Chapter 33 Chapter two

In the rancid old castle, there are cobwebs, a few mice are running between the beams, and the moonlight is shining through the broken windows with stained glass.This is a castle that has been abandoned for a long time and belongs to the Duke of Poitiers. After a fire more than 70 years ago, it gradually became inaccessible. The two thick coffins side by side slowly opened amidst the first hum of an owl, and the two men and women in the coffin opened their eyes at the same time.They stood up and looked at each other. The little girl smiled, yawned gracefully, and stretched. "This sleep, I slept very full and comfortable." She stepped out of the coffin, turned around, and changed into an emerald green dress for herself. "Brother, do you think it's pretty? Does it smell like spring?"

"Are you going to find Fran Poitier again?" The man also got up from the coffin, and with a wave of his hand, the two coffins were gently closed. "Well, he promised to tell me a story today." Pulling the little butterfly on the skirt, tugging and moving, the little butterfly spread its wings and fluttered. "An'an, I have to say it thousands of times before you remember it?" "I've long remembered: Don't put too much emotion on food, it's a stupid and boring behavior." She recited her elder brother's words verbatim like memorizing.

"Then you are still so kind to that Fran Poitier. If you let go of your feelings, you will be so cruel in the future." "He's my backup food, I just want... I want to ask him to tell me more stories while he's still alive, you know people like to listen to stories." She duplicity, find an excuse to tell me The eldest brother also gave himself. "Here it goes again, that Yu'er was the same last time, you like to listen to other people's stories, you insisted on not letting me do it, and you said a lot of good things about that girl in front of me, which made me lose my mind and thought I fell in love with her , Alas... It must have been her blood that I fell in love with at the time." Until now, he still couldn't figure out what he thought of her.

"No! Yu'er is a good girl..." Her words were stopped by the big brother's stare.She turned her words 90 degrees in a whisper. "Yu'er is a good 'food'..." "That's right, always remember this, food is food, don't compare them with us. Don't take their feelings too seriously, don't promote them, and mistake them for talking vampires." Brother The way he talks is exactly the same as that of Fran, and that superior self-awareness is stronger than anything else. "I know." An Anrou complied. "It's good to know, I won't bring you fresh blood back today, you go find your food reserves to fill your stomach." Turning around, the cloak fell from the sky and landed on his broad shoulders accurately, and his slender knuckles moved a few times , He tied the knot, turned and walked out.

"No! I haven't heard enough of the story, brother, can you keep him for a few more days?" She wrapped her hand around her hand to prevent him from going out, she begged softly. But this time Anthony was determined and ignored her acting like a baby. "Okay! You go out to find food by yourself, and come back after a full meal. I don't want the crying of your stomach to disturb my sleep." "No! They all stink, and I'm sick of vomiting before I bite their veins." "Afraid of the smell, you can find a woman who is full of perfume." Shaking off An'an's hand, he continued to walk out.

This time, he doesn't want to pamper An An anymore. He is 126 years old, and he still can't learn to forage. If word spreads, where will the Lorraine family face? "I don't like chubby women. It's scary to bite down with greasy mouth." At the last second, she grabbed the corner of Anthony's cloak. "The old lady of the Poitiers family is thin enough." Pulling his cloak, he saved it from An'an. Big brother refers to his evil grandmother. "Her meat is old and hard, it's hard to eat." She yelled at his back. "What you want to drink is her blood, not to bite her flesh or her bones." After stopping his steps, Anthony turned to her helplessly.

"An'an, listen clearly. I won't pamper you anymore. I'm hungry. I'm going to find my own way. This time I'm leaving for thirty days. I'll come back when the moon is full next time. Please ask for blessings." No Soft-hearted, can't be soft-hearted, absolutely can't be soft-hearted!Anthony didn't allow himself to look back. Thirty days is enough for him to take another trip to China to find out how he feels. "You said that she has a bad heart and her blood is sour..." An An murmured to his back as Anthony walked further and further away.

Forget it, just leave it alone, everyone, leave her alone, she has grown up anyway! Gambling, she followed out of the castle, bang!The door slammed loudly behind her. ☆☆☆ The dignified atmosphere made the people in the hall breathless. Everyone was silent, not daring to make a sound. They all looked at the Duke of Poitiers who was frowning and thinking. "With the four farmers who were killed by vampires, this is already the fifth." Last night, Kenon, the servant of the castle, died on the corridor. His blood was sucked dry, his whole body was stiff and dark brown, his neck There are two deep tooth marks next to it. His death made the Duke face up to the vampire legends that were circulating among the peasants.

It is said that four farmers had been killed before. At that time, the Duke did not think that they had anything to do with vampires, and only treated them as ordinary murder cases. This time, after witnessing Kenon's death, he could no longer deny it. The existence of vampires. "We don't know who will be killed next. Unless he is caught, no one can sleep in peace." The Duke said earnestly. Catch a vampire?There was a muffled noise among the servants, who would dare!Maybe the ghost became someone else's dinner before he caught him, this kind of thing... "Duke, we can ask the priest to preside over the exorcism ceremony." The cowardly long-term worker said.Maybe after the ceremony was held, the vampires would not dare to appear again.

"If you drive him away, it doesn't mean he won't come back. Only by capturing the vampire and burning him to death can we ensure that he will not harm us again. As for your suggestion, it is very good. After we catch the vampire, I will ask the priest Come to preside over the ceremony and kill them completely. Another very important point is that we must act as a group, and we must not stand alone. I wonder if you have any opinions?" "Everyone, we must not be afraid. Think about it. Our parents, wives, and children may all be the next victims. Just thinking about this, we have no right to shrink back." The housekeeper stood up and shouted confidently.

"That's right, I will never let him have the opportunity to endanger my family." Another worker followed suit. "Yes, we can definitely destroy the evil vampires." For the sake of relatives, friends and family members, everyone nodded in agreement, and the atmosphere in the hall was warm for a while, and everyone swore to kill the vampires with the same hatred. ☆☆☆ "Hi, I'm here." As soon as An An walked in, she threw herself on Frank's bed and lay next to him. "Are you not happy for me to come?" Seeing that he was silent, she asked cautiously. "No." He pulled down her body that was about to get up, and pulled her back into the crook of his arms, letting her lie flat on his arms. She turned sideways, looked at his face, and said softly, "Why are you unhappy?" "Someone died in the castle yesterday, killed by a vampire." "He is your good friend, do you feel sorry for him?" It turned out that the blood that the elder brother brought back yesterday belonged to the people in the castle. "I don't know him, but I know he is a good man, enthusiastic and brave, and he often helps others." Frank replied. She knew this, her eldest brother was just as partial to food as she was, and he only wanted to suck the blood of good people, and he didn't like the smelly blood of wicked people. "Don't think too much, it's just...it's... just a food chain. Just like worms eat grass, frogs eat worms, snakes eat frogs, it's fair for people to eat animals and let vampires eat them." She tried to comfort him, Unexpectedly, the comfort had the opposite effect. "How can you say such a thing! What we are discussing now is a human life, not a dog or a cow!" There was accusation in his tone. "I know, we are talking about a man who is enthusiastic, brave and often helps others, but can I ask, when you are eating beef, have you ever asked other cows if the cow on the plate was brave, enthusiastic and helpful when he was alive?" ?” She answered it as a matter of course, without the slightest reaction that a "human being" should have, no matter how cold-blooded and regardless of the life and death of others, just thinking that she will be the next victim must at least have some fear reaction. "You!" Fran let go of her, sat up suddenly, and asked her as if thinking of something: "Tell me, why do you only appear at night?" "I don't like the sun, it makes my skin dark." "Why do you always appear without a sound, and no one sees you coming out of nowhere?" "I'm familiar with the secret passages in Snow Castle, for example, there is one in your room." "How do you know these secret passages?" "I'm so smart...Why do you ask me this? Hey! Do you suspect that I killed that person?" An An yelled, no wonder he looked at her with that kind of eyes, it turned out that he believed that she was the murderer. "No, I asked this to defend you and prove that you are not the vampire they said." "Why do you want to confirm whether I am?" Her high-pitched heart fell. Fortunately, fortunately, he had no doubts, and she didn't want to leave here early, leave...by his side... "In the past few days, travelers and strangers who appear nearby have to be interrogated for a while, because no one has seen the real appearance of a vampire. Next time you meet, just answer them firmly like this." Fa After Lan Xixi's exhortation, she felt that it was not enough, so she added a few more words. "However, maybe you will meet a particularly unreasonable soldier. Then, you will report my name and say that you are my friend. Do you remember?" "I know." Nodding her head, she accepted his concern. "Fran..." "You talk, I'm listening." "Those farmers and Kenon have nothing to do with me. I haven't seen them, I haven't hurt them, and, even if I were a vampire, I wouldn't suck your blood! Don't be afraid of me." "Why don't you suck my blood?" Fran asked back, grabbing her words. "Because I like you!" She answered as a matter of course. "What do you like about me?" "I like to see your handsome face, I like to lean on you and smell the delicious fragrance, I like to hear you tell the story of the princess and prince, I like to see you draw An An's happy expression, I like you to send me roses, although roses Don't like me." She said a lot of likes, and she didn't know if so many likes add up, can they be together, inseparable.Will it be difficult?She is a vampire princess who will not grow old, and he is a shepherd prince who loves her but cannot control her. Even if they try their best to stay together, one day he will turn into a dry bone, and she can only teach the nightingale to sing in the moonlit night. "Do you know what I like about you?" Fran asked, looking into her face. "I like that I'm beautiful and smart, I like that I can teach you how to draw, I like that I listen to your stories obediently, and I don't make a fuss." She answered it as a matter of course, and she didn't know what shyness was. "Not only that, I also like your kindness and cuteness, your eccentricity, your vivid and interesting ideas, and... I like the soft touch of holding you in my arms." Praise the vampire monster for being kind and cute...Is he out of his mind? "I admit that I am cute, but I am not kind at all, have you forgotten? I just classified the man who was killed into the food chain." "But you also reminded me to ask the steak friend on the table if he was warm and brave in his lifetime." "Don't take me for a fool, I can tell you're being sarcastic." An An pouted. "Be careful! I'm just reminding myself not to commit a common human problem: self-centeredness, thinking that other than humans, other species in the world are unconscious." Fran explained. "There is progress, you are a good student, you can understand as soon as you teach. Human beings just have more thinking power, emotions and complex language than other things, so they think that they are superior to others. To put it bluntly, it is really stupid." "Enough! Don't criticize human beings desperately, don't forget that you are also one of them." Seeing her righteous indignation, Fran found it funny. "Forget it, let's not talk about this, do you have any questions for me?" She changed the subject. "there is none left." "Then tell me the story quickly, I really want to hear it!" An An begged softly. "Today... I will tell a story about China. Strictly speaking, it is not a story, but a religious concept. Because of this concept, many related stories gradually took shape." "Say it, talk it! I can't wait." Pulling his sleeve, she urged repeatedly. "Okay." He picked her up and took her to the sofa to sit down. "This religious concept is reincarnation. The Chinese believe that when a person dies, his body rots and his soul is immortal. The soul will float to heaven or hell according to the good and evil in life. The good soul flies to heaven and becomes a god to avoid the suffering of reincarnation. Other souls go to hell to be judged, those who are neither good nor evil are reincarnated as humans, almost reincarnated as pigs, cattle and sheep, no matter how bad they are, they become insects and ants, and the worst ones can only stay in hell to suffer torture, and they will never be reborn forever.” "You mean to say that reincarnation is a bad thing. Isn't it bad to be a creature? I think you're doing fine." She didn't understand his logic. "When there is happiness in life, there is pain in death. Being a god doesn't need to touch these things. Naturally, there is only happiness and no pain. Therefore, many people in China talk about self-cultivation and self-cultivation, thinking that doing good deeds is the most joyful. The pain of falling into reincarnation." "Is your story about to start? Is it the story of a Chinese princess and prince?" she urged frequently. "What I want to tell tonight is a story about a pair of ordinary people. Alang and Alan are a loving couple. They lived a happy life. But one day, the county magistrate's son saw a man washing clothes by the stream. Alan was immediately attracted by her beauty, and immediately took her back to the government office regardless of whether she had a husband, and threatened Alang's life to force her to marry him." "It's disgusting, how can I grab it if I want it!" An An was very angry when she heard it. "Yes! Hearing this, Alang immediately went to the government office to ask for someone. Unexpectedly, the county magistrate who protected him beat Alang and kicked him out of the yamen. Alang was full of dissatisfaction, and he went home to tidy up regardless of his serious injury. Luggage, ready to go to the capital to sue the officials, this matter got to the ears of the official, he was worried about the incident, so he ordered someone to kill A Lang at night." "Poor A-Lang, A-Lan knows he will be heartbroken." With a smile, Fran continued the story. "A year later, Alan gave birth to a son for the magistrate's son. Not long after the magistrate's son went out and died, Alan took the opportunity to return home, only to find out that Alang had been killed by the magistrate. When he returned home, he was sad and hanged himself." "It's such a tragic story, I don't want to hear it." Covering her ears, she hated sadness. "Squeeze your temper and listen, you will like this ending." "Tell me first, if I don't like it, you have to make up another story for me." "No problem. The county magistrate lost his son and daughter-in-law, so he had to raise his grandson independently. Strangely, the older his grandson grew, the more he looked like A Lang who was killed by him. He didn't look like his own son at all. He was thinking that A Lang came back to claim his life." Is it? Several times I wanted to kill my grandson, but I remembered that this was the only root left by their family, how could I be willing to kill him. He lived in the fear of doubts and guesses every day, and he aged rapidly, and finally the county magistrate passed away when his grandson was twenty years old.The grandson inherited all the property left by the county magistrate and married a wife. The mothers of the bride and groom looked exactly the same. The neighbors all said that this was the reincarnation of Alang and Alan. On the wedding night, the two met face to face. The husband asked his wife, "Alan, do you remember me?" ’ The wife said to her husband: ‘Of course I do, I have been waiting for this day for many years. 'Since then their husband and wife have been living a happy life. " As Fran said, she liked the story. "Reincarnation rearranges people's fate, so that the debt owed by the county magistrate can be repaid in another way. In my opinion, reincarnation is happiness rather than pain." "Maybe! Everyone has a different opinion, but reincarnation does make many injustices fair." "Assuming there is reincarnation, I will meet you again in the next life and listen to many stories from you." "Assuming there is reincarnation, I will meet you in the next life, and I will tell you many, many stories." After holding her hand, Fran's face that doesn't like to smile smiled again.When he met An An, his seriousness melted unconsciously. "It's a deal, no one can go back on it." Leaning into his arms, it's really comfortable, not the kind of happiness lying in the pile of food, but the kind of real, but slightly hazy sweet happiness. "It's a deal!" Stroking her long hair, his heart was jumping for joy, and his brows were dyed with excitement. It's decided, they have agreed on the happiness of the two of them, about the next life... ☆☆☆ The new army was in full swing to catch the vampires. They searched around the Duke's territory during the day, and at night they replaced another group, patrolling around the castle with a torch. Their actions did not affect the meeting between An An and Fran. They still met every night, talked all night, and told stories all night. "Do you like Princess Salina?" She jumped up to him and asked as soon as she saw him. "Do you know her?" He grabbed her, led her to the window, and looked down from a high position. Dozens of soldiers held up torches and patrolled the garden back and forth. "When I walked past the kitchen, I heard what some servants said." Shaking off his hand, An An walked back to the bed and sat down. She didn't like too strong light. She was obviously angry, and Fran walked up to her in a good-natured manner, pressed her shoulder and asked, "What did you hear?" "First, she is a super beauty that no one can match. Second, she has a gentle and sweet temperament, and is the best candidate for the wife of the castle owner. Third, she is young, three years younger than you, and she is the most suitable wife for you But fourth, your witch-grandmother likes her very, very much." I really don't want to slander the witch-grandmother, but if I don't introduce her like this, I can't show how disgusted she is. "Would you like to hear what I have to say?" An An looked at him and nodded reluctantly. "First, I don't like unrivaled super beautiful women. Second, I don't like sweets, so I can't be interested in sweet girls. Third, I don't like girls who are younger than me. I like girls who are older than me. There are a lot of mature women around one hundred and twenty-seven or one hundred and twenty-eight. Fourth, who my witch grandmother likes has nothing to do with me. My heart grows on her, and I have no right to control it." Frank declared his position. "Are you really not interested in her? But I heard that she is the kind of very good girl. If you say 'I am the Duke, you must listen to me', she will tremble beside you in fright and dare not refute your words. If you ask her to clean the fat, she won't say no, what do you want her to eat, she dare not be partial to food, if you ask her to like roses, no matter how much you hate her, she will sing "I love you roses." She is still worried. Judging by the elder brother's judgment standards, the princess' blood must be sweet and fragrant. "I'm not as scary as you said." He pinched her small nose, and he smiled. "You hate when people don't listen to you," she charged directly. "When have you ever heard me? Have I ever repaired you?" He replied sharply. "That's right! That's not true, but people will change. Maybe if I don't fix it now, I will be chained all over my body in the future, and I will be beaten all over." "Try it! Marry me first, and see if I will love you more or abuse you in a few decades." His words made her blushed, she lowered her eyes, not knowing how to answer. "Marry you? My father won't agree." He must have used the theory of non-intermarriage of heterogeneous species to block it, just like the eldest brother and Yu'er can't get married. "If you tell him that I am the future Duke, he will agree." He said confidently. "It's a good idea." In the eyes of my father, so what about the Duke, even if he is a king, he is a food with a crown. Think of a pig with clothes on. Do you think he is not a pig? "If you don't ask, how do you know that he disagrees?" Holding her in his arms, he was full of joy. "An'an, I'm glad you're jealous for me." "Jealous? What is that? Is it delicious? I'll try it if it's delicious." She wrinkled her nose. Fran took her ignorance as pretending to be stupid, but he wanted to force out her sincerity. "I said you are jealous, jealous of that beautiful, sweet-tempered Princess Salina." envy?Very strange words, so it turns out that her feeling of stirring thousands of feelings is the jealousy that often appears in human mouths?She has to think about it, what did Yu'er tell her at that time: She said that when you fall in love with someone, you will miss him in your heart, see him in your eyes, and have his appearance in your mind. If someone appears and endangers your position in his heart, you will start to feel heartache , sad, this feeling is called jealousy. Did that Princess Shalena endanger her status in his heart?Or should she ask first if she really fell in love with him? "What are you thinking? You're so preoccupied." Fran pinched her nose to bring her back to her mind. "I'm thinking, do I love you? Or do you love me?" An An asked him and asked himself. "Stupid, I often praise you for being smart. I didn't expect to be able to figure out such a simple thing. If you don't love me, you won't come to see me every day. If I don't love you, I won't expect you to appear every day." .” "But..." She wanted to come because he was her backup food!She just came to guard her, fearing that others would preempt her. As for him... Does he really like her?real!A shallow smile spread on her lips.He said he loved her... "Have figured it out? Don't doubt it anymore?" Lifting her chin, he found a smile on her lips.A foolish girl who doesn't know whether she loves others or not, so she foolishly makes a promise for the next life with others, and if she is really going to be sold one day, she will even call for the price for herself. "I figured it out, I don't doubt it anymore, I believe I love you." Although he was just food with thinking ability, even though she knew that her elder brother would be furious when he heard the news, she still chose to trust her intuition.yes!She loved him, from a long time ago, when she saw him for the first time, as a backup food. "Don't be jealous in the future. I only love you. No matter how many princesses surround me, I still only like Xiao Anan who hates fat." He made a promise. "If that princess didn't endanger my position in your heart, I wouldn't be jealous. Jealousy can't help me snatch you back from her. It's too inefficient." "Then what will you do?" Fran wanted to hear her "special" way of doing it. "I will sharpen my teeth, hunt for the first feast of human blood in my life, and suck all the blood from her body, so that she can no longer threaten my mood." She said it hard enough. "You are cruel." He feigned fear. "Don't worry, as long as you are obedient and don't change your mind, I won't be cruel to you." She patted his cheek and smiled triumphantly. "Are you threatening me?" "What do you say?" "You are! But I don't mind." They smiled at each other, and he took her hand. "Do you want to go to my studio? I drew a new picture of Xiao An'an." ☆☆☆ Princess Salina disappeared while she was a guest in Castle Snowshoe. The people in the castle searched everywhere, but they couldn't find her. Rumors spread that she had become a vampire's food. The Duke of Poitiers did not give up on the search. He hired more soldiers from other territories to expand the search area. Not only did he want to retrieve the princess, but he also wanted to catch that nasty ogre. "An'an, do you want to move into the castle? That vampire has become more rampant recently." As soon as he saw An'an, Fran hugged her tightly. He was worried all day! "Don't worry, I'm safe. Didn't that princess live in the castle before she disappeared? It can be seen that the castle is no safer than my home." Strange, the eldest brother has been away for several days, and it is impossible to attack the princess again, so... it will be who? "Sha Linna...it won't be you..." An An's thoughtful expression made him feel uneasy. "You suspect me again. It's not me. I'm a clean freak. If I want to gnaw people's necks and suck their blood, I have to overcome psychological barriers to do it." She turned her back with her arms crossed.At any rate, she also has the pride of being a vampire. She did it, she admits it, she didn't do it, and if she insists on planting it on her head, she won't allow it. "I'm not saying you sucked her blood, what I mean is, did you tie her up or..." Yi An'an's forceful approach is not certain. "Is it good for me to tie her up?" She glared angrily. "That's right, she can't influence you." Fran shrugged, amused at his own boring thoughts. "By the way, An'an, I'll take you to see my father when this wave of busyness is over." He wanted to introduce An'an to his father, so as to cut off his grandmother's wishful thinking. "I don't want to see you." She refused. "You're throwing a tantrum." "Yes, I'm losing my temper, and I'll never come to you again." Then, she stood up and walked out the door. "Why? Salina is one person, one life. She is missing. Is it wrong for me to ask?" "Thousands and hundreds of lives are not my business, why do you keep counting on me? Just because I look like a vampire? Or do I come and go silently, like a night dew that can't see the sun, what do you mean? It's me Which point is worthy of your doubt?" "I didn't doubt you, I just asked casually." "Did you ask your father, your witch-grandmother about it? Or did you ever ask the servants at the castle if they had sucked Sarina's blood dry, or kidnapped her?" She was aggressive. "You don't have to react so much, if you don't have ghosts in your heart." His good temper ended. "Bingo, that's right! I have ghosts in my heart, because I am the vampire you are looking for, why don't I go out during the day? Because I have to lie in a coffin to absorb energy; why can't you find out where I live? Because I It’s a ghost that comes and goes without a trace. Is this clear enough? Do you want me to add something more?” She poked his chest with her index finger and moved forward step by step, forcing him to go step by step. step back. "I don't want to talk to you, you've lost your mind, you're out of your mind." Pushing away her hand, he turned his back on her angrily and walked towards the window. "I've never been more sober than I am now." With a bang, the door was closed, and she quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor. This is their first argument, after they identified each other.