I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

"Don't you know? I should have told you her name already, right?"

"name?"

Ilvi, Ilvia, Ilvia, Ilvia.

Carefully thinking about Ilvia's name, Eve suddenly recalled what happened when she changed Melshia's name not long ago.

"How about calling her Melchisya? It would perfectly reflect our relationship."

"No, that's too hard to hear!"

"Well, we can say that everyone calls it that way according to the old custom."

"No, that's right. How can a name be so weird? Besides, this is the modern era, so the old rules don't apply anymore."

"Then...how about calling her Melcia? That'll make it easier to pronounce, right?"

"Hmm... That's more like it. What do you think?"

"can!"

"Okay, I'll call you Melshia from now on!"

If I remember correctly, the God of Elves once mentioned that adding the sound of "Ya" at the end of the name represents a secondary existence born from the main body, but since Eve usually called Ilvia's name as a nickname, she didn't think about it in this regard.

It turned out that the answer was actually written on the riddle!

§29 The reason for birth

"It seems you already understand?"

Looking at Eve's changing expression, Ilvi asked softly.

"Well, the "ya" at the end of the name represents the secondary existence born from the main body, right?"

"Yes, that was the default rule in the era I lived in, so that's how I named her. Is there no such rule now?"

"It's long gone. I only just happened to learn about this not long ago. After all, it's been a long time since you fought."

Eve rolled her eyes in annoyance and looked a little helpless.

You can't say that the other party didn't tell you that Ilvia is not the Holy Sword. She even thoughtfully wrote the answer on the other party's name, but times have changed.

"Has it been a long time?"

This time it was Ilvi's turn to be surprised. Because she had been resisting the invasion of the demon, she had no time and no way to feel the changes of time. But in her opinion, it was only about a hundred years since she fought with the demon, which was not a long time at all.

"That's right, Miss Ilvi. It's been a thousand years since the Demon God Subjugation War."

"millennium…"

Ilvey seemed a little surprised as she savored the meaning of Eve's words. It had been so long. No wonder the meaning of Ilvaya's name had been forgotten.

"Ahem, so why did you create Ilvia?"

With a light cough, Eve turned the topic back to the main topic.

"Although I thank you for creating Wei Ya, why didn't you tell Wei Ya about this? She was quite troubled by it."

Looking at Ilvia's face in her arms, and recalling how Ilvia worried that she might be a fake, Eve couldn't help but sound a little impatient.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect things to turn out like this."

Facing Eve's questioning, Ilvi lowered her head deeply again.

"Don't apologize, just tell me the reason first."

"Well... that's what happened when we just defeated the demon..."

At that time, after a hard battle, they finally defeated the demon as the story said, and the demon's body was scattered to every corner of the continent with the explosion, turning into the abyss today.

After the battle, since they were all seriously injured, they all stayed where they were and prepared to leave after their injuries got better.

Although the Holy Weapons all possess a power similar to Suigetsu's that can reset the physical condition of the contractor, they all need to constantly use this power to prevent themselves from being eroded by the power of the demon god, so they cannot use it to recover from injuries.

Among the few people, the Holy Swordsman was particularly seriously injured because she was directly hit by the powerful impact caused by the shattered body of the Demon God. At that time, it was already beyond recovery and if she did not receive treatment, she could only hold on for a few more minutes. At that time, she chose to use a special ability that Ilvie possessed - Star Prayer.

It was a miracle that could make wishes come true. Although they had tried to use this miracle to fight against the devil, it didn't work for some reason, so they accidentally kept it until the end and didn't use it.

The wish of the Holy Swordsman is also very simple - to survive. This is the wish of the person who saved the world.

But unfortunately, since the Holy Sword Master had just been hit head-on by a large amount of demon power, his body was contaminated with a large amount of demon power. Due to the interference of that power, this miracle failed again.

In a desperate situation, Ilvi made other choices.

"At that time, I transformed all my strength into a seal to stop my master's time, so that I could gradually eliminate the power of the demon god and prevent the injury from worsening. I wanted to hold on until others came to rescue me, and then the accident happened."

Having said this, Ilvey closed her eyes unwillingly.

Although the body was broken, the demon was not completely dead. At the moment when they were most relaxed, the demon's will controlled the demon's power to attack and erode them again.

Caught off guard, several people were ambushed by the demon and forcibly transferred one after another. However, Ilvey, who had just sealed herself and the Holy Sword Master, was unexpectedly spared from direct corrosion because the seal isolated the inside and the outside, and fell into a tug-of-war with the demon.

In this tug-of-war, Ilvi was naturally at a disadvantage, because she needed to suppress the injuries of the Holy Swordsman while dissolving the power of the demon that she was contaminated with, and at the same time prevent the erosion of the sealed demon.

"So, within the seal, I used that miraculous power to create her, Ilvia, in an attempt to seek help from the outside world."

As she spoke, Ilvi looked at Ilvia in Eve's arms and continued.

"However, the demon god discovered my intentions midway, so my creation of Ilvia was interrupted, and I was unable to entrust her with all my memories."

In the end, Ilvia had to be sent by Ilvie in an incomplete state into the dimension where the weapon elves lived inside the world to avoid being eroded by the demon.

This is why Ilvia's memory is obviously incomplete, and it also explains why Ilvia was unable to appear in human form before Eve became a vampire princess and underwent the awakening ceremony again.

According to Ilvia's plan, she could obtain magic power from the contract between Ilvia and the contractors so as to better fight against the demons. When Ilvia's contractors grew to a certain strength, they would hear her call for help and come to rescue them. However, the actual situation was very different from what she imagined.

Not only has none of Ilvia's contractors in history grown strong enough to hear her call for help, but no one has even had the strength to make Ilvia appear in human form. They all died mysteriously along the way.

This resulted in Ilvi being able to draw only a very small amount of magic power from the contract, and she was defeated step by step under the erosion of the demon. If she had not suddenly received a large amount of magic power not long ago and took advantage of the demon's carelessness to complete a counterattack in one fell swoop, she would probably have been defeated by the demon's erosion.

There was a hint of disbelief in Ilvia's tone when she said this. In her opinion, with Suigetsu's ability to save his life, Ilvia's contractors should not die so easily. How could they die so uniformly halfway?

However, Eve's expression was a little embarrassed. After all, she knew too well how those people died. In a sense, she was almost one of them. It was estimated that half of Ilvia's contractors died at the hands of her mother.

But this cannot be blamed on Ilvi. After all, she did not know the situation in the outside world at that time, so naturally she did not expect that the human race would cause such a big problem with other races. She would never have thought that Ilvia and her contractor, who she had high hopes for, were just pawns to break through the blood clan's blockade in the eyes of the human high-level officials.

§30 Return

"What's wrong? You seem to know the reason for their premature death?"

After telling Eve her original plan, Ilvi asked curiously, looking at Eve who seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Well... I guess I know..."

Looking around with a somewhat vacant gaze, Eve coughed lightly and began to tell the other party about the abyss outbreak, the Far West Front, the migration of the human race, the current situation on the human side, the reasons why the Holy Sword Masters died halfway, and the things that happened to her.

Of course, Eve was rather vague about the last part, omitting a lot of details, and only saying that she inherited Ilvia from the human warrior.

“…Is that so…”

After listening to Eve's story, Ilvi was silent for a long time, with an indescribably complicated expression. After all, for her, the previous situation was probably that she was desperately trying to withstand the pressure in the front, while her teammates were madly dragging her down and almost indirectly killing her.

If it weren't for Eve giving a large amount of magic power to Ilvia due to bloodline issues, resulting in Ilvia gaining a large amount of magic power that could be used, she would probably have been eroded by the demon by now.

However, Eve couldn't say that Ilvi's plan was bad. After all, who could have thought that not long after defeating the Demon God, the human race would fall out with other races and use the Holy Sword User as a tool of war.

"Ahem, and the magical support you received earlier should have come from me."

Noticing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Eve quickly changed the subject.

"Well, thank you very much for your help."

As she spoke, Ilvi bowed her head to Eve again to express her gratitude.

"Without your magical support, I wouldn't be able to dispel the demon that's left to erode my power."

"What's the current condition of the Holy Sword Master? Didn't you say before that she was seriously injured?"

As Eve spoke, she looked at the girl lying on the golden light curtain not far away. Although she looked a little disheveled, judging from her steady breathing, she was not in a state of serious injury and dying as Ilvey said.

"Ah, because the magic power from you is very sufficient, so after exorcising the demon power from her body, I used Suigetsu to heal her. She should be able to wake up after a while."

"Is that so? Then where are you planning to go next? Do you want to come to the vampire tribe to recuperate for a while? The situation in the human tribe may not be suitable for her."

In the end, Eve also began to arrange a place for the two of them. After all, they were heroes who had participated in defeating the demon, and the misunderstanding between the two had been resolved, so she still had to provide some help.

First, just pass the option of returning to the human race. Eve doesn't want to have a duel between the real and fake holy swords in a few days. Even if Ilvey wants to go back, she will not agree, so the only place left is the vampires.

"...Well, then I'll leave it to you to take care of her."

"Me? What about you?"

Hearing Ilvi's words, Eve frowned immediately. If they wanted to kidnap, they could kidnap them all together. How could they kidnap only the Holy Sword User and not take the Holy Sword away?

"I may need to rest for a while. I'm exhausted after a thousand-year-long tug-of-war with the demon god. I was barely keeping myself alert when I called you here earlier."

After saying that, Ilvi's figure began to transform into light points little by little and floated towards the Holy Sword User.

"Then I'll leave her to you..."

Finally, with a word of advice, Ilvi's figure disappeared and she fell into a deep sleep temporarily.

"This is really... quite sudden..."

Shaking her head helplessly, Eve rubbed Ilvia's long hair in her arms and said.

"Well, should we take this Holy Swordsman back with us, or should we stay here and continue exploring? Hmm...it doesn't look like there's anything interesting to see."

After all, it is just a battlefield relic that has been weathered for thousands of years. There is nothing beautiful to see. Apart from the rocks below that have absorbed a lot of magic power, which can be taken away for use as materials, there is really nothing else worth paying attention to.

Why not dig some up? After all, this is definitely one of the best materials for building a fortress.

only…

Thinking of this, Eve looked around and roughly estimated in her mind how many of those rocks there were here.

Hmm...it's barely enough to build a fortress, so forget it. A mere fortress can't change the overall situation at all. Besides, Eve feels that once it's really built, there might be a quarrel over who is qualified to hide in such a fortress.

"Well... let's go back."

Looking around at the faint traces of battle visible under the snow, Istina shook her head helplessly.

Because the battle had carved this place into a crater, unless they climbed to the edge, they couldn't see any scenery at all. All they could see was the weathered rock walls around them and a sliver of sky above. Even if they did climb up, all they could see was the magical storm below, and maybe the distant horizon. If they really wanted to enjoy the scenery, they might as well go to another mountain.

"Okay, let's go. I'll carry her on my back then."

As she spoke, Eve walked over to the Holy Sword Master who was lying beside her.

Although she had seen the other person's profile several times in that inexplicable dream, it was always a little blurry due to the distortion of the dream, so this was the first time Eve saw the other person's true appearance.

At this time, as Ilvie fell into a deep sleep, the golden light supporting her body became much dimmer. If she was not picked up, the Holy Sword Master would probably have a close contact with the cold snow.

"Hey-"

Holding her knees with one hand and her shoulders with the other, Eve picked up the unconscious Holy Sword Master in a princess hug, and the golden light disappeared at the right time.

Hmm... This is the person who participated in the destruction of the demon back then. He doesn't seem to be anything special.

If she dressed up properly, no one would mistake her for someone who lived thousands of years ago. They would probably just think of her as a rich lady.

And through contact, Eve also discovered that the Holy Sword Master at this time had almost no power in his body. He was completely in an overdraft state and could not squeeze out a single drop of magic power.

In this case, even if she wakes up, she will need to recuperate for a period of time before she can regain her former fighting power.

But what kind of luck did she have? She had gone through so much hardship to defeat the devil, but when she opened her eyes again, she was told that the devil was about to be resurrected again and she might have to join the battle again. It was really miserable just thinking about it.

"You're awake! Congratulations on defeating the demon. But it's already been a thousand years, and the worse news is that the demon is about to be resurrected."

Just thinking about this kind of scene was like a nightmare, maybe enough to make her pass out again.

Although Eve's own situation is not much better, she has to deal with the devil's followers every few days.

The relationship between the two holy sword users and the demon god can truly be described as an ill-fated relationship.

Well, once the devil is dead, Eve will beat drums and gongs and set off firecrackers to celebrate.