundamentally different from the animated movie in Adele’s previous life. For example, the protagonists in this movie, the rabbit police officer and the fox con artist, were both female characters. They met because of a misunderstanding, resolved the misunderstanding through bonding, and finally had a happy ending, happily getting together~

Adele watched and ate with relish! And Xiao Ai also watched attentively. Movies were such interesting things. She felt like…she had learned a lot.

Chapter 328: Linlang’s Turn

Early in the morning, Adele woke up in a daze. She involuntarily tightened her embrace around the soft body in her arms, murmuring “Seraph…” and was about to kiss her. But just then, Adele woke up completely and realized that the person nestled in her arms was Xiao Ai, fast asleep.

“…!” That was close! It was a good thing she opened her blurry eyes and took a closer look. Otherwise, she didn’t know how embarrassed she would be. Although Adele knew that Xiao Ai wasn’t her biological daughter, that they weren’t blood-related, which meant that in the future, it was possible… But Xiao Ai was still so young. If Adele could still develop an “interest” in Xiao Ai like this, then she would be too depraved!

The girl’s drowsiness vanished instantly because of this sudden situation. She tiptoed out of bed and walked downstairs to the bathroom, mentally cursing that stupid angel Seraph who always came and went without a trace, without saying goodbye!

“Seraph, I know you can hear me.”

“You’re an idiot, an idiot!”

“Next time, I’ll make your legs so weak that you can’t run away!” Adele’s temper was always direct, and she spoke to the air with great momentum. Regardless of whether Seraph actually saw all this, it was enough for the girl to vent her frustration.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to anyone, Xiao Ai, left on the bed, suddenly opened her eyes. She hugged herself, sniffing the faint scent of Adele on the sheets, her eyes showing a hint of disappointment and regret. Why can the angel sister…but I can’t? I’m so unwilling.

She narrowed her eyes and softly called out “Mama…”, imagining what Adele and Seraph had done last night after she turned around. But for the little girl, it was a completely blank area. If only Mama could teach her… Xiao Ai had a certain confidence that she could learn and do it no worse than anyone else.

After washing up in the bathroom, Adele noticed a message on her phone. The girl curiously lit up the screen and, seeing the familiar nickname “Linlang,” her eyes instantly brightened. It was, of course, her classmate, Tang Linlang, who came from a family of vampire hunters. After going to the vampire territory for the holidays, Adele hadn’t seen her for many days and missed her dearly. As for Tang Linlang, she was even more lonely.

She had finally looked forward to Adele’s return through other means. She even gently gave the girl a day to rest and recover, instead of disturbing her. And after the day ended, in the early morning when Adele should have woken up, she couldn’t wait to send a greeting message.

Tang Linlang’s kindness towards Adele was always like this, subtle and silent. Adele might never notice. But she didn’t need Adele to notice.

Linlang: Good morning, Adele.

Linlang: It’s a bit cold today, stay warm.

Linlang: If you’re free, can we have dinner together tonight?

Linlang: You choose the place, anywhere is fine, or you can come to my house…I’ve been learning to cook recently.

Linlang: I even bought a new apron.

The girl’s messages came one after another, making Adele’s eyes spin. But soon, she stopped, seemingly worried that her excessive enthusiasm would bother Adele. Adele held her phone, her heart warmed. She gently tapped the soft keyboard with her slender fingers to reply to the girl’s messages. It was worth mentioning that Adele was a firm believer in the 26-key keyboard.

Adele: I’m free, of course I’m free!

Adele: Hehe, the food Linlang makes, Linlang~ must be delicious!

Tang Linlang was currently in the kitchen, pouring fresh milk into her glass with one hand and holding her phone in the other, her gaze shifting back and forth. She didn’t want to miss any message from the girl. And her wish came true. When she received Adele’s reply, Tang Linlang’s heart raced, especially seeing the sentence “Linlang~ must be delicious!” The girl’s feelings couldn’t be described with words. Was Adele talking about the food, or something else? But no matter what, Tang Linlang…would let the girl have a good taste.

Ugh, the milk, the milk is overflowing! The girl panicked, but she managed to handle it and then replied to Adele’s message.

Linlang: Then…when should we meet? Every minute and every second of Tang Linlang’s time could belong to Adele. She didn’t have many friends, due to her family’s decline and her identity as a descendant of vampire hunters. Only after meeting Adele did she finally understand what friendship meant. Although now, this friendship had long since evolved into…love that she yearned for day and night.

Adele: At noon, come to my dorm.

Adele: Remember to bring your student ID, otherwise the guard will stop you.

Linlang: Are you planning to make lunch yourself, Adele? The girl was looking forward to tasting Adele’s cooking. But after sending this message, Adele’s expression became a bit awkward.

Adele: Ahem, maybe…takeout.

Adele: My cooking skills…let’s just say I don’t have any.

Adele: But I can cook rice! Meaning, wash the rice and use a rice cooker.

Linlang: Then the rice Adele cooks must be fragrant. Tang Linlang didn’t dislike the girl’s lack of life skills and still praised her. Adele scratched her hair on the other end, “Ehehe.”

Adele: Gotta go, I’m making breakfast. Clearly, in Adele’s mind, making breakfast, like frying an egg or cooking noodles, couldn’t be considered cooking.

Linlang: Okay~ Their conversation ended there.

Adele went to the kitchen and started bustling about. At some point, the petite girl with black hair and pink eyes came to the kitchen door. As she leaned against the doorframe and looked into the kitchen, Adele’s graceful figure in the light instantly captured the girl’s full attention.

What a beautiful scene. The rising sun, like snowflakes, shone through the kitchen window, falling on the girl’s hair and shoulders. As the girl wielded the spatula, the light seemed to dance. Anyone would be instinctively attracted to such a girl. If it were a wandering spirit, it would also innocently imitate her appearance when taking form, right?

Of course, Xiao Ai didn’t know what she was. A lonely ghost, or a spirit born in the Blood Secret Realm? Since her birth in the Blood Secret Realm, her consciousness had been vague and blurry, with only the instinct to distinguish between good and evil, and to escape and hide. The vampires who entered the Secret Realm were all bad, especially the True Ancestors. They stole power that didn’t belong to them. But one True Ancestor was an exception. She voluntarily returned the stolen power to the Secret Realm. She was True Ancestor Xina.

During this time, Lady Chen Xi would hold a private memorial service for her. And Xiao Ai vaguely remembered that she was born the moment True Ancestor Xina returned the power. To be precise, she was originally just a formless spirit. But when Xina returned that drop of God’s blood to the Secret Realm, Xiao Ai gained a body, the petite form she had now. She wasn’t the thirteenth drop of God’s blood, but she was born because of that drop of God’s blood.

And at that time, she had never seen Adele, but she took on the exact same appearance as Adele when she was young. No one knew what this meant. Xiao Ai didn’t know either. But when she sensed Adele’s existence from the Secret Realm, she finally found the meaning of her life. To live was for Adele!

Then everything that followed happened. Xiao Ai accidentally became Adele’s daughter. Because she found that the moment she saw Adele, the only sound she could make was “mama,” so she called out. Adele, being careless, readily accepted it.

“Xiao Ai~ what are you peeking at?” Although Adele had noticed the little one’s burning gaze early on, she just hummed a tune casually, not paying much attention. It wasn’t until she finished frying the eggs and was about to put them on a plate, adding soy sauce, that she called out.

“…Looking at…beautiful Mama.” She could already use most everyday language, including the names of all the furniture and appliances in this dorm. Adele and First Snow had taught her these in one day. As they said, nothing was impossible for a willing heart. And Xiao Ai was inherently intelligent.

Adele suspected that even if she gave Xiao Ai a dictionary and let her figure it out on her own, while a day might be too much, in a week or a month, she might actually learn everything in the dictionary.

Adele blushed. She was still the same, easily flattered.

“Not really~ just average beauty, there are many more beautiful than me.”

“Like your Aunt Hermione, Aunt Dorothy…” Adele wanted to be modest, but Xiao Ai didn’t listen, stubbornly murmuring, “Mama is the most beautiful, bad women are not beautiful…”

“Eh, why are they bad women?” Adele asked curiously.

“…” Xiao Ai didn’t answer. But in her heart, she was saying, They steal my Mama, so they are bad women. Although Xiao Ai was unfamiliar with this world and had no common sense, she shouldn’t have a sense of morality. But she cleverly realized that with Adele’s attitude towards her, she shouldn’t express her feelings for her mother. Otherwise, it might create an irreparable rift between them. And because of this, she seemed to be naturally a step behind other girls, those girls who had a close relationship with Mama. But Xiao Ai chose to work hard silently, to catch up with them one day, and subtly make Mama accept her…and accept her care and love.

“Can you take the milk out of the refrigerator and pour it into glasses?”

“Mm…okay.” Xiao Ai volunteered. She opened the refrigerator, stood on tiptoe, and took out the milk carton with her small hands. Then she took two transparent glasses from the cupboard and placed them on the counter, which was only slightly lower than herself. She struggled to open the cap and carefully poured two glasses of milk. Finally, she didn’t put the milk back in the refrigerator, but turned to Adele and asked, “Mama, should I add milk to Sister First Snow’s bowl too?”

“Eh~ you actually care about First Snow? Sure, go ahead~!” Adele’s expression bloomed like a flower, showing surprise and joy. Nothing was more comforting than a well-behaved and polite child. And the “bowl” Xiao Ai mentioned was the water bowl used by First Snow in her cat form, upstairs in Adele’s bedroom.

After getting permission, Xiao Ai padded upstairs, added milk to First Snow’s bowl, and added a bowl of cat food. Then she left the bedroom, returned to the kitchen, and put the milk back in the refrigerator.

Adele also brought the toast, golden fried eggs, and two glasses of milk from the kitchen to the dining room.

“Xiao Ai, come and have breakfast.”

“What kind of jam do you like, strawberry or blueberry?”

“Strawberry, meow.”

“Pfft, why are you imitating Sister First Snow?”

“That privilege belongs to Mama, meow!” Adele was really something. She had never seen a “Mama” competing with a child for the right to act cute. But she quickly waved her hand and said with a smile, “Just kidding, Xiao Ai is so cute when she meows, meow again!”

Hearing this, Xiao Ai’s eyes lit up. The next moment, she clenched her small hands into fists, raised them to her cheeks, and imitated First Snow’s voice, “Meow meow~”

Adele covered her nose. She felt her HP instantly drop to zero! Was this the power of a soft and cute little loli!? Crap…if this goes on…I might fall for Xiao Ai! And Xiao Ai looked almost exactly like her younger self. Rounding up, she was falling for her childhood self! This is so messed up, even a pervert would find it perverted!

A faint smile, like a fox’s, appeared on Xiao Ai’s lips. It seemed she had sensed her mother’s current feelings through mind-reading. But she didn’t continue to act cute or do anything unnecessary. Too much sweetness would eventually be noticed and disliked.

Adele blushed slightly, picked up a slice of toast, and spread a layer of strawberry jam on it with a small spoon before handing it to Xiao Ai. The bread was ordinary sliced bread, but because it was freshly toasted, it was soft and fluffy, emitting a warm fragrance. Coupled with the sweetness of the strawberry jam, Xiao Ai ate it with relish. And in front of her, there was also a perfectly golden fried egg waiting for her. The fried egg didn’t need salt, just a little soy sauce after it was cooked was enough.

The mother and daughter’s breakfast passed by simply and unpretentiously. When they returned to the bedroom, they found a little kitty in the corner, who had come without notice, licking the milk in her bowl, “Lick, lick, lick~”.

Adele came to First Snow’s side, squatted down, and gently petted her.

“Meow~” First Snow turned around and meowed cutely at her, milk stains on her white whiskers, looking adorable.

The rest of the day was no different from usual. First Snow and Xiao Ai played games, and Adele played on her computer, checking if the game console she ordered yesterday had arrived. It was like a different world version of the Switch. The girl bought three at once, just enough for First Snow and Xiao Ai to play online together, or to play party games when there were more people. After all, with Adele’s current dorm conditions, there probably wasn’t enough space for multiple computers. But the room Sharon had lived in could also be used. Adele just needed to ask Sharon.

Adele acted very generously, showing off in front of First Snow and Xiao Ai. But no one knew that she was actually spending Celeste and Tang Linlang’s money! As for whose money specifically, Adele had too many cards now, she didn’t know, anyway, they all had a lot of money…

Just like that, the holiday leisurely passed until noon. With the sound of a crisp doorbell, Adele’s eyes lit up. She knew who it was, Linlang! The next moment, the girl ran downstairs in her socks, forgetting to put on her slippers. She didn’t forget to turn around and say to the stunned First Snow and Xiao Ai, “I’m going to get a friend!”

Chapter 327: More Delicious Than All the World’s Knowledge

Seraph’s warning startled Adele. The angel wouldn’t say such a thing unless she had noticed something others hadn’t. But the girl still wanted to defend Victoria. After a day of interaction, aside from Victoria’s occasional overly forward and intimate actions, she was actually a good woman. Adele had developed a certain fondness for her.

“I don’t know about that…”

“But I think Headmistress Winona and so many powerful mages in the magical world have already confirmed Victoria’s identity.”

“With their knowledge and understanding of Victoria…I think they shouldn’t be wrong.”

Seraph didn’t refute Adele directly, only saying, “Indeed, I hope my intuition is wrong.” It wasn’t just intuition, but an angel’s instinct for detecting enemies. Victoria gave her a bad feeling. Such women, like Xiao Ai and Victoria, appearing around Adele again and again, was clearly not a good sign. But she chose to say this, undoubtedly considering Adele’s feelings. The cold, machine-like angel girl had unknowingly grown to the point where she could consider others’ feelings.

And she didn’t seem to consider that if Xiao Ai and Victoria were both dangerous, posing a threat to angels and the “Lord,” then what kind of being was Adele, who attracted even them?

Adele suddenly reached out and embraced Seraph like a doll. The angel girl blushed at this sudden intimacy. But unlike others, Seraph’s shyness was always hidden deep inside. So no matter how outrageous Adele’s actions were towards her, she rarely expressed it directly.

“Come on, Seraph, don’t think too much~”

“Relax, it’s boring to always be so serious and expressionless.”

“Whether the person who came out of that chaotic space is Victoria or not, at least in terms of attitude towards life, she might be much better than you, Seraph.”

It was true. Victoria was actively embracing everything in the modern world, actively facing life, even actively hitting on girls? Anyway, it was something like that. Although she also grieved for the past and the departed loved ones, it wasn’t good to let sadness linger and affect her life, to dwell on it. Seraph was too rigid, influenced by the command of that so-called “Lord” for thousands of years, only loosening up after meeting Adele. Adele thought this was a good change.

But Seraph wavered, suspecting it was a precursor to her fall. She was confused and lost, but she couldn’t refuse Adele’s embrace, the warmth and comfort she offered.

“Can I really relax…Adele?” she murmured.

A glint of mischief flashed in Adele’s eyes. She rested her chin on Seraph’s shoulder and nibbled on the girl’s earlobe.

“Mmm…!” It felt like the Seraph of the past, who rarely moaned, like an exquisite doll of desire, was now becoming more and more adorable, more and more like a real human. Whether her heart now leaned more towards her angelic form or this human body she created was unknown.

Adele glanced at Xiao Ai, who was staring at them, curiously observing Mama biting the angel’s ear. She signaled Xiao Ai to be obedient, not to look or use her mind-reading. Xiao Ai pursed her lips, looking a bit unwilling, but she still obediently followed her mother’s instructions.

Fortunately, Xiao Ai was an honest child, the type who kept her word. Otherwise, Adele wouldn’t dare to be so unrestrained with other girls in front of her. After all, for a curious child, the influence would be too negative. But even though she wasn’t looking, the little one’s fantasies never stopped. It was unknown how this would affect Xiao Ai, but everything had a process of quantitative change leading to qualitative change. If similar things kept happening around Xiao Ai, one day she might be tempted by the astray flower and head in an unpredictable direction.

But that wasn’t something Adele would consider now. She focused all her attention on the angel girl Seraph, firmly believing that Seraph was a doll that existed for her. Seraph didn’t deny this. But she felt a strange thrill. Because of Xiao Ai’s presence, she couldn’t react subconsciously to Adele’s actions. She endured. When Adele gently bit her neck, she endured. When Adele’s hand slipped into her silver-white dress, she endured. Even when more outrageous things were done to her, she didn’t dare make a sound. Only slight gasps were particularly noticeable in the quiet night.

Adele didn’t expect Seraph to be so sensitive today. In no time…it happened. Silently, she withdrew her hand from beneath the girl’s skirt, admiring the glistening moisture in the moonlight. Seraph turned around, her face flushed with a spring-tide blush, no longer icy. Her eyes trembled as she gazed at Adele, at her fingertips. She seemed to have something to say, but in the end, she couldn’t say it. Instead, Adele tentatively touched Seraph’s lips with the fingertip she had just used.

She wasn’t actually malicious, just wanting to tease Seraph. If Seraph didn’t want to, that was fine. Adele understood the principle of not doing to others what you wouldn’t want done to yourself. But Seraph just shrugged and closed her eyes, obediently taking Adele’s finger into her mouth.

“…” Such a good angel. Adele was slightly surprised, but also looked satisfied. After Seraph licked her finger clean, she even opened her mouth and stuck out her pink tongue, showing Adele that she had swallowed everything.

Adele’s breathing became rapid, and she pounced on Seraph. The two lay on the bed, gazing into each other’s eyes. Xiao Ai, with her back to them, seemed to be fast asleep. The little one had played with First Snow for a long time and was probably tired.

“Let’s be gentle, slow~,” Adele whispered into Seraph’s ear.

Seraph’s expression remained unchanged, but her blush deepened. She nodded and murmured an indistinct “Mm.”

………………

Late at night, in the residence arranged by Headmistress Winona, Victoria sat before the glowing computer screen, seemingly tireless. Her gaze greedily swept across the documents on the computer, reading and memorizing the information within, at an incredibly fast speed. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say she could read ten lines at a glance. But even this learning ability wasn’t enough to satisfy her. She even murmured in a daze, “This human body is such a burden…”

The moment she came to her senses, Victoria shuddered. She wondered what she had just said…or rather, from what perspective and identity had she said those words? What did “human body” mean? Was her soul no longer human?

Victoria’s head started to hurt again. She gritted her teeth and held her forehead. It was the same when she met that girl named Adele. With Victoria’s consideration for women, she knew that sharing a straw would bother people. But she instinctively wanted to get close to that girl. Why? Was it her own will, or the will of something else? Was that monster…really dead in that space? Or was it hiding in her body, in her soul… No! Victoria was certain it was dead! And she had killed it herself. Otherwise, the sacrifice of that entire generation of mages wouldn’t have been meaningful.

Victoria could deny everything, but she couldn’t deny their efforts and struggles, including her own. Moreover, Victoria had already used various magic to verify and hadn’t found any traces of the otherworldly monster parasitizing her body. She had also undergone numerous examinations by both the magical world and modern science. Physically, there was no problem. Only the ethereal soul couldn’t be examined.

So, was her soul polluted? Was that why she had become like that monster, with an insatiable thirst for knowledge, like a glutton, tirelessly learning everything about this era? Whether it was electrical appliances, smartphones, or computers, Victoria could master them incredibly quickly, to the point where she felt that this human body couldn’t contain this higher-dimensional learning ability. Was this powerful ability a blessing from God, or a curse from the monster?

Victoria clutched her head in pain, unable to find an answer. She wanted to endure, to do nothing, to think and learn nothing. But this greed for knowledge was even more addictive than the strongest hallucinogen, something even a legendary mage couldn’t resist.

Victoria was afraid. Because she didn’t know where this thirst for knowledge would lead her. To heaven, or hell? And what she feared even more was that the girl’s image lingered in her mind. She seemed even more delicious than all the knowledge in the world…