“Name?”
“Sewei Adams.”
“Race?”
“Human.”
“Status?”
“Noble of the Kingdom of Ankari.”
“Gender?”
“Do you even need to ask? Can’t you tell?” The black-haired girl slammed the table and stood up, furious.
The solemn-faced female teacher glanced down at the other’s completely flat chest, then replied with a serious expression:
“First of all, I hold no prejudice against those whose body curves are a bit… reserved.”
“Second, I really can’t tell.”
Sevitis took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the urge to go berserk on the spot.
‘Calm down. This is Kantaier Academy. The person sitting in front of me is the teacher in charge of registration. I’m not a bloodthirsty demon now, but the heir of the Adams family of the kingdom. I must maintain basic noble etiquette.’
‘Besides, to get into the academy… I’ll endure it.’
“Fe… female.” Sevitis gritted her teeth and corrected herself.
Truth be told, she really wanted to answer “male” with a tough attitude, but anyone with eyes could tell she was a girl now.
Yeah, as long as they weren’t blind.
“Age?”
“20.”
“…Are you sure?”
“I—!” Facing the teachers who were on high alert around her, the corners of Sevitis’s mouth twitched slightly as she forced out an awkward but polite smile:
“Haha… I really am 20. To be honest, I just look a little ‘shorter’ because of an illness.”
“Oh, is that so? Doesn’t matter anyway. The academy has no lower age limit for enrollment.”
‘Then why did you ask!’ Sevitis strongly suspected the woman was just messing with her.
The female teacher tapped her fingers lightly on the desk, twirled the pen in her hand, and pointed at the somewhat battered door beside her.
“Then please answer me one question, Miss Sevitis—why did you try to attack our Kantaier’s roads and gate with your face and head?”
She even deliberately emphasized the word “attack.”
“Pfft.”
Hearing that, the other teachers who had been standing with their arms crossed and serious expressions finally cracked.
Though they immediately wiped their faces and tried to regain their dignity, a few still couldn’t hold back their laughter.
“What are you laughing at?” Sevitis stared at the male teacher sitting across from her.
“I remembered something funny.”
“What something funny?”
“I’m going on a date with my crush later.”
“And you? What are you laughing at?” Sevitis turned to another elderly teacher.
“I’m also going on a date with my crush later.” The white-haired old teacher said earnestly.
Sevitis’s blue-violet eyes darted between the two of them. For the first time, she truly felt how vast and strange the world was.
‘Not cool, man. I just asked casually, and I ended up uncovering some huge drama?’
Even the other teachers, who had been holding back their laughter, fell silent.
All of them stared at the two men in shock, as if they’d suddenly understood something.
The male teacher seemed to realize the awkwardness of his words and quickly explained:
“Wait! It’s not what you think!…”
“Ahem.” The female teacher coughed loudly, forcibly stabilizing the soon-to-be-chaotic scene and steering the conversation back on track.
“Please don’t discuss irrelevant matters. Answer my question first.”
“I just used a… slightly uncontrollable method to make it to registration on time.” Sevitis’s eyes wandered as she forced out an explanation.
This didn’t look like registration at all—more like interrogating a criminal.
But she couldn’t really blame anyone. Trashing the gate of Kantaier Academy was definitely enough to be called a “criminal offense.”
Not to mention the reason being just to make it to registration.
“Mm, alright. Understandable. Then one last question…”
The female teacher adjusted her glasses, her tone suddenly sharpening:
“As far as I know, only two people are eligible to register under the surname ‘Adams.’ One of them, the young lady named ‘Yi Chen,’ has already completed her registration.”
“As for the remaining one… though there are many rumors circulating, some true and some false, at least one thing is certain: that duke’s heir…”
“Should be male.”
The female teacher interlocked her fingers, elbows on the desk, staring at her like a hawk.
“So, little miss, who exactly are you, registering under the Adams surname now?”
“…”
Sevitis unconsciously swallowed.
‘It finally came. This question that determines my future.’
Yes, why had the rumored duke’s young master shrunk into a little girl?
Thinking back to how this happened, a painful memory flooded Sevitis’s mind.
It was the day after she defeated that demon tiger.
When the first ray of sunlight fell on her, she nearly thought she’d become the first vampire to be roasted alive by the sun because she overslept.
But after scrambling into the shade, she was pleasantly surprised to find that her striking white hair had faded back to black, her scarlet eyes had turned blue-violet, and even the troublesome bat wings on her back had disappeared.
Even the race column on the panel in her vision had changed to 【Human】.
She had turned back into a human!
She danced with excitement at the time, thinking the nightmare was over and she had finally returned to normal.
But when she eagerly reached down to check below the waist…
Nothing.
Still nothing.
The heavens had indeed turned her back into a human, but they hadn’t given back her gender at all!
After calming down, she guessed that everything was related to that pendant called 【Time String】.
Because when she woke up, its shape had changed again, reverting from a crescent back to a waning moon.
After several tests, she figured out the pattern: if she silently wished to become a vampire, the vampire traits would reappear, and the pendant’s shape would change accordingly.
And if she wanted to revert under sunlight, she could change back just as easily.
Incidentally, she also discovered that she wasn’t actually afraid of the sun.
Her previous panicked reaction of fleeing in terror had been completely self-inflicted.
But…
From a “white-haired vampire loli” to a “black-haired human loli.”
How was that supposed to be “back to normal”!
But since it had come to this, no amount of impotent rage could change this ridiculous reality.
Still, for the sake of training, she had left two weeks before the academy’s registration started, so when she woke up, registration hadn’t even begun yet.
Though her gender had changed, since her physical traits were human, she could still register and take the exam. She could continue fulfilling her bet with Eulalia.
But just as she was packing up to leave, she suddenly realized that this body not only had an insane appetite but also an astonishing digestion speed.
Even though she had drunk half a demon tiger’s blood just yesterday, she was already hungry again.
She thought that once she entered the academy, it would be hard to collect large amounts of monster blood. Even if she bought it, it would raise suspicion.
According to her original plan, registration time was ample. As long as she set aside travel time, she could stay in the forest for a few more days.
So she just let loose, turning into a wild bat in the forest for a week, frantically stockpiling food for the future.
The unexpected bonus was that this body grew stronger with every fight, steadily advancing toward the fourth rank.
It wasn’t until she chased a monster into a nearby town that she snapped out of her blood-lusted state.
Then she learned from the terrified townsfolk that registration was about to close.
That was when she finally realized a serious problem—the time she had spent from being embraced until turning into a vampire hadn’t been just one night…
It didn’t matter exactly how long it had been. What mattered was that if she didn’t rush to the academy at full speed, she could just turn back and go home.
Helpless, she had to resort to the method she had temporarily sealed away—turn into a vampire and fly all the way there, then revert to human near the academy.
But she never expected to severely underestimate how fast she would fall after losing the lift from her wings…
So when she crashed like a cannonball into the gap of the academy gate, freeing herself from the gate’s seal with a face full of dirt, she was even prepared to be treated as a terrorist.
If she hadn’t been quick enough to pull out the Adams family crest on the spot, she would probably be sitting in the academy’s dungeon by now.
But how to put it… so embarrassing!
Why hadn’t she just smashed her head into the gate and died? That would have been better than this social death in front of so many people.
…
Looking at the little cannonball girl who had her head down with a look of resigned death, the originally stern female teacher couldn’t help but curl her lips into a faint smile.
She knew perfectly well that this petite girl wasn’t some ill-intentioned villain.
Though her entrance was indeed dramatic, the 【Moon Wall】 hovering above the academy hadn’t triggered any alarms.
The 【Moon Wall】 was a large barrier enveloping the entire Kantaier Academy.
It could resist any evil intrusion, and its defense and safety were second to none on the continent.
That was also why the academy could stand safely right next to the dangerous Blood Burial Forest.
Only those carrying special tokens granted by the academy could enter smoothly.
Even though the Moon Wall temporarily didn’t cover the gate area due to registration, if any demon or monster tried to pass through the gate, it would still trigger the detection alarm.
The female teacher glanced discreetly at the barrier, which was running as usual.
However, this little girl had really pulled off an unprecedented stunt today.
As far as she knew, in the entire history of Kantaier Academy, this was the first time someone had “breached” the front gate head-on.
And she’d used her head.
This made the female teacher wonder what the little girl’s skull was made of.
Was it so hard? Was she really human, and not some cow spirit race or something?
But regardless of her inner thoughts, the girl’s gorgeous clothes and the genuine family crest were enough to confirm that her claimed identity was correct.
As for why the rumored male heir had turned into a female… who knew if old Duke Adams had deliberately concealed the heir’s true gender when he made the announcement?
These aristocratic intrigues weren’t something a Kantaier Academy teacher should worry about.
The academy had always maintained absolute neutrality and never interfered in the internal affairs of any nation or race.
The female teacher considered herself someone who could remain absolutely calm no matter what unexpected situation arose.
But today, she had broken her composure for the first time, all because of this idiot.
She glanced helplessly at the male teacher beside her, who was still quietly explaining himself to the others, then looked away.
In the end, her aggressive questioning had only been meant to give this reckless little girl a slight punishment, to teach her the importance of planning her itinerary in advance.
That was all. There was absolutely no vengeful ulterior motive.
Yeah, absolutely none.