I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

It would be fine if they didn't know that this happy atmosphere might be problematic, but after learning about the woman in mourning clothes, they just couldn't fit in into this atmosphere no matter what.

In the end, it was Eve who made the decision.

"Let's not take the carriage for the next few days and walk around those alleys."

Since there are no attractions to visit on the surface, we can only hope to find the way through the deep alleys where carriages cannot pass.

During this period, Eve also found out what she wanted to know, that is, the town of Driss is indeed expanding. People often choose to settle here because of the happy atmosphere here. Among towns of this size, this expansion speed is one of the best.

"Hmm... Looks like it's about time. Let's go back to the Chamber of Commerce."

Seeing the sun setting, Eve guessed that the Chamber of Commerce should have prepared their accommodation, so she drove the carriage back towards the Chamber of Commerce.

"Welcome! Ah! Your villa is ready, please follow me."

As soon as Eve entered the Chamber of Commerce, she was recognized and taken aside.

"Here are the keys and location of the villa, the price of the exchange items, and the remaining gold coins."

After handing Eve the key to the villa, a map, the remaining gold coins and a list, the clerk smiled and bowed to her.

To be honest, Eve felt that the other person's formal smile for business was more comfortable than the smiles on the faces of passers-by outside.

"When you rush over there may still be people from the Chamber of Commerce cleaning up the mess, but don't worry, everything will be over before evening."

"Well, it's okay."

Glancing at the map in their hands, they found that the location of the villa was near where they had passed by before. It was a very prosperous central area in the town, and it was very convenient to get around. No wonder the Chamber of Commerce planned to open a branch here.

"Then, the Elesa Chamber of Commerce welcomes you at any time."

§46 The Difficulty of Separating Beds

When Eve and the others arrived at the villa according to the instructions on the map, most of the people from the Chamber of Commerce had already left, leaving only a few people packing things in the yard. After seeing Eve and the others, they greeted them and continued to get busy. It seemed that they would be done soon.

From the outside, this is a two-story villa with a small courtyard. The main door faces the bustling street market. You only need to lie down by the window on the second floor to see the busy street not far away. It is definitely a good location to open a store.

Although they haven't gone inside to take a closer look at the size, it looks like it is big enough for their group to stay.

So after sending the carriage to the backyard, Eve and her group entered the villa and began to look for their place to stay for the next few days.

The first floor of the villa is mainly composed of various functional rooms. Rooms such as the dining room, living room, kitchen, bathroom, storage room, entertainment room, etc. are all located on the first floor. As for the second floor, there is a master bedroom and four guest rooms, which are enough for them to allocate.

It is worth mentioning that the roof of the villa is actually a small terrace, which is large enough for them to have an outdoor dinner together. However, due to its clever design, such a space cannot be seen from the outside. It seems that the builders of the villa have taken privacy issues into consideration at the beginning of the design.

The side of the villa facing the street is also equipped with extra thick curtains to prevent people outside from seeing what is happening inside the house.

Behind the villa is a small courtyard and a network of alleys. No one knows where these alleys lead to.

Because the Chamber of Commerce had previously planned to convert this place into a store, some of the furniture in the villa had been moved out, making the interior appear a little empty, but basic daily necessities were still there, and some of them were obviously brand new, apparently purchased by the Chamber of Commerce according to Eve's requirements.

After a rough walk around the villa, they started to allocate rooms in the living room. After all, the beds here were not Eve's ridiculously large princess bed. Even if several of them were petite little girls, it could only accommodate three people at most.

With seven people and five rooms, it is not difficult to ensure that everyone has a bed to sleep in, but it is not easy to make everyone satisfied.

Feilier was the easiest one to be assigned, with a separate guest room, nothing much to say.

Lucia needs someone strong enough to protect her at all times.

However, the most critical part is how to allocate the positions around Eve, which is the real problem.

"I want to sleep with Eve!"

Among the few people, Melchior was the first to express her attitude through actions.

"My dear hero, I want to come too."

With Xia's introduction, Istina also took Eve's hand and spoke softly.

"..."

Although she didn't say a word, it was not difficult to tell what she was thinking from the little hand Ilvia was holding on to Eve's clothes.

"Hoohoo, Master is really welcome. So...how about adding me?"

Akana didn't mind adding fuel to the fire and directly pressed behind Eve, pressing his pride tightly against Eve.

"Um...Sister Eve, I also want to be with you..."

But the one who made Eve most desperate was Lucia.

The situation was already chaotic enough, and now it has become even more complicated.

"Oh, Lucia wants to come too."

Arcana poked Lucia's little face with his hand and said with an excited look.

"Well, I want to be with Sister Eve and Sister Tina."

"Master~ That's what little Lucia said~ What are you going to decide~"

"..."

Now no matter how Eve distributes it, there will most likely be trouble.

At least with the way Ilvia was clinging to her now, Eve didn't believe she would sleep in another room obediently. She was afraid that when she woke up the next morning, she would find herself naked and pinned under her again.

Well... the usual methods are completely useless. It seems that we have to resort to unexpected tactics.

pop- pop-

After clapping her hands several times to stop the scramble, Eve silently announced her destination.

"I need to investigate in town tonight, so I won't take up the room."

""Eh? ""

"Tina and Lucia are in the master bedroom, Shia and Firiel each have a separate guest room, and Via and Arcana are investigating with me so they don't need accommodations, so that's it."

After saying this, without waiting for anyone to object, Eve broke free from the arms of several people and fled from the living room.

““Eh——!””

A step late, the crowd's exclamations were heard in the living room.

Of course, Eve's escape did not fundamentally solve the problem. Soon she was blocked by everyone and started to be interrogated.

"Well, tell me, my brave lord, you weren't just trying to fool us, were you?"

Chief Judge Istina folded her arms across her chest and spoke first.

"Of course not. After all, everything here seems normal during the day. If we want to investigate anything unusual, we can only do it at night."

The defendant Eve answered with a righteous look.

"Really?"

"Really? Otherwise, why would I walk around the entire town during the day? Firstly, for tomorrow's tour, and secondly, to see if there are any special places."

"So, what's the catch?"

Hearing that Eve was not simply avoiding it, everyone's expressions relaxed a lot and then asked.

"On the surface, there's nothing unusual, so I plan to take advantage of the night to check on the city's management and see if there are any slums or similar areas here."

"Slums? Are there any here?"

"I don't know. That's why I said I'd go look for it. If possible, I'd go to a tavern or something to get some information. It's not appropriate for everyone to show up together."

Theoretically, a city where everyone is happy should not have areas like slums, but at least there will still be relatively poor people. Eve plans to quietly observe the living conditions of these people.

If they can appear extremely happy even after eating grass and bran every day, either they are super idealists who don't care about any material things for the sake of their goals, or something has happened to their brains.

To be honest, even though the investigation hasn't started yet, Eve has already assumed the answer is the second one.

"Okay, then let's divide it up as the hero says."

After thinking for a while, Istina found that she had no reason to stop Eve's actions or ask to go with her, so she could only nod regretfully, and a war without gunpowder came to an end quietly.

§47 Secrets of the Town

After dinner, after playing with everyone, Eve went out alone to find out the news about the town as she had said before, and the place she chose was the tavern where it was easiest to hear all kinds of rumors.

After all, it is well known that urban rumors are real. Maybe you can hear some interesting news there. Anyway, I don’t have any other clues at hand, so I might as well start from here.

By the way, Eve's final plan at the moment is to dig deep into the entire town and explore it.

"Come on, come on, have a drink!"

Even outside, Eve could feel the bustling atmosphere before entering the tavern.

It seems that even a town where everyone is happy cannot stop those who like to drink. I just don't know how they prevent drunks from causing trouble.

But to be honest, Eve herself was unable to appreciate the beauty of wine, whether in her previous life, during her brave days, or now. However, as part of the etiquette course, Eve did learn how to taste blood wine.

Considering that she might be conspicuous if she entered the tavern without drinking, Eve cast a spell on herself to reduce her presence before walking into the tavern.

“…Over there.”

After finding an empty corner and pretending to keep out of the way, Eve began to secretly pay attention to the conversations between other people.

“Oh, things are selling well recently…”

"Come on, come on, brothers, today we won't go home until we are drunk..."

"My beautiful lady, tonight..."

However, unlike other taverns filled with gossip, the tavern here is ridiculously serious. You won't hear any rumors or exaggerated stories at all. It is very different from the tavern Eve had in mind. Even the taverns in the elves' area are not like this.

However, during the observation period, Eve also learned how to prevent drunken trouble here - there is actually a small team of guards who are responsible for this job.

If someone gets drunk, they will eventually be sent home by the guards. This actually physically prevents people from causing trouble. The only problem is that your guards are all so idle.

"Tsk, how about taking your ID card to the Chamber of Commerce and asking for information?"

Just as Eve was making other plans, something different suddenly came into her ears.

"Hickey, you tell me, tell me, hiccup, the Saint... when, hiccup, will she appear..."

Looking in the direction of the voice, I saw an obviously drunkard asking questions to his companion. Judging from his staggering appearance, he might fall headfirst on the table in the next second.

"I, recently, hiccup, need, hiccup, a saint again... Ugh—"

Just when Eve wanted to continue listening, the man turned his head and vomited, which made Eve frown.

That's why she doesn't know what's so good about wine.

After vomiting, the man was unable to say anything else. He simply fell on the table in a vague manner, mumbling "Saint, Saint". He lost consciousness and was taken away by his companions and guards. The rainbow he left on the ground was quickly cleaned up by the people in the tavern without causing any disturbance at all.

"Saint..."

Eve frowned slightly as she recalled the words the drunk man muttered. There shouldn't be any religion in this place, and they didn't see any places similar to churches after walking around during the day. So where did this saint come from?

Drunken ramblings? Not quite. After all, he used the word 'again'. It didn't seem like impromptu nonsense, more like he was just speaking his mind while drunk.

Well...anyway, let's write it down first and see if we can find out who this saint is next.

Since she is called a saint, she must be of a very high status. Maybe she can know the secrets hidden behind this place.

"Let's go first."

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people in the tavern, Eve quietly stood up and left the tavern. Next, she would go and see if there were any slums or something like that here.

Step, step, step——

Eve walked aimlessly in the dark alleys, heading towards the smaller and darker roads, and those places that were obviously not shops but inexplicably densely populated in her perception, or those places where there was a sudden individual reaction, which were most likely slums or homeless people, but she had not yet sensed the second type of people.

"This is it."

Eve stopped walking as she looked at the low shack not far away.

Because it was late at night, there was almost no light here. Most people had already fallen asleep, and judging by the situation here, they probably didn't have the leisure to prepare combustible materials for lighting.

So, isn't there no poor people in this town? Are they all really happy?

Eve frowned slightly as she looked at the low hut surrounded by many buildings in the darkness.