The thirty-minute break passed quickly.
The second class that followed immediately was Professor Kazel's Magic Guide Theory.
Although Robert appeared relaxed, that was not actually the case.
Just as Virt had said, he was talking too much.
This was, on the contrary, an act of concealing his inner thoughts.
But Virt did not think too deeply about it.
During the class, Robert's ears could not hear Professor Kazel's words at all; he was almost entirely thinking about matters related to the Blood Princess.
Although 300 Heroes indeed clearly recorded that the Blood Princess, Ophelia Blood, was a human from a minority tribe, humans did not have pointed ears and fangs!
The portrait of the Blood Princess in 300 Heroes and the female vampire he saw in the mist shared the same face, but the feeling they gave him was of two completely different people!
The Blood Princess was gentle and beautiful. If not for her dark red long hair being too deep, disrupting her quiet and virtuous temperament, she would have looked very much like a nun of the Holy Church.
Of course, not the type like Sister Carian.
Robert had also learned to read in a church, and the one who taught them letters was a nun from that very church.
Although that nun was not beautiful, she possessed a pure temperament that made people unable to resist wanting to get close to her.
He found this very unforgettable.
And the feeling the portrait of the Blood Princess gave him was exactly like that.
Of course, a portrait is just a portrait; it is very likely to express slight differences due to the author's subjective will.
But the female vampire he saw in the mist and the expression in that portrait were completely opposite sides!
The feeling the female vampire gave him was only one of grimness and terror!
From this, Robert couldn't help but think.
Could that Blood Princess have been bitten by a vampire?
After a human receives the First Embrace from a vampire, they become a blood slave. Then, step by step, they purify their bloodline, advancing to a Blood Demon, and finally to a vampire.
The Blood Princess was the last member of the Blood Clan, yet she disappeared completely shortly after stepping onto the battlefield.
Her whereabouts were suspicious, and there were no records in the books.
It didn't even mention whether she was alive or dead.
This was actually very rare.
A hero of the Golden Generation, a hero who walked out of St. Marian just like the Hero and the Valkyrie, should not have been abandoned by people.
This indicated that there must be a hidden story!
Robert faintly felt that he had extremely likely stumbled upon a major event.
But he didn't really want to let Virt know.
He was originally a straightforward person who would say whatever was on his mind on the spot.
But having encountered so many things in the past half-year, he had finally grown and changed somewhat.
Virt had just "fallen out of love" yesterday. As his best friend, Robert truly didn't want to add more weight to his shoulders.
Originally.
From the moment Emma bluntly pointed out that he was the one who led Virt astray, he had secretly taken it to heart.
It wasn't easy for Virt to start studying seriously this semester.
He didn't want to disrupt Virt's learning rhythm because of his own affairs.
A boy's thoughts always become complex with growth.
Robert concealed his panic, deciding to investigate alone first.
If it really didn't work out, he would ask Virt for help, or simply go find Dark...
And in reality.
Dark Demon was also thinking about similar things.
Human → Vampire; there was a widely known path.
When Dark was talking with Robert, he faintly felt something was wrong. At this moment, he finally thought of this point.
But this was only a speculation based on current information.
There was no conclusive evidence.
Moreover, after thinking of this point, the irritability in his heart did not subside.
"Why do I feel like there's still somewhere I've overlooked?"
"Could there be some information I haven't connected yet?"
Dark couldn't help but ponder.
Although his [Pride] grew every month, he actually always considered himself quite humble.
For example, he had a very clear cognition of his own IQ and never thought he was an incredibly smart person.
The reason he performed reasonably well in comprehension was that he had received a complete compulsory education and possessed a systematic logical thinking ability.
But if he encountered a true difficult problem, he actually didn't have that kind of genius breakthrough thinking.
So he would ask the professors, and he would ask Pandora for advice.
Precisely because his mindset was level, he was often able to calm down and think carefully when encountering difficult problems.
The Magic Guide Class passed quickly.
After that was lunch and a short break.
When it was two o'clock in the afternoon, he walked into the classroom, preparing for the History of Magic class.
But just as he sat down, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck him!
"That's right, History of Magic class!"
"How could I forget this!"
Dark immediately took out his History of Magic notebook.
Professor Ryan Hacks had once assigned a homework task in the History of Magic class.
He required the students to choose a historically famous traitor and write an evaluative essay.
The subject of evaluation Dark chose at that time was precisely one of the war criminals who escaped from Bastia Prison on Christmas—Olivia Copernicus!
Based on his deep impression of the surname Copernicus, he chose her as the subject of evaluation and conducted a certain degree of research on her.
Olivia Copernicus.
Ophelia Blood.
There was a subtle similarity above the names of the two.
The Blood Princess, Ophelia Blood, had dark red long hair and exquisite features.
The wanted criminal, Olivia Copernicus, was a woman with wine-red long hair in the wanted poster.
Both having red-series hair color easily gave people a similar impression.
But to say there was truly anything identical between the two?
Dark couldn't really say for a moment.
Olivia Copernicus suddenly appeared and was wanted by the Holy Church at the end of the war. Before that, she didn't have any past records, just like a person who popped out of thin air.
And the appearance of the Golden Generation was actually also at the end of the war; they spent about ten years completely ending the war!
Ophelia Blood disappeared at that time.
Looking at the timeline, the recorded experiences of both sides did not overlap; the possibility that they were the same person existed.
There were differences in hair color and appearance between the two, but upon careful observation, one would find more similarities.
When Dark took the photo cut from the wanted poster in the newspaper and placed it together with the portrait in 300 Heroes, the visual perspective became very intuitive.
The similarity of their facial features was just like a pair of sisters!
In a world possessing magic, the ability to completely change one's appearance existed, let alone just this degree of disguise.
Finally.
Olivia Copernicus was a mixed-blood!
A mixed-blood of a human and a vampire!
The special nature of the vampire bloodline had been discussed before.
Theoretically, vampire mixed-bloods did not exist in this world.
Because the vampire bloodline had extremely strong corrosiveness, it would convert all other bloodlines in the body into vampire blood.
So vampire bloodlines only had distinctions between inferior and high-class, and there was no such thing as mixed-blood.
But Olivia Copernicus was indeed a mixed-blood vampire.
Such an existence that transcended theoretical common sense was generally due to possessing abilities that transcended theoretical common sense.
For example—Blood Magic!
Dark had previously guessed that Olivia Copernicus very likely possessed a special power sufficient to resist the erosion of the vampire bloodline.
Now, the appearance of Blood Magic perfectly filled in this conjecture.
It could be said to be like two puzzle pieces that just happened to fit together.
So, is this inevitable, or accidental?
"Dark Demon, stand up and tell me, where did I just leave off?"
"The causes of the war, Professor."
"Then, what exactly are the causes of the war?"
"The causes of the war include politics, economics, society, culture, and many other factors..."
Dark calmly dealt with Professor Ryan Hacks' surprise question.
He knew that the professor had caught him lost in thought just now.
But fortunately, he still had one ear listening to the class.
"Excellent! I really didn't expect you to have such a profound understanding of war at such a young age. Truly worthy of being the Son of the Valkyrie. Dark Demon, plus five points!"
Professor Ryan Hacks' words revealed emotion.
And Dark, who had unexpectedly gained five credits, sat back down and continued to think about the relationship between the Blood Princess and the mixed-blood vampire.
In the same class, the professor generally rarely called on the same person more than twice consecutively.
So he was basically safe now.
As for another person who was called up to answer a question because of distraction, they weren't so lucky.
"Professor Ryan Hacks is not a hero active in the Golden Generation, so I probably can't ask anything from him."
"Professor Kazel, Professor Lily, and the others are also new professors who advanced later."
"If I want to understand the life of the Blood Princess, I can only go to Principal Cynthia or Professor Silf."
"If only Claire were still here..."
The thought of having to find the elusive Principal or Professor Silf, who might smash him with a bottle of green plum wine, made Dark feel a bit mentally exhausted.
Of course, his relationship with Professor Silf wasn't actually that bad, and they were currently still cooperating.
But as he thought about it, Dark suddenly realized that he didn't seem to have a reason to investigate the relationship between the Blood Princess and the mixed-blood vampire?
Emmm...
If there's no reason, then find a reason!
Blood Princess, Mixed-blood Vampire, Vampire Vlad.
Aren't they all "Blood"?
Anything related to Vampire Vlad is a reason!
If the Blood Princess Robert saw in the mist is really the same person as that mixed-blood vampire, attention must be paid!
Rather, even now, attention needs to be paid.
Thinking of this.
Dark stopped thinking blindly and listened to Ryan Hacks' lecture slightly more seriously.
Humans, as creatures, are really very interesting.
When Ryan Hacks, with Professor Kazel's help, put on high-end prosthetics and artificial eyes that looked just like human ones, and grew thick hair with Sister Carian's help, he could no longer let himself continue to be slovenly.
Day by day, whether it was his hairstyle or his attire, everything became increasingly exquisite.
The current Professor Hacks really had a bit of that handsomeness he bragged about himself, looking like a handsome uncle.
As his image changed, his teaching methods and content also changed.
He began to go beyond telling stories and would also talk about some metaphysical theoretical issues like the meaning of war, the inevitability of war, and so on.
Occasionally, he would also intersperse some tactical explanations.
That was probably the essence of his entire course!
Ding-ling-ling.
With the end of the History of Magic class, the entire day's courses finally came to a close.
Although there was still quite a bit of homework to do, Dark bid farewell to Diana and Rose and went straight to Professor Silf's office alone.
Just as Robert didn't want to worry Virt.
Dark actually didn't really want Diana and Rose to get involved either.
He knocked on the office door and found Professor Silf grading homework in the office.
For professors, grading homework was indeed a drudgery.
If something like a "Homework Grading Machine" could be refined, it would probably sell well, right?
This thought involuntarily flashed through Dark's mind.
"Demon, is something the matter?"
Professor Silf looked up at the future Duke who was still elegant today and asked.
Dark locked the door back, moved a stool over to the front of the desk, and sat down.
Only then did he say to Professor Silf, "Professor, I want to learn some stories related to Ophelia Blood from you."
"Ophelia Blood?"
Professor Silf couldn't help but put down her pen, her gaze drifting far away, as if reminiscing.
"It has been a long time since anyone mentioned her in front of me. How did you think of investigating her?"
Starting right off with "investigating"?
Dark's mind moved slightly, and he said, "It's like this, during last night's Astronomy class..."
For Professor Silf, this information did not need to be hidden.
Dark then recounted the events that happened in the Astronomy class last night one by one.
Professor Silf couldn't help frowning: "So something like this happened? Medea actually didn't report it at all? Did you leak the intelligence regarding Vampire Vlad to her?"
Dark shook his head slightly: "The name of Vampire Vlad has already spread, but regarding its intelligence, we did not mention it."
Professor Silf mused, "There has been no movement from the seal in the secret passage either; it hasn't made a move yet. I just don't know, is it uninterested in Vlad? Or is it being overly cautious?"
Dark steered the topic back: "Professor, let's talk about the matter of the Blood Princess."
"Blood Princess? Truly a straightforward title."
Professor Silf sighed slightly, a trace of regret appearing on her face.
"Ophelia Blood was a very gentle, very kind child. Unfortunately, fate will not show you special favor just because you are a good person. She met with misfortune in her first year of enrollment; her entire tribe was wiped out by vampires. If we don't count the hidden clansmen in exile, she should be the last princess of the Blood Clan. Calling her the Blood Princess is not a problem either."
Dark asked, "Then why did she go missing on the battlefield?"
Silf shook her head: "I did not go to the front lines."
Dark couldn't help but be disappointed.
But Professor Silf immediately added, "Though that is the case, after the report of her disappearance came out, we professors also investigated specifically. Wait a moment."
After saying that, Professor Silf rose from her seat, turned around, and went to the bookcase filled with books and documents, searching carefully.
She seemed to have put decades of things all in this bookcase; the contents inside were piled up full.
Dark observed slightly.
Professor Silf's hair color was very similar to Rose's; both were that kind of pale golden long hair with an otherworldly meaning. Looking from afar, it gave a sense of etherealness, as if it would turn into air and suddenly disappear if one wasn't paying attention.
Her ears were long and pointed, belonging to the type among half-elves that was rarer and about the same length as elf ears.
Originally, a half-elf's ears would be slightly shorter than an elf's, and the tips of the ears would also be slightly rounder.
But Professor Silf's elven bloodline seemed very strong.
The obvious difference in appearance between her and a pure-blooded elf was probably manifested in her figure.
Pure-blooded elves were synonymous with "delicate" and "slender"; while there were not zero voluptuous individuals among them, the number was extremely small.
Yet Professor Silf's figure was so graceful that it was prominent even though the old-fashioned, loose magic robe she wore could hardly conceal it.
Dark had once entered Professor Silf's dormitory during Christmas.
At that time, Professor Silf was wearing loungewear that highlighted her figure.
Whether in beauty or in capturing hearts, she would not lose to Principal Cynthia.
While he was pondering, Professor Silf had already straightened her waist. From the large amount of literature stacked at the bottom of the bookcase, she dug out a dossier rolled into a scroll and was undoing the binding string to confirm.
"This is it."
She breathed a sigh of relief, flattened the dossier, shook off the dust, and then placed it on the table, pushing it towards Dark.
Dark reached out to take it.
There actually wasn't much textual data in this stack of dossiers, but it contained a large number of photos and other items, causing the entire dossier to bulge.
"You take a look first," Professor Silf said.
After Dark flattened it again, he began to read carefully.
This document regarding the Blood Princess was a general record of her itinerary starting from her enlistment all the way to before her disappearance.
The Blood Princess graduated in the same batch as the Hero, the Valkyrie, the Beast Sage, and others, and chose to join the army at the beginning of graduation.
The Alliance Army naturally couldn't reject powerful combat forces born from the academy like them.
Very quickly, almost everyone was arranged in various posts that needed them.
Because the Blood Princess was the last of the Blood Clan, she was not arranged to the front lines at the beginning.
She belonged to the objects of protection.
The Alliance Army hoped that with her help, they could carry out strategic deployments against vampires and treat some wounded who were suffering from Blood Magic.
The Blood Princess originally joined the army for "revenge," so this position fit her wishes exactly.
Thus, she settled down in the "Anti-Vampire Strategy Department" of that military region.
At the very beginning, everything went very smoothly.
Her research on blood gave her a very deep understanding of the human body, and her results in treating diseases and saving people were significant.
The terrifying Blood Magic became a divine art for healing and saving lives in her hands.
Vampires were originally high-level demons who lived in seclusion; their actual numbers were not large, so the Blood Princess's work in the Strategy Department was not busy.
To better help the army, she gradually frequented the Medical Department.
Because of her gentle and kind nature, as well as her superb treatment methods, she was deeply respected and loved by the soldiers.
The name of "Ji," which means "Princess," gradually spread.
On the battlefield, it was not only the heroes killing enemies on the front lines who counted as heroes.
Those who planned in the rear and saved the dying and healed the wounded were also heroes!
The Blood Princess was a genuine hero.
The number of people who gained life and even returned to the battlefield because of her was as numerous as the stars.
If it had continued like this, she might have become a character like the "Saint of the Battlefield."
But the greater her fame, the greater the danger!
The vampires, who regarded the Blood Clan as a thorn in their side, could not allow her to rise.
One night.
A sudden swarm of bats silently passed through the barrier.
Relying on weird magic to avoid all reconnaissance, the vampires descended unscrupulously in the rear of the military headquarters.
And they carried out a search and hunt against her!
"Bright Gold was also there at the time?"
Seeing this, Dark couldn't help but exclaim.
Professor Silf's expression showed no joy or anger; she said calmly, "Because a temporary plan was to be implemented at the time, the Hero Bright also came from another military region to assist. Although it was just a coincidence, that was undoubtedly lucky."
The power of high-ranking vampires was something ordinary soldiers at that time simply couldn't touch.
The existence of Bright Gold provided great support for the reorganization and counterattack of the rear troops.
The light-attribute Holy Sword had enormous restraint against dark-attribute vampires.
Bright, summoning Holy Swords in batches, even rivaled more than ten vampires with the power of one person.
That was also one of his famous battles on the road of rapid growth.
The so-called "Hero" title was not innate.
Before Bright Gold rose, he could only be considered a "Hero Candidate," and there were quite a few people with similar talents to him.
But in the end, he was the sole Hero!
But in that battle at the time, Bright was not yet mature.
Although his personal combat power had gradually taken shape, he was still very insufficient in command and tactics.
In the heat of the battle, Bright even forgot the object that needed protection!
This became the fatal error of the entire battle!
Although Ophelia Blood's strength was also not weak, while the Blood Clan countered vampires, vampires also countered the Blood Clan. Her strength was suppressed severely under the joint attack of several vampires.
At the end of the battle.
Bright Gold was held back by someone.
Ophelia Blood was heavily wounded and captured.
The vampires did not kill her on the spot but took her hostage and fled quickly, turning into bats filling the sky in the blink of an eye and disappearing into the horizon.
It was not until then that Bright Gold was suddenly startled awake. Ignoring dissuasion, he went alone to save the Blood Princess.
However, half a month later.
When Bright Gold appeared in the military camp again, there was no sign of Ophelia Blood by his side.
Professor Silf had once jointly sent a letter with several past professors to inquire, but Bright Gold did not give them the answer they wanted.
He neither said she died nor said she was still alive; he simply didn't find her!
If he didn't find her, then naturally there was nothing to be done.
But the professors all knew that Bright Gold was a very mischievous troublemaker in his student days. He wasn't as upright as currently rumored back then; instead, he was a noble boy who was very good at lying.
However, the letter he replied with was full of mistakes and omissions; it didn't look like him.
The professors then reached a general consensus.
Ophelia Blood was mostly likely still alive, but for some reason, she could not show her face in public.
Bright was protecting her!
Under such circumstances.
The professors naturally couldn't be stupid enough to expose this intelligence, deciding immediately to no longer pursue the investigation.
Now that time had passed and circumstances had changed, the secrets of that time no longer had meaning to be kept, so Professor Silf brought out this data.
Seeing that Dark had finished reading the data, Professor Silf put down her teacup and sighed:
"Our common perception at the time was the same as what you are thinking right now. It is extremely likely that after Ophelia was taken away, she accepted the First Embrace of a vampire and turned into a low-level blood slave."
"After a human is converted into a blood slave, their rational side will temporarily collapse, becoming extremely bloodthirsty."
"Moreover, they have many weaknesses."
"Garlic, crosses, holy water, silver ornaments... even sunlight can burn their skin."
"Human vampirization is irreversible."
"In the situation at that time, once the matter of Ophelia turning into a blood slave was exposed, she would definitely have been executed on the spot."
"In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed. Because Bright sacrificed himself in the final Demon King subjugation battle, we also lost the clues to retrieve Ophelia."
"I wonder if she is still alive now..."
"If she is still alive, in what form is she living?"
The voice gradually died down.
Dark listened up to this point and more or less had his own understanding of what happened back then.
Afterward, he took out that wanted poster, placed it on the table, and turned it around.
"What is this?" Professor Silf couldn't help bowing her head.
Dark said, "Take a look. This is one of the fugitives who escaped from Bastia Prison on Christmas. After being recognized, she appeared in the newspapers."
Professor Silf seemed not to have the habit of subscribing to the Great Sage Daily.
But that made sense.
Elves had a tranquil nature and liked quietness.
Professor Silf was also an Spirit Messenger favored by the Wind Spirit; she probably would rather stroll in the forest than walk in a busy market.
The habit of disliking worldly affairs made her have little interest in the storms of the outside world.
Guarding this patch of land and living a peaceful and meaningful life was perhaps what she sought.
At St. Marian's Academy, as the Vice Principal, Professor Silf was in charge of internal affairs, while external matters were basically all handled by Principal Cynthia.
Of course, she definitely had her own channels for obtaining information and wasn't truly stuck in the past.
Seeing that wanted poster, she said with some astonishment, "I knew someone broke out of prison, but is there anything special about her? Wait, this is a vampire?"
Dark said, "I checked. What is recorded in the literature is a Mixed-blood Vampire, a very special term."
"Mixed-blood Vampire?"
Professor Silf picked up the cut-out wanted poster and observed it carefully.
Immediately, she couldn't help frowning. "A Mixed-blood Vampire who escaped from Bastia Prison, Olivia Copernicus... Does she have any relationship with Ophelia Blood?"
Dark took out his notebook, opened it, and handed it over: "This is the data I collected to complete the History of Magic homework."
Professor Silf couldn't help but take the notebook and flip through it carefully.
Only halfway through, her expression had already changed.
By the time she finished reading it all, Dark even saw anger on her face!
This was probably the first time he saw her emotions show on her face!
Bang!
Professor Silf slammed the table and rose!
Dark looked at the notebook pressed onto the table with heartache, the corner of his eye twitching.
Professor Silf glanced at him, suddenly exhaled slowly again, and sat back down.
"How did you find so much data?"
Dark thought for a moment and said, "The library."
Professor Silf couldn't help leaning back against the chair. "The library? It's impressive you could connect these two people together."
Dark then asked, "Then Professor, what is the relationship between them?"
Professor Silf said in a calm tone, "I cannot be certain. But since you have put the two together, presumably you don't need me to say more, right?"
"As expected?" Dark whispered.
Then he looked up and said, "Assuming we draw an equal sign between these two people. Then the person Robert saw in the mist is this person! Is there any mystery in this?"
"Divination."
Professor Silf said slowly, "I can only think of divination."
Dark: "But Professor Medea said that was not divination."
Professor Silf looked into his eyes and said one word at a time, "Then how much credibility do you think her words have?"
Dark fell silent for a while.
Professor Medea's credibility...
Honestly, it was quite low.
Prophets were all qualified actors.
The more famous the prophet, the stronger the acting skills.
A prophet of Professor Medea's level had probably reached the point where it came naturally.
Dark could not judge how much of what Professor Medea said last night at the top of the Spiral Clock Tower was true and how much was false.
Seeing him like this, Professor Silf continued, "According to what you said, Robert indeed possesses divination talent, so it is very normal for him to trigger his first divination because of this. We can temporarily calculate based on this. Robert is very likely to encounter Ophelia in the future. Then where is the greatest possibility for him to encounter her?"
Dark said in a deep voice, "Right here."
Professor Silf: "Ophelia is likely already in the academy!"
Dark: "That invisible person?"
Professor Silf: "It is possible."
But she immediately relaxed again. "Of course, this is just a guess, without proof or evidence. Even if Ophelia wanted to invade the academy, it would be impossible to do so silently."
Dark considered carefully and said, "The possibility does exist. But we cannot treat a hypothesis as a confirmed matter. If Professor Medea did not lie and Robert was not divining, then the reason he could see the Blood Princess from the mist is very strange. Professor, I read in books that a vampire's dissolution and rebirth can only be performed by parasitizing onto bats. Is this a 100% confirmed matter?"
Professor Silf's gaze gradually turned cold: "It is not."
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