Late at night, regardless of the turmoil in the outside world, between humans and vampires, a sense of absolute peace permeated a certain dorm room in Cromwell Academy. This atmosphere was exclusively enjoyed by the sleeping Adele.

The other girls remained in the living room downstairs, silently waiting for Adele to wake up. No matter how much their families urged them, they wouldn’t budge until they saw Adele wake up safely. Even First Snow, the usually mischievous Cat-Bird, now drooped her ears and tail, looking pitiful. Her “Kitty Paw Strike” was fine for bullying students at the academy, but in a battle of this level...it was useless, meow.

However, she didn’t forget about her curfew. So First Snow decided to call Xiao Wei. The call connected, and before Winona could even ask about First Snow’s whereabouts, a series of rapid meows came from the other end. “...” Before she could even respond with an “Ah?”, First Snow hung up. First Snow was so anxious that she forgot to switch to human language. And the other girls, preoccupied with their own thoughts, didn’t remind her. So First Snow thought she had conveyed her feelings to Winona. After all, in First Snow’s language system, meows and human language were interchangeable.

This left Winona completely confused. What’s wrong with that little cat? But she didn’t call back immediately to ask. Instead, she carefully recalled the emotions in First Snow’s meows and, with her years of experience living with First Snow and her level six cat language proficiency, began to translate. Winona had a good memory and could recall every inflection and tremble in First Snow’s voice. And First Snow wasn’t meowing randomly. She was conveying information. So after careful consideration, Winona was certain she had deciphered First Snow’s message. It was probably something like... I have something important, meow! I won’t be back for dinner tonight, meow!

Winona guessed that First Snow was at Adele’s dorm. Or rather, it wasn’t a guess, but a certainty. After all, First Snow was using Adele’s phone. And coincidentally, she also intended to ask Adele to let First Snow stay over for the night. Because of the major incident that shocked both human and vampire high-ups today, the “fall of a True Ancestor,” it was no small matter. If not handled properly, it could escalate into a serious diplomatic incident in the mysterious world, comparable to Lady Chen Xi’s assassination attempt. So Winona’s sleep was inevitably sacrificed. Now, she had to attend a meeting as a representative of the magical world and express her opinions. So she couldn’t take care of First Snow, who was alone in the castle. Therefore, even if First Snow didn’t call, she would have called Adele and asked her to let First Snow stay over. Unexpectedly, First Snow had the same intention. Undeniably, this made Winona feel a bit melancholic, like her “daughter” was growing up and leaving her. But the process was wrong, and the result was right. It seemed fine.

So she silently agreed to First Snow’s request and didn’t call back to disturb Adele.

Back in Adele’s room, the girl was undergoing a transformation that ordinary people couldn’t imagine. Her body alternated between hot and cold, her cheeks between pale and flushed, sometimes sweating, sometimes burning. The surging elemental energy, after being swallowed by the giant “Adele” soul, hadn’t disappeared, but was completely absorbed, becoming Adele’s magic power, transforming her magic circuits into a form more suitable for releasing elemental magic. If someone had the special ability to see the flow of invisible magic power within a human body, they would be surprised to find that Adele’s magic circuits were expanding and twisting, becoming similar, even identical, to Hermione’s.

In other words, Hermione’s talent was undeniable. She had perfect elemental magic circuits and was the most likely to become a True Ancestor. After all, the current situation was that Hermione was the strongest elemental vampire, Kaiser the strongest physical vampire, Dorothy the strongest familiar-type vampire, and for ability users...there was no conclusion yet, but Sharon had great potential.

And Adele’s magic circuits were becoming closer and closer to Hermione’s. What did this mean? It meant that Adele became Hermione-shaped! Ahem, no, not that! It meant that Adele now possessed Hermione’s innate advantage! She now had magic circuits more suitable for releasing elemental magic, which would exponentially increase the power of her elemental magic and allow her to cast spells of greater complexity, reaching the theoretical limit of magic.

But even so, Hermione wouldn’t feel any resentment or jealousy towards Adele. On the contrary, she would probably share all her knowledge and experience in elemental magic with Adele after she woke up, without asking for anything in return. After Adele mastered it, learned from her experience, and began to develop her own magic, perhaps it would be Adele’s turn to guide Hermione in elemental magic. After all, the girl had absorbed all the energy left behind by a fallen True Ancestor. Not only would her magic circuits be transformed, but her magic refinement level ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) would also increase dramatically.

The so-called magic refinement level was a conventional evaluation standard for mages in the magical world. So far, there were thirteen levels. Reaching the thirteenth level meant you were at the pinnacle of the magical world, qualified to become a legendary mage. Headmistress Winona was naturally at the peak of the thirteenth level, on par with True Ancestors. Above that was perhaps the legendary “demigod realm.”

Currently, Hermione’s elemental magic refinement level was around eight. At her age, this was already considered exceptionally talented. Celeste was at the seventh level. Adele...the last time she was tested, she had just broken through the first level. But after becoming a witch, her magic power underwent a qualitative change. Conservatively, she should also be at the seventh level, the same as Celeste, but she hadn’t been officially tested yet. So now, after absorbing the True Ancestor’s energy, to what terrifying level would her magic refinement level rise?

But perhaps the girls who truly cared for and loved her only cared about Adele’s safety and happiness, not whether her power had increased dramatically.

The girls took turns checking on Adele at intervals. To avoid any commotion caused by their eagerness, they had set an order, but their love for Adele had no order. And this time, it was Celeste’s turn to go upstairs and check on Adele. The girl’s heart ached. If anything happened to Adele, Celeste would definitely be the first to follow her in death. Actually, Celeste didn’t know that Adele had saved her life by chance. After all, according to the original story, Celeste was the first character to die... But that didn’t prevent Celeste from valuing Adele, her Master, more than her own life.

She tried to walk slowly, but even so, she almost stumbled several times on the stairs. Her concern for Adele weighed heavily on her heart, making it difficult to maintain her balance. Just like that, under the influence of her nervousness, Celeste finally reached the second floor, holding onto the wall. She raised her hand, instinctively wanting to knock on the door. The girl was so humble and polite, showing the deepest respect for her Master. But then she realized how foolish her action was. Her Master should be sound asleep at this moment. Although she hoped Adele would wake up now, she didn’t want it to be because she was woken up. If it caused problems for Adele’s “transformation,” Celeste...really didn’t know what to do.

So, she took a deep breath to relax and then slowly reached for the familiar doorknob. But at this moment, she faintly heard a girl’s voice calling her name. Celeste thought it was just an illusion caused by her concern and longing, until Adele called out again from inside the room, “Celeste?”

The moment she heard her Master’s voice, Celeste’s face was instantly covered in tears. She couldn’t speak, just pushed open the door and rushed towards Adele, who was sitting up in bed, a dazed look on her face.

The girl knelt before Adele, her tear-stained face upturned, sobbing, unable to form a sentence for a long time, only her shoulders trembling, her hair shaking. She had completely lost her composure in front of Adele.

But Adele undoubtedly understood Celeste’s feelings. Or rather, she was deeply moved. So she reached out and gently stroked Celeste’s soft, golden hair, comforting her, “My good puppy, silly puppy~.”

“I’m fine.”

“Ugh~ It feels like I had a long, long dream.” Adele stretched, true to her style.

“Although it felt very real in the dream, the impression was very deep and clear,”

“But after waking up, everything vanished like smoke, as if it never existed.”

“My memory of the dream is also blurry.”

“I only remember it was a nightmare, full of disasters, and I kept running...”

“Look, I’m even covered in sweat.” Adele smiled and pulled down the strap of her nightgown, revealing her smooth, white, round shoulders, her delicate neck, and the curve of her side boob... A few beads of sweat clung to her skin, glistening and emitting a faint fragrance.

“I want to take a bath.”

“Or rather, I want to soak in a bath. Ugh, what should I do?” After all, the dorm didn’t have a bathtub.

Adele pondered while petting her “golden retriever.” And it was at this moment that something surprising happened. The water element in the air began to flow and condense at an unnatural speed, obeying Adele’s will, changing shape and continuing to gather, until it was enough to fill a bathtub. It hovered in mid-air, forming a natural “water bathtub.”

Celeste’s jaw almost dropped! And Adele’s surprise was no less than her loyal golden retriever’s. The girl stared at her palm incredulously.

“Is this...my own ability?” Although the sound inside the room couldn’t be heard outside, the rapid flow of elements in the air was noticed by the sensitive Hermione. The next moment, she sat up abruptly from the sofa in surprise. Clearly, Hermione didn’t think Celeste, who specialized in fire elemental magic, could have such high proficiency in water element. Therefore, the one manipulating them...could only be Adele, who inherited some of the True Ancestor’s abilities!

Hermione broke the rule of one visit at a time and hurried upstairs. Some of the other girls reacted, some didn’t, but none were willing to be outdone by Hermione. So Adele’s room, including the doorway, was quickly filled with girls who came to visit her. It was truly a spectacular sight, the beautiful girls packed together, highlighting the smallness of Adele’s room.

Although Adele was a bit surprised, she was more concerned about, “Everyone...”

“Have you all...been waiting for me to wake up?”

“How long...have you been waiting...?”

“Waaah, are you all idiots...or are you trying to make me cry?” Although she said that, Adele’s expression clearly showed that she was touched. Even the bathtub-shaped water element in the air changed with Adele’s mood, first forming a “crying face” like the girl’s, then turning into a full heart.