“Master, Miss Lucia has woken up.” My monster woke me up from my third two hour slumber.

  I had been waking up every two hours, so I could unsummon my current monsters and summon awo to take their pce. The two currently on shift were Spirit of the Breeze and Aqua Madoor. Sadly, I cked healer monsters, so I could only alterween Cure Mermaid, Dang Fairy, White Magi Pikeru and Spirit of the Breeze. I could have used Guardian Angel Joan, but I wao keep her avaible, in case something bad happens, so she wasn’t oation.

  Spoiler[colpse]I got up from the bed and headed over to Lua.

  She had ged over the st day and this night, but the most apparent ges happened ht. Her white skin, previously holding some scars and other marks from her adventuring job, had bee a fwless white, like polished marble. Her shortcut crimson hair had grown to just past her shoulders. Her ears, before round and very human looking, had sharpe the ends to be more like the ears of a half-elf. And the most visible ge, two small wings had formed on her lower back. They were not too dissimir from the wings of Vampire Vamp, except that hers were white. They were also parably lower than Vamp had hers and they cked the spiky parts. Just white bat wings.

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  “Hey.” I said awkwardly as I walked to her bedside.

  “Brian. Hello. It's good to see you.”

  “How are you feeling?”

  “Fine, I think. But that moold me to stay still for now, so I’m not pletely sure.”

  “Well, you have been out for a while. Do you know what happened?”

  "No." Lua said as slightly shook her head.

  “Well, I guess I’ll tell you then. You evolved.”

  “Evolved? What does that mean?”

  “... how do I? I guess we should just have Laura and Mia expin that part.” (You two, Lua woke up. Want to get over here?)

  (Yes. We are here.) Laura said.

  (As always. Good m, Miss.) Mia added.

  “... yeah. I’m sure you weren’t pying checkers in the factory for the entire night.” I joked, knowing that they had instead been pying some sort of shogi variant, which they had made. No clue how they did that, as I have no idea how shogi is pyed. Maybe the system has information on it or maybe Lua knows about it.

  (To our defense, Maria had to stay disected from Miss Lucia while Miss Lucia was in her level up sleep. I guess in the midst of her evolution is more accurate in this case though.) Laura said. (And I was here every time you woke up, so I could check the situation.)

  (... fine. I’ll accept that.)

  While Mia and Laura were expining the evolution to Lua, I summoned out Guardian Angel Joan and Vampire Voivode to check her out. I’m her ‘doctor’ so this is my responsibility, right?

  Spoiler[colpse]They both approved that she is well, so we could move onto the hing. Lua’s atus and theing her used to the new parts of her body.

  “Status open.”

  Name: LuciaRace: Dhampir Monarch ?Level: 70HP: 2 040 Mana: 3 605 Strength: 673 Defense: 882Magic: 2 338 Skills:Dhampir Princess LV.1 (Unique) True Blood Magic LV.8 (Racial) Card Summoner LV.2 (extra)Summon Water Spirit (extra) Water Magic LV.6Mana trol LV.10 Magic Boost LV.5Quick Cast LV.5Fast Mana Recovery LV.6Keique LV.2Staff Teique LV.4 Water Spirits Blessing (Greater)Blood Sucker (Racial)Lifesaver

  “Monarch, huh. I guess that does fit a princess.”

  “Brian! I already asked you to stop that.”

  “I know, I know. I won’t do it again, unless you do something crazy again.”

  “Shouldn’t I be telling you that?”

  “Well, you are the ohat evolved first, so…”

  “Because of you. All of this,” She said, pointing at both her race, the mark about having a system support and her unique skill. “All of them. Because of you. Without you, I would still be just an adventurer ich.”

  “Maybe. Or maybe not. You ever really predict what the future would have brought had I not arrived. And had you, Prime Rib, not been the first people I ran into, we may never have gotten to know each other. And I might have never offered to cure you. So many things went the way they did, just for us to arrive here.”

  “... without you, I would have likely died at the hands of the wyverns…” Lua added.

  “Oh. That might have happened as well. But we will never know.”

  (So, Laura, Mia. What you tell us about Lua’s new race?) I asked, to shift the topic.

  (I’m sorry, but I don’t have access to any information about it.) Laura responded. (Would you do the honors, Maria?)

  (Yes. It seems that Miss Lucia is the first Dhampir Monarch, so there is no information. However, I did gain access to information about Vampire Monarchs. They were a css of great vampires serving the in vampire. They specialize in magid were said to be the masters of True Blood Magic.)

  (So a magic specialized dhampir?) I recapped.

  (In short, yes.) Mia reaffirmed. (However it is not that simple. There are lesser versions of magic specialized vampires, so we may assume that the same goes for dhampirs. Miss Lucia is possibly the highest agic specialized dhampir.)

  ...wow. That's amazing. She just skipped like 2 evolution steps a straight for the top.

  “Am I going to be stuck with these wings forever?” Lua wondered.

  She had gotten out of bed and was taking some careful steps. Also, the way her wings lift her shirt slightly is … quite entig. Almost like she is slightly revealing something that I shouldn’t look at.

  “My dy, you hide them with Vampiriodification, if you wish.” Voivode told her. He was still standing by, ready to catch Lua in case she stumbled.

  “I don’t have that skill…”

  “Then you shall learn. But I don’t believe you should hide your wings. They are quite geous. White wings aren’t something most vampires, let alone dhampirs, have. You should be proud of them.”

  “But Vampire Sucker’s wings are white, aren’t they?”

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  [colpse]“She is … a bit etrid her wings aren’t naturally like that. She, well, she did her own thing to permaly alter them, because she didn’t like their inal aesthetic.”

  “... alright. I’ll think about it.” Lua said. “But I still think they are in the way.”

  “Quick question.” I asked Voivode. “ she actually fly ohey look quite small, so I thought not, but Sucker fly with hers, right? And Vamp as well.”

  “Winged flight is not about the size of the wings.” Joan was the oo answer first. I guess she does have wings as well. “Usage of the wings is a more important part. As well as how we let out mana flow through our wings. You know that my wings aren’t actually physical, just ones made with light magic, right? But they aren’t there just for aesthetics. I el mana into them, allowio fly without using wind magic.”

  “Oh? So that is what Fantasia and I missed.” I said, thinking back to the time the two of us made wings for ourselves in the factory and attempted to fly. We o el mana into the wings.

  “And you even fly without wings using a simir method.” Voivode added. “I believe you magis do that, don’t they? Wings just make it more effit.”

  “ I try?” Lua asked.

  “Perhaps not yet.” Joan instantly moved so she could grab Lua, in case she actually attempted. “You o get used to your wings first. And how to move them.”

  “.. alright. I guess I won’t fly today…”

  As the sun began to rise, the dhampirs in the vilge began waking up and came to the town hall. All of them were happy to see Lua up and moving. And seeing Lua with wings was something.

  Lua got a bit modest as everyone was looking at her. Well, part of it was because her wings caused her to have to keep her midriff open, so we could see that area.

  “Maybe you should ge into your dress? That should cover that area?” I offered.

  “No! That will be even worse.” Lua tered. “And besides, it doesn’t have a hole in the bay wings, so what would happen with that?”

  “... oh yeah. It doesn’t. But then again, it might adjust itself, so that it fits you. Maybe you should try?”

  “But… I think everyone will just stare more if I do.”

  “Well, do what you want. But it is an option.”

  “Yes. … I guess I’ll try.”

  “Just make sure you won’t ge those clothes into a new dress. I brought your clothes from your mom’s pce by the way. They are in the bag in your room.”

  “Thank you.”

  Lua came back a bit ter, wearing a dress. It was the same I’ve seen on her a few days ago, except it now had a small hole in the back for her wings to get through. The bd purple dress looked quite h the white wings. Her longer hair had also been styled into a casual updo. I still wonder, how a skill just magically ge your hairstyle? … Well, I just answered my owion didn’t I? Magic, duh. hing I know and it will be doing her makeup as well.

  Well, then again, I think my Pack Opener could do the same. I just o summon a mohat cut my hair and so on. Actually, now that I think of that, I should probably get my haircut before the birthday party. Whiy monsters would be good for that, I wonder? I would say Kit Dragonmaid, but at the same time, she is a Kit maid, not a personal maid. I should try to get more Dragonmaids at some point. But at the same time, I don’t want to bother the Earl any more than I already do, and bringing in more sves and or servants might very well do that.

  Maybe I should just buy a house. I should have the money for it. Well, depending on how much houses cost here. Well, I’ll think about it.

  “I apologize, Master, but I ot do it. At least not without location stes set beforehand.” o Queen said when I asked if she could teleport us back to the city so we could pick up Agatha.

  “Oh? Well, that’s too bad. I guess we'll just have to fly.”

  “Again, I apologize.”

  “Just make sure Laura knows what those … stes look like. Maybe we make some at some point.” I told her. “And if it helps with teleportation, it might help with my magic practice.”

  “We should focus on the simpler things first. A space wall is a lot easier to cast than a ste based teleportation.” o Queen reminded me.

  … and here I was thinking I’d have found a shortcut. I guess it won’t be that easy.

  I went with Ria to pick up Agatha. I just flew us over the wall, as that is how we left and beamed us to Agatha’s front door. I left Big Core in the air while we drove in Overdrive to just outside the city, so we were officially ‘out of town’. Then a quick flight ter and we were ba the dhampir town.

  “Oh my. You really are so beautiful. I almost didn’t reize you.” Agatha was fawning over Lua. “And your hair grew and you even have wings. You are like an angel.”

  … calling a vampire, dhampir, an angel. Ironic, isn’t it?

  “Mom… please stop.”

  “Just a bit more. These wings? If I touch them, do you feel it?” Agatha asked as she slid her hands across Lua’s wings.

  “... yes. Please don’t.” Lua didn’t seem to react too badly, so maybe they aren’t some sort enous zone.

  “And what about your hair? It is now nid long. You won’t cut it, right? You must keep it long like this.”

  “... but it will be in the way.”

  “It won’t be as long as you keep it tied like this. And I’m sure you get yourself a man easier with longer hair like that.”

  “...really? Will that make a difference?”

  Wait? Does Lua have difficulty pig up guys? That ’t be true, right? She is, well outside of Laura she is, the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. And her new evolution made her even meous.

  “Brian,” Ria came to tell me something. “Everyone wants to hold a party to celebrate Lua’s evolution. Do you think you could … give us some dragon blood for the party?”

  “That’s a great idea. We should celebrate. I’ll make us a feast then.” I decred.

  I know what I thought when Paulina asked about selling a cooked dragon, but at the same time, I should test it out first, right? I ’t just serve nobles something I haven’t at least tried myself. So today, drago and dragon blood it shall be. Nothing less for our new monarch.

  nro_8