Half a year later.

In a shrine deep in the forest in midsummer, a young girl was kneeling quietly in the center of the worship hall. She was wearing a dark blue sailor suit, with a slender figure, a delicate face that was serious and solemn, but her eyes revealed a sharp brilliance.

At this moment, the girl showed some doubts.

"Genkami Island?"

"That's right, Himeragi Setsuna."

The quiet and steady voice coming from the other side of the curtain made the girl instinctively tense her body.

"Although according to the original plan, you still need to practice for four months to obtain the qualifications of a sword wizard. But now, the situation has changed - in short, you take a look at this first."

As she spoke, a paper butterfly flew out from the gap in the imperial curtain, landed on Himeragi Setsuna's hand, and turned into a photograph.

The girl took the photo and looked at it carefully. She saw a girl with long white hair in the photo. She seemed to be about the same age as herself. She was wearing a black robe and a witch's tricorn hat. She had a calm and gentle smile on her face.

“Is this photo…?”

"Her name is Xiao Aili, have you heard of her?"

"No."

Xue Cai shook her head. She was sure that she had never heard of this name, but the person in the photo looked somewhat familiar to her.

"What about the 'Silver Witch'?"

"ah……"

Upon hearing this title, Himeragi Setsuna suddenly understood. Although she was still an apprentice, she knew a thing or two about the famous magicians in Japan, especially the "Silver Witch". It was rumored that she became a magician at the age of twelve at a speed that ordinary people could not imagine, and she was quite active after that. For all those who aspire to become magicians, this is information that cannot be ignored.

"Himehira Setsuna, your mission is to go to Genkami Island as an apprentice magician and partner with the Silver Witch... Of course, this is just on the surface. In fact, you only have one mission - to monitor the fourth true ancestor, Akari. If you judge that the other party is a dangerous existence, then please do your best to eliminate her."

"Why?"

Hearing this, Xue Cai was stunned for a moment, and then jumped up suddenly.

"Wait, wait a minute... The fourth True Ancestor? Isn't that just a legend? And the Silver Witch is a magician, right? How could she be the fourth True Ancestor? No, no, no, if she is a True Ancestor, why would she be a magician?!"

Because she was too surprised, Xue Cai's words were a little incoherent, but this was normal. After all, even if it was just a rumor, she had heard about the Fourth True Ancestor.

Yanguang Yebo, the fourth true ancestor who led the twelve beasts, had no fellow vampires, and was the only and aloof strongest vampire. But in fact, there was no evidence to prove the existence of the fourth true ancestor, and basically everyone thought it was just a rumor.

"Indeed, there are only three True Ancestors who are recognized as existing. The 'Forgotten War King' who rules Europe, the 'Eye of Extinction' who is the leader of West Asia, and the 'Chaos Princess' who rules America. Compared to them, the Fourth True Ancestor does not have his own blood clan, and therefore has no territory. But even so, it cannot prove that the Fourth True Ancestor does not exist... In fact, we also spent a lot of effort to confirm this unbelievable fact."

At this point, the voices on the other side of the curtain seemed somewhat unbelievable.

"As for your other questions, I can answer them. The reason why the Silver Witch became a magic attacker is because she was once a human—and not long ago."

"Why?"

"According to reports, two years ago, she was just a girl with the talent of a witch. However, during an incident, she fought against the newly awakened Fourth True Ancestor and devoured it. That's when we learned that this child seemed to have some vampire bloodline."

“…”

Hearing this, Xue Cai looked at the photo in surprise. Judging from the photo, the girl in front of her was only about fourteen or fifteen years old. Two years ago, she was twelve or thirteen years old... At that time, she actually dared to fight against the True Ancestor alone? Although it was a True Ancestor who had just awakened, it was still a True Ancestor!

“That’s not all.”

Just when Setsuna was puzzled, another voice behind the imperial curtain continued speaking.

"At the time, we all thought that the girl was just lucky enough to defeat the Fourth True Ancestor. In fact, the Fourth True Ancestor was not really dead, but was sleeping in her body."

That's true.

Hearing this, Xue Cai nodded silently in her heart. If it were her, she would probably think that this explanation would be more reasonable.

"However, half a year ago, the Lord Zaharias of the Nilupsi Autonomous Region held the 'Flame Feast' in an attempt to awaken the Fourth True Ancestor. As a result, the power of the Fourth True Ancestor dormant in the body of the Silver Witch was awakened. It was not until this time that we finally confirmed that the Fourth True Ancestor was not defeated by the Silver Witch, but was completely devoured and killed by her. Therefore, the current Fourth True Ancestor is the Silver Witch."

“…”

Xue Cai still opened her mouth wide, unable to utter a word. This process was so dramatic that she didn't know what to say. But soon she shuddered and reacted.

"Please, please wait a moment. Is this task too heavy for me? I am still an apprentice..."

It's no wonder that Setsuna is so worried. After all, she is just an apprentice witch, but the other party is a decent magician. Although she has no contact with the Silver Witch before, Setsuna has heard of her deeds. Such a powerful magician is the Fourth True Ancestor... This is much more difficult to deal with than simple demons and monsters.

"You don't have to worry about that."

In response to what Setsuna said, the woman behind the imperial curtain spoke up.

"According to our investigation, the fourth true ancestor is very friendly to girls. If you go there as a partner, she should take good care of you. I give you a new order, Himeragi Setsuna. From now on, you must 'do your best to get close to her and monitor her actions.' The procedures for transferring to the Saikai Bloodline where she is have been completed for you - that's all I have to say. Then, I wish you success."

She didn't know if it was Himeragi Setsuna's illusion, but she always felt that when the last sentence was said, there was an irrepressible hint of... cunning in the female voice from the other side of the curtain?

For Ai Li, becoming the fourth true ancestor did not bring her much benefit. In fact, it should be said... it was just the opposite.

Ellie's health got worse.

You should know that originally in her body, the ratio of vampires, werewolves and humans was 1:1:1 respectively. But now, because of the resurrection of the power of the Fourth True Ancestor, the vampire part has become 2:1:1. This directly leads to Ellie's resistance to the sun being greatly reduced again. Although it is not to the point where Sophie has to write a suicide note when going out to see a comic convention, it is not much better.

Not only that, she had another problem to solve.

That is the beast.

Summoning a beast requires a lot of magic power, which is why only vampires choose to raise a beast in their bodies. Because vampires are immortal, they have enough vitality to squander, while other species do not have this advantage. In other words, although humans can also summon a beast, if they use it for a long time and many times, they will die due to exhaustion of vitality.

This is why only vampires raise familiars as their main method of fighting.

After all, they won't die.

If life is like money, then for other races, summoning a familiar is like taking out a loan from a bank to consume in advance. If they can't pay back the loan, they're doomed. However, vampires are like having unlimited money, and they can spend it however they want, as many times as they want.

However, Ellie cannot use these beasts.

She could feel these beasts in her body, but she couldn't summon them at will. Although this was understandable, after all, she was the new Fourth True Ancestor, and the beasts in front of her were all the followers of the former Fourth True Ancestor. Although the beasts obeyed the existence of the True Ancestor, they also had their own consciousness. They were lurking in Ellie's blood and observing their new master.

Whether or not they can be recognized is another question.

And Ellie didn't particularly want to be recognized. As far as the current situation was concerned, although these beasts were powerful, they were difficult to control. It could even be said that they were dangerous if they were too powerful.

If it is placed on a country's battlefield and released against tens of thousands of enemies, it will be very useful, but if it is just to hunt down fugitives... no one will use a ballistic missile to defeat a petty thief, right?

So today, Ai Li was also at home preparing dinner for her sister who came home from school.

"Ah, sister! Did you know that there is a transfer student in our class today?"

"Yeah?"

After hearing Nagisa's report, Airi tilted her head curiously and looked at her.

"It's really rare to have a transfer student at this time."

"Well, her name is Himeragi Setsuna, she's a very cute girl, do you know her, sister?"

"Of course I don't know him. Why are you asking me this question?"

In response to Nagisa's question, Airi looked at her in confusion.

"Because the girl asked me. After I introduced myself, she asked if I had a sister and what kind of person I was."

"Then what?"

"Of course I told her everything in detail, such as where we lived before we came to this island, your situation in school, what you like to eat, and everything about Asagi and the others!"

“Haha…”

Hearing this, Ai Li couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Don't keep saying those things. It will only make the person involved feel embarrassed."

"What does it matter? I'm telling the truth. After all, my sister is indeed beautiful, gentle, and strong."

Because they have lived together since childhood, Nagisa and Airi have a very deep relationship. In particular, the younger sister always regards her older sister as an idol, and even often publicizes things about her sister in the class. Airi sometimes feels embarrassed when she hears it. She didn't do anything special, but she was praised so much. It feels wrong no matter how she thinks about it.

To put it bluntly, Nagisa had a serious sister complex - but fortunately, compared to Qiong, she was still normal. At least she didn't run to Airi's room in the middle of the night to do something she shouldn't do, or lock herself in the room, calling her sister's name and indulging in some indescribable delusions.

That would be dangerous.

“Ding Dong.”

At this moment, the doorbell rang. Ellie put down the spatula in her hand, turned off the flame and looked at the door. Then she picked up the scarf, wiped her hands, and walked to the door.

"I'm here, who are you looking for?"

As she spoke, Ai Li opened the door and saw a very pretty and cute black-haired girl wearing the same uniform as Nagisa standing outside. When she saw Ai Li, she lowered her head quickly with a little nervousness.

"Um, um... I'm Himehira who just moved next door. Thank you for your guidance!"

"Himehira?"

When Airi heard this last name, she was stunned for a moment. If she remembered correctly, Nagisa seemed to have mentioned this name just now...

“Ah, it’s Setsuna!!”

At the same time, Nagisa's excited scream came from behind Ai Li, and the next moment, Nagisa ran to the door with a smile and grabbed the black-haired girl in front of him.

"Sister, this is the transfer student I just introduced to you!"