Category: The Vampire Eldest Miss Thinks I Like Her

Chapter 27: You Have Arrived

Setting aside those thoughts for now, the current Adele was just an ordinary girl who was particularly happy because her grades were better than her classmates’. The slight displeasure she felt earlier because Jasmine was sitting opposite her instead of beside her had vanished during their conversation.

But inevitably, Adele would ask, “Jasmine, can I drink your blood?”

“Please excuse me, but I must decline.” Jasmine lowered her eyes slightly, resolutely refusing Adele. Adele grumbled, “Why not! I want to drink blood!” She even got up from her seat and walked towards Jasmine.

She stretched out her hands, gripping the armrests of the sofa chair. She looked down at Jasmine, her silvery-white hair cascading forward and falling in front of Jasmine’s eyes as she bent down.

Jasmine slightly raised her head, meeting Adele’s gaze. Her crimson eyes revealed that she was not human. The nearby lamp emitted a faint glow, making the atmosphere seem dangerous.

Adele was very different from other vampires. Most vampires didn’t like to turn on lights. Despite having such convenient things, they rarely used them. Vampires were nocturnal creatures with excellent night vision, capable of reading text in the dark.

Jasmine also had good night vision, even better than vampires and werewolves, thanks to her cheat ability. But she didn’t like doing things in the dark. It was a matter of habit. This habit was difficult to satisfy in most cases. The dining hall, the servants’ quarters, even the paths at night, none of them had lights on. Jasmine couldn’t just beat up the people in charge and force them to turn on the lights.

But Adele was different. She considered Jasmine’s habits and preferences. As long as it was her room, the lights would always be on.

Although Adele’s actions were somewhat threatening and the atmosphere had become tense, Jasmine knew that Adele would never attack her… Even if she did, she wouldn’t be able to defeat her anyway.

Adele narrowed her crimson eyes, “Jasmine, let me drink your blood, please.” Without the “please” at the end, it would have been a complete order. But with the addition of that word, it became a girl’s coquettish plea.

Adele’s plea was once again ruthlessly rejected. Jasmine took something out of the pocket of her maid uniform. She had wrapped it in a handkerchief to avoid getting it dirty. She unfolded the handkerchief, revealing a white, square sugar cube inside.

To be precise, it was a sugar cube infused with artificial blood. Jasmine picked it up with her fingers and brought it to Adele’s lips.

The sugar cube touched Adele’s lips. Jasmine’s fingers pressed against it, slightly pushing Adele’s lips back. Adele had no choice but to open her mouth and take the sugar cube. The sweetness and the taste of blood spread in her mouth, faintly carrying Jasmine’s scent.

Adele knew it wasn’t the taste of Jasmine’s real blood. It was just that Jasmine carried it close to her body, so it inevitably picked up her scent.

—A sweetness with a hint of deception spread in Adele’s mouth.

“How is it? Sweet?”

Faced with Jasmine’s question, Adele nodded reluctantly.

“Then just pretend you’re drinking my blood.”

Adele instantly deflated. She leaned back and sat on the coffee table, chewing the sugar cube vigorously, still somewhat unhappy. “Jasmine, how could you do this! How can this possibly be like drinking your blood?”

Even though Adele had been unconscious when she drank Jasmine’s blood last time, she subconsciously felt that Jasmine’s blood must be different, incredibly sweet, so sweet that it would intoxicate her, like drinking alcohol, making her head feel fuzzy and unwilling to wake up.

Jasmine’s blood had to be at least that good!

It definitely couldn’t be compared to this little sweet cube in her mouth.

Adele’s petulant behavior was truly like a child’s. Jasmine calmly wrapped the handkerchief and put it back in her pocket. She couldn’t help but gently rub her fingers against the handkerchief. When she had fed Adele the sugar cube, her fingers had accidentally brushed against Adele’s lips.

It was just a light graze, so light that Adele hadn’t even noticed. But Jasmine couldn’t help but recall the scene of cutting her finger and letting Adele drink her blood. The sensation then was similar to just now. Adele’s lips were exceptionally soft, with a hint of coolness. Touching them… felt strangely comfortable.

It was just that Adele was easily insatiable. Even though she had been unconscious, she had still wanted to extend her fangs and drink more blood.

Jasmine chatted with Adele for a while longer. Estimating that time was running out and dawn was approaching, she urged Adele to take a bath and quickly dried her hair. Before Adele could lie down, Jasmine left her bedroom first. She returned to her own room and waited for the first light of dawn to appear on the horizon. The moment it did, Jasmine vanished from her room and appeared at the place she had arranged to meet with Helen.

The time and location she had chosen were a bit demanding. She had requested to meet when the sky was just starting to lighten, but behind the old school building. This meant that Helen had to travel there under the cover of night. Ordinary humans didn’t have Jasmine’s speed. The old school building wasn’t close, not to mention that the school was built on a mountain, as mentioned before.

The mountainous terrain was complex. It was easy for vampires to traverse, but difficult for humans. Helen had to come under the cover of night. If she didn’t want to be late, it meant she had to excuse herself from her master, finish all her assigned tasks, find some free time, and then rush to the old school building.

Jasmine admitted that she was making things difficult for Helen. But if Helen could easily learn her skills, wouldn’t it diminish her mystique as a reclusive expert? So, in the end, it was just Jasmine’s chuunibyou acting up again.

She stood on the open ground in front of the old school building, motionless like a rock. It was possible that Helen wouldn’t come. After all, the time and location were so strange. Jasmine had considered this possibility, but she still arrived early, waiting for Helen.

Saying “early” wasn’t entirely accurate. She had also only left the servants’ quarters when dawn was approaching. To make her waiting seem more convincing, she even narrowed her perception range, deliberately not searching for Helen’s whereabouts.

The sky gradually brightened. Standing on the mountain, one could see the sunrise earlier than at the foot of the mountain. The warm yellow sun struggled on the horizon, about to break through the darkness and unleash its brilliance. Jasmine stood still, waiting. She had already spotted Helen’s figure. The young girl in a maid uniform was climbing the mountain, gritting her teeth.

The path wasn’t easy. The reason it was called the old school building was that it had been abandoned. The path from the servants’ quarters was overgrown with weeds, rarely traveled. Climbing a mountain in the middle of the night was definitely a torment for a maid.

But Helen persevered and reached the destination. She also saw Jasmine, standing alone outside the old school building. In a sense, Jasmine’s stance was quite intimidating. At least, it startled Helen.

Jasmine tilted her head, looking at Helen. She deliberately lowered her voice, “You have arrived.”

Helen nodded, “I have arrived.”

Jasmine really liked Helen. She liked Helen because she always said lines that matched her own, satisfying Jasmine’s chuunibyou heart. As a reward, Jasmine would personally teach her, tell her how to protect herself, and how to deal with vampires.

For the first lesson, Jasmine taught Helen: understand the human race.

“In terms of strength, speed, and observation, humans are no match for other races, let alone the various abilities and magic they possess. Vampires, in particular, are proud of their mental magic, which has allowed them to rule this world and stand at the top of the pyramid. So, what can humans rely on to surpass vampires?”

Helen didn’t understand what Jasmine was talking about. She just wanted to learn some self-defense skills to avoid being bullied. But Jasmine’s words were captivating, making her listen intently as Jasmine continued, “Creativity and learning.”

No matter what world it was, these were the reasons why humans could tenaciously survive. In her previous life, vampires wouldn’t have been able to rule the world. After all—they had already invented fluorescent lights! Real fluorescent lights that completely simulated sunlight.

Given enough time, humans in that world could even analyze sunlight to find what vampires truly feared and create corresponding light spectrums to manufacture super weapons against them. Jasmine wasn’t a scientist and didn’t know how to create such a light.

But it didn’t matter. Humans would eventually create such a thing. And this world had the foundation for it. Humans had invented electricity, lights, and even artificial blood to reduce vampires’ reliance on human blood.

Even the vintage cars and airships were human creations.

No race was inherently inferior or weak. As long as humans mustered their courage, they would eventually find a way to fight back against vampires. Jasmine even believed that even without her, the oppressed humans would eventually rise up and overthrow the vampires. Her appearance had only ignited the spark of rebellion and accelerated the process.

Jasmine wasn’t just being passionate. She was deliberately saying these things to Helen. The biggest problem with humans in this world wasn’t their weakness. In fact, although Helen was thin, she had to do a lot of heavy lifting every day, so her strength definitely wasn’t negligible. The biggest problem was that they had lost their courage.

They had already given up before even trying, believing that they couldn’t possibly defeat vampires.

That wasn’t true. Jasmine was now telling Helen that although she had many shortcomings and couldn’t compare to those powerful other races, humans also had their own strengths. As long as she mustered her courage, one day, she would be able to pin those low-ranking vampire maids who oppressed her to the ground, just like Jasmine had done.

After finishing the first lesson, Jasmine arranged the time for the next lesson with Helen and returned to the servants’ quarters ahead of her. Seeing Jasmine’s departing figure, Helen couldn’t help but clench her fists: With time, she could do it too. She could be like Jasmine!

The young Helen didn’t know that she would never be able to reach Jasmine’s level in her lifetime.

Because—Jasmine was a cheater.

Chapter 26: True Equality

The name Helen suited her well. She had eyes as clear and blue as the ocean. Previously, they had been clouded with a dullness, but now they were so bright, like a ray of sunshine piercing through dark clouds and falling onto the sea.

Jasmine nodded, “Alright, Helen. Tomorrow morning, when the first rays of light touch the ground, meet me in the open space behind the old school building. I will teach you how to deal with vampires.”

Helen nodded firmly, agreeing without hesitation.

She didn’t notice the nuance in Jasmine’s words. Jasmine had said “how to deal with vampires,” not “how to deal with low-ranking vampires.” In reality, the techniques for dealing with vampires were generally universal. Nobles were just stronger vampires. As long as one had strong willpower and wasn’t controlled by vampire mental magic, dealing with them was much simpler.

Especially since… vampires were quite similar to humans in a sense, Jasmine meant physically. They were basically humanoid and preferred to attack in human form during combat. However, they were like humans with poisonous claws and steel fangs, making them more difficult to handle.

But as long as one understood the methods, there was a chance to fight back. At least, the most numerous low-ranking vampires were definitely not that difficult to deal with.

After setting the time and place, Jasmine returned to her room. The first thing she did was take off her socks, soak them in a basin of water, and put on a new pair.

After washing the dirty socks, she left her room. Miss Adele was currently in class. It was precisely because the masters were all in the classrooms that the low-ranking vampires had the time to bother her. Jasmine had to go to the logistics department to get a new school uniform. Adele’s previous uniform was damaged, which somewhat affected the rotation.

As soon as she pushed open the door of the logistics building, she saw all the vampires inside turn their heads to look at her. Jasmine guessed that they were most likely doing it on purpose. They must have smelled her when she was outside. They hadn’t turned around then but only now, just to startle her.

Jasmine ignored their gazes and walked straight to the reception area. The first floor was laid out like a bank, with staff sitting behind counters. Anyone who needed assistance would sit in front of a counter. Since there was no staff to guide her, Jasmine walked straight to a counter that looked pleasing to her eye and prepared to sit down for a consultation.

However, before she could sit down, the vampire next to her hooked the chair away with his foot. “Oops, humans can’t sit here. It’ll be full of human smell, how can vampires sit here then?”

Jasmine glanced at the vampire next to her. It was a male, low-ranking vampire. Jasmine guessed he was probably a student’s attendant, here to handle matters for his master. Jasmine looked at his foot, not particularly angry. She calmly pulled the chair back. Her movement wasn’t gentle. She pulled it back while the attendant’s foot was still hooked on it, inevitably dragging his foot along.

Soon, Jasmine heard him cry out, “Ouch, ouch, ouch! My foot!” Jasmine sat down expressionlessly, firmly pressing the chair down with her body weight. The attendant had no choice but to retract his foot and glared at Jasmine fiercely.

“If you think you can’t sit here, you can sit on the floor or stand. Sir, doesn’t the attendant’s dining hall have human chefs? If what you say is true, then you probably don’t even eat lunch.”

The attendant was stunned. He was no match for Jasmine in a verbal sparring match.

After all, Jasmine’s ice queen persona was just a persona. As a modern person and a chuunibyou, Jasmine could talk non-stop if she wanted to. However, in this world filled with medieval fantasy and magical elements, a chatterbox persona wouldn’t really fit in.

The attendant wanted to say something more, but the staff member inside said, “Are you going to handle your business or not?”

No matter what world it was, office workers hated time-wasting customers the most. After all, they could rest when there were no customers.

The low-ranking female vampire inside had a bored expression on her face as she mechanically asked Jasmine what business she had. Her attitude wasn’t good, but judging from the state of the other staff members… their bad attitude was equal opportunity, regardless of whether the customer was a vampire or a human.

“My master’s clothes are damaged, I need a new set.”

The staff member handed Jasmine a form, which Jasmine filled out according to the instructions. After seeing “Adele Blake” written in the student name section, the staff member’s attitude noticeably improved. She quickly stamped it for approval, gave Jasmine a receipt, and explained the next steps.

“Go to the third floor window to get a uniform that fits your master’s size. The cost will be included in the student’s billing statement at the end of the semester, and the payment can be made next year.”

After taking the receipt, Jasmine left. The attendant was still sitting there, being berated by the staff member for not filling out the form correctly. In fact, there weren’t many things to fill out, and Jasmine had a good memory, easily recalling the relevant information on the form.

What seemed like a simple word puzzle to her was a major challenge for the attendant who wasn’t familiar with the procedures. If the school didn’t prohibit male students from bringing female maids, attendants would have no place here.

Don’t underestimate the service industry. This was a battlefield for maids, with no room for attendants to intervene. When it came to cleaning clothes, tidying up, or even dressing and makeup, attendants couldn’t hold a candle to maids. After mentally complaining about the attendant, Jasmine went straight to the third floor and obtained the uniform without any trouble.

Because—workers didn’t have time to bully others.

The staff here were all low-ranking vampires. Apart from giving Jasmine a once-over when she first entered, they treated her the same as other low-ranking vampires. Mainly because workers genuinely disliked working, regardless of whether the person bringing them work was a human or something else, they were equally annoying.

If human maids truly desired equal treatment, Jasmine would recommend they come to the logistics department. This place truly championed fairness.

With the uniform in hand, Jasmine returned to her room. The uniform couldn’t be worn immediately. Although in her previous life, Jasmine usually wore the clothes she bought online as soon as they arrived, she would wash them first if they were more delicate.

Vampire young ladies were even more particular. In addition to washing, the maids also needed to make some minor adjustments. Jasmine’s sewing skills weren’t that great, but she knew Adele well enough to know where to add some extra fabric to make it more comfortable for her, rather than just focusing on making it fit perfectly to show off Adele’s figure.

After finishing the alterations, Jasmine placed the uniform on a chair to let it air out. She yawned and rested for a bit before going to the dining hall for her meal. Only after doing all this did she go to Adele’s room. She brewed black tea and estimated the time Adele would return.

Adele came back fuming today, seemingly having suffered some injustice in class. Seeing Jasmine, she restrained her displeasure and sat gracefully on the sofa, taking the black tea Jasmine offered her and taking a sip.

After finishing the sip, Adele immediately revealed her true colors, “That damn Golden! How dare she scheme against me! She scored one point higher than me in one of the theory subjects for the quiz!” Adele, who had always excelled in everything, couldn’t accept being surpassed by someone else. Jasmine sat on the sofa chair opposite Adele, which made Adele even angrier.

“How dare you sit opposite me! Come sit here!”

Jasmine wanted to twitch her lips. It was even stranger for a master to be angrier about this kind of thing. But Jasmine didn’t want to. She refused Adele. Adele’s angry expression immediately turned into one of grievance, then she realized that this made her appear weak in front of Jasmine and quickly held her head high.

Seeing her like this, Jasmine knew that she was just hiding her unhappiness. She had to find a way to soothe Adele’s anger. “Then Miss, was your total score for this quiz lower than Miss Golden’s?”

“Hmph.” Adele crossed her arms, placing one foot on top of the other. This posture wasn’t very ladylike, but it reflected Adele’s tsundere personality. She looked down at Jasmine with her nose in the air, her expression screaming “Praise me.” Her expression clearly told Jasmine that her total score hadn’t been surpassed by Golden.

“How could that be?” As expected, Adele immediately gave Jasmine the answer, “With her ability, how could she surpass me? She’s a hundred years too early!”

Adele only mentioned the theoretical subjects because there were no practical subjects in the first half of the first year. Practical subjects would only start in the second half of the year. Jasmine had actually seen the subjects Adele was studying. The study was also one of the places she needed to clean, and sometimes, when she was bored, she would flip through the books, so she naturally knew what courses Adele was taking.

No matter what world it was, history was an unavoidable major subject. The thickest book among Adele’s textbooks was “History of the Vampires: Forged in Glory.” Jasmine felt that the book could even be used as a self-defense weapon for human maids. If they lifted it and smashed it down with force, low-ranking vampires wouldn’t be able to withstand it.

Besides such common subjects, there were also some unusual ones, such as “Functions of Blood,” “Farm Management Methods,” “Blood Bank Management Regulations,” and “Comprehensive Guide to Countering Other Races.” Each book was so thick that it opened Jasmine’s eyes. If her textbooks in her previous life had been like this, she would have changed her major without hesitation.

Fortunately, the school didn’t expect the students to finish all these books in one semester. They were given six years, not only to learn theoretical knowledge but also to participate in practical courses later on.

Jasmine learned all this while listening to the high-ranking vampire maids gossiping in the dining hall. Adele probably knew it too. Next semester, she might have to start her practical training, going to the farms and banks assigned by the school, managing low-ranking vampires and humans.

This was also why Jasmine felt that Adele would eventually become like other vampires. Once she tasted the power of dominating the weak, would she still be so compassionate towards them…?

Chapter 25: Why So Stingy?

A chuunibyou person inevitably possesses a strong heart, otherwise, they would be mortified to death by their own embarrassing fantasies. Moreover, Jasmine’s exceptionally strong physique made her mind unbreakable. She was extremely confident, convinced that no vampire could hypnotize her.

In fact, she had never been successfully hypnotized.

Years of pretending to be hypnotized had allowed her to perfect her act, so much so that even the Blake family patriarch couldn’t detect it, let alone these teachers from the school administration. Jasmine twisted her neck. She had many good qualities, such as holding grudges and seeking revenge.

The teacher’s disdainful expression towards her was so obvious that she wouldn’t let him off the hook. Although she wouldn’t kill him, she would definitely teach him a lesson.

When daytime arrived, Jasmine snuck into the teacher’s room and, while he was unaware, covered his eyes and mouth, tied his hands and feet, and stuffed him into the bathtub in the bathroom.

When Jasmine covered his eyes, the vampire had actually woken up, but before he could react, Jasmine knocked him unconscious with a single slap. The rest was done while he was still out cold.

Jasmine hadn’t lived in this messed-up world for nothing. She knew exactly how to deal with vampires. Ordinary ropes would be easily broken by a vampire the moment they woke up.

To prevent the vampire from escaping so easily, Jasmine specifically used strips of cloth soaked in sunflower juice to tie him up securely. The vampires in this world were most afraid of sunlight. Older, pure-blooded vampires could temporarily resist the effects of sunlight, but younger, low-ranking vampires were particularly vulnerable. Exposure to sunlight for more than three minutes would turn them to ash.

The sunflowers in this world were different from those in her previous life. They could actually emit light, absorbing the essence of sunlight to bloom. Picking, chopping, and crushing them into juice, then applying it to weapons could inflict significant damage on vampires.

It was practically a divine weapon against low-ranking vampires. The effect wasn’t as potent against higher-ranking vampires, but it could still inflict negative debuffs like paralysis and blindness. Most importantly, it was colorless, odorless, and only bloomed during the day, making it impossible for vampires to discover its secret.

—Speaking of which, the name “sunflower” was given by Jasmine.

Simple, easy to understand, and fitting. Jasmine had to praise herself for her good naming sense.

After finishing this, Jasmine clapped her hands and left. She had only given him a minor lesson for his rude remarks. The ropes soaked in sunflower juice weren’t poisonous. They would only paralyze his limbs but wouldn’t cause any actual damage, just prevent him from struggling free.

When evening came and the other teachers in the office found him missing, they would definitely come looking for him and naturally find the vampire in the bathroom making muffled sounds.

Although it wasn’t a major punishment, it was definitely embarrassing enough. This incident would stay with this vampire. As long as he remained a teacher at the school, people would remember what happened to him today. Of course, Jasmine’s actions might alert some observant individuals, who might even suspect humans who could move freely during the day.

However, no matter how much they investigated, they wouldn’t be able to trace it back to her. After all, she was just a weak, helpless, and pitiful human maid.

Even if they guessed, they would only suspect the kitchen staff or male humans. After all, being able to subdue a vampire’s resistance and knock him unconscious with a single punch wasn’t something a human maid could do. As she was leaving, Jasmine even had a mischievous thought. She scattered a few werewolf hairs at the teacher’s door, giving the observant vampires another clue to ponder.

—Look, a werewolf came and beat him up during the day. Maybe it’s still lurking in the school, ready to take a bite out of those cute little flower buds.

A few days passed, and the school administration didn’t come to question her again. Jasmine knew that she had played her role as a maid well, and no one suspected her. The teacher’s ordeal hadn’t spread among the students either. Maybe they didn’t even know, because there wasn’t any gossip from the low-ranking vampire maids.

However, the school had recently tightened security and warned the students to be wary of werewolves, saying that they might sneak in.

Jasmine didn’t hear this from the low-ranking vampire maids, but from Adele. After learning about it, Adele immediately sought out Jasmine and worriedly told her not to go out even after waking up during the day, saying that she might be attacked by a werewolf.

Jasmine nodded in agreement. Then, Adele looked at her pitifully, requesting a small drop of blood. Of course, Jasmine refused directly. Adele had become even clingier this time.

“But I drank it before, didn’t I? Don’t be so stingy. I didn’t taste it last time. Just a little bit now! Let me know what it tastes like!” She even pinched her fingers together, showing a tiny distance to emphasize that she had no ill intentions and only wanted a little bit.

But Jasmine still refused. People said that starting was always the hardest part, but it wasn’t true for Jasmine. She genuinely disliked the feeling of being bitten. It wasn’t that she felt dizzy, numb, or lightheaded. It was just that when Adele’s lips, tongue, and fangs touched her, Jasmine would tremble slightly.

Adele had no choice but to leave for class, pouting and carrying her books.

The school doctor’s death didn’t cause much stir among the vampires. Even the low-ranking vampire maids stopped talking about it after a few days. However, without Anna, who had used the school doctor’s authority to suppress them, they became even more brazen in bullying the human maids.

Jasmine sometimes witnessed the human maids being mistreated. But ultimately, it was just bullying. There was no forced blood-sucking or anything further. At most, they would make the human maids do their laundry or subject them to verbal abuse and shoving.

If they asked for her help, Jasmine would help, but most of the maids chose to endure it silently. For these maids, Jasmine adopted the same approach as she did with the maids in the castle: pretend not to see.

Of course, the low-ranking vampires also tried to find trouble with Jasmine. The one who had clashed with her on the first day and then tried to bother her again under the watchful eyes of Maid White, only to be stopped by Anna, came back shortly after Anna’s disappearance. She threw a laundry basket at Jasmine’s feet, spilling dirty maid uniforms onto the floor.

Jasmine glanced down at the laundry basket. One of the uniforms landed right on her shoe, soiling her clean white socks. It was obvious that the uniform had been deliberately dirtied like this, something that couldn’t happen under normal circumstances.

The vampire maids’ methods of bullying were quite unoriginal. All they could think of was deliberately dirtying clothes to make her wash them. It was an easy task for Jasmine, requiring little effort. But why should she do it? Not only would she not wash the clothes, she would also pin the arrogant vampire to the ground.

That was what Jasmine thought, and that was what she did. She fought with the low-ranking vampire maids, but she didn’t use any strength beyond what an ordinary woman of her age should possess. Any healthy human maid could achieve her level.

She quickly subdued the three low-ranking vampires. The one who had thrown the laundry basket at her feet was pinned under the basket, screaming in panic. Jasmine sighed, “As a maid, how can you treat your uniform like this? What I did today was to teach you a lesson on behalf of your maid supervisor!”

After doing this, Jasmine released the vampire. Just like on the first day, the vampire ran away with her companions, shouting, “Don’t get cocky, I won’t let you off the hook!” They didn’t forget to pick up the laundry basket either.

Jasmine didn’t leave immediately after the vampires ran away because she had long sensed someone watching from around the corner.

Jasmine clapped her hands, brushing off nonexistent dust, before calling out to the corner, “I know you’ve been watching for a long time. Come out.”

She finally said those words! So cool!

Jasmine secretly rejoiced, the little person in her heart couldn’t help but raise her head. She had wanted to say those words for a long time. They sounded cool and were often heard in anime. When the other party slowly emerged from the corner, asking with a hint of surprise, “How did you know I was here?” it pushed Jasmine’s chuunibyou heart to its peak.

The human maid who came out from the corner was the one who had stabbed Jasmine with a paper knife before. It was evident that she was naturally timid. After Anna’s disappearance, her life hadn’t been easy either, and her face had become much paler.

But she had spoken the line that Jasmine loved from the bottom of her heart, the one from earlier.

In reality, it wasn’t just Jasmine who knew she was there. The three vampires who had come to bother her also knew. Jasmine was in high spirits. She thought about what lines she could say after the other party asked that question. After pondering for a while, she finally found one that was chuunibyou but wouldn’t make her feel embarrassed.

“Because we are the same.”

Jasmine looked at the human maid with an impassive expression, her voice calm and unwavering. The human maid showed an unexpected expression. First, she looked shocked, then confused, and finally, unwilling. After a while, she looked directly at Jasmine, her eyes shining with an unsettling intensity.

“Then… can I also be like you, pinning those low-ranking vampires who bully me to the ground?”

—That would be a bit difficult…

Jasmine scanned the human maid. She looked thin and frail, her face pale. Due to lack of sleep and proper food, her cheeks were hollow, leaving only her sea-blue eyes, shining with an unsettling brightness. Although it would be difficult, it wasn’t impossible.

Jasmine asked, “What’s your name?”

“Helen. My name is Helen.”

Chapter 24: Shameless

What she meant was—don’t get involved.

Jasmine keenly noticed something: Adele might have already guessed that she was the one who killed the doctor. However, in Adele’s eyes, it wouldn’t be too strange for her, a frail maid, to kill the doctor. After all, the doctor was already at his limit, and there were three maids present. As long as they worked together against the doctor, killing him wouldn’t be a difficult task.

In Jasmine’s opinion, even without the three of them joining forces, as long as one of them mustered the courage, they could easily kill the already dying doctor.

But Adele overlooked one thing. As a strong individual, she naturally thought: Strike while the iron is hot, even if you only have a sliver of strength left, you must finish off the enemy. However, for the maid and the freckled Anna, it wasn’t the same. They were facing the doctor, the vampire who treated them like livestock, who had been beating and scolding them for a long time, who had become their psychological shadow.

When the maid saw the doctor stand up again, her whole body stiffened. She couldn’t judge whether she could defeat him. Even if she later had the thought of fighting back, she would be easily controlled by the doctor’s mental magic due to her agitated state and become his food.

Mental magic was quite metaphysical. If it was used against someone with strong willpower and stable emotions, it wouldn’t be easy to succeed. The stronger the willpower, the less likely they were to be hypnotized. Conversely, it would be much easier. This was why the doctor had a 100% success rate when using it on these 18-year-old human maids.

Adele naturally assumed that the three maids could easily deal with the doctor, but in reality, without Jasmine, they would still end up being killed. Looking at Adele’s expression, Jasmine could guess what she was thinking. Jasmine pursed her lips and remained silent. Unlike before, when Adele asked questions slowly, she now poured out her words in a torrent.

“Jasmine, don’t be afraid. I will protect you. I will never let you get hurt. Just pretend you don’t know anything about the doctor. You never went there. I will take responsibility for everything.”

Adele was indeed a very reliable master, and her words sounded trustworthy. But the reality was that Jasmine had protected her, fed her blood, and carried her back from the ruins. Adele spoke eloquently for a while, then suddenly thought of something, and a blush crept onto her face.

Jasmine was puzzled and couldn’t help but ask, “Miss, what’s wrong? Are you still feeling weak?”

“No!” Adele immediately denied it. She lowered her head, clutching her nightgown with both hands, kneading the soft fabric. After a while, she said in a voice as soft as a mosquito, “Jasmine, was it you who fed me blood, brought me back, and then bathed and changed my clothes?”

There was nothing wrong with admitting it. She had already said things that shouldn’t have been said, so Jasmine nodded decisively about this small matter.

Unexpectedly, Adele suddenly raised her head. Only then did Jasmine notice that Adele’s cheeks were as red as a burning sunset, and her eyes were even more crimson than usual. She pointed at Jasmine, her mouth opening and closing several times before finally saying, “Shameless!” After saying that, she fled back to her bedroom and slammed the door shut.

“Miss?”

Jasmine stood outside the door and knocked, puzzled. Adele’s voice came from inside, “Jasmine! Go back! I need to rest!”

Jasmine waited for a while, and seeing that Adele was determined to stay in her room, she turned and left, preparing to do her own things.

Inside the room, Adele hid under the covers, her face buried in the pillow, not knowing what to say. The moment Jasmine admitted it, various scenes flashed through her mind, including Jasmine pulling down her clothes, holding her head to her neck, and letting her drink blood; struggling to half-drag, half-carry her from the doctor’s small building back to her room; Jasmine blushing, but still helping her undress and bathe…

It was so embarrassing! How could Jasmine do such a thing!

While feeling shy, Adele also felt a pang of heartache. Jasmine was just a weak, helpless, and pitiful little human maid, and she was an adult woman. The doctor’s small building wasn’t close to the student dormitories. While carrying her back, even though the other students were still in the teaching area, she must have been terrified, right? And she had to carry her all the way back…

How did Jasmine bring her back? She might not have been able to carry her, maybe she carried her on her back. She must have been panting, her sweat soaking her hair, yet she still gritted her teeth and brought her back to the room.

Just thinking about these things made Adele’s heart soften. She was completely captivated by the imagined scenes in her mind, her heart pounding rapidly. Jasmine must have liked her very much. Because she liked her, she was able to carry her weight on her weak shoulders and walk all the way back.

Adele thought more and more, even imagining that Jasmine must have been both worried and shy while bathing her.

Then, something she had been ignoring surged into her mind uncontrollably: she had drunk Jasmine’s blood! Thinking of this, Adele couldn’t help but hug the pillow tightly, burying her flushed face in it.

Before this, Adele had always been rejected when she wanted to drink Jasmine’s blood. This made her a little conflicted. She didn’t know why Jasmine wouldn’t let her drink her blood and even consulted her sister’s maid. The maid said with some difficulty, “Actually, being bitten isn’t a very pleasant experience. Your head will feel dizzy, your whole body will feel weak, and you’ll feel like the world is spinning.” Adele didn’t know what it felt like, but it didn’t sound comfortable.

Jasmine must have known this too. Maybe that was why she didn’t want to be bitten by her. Sometimes, she felt that Jasmine’s affection for her wasn’t sincere. If she couldn’t even overcome the discomfort of being bitten, how could she say she loved her! After feeling indignant, Adele thought again, maybe she refused because it was really uncomfortable.

With this slight conflict and the unwillingness stemming from the attraction of Jasmine’s sweet scent, Adele always pursued Jasmine, wanting to drink her blood. This time, Adele finally got her wish.

The only problem was—Adele had been unconscious when she drank Jasmine’s blood, so she didn’t know what it tasted like at all!

“Ahhhh!” Adele couldn’t help but pound the pillow with her hands. She now regretted not being able to taste Jasmine’s blood. Adele suddenly pulled her head out of the pillow, her silver-white hair drawing a curve in the air before falling behind her back.

Adele was on the verge of tears: she wondered if she would be rejected if she asked to drink Jasmine’s blood again.

“She likes me so much, she definitely won’t refuse, right!”

“Achoo…” Jasmine sneezed, raised her hand to rub her nose slightly. The vampires sitting opposite and standing behind her subconsciously frowned. The teacher from the school administration even waved his hand in disgust, “That’s why those lowly humans are so fragile…”

The group of them crowded into Jasmine’s small room, making it feel even more cramped.

The incident had happened suddenly. Just as Jasmine was about to return to her room, she was approached by the vampires from the school administration and forcefully taken to her room for interrogation. The teachers weren’t fools. They easily figured out the cause and effect, realizing that everything was caused by Jasmine. They also learned from other low-ranking vampire maids that Jasmine was supposed to go to the doctor for a change of dressing yesterday.

For some unknown reason, Jasmine hadn’t gone. Instead, Anna, the maid of a second-year student, had gone to the doctor’s small building and disappeared afterward.

Vampires had a keen sense of smell. Although Jasmine had deliberately concealed her scent, preventing them from realizing she was also present, they still detected Anna’s presence. They must have already visited Anna’s room, discovered her disappearance, and followed the clues to Jasmine, wanting to find out the truth.

While they were interrogating her, Jasmine accidentally sneezed. She felt that someone must be talking about her behind her back. With her physique, how could she possibly catch a cold?

The teacher from the school administration started with normal questioning. When Jasmine’s emotions were stirred up and she became flustered and bewildered, he seized the opportunity and used mental magic on her. Naturally, the weak human in front of him was successfully hypnotized. Now, this human could only tell the truth in front of the noble vampires.

“You were supposed to go to the doctor for a change of dressing last night, weren’t you?”

“Yes.”

“Did you go?”

“No.”

“Why didn’t you go?”

“I found that Miss Adele had a set of clothes that hadn’t been cleaned yet, so I planned to wash them before going. But as you can see, I’m not feeling well. I’ve had a bit of a cold these past two days. After washing the clothes, I felt tired and took a nap in my room.”

“Did you see Anna yesterday?”

“I saw her once earlier in the evening.”

“What did she say to you?”

“Nothing much. She just mentioned that the food in the dining hall has been a bit repetitive lately. I haven’t seen her since.”

“Do you know what happened yesterday?”

“I don’t know. I just know that something big must have happened because the vampire maids were quite noisy today.”

The teacher and the staff behind Jasmine exchanged glances, confirming that this little maid had nothing to do with the incident. She was just an innocent bystander. Moreover, she was a maid belonging to the Blake family, and the Blake family’s eldest daughter was even willing to clash with other vampires for her. Naturally, they wouldn’t be as foolish as the doctor to cause trouble for a human.

The teacher nodded, his crimson eyes once again fixed on Jasmine, “Very well. Forget that we came to see you today. You just took a nap because of your cold.”

“Okay.”

The teacher left with peace of mind. The arrogant vampires were overly confident in their mental magic, not believing that a weak human could possibly resist it. But in reality, if the target of hypnosis had strong willpower, it wouldn’t be so easy to hypnotize them.

Chapter 23: Traced Back

When night fell once again, Jasmine went to Adele’s room as usual. However, she couldn’t enter directly because when she tried the doorknob, she found it locked from the inside. She knocked, but there was no response. Naturally, she stood by the door and waited.

Actually, even before trying the doorknob, Jasmine had already heard the sounds and smelled the vampire scent that didn’t belong to Adele.

Clearly, the school administration had found Adele.

Their efficiency was truly impressive, as fast as a rocket. They were immortal beings, yet they worked so quickly. Were they in a hurry to reincarnate?

Jasmine waited outside the door, her mouth tightly shut, but her mind was filled with endless complaints. She perked up her ears, focusing on the conversation inside.

When she tried the doorknob and knocked, the conversation inside paused, as if they were all turning their heads to stare at her, trying to figure out what the noise was.

After a while, there was a slight sound from inside the door. It was very faint. A vampire had come to the door and was observing her through the gap. After a while, he turned back and returned to the living room to report the situation.

“It’s Miss Blake’s maid, a human.”

The person being reported to nodded and continued to look at Adele, who was sitting on the sofa, wrapped in a blanket, with a pale complexion.

“I apologize for disturbing you at this time. I heard that you suddenly said you were feeling unwell and left the classroom yesterday. Is that true?”

Adele sat on the sofa, her back straight and her expression still proud despite being seriously injured the day before. Her demeanor earned the admiration of the teachers from the school administration: As expected of the Blake family’s eldest daughter, she never lost her composure.

Adele answered the teacher’s question without hesitation, “Yes, that’s correct.”

—Composed, truly composed. Even facing so many teachers, she didn’t bother to lie.

He continued to ask, “Then Miss Blake, do you know that at the same time, the teacher who served as the school doctor had an accident and unfortunately passed away?”

Adele was taken aback. She didn’t think she had killed the doctor. Yesterday, she had exhausted all her strength and only managed to severely injure him. Moreover, there were still the maid and Jasmine present. What if the doctor got up and hurt them? Fortunately, Adele still had her memories. She remembered waking up briefly and seeing Jasmine. When she woke up later, her clothes had been changed, and the dirt on her body was gone.

If it weren’t for her memories, Adele would have thought that everything she had experienced was just a dream. But she was certain that she had indeed fought with the doctor and they had both been seriously injured.

Now, suddenly hearing about the doctor’s death, she was somewhat bewildered. She recounted yesterday’s events truthfully, “Actually, I discovered that he wanted to attack my maid. I couldn’t tolerate it, so I went to find the doctor, and we had an argument. In the end, we couldn’t agree and started fighting. Before I lost consciousness, I vaguely remember that we were both seriously injured.”

The teacher from the school administration nodded, “Then that’s right. You killed the doctor with your own hands. We found that the doctor’s office building was filled with the smell of blood. When we arrived, we found the doctor already reduced to ashes. We deeply regret this and can only collect the doctor’s ashes and hand them over to his family in the future.”

Adele listened, unable to express her feelings, but she felt a mix of emotions. She subconsciously asked, “Then what about the doctor’s maid?”

“We investigated, and the doctor’s maid is missing. It’s also possible that she died in the fight between the two of you. Miss Blake, you were seriously injured in the fight with the doctor, but you have already healed. It’s highly likely that after killing the doctor, you unconsciously sucked the blood of his maid…”

“No…” possible.

Adele swallowed the rest of her words. She didn’t think she would kill the maid, even in an unconscious state. And she clearly remembered Jasmine coming to her side, but the teacher hadn’t mentioned Jasmine being present.

She wasn’t stupid. She subconsciously felt that it was a good thing that this matter had nothing to do with Jasmine. Even with countless doubts in her heart, she could only swallow them down. Adele remained silent for a while before asking, “Then how will I be punished?”

“Punished?” The teacher from the school administration looked puzzled. He even asked with a smile, “Why would Miss Blake be punished? Wasn’t it the doctor who coveted your personal belongings and started the argument with you? Compared to that guy who deserved to die for coveting the belongings of other vampires, Miss Blake is the role model we should all learn from.”

He said this entirely because the one who had killed the doctor was a student and a member of the Blake family. She was an unopened flower in the rose garden, but this incident alone was enough to glimpse her future beauty. The Blake family had been declining in recent centuries, and now with such a successor, offending her would be equivalent to opposing the entire Blake family.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, the personnel from the school administration took their leave. Jasmine had been waiting outside the door for so long, and they were aware of it. When they came out and saw Jasmine standing by the door, they didn’t react in any particular way. They simply held their heads high and walked past Jasmine like roosters.

They didn’t even spare Jasmine a glance. In their eyes, she was just an insignificant human.

After everyone had left, Jasmine entered the room and closed the door behind her. She looked at Adele. The vampire young miss, after a day’s rest, had a much healthier complexion than yesterday. She was sitting on the sofa, wearing a nightgown and a soft coat. Seeing Jasmine enter, she patted the seat next to her, “Jasmine, come here.”

Jasmine obediently sat beside Adele, her back straight. Adele quickly leaned against her. Her action reminded Jasmine of the cat she had raised in her previous life. Every time she sat on the sofa, it would snuggle up against her like this. She wanted to push Adele away, but Adele looked weak, and thinking about why she was injured, Jasmine couldn’t bring herself to do it.

Silence fell between them. Adele didn’t speak, and Jasmine didn’t know what to say. They just sat there, leaning against each other quietly. Finally, Adele broke the silence.

She asked, “Jasmine, was it your blood I drank that day?”

Jasmine actually didn’t want to admit it, but Adele’s voice was so soft, with a hint of pleading. She had also heard what the people from the school administration had said. Those vampires had claimed that Adele had sucked the maid’s blood and killed her… Although Jasmine was relieved that they hadn’t discovered the maid’s disappearance, it was still too much to slander her young miss like this.

After thinking for a moment, Jasmine replied, “Yes, it was my blood.”

Adele’s body relaxed, and the part leaning against Jasmine slumped slightly. Although she subconsciously felt that she couldn’t have done such a thing and remembered seeing Jasmine in the end, the school administration’s assertive tone had made her doubt herself.

Now, with Jasmine’s confirmation, Adele realized that she hadn’t drunk the maid’s blood but Jasmine’s. This made her entire body relax. Then, a new question popped into her mind. She pulled away slightly, no longer leaning against Jasmine, but sat beside her, turning to look at Jasmine, their eyes meeting.

“Is that maid alright?”

She could only ask Jasmine. Adele wasn’t stupid. She knew that the vampires from the school administration wouldn’t have said that if they hadn’t found the maid. But now that the doctor was dead, she was safe and sound, and the maid was missing, she was still worried. Her worried expression didn’t seem fake, and Jasmine knew that her young miss didn’t have the acting skills to deceive her.

Jasmine answered, “She’s fine.”

After this question, a new one would naturally follow: If she was fine, then where did she go? Adele asked this as well, but Jasmine didn’t answer immediately. Instead, she fell silent.

Now Jasmine knew that Adele was a different kind of vampire, unlike the others. But how different could she be? Jasmine couldn’t tell. Although she didn’t know why those vampires from the school administration had concluded that the maid was dead, this news was a good thing for the maid.

Was it really okay to answer Adele? If one day she regretted it, would she hunt down the maid who had caused her to become like this? A moment of worry flashed through Jasmine’s mind, but she quickly dismissed it. She would protect that maid, protect the humans who were struggling to survive in this world, because that was what she intended to do.

So Jasmine replied, “She ran away. Not just her, but another maid who had been bullied by the doctor. They ran away together.”

Hearing this, Adele said sincerely, “That’s really great…” Adele’s expression was complex, and Jasmine couldn’t quite understand it. She could only discern a few emotions from Adele’s expression: relief, comfort, pity, and heaviness…

After answering these two small questions, silence fell between them again. After a while, Jasmine saw Adele timidly reach out her hand, her fingers touching Jasmine’s. Vampires had a lower body temperature, and the moment their fingers touched, Jasmine felt a chill.

The next moment, she heard Adele’s voice, “Jasmine, were you also at the scene that day?”

How should she answer? Should she deny it? The vampires from the school administration wouldn’t discover her presence, because she had concealed her scent when she arrived. They couldn’t smell her. They could only tell that the maid and the freckled girl had been there, but they couldn’t detect her. If she admitted it, it would bring her trouble.

These thoughts swirled in Jasmine’s mind, but the words of confession still came out of her mouth, “Yes, I was there.” Before her overthinking mind could react, her body had already placed its trust in Adele. She believed that Adele wouldn’t expose her.

Hearing her answer, Adele’s expression turned serious, “Jasmine, don’t tell this to any vampire, anyone. The matter of the doctor ends with me.”

Chapter 22: Escape from School

Of course, there was no need to worry about Adele. She was a noble lady, the eldest daughter of the thirteen clans’ Blake family, the future heir of the Blake family, and a definite big shot. She was someone the school administration absolutely couldn’t afford to offend.

Let alone killing a doctor who had attempted to attack her, even if she had killed all the teachers in the entire school, the Council of Elders wouldn’t blame her. They might even applaud her and say, “As expected of a member of the thirteen clans, truly talented and exceptional.”

The vampire world was that cruel. They always revered the strong.

The reason why the school administration was making such a fuss about the investigation was to prevent teachers from harming each other within the school. The students were the future stars of the vampire race, among them the heirs of the thirteen clans and the treasured offspring of nobles. Even in the strength-oriented vampire world, they placed great importance on nurturing the next generation. Neither the parents nor the Council of Elders could accept teachers daring to harm their own kind within the school.

If he dared to attack his colleague today, he might harm the future blossoms tomorrow!

Therefore, the school administration was extremely nervous, meticulously investigating every lead.

Eventually, they would trace it back to Adele and confirm that the doctor’s death was related to her. Based on what was mentioned earlier, Adele wouldn’t be in trouble. But what about the maids who were present at the scene?

The conflict between the doctor and Adele was insignificant to the school administration. Similarly, the conflict between the maids and the doctor was even less significant in the eyes of the vampires in the administration. If they knew that there were three human maids present, what would be their fate? Punishment, death, it was almost a certainty.

The vampires might even reprimand them, “Why didn’t you offer your blood to the doctor? If you had let him drink your blood, he wouldn’t have died, and we wouldn’t have lost an excellent school doctor.” Although it sounded absurd, that would be the reality.

The vampires didn’t care about human lives at all.

Instead, they would punish humans for disregarding the doctor’s potential chance of survival.

The sky began to lighten with the break of dawn. Daytime was approaching, and the vampires would gradually fall asleep. When the next moon rose, they might barge into the school and take Jasmine, Anna, and the maid away together.

Jasmine cleared her mind and changed her clothes before heading to Anna’s room. She didn’t use the main entrance but appeared on the balcony instead. The sunlight was behind her, casting her shadow onto the ground, stretching it long and thin. Her arrival was silent, and it took a while for Anna and the maid to notice her.

Upon discovering the mysterious figure, Anna immediately assumed a defensive posture, holding a paper knife in her hand and pointing the tip towards Jasmine. Anyone who saw a person with a veiled face, looking rather eerie, would likely react the same way.

The paper knife was one of the few sharp weapons she could obtain as a maid. She was just a maid, and not one who worked in the kitchen. The only sharp objects she could access were paper knives and table knives. Compared to the blunt table knives, the paper knife was sharper.

Jasmine didn’t care if she was scared or nervous. She pushed open the balcony door and walked straight into the room. Seeing her approaching, the maid huddled closer to Anna, looking terrified. But after a moment, she still grabbed Anna and shielded her behind her back.

—Could a person who was once resigned to death and now seeking to live become so brave?

Doubt flashed through Jasmine’s mind. She took a step forward, and Anna suddenly noticed something unusual. She pulled the maid back, “She’s not a vampire. Look at her eyes, they’re black!” The woman with black hair and black eyes reminded Anna and the maid of Jasmine, but this person looked quite different from Jasmine.

Firstly, Jasmine had short hair, while the woman in front of them had long hair and seemed taller and more mature than Jasmine.

If Jasmine knew what Anna was thinking, she would probably say, “When you’re out and about, you have to disguise yourself, otherwise you’ll be easily discovered.”

Not just her physique, Jasmine had even altered her voice, “Your observation skills are quite good. Indeed, I’m not a vampire, but a human.”

Anna instinctively wanted to retort. Could a human silently enter her room, appearing like a ghost? But then she remembered Jasmine, who was also so powerful that she could even kill a vampire.

While she was still hesitant, the woman in front of her continued, “Jasmine has already told me about your situation. You might have heard of the ‘Human Resistance Army.’ I am the leader of that group. You’re in danger here at school. If you’re willing, I will take you to a safe place.”

“Human Resistance Army?” The maid murmured the name softly, her eyes shining even brighter. Just from the name, she could tell what kind of group it was. A group formed by humans—a group that dared to resist this hopeless world.

The maid didn’t hesitate, “I’ll go! I want to go!”

But Anna hesitated. She thought more than the maid, “What about the other human maids in this school if I leave? I’ve been suppressing the vampire maids under the doctor’s name, but now that the doctor is dead and I, the human who has been above them, am gone, they will only vent their anger on the other human maids!”

Anna’s words impressed Jasmine. Although she had known that Anna had done a lot for the human maids, even willing to become the doctor’s pawn, she hadn’t expected her to think so deeply. As she said, she had been using various excuses to resist the vampire maids and protect the humans, which inadvertently attracted their hatred.

She had probably already decided that after Jasmine was framed by the doctor and incurred the wrath of the Blake family’s young miss, she would bear the brunt of the vampire maids’ hatred, allowing them to target her and protect the other human maids.

Anna was weak, but she was also strong, using what she could do to protect other, even weaker humans.

Thinking of this, Jasmine’s gaze softened. She said, “Haven’t you thought about it? Even if you stay here, you won’t be able to help. And you will die.” Anna had already done a lot, but due to her limited status and perspective, she hadn’t considered more possibilities.

Jasmine shared her previous analysis with Anna. Anna’s face paled, and her first thought was of Jasmine, “Then if we all leave, what about Jasmine?”

Jasmine, who was being cared for by Anna, replied directly, “Don’t worry, Jasmine is very strong.”

The best solution would be for the three of them to leave together. That way, none of them would be implicated by the school administration and face death. Jasmine would also save herself a lot of trouble, not having to worry about how to deal with the administration. But if they left like this, what about Adele? She knew that Adele wouldn’t be in trouble, but she also knew that if she left, Adele would definitely be lonely.

Moreover, without her and Anna, the two who attracted hatred, the other human maids would suffer greatly.

However, humans also needed to grow. No matter what, Anna would eventually leave. No one would continue to protect the other human maids in front of them. They could only do one thing: stand up and protect themselves. If they spent their entire lives hiding under someone else’s wings, praying for someone to protect them, silently enduring the bullying of the vampires, then they would be no different from caged animals.

Jasmine was a cold person. She would only protect humans within her sight, helping those whose flames of awakening had already ignited. The rest had nothing to do with her. There were so many people in this world. Jasmine wasn’t a savior or omnipotent. She couldn’t save everyone.

Hearing Jasmine’s words, Anna thought of Jasmine’s strength and felt relieved.

After a brief exchange, Jasmine tied them together with black threads and, like carrying chicks, took them out of the school. Jasmine was very fast. For Anna and the maid, it felt like riding a roller coaster, making them want to vomit everything they had eaten the day before.

She quickly brought them to a farm at the foot of the school mountain and knocked on the door of Yuan Hang, a member of the outpost. It was daytime, and all the humans and vampires on the farm were asleep. Yuan Hang was very alert when he heard the knocking, and only after seeing Jasmine’s figure through the crack in the door did he excitedly open it.

Jasmine brought Anna and the maid inside, untied the black threads from them, and explained the situation to Yuan Hang.

“That’s how it is. These are two of our compatriots rescued from the school. I hope they can be transferred to a safe place as soon as possible. If they’re willing, they can join the Resistance Army. If they just want to live ordinary lives, please make proper arrangements for them.”

Yuan Hang nodded, “Yes, Lady Dawn, I’ll do as you say.”

After making the arrangements, Jasmine nodded and left Yuan Hang’s cabin. She had to return to the school, back to Adele’s side. Even though she had just told Anna that she was staying for the sake of the other human maids, in reality, the one she truly cared about was Adele.

If she wasn’t there, Adele would definitely be lonely. Adele had always been afraid of loneliness, unlike other vampires who preferred to stay in cold and dark corners. She liked to be in warm places, near firelight, and by Jasmine’s side.

If Jasmine wasn’t there, she would yell “Jasmine, Jasmine” at the top of her lungs. If Jasmine abandoned everything and left with the other two, heading towards the human settlements, who would answer the Blake family’s young miss?

Jasmine stopped in her tracks, landing on the top of the school’s spire. The spire beneath her feet was rather uncomfortable, like a small stone stuck under her foot.

The wind was strong at this height, and the howling wind lifted Jasmine’s veil. She reluctantly made excuses for herself: she wasn’t leaving because of the commission Adele paid her. If she went to the human side, no one would pay her wages anymore.

Chapter 21: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

Jasmine knew exactly what kind of person Adele was. Although Adele treated her and the other maids in the castle differently from her parents and sister, she was essentially a young lady raised according to the template of a vampire noblewoman.

She was proud and noble, and even though she had an unusual fondness for Jasmine, she still possessed the arrogance of a master. She wouldn’t refuse Jasmine’s care, but fundamentally, she didn’t see Jasmine as an equal.

Therefore, Jasmine always believed that even though Adele had behaved differently from other vampires so far, she would eventually become like them. However, she never imagined that Adele would one day fight against another vampire for her, for another human.

Adele was truly fighting for her life. In terms of physical capabilities, she was no match for the doctor, especially while protecting a weak human. Without putting up a desperate fight, the maid would have been drained by the doctor, and the empowered doctor would have successfully defeated Adele.

Yet the current outcome was a mutual loss, with Adele severely injured and the doctor critically wounded. Although the doctor could still stand and appeared strong just now, Jasmine knew he was just a facade. He had used his last bit of strength to hypnotize her, craving blood to recover. In reality, if the maid had been brave enough, she could have easily killed the doctor.

—Just by finding something to pierce his heart or cut off his head.

Jasmine looked at Adele with a complex expression. While she was lost in thought, Adele briefly regained consciousness. Seeing the familiar ceiling, she slowly exhaled, looking much more at ease. Her crimson eyes moved, focusing on Jasmine.

Her eyes lit up at that moment, emitting a gentle glow in the dark night.

“Jasmine, you’re alright… That’s great…” The proud young miss showed a faint smile. She looked weak, and her smile was strained, but it was evident that she was genuinely happy.

Jasmine nodded, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked the question that had been on her mind, “Why… did you protect that human maid?” She didn’t think the human maid was unworthy of protection or that Adele’s life was more valuable. She was purely curious why Adele would protect her.

Adele was taken aback, then blurted out without hesitation, “Because you said that the strong should protect the weak. With great power comes great responsibility.”

Jasmine fell silent. She had indeed said those words. Jasmine had a good memory, and even trivial matters from twelve years ago were still vivid in her mind. But she never expected Adele to remember them so clearly. Was it because vampires had naturally good memories? Or was there another reason… Jasmine had no idea.

She just felt a bit awkward facing Adele, because that classic line was a quote from a movie. At the time, she had simply thought, “Wow, I must look so cool saying this!” and had uttered those random words to the young and naive Adele. Now that she thought about it, it felt like a dark chapter in her history.

Yet, Adele remembered them so profoundly. In fact, in the days that followed, Jasmine had often jokingly said, “Adele is the master, remember to protect me.” But she never truly expected Adele to protect her. More often than not, it was Jasmine who protected Adele.

Only Adele didn’t know that.

Amidst Jasmine’s silence, Adele began to feel drowsy again, about to fall back asleep. Before closing her eyes, she murmured softly. If it were an ordinary person, they might have missed Adele’s words, but Jasmine’s hearing was excellent. She heard Adele’s words clearly.

Adele said, “And… if I protect others like this… I can also hope that one day, if Jasmine is in danger… there will be someone who will stand up for her too…”

Jasmine looked at Adele as she slowly closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. This time, it wasn’t unconsciousness, but normal sleep. Her breathing was long and rhythmic. A vampire’s heartbeat and breathing were very slow, almost imperceptible, which was one of the reasons for their long lifespan. Now, it proved that Adele had mostly recovered and was relying on sleep to heal herself.

Her delicate eyelashes rested on her eyelids, making her look like a sleeping beauty, albeit a somewhat disheveled one, covered in bloodstains and dirt.

Adele’s words touched Jasmine’s heart.

Adele was different. She was different from all the other vampires. She had compassion and a desire to protect the weak, qualities that couldn’t be found in any other vampire. She wanted to protect Jasmine, and because of that, she had also shielded the human maid behind her, fighting desperately for her.

But Adele was the only vampire in the entire world who would do such a thing. If Jasmine were just a weak and helpless human and had encountered such a situation, there wouldn’t be a second vampire who would rush to save her.

Jasmine sighed helplessly, “Silly girl.”

She turned around, heated some water, poured it into the bathtub, turned on the faucet to add cold water, and after making sure the water temperature was just right, she washed her hands thoroughly in the sink, especially her right hand. Only after doing all this did she pick up Adele and carry her to the bathroom.

Jasmine bathed Adele, combed her silver-white hair, and washed away all the bloodstains on her body. Human blood was indeed the best nourishment for vampires. When she had seen Adele earlier, there were still five nail marks on her abdomen, and her blood had dried up. But now, after washing away the bloodstains, only her smooth and fair skin was visible.

She wrapped Adele’s clean hair in a towel, dried her entire body, put on a bathrobe, and carried her to the sofa outside to lie down. Then, she entered the bedroom, removed all the bedding from the bed Adele had been lying on, replaced it with clean ones, and finally carried Adele back to the bed.

Jasmine sat by the bed and gently dried every strand of Adele’s hair. After finishing, she went to the living room, made hot water, and poured it into a thermos. Then, she drew the curtains in the room, ensuring that no light would leak in when dawn arrived, before saying goodnight to Adele and leaving her room.

When Jasmine returned to her own room with the laundry basket filled with bedsheets, duvet covers, and changed clothes, it was still pitch black outside. However, amidst the darkness, Jasmine heard a faint commotion. She wasn’t surprised, because the commotion at the doctor’s small building was so significant that even if no one noticed it immediately, after so much time had passed, the patrolling vampires should have discovered it and reported it to the school authorities.

Jasmine, however, acted as if nothing had happened. She first took out Adele’s clothes. They were torn and tattered, completely unwearable. If it were an ordinary person in this world, they would definitely try to mend them with needle and thread, continuing to wear them as long as they weren’t completely falling apart. But Adele was a noble lady, so proud and refined. She wouldn’t even consider wearing clothes with a single hole, let alone such tattered garments.

The bedsheets and duvet covers, on the other hand, were only stained with Adele’s blood and dirt. They could still be used after washing and drying.

Jasmine even went to the dining hall for a meal midway. After all, food was essential for survival. Adele had drunk her blood, her exceptionally delicious and high-quality blood, which should provide Adele, who had never tasted human blood before, with energy for a long time. She didn’t need to worry about Adele being hungry.

She ordered a bowl of mushroom chicken soup, two pieces of pumpkin, and some bread, and sat down to eat.

From time to time, she could hear the maids around her gossiping, “Oh my god, have you heard? It seems like a vampire has been killed.”

“Who was killed? How could this happen…”

“Shh—I’ll only tell you, don’t tell anyone else. It seems to be the school doctor. My master returned to the dormitory just now and summoned me to attend to her. I heard her complaining that because the school doctor was dead, they were investigating the culprit and had taken all the teachers away for questioning. Now there are no classes, and all the students have returned to their dormitories.”

The vampires were indeed efficient. She hadn’t expected them to have already made all the arrangements. Their course of action was reasonable. After all, the doctor was an adult, high-ranking vampire. Even if he wasn’t a noble, he wasn’t far from it. Such a vampire wouldn’t be easily killed. They could only consider it to be the work of a vampire of the same rank or higher.

Moreover, they could only consider it to be the work of an adult vampire who had been alive for a long time, which naturally narrowed down the suspects to the teachers.

However, these two maids were being a bit too obvious. The vast majority of those in the dining hall were low-ranking vampires, and their conversation was practically on loudspeaker in each other’s ears. Their “I’ll only tell you, don’t tell anyone else” sounded like utter nonsense to Jasmine, devoid of any credibility.

As for why they insisted on gossiping in front of everyone when they could have chatted privately, it was nothing more than showing off that they had information others didn’t and that they were favored by their masters. Although Jasmine found it rather foolish, it was normal for low-ranking vampires to boast like this.

After finishing her meal, Jasmine took her tray to the dishwashing area and left. She returned to her room and sat on the balcony for a while, leaning back in her chair lazily, looking up at the bedsheets and duvet covers she had hung out to dry. She slowly contemplated what to do next.

Honestly, she hadn’t handled the situation perfectly this time. She had acted impulsively and hadn’t thought things through. Adele’s injury had disrupted her composure. Ideally, she should have disguised the scene, making it appear as if the maid had died and she had never been there. But in reality, she had simply carried Adele away, not even properly dealing with the maid’s situation, instead leaving the choice to the maid herself.

The incident had occurred during the vampires’ class time. Except for a few teachers who didn’t have classes, most of them could be immediately ruled out as suspects. As for the remaining teachers, a quick investigation would reveal that they were also unrelated to the matter. Then, they would investigate the senior students and gradually work their way down, eventually discovering Adele’s anomaly.

It was only a matter of time before Adele was found.

Chapter 20: Not That Well

At that moment, the maid thought Jasmine had gone mad. How could she do such a thing?! Hadn’t she seen what had become of her own master, who had protected both of them? How could she still walk towards the doctor?! When the maid had been bitten earlier, she understood one thing: when vampires drank human blood, it accelerated their healing process.

If Jasmine went over now and let the doctor drink her blood, none of them would survive!

The maid desperately wanted to do something, but she realized her feet were bound by something dark, rendering her immobile. Was this another vampire trick?! She struggled, shouting for Jasmine to stop, but the doctor only laughed cruelly. “She won’t listen to you. Jasmine is under my hypnosis now. You must be curious why you agreed to betray your master and become my maid on a whim all those years ago, right? It’s the same with Jasmine now. You lowly humans can’t comprehend the wonders of vampire mental magic.”

The doctor watched Jasmine approach, his arms outstretched. He couldn’t wait to embrace the delicious Jasmine, bury his face in her delicate neck, and savor her alluring blood. The cruel smile on his face couldn’t be concealed, but as he stretched his lips too wide, his attention was momentarily drawn to the unconscious Adele on the floor.

That damned Blake! Thinking she could do whatever she wanted just because she was a high-ranking young mistress! Hmph, but she was indeed a pureblood from the Blake family. Even though she had just come of age, she could fight him on equal footing and even gain the upper hand. If not for her naive insistence on protecting that human maid, he might not have been her match.

To be safe, he would kill her later and take this delicious human away, far from the vampire world, to the border. Although it meant giving up his comfortable job and luxurious environment, it was better than being constantly harassed by the Blake family’s young mistress. And honestly, he had never smelled blood as sweet as Jasmine’s. If he only got to taste it once and never saw her again, he would be heartbroken.

That little one must have been bewitched by Jasmine’s blood, intoxicated by it, which was why she was so protective of her. Right, he could also drain the Blake family’s young mistress dry. He had never tasted the blood of his own kind before. The blood of a noble from the Thirteen Clans must be even more exquisite than human blood, right?

Perhaps by drinking her blood, he could become a pureblood noble himself.

However, in that moment of distraction, Jasmine had already reached him. The doctor suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. He tore his gaze away from Adele on the floor and looked at Jasmine. The delicious maid was expressionless, but something had appeared in her previously empty hand.

A crimson, slowly beating heart.

The doctor froze, seeming to comprehend what was happening. He looked down at his chest, only to see a gaping hole. He couldn’t understand why.

A vampire’s body was incredibly resilient. Even after losing his heart, he didn’t die immediately, retaining a sliver of consciousness. The last words the doctor heard in this world were, “Oh, so even a filthy creature like you has a red heart.”

The doctor fell backward, crashing to the floor with a loud thud, kicking up dust.

In the next moment, both his body and the heart in Jasmine’s hand burst into flames. It wasn’t real fire, not hot at all, but more like a faint, ethereal glow. In a flash, the doctor was reduced to a pile of ashes. The heart in Jasmine’s hand also turned to dust, falling from her hand and scattering on the ground.

This was the true form of a vampire’s death. They left behind no trace of their existence in this world, only a handful of ashes that would be scattered by the wind.

After confirming the doctor’s death, Jasmine retracted the black threads that had bound the maid’s feet and flicked her hand in disgust, scattering the remaining ashes. The maid watched in shock as events unfolded beyond her comprehension. Her eyes were wide with disbelief, and as the dust settled, she collapsed onto the floor, her strength drained.

Jasmine turned and walked over to her. She looked down at the maid, but didn’t speak. She had already heard Anna approaching the building, rushing inside and quickly ascending the stairs. The sound of footsteps echoed as Anna arrived on the second floor, taking in the gruesome scene.

She instinctively asked, “Where’s the doctor?”

As humans, as maids, they had never witnessed the aftermath of a vampire’s death. Hearing Anna’s voice, the maid finally snapped out of her daze and pointed at the pile of black ashes behind Jasmine. “He… he’s here… he’s dead!” She stammered, explaining that the pile of ashes was the doctor.

Anna was stunned and bewildered. She had never known that vampires would turn into something like this after death. After composing herself, she asked what had happened. Jasmine wouldn’t answer her, so the maid, after gathering her thoughts, recounted everything that had transpired.

Anna’s face was filled with disbelief after hearing the story. She looked at Jasmine in astonishment. Jasmine’s earlier claim that she would kill the doctor had actually been true… She had done it, she had killed an adult, non-low-level vampire. Just as Anna was about to say something, she saw Jasmine walk towards the vampire lying on the ground.

Anna had learned from the maid that this vampire was Jasmine’s master, the one who had protected her. If it weren’t for her, the maid wouldn’t have survived until Jasmine arrived; she would have been drained dry by the doctor.

“Jasmine, what are you doing?” Anna asked as she watched Jasmine kneel beside the vampire, gently lifting her head and resting it on her lap. Hearing Anna’s question, Jasmine didn’t look up, her gaze fixed on Adele in her arms.

What was she doing…? What a silly question. Of course, she was saving Adele. Couldn’t Anna see that Adele was on the verge of death? Although she wouldn’t die immediately, and the wound was already showing signs of slow healing, without treatment, even if the wound healed, there was a high chance of severe aftereffects due to excessive blood loss.

Jasmine couldn’t just stand by and watch Adele, who had put herself in this state to protect a weak human.

She raised her left hand, deliberately not using her right hand because it had just ripped out the doctor’s heart and was dirty. Using her thumbnail, she made a small cut on the pad of her index finger. Blood instantly welled up.

Jasmine watched the blood dripping down and brought her finger to Adele’s lips.

Adele’s lips were soft and cold. Vampires naturally had a low body temperature, more than ten degrees lower than humans. It felt strange at first touch. Her lips were also pale, which Jasmine guessed was due to blood loss.

Jasmine pressed her index finger against Adele’s lips. Unconscious, Adele slightly opened her mouth, and blood trickled down Jasmine’s finger onto her lips. The pale lips instantly turned a vibrant red. Jasmine pushed her finger in a little further, letting the blood slide into Adele’s mouth and enter her body.

Even though Adele was unconscious, the allure of blood made her instinctively consume the offered nourishment. Jasmine could even feel Adele actively sucking her blood.

This was the blood she had craved day and night, and she had finally gotten her wish. However, it was a pity that Adele couldn’t taste it, simply swallowing it down without savoring it. If she knew, she would probably be very disappointed.

Jasmine chuckled softly. Her blood was indeed top-grade. Nourished by her blood, Adele’s wounds were rapidly healing, and her pale skin was regaining its rosy hue. Jasmine didn’t know how good her blood truly was, but she was already so powerful that it would be strange if her blood didn’t have some special properties.

Adele grew even more greedy, wanting to drink more, her fangs even grazing Jasmine’s fingertip. Jasmine only wanted to heal her, not sacrifice herself completely. So she pulled her finger out of Adele’s mouth.

Jasmine picked up Adele and stood up. If Adele woke up and found herself lying here, battered and bruised, the proud young mistress would be devastated. As a maid, Jasmine could only do her best to show her concern for her master.

She looked at the two people standing there, frozen in place. After a moment of thought, she said to the maid, “If you want to live, go to Anna’s room and wait. I’ll come for you when daylight comes and take you to a safe place.” Both of them were stunned, and Anna looked even more confused. She pointed at herself, as if to say: My room?

Jasmine looked at her impassively, tilting her chin towards the pile of ashes. “We’re accomplices.”

With that, she turned and left. Jasmine was so fast that in the blink of an eye, she had vanished from their sight. The maid hesitated for a moment, then clenched her fists and followed Anna, leaving the dilapidated building.

Even in this world, she wanted to live. In Jasmine, she saw a different possibility, a possibility… of fighting back against the vampires.

As the maid followed Anna towards the servants’ quarters, Jasmine carried Adele to her own room. She laid Adele on the bed and stood beside her, looking down at her.

She had thought she knew Adele well. After all, they had been together for twelve years. But today, she realized that she didn’t understand Adele as much as she thought she did.

Chapter 19: As the Strong

Vampires had excellent memories. Adele, at eighteen, vividly remembered every detail of her life, including the first time Jasmine was punished by the head maid after arriving at their home.

It was a snowy day, and all the vampires in the castle were drowsy. Vampires disliked cold places. Excessively cold environments made them want to hibernate, which was why vampires generally lived in warm and humid regions.

However, even in such regions, there were occasional winters with extreme cold, like the year Jasmine arrived. Countless snowflakes fell from the sky, blanketing the ground in a thick layer of white. Adele couldn’t recall what Jasmine had done to anger the head maid, but in her memory, the head maid had always disliked Jasmine.

Jasmine was made to stand outside as punishment. Dressed in a thin maid uniform, she stood in the snow. It was a dark night, but the snow-covered ground was illuminated by the moonlight. Young Adele peered out the window, standing on tiptoes to see the person being punished below. That was the child she had brought back, her first maid. How could she be subjected to such punishment?

Adele felt a surge of displeasure. She put on a thick cloak and went downstairs to find Jasmine. Taking Jasmine’s hand, she felt its icy coldness. In Adele’s perception, human hands were warm, much warmer than vampire hands. But that day, Jasmine’s hand was so cold that Adele found it unbearable.

She led Jasmine back to her room, where a fire was burning in the fireplace, filling the room with warmth. In this cozy environment, Adele felt much better. By the firelight, she asked Jasmine, “Why did she punish you?”

The “she” didn’t need to be explicitly stated. Both Jasmine and Adele knew it referred to the head maid. The little maid rubbed her hands together, blowing on them to warm them up, before answering Adele, “Probably because bullying the weak makes her feel strong.”

Adele didn’t understand. She wrinkled her little nose and thought for a long time. “Why would bullying the weak make someone feel strong?”

Jasmine’s dark eyes reflected the firelight, the flames dancing and twisting into various shapes within the fireplace. The crackling sound of burning wood filled the room. Jasmine said, “Indeed, why would the strong bully the weak?” She scoffed. “True strength lies in protecting the weak. The greater the power, the greater the responsibility. If someone uses their strength to bully the weak, they’re not truly strong, but just a despicable coward.”

Jasmine’s words were too profound for Adele to fully grasp, but she instinctively didn’t want to become the “despicable coward” Jasmine described. She said softly, “Jasmine, I will become strong. Although I’m only six years old now, my parents said that once I come of age, I will become very strong. I’m a pureblood noble!”

“Haha…” Jasmine chuckled. “Then remember, you must protect the weak when that time comes.” She turned her head, and in the dim room, only the flickering firelight illuminated the side of her face, bathing it in a warm orange glow.

Adele still remembered Jasmine’s words: “Remember to protect me too.”

Adele promised, “I will definitely protect you. Because I am your master, and you are my maid. Protecting you is my responsibility as your master.”

Her parents had said similar things, but their focus was on the entire Blake family. Adele believed that the maids also belonged to the Blake family; they were all the Blake family’s property. Over the years, Adele had equated “weak” with “Jasmine” and vice versa, firmly etching this belief in her heart.

Adele remembered. She had to protect the weak; it was her responsibility as the strong. If someone only relied on being stronger than others and bullied the weak to prove their own strength, then they weren’t truly strong, but just a despicable coward. She wouldn’t tolerate Jasmine being bullied, nor would she tolerate any weakling like Jasmine being bullied.

Her scarlet eyes dimmed, becoming a deep crimson. She wouldn’t allow herself to lose to a despicable coward.

Unfortunately, Adele was indeed weaker than the doctor, and she also had to focus on protecting the maid behind her. During their fight, the doctor was also enraged. When Jasmine arrived, she saw the scene before her: Adele was severely injured, and even her incredible self-healing abilities couldn’t repair her wounds.

Compared to Adele, the doctor, though also lying in a pool of blood, temporarily incapacitated, had sustained much lighter injuries. Seeing Jasmine unharmed, Adele finally relaxed a little. She pointed at the maid, her words slurred, “Take her away.” She had indeed protected the weak, not only Jasmine but also the maid.

A chord struck deep within Jasmine’s heart.

She had always known that Adele was different from other vampires, but she had attributed that difference to the naivety and innocence of a young girl. She had thought that after many years, Adele would become just like any other vampire. But today, Adele had proven her wrong with her actions. She was different from all other vampires. She wouldn’t stand by and watch a human suffer.

Just from observing the scene, Jasmine could guess what had happened. The human maid also approached them, her usually lifeless eyes now filled with complex emotions. Her voice was soft. “She… she protected me.” The maid mustered her courage and recounted what had transpired.

“She could have just left. That way, there wouldn’t have been a conflict. But the doctor, in his anger, chose to attack me. She heard my scream and turned back, shielding me. Later, even while fighting, she continued to protect me, which put her at a disadvantage. But even so, she never gave up on protecting me, and she made the doctor pay the price…”

Adele, with the tension finally released, lost consciousness and fainted. She didn’t hear the maid’s words.

Jasmine reached out and brushed aside the hair that had fallen over Adele’s face. Adele’s neatly styled hair from the morning had been messed up during the fight, strands cut by the doctor’s sharp nails. Her hair had come loose, mixed with blood and sweat, clinging to her cheeks. Jasmine carefully brushed it away, revealing Adele’s beautiful face.

They shouldn’t be standing here idly. They should take Adele and leave immediately. Because Adele had told her to leave, to take the maid and run. Because Adele knew she was weaker than the doctor, all she could do was temporarily incapacitate him. Jasmine could see that flesh was already growing over the wound on Adele’s waist, regenerating at a slow, almost Lovecraftian pace.

The doctor, with lighter injuries, older age, stronger regenerative abilities, and having consumed a lot of blood, would recover even faster.

The maid didn’t seem to understand this. She assumed that the motionless doctor, like Adele, had lost consciousness, which was why she was casually chatting with Jasmine. However, Jasmine knew that the doctor would soon regain consciousness. She gently laid Adele down on the floor, making sure she was comfortable, and then stood up.

The maid looked at her with confusion. “What should we do now?”

A smile suddenly appeared on Jasmine’s usually impassive face.

Because she had seen that behind the maid, the seemingly gravely injured doctor was slowly getting to his feet.

It was like a scene straight out of a horror movie.

Jasmine couldn’t help but think this. It wasn’t her fault. The doctor’s white coat had been shredded by Adele, and his previously handsome face was now marred by burns from Adele’s fire magic, his hair singed and disheveled. Not to mention his clothes, torn and tattered in several places, bearing numerous marks from Adele’s nails.

He rose like a reanimated corpse. Who wouldn’t be scared out of their wits upon seeing this?

Perhaps sensing the strangeness in Jasmine’s gaze, the maid also turned around. Her reaction was straight out of a horror movie. Even just watching her from behind, Jasmine could feel her body stiffen, trembling slightly. Jasmine couldn’t see her expression, but she could guess that her face must be pale with fear, perhaps wanting to scream but unable to utter a sound due to the overwhelming terror.

The doctor, on the other hand, seemed to be in much better shape. He could even take a few steps, offering Jasmine and the maid a seemingly friendly smile. However, with his singed hair and battered face, the smile looked rather grotesque, adding to the horror movie vibe.

—Does Adele not know about the rule of not hitting someone in the face?

Looking at the doctor’s face, Jasmine thought about the basic rules of fighting. But then she considered the despicable things the doctor had done, and hitting him in the face seemed trivial in comparison. She should even praise Adele for a job well done. As the doctor smiled, he spoke, his words dripping with malice. “Jasmine, ah, is that your name? You’re here for your dressing change… I apologize for letting you see me like this. Come here, let me change your bandage.”

His words only intensified the horror movie atmosphere. Under these circumstances, even a fool wouldn’t go near the doctor. Approaching him would be like offering herself up as a blood bag for him to replenish his strength. As Jasmine thought this, she felt the doctor using mental magic on her. She finally understood his plan.

The maid snapped out of her panic, taking a step back and trying to pull Jasmine away. “Don’t listen to him, let’s go…” Before she could finish her sentence, she saw Jasmine, who had been behind her, step forward. She couldn’t see Jasmine’s expression, only her back as she walked towards the doctor.

The doctor, facing her, saw Jasmine walking towards him with steady steps and smiled.

Chapter 18: Protecting the Weak

Adele skipped class and arrived at the doctor’s building, knocking on the door once again. It was still the doctor who opened the door. After being invited into the living room and seated on the sofa, the maid brewed black tea for them. Adele watched the steam rising from the cup for a moment, then glanced at the maid standing beside them.

She didn’t observe the maid for long, but with her keen eyesight, a single glance was enough to take in her entire condition. The maid looked even worse than the last time Adele had visited. Back then, she had assumed that the maid had been mistreated by other students and rescued by the doctor. But now, it seemed highly likely that the one who had been torturing her was the very doctor who was mistaken for a savior.

Adele didn’t directly ask the question on her mind, choosing instead to engage in small talk. The doctor kept glancing at the clock on the wall, clearly concerned about time. Adele knew he was waiting for Jasmine.

Jasmine was a very responsible person. She would definitely not come here without finishing her work. Based on Jasmine’s usual efficiency, it would be at least another hour before she arrived.

As time ticked by, the doctor grew impatient. “Miss, shouldn’t you be in class now? Why are you here?”

As he spoke, he unconsciously used his hypnotic abilities. Adele was quick to notice.

If it were any other student, they would likely have fallen prey to his suggestion. But she was a vampire from the Blake family of the Thirteen Clans, a high-ranking pureblood. His hypnosis had little effect on her. Noticing his attempt, Adele took advantage of his distraction and used her own mental magic to counter him. Her scarlet eyes gleamed brightly in the dark room.

Soon, the doctor’s eyes glazed over, clearly under Adele’s control. She sat gracefully on the sofa, her legs crossed, her hands clasped in her lap. Her voice was cold as she asked, “Doctor, what are you planning to do to Jasmine?”

The doctor, in a daze, answered Adele’s question, “What else could it be? Of course, I want to drink her blood. That girl is so delicious. The first time I treated her wound, the dried blood on her arm was so fragrant and tempting that I couldn’t help but want to take a bite. But forced blood tastes bad. Such high-quality blood must be given willingly for it to be at its most delicious.”

Adele’s brows furrowed for a moment before smoothing out. She wouldn’t allow such a thing to happen. As long as she was there, Jasmine would be safe. But she still asked, “How can you be sure that Jasmine will willingly offer her blood?”

The doctor chuckled, his tone irritating Adele. “Of course I’m sure. Hypnosis is a vampire’s specialty. During the previous two treatments, I used mental magic on her. This time, under my influence, she will willingly…”

“Did you use the same method to force those human maids before to give you their blood against their will?”

“Oh, Miss, there’s no need to put it so harshly. Isn’t this a tactic vampires have been using since ancient times?”

Adele looked at the doctor and could only utter two words: “Shameless.”

A moment later, the doctor snapped out of his hypnotic state. He seemed to realize what had happened, his face turning ugly. “You used mental magic on me?! Who are you?! How could a first-year student resist my hypnosis and even use magic on me…?”

“…” Adele pondered for a moment, feeling that even telling this doctor her name would be an insult. She looked at the maid beside her, took a deep breath, and said, “My surname is Blake.” Under the doctor’s shocked gaze, she stood up from the sofa, towering over him. “I will report your actions to the teachers and the school administration. I will not allow a doctor like you to remain at this school.”

“Wait! Miss Blake! Please wait, I haven’t done anything wrong!”

The doctor’s legs went weak when he heard the word “Blake.” As a vampire, no one was unaware of the prestigious Thirteen Clans. He also realized he had been tricked by Anna. That cunning woman, she must have known Jasmine’s master’s true identity! Not only was she not from a declining noble family, but she was someone he couldn’t afford to offend!

He had miscalculated. Even though the vampire in front of him wasn’t his match at the moment, just her status as a member of the Thirteen Clans was enough to deal with him! Wait, wait, even a member of the Thirteen Clans might not be able to get him fired. He… he hadn’t done anything wrong!

Hearing the doctor’s words, Adele took a deep breath, suppressing her anger. The man in front of her, who remained unrepentant even now, disgusted her. “Really? If you’re so sure, then don’t regret it.” Adele didn’t want to waste any more words on him and turned to leave.

However, before she could even step out of the door, she heard the maid’s scream behind her. Adele’s pupils constricted sharply. By the time she regained her senses, she had already pulled the maid behind her, shielding her protectively. Adele glared at the doctor, suppressing her fury as she asked, “What are you doing?!”

The moment Adele turned to leave, the doctor’s anger boiled over, but he couldn’t take it out on Adele. The maid he had been torturing became his outlet. He didn’t hesitate to kick her, thinking to himself: It’s all because of you humans! If it weren’t for you, he wouldn’t have been targeted by the Blake family!

The maid instinctively tried to dodge. She knew the doctor’s vengeful attack wouldn’t be merciful, but even so, she was still sent flying, crashing to the floor with a thud that felt like every bone in her body was shattering. The maid had already endured so much torture that she would normally grit her teeth and bear it silently. But the pain was so intense that she couldn’t stay quiet, and a scream escaped her lips.

At that moment, something snapped in Adele’s mind. She couldn’t just stand by and watch this happen. She had to protect the weak human in front of her.

The doctor looked at her actions, bewildered. “What are you doing, Miss Blake? Are you going to interfere even when I’m disciplining my own maid?”

“What you’ve done is already shameless, and now you’re abusing someone even weaker. Don’t you have any sense of shame?” Adele’s eyes were scarlet, the glint in them confusing the doctor. He simply said, “It’s only natural for you to protect your maid, but she’s my personal property. No matter what I do to her, it has nothing to do with Miss Blake, right?”

As the doctor spoke, he reached out to grab the maid behind Adele. His action completely enraged Adele, and she attacked him without hesitation. The doctor’s heart was already filled with anger because of Adele and Jasmine, and seeing Adele’s attack, he was filled with disdain. He might be afraid of the Blake family behind Adele, but a newly matured vampire, even a member of the Thirteen Clans, wouldn’t be his match.

Since the Blake family had initiated the attack, he wouldn’t hold back in retaliating.

The two quickly grappled with each other. In terms of combat experience, technique, and even physical strength, Adele was indeed at a disadvantage. Moreover, vampires weren’t just skilled in mental magic; they could also use other types of magic. In these other magics, Adele was far inferior to the doctor.

However, Adele wasn’t without her advantages. Vampires had become the rulers of this world because of their mastery of mental magic. Even though Adele was inferior to the doctor in other aspects, she was far more skilled in mental magic. Her eyes, so brilliant and scarlet, even emitted a faint glow. Whenever the doctor met her gaze, his movements would slow down, and he would even experience moments of confusion.

As soon as there was an opening in his attack, Adele would seize the opportunity to counter. The doctor gradually began to struggle. Moreover, his mind cleared from its previous daze, and he realized that if he truly injured Adele, this matter, which could have been easily resolved, might become uncontrollable.

He had to subdue Adele and then sit down to talk calmly. Moreover, the wounds Adele had inflicted on him were still bleeding. He needed to stop the bleeding quickly and regain his strength. And what was the best healing remedy for vampires? It was undoubtedly human blood. At this moment, there was a human maid standing right there, and she would become the doctor’s perfect tonic.

He parried Adele’s sharp claws and immediately grabbed the maid, rushing towards the second floor. Adele sensed danger and followed closely behind. By the time she reached the second floor, the doctor had already sunk his fangs into the maid’s neck, clearly intending to drain her dry.

Adele gritted her teeth and charged forward, interrupting the doctor’s feeding. In order to prevent the maid from being further harmed, she fought desperately, even sustaining injuries herself. The doctor realized something: Adele was protecting this human maid. He also recalled their two previous encounters and Adele’s actions, all of which pointed to her protecting the weak human.

The doctor couldn’t understand it, but it didn’t stop him from mocking Adele. “Miss Blake, what are you doing?! Protecting a human, even getting hurt for her?!”

Adele shielded the maid, hiding her behind her back. Her shoulder, which had just been pierced by the doctor, was bleeding. Adele vaguely understood that her actions went against the current mainstream ideology of vampires. But she couldn’t just stand by and watch a weakling being harmed.

What if… what if it had been Jasmine who had encountered this?