Vampire Summoner's Rebirth: Summoning The Vampire Queen At The Start

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Since our arrival that every day has become rather active. The students, who used to ignore us for the most part, were constantly flocking around us. The entire Stronghold City now knew us as National-level Heroes for some reason, it seemed they couldn't hide this event like it happened with the test involving Beelzebub's Vessel.

This made it so we became extremely popular, which became as I could guess from a mile away, extremely annoying… There was always a new pretty girl around me trying to seduce me, noble girls flocked around me asking where I lived and if I had a fiancée yet.

Some even went as far as ask me out, another simply walked towards me and said that I will become her husband without even elaborating… Noble girls are really too spoiled to state such things out of nowhere.

Naturally, I rejected all of their advances, although I didn't need to do much, Erika, Elizabeth, and Eleanora were always there so they easily spooked out most girls. The braver ones regretted it later once they were beaten by an angry Erika.

Yeah, despite how sweet and gentle she was, Erika went as far as punching in the face the girls that got too cocky… Honestly, I liked that a lot from her.

Aside from these annoying things, other students approached us with different motives. Some wanted us to replace already existing members with them, claiming to be clearly stronger and superior, but they were all rejected.

Through these last weeks, they constantly challenged my party members, seeking to replace them by defeating them on a fight in the arena.

Naturally, they were ridiculed every time, Eric was a big target because he looked weak and shy, but he always beat the shit out of them and humbled them every time.

Quite honestly, I'm rather proud of how strong he had grown… He was the shiest and weakest of our group, but now he's a powerhouse of his own, especially with his Spirit Fusion.

Like this, amidst a rather relaxing school life, without taking into consideration these little things that happened, two months went by flying. Naturally, I didn't just slack off. I was constantly assessing my money, my spirit orbs gains, and the ores I was mining back in Silvertide.

I helped Monica set up the new rules for her Kingdom, and after the two surviving princes stupidly signed the contracts that gave up their ownership of the nation to Monica's father, its reconstruction accelerated very quickly.

Maybe someone else would had felt bad about deceiving these two children, but they were too young to ever take care of the ruined place, their riches were null, and they were too naïve. It was better to give the ownership to someone that knew what they were doing.

Monica's father had considered marrying either of the two to her so they could still inherit a part of the Kingdom once she becomes the next Queen, though Monica was greatly against it, so that has been on halt since then.

Anyways, I also divided the money Hasan paid us among all my friends, and everyone had now a big capital. I invested a large part of it buying products, materials, and all kinds of things to mass produce potions, elixirs, cures, bombs, and even small armor pieces and weapons using my Creation Skill and my Apprentice Alchemist Recipe Book Skill, which I later sold not only in my large shop in Stronghold, which I've been expanding with several new areas, but also to the army fighting the demon king.

The bombs were a huge success too, their might was proven in the frontlines as Hasan said they were highly effective, especially the ones imbued with Holy Water, so I've been mass producing thousands every month to help the brave soldiers. This has naturally gave me a lot of money, millions, and that's considering I've been selling it quite cheap, especially with big discounts if a thousand are bought at once.

Moving to other topics, my growth? I've been practicing my skills and getting used to my new abilities slowly. I have explored dungeons almost weekly to gather materials and spirit orbs, and the accumulated EXP has given me six levels so far. I have been considering learning some new Skills from my Skill Tree now that I've gotten enough Skill Points.

Also, my fifteen birthday was getting closer as well, which would be at the beginning of the next year, so I'll be able to celebrate it with my family on my summer vacations.

And, as the last month of the year finally arrived, Professor Hector, as usual, was giving us the very last test of the year. We had jumped to Year 2 midway through due to our amazing performances, so we were doing the test of Year 2 instead of Year 1!

And that test was…

"Complete a B- Rank Dungeon or above to pass the test." Hector said nonchalantly once more. "As usual, you'll have the whole month to do so and showcase us how much you've grown. Every professor here has been teaching you not only knowledge, but also magic conjuration, skill usage, weapon and protection techniques, and all kinds of other things. And you've been actively visiting dungeons as well, so… To pass the Year 2 test, you need to complete a B- Rank Dungeon or above, as I just said."

"EH?! B Rank already?! Isn't this a bit too fast?!" Rosen panicked. "W-What do I do?! I'm not even THAT strong yet!"

"This is ridiculous! We've been here only for a year and you're telling us to kill ourselves in that dungeon?!" Clarice protested angrily. 

"Well, it's your fault because you were the ones that jumped years!" Hector said. "You're supposed to grow stronger in two whole years before ever going to a B Rank Dungeon! Blame yourselves for getting cocky, not us. These are the rules." Hector shut them down rather quickly.

"H-Honestly, not even I am that confident about it…" Monica, who was a Year 2 original student was nervous.

"M-Me neither…" Ash sighed; he was the same as her.

"Looks simple enough." I nodded. "Alright, should we do it today?"

Meanwhile, to me, it just felt like a walk in the park.

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