I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

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That night.

Just like at noon, after finishing her dinner in front of the girl and leaving half of it for her, Eve left the villa again, entrusting the girl to Istina and the others to keep an eye on her, while she herself went to the tavern to gather information.

The guards would not show up until much later, and this time difference was just enough for her to go somewhere else to gather some information.

"Haha, come on! Drink!"

The tavern was as lively as usual tonight, and nothing seemed to have changed. However, there were a lot more people visiting the tavern, and many of them were so drunk that the guards could hardly carry them.

And after taking a quick look, Eve chose to transform into a shadow and sneak in. There were too many people and no quiet corner, so she didn't appear directly. Besides, the atmosphere in the tavern was a little bit wrong.

When she came the night before, the pub felt more like a place to relax, but today it felt like a place where people were drinking to forget about things. In short, it was very strange.

After listening in for a while, Eve discovered something interesting. The drunks mentioned the saint more often, as if they needed the saint they were talking about to do something. Moreover, the saint seemed to be related to the happiness of everyone in the town.

There are so many people in the tavern today because the saint hasn't come out to perform the ceremony for several days, causing some people who are used to this kind of happiness to come out and use alcohol to divert their attention.

All in all, the trip was worthwhile.

As the people in the tavern gradually dispersed and the guards with happy smiles appeared on the streets again, Eve once again came to a commanding height and overlooked the town below.

During the day, Dier discovered several suspicious places that might hide the entrance to the demiplane. She planned to visit these places tonight. Maybe she could find more clues about the saint or the ritual.

"Die'er, please."

With a wave of her finger, she summoned a purple-black butterfly. After playing with it for a while, Eve's figure melted into the night again and ran towards the town.

By the way, why not ask Dier to help enlighten that girl.

Looking at the butterfly leading the way ahead, Eve suddenly had a new idea in her mind.

It seems that contact with small animals is very effective for autism?

Well, let's give it a try when we get back. If all goes well, maybe we can help that girl get out of her autism sooner.

But right now...

Looking at the inconspicuous little open space in front of her, blood-colored magic wrapped around Eve's fingertips, and then she swung it down heavily.

Let’s solve the immediate matter first.

boom--

boom--

boom--

Like a bolt from the blue, countless sleeping residents in the town of Dris were awakened by the loud noises that came from time to time late at night. They rubbed their sleepy eyes and looked out the window in confusion. There, countless guards with happy smiles on their faces were standing at their posts loyally. In the face of the loud noises that came from time to time, they did not move at all. As usual, they would only persuade people to go back when they wanted to leave home to see what was going on.

At dawn, with the guards' departure, the incessant loud noises finally faded away, and countless people, distraught by the noise, finally fell into a deep sleep. However, this time, the irritation hidden in their hearts did not disappear as it had in the past, but instead accumulated in their hearts...

"Ahh, another empty-handed effort."

Looking at the forest in front of him that he had turned upside down, the culprit who caused the collective insomnia of the residents of the town sighed helplessly, waved his hand to disperse the magic wrapped around his fingertips, and squinted his eyes to look at the rising sun in the east.

After one night, Eve had overturned five or six suspicious places, but found nothing. The half-planes she overturned were all old places that had been used before, or new houses that would be used in the future. In short, none of them were in the present tense, and she had wasted a whole night in vain.

I have to say that the other party's trick of hiding the woods in the forest is really disgusting. Thinking back to the suspicious places discovered by other butterflies, Eve also had a headache. It would be very difficult for her to tear them down one by one. It would probably take two days to finish.

At the moment, Eve actually hopes that the existence hidden behind the town will run out and move its base. After all, Dier is hiding in every corner of the town at this time. Once there is any slight movement, she will know it, which saves the trouble of searching one by one.

Let’s stop here for today. The part of alerting the enemy is over. It depends on whether this poisonous snake will come out next.

For now, I should go back and feed the girl I picked up.

If nothing unexpected happens, when the other party opens his heart to her, that's when the secret of this town will be revealed.

§54 Riot

"I'm back~"

"Welcome back~"

After smiling and gently hugging Eve who jumped out of the shadows, Istina continued to ask.

"Was the commotion last night caused by the Brave Master?"

Thinking back to the loud explosions that continued to blast through the town last night, even though Eve hadn't answered yet, Istina had already guessed what it was, and asked just to confirm it.

"Well, that's right."

Eve picked up a piece of breakfast and put it in her mouth, nodding slightly.

"We dismantled several demiplanes, but all came back empty-handed. I don't know how they'll react next."

Picking up the warm milk beside her, she shook the cup slightly, and watched the milk in the cup shaking continuously. Eve sighed and continued.

"But the other party shouldn't be stupid enough to show up."

After all, except for dismantling the first demiplane last night, she did not encounter any obstacles at all.

The guards who came to stop her were all knocked unconscious by the oppression of her, a single living being, and did not cause her any trouble at all. After that, no one cared about her affairs, even when she dismantled half of the plane in front of those guards.

If she hadn't sensed the power of the demon from those guards, she might have killed them directly.

Thinking of the scene of "corpses everywhere" before she left, Eve smiled and shook her head, then changed the subject and jumped to other things.

"By the way, how is that girl?"

"It's similar to the previous situation. He still looks very scary."

Thinking back to the way the girl shrank when she entered her room, Istina frowned slightly.

"Hmm... As for this, I'll try something else today."

"Other ways?"

"Well, I plan to let Dier try."

As Eve spoke, she waved her fingertips and summoned a purple-black butterfly.

"Die'er..."

Looking at the butterfly resting on Eve's fingertips, Istina nodded thoughtfully. It was not a good idea for the other party to stay alone in the room. Letting Dier in might be of some use.

"Anyway, I'll go up first."

"Well~ go ahead~"

After placing two portions of breakfast on the plates, Eve said hello to Istina again and then went to the second floor of the villa.

knock knock --

Eve knocked on the door and entered the house with ease. She ate half of her breakfast in front of the girl and then left the room and closed the door. But this time she left a butterfly that landed quietly on the table beside her.

So now it’s time to see if small animal therapy works.

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On the other hand, the town of Dris has lost its former tranquility.

Although it was still limited to a certain range, some people lost the happy smiles on their faces. The troubles in their past lives somehow came to their minds again. Coupled with the fact that they did not sleep well last night, they felt even more upset.

For people living outside the town of Dris, such a little irritation would not cause any problems, and they would be able to adjust their mentality quickly. However, those who have lived here for a long time have long been accustomed to the happy days every day, and even a little bit of irritation is unacceptable to them. So, in the backlash, they went out and went to where the saint was.

"I need the Saint's help."

After speaking to the guard at the door, the man made a move to enter the house, but was blocked by a spear that suddenly appeared.

"The Saint is not here, please come back later."

"Not here?! Today is Yom Kippur!"

"Something happened."

Although he said this, the guard with a happy smile on his face showed no intention of moving away, even when the angry man started punching him in the face. Similar scenes were happening in various places in the town, and also fell into the eyes of Dier who was hiding in the town.

As for the guards who were knocked unconscious by Eve at night, they also caused some small commotion, but not many people knew about it. At this time, most people in the town were still living a happy life as before.

"Huh? Someone in town got into a fight with the guards?"

Hearing the news from Dier, Eve raised her brows slightly.

Wow, this is a leap from petty theft to assaulting a police officer. The people here are really the kind of people who would rather make a big splash than stay silent.

"Is there anything special about the place they are going into?"

"..."

"Hmm, um, there's no one else in here except the guards at the door. And there are a lot of life-size dolls in the room? And there are all kinds of weapons lying around?"

What's all this? Is he venting his emotions by hitting a puppet? Eve couldn't understand what Dier was thinking as she listened to Dier's report.

"And those people said they were going to see the Saint?!"

The voice suddenly rose a few degrees, and Eve finally became interested.

"It seems I have to go and take a look."

She threw the ball in her hand high up and hit it towards Istina, and Eve's voice came into her ears.

"Die'er discovered something related to the Saint. I'll go take a look and be back soon."

The nearest place was only half a block away from the villa where they were currently living, located in a hidden alley and could be reached quickly.

"Go quickly and come back soon~"

"Hmm~"

When Eve arrived at the place Dier mentioned, there were about a dozen people gathered at the door of the building, filling the narrow alley.

At this time, the happy smiles on these people's faces had disappeared, and they were staring at the guards in front of them angrily. However, it was of no use. No matter how hard they pushed, they could not break through the door that the guards blocked with their bodies.

At the same time, Eve, who was aware of the situation in other places, also knew that even if they really took action, it would be useless. After all, other places had already tried it on their behalf. Even if they arranged the Friendship Face-Breaking Fist, these guards would not move at all.

However, this obstacle naturally had no effect on Eve. She saw a black shadow directly avoiding the noisy crowd and guards, and quietly slipped into the house through the crack in the door.

"Is there no magical warning..."

Eve frowned slightly as she looked at the magic circle that was hidden in the messy patterns on the floor and had not yet been activated.

It seems that the importance of this place is very limited, otherwise there would not be only guards at the door.

Then Eve walked to the nearest doll and looked at it.

“Wow, the workmanship is so good, if you look at it from a distance you would think it’s real.

Just like enlarged figurines, every detail on these dolls is extremely delicate, with only the gender-related parts and facial features blurred.

On the shelf not far from the doll, there are some sticks or unsharpened weapons, and I don’t know what they are used for.

"Anyway, let's just take one first."

Eve raised her hand and put a doll into the demiplane, then walked around the room again, trying to see if there were any other clues related to the saint.

§55 Saint

"There's nothing."

After searching around, Eve couldn't find any other clues in the room except for the magic circle of unknown function hidden in the pattern of the floor. There was not even a piece of explanatory text in the entire room. If the residents of the small town hadn't found this place, she probably wouldn't have discovered it at all.

It's just a house that can be seen everywhere on the roadside. Who would care about it in a small town?

"As for the effect of this magic circle... it seems to be just soundproofing or something like that. Could it be that the key lies in that puppet?"

After searching the house, Eve looked at the mottled ground beneath her feet again, and automatically filtered out the useless patterns in her mind, leaving only the complete magic circle, but there was still no clue.

"Let's go back…"

Shaking her head helplessly, Eve's figure turned into a shadow again. After glancing at the crowd and guards still gathered at the door, she left and returned to the villa.

At this time, on the second floor of the villa, the girl who wrapped herself in the quilt finally found the butterfly left by Eve.

"…Butterflies? Where did they come from?"