I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

Hearing this, Eve couldn't help but look at Istina, with a complicated look in their eyes.

Look at what they have, this is the normal version of childhood sweethearts, and then look at what’s going on between me and Istina, what the hell.

Under the oppression of their family, the two of them never lived a normal childhood sweetheart life.

Well, I’ve made up for it now though.

"And then, and then, how did you confess your feelings?"

"Confession."

Hearing what Melchis said, Firiel's cheeks flushed red, and then she pushed Shirilla beside her.

"Shiriya, it's better for you to speak."

"Eh? You were the one who confessed to me, why am I the one saying it?"

As she spoke, Xi Ruiya couldn't help but smile, as if she thought of something interesting.

"Ah...ah, that's a bit too, too embarrassing. You should just tell me."

"Okay, then I'll tell you."

Without teasing Filial any further, Cirilla coughed lightly and began to recall.

§119 Sprout

"At that time, our relationship was just a thin layer of paper away, but neither side had taken the initiative to break it up."

Thinking back to the time before Filial confessed her feelings to her, Xi Ruiya couldn't help but put on a sweet smile on her face.

"Then one day she came to me mysteriously and said she had a surprise for me, and then she took me to her house."

"Eh~ So it was Filiel who took the initiative?"

As Eve and the others spoke, their gazes turned to Fili, who was blushing for some reason.

As Xi Ruiya spoke, Filial almost shrank under the table, and it felt like she was about to dig a hole and crawl into it.

Well, I don't know why she's so shy. It's just a confession to a childhood sweetheart, or rather, a childhood sweetheart? There's no need to be like this, right?

"Yeah, I was surprised too. I thought she would confess to me later."

With a light cough, Xi Ruiya went back to the situation at that time.

"Everything was going well. She decorated her room with bouquets of flowers and even took out the rings she had prepared. The atmosphere was very good, but, but."

Having said this, Xi Ruiya couldn't help but smile.

"But at the end, this guy was so nervous that he fell and tripped me, pulling down the ribbons in the room. In the chaos, he even dropped his ring. The final confession scene was a complete mess. We searched for the ring for a long time afterwards."

Ah this...

After imagining the scene in her mind for a moment, the corners of Eve's mouth twitched slightly.

Well, it was indeed a disastrous confession scene.

If I recall this in the future, my first reaction will be to laugh rather than feel romantic. Didn’t Philier rehearse it in advance?

"S-Stop talking."

Listening to Xi Ruiya's description, Filial barely managed to squeeze out an inaudible word of dissuasion from between her lips.

"I didn't expect such an accident to happen."

"That's why she brought me here to find Snow Lily as compensation."

With a light cough, Xi Ruiya stopped exposing the secrets and explained why they issued this commission.

"I see. I hope we can find it successfully this time."

"Well, I'll just take Miss Eve's good words."

"Okay, it's getting late. Let's all go to bed early tonight. We'll set off as soon as it's light tomorrow morning."

Eve clapped her hands gently and announced the arrival of rest time early today. Starting tomorrow, she would have to engage in continuous high-intensity exercise. It was important to stay energetic.

"By the way, there's no need to arrange for anyone to keep watch. I'll set up a spell."

Eve added something at the end.

"Well, goodnight Miss Eve."

However, after saying this, Eve herself was not in a hurry to enter the tent. Instead, she looked around the single tent of Philier and the others.

"Hmm... I think a single-person tent is more suitable for use on snowy mountains. It won't be too exposed to the wind. Will my thing be blown away by the wind?"

Eve seemed a little worried when she saw the two tents whose wind resistance was completely different.

"Forget it, at worst I can just pull it manually."

Since magic cannot be used, this trip requires someone to keep watch at night, which is rare for a long time. As a vampire, Eve is naturally the most suitable candidate, and it is no big deal to set up a tent.

After tidying up the area around the camp, Eve entered the tent.

"Eve, what was your confession to Tina like? Was it romantic too?"

Melchis, who had just finished listening to the story between Philil and the others, seemed a little excited. When she saw Eve come in, she came up to her and asked about gossip.

After all, in her opinion, since Eve and Istina were so in love, their confession of love must have been very romantic.

But Eve can only say, what the hell is romance?

At that time, her mentality was almost like that of dying.

For Tina, after confessing her love, she watched her lover die, and was widowed for two and a half years.

Tsk, I get angry again when I think about it.

It’s a pity that the family has been wiped out, and we can’t dig up the corpse and whip it.

Oh, it seems that there is still no body left, so it’s okay.

"It's a secret. Don't ask. Go to sleep."

Eve replied unhappily after gently hitting Melchis's little head.

"Oh…"

Covering her little head, Melchis crawled into the sleeping bag with a confused look on her face.

So why is it that both Eve and Tina are so secretive about their past and refuse to tell me at all?

Not only did Eve refuse to reveal it, but even when she asked Istina privately, she just had a complicated expression and said nothing.

Ilvia remained silent as usual no matter how she asked questions, and Arcana was even more evasive and took her away in a few seconds. She always remembered what she wanted to ask only after the fact.

Hmm... I really want to know the reason...

Or why not experience the feeling of love yourself?

But Eve said that this can only be done with the person I like. Hmm... then who do I like... Eve? Istina?

Hmm...it’s Eve after all.

While Melchis was struggling, sleepiness came quietly, and the night before departure was spent in peace.

—·—·—·—·—·—·—

The next morning, at the foot of the Nerol Mountains.

It was just dawn at this time, but everyone had already eaten breakfast, dismantled the camp, and prepared to set off.

Since magic could not be used on this trip, everyone was connected to each other with ropes to avoid accidents such as falling into the air.

After all, you can look for the ice lily later, but you only have one life.

If you cannot use magic immediately, you should make preparations as much as possible in advance just in case.

Eve was in the lead in the formation. After all, she was the strongest among the group, and she could respond in time no matter if she stepped on air or an accident happened behind her.

As the clients, Firiel and the other person were located in the middle of the team, which was the safest part. They were also given an extra Melhis, so as they were both elves, they could chat more freely.

Although Eve was a little skeptical whether they would still have the leisure to chat after they started climbing the mountain.

As for the end of the team, Arcana is the rear guard to deal with emergencies.

"How's it going? Are you ready? Are the luggage and the roping all ready?"

At the front of the team, Eve was having everyone make final preparations. What was particularly noticeable was the large bag behind her, which was even taller than her when she carried it on her back.

"Yeah, no problem."

Finally, they checked each other's bags and waist ropes and reported back.

"Okay! Let's go!"

In this way, Eve and her companions embarked on an adventure to find the ice lily. As to whether they can succeed, we will find out in the next episode.

§120 Blizzard

Two days later, in the midst of a snowstorm, Eve and her group were struggling to advance along the mountain ridge, braving the heavy snow. Initially, the snow wasn't heavy, and given the rumor that ice lilies were more likely to be found in the snow, they decided to brave the snow to continue their journey.

After all, except for Philil, the other two in the team are basically capable people, and they are confident that they can deal with any unexpected situations that may occur.

But as time went by, the snow showed no sign of stopping. Instead, it fell heavier and heavier, accompanied by a never-ending strong wind. If they had not used their magic power to strengthen their bodies, they might have been able to take off with the wind.

After all, they are on the mountain ridge, which is prone to strong winds.

However, what really caused Eve to choose to stop was not these factors, but the ridiculously low visibility.

At this time, in the wind and snow, all they could see was an area less than five meters in front of them. Further away, the sky was covered in white. Everywhere they looked was flying snow. In this situation, even if people walked past the ice and snow lilies, they might not notice them.

"It's snowing so heavily now! We can't see anything at all! Let's go to the sheltered side and repair it first!"

In the strong wind, Eve covered her mouth and nose slightly to avoid being filled with wind and snow, and then shouted loudly to the people behind her.

"it is good!"

Mixed with the sound of the wind, a response came from Philier and the others, which was considered to be an agreement with Eve's plan.

Eve heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that Philier and the others did not choose to continue searching in the snow, and then she carefully led everyone to the leeward side.

Many times, we are not afraid of difficult tasks or tight timelines. After all, it is possible to overcome them with some effort. The only thing we are afraid of is that the client is stupid, but fortunately, Philier and the others are not one of them.

But this is also related to the fact that Eve and the others have demonstrated their strength in the past few days.

Take the cliffs encountered during mountain climbing for example. Eve always chose to drive directly over this kind of terrain that often requires a detour.

Specifically, she would take a bundle of ropes, and then use magic to strengthen her body to perform free rock climbing. If there was no place to hold her hands or footholds, she would directly insert her hands into the rock wall and then exert force. Under her hands, the hard rock wall and the frozen soil were as fragile as a piece of tofu and could be kneaded at will.

After climbing up, Eve pulled the rest of them up one by one. To be honest, if it wasn't for the sake of safety, she would have pulled them all up at once and been done with it.

By the way, when being hung up like this, Melchis was unexpectedly interested and even clamored to play a few more times.

Well, even though we can all fly, we are still interested in some weird things.

There was no other way, Eve had to play with her a few more times before continuing on her journey.

As for the very important part of keeping watch during the camping, Eve took care of it all by herself, and there was no need for others to take turns, which saved a lot of energy for others.

Back to the present, after leading everyone off the ridge, the wind and snow around them were significantly reduced due to the obstruction of the mountain, and the visibility became better, not as blind as on the top of the mountain.

The slope on the leeward side was relatively flat. After walking down for a while, Eve and her friends found a flat place and decided to set up camp there for the time being to avoid the wind.

"Everyone, hurry up and dig a little deeper and set up camp directly."

They skillfully took out tools from their bags and dug some distance down in the snow, then piled them on one side and compacted them to serve as a windbreak.

Since magic is prohibited, the temperature in the tent would be really freezing if we didn't do this.

After completing these preparations, Istina took down the tent behind her and worked together with everyone to set it up. Soon, a small shelter was built in the wind and snow.

Since they might be able to continue their journey after the snow stopped, Eve didn't let Philiel and the others take out their tents to set up camp, so the seven of them were all crowded in the tent that was originally intended for five people, waiting for the blizzard to stop.

Although it's a bit crowded, it's acceptable.