After entering, Sevitis realized that the buildings inside Kantaier Academy were even more magnificent and splendid than they appeared from the outside.
Although the sky was already dark, the main road was still bustling with people, presumably because it was registration period and the academy had specially opened its doors to the public.
The black-haired girl strolled through the crowd.
Sevitis actually didn’t like such crowded environments—not only were they cramped and noisy, but she also wanted to quickly leave and find a place to lie down and rest.
However, her current physical condition left her no choice.
Sevitis quietly pressed her hand against the wound on her thigh that was still throbbing with pain.
Now this human body’s physical quality was no different from an ordinary person’s; otherwise this small wound would have healed long ago.
But it was definitely much better than her original sickly body that had been tormented by illness.
It seemed that under the effect of the pendant, the vampire traits had not just been hidden, but had truly and completely disappeared.
Although she had already seen through the panel that her race had changed back to Human Race, without actual testing she still couldn’t fully believe that what it said was the truth.
She had long heard of the barrier called [Moon Wall] above her head, so when she landed and found that no alarm had been triggered, she felt a bit relieved.
But after her confrontation with that female teacher, she was still a bit nervous when proceeding with the next registration steps in front of all the teachers.
Unlike ordinary magical tools, the academy’s magical tools could not only test magic rank but also personal information like age and race, which prevented some people from trying to slip through.
Fortunately, the panel didn’t lie, and the final test results matched the panel exactly.
A twenty-year-old Human Race at late Third Rank.
That’s right, her magic power had increased again.
During those days of fighting in the forest, her exaggerated appetite hadn’t decreased at all, but eating a lot had its benefits—her strength improved quickly.
Moreover, with near-constant high-intensity fighting against monsters day and night, not only did her magic power skyrocket, but her practical combat experience also underwent a qualitative leap.
Back in the Adams Family, she was solely focused on training and had hardly any chance for actual combat, let alone life-risking battles.
That was why she had immersed herself in the forest hunt. It wasn’t just to prepare for the academy’s assessment and seize every chance to grow stronger.
It was also to thoroughly understand her [Soul Vein] before the assessment.
She never fought a battle she wasn’t sure of.
This hard work naturally paid off; she discovered that her Soul Vein ability had exceeded her expectations.
The amount of information she could see depended entirely on the power gap between herself and the target.
When her power far surpassed the target, she could even know if the other party had secretly done something bad last night.
When her power was lower than the target’s, the information she could see was quite limited.
For example, the female teacher’s panel she just saw basically only showed the other’s name and rank, and even the Soul Vein only displayed a name.
But fortunately, the most crucial weakness information could still be seen.
This was the biggest gain from this test.
The weakness shown on the panel wasn’t a general objective weakness, but specifically referred to “weaknesses that Sevitis could currently exploit.”
Take that Dark Demon Tiger for example; according to books, its weakness was light element and Holy Magic.
But the panel didn’t write that. She guessed it was because she didn’t know either of these two magics, so the panel gave a hint like “bad-tempered cat”—something absurd but capable of creating an opening by provoking it.
The same went for that female teacher just now. See? With just a few light words, she broke through that ice beauty’s defenses.
What? You say it’s shameless to play pitiful like this?
But all those things were done by “Sewei Adams,” what does it have to do with her “Sevitis Alcat”?
Anyway, she was no longer a sturdy man with a certain appendage, so she might as well think more about how to maximize the convenience of this loli body.
That female teacher who only knew about teaching didn’t understand that dirty nobles would do anything, no matter how unscrupulous, for profit.
“It’s fine. Today, consider big brother giving you a lesson.”
Hehehe.
After finally squeezing out of the sea of people, Sevitis arrived at the accommodation arranged by the academy for examinees.
It was worth mentioning that room and board were free.
To take care of examinees from low-class backgrounds, Kantaier Academy was quite generous, not even charging registration fees.
As long as you met the age and strength requirements, you could sign up.
That saying “anyone can enter” was truly not an empty phrase.
The room arranged by the academy wasn’t particularly luxurious, but it was small yet complete.
Especially when seeing that clean big bed and private bathroom, the Adams heir, who had been a wild person in the forest for a week, was so moved she was almost in tears.
Finally, she could take a proper bath and sleep like a decent person!
Although this body didn’t seem to sweat, dust and mud still stuck to it.
Most importantly—there was actually a huge bathtub in the bathroom!
After filling the bathtub with hot water, Sevitis prepared to take off the intricate dress on her body.
Strangely enough, this dress was not only gorgeous but also quite smart, automatically changing its appearance with her transformation.
The original flashy Gothic battle skirt with red and black color scheme, after she reverted to her black-haired form, the main color faded directly to a low-key blue-black.
Even more absurdly, the black suspender stockings on her legs inexplicably turned into pure white thigh-high socks.
“…Isn’t this a little too cute?”
The previous outfit, she could grit her teeth and barely accept. But this set… was simply like a delicate little noble miss.
To be honest, during those days wandering in the forest, she had spent a lot of time thinking about how to take off this dress.
“…She really wasn’t used to this chilly feeling between her thighs, but this time she didn’t plan to force it off by herself.”
Sevitis simply raised her little hand and snapped her fingers with a “snap,” and the small dress on her body instantly turned into a cloud of blood mist, floating lightly in midair.
This was the result she achieved after a whole day of struggling with the clothes.
She had been thinking at the time that since the stockings could transform into a scythe, couldn’t the clothes also change shape?
She tried a little and found that it really worked. As for the exact principle, she was completely baffled, just as she still hadn’t figured out where this dress came from.
Anyway, don’t ask. If you ask, it’s magic.
After stripping off everything, Sevitis plunged into the bathtub with a “plop” like a little loach.
As her body sank into the hot water, her delicate little face finally relaxed slowly.
She sat contentedly at the bottom of the bathtub, warm water flowing over the tip of her nose, her long jet-black hair spreading out on the water’s surface like scattered silk threads.
“Gurgle gurgle… huff~”
“Feel so good~”
The accumulated fatigue and tension of the past days finally faded completely at this moment.
Sevitis raised that fair arm to take a look, her little face flushed, unsure if it was from soaking or shyness.
‘…I wonder if I can change back.’
Kantaier Academy had such profound heritage; maybe she could really find a way to change back inside?
But for now, she still had to live with this delicate exterior. Even now, she still couldn’t look at her own body with a calm heart.
Since she couldn’t bear to look, she simply chose to ignore it and not see.
So, she silently sank her little head a bit lower.
‘As long as I don’t see it, it didn’t happen.’
On the calm water surface, in front of that little black head, a few strings of small bubbles slowly emerged.
…
Until her head felt slightly dizzy from soaking, Sevitis reluctantly stood up.
She shook her wet hair, casually wrapped her exposed icy skin with a bath towel, and looked at the mirror above the washbasin.
The girl in the mirror had waist-length ink-black hair still dripping water, her blue-purple eyes as clear and bright as the night sky.
Although her facial features were almost identical to her vampire form, her temperament was worlds apart.
If the vampire form was demonic and cute, then this current appearance exuded a noble yet endearing affinity, inexplicably making people want to trust her unconditionally.
It had to be said, the effect of this pendant named [Time String] was simply heaven-defying.
This change could be described as earth-shattering; she would bet that no one could connect her current self with that Blood Princess who was snarling at monsters in the forest.
At least in the sunlight, she was still that heir of the Adams Family. However… some important things could never come back.
Sevitis sighed with sorrow, picked up the towel and began to dry her hair, her movements rough and clumsy.
But she really had to dry it; she had deeply experienced the painful cost of sleeping with wet hair.
The next day, tangled and split ends were a disaster; a slight movement would pull the scalp painfully, and grooming them was even more troublesome.
Earlier, when she was furious, she even tried to directly take up the scythe to cut short this troublesome long hair.
But tragically, every time she transformed, no matter which body, the hair length would revert to its original.
This couldn’t help but make her suspect that the reason her body was so flat was that all the nutrients were going to support this long hair?
Complaints aside, she grabbed a strand of half-dry hair and rubbed it between her fingers. The smooth texture was indeed good.
Even if she had no common knowledge as a girl, she knew this hair quality could be called top-grade.
Even she couldn’t help but smooth it a couple extra times. No wonder that bad woman was so persistent about touching her head.
She also brought it to her nose and sniffed; there was a faint osmanthus fragrance.
As she dried, Sevitis slowly turned around, tilted her head, loosened the towel a bit, and looked at her smooth back in the mirror—where intricate patterns were engraved.
Ever since her Soul Vein ability awakened, the pattern of the emblem on her back had quietly changed.
From the pupil beneath the crescent moon extended two thorny vines, one long and one short.
At the end of the longer one, a rose had bloomed at some unknown time.
As for the other one, it seemed to have grown recently, and as her strength increased, it was also extending toward that crown.
This bizarre yet gorgeous pattern really suited the name [Seven Sins Eye], but until now, she still couldn’t figure out the subsequent awakening conditions for this thing.
“Forget it. If I can’t figure it out, I won’t think about it.”
Sevitis was always carefree; she decisively gave up thinking and continued to rub her head roughly with the towel in her hand.
After haphazardly drying her hair, she collapsed spread-eagled onto the soft bed.
Turning over, she took out the card she had just processed. Besides personal information, it also marked the college she wanted to apply for.
Kantaier Academy covered a vast area, internally subdivided into eight completely different colleges based on the knowledge systems taught.
And Sevitis had filled in the [Army-Breaking Blade] Academy.
This college focused on physical body and martial arts, practically tailor-made for a brute like her who could neither use magic nor had elemental affinity.
That’s right, absolutely no elemental affinity.
The Ateria Continent had eight basic elements: light, dark, fire, thunder, water, ice, wind, and earth.
Even the most ordinary commoner would have some affinity for a certain element in their body, even if they could only light a fireball, it was better than nothing.
Some geniuses could even have affinity for all eight elements, while others had exceptionally high affinity for a particular element.
Take Eulalia, for example; her light element affinity was as high as one hundred percent.
Those light elements were like her pets; whenever she wanted, they would come rushing joyfully.
This was also one of the reasons she was noticed by the Theocratic Nation.
And Sevitis’s original body was the complete opposite—the kind with absolutely none.
This was the main reason she couldn’t use any magic.
When this result was tested back then, even the experienced Old Duke of Adams was shocked speechless.
According to him, even a stray cat by the roadside could perceive some element’s presence, but she, of all people, couldn’t sense anything at all.
Fortunately, the old man was quite decent and didn’t kick her out because of it.
Of course, even if he really wanted to expel her, she would find a way to shamelessly stay in the Adams household.
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