I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

“…Let’s observe for a while longer.”

After looking around, Eve quickly found what she wanted to see thanks to the vampires' outstanding night vision ability.

"This is really... quite a contrast..."

Looking at the clothes hanging aside, which were out of tune with the surrounding environment, Eve finally understood why it was impossible to tell who was from the slums by their clothes on the street. Maybe these clothes were distributed.

"Let's remember the location first and come back to check it out during the day."

After all, it was night time now, and Eve couldn't just wake up anyone and ask him whether he was happy or not.

Flying into the air under the cover of night, Eve roughly glanced around and found that this place was northeast of the town entrance. It was quite a distance from their current residence and not close to other prosperous areas. It was a completely forgotten corner.

"Huh—let's stop here for tonight."

Landing lightly on the ground, Eve took a final glance at the slums ahead and began to walk back towards the villa. She had already obtained some intelligence tonight, so she would focus on investigating the so-called "saint". There was no need to rush into the slums, and she would observe the mental state of the people here when she had time.

Judging from the time, everyone else should have gone to bed, so she didn't have to worry about room allocation.

Although she probably won't be able to sleep tonight, otherwise she will be caught in bed and warned early the next morning.

Although Ilvia and Arcana were both trapped in the seal, they could come out at any time. If I dared to sleep, I would be attacked at night.

§48 Guards in the Dark

Step, step, step——

In the town under the cover of night, Eve walked slowly towards the villa, and from time to time she would follow her senses to look at some suspicious places, but she didn't gain anything. However, Eve didn't care. After all, she guessed that the secret of this place should not be so easy to reveal, and tonight's gains had already surprised her.

The only thing that surprised her was that there seemed to be a few more guards on duty in this town. They stood out on the streets where there were no other pedestrians. Obviously, zero crime was one of the selling points of this place, so there shouldn't be a need for so many people.

Could it be that the zero crime rate here is simply because they were caught quickly? Are they all sent to prison at the stage of attempted crime?

"In that case, we can look for places like prisons here."

Thinking back to the city layout she had seen during the day, Eve felt that she had not seen any buildings similar to prisons, and there were no inexplicable holes under the town, which ruled out the possibility that the prisoners were imprisoned in dungeons.

But if there really is no prison, it would contradict the existence of so many guards. After all, so many people cannot be just for decoration.

It's very strange. I'll just write it down and see if I can find out what the duties of these guards are later.

"Ah, here we are."

Eve stopped and looked at the villa in front of her. After thinking for a while, she chose to go in through the back door. There were quite a lot of guards at the main door, and they all had happy smiles on their faces, which made her feel uncomfortable all over, as if there were countless small insects crawling on her body.

Fortunately, this place is relatively bright because it is adjacent to a busy street, otherwise it would be like a scene from a horror game.

however…

"Oh my god..."

Eve swallowed the curse word that was about to come out of her mouth. Looking at the smiling guard not far away, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly. This really turned into a horror game.

In the dim moonlight, a guard with a conspicuous smile on his face stood upright in the alley behind the villa like a statue. When he saw Eve appear, the smile on his face became even bigger, as if he was silently greeting her. Although for Eve, she would rather he didn't say hello.

"..."

Pretending not to see the other person, Eve returned to the villa through the back door. After adding some hay to the horse, she returned to the villa and observed the situation outside through the gap in the curtains.

After saying goodbye to her, the guard still stood there straight and motionless with a smile on his face, which seemed quite strange.

"…Remind others during the day not to look out the window at night."

If Eve woke up in the middle of the night and suddenly saw someone like this standing not far away looking in her direction, she felt that she would be a little scared.

squeak-

Quietly pushing open the door of an empty bedroom, Eve sat cross-legged on the bed, took out a pen and paper from the demiplane, and began to organize the information for tonight.

In order to avoid the guards in front and behind the villa from noticing her room, she did not choose to turn on the lights or use magic lighting, and just started writing in the dark.

"The slums, the saint, and the unusually large number of guards. I didn't expect to find so many strange places in just one day."

To be honest, before starting the operation, Eve was prepared to gain nothing, and she never expected it to be so smooth.

"Hmm... I can just go and take a look at the slums sometime during the day or in the morning. The key is the other two..."

Or ask the local Chamber of Commerce? As the local bosses, they should know something about the situation.

No... let's just treat it as a safety precaution in case we really can't find any information. After all, there's no guarantee that they won't be affected by this place.

Tsk, why does it feel like Werewolf?

At this moment, a pair of arms suddenly wrapped around him.

"Let me finish thinking about the situation here."

Eve gently brushed off the pair of arms that were wrapped around her, and without even looking at her, she spoke to Arcana who had appeared behind her out of nowhere.

"Hey~ But I want to remind the master of something he didn't notice~"

"Huh? Is there any?"

"Yes, there's a suggestion spell set up in the slums that can drive people away, but the effect is so weak that the owner probably didn't notice it at all."

"..."

When Eve heard what Arcana said, her pen stopped for a moment, because she really didn't have that feeling. Following her perception, she easily found the location of the slums, with no signs of interference at all.

After all, ordinary inducement and suggestion barriers have absolutely no effect on her. Even permanent anti-magic cannot penetrate them, so they will not attract her attention at all.

"Fufu, Master is so strong that sometimes he doesn't notice things."

Akana said softly, poking Eve's cheek.

"…Is the situation in this town the same?"

When Eve heard Arcana mention this, she immediately thought of the problem of the town itself and quickly asked.

"Well... at least I don't feel that way now."

"That's it, then forget it."

Eve wrote down a few more possibilities on the paper. After doing this, she put away the banknotes and prepared to tell everyone else about the situation here after they woke up in the morning.

But right now, I should think about how to get through till dawn. After all, the important business is over. If I don’t think about anything else, Akana will come up.

"Um... going to the rooftop?"

After thinking for a while, Eve suddenly suggested.

"Hey~ Where on the rooftop is better than here~ Master~"

As he spoke, Akana pretended to get close to Eve again, leaned against her ear and whispered softly. At the end, he even blew a breath into Eve's ear in a rather teasing manner.

However, Eve's words were actually meant to get another person to come out and help.

brush--

While Arcana was busy attacking, Ilvia's figure appeared in the room accompanied by the flash of the holy sword mark. She took Eve's hand and seemed quite interested in the proposal. After all, they hadn't watched the stars together for a while.

"Two to one, let's go and see the stars."

"Eh--"

Eve ignored Arcana's somewhat dissatisfied voice and dragged Arcana who was hanging on her by force. With her other hand, she took Ilvia's hand and left the bedroom, walking towards the stairs leading to the rooftop.

In order to avoid waking up others or being caught alive in bed the next morning, she had better restrain herself. Otherwise, it would be difficult for her to investigate things at night. Right now, looking at the stars was the best option for her, and she could also quietly pay attention to the guards.

So the night passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye it was time for others to get up.

§49 Boring Town

While looking up and admiring the vast starry sky above with Ilvia, Eve was distractedly sensing the situation on the street.

The soldiers standing on the street left their positions one after another after midnight and around dawn, making the atmosphere seem less weird. It seemed that they didn't want to be seen by the residents of the town. After all, there weren't so many guards on the street when she left the villa. Does that mean these guys were active late at night?

Well... I'll see if I can find out their purpose when I have time. After all, it's impossible for so many people to be used as pillars.

Well, I still need to go out more often at night, and pay more attention to things that are easily overlooked.

"Okay, Xia is almost up, let's go downstairs."

Seeing that a ray of morning glow had risen in the sky, Eve sat up and looked at the two weapon elves beside her.

"Um…"

"it is good……"

Ilvia still looked calm, but Arcana seemed a little listless, and it was obvious that he felt a little regretful that he had not been able to take the opportunity to do something to Eve.

However, based on Eve's understanding of Arcana, it was impossible for her to get what she wanted. She didn't want to be led by this troublemaker.

The situation in the bedroom downstairs was no different from what Eve had imagined. The first person to wake up was Melcia, followed by Firiel, and finally she was the one who woke up Istina and Lucia.

"Hmm... My Lord, I seem to be dreaming again."

Rubbing her sleepy eyes, Istina said sleepily.

"Hey, dreaming again? The frequency seems to be a bit high."

Eve has been quiet for several months.

"Hmm...ha~yawn~"

As she spoke, Istina yawned again.

"Well...then Tina, why don't you go to bed early tonight, or come back in the afternoon and take a nap or something?"

"Good~"

After patting her cheeks to sober herself up a little, Istina nodded slightly.

Then, after waking up Lucia, who was also in a daze, they sat in the restaurant on the first floor and listened to Eve talk about what she had discovered last night.

"There are a lot of guards standing on the streets late at night?"

After listening to Eve's description, Istina asked with a frown.

"Yeah, they weren't patrols, but guards standing at fixed points, all with smiles on their faces. It was a scary scene late at night. I even suspected that the previous owner of this place was scared away like that."

"Um...it seems...it's really possible..."

After roughly imagining the scene in her mind, Istina nodded in agreement.

But at this moment, Melxia suddenly finished speaking.

"Eve, what are ghettos? Why is it abnormal that they have neat clothes there?"

"Slums... ah, there's nothing like that among the elves."

Just as she was wondering why Melchia asked such a question, Eve remembered the peculiarity of the elves. There really were no such people as poor people on their side. With the elves' talents, there were always ways to support themselves as long as they wanted to. Even the frail twin sisters before Melchis' awakening had their relatives or neighbors to help them, and they would not live in extreme poverty.

"Slums are places where people who live in extreme poverty live together. They even worry every day about whether they can have food to eat."

"But there are no such people among the elves?"

"Well, the situation here with humans is different from that with elves. Don't worry about it, Xia. All you need to know is that normally people in the slums wouldn't have so many neat clothes."

"Oh…"

Melxia nodded as if she understood, then she went back to her work and started eating the breakfast on the plate.

"Finally, everyone should pay attention today to see if there is any place where you can find information related to the Saint."

"Saint? Isn't that what the church calls it? But there's no church here."

"Yeah, that's why it's strange. I plan to investigate other things tonight. Let's explore the town during the day."

Eve put down the cutlery in her hand, wiped her mouth, stretched, and finally said.

"Yeah, I'll pay more attention."

"Eve, me too!"

"Sister Eve...I can do it too."