[The heroine is Shi Shu (with a love interest) + power struggles among the Blood Clan + romance + mystery + vampire hunter battles + academy + steampunk]
In the nineteenth century, steam gears roared and the Age of Shadows began. A grand power struggle unfolded among the Blood Clan, like a full-scale clan harem drama! Eudora, the little princess of the Secret Society, accidentally ran off with the sacred artifact, the Evil Key. When she woke up, she had become Shi Shu, a blood hunter who spent her days slacking off. To make matters worse, she was forced into a special team with her tsundere childhood friend Mu Yun, tasked with both fighting monsters and catching up on lessons.
She had planned to lie flat and coast until retirement. But after sixteen years, the seal on her bloodline suddenly “expired,” forcibly activating her pureblood powers. Fragmented memories surfaced, bloodlust took hold, and, worst of all, her partner Mu Yun, who was determined to uphold his “sacred duty as a blood hunter,” kept wavering between “slaying vampires” and “secretly falling for her,” so badly conflicted that he could barely cast his light magic straight.
The Secret Society wanted to capture her and use her as a pawn in their power games. Meanwhile, the Demon Society pursued her at every turn, intent on stealing the Evil Key and resurrecting the Demon King. Even the zombies of Z Country showed up to fight for territory! Shi Shu held a key that could open the gates to the underworld, but all she wanted was to clutch her growling stomach (and her restless fangs) and shout, “I don’t care if you’re fighting over the throne or the sacred artifact, but could you stop interrupting my love-hate routine with Mu Yun?”
So, with one hand she threw the Blood Clan’s schemes into chaos, and with the other she kept her tsundere childhood friend in line. On a stage where steam and magic intertwined, she somehow turned an apocalyptic crisis into a lighthearted political comedy about a Blood Clan princess rising to power and a bickering couple winning each other over!
This is a new book by a new author. It's a vampire story set in a 19th-century Western fantasy world. The first 40 chapters, or Volume 1, are setup content, mainly establishing the characters of the male and female leads and supporting characters. Chapters 41 onwards depict the female lead awakening her vampire bloodline and vampire conflicts.