I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

"What is this, Celie?"

"This is called the Leaf Flute. Do you want to learn it?"

"Ok!"

In this way, with just a few words, Xili shifted Melchis's attention from prohibiting her from entering the kitchen to Ye Di. It turned out that the old ones are still the best.

—·—·—·—·—·—·—

After lunch, Melchis was still pestering Celie to learn the playing techniques of the leaf flute. Although she quickly mastered how to play the leaf flute with her extraordinary talent, as Celie said, being able to play it is only the first step to get started, and there is still a long way to go.

"Hmm...Okay, let's stop here for now."

About an hour after dinner, Xili suddenly stopped the class, stood up and stretched.

"Hey, is that the end?"

"No, it's just a break. By the way, Shizu, do you want to try it too?"

As she spoke, Xili took a larger leaf and walked to the grass in the sun.

"Taking a nap in the sunshine? It's very comfortable, right?"

“Yeah…yes!”

After thinking about it, Melchis readily agreed to Celie's proposal and lay down on the grass with her, enjoying the feeling of the sun shining on her body and slowly fell asleep.

In this way, the two elves took a nap on the grass, Istina was watching the birds flying in the distance, and as for Eve, she took Ilvia, Arcana, Dier and others to the demiplane to test magic.

Hmm... From this perspective, it seems like Eve is the only one working overtime. How pitiful.

There's nothing we can do about it, since her identity is the most special among them.

It's good enough to be able to take a break from your busy schedule to travel, so don't even think about slacking off.

After all, as long as the abyss is not eliminated, she will not be able to rest even when traveling. Every few days, an inspection team will come to ask for help or go to eradicate the abyss.

At first, Melchis would ask Tina where Eve had gone, but after asking her many times, she got used to it. Eve would come back soon anyway, so she just had to wait for a while.

By the way, Eve later rescued many people from the stronghold of the demon believers, and sent them all to Liberle Sertat for guidance and care. Although every time she handed people over to Liberle, she always felt an inexplicable numbness in her body, probably because she was too close to that masochist.

After all, my mother said that Libel performed very well, whether in taking care of the girls who were used as experimental subjects or in assisting in collecting evidence of the relationship between the Setet clan and the demon believers. So we can just leave it like this.

Oh yes, speaking of this, there is also the issue of that group of demon followers lurking in the darkness, which Eve will have to solve sooner or later.

And Eve always had a premonition, or perhaps it was a premonition coming from Ilvia, that sooner or later a major change would occur in the human race, and she and the people around her would be deeply involved in it and unable to escape.

Although Eve was a little confused about the source of this premonition, after all, among the people around her, only Lucia had a close connection with the human race. As for Istina, after becoming her follower, she could no longer be considered a pure human, so she was excluded.

But considering that this feeling seems like a reminder from the Holy Sword, could it also be a question from Ilvia?

For example, what if the human race knew that the vampire princess was the hero who was rumored to be dead?

If this were true, wouldn't the other party resort to moral blackmail or emotional manipulation? If the other party dared to do so, she would definitely do so, after all, what she hated most was moral blackmail.

In short, without knowing what the premonition meant, Eve decided to prioritize eradicating the abyss.

Take it one step at a time. At worst, she can wait until something happens and then think about how to solve it. Anyway, with her current strength and background, she can walk sideways on the mainland. No matter what the situation, there should be a solution.

By the way, it was a while after the festival that Eve finally understood why the premonition came from the holy sword. It can only be said that the other party's connection with the human race is indeed extremely deep.

Although she took me away the next second, hehe.

You are a nice person, but you will be mine, Eve, in the next second!

As the sky grew darker and the sunlight gradually dimmed, Melchis twitched her nose and woke up.

"Mmmmmmm-ah~"

After she stretched lazily, her restart was officially successful. It really felt good to take a nap in the sunshine in the afternoon. She would try it again when she had the chance.

Not far away, Eve also walked out with a dusty face, accompanied by the fluctuation of the half-plane gate. The magic test this afternoon was really giving her a headache.

"Celi, Celie, Celie?"

At this time, Melchis also began to try to wake up Xili beside her so that she could continue to teach her how to play the leaf flute. She had not yet completely learned it.

But after she called out several times, there was no response from Xili beside her, as if she had fallen asleep completely.

"Cili! Cili!"

Just as Melchis was getting a little panicked, Celie rubbed her eyes and got up in a daze.

"Well... okay, I'm already up, come on, let's continue."

As she spoke, Xili gently placed the leaf between her lips and began to blew.

"Ah."

§ 84 The Ceremony of Return

"..."

Looking at Melchis who was learning how to play the leaf flute with Celie, Eve quietly walked aside without disturbing them.

Just now, in her perception, Celie was indeed about to fall asleep forever, but she came back to her senses after being called by Melchis. Now it was her last moment of life, and probably the next time she fell asleep, it would be forever.

But at this moment, she noticed out of the corner of her eye that Xili was gesturing to her, as if she wanted to say something to her later, so she paid more attention to it.

So, at night...

"Sorry to have kept you waiting. Shizu just fell asleep and she was making a fuss for quite a while."

With the sound of the tent being gently opened, Xili sat down next to Eve and looked at the campfire in front of her with her.

Tonight, because Celie was there, there were not enough sleeping bags, so Eve ran outside to keep watch, which also gave Celie some time to talk to her privately.

"I didn't expect there would be a white elf like Shizu."

Thinking back to the process of coaxing Sis to sleep just now, Xili couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Well, Shizu's situation was a little special. She had absolutely no common sense at first."

Eve casually agreed, and then changed the subject.

"So, Miss Celie, do you have anything to tell me?"

"Well, I'll ask you to pass this on to her."

As she spoke, Xili took out a handwritten notebook from her bosom and handed it to Eve.

"This is some of my experience when I was practicing the leaf flute. Xisi is very smart. I believe she can learn it after reading it once. Huhu, I didn't expect that I would meet such a child in the end and pass on the leaf flute to her."

"..."

I casually flipped through the contents of the notebook. It was filled with beautiful small handwriting, which was enough to show how seriously Xili was taking when writing down these experiences.

But then Eve handed the notebook back to Celie.

"Uh, Miss Eve?"

Faced with the notebook being stuffed back into her hands again, Celie seemed a little at a loss. After all, Eve definitely understood what she meant, but why didn't she take it?

"If you want to say goodbye, do it properly. Don't try to sneak away. Otherwise, you might end up hurting others. This is my personal experience."

After saying that, Eve asked again.

"And wouldn't you like Shizu to perform the ceremony of return for you?"

Hearing Eve's question, Xili couldn't help but show hesitation, but then shook her head.

The so-called Ceremony of Return is a ceremony, or dance, that the elves will hold before their death. The meaning is that they hope you will sleep in nature forever and we will meet again in the future. It can be regarded as a vision with expectations for the future. Among them, the ceremony presided over by the white elves is the most grand one.

"But my body can't take it anymore."

Looking at her palms, Xili smiled helplessly.

"And Shizu probably doesn't know the dance of the Return Ceremony yet, right?"

Although the contact time was very brief, Celie still noticed that Melchis seemed to be still very young. However, the complexity of the Return Ceremony Dance was absolutely outrageous and it would take a long time to learn to master it.

"We should be able to buy some time with this, right?"

As she spoke, Eve took out the token made of the trunk of the World Tree from her own demiplane.

"Eh? This, this is! Miss Eve, who on earth are you..."

Feeling the familiarity of the token in her hand and the resonance that came from the same source, Xili couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, and the vitality from the World Tree also began to replenish her body that was nearing the end. Although it could not prevent the arrival of the final moment, it could indeed buy some time.

"OK?"

Ignoring Celie's doubts about her identity, Eve continued asking.

"Hmm... well, I can probably hold out until tomorrow morning."

After closing her eyes and taking in her own condition, Siri replied.

"In that case, I will personally say goodbye to Sis tomorrow morning. After that, Miss Eve, you can leave first."

"Don't make your own decisions. The person who's conducting the Return Ceremony hasn't spoken yet, right, Shizu?"

As Eve said this, she turned around and looked at the entrance of the tent. She didn't know when Melchis was standing there, quietly listening to the conversation between the two.

“Eh?! Shi-Shizu! What’s wrong with you…”

"How's it going? It's only for one night, but is that okay?"

Eve took out a video crystal from the demiplane and threw it to Melchis, then asked over the voice of Celie beside her.

"Yeah, absolutely no problem."

She clutched the crystal tightly in her hand, and in response she heard Melchis's voice, full of awareness.

Just like that, under the moonlight, Melchis's graceful figure practiced dancing over and over again, and her hard work remained in the eyes of the two men forever.

In the early morning, as the dance ended again, Melchis was able to complete the entire return ceremony with great skill.

It only took her one night to go from only being able to learn the movements by watching videos to being able to complete the entire ceremony naturally.

As the morning sun gradually rose in the sky, Melchis came to Sili again. At this time, Sili could only lean on the tree behind her and look at her with a smile. Her place was naturally the place where Istina first met her. As for the token, she had returned it to Eve. After all, its mission had been completed.

At this time, the tent on the top of the mountain had been folded up by Eve, and everyone stood aside silently, leaving the space for them.

"..."

Faced with the silent Melchis, it was finally Celie who broke the silence.

"Well, even though it was short, the time I spent with you was wonderful. It was great to see you at the end."

After saying that, she took out her notebook from her arms and handed it to Melchis.

"Although I'm a little disappointed that I can't teach you personally, I believe Shizu will definitely be able to learn it. After all, you're a genius who mastered the Ritual of Return in just one night."

"…Um."

Listening to Melchis's choked voice, Celie finally smiled and comforted her.

"Okay, don't be like this. I've just returned to nature. I'll always be by your side. Now, it's time to say goodbye. Please give me a good farewell."

"Ok!"

Taking a deep breath and suppressing the sadness in her heart, Melchis began to dance towards the rising sun, bidding her final farewell and blessing to her fellow tribesmen who were about to pass away.

"It's so beautiful..."

With a soft murmur, Xili slowly closed her eyes and stepped into eternal sleep. She turned into a tiny point of light and disappeared in the world, returning to the endless forest that gave birth to the elves.

On the silent mountaintop, only Melchis's sobs could be heard clearly.

§ 85 Farewell

"Eve..."

Suddenly, Istina gently pulled the corner of Eve's clothes.

"Elves, are they all like this?"