I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

§ 17 Staying up late and then suffering from insomnia

“Hmph~Hmph~~”

Humming a soft melody, Eve kept writing and drawing in a notebook in the dark.

To be honest, after she got in-depth exposure to making magic formulas, the construction methods of magic formulas in this world always reminded her of coding. If the process of completing the code is requirements, coding, implementation, and testing, then magic is not much different.

To create a new magic, you must first list the effects you want the magic to have, and then find a way to realize and integrate them. After the initial completion, cast defensive magic on yourself and run to an uninhabited area to test it. It is recommended here that you don't forget to leave a message before leaving, so that no one will know if you die in the wilderness.

If the test is OK and the effects are normal, congratulations, your magic development has achieved initial success. The next step is to simplify the magic from getting started to escaping.

After all, the extremely complex magic code is not suitable for use in combat, and it needs to be simplified to achieve rapid and multiple releases in combat.

Of course, if you are learning magic passed down by our ancestors, you don't have to worry about this. Over a long period of time, these widely spread magics have developed a mature system. In other words, you just need to memorize it.

What? Can't memorize it? That's hopeless. Change your career. Goodbye.

Many people believe that this is the reason why magicians are often light and weak - they are usually busy memorizing this knowledge and neglect daily exercise.

But the biggest difference is that problems with the code will cause you mental harm by reporting errors and bugs, while problems with magic formulas can cause everything from inability to activate to explosion out of control, and may even make you disappear in a physical sense.

But there's one good thing about magic - if you develop it for yourself, you don't have to worry about running into a high-pressure client who asks you to create colorful black.

Well, she definitely didn't say that because she recalled any memories of high blood pressure.

What, you said you are a court mage and you do things for money?

Well, you can just wish yourself the best. After all, you are aristocrats and you can always do something different.

"call."

After a long time, Eve breathed a sigh of relief, stopped writing and began to check.

The core elements of the fire magic she designed this time were only power, quantity, and magic infusion.

As for power, there is no need to say much. Power is justice. No matter how fancy you are, I can knock you down with one shot.

Quantity, simplify the casting process, increase the number that can be used at the same time, after all, who has time to do precision strikes when there is firepower coverage, and when it is maxed out, a salvo of thousands of guns can be launched.

Magic infusion is used to control the power. How well a shot is cooked depends on how much magic you infuse. By the way, Eve increases the upper and lower limits of a single magic that can be infused, pursuing an extreme and randomness.

Combining the above three points, and finally combining it with the high destructive power of his own magic, the prototype of magic began to emerge.

"As for the name... well... I'll leave it to Arcana."

After thinking about her own poor naming ability, Eve decisively handed the task of naming the magic to Arcana.

"Once this spell is complete, I'll use it as my daily magic. But, should I develop some more final magic?"

Although the magic that has been passed down has advantages such as stability, the fact that it has been passed down for a long time also means that people will be familiar with its weaknesses. For example, for the Four Attributes Seal, any magician knows that the way to break this barrier magic is to destroy the four barrier cores. Of course, whether they can do it is another matter.

Using original magic in battle can confuse the opponent to a certain extent, such as a million-ton punch called a small fist that hits your chest.

Maybe one day you will encounter someone who underestimates the enemy and choose to fight him head-on. Anyway, if you don’t encounter such a person, you won’t lose anything, but if you do, you will make a lot of money.

If Arcana didn't care about reputation and if this magic didn't look like magic at all, Eve would have wanted to name it Little Flame. By the way, the lowest level magic with fire attribute is called Flame.

"Well...never mind, let's go to sleep tonight."

After thinking about the time required to develop such complex magic, Eve decided to postpone it for the time being, at least until all the daily attack magic was developed before considering the ace magic.

Anyway, she is now a vampire princess, with the support of the vampire clan, and her mother is known as the strongest queen in history. It is impossible for her to encounter an enemy that requires her to use her trump card, right?

...That shouldn't be the case, right? I feel like I've planted a flag.

Thinking about all these things, Eve slid down and got into the bed that had been warmed by Ilvia and Arcana.

But perhaps it was because she hadn't stayed up late for a long time. Although she was surrounded by the fragrance of Viya and Arcana and could hear their steady breathing, Eve suffered from insomnia for the first time in a long time.

"……Ugh."

In the dark room, Eve half-opened her eyes and fell into the dilemma of wanting to sleep but unable to.

“…Forget it, let’s think about future plans.”

Thinking that doing nothing would be a waste of time, Eve chose to make an action plan, although this seemed to make her more and more energetic.

"Magic development will be moved to the evenings. If you encounter any problems, go to the library to look up information. During the day, use it for sword training. My body is very different now, and I need to re-adjust to the distance and center of gravity."

Since she now has a lolita body shape, if she still follows her original habits during the battle, she will probably get beaten up, so recovery training is the first thing to do.

"Later, we have to learn how to fight with Arcana's air blade."

Arcana's corresponding air blade has both melee and ranged capabilities, and has a variety of combination transformations, from shorter swords and double swords to axes and guns that are long weapons. You need to practice how to use them in combat and explore your own style.

"We still need to figure out how to cooperate with Arcana."

Unlike Ilvia, who focuses on support, Arcana is an aggressive type who can use an empty blade to fight the enemy. It takes more practice to adjust her own fighting style so that she can cooperate with Arcana in battle.

Especially when the Sky Blade has so many combinations of long-range and melee attacks.

"Oh, yes, there are also combat styles. One for holy swords and one for air blades. We also need to consider how to combine sword skills with magic. But I think I can ask mother about this."

Since Eve was a spell insulator when she was a hero, she developed the skill of using the holy sword to cut off magic, but she had no idea how to combine the two to fight.

As for fighting in the same style as before? Are you kidding me? Her magic level is high enough that she can use it alone to fight the enemy. Wouldn't it be a waste to combine them?

Unlike others who also possess two adaptabilities, Eve did not suffer from the situation of being neither skilled nor skilled due to her long-term swordsmanship training during her time as a brave warrior and the large amount of magic she learned after becoming a vampire princess. She only needed to integrate the two styles to join the ranks of the world's top combat forces.

By the way, as a vampire princess, the vampire physique helped her a lot when she was learning magic. After all, if she were a human, she would have reported to the god of death long ago according to her seven times twenty-four hours of learning method.

Of course, talent is also one of the factors. She didn't get the nickname of rising star of the blood clan for nothing. Do you understand that her magical aptitude surpasses the record of the strongest queen ever?

"Haha, now that I think about it, I'll be busy later."

Finally, after thinking about it for a while, Eve slowly fell asleep. By the way, it was still two hours before she had to get up.

I can only say that I slept, but only for a little while.

§ 18 Simulated Battle

"Master, Master, wake up, Master?"

"Uh... yeah, okay, I'm awake now."

Early in the morning, Eve rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up.

"Master, is it really okay to stay up this late?"

Seeing Eve like this, Akana asked with some concern, and Ilvia beside her also looked at Eve with some concern.

"Yawn~~No problem, I'm just a little uncomfortable after not staying up late for so long. It will be fine in a few days. There was a period when I didn't sleep a wink all day."

Another yawn escaped her lips as Eve consoled the two.

"Alright! Let's go, let's practice sword fighting today!"

Eve said as she jumped out of bed and used magic to change into a combat suit that was easy to move in.

"Eh? But when you woke me up, didn't you say that you accidentally blew up the training ground? Has it been repaired now?"

Eve was also a little embarrassed when she heard Akana mention the training ground.

"Ahem... um... the repairs should be almost done, but they said they're planning on reinforcing it and adding defensive magic, so it'll probably take a few more days. Today we're just going to practice swordsmanship, so we'll just find a normal venue."

"That's it."

"Oh, yes, Arcana."

"Ok?"

"Would you mind sparring with me today?"

"Eh? Me?"

Arcana was a little stunned when he heard Eve say this.

"Firstly, I can become familiar with your fighting style, which will facilitate future planning. Secondly, it will also allow me to adapt to my current situation and change my previous habits. Also, it's not appropriate to let others know that my weapon is a holy sword."

"Eve, am I in the way?"

Hearing her say this, Ilvia on the side looked as if she was about to cry.

"Don't worry, it's not because of Viya. Viya is my good helper."

As she spoke, Eve hugged Ilvia, who was sitting on the bed like a duck, from behind and rubbed her little face.

"The main thing is that those flies who prioritize bloodline will probably fly over again and cause trouble for Mother."

"Is that so? No problem, leave it to me, Master!"

After listening to Eve's explanation, Akana agreed immediately.

"Okay, let's go!"

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Later in the training ground

As soon as I arrived at the training ground, I saw a group of mages busy at work. Many of them looked a little panicked when they saw Eve coming.

After all, the person in front of him was said to have just blown up a half-plane in anger for unknown reasons, and also destroyed the reinforcements and defensive magic in the training ground. What's more difficult is that she is the second-in-command of the vampire clan today, second only to the queen, so she has to panic.

The repair work has just been completed, the demiplane has just been created and reinforced, and the outer defense work has not yet begun. If their princess comes again, all the work will be in vain.

Thinking of this, a magician was forced to muster up the courage to come over.

"Your Highness, the training grounds haven't been reinforced yet. Could you please come back a few days later?"

Seeing them like this, Eve reacted after a moment of silence.

"Don't worry, I'm here to practice swordsmanship this time. I won't use magic."

"Can…"

"If there's any more problems, I'll come and clean it up. Is that okay?"

After hearing what Eve said, the wizard had no choice but to give up trying to stop her. After all, if he continued to try to stop her, it would be an insult to Eve, the vampire princess.

"Well, then please show some mercy, Your Highness."

"Ah."

After a slight response, Eve took Ilvia and Arcana into a demiplane.

"I hope Your Highness the Princess won't make any more trouble."

After watching Eve enter the demiplane, the mage could only smile bitterly, and then went to inform his colleagues to take precautions.

On the other side, in the demiplane.

"Hmm... I feel like the story of me blowing up the training ground is getting more and more out of control."

Thinking back to the mage's performance just now, Eve frowned slightly.

"Well, forget it. I'll leave Arcana to you. I can't use too much magic power to strengthen my body right now, so I'd like you to control the intensity of the air blade's bombardment a little bit, and also disable the special feature, otherwise there will be no point in training."

"No problem, then Master, I am free to do the rest."

"Well! Come on, come on!"

As Eve spoke, she came to a position several hundred meters away from Arcana, and asked Ilvia beside her to go to a distance to watch.

"I'll leave the opening signal to you. Let's start with that rock over there being shattered, okay?"

Eve pointed to a rock nearby.

"Okay~ Master, be prepared."

As she spoke, Akana raised the empty blade in her hand and aimed at the rock beside her. At this time, the other three empty blades were spinning behind her, with the tips pointing directly towards Eve.

Seeing this, Eve took a deep breath and prepared for battle.

Although some descriptions of her abilities had already appeared in her mind after she made a contract with Arcana at the Awakening Ceremony, the actual situation still needed to be confirmed through battle.

By the way, although Arcana's corresponding air blade can be used as a sword, it is actually a floater, well, a floater that can still provide large-scale fire coverage.

On the surface, it is a transformable weapon that can be combined into a one-handed sword, two swords, a shield, a greatsword, and an axe gun, but in fact it is four floating cannons. This makes sense, right?