On how PhDs become human evil

"Huh?"

Lan Yuqian raised her head in confusion, and then she saw Bai Jie's unusually sharp fangs and bright red eyes.

vampire.

The word popped into Aiba Asagi's mind, but how could that be? Bai Jie was clearly a pure human.

"Well, a lot has happened. To put it simply, some idiot forcefully gave me the physique of the Fourth Progenitor. Although I admit it was beneficial for me to deal with Narakvira, this identity has also brought a lot of trouble."

The True Ancestors who rule the Night Empire are essentially the army of a nation, not to mention the Fourth True Ancestor, the strongest among them. Their very existence is seen as a symbol of calamity. In other words, the current situation is like having a nuclear missile stationed on Itogami Island, ready to be launched at any moment.

It would be strange if countries around the world didn't take action in this situation. That's why Bai Jie said that his identity as the Fourth Ancestor had brought him a lot of trouble. He really didn't want to scheme against those countries. You know, if he got serious, he might lose all those countries, just like some superhuman high school students.

"Wait, since this involves national diplomacy, doesn't that mean..."

The claim that the newly formed Fourth Progenitor is a male, and a high school student in his adolescence, is seen by politicians as implying that Bai Jie is an easily wooed, nuclear-level patron, who could be persuaded to use a honey trap by sending Bai Jie several princesses in exchange for his protection.

Such examples are common around the world. In fact, many countries in Europe now offer princesses to vampires in order to survive. It seems that Vatola has quite a few princesses from other countries under his command, although he has absolutely no interest in them.

"To put it simply, the news that I am the Fourth Ancestor will soon spread throughout the world, and then those politicians with screws in their heads will start to take action to win me over, such as sending me a few wives or something."

"...Shameless!"

Asagi Aiba was truly speechless at the unscrupulous methods of those politicians. She hadn't even succeeded yet, and these politicians were already trying to oust her? Couldn't they at least have some sense of order?

With pouting angrily, Lan Yuqian pressed Bai Jie, asking, "You're not interested in those princesses, are you?"

"How could that be? To be honest, you and Yukina are no less than those princesses. After spending so much time with you, how could I possibly look at those princesses?"

Bai Jie didn't hold back his praise for the two of them, but Ai Yu Asagi's attention wasn't on Bai Jie's praise of her, but on how Bai Jie addressed Himeragi Yukina.

"Yukina? I mean, Ryuu, you wouldn't...?"

"The Fourth Progenitor's familiar is quite troublesome. It only obeys when I suck its blood. I have no choice but to let Yukina suffer a bit." Bai Jie shrugged. "What, you want me to suck your blood too?"

"No way! I've heard that a vampire's blood-sucking urge is actually that kind of urge. You dumped me, right? That means you don't like me, right? So why should I let you suck my blood?"

"You..."

Bai Jie felt he understood what a "blonde loser" was. With Lan Yu Qian Cong's personality, it was fortunate that she had her eye on him. If it were another man, he would probably just have to watch helplessly as that man got together with another woman.

Scratching his hair, Bai Jie continued, "Well, if you don't want to, that's fine—we were talking about the princess earlier, right? Although I'm not interested in princesses, there's something I have to mention. There's one princess I'm interested in, since my relationship with her is rather complicated. She should be coming to Itogami Island soon."

"What?" Lan Yu Qiancong was stunned. Didn't this man say he wasn't interested in princesses? How come he's suddenly interested in one? "Dōryū, could it be that princess is your ex-girlfriend? Or your old flame?"

“Uh… in terms of nature, they should be about the same, but you should remove the ‘former’ part,” Bai Jie corrected. “Also, saying ‘girlfriend’ isn’t quite right; the relationship is deeper.”

"Could it be... his fiancée?!"

"Deeper."

A fiancée isn't enough?! If that's the case, then there's only one possibility left!

Above a fiancée, of course, is a wife!

"Asagi, my wife is coming to Itogami Island."

Bai Jie pronounced a death sentence on Lan Yu Qiancong.

Section 398, Chapter 31: You are all my cards... Pshaw, shikigami!

After visiting Lan Yu Qiancong, Bai Jie left, since judging from her appearance, she wouldn't be able to recover for a while.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. The person you've liked for so long already has a princess wife. Any young girl would find it hard to accept that right away.

After walking out of the ward, Bai Jie noticed three people who had been standing outside the door for a long time. One was Nangong Nayue, another was Himeragi Yukina, and the third person... was Akatsuki Kojou.

"I figured you guys should be coming to me by now, and I'll explain."

In any case, the fact that she suddenly became the Fourth Progenitor was not a normal situation. As her monitors, guardians, and the original Fourth Progenitor, Nangong Nayue, Himeragi Yukina, and Akatsuki Kojo all had reasons to know the truth.

However, considering that the entrance to the ward was not a suitable place to talk, Bai Jie led the three of them to the rooftop.

Walking to the edge of the rooftop and leaning against the railing, Bai Jie turned to face the three of them: "Well, where should I begin? This matter is complicated in some ways, but simple in others."

"You only need to answer one question," Nangong Nayue said coldly, "Why did you become the Fourth True Ancestor?"

The Fourth Progenitor is the world's strongest vampire, a god-slaying weapon created by the Heavenly Department. In theory, his power should not be obtained by others. Even Kojou Akatsuki became the Fourth Progenitor only because of the gift from the previous Fourth Progenitor.

Bai Jie, on the other hand, became the Fourth True Ancestor completely and suddenly, without any warning. In fact, when he became the Fourth True Ancestor, there was a distance of nearly half a Itogami Island between him and Xiao Gucheng.

This situation is as if some being forcibly extracted the power of Kojou Akatsuki's Fourth Progenitor and stuffed it into Haku's body.

"Why did I become the Fourth Progenitor? The reason is simple." Bai Jie spread his hands. "A certain god with a screw loose saw that I couldn't beat Narakvira, so in order to make me able to beat him, he transferred the power of the Fourth Progenitor from the ancient city to me. It's that simple."

"God... are you toying with us?" Nangong Nayue frowned. "I'm asking you a serious question. Tell me why you became the Fourth True Ancestor!"

"But what I said is the truth! Otherwise, Teacher Nangong, you can experience it for yourself!" Bai Jie suddenly raised his head and shouted to the sky, "Hey! God, change the settings for me and Gu Cheng back!"

You really know how to order people around!

Just as Nangong Nayue and the others were surprised by Bai Jie's behavior, Dan Kuroto's voice suddenly rang in their minds. Then, blood-red and azure-blue lights shone on Bai Jie and Akatsuki Kojo at the same time. The power of the True Ancestor and the power of the Onmyoji flew out of their respective bodies and immediately entered into the bodies of their original owners.

A ball of Fire Realm Spell flame rose from his palm, and Bai Jie laughed, "Well, do you believe me now?"

"Ugh... this really is..." Unlike Bai Jie's relaxed demeanor, Xiao Gu Cheng gripped the railing with a pained expression, his body trembling uncontrollably. "Quiet down, you idiots."

"Can't you control your familiars?" Bai Jie saw through Xiao Gucheng's strange behavior at a glance. "The other familiars are fine, but Lion Gold has already sucked my blood. Strictly speaking, it's already my familiar. It's bound to cause trouble if it's suddenly returned to your useless master."

"I'm so sorry I'm such a useless master. Anyway, I'm a virgin vampire who's never drunk blood!"

Having finally managed to suppress the discontent of Lion Gold, Akatsuki complained with a bitter face. It wasn't his own choice to become the Fourth Progenitor. In fact, he was the master, so why were all these familiars so difficult to please, like old men?

Looking at the situation in disbelief, reason told Nangong Nayue and Himeragi Yukina that the situation was theoretically impossible, but the reality forced them to believe that Bai Jie's words were true.

Forcing herself to calm down, Nangong Nayue looked at Bai Jie with eyes full of awe: "I have heard that Onmyoji can communicate with gods, but that should require an extremely complicated ritual. You just casually commanded the gods like that..."

"Ah, actually, you can't say that. Our relationship is mutually beneficial. I help him with things, and he takes care of me in return. It's that simple."

Bai Jie shrugged.

"So, Ancient City, do you want to switch back? If you don't want to be a vampire, I can have God switch our settings back again."

[Hey! You've gone too far! Do you really think swapping settings is such a simple and easy thing!?]

"Anyway, you'll definitely find a way. Just keep working hard."

Completely ignoring Dan Kuroto's accusations, Bai Jie looked intently at Akira Kojo, awaiting his reply.

Xiao Gucheng hesitated at Bai Jie's suggestion.

He really didn't want to be a vampire. After all, his constitution, which couldn't stand the sunlight, had caused him a lot of suffering. In addition, his familiars would cause him trouble from time to time, and his blood-sucking urges were also incredibly annoying. If he could, he really didn't want to be the Fourth Progenitor.

"Forget it, I'll just stick to being my Fourth True Ancestor."

Xiao Gucheng laughed nonchalantly and said something that went against his own thoughts.

“I admit that the title and power of the Fourth Ancestor have brought me a lot of trouble, but this is the last thing Aurora left me, and I don’t intend to throw it away yet.”

Even though he hated the power and physique of the Fourth Progenitor, it was ultimately something left to him by Kojou Akatsuki's first love, and he had no intention of transferring it to anyone else.

Seeing the look in his friend's eyes, Bai Jie shrugged: "I can't do anything with you. Since you've asked for trouble, I'm not going to care. You'll have to bear with your familiars and blood-sucking urges by yourself."

"Is that something a human should say?! And mentioning familiars? Lion Gold is protesting against me again!"

"That's your familiar, isn't it? Take care of your own affairs."

"You're the one who fed him so much that he became a glutton! Can't you think of a way to solve this?"

"Then go find a decent-looking girl and suck her blood. The reason it resists you is probably because you don't suck blood."

Am I the kind of person who will eat anything when I'm desperate?

"Is not it?"

Watching the two suddenly start arguing, Himeragi Yukina suddenly thought of a scene—two pet keepers arguing about how to take care of their pets. Considering the relationship between vampires and their familiars, it seemed quite fitting.

"Ugh, this is so troublesome."

Bai Jie scratched his hair in frustration.

"How about this, I'll extract all your familiars from your blood, then you won't have to worry about familiars anymore, right?"

Is this even possible?

"As long as we ask the gods for help, everything will be fine, right? The gods are omnipotent."

Dan Kuroto, the "tool guy," is confirmed.

Section 399, Chapter 32: The Restless Itogami Island

At an altitude of one thousand meters, an airship is sailing among the clouds.

It is over 170 meters long. It is a huge armored flying ship covered with a hard shell made of special alloy, equipped with four turbine engines and twelve machine guns.

The image painted on the stable wing is that of a Valkyrie wielding a greatsword—the emblem of the Norse Aldebaran royal family.

The spindle-shaped hull is dyed a pale blue like the luster of a glacier and is decorated with gold trim.

It is a flying fortress that only members of the royal family and their entourage are allowed to ride.

The silhouette emerging under the moonlight is like a celestial palace.

On the deck of this airship, a silver-haired girl stood at the edge of the deck, gazing at the boundless sea of ​​clouds.

Her name is La Furia Livahain, the first princess of the magically powerful Norse kingdom of Aldeqia, and the first in line to the throne, the future queen.

"We're almost at Itogami Island, the Demon Special Zone in the Far East... I wonder what kind of place it is, Lulu."

“I told you not to call me that, it reminds me of some embarrassing things from my childhood.”

Behind Freya, wisps of black mist rose up, gradually forming the shape of a young girl.

Silver hair, dragon horns, black dress.

Who else could it be but Talulah?

About three weeks ago, while taking a walk in the royal palace, Freya suddenly heard a very strange voice, as if it were ringing directly in her mind, asking her if she was willing to accept the arrival of someone.

Because all the women of Aldeqia were the world's most outstanding priestesses, and things like divine possession often happened, Freya agreed without much thought, and after that she met Talulah.