chapter 239 - Twilight City
Hermione wasn’t new to “bedtime service,” so she performed even better this time.
Who wouldn’t like a big sister who catered to your every whim in bed?
Adele had another wonderful experience.
She originally wanted to continue, but she was also worried about Hermione’s body, it wouldn’t be good to overdo it.
After all, not everyone had Adele’s witch constitution, which could replenish yin with yin.
So Adele would have to learn to be careful and control herself in the future.
Otherwise, the girls who liked her were all willing to sacrifice themselves and push themselves to the limit. If Adele wasn’t careful…
Wouldn’t she drain them dry!?
That would be too harmful to their bodies!
Anyway, in the afterglow, Adele snuggled in Hermione’s arms, her eyes blinking, seemingly lost in thought.
“What’s wrong?” Hermione asked gently, her snow-white nose nuzzling Adele’s hair.
“Nothing, I was just thinking about going back to the vampire capital tomorrow.”
“No, I shouldn’t say ‘going back,’ I’ve never even been there.”
Adele said, feeling a little embarrassed.
Thinking about it this way, in front of Hermione, she was like a country bumpkin who had never been to a big city, never seen the world.
But Adele was telling the truth, she had always lived in human cities.
As for vampire territory, so far, she had only been to the estate where Dorothy lived.
“The vampire capital isn’t anything special, Adele, just stay by my side and you’ll be fine,” Hermione comforted her understandingly.
“But I’m still a Sequence Five.”
“That doesn’t matter.”
Hermione’s tone was slightly serious, she didn’t want Adele to belittle herself.
In fact, ever since she met Adele, she had gradually become dissatisfied with the Sequence system.
In the past, Hermione had always been an excellent heir to her family, a traditional and rational girl.
But now…
Not to mention that she was the submissive one in their relationship…
The key was that because of Adele, because of love, she had started to question the fundamental national policy of the vampire race, she no longer cared about Sequence.
From the perspective of Hermione’s family, Adele was truly a femme fatale.
In the vampire capital, the Sequence order was strict.
There were even different districts, and low-ranking vampires couldn’t enter the territory of high-ranking vampires.
Similarly, generally speaking, high-ranking vampires wouldn’t choose to go to the places where low-ranking vampires lived, lest they be tainted by the inferior aura.
The vampire capital – “Twilight City” – was a city with a “pyramid” structure.
Naturally, the True Ancestors and their descendants were at the top, and then it was further divided according to Sequence.
Some professions could only be done by high-ranking vampires, while some laborious professions were specifically for low-ranking vampires.
Under this strict class policy, the social order in Twilight City was well-maintained, and it had been stable for over a thousand years.
Most of the vampires who came from there were also absolute supporters of the Sequence order.
Even the lowest Sequence Five vampires.
Adele understood this, which was why she knew that Hermione was just comforting her.
But Adele readily accepted the comfort.
After a while, she asked again,
“What about witches?”
“Do vampires also want to exterminate witches, like humans do?”
“If that’s the case, then wouldn’t I be completely debuffed? I might as well just stay in Dongdu, otherwise, I’m really worried that I won’t be able to come back from Twilight City safely.”
Adele knew when to be cowardly, and she would quickly back down when she should.
After all, there were plenty of fish in the sea.
Moreover, she couldn’t afford to have anything happen to her, otherwise, many girls would be heartbroken for her.
Hermione thought for a moment, hugged Adele tighter, and then replied with a smile,
“It’s different.”
“Different?”
“Yes, vampires who live in the human world, who work in human organizations, might see witches as enemies.”
“After all, they have close friends and even comrades who lost their precious lives in battles against witches.”
“As for the vampires in Twilight City, most of them don’t really care about witches, they’re just another supernatural force, there are so many other races, witches are like the other races among humans.”
“…I won’t hurt good people or good vampires,” Adele said seriously, emphasizing a certain point in Hermione’s words.
“Of course, I believe you, Adele.”
“Yawn~”
Hermione suddenly yawned, although it was a small yawn, it still affected Adele.
As expected, yawns were contagious.
“Yawn, let’s not talk about this anymore, I’ll just go with the flow.”
Adele’s mentality was as optimistic as ever.
“Hermione, good night~”
“Good night, my Adele.”
“Muah, muah~”
“…Mmm, mua~”
Hermione couldn’t resist Adele’s coquettishness.
Soon, Adele fell asleep in Hermione’s arms.
Hermione’s body was colder than a normal person’s, but in the warm blanket, it was Hermione’s embrace that felt more comfortable in the end.
Adele had a dreamless night, probably because Hermione’s embrace was satisfying enough, she didn’t need dreams to embellish her world.
And the girl’s physique had significantly improved compared to when she first transmigrated.
At least hugging Hermione wouldn’t make her catch a cold.
Thinking back now, her body was terribly weak at that time.
Of course, this was related to her constantly being drained of blood by the Sequence One vampires.
As for now…
The tables had turned, it was Adele’s turn to drain the Sequence Ones!
After having breakfast with Adele, someone from Hermione’s family came to pick up the young lady and take her back to the vampire capital, where Hermione’s real family was.
Adele, as an honored guest, was also invited.
This was truly unexpected for Adele.
Fortunately, Adele was always quick to accept reality, especially a reality that was beneficial to her.
The luxury car drove on the roads built by humans, and at first, the route wasn’t anything special.
But gradually, as they passed a certain point, mist suddenly appeared on both sides of the road.
Before Adele even realized it, the clear sky had turned gloomy.
And further in the distance, a blood-red moon hung in the sky, emitting a demonic pink glow.
They had silently passed through a barrier invisible to ordinary human eyes and entered the edge of the vampire territory.
Adele suddenly thought of the countless mysterious disappearances of humans that had happened in the world. Many of the victims described how the surrounding scenery suddenly changed, and then they found themselves in a distant place.
Perhaps it was because they accidentally touched a barrier and entered a forbidden territory of another race.
Then they were discovered, their memories erased, and they were sent back to the human world.
But this was actually a form of protection for ordinary people.
Otherwise, if “muggles” who didn’t know magic entered the mystical realm and encountered a foreign race with malicious intentions towards humans, they would have no ability to resist and would probably become “missing persons.”
Adele sighed and looked up at the red moon in the distance.
At this moment, the human world should be bathed in bright sunlight.
But in the vampire territory within the barrier, there was no change between day and night, only the seemingly eternal blood moon, hanging high in the sky.
Adele had done some research before entering the vampire territory.
She knew that the blood moon was also a creation of the twelve True Ancestors.
The faint crimson glow it emitted had a mysterious, hypnotic, and calming effect on vampires.
It was also the greatest defense mechanism of the vampire territory.
When a foreign race invaded, breaking through the barrier, the blood moon would turn crimson, and the vampires bathed in its light would have their potential pushed to the limit.
It was like a “blood moon kill.”
But vampires were very powerful. In such a long history, only the “werewolves,” their long-time enemies, had invaded the vampire territory once, triggering the blood moon’s defense mechanism.
The werewolves naturally suffered heavy losses and retreated in defeat.
Although werewolves did have the talent to become stronger under the moonlight, the blood moon, as a creation of the vampire True Ancestors, obviously wouldn’t enhance their power.
As for the current werewolves, they had already lost their past strength and could only hide in some corner of the world, struggling to survive.
At first, Adele was still interested in the scenery outside the car window, but gradually, she became bored.
And there was no signal on this road, even if Adele wanted to play with her phone, there was no internet connection. She hadn’t downloaded any novels, comics, or movies beforehand, and she didn’t have any single-player games, so she could only stare at her phone blankly.
Finally, the girl threw her phone aside, tilted her head, and rested on Hermione’s lap, falling asleep.
“…”
Hermione didn’t expect Adele to suddenly become so… relaxed.
But then, the Ice Queen realized that this was probably what humans commonly called a “lap pillow,” and she couldn’t help but feel happy.
Adele was still close to her after all.
Even though Adele was asleep, Hermione didn’t dare to move, even if she occasionally couldn’t help but pinch Adele’s soft cheeks.
Adele only let out a soft “Mmm,” showing no signs of resistance.
Adele like this was incredibly soft and cute, making Hermione chuckle.
Time passed quietly, and finally, at noon, Hermione’s family’s car arrived at a Stonehenge-like structure standing in the wilderness.
The Stonehenge was composed of countless huge stone pillars, arranged in a regular pattern, forming a circular structure, emanating a powerful magical aura even from afar.
This reminded Adele of the Salisbury stone circle she had read about in popular science books (actually just some “XX Unsolved Mysteries” books designed to attract attention and boost sales, which Adele used to love reading) before she transmigrated, commonly known as “Stonehenge.”
There were some similarities between the two, which made Adele associate them.
“What is this?” the girl asked Hermione curiously.
Hearing this, Hermione’s family members glanced at Adele.
Their expressions clearly showed that they saw her as a “country bumpkin.”
Hermione noticed this and glared back at them.
The servants sent by Hermione’s family to pick them up instantly turned pale and lowered their heads, keeping silent.
They might not have much respect for Adele.
But Hermione was the heir to the family, if they didn’t want their future vampire lives to be ruined, it was better not to offend this young phoenix.
Although Hermione didn’t have much power now, one day, she would wear the crown that represented her family.
Hermione used her eyes to reprimand her family’s servants, then immediately softened her expression and turned to Adele with a gentle look.
The gaze she cast on Adele wasn’t cold, but warm.
Hermione explained to Adele,
“This is the teleportation circle to the vampire capital.”
It was jointly built by many powerful vampires, its only function was to teleport to the largest teleportation circle in Twilight City.
But even so, it was still a magnificent creation, at least it provided a more convenient way for vampires who were away from home to return to Twilight City.
As for the largest and most complex teleportation circle in Twilight City, its creation was undoubtedly related to the Vampire True Ancestors.
It was imprinted with an extremely powerful spatial magic, allowing True Ancestors to teleport to any place in the world they had marked, using their own blood as a medium.
There were even rumors that True Ancestors could descend using the blood of their descendants.
But whether this was the ability of a specific True Ancestor or all True Ancestors, and what kind of magic it required, was unknown.
Adele looked surprised.
“So there really are teleportation circles.”
“Of course, since ancient times, how to shorten the distance of return trips and reduce the consumption of time and energy has always been a problem that troubled all races.”
Just like how people in ancient times chose to ride horses, and in modern times, trains, ships, and airplanes were invented, all these efforts were just to solve the problem of distance and reduce wasted time.
Then the Vampire True Ancestors, who possessed powerful magic, also hoped for such a method to reduce the time they wasted on travel.
The existence of teleportation circles was therefore necessary.
In fact, even Principal Winona needed to use a teleportation circle to go to the magic world.
As for the flying staff, it was just a means of transportation to the teleportation circle.
If Winona had to fly on a staff for several days and nights, it would not only be torturous, but also a waste of time.
At first, Adele was very excited about using the teleportation circle.
But when she actually stepped onto it and prepared to activate it, she felt incredibly nervous and scared.
Because she didn’t know how the teleportation circle worked, whether it teleported the entire person…
Or, more scientifically, it broke the person down into countless atoms and then reassembled them at the location of another teleportation circle.
This was called “quantum teleportation technology,” and it raised an important question that caused widespread discussion:
“Is the reassembled human body still you?”
And no one knew if there would be any accidents during quantum teleportation, causing other atoms to be mixed in during the reassembly process, resulting in a mutated human, that would be terrifying.
Thinking of this, Adele couldn’t help but tightly hold Hermione’s hand beside her.
Sensing Adele’s nervousness, Hermione intertwined their fingers, this was the best way to express her care for and determination to protect Adele.
With Hermione’s comfort, Adele’s anxiety subsided a lot.
Then the teleportation circle activated, and Adele closed her eyes tightly.
A crimson magic power enveloped her and everyone else on the teleportation circle.
Their bodies were instantly carried away by the magic power, entering the void above the Stonehenge.
In just an instant, Adele and Hermione were teleported to the vampire territory, to that huge and magnificent teleportation circle.
There was no process of being broken down and reassembled, no accidents as Adele had imagined.
It was the most traditional and trustworthy method of using magic power to open a void between spaces, enveloping oneself with magic for protection, and passing through the void.
Adele finally opened her eyes, relieved.
And what came into view was an ancient and beautiful city, perpetually bathed in the soft, ambiguous glow of sunset.
The vampire capital, Twilight City.