You're a Vampire, How Is That the Same?

Of course.

This was primarily because the learning method for the 'Black Witch Smoke' skill was far too familiar.

It felt like they had seen it somewhere before, though they weren't entirely certain.

“Did you all forget the magic theory Professor Seymer sent to the arena from thousands of miles away during the competition?”

“You mean that set of theories for independent magic research?”

With that reminder, everyone suddenly realized. But if that was the case...

“Doesn't that mean the Clan Leader has already mastered that theory and put it into practice?”

“Oh, right.”

“That's true.”

“Tsk, tsk. I thought I was a fast learner, but Boss is already applying it. Who can I even complain to for justice?”

Boss...

Judging by that title, it was almost certainly one of the academic geniuses of the Witch Group.

Since even she hadn't mastered it yet, one could imagine how thorough Lan Qingyou's research into that theory must be.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to create such a spell.

Most importantly, she hadn't had the materials much longer than they had—at most half a day.

After returning from the first day of the competition, she had uploaded the theory to the group for everyone to use as a reference.

This... was somewhat demoralizing for these academic elites and geniuses.

While the witches in the tea party were still secretly pleased with the spell and beginning to learn it, these elites and geniuses had already skipped that stage.

After all, the correct answer was right in front of them; they could learn something like 'Black Witch Smoke' with a single glance.

What they needed to do now was study Seymer's theory.

Thus, a strange phenomenon occurred.

On what should have been the first day of the New Year, filled with festive decorations and joy, only the transmigrators inside Typhon City were celebrating.

The witches, meanwhile, were almost all studying new knowledge or magic.

But if one were to say who suffered the most, it was definitely Professor Seymer.

He had thought that since today was the first day of the New Year, he would prepare some celebratory food early last night. He had even carefully prepared a bottle of Riesling wine, intending to reward himself.

As it turned out, before he even had time to wash his face and brush his teeth this morning, he was swarmed by witches and dragged to the school to teach.

Dazed, he didn't understand the ins and outs of the situation until he arrived at the school and saw the overflowing lecture hall.

“Honestly... you witches are even more obsessed with research than the Man-Demons.”

“But since you want to learn, will all the students present please take off your hats? Try not to block the students behind you.”

After a brief complaint, Seymer began the first public lecture of the New Year.

Lan Qingyou had wanted to create this gift for a long time, especially after obtaining Seymer's magic theory.

After all, while the 'Black Witch Smoke' spell couldn't be inscribed onto magic scrolls, it was extremely practical.

However, a series of subsequent events had slowed her progress.

It wasn't until Susie reminded her yesterday that the New Year was almost here that she squeezed out a day to finish researching the spell.

Furthermore, considering it had no offensive power and could only block vision rather than physical attacks, Lan Qingyou had graded the spell as C-grade.

“Well, time to go celebrate.”

After staying up all night, Lan Qingyou washed her face with cold water to clear her head and walked out of the shelter.

However, for reasons everyone now understood, there were no witches left to celebrate with her.

The people she had seen hanging lanterns yesterday were gone today. Some items that hadn't even been hung up yet were simply left lying next to the Large Alchemy Workshop.

Only the Perching Giant Tree remained, looking like a giant Christmas tree.

...

These girls...

Lan Qingyou's lips twitched. Although the Perching Giant Tree's forced taming ability had significantly lowered the threat index and aggression of these flying monsters...

Wasn't being this arrogant going to provoke the 'big brothers' up there?

Watching the monsters fly around to forage from time to time, Lan Qingyou suddenly felt these little creatures were quite cute.

If one were to ask why they were cute, it was naturally because they could bring long-term benefits to the entire Witch race.

After all, academic research was very expensive and required one sucker after another.

Of course, there was another important reason.

These little creatures rarely made a 'chirping' racket. They were so well-behaved that it caught Lan Qingyou off guard, as she had already soundproofed her shelter.

As for food...

To be honest, every single creature on the Perching Giant Tree—including the mountain bluebirds Alice called cute—was carnivorous.

However, the larger the flying monster, the less frequently it needed to eat.

After all, they primarily replenished the energy their bodies required through the mana within their food.

Fortunately, the Abandoned Land hadn't stopped refreshing monsters, so these little guys wouldn't go hungry.

“But where did everyone go?”

Lan Qingyou frowned slightly as she looked around. She found that not a single witch was in sight; even the southeast shelter cluster had few people.

Reasonably, on such an important day, Diana should have at least sent someone to take her somewhere to deliver a New Year's address or something.

That girl was certainly capable of doing such a thing.

But now, with no one around, Lan Qingyou found it quite peculiar.

Pulling out her card, Lan Qingyou intended to see what was going on, only to witness a learning frenzy.

Whether it was the witches of the tea party, the Witch Group, or the management group...

Every single one of them was either learning the Black Witch Smoke spell or attending Professor Seymer's passionate lecture on basic magic theory in the Witch Academy grand lecture hall.

A nation-wide study session, and only I'm excluded?

Fine, fine.

You certainly know how to have fun.

Adhering to the principle that if you can't out-grind them, you grind until you drop, Lan Qingyou entered the Tarot Villa group channel, hoping to find a thesis to enrich herself.

As soon as she clicked in, she saw someone tagging her.

High Priestess: “@The Tower, do you want to come for a dinner party this New Year? We already have several people here [Image].”

Lan Qingyou looked at the photo. Besides the High Priestess, the Empress, Wheel of Fortune, The Sun, The Moon, The Star, Justice, Magician, and others were all present.

It was essentially a villa team-building event.

The background was Gu Xiaobei's Delight Restaurant.

The Tower: “Don't you all need to spend the holiday with your subordinates?”

The Star: “The subordinates have their own things to do. Where would they find time for a New Year?”

The Moon: “In fact, besides your Typhon City with its protection shield, who would dare to sing and dance? Even in adventurer cities with safe zones, people don't dare to be this carefree.”

High Priestess: “Nonsense, I don't have that here. Everyone is still diligently running dungeons to farm resources.”

The Moon: “You're a vampire, how is that the same?”