Nora

The third-floor balcony.

Yu Xian lay on a beach chair, wearing sunglasses and enjoying the sun.

After carefully weighing the pros and cons, he picked up the phone beside him and dialed his homeroom teacher's number. After a moment, he said, "Teacher Chen, it's me, Yu Xian."

Earlier, he had applied for a leave of absence on the grounds that the factory needed him to manage it.

He had originally prepared himself to never attend school again, but after learning how powerful the Light Eater talent was, he realized that being a student was an excellent cover.

What vampire ran around in broad daylight?

Even if vampires suspected him in the future, a simple investigation would clear him of suspicion.

After explaining things to his homeroom teacher, Yu Xian confirmed that he would soon return to school. Next Monday, he would once again be a model student, raised in the spring breeze and bathed in sunlight.

Thump!

Yu Xian had just put down his phone when he suddenly felt his heart beat.

He immediately pressed a hand to his chest, his eyes full of disbelief. Hadn't it been said that his heart would only beat once a year? Or, if he had enough food... once every six months?

He had only been sunbathing for half a day...

Hiss!

Yu Xian sucked in a sharp breath.

The Light Eater seemed even more formidable than he had imagined.

Because sunlight was abundant, his efficiency at devouring light far exceeded that of ordinary vampires drinking blood. In theory, his food supply was much more plentiful. He did not need six months, much less a year. Half a day was enough to make his heart beat once!

If his heart beat once or twice a day, he could gain a minor talent every five to ten days, and a major talent every hundred days.

Even if the Blood Clan progenitor had lived for centuries, Yu Xian estimated that within ten years at most, he would definitely become stronger than the progenitor.

The only thing he needed to do now was survive—safely, quietly, and without drawing attention while he developed.

Monday.

Early in the morning, Yu Xian wore his school uniform, carried his backpack, and walked slowly toward Silver City No. 3 Middle School under the sunlight.

"Salted Fish, it really is you! Didn't you take a leave of absence?" Halfway there, a slightly chubby boy hurried over to Yu Xian's side and asked excitedly.

He was Yu Xian's regular meal buddy at school, Zhang Shou.

Yu Xian smiled. "The problem was resolved, so I came back early."

Once he got to school, he still needed to submit a reinstatement application. However, he had already informed his homeroom teacher, so it would basically just be a matter of filling out a form.

The two chatted idly as they strolled to the school gate.

"Want some soup dumplings? My treat." Zhang Shou caught the scent of soup dumplings drifting from the breakfast shop nearby, immediately swallowed, and asked.

Yu Xian shook his head. "I already ate breakfast. You can have some yourself."

In truth, after turning into a vampire, he currently had only two kinds of food: blood and light. The former was the fixed food source of vampires, while the latter came from his talent.

Of course, he could eat other food as well, but it tasted like wax and would not digest at all.

Vampires were extraordinary creatures. Setting aside their unique talents, they possessed many special abilities of their own, such as night vision, an exceptional sense of smell, and superhuman healing.

Their physical abilities were also far greater than those of ordinary people.

Without weapons, a single vampire could easily crush more than a dozen well-trained special forces soldiers.

Yu Xian had only been a vampire for three days, so his body was still gradually strengthening. For the time being, he could only handle one or two special forces soldiers. Any more, and he would probably get beaten up.

Yu Xian's features would also become increasingly refined, while his body would grow more slender and lean.

That was one reason why wild vampires found it difficult to hide.

Their traits were too obvious. On top of that, they could only act at night and needed blood to survive. Even a cursory investigation would uncover all sorts of clues.

If Yu Xian did not attend school, the Blood Clan would definitely come knocking once his physical traits became too obvious.

But choosing to attend school made things different. After all, the Blood Clan was not the only race with beautiful features and slender builds. Humans who transformed themselves into elves through Forbidden Fruit were also beautiful and slender.

Yu Xian's ears were not pointed, but he could walk beneath the sun.

In his view, the Blood Clan would at most suspect that he was a human-elf hybrid. They would never suspect that he was a vampire.

The two entered the school. Class 3 of Senior Year Three was on the fifth floor of the teaching building. By the time they reached the fifth floor, Zhang Shou was already breathing slightly heavily. Seeing Yu Xian's calm appearance, he asked suspiciously, "Salted Fish, have you been secretly working out behind my back?"

"Look over there."

Yu Xian could not be bothered to explain, so he pointed diagonally across from them and changed the subject.

Across from Silver City No. 3 Middle School stood Superpower Academy. Calling it across the street was not entirely accurate, since a road separated them, but from the fifth floor, they could still see what was happening over there.

It seemed that Superpower Academy had increased its security. Men in suits patrolled all around the perimeter wall.

"You mean those bodyguards? I heard the Blood Clan's little princess was attacked a while ago." Zhang Shou spoke flatly, with the indifference of someone uninvolved.

There was an insurmountable gulf between ordinary people and extraordinary beings born with supernatural powers.

Although Silver City No. 3 Middle School and Superpower Academy were separated by only one street, the students of the two schools had almost no interaction.

The Blood Clan's little princess?

Yu Xian looked at Superpower Academy, and his heart stirred slightly. Could the blood he had injected have been drawn from her?

In fact, because the two schools were so close, even though the students rarely paid attention to Superpower Academy, all sorts of strange information still somehow found its way into their school.

At the very least, Yu Xian truly had no idea who spread this information.

Fortunately, thanks to that information, he knew that once someone became an extraordinary creature, their ability to reproduce would decline drastically.

Since the first progenitor, most Blood Clan members had been transformed from humans through the First Embrace. Very few Blood Clan members were born through reproduction.

Superpower Academy had a total of six Blood Clan students, and the one with the highest status was the Blood Clan's little princess, Nora Rex.

It was said that because she was a hybrid born to a second-generation vampire and a human, she had sparked enormous controversy within the Blood Clan. Some believed the First Blood Principle should be upheld, while others believed her bloodline was impure and that she should be purified by the Purifiers. In the end, her father overruled all objections and protected her, sending her to study in Silver City, far from the Blood Clan's center.

Because her father held an extremely high position in the Blood Clan, she was given the title of the Blood Clan's little princess in Silver City.

"By the way, Old Zhang, what's the Blood Clan little princess's talent?" Yu Xian asked as they walked.

Zhang Shou thought for a moment, then shook his head. "I forgot. I think one of the gossiping girls in class mentioned it before. It's supposed to be very special."

"The Blood Clan little princess's talent? I know it. She's a Daywalker!" At that moment, a girl walking ahead turned around and joined the conversation. "That's why the Blood Clan criticized her. After all, she's the only vampire who can walk in the sunlight."

Zhang Shou gave a thumbs-up and mocked, "Chen Ling, when it comes to gossip, I admit you're the [emoji] of our entire class!"

Daywalker!

Hearing that, Yu Xian's heart shook. He became even more certain that the blood he had injected came from Nora.

But in that case, his student identity might not be enough of a cover. What if the Blood Clan suspected that a wild vampire transformed by injecting Nora's blood would be immune to sunlight as well?