Chapter 23 Ashley

Just when I thought I was going to be drowned alive, the sea water gradually receded until it reached my ankles.My whole body was soaked, and when the wind blew, I couldn't help sneezing a few times. In this state of extreme fatigue, my head is extraordinarily calm and clear.Things are going in the worst direction now, Marty, no, Roland Gallo will not let me go easily, let alone how long I will be imprisoned... This is not the way to go. I looked down at my reflection in the water, and when it was a last resort, I could only... Although I am not afraid of death, I am really not convinced by such a useless death.At least, give me one more chance...

"Xiao Kong, Ashley, where are you?" I muttered to myself, and now I can only hope for them. "I didn't expect you to miss me so much!" A familiar voice suddenly came from behind, and my heart beat faster suddenly. I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but the back of my neck seemed to start to feel hot again... "Why, sorry?" He didn't know when he stood in front of me like a ghost.There was a narrow look in the silver-purple eyes. "Please, who is sorry!" I glared at him, "I, Ye Wan, don't know how to write the words 'sorry'!"

He smiled softly: "It seems that I am still very energetic, I still..." He suddenly stopped talking, his eyes fell on my chin, and he frowned slightly, "What's going on here?" I shook my head: "Don't mention it, it turns out that this Neptune Emperor is actually my former enemy. I think he will torture me to death if I continue." Without saying anything else, he took out a light brown strand of hair from his bosom, chanted a few incantations silently, and gently raised that strand of hair. A surprising thing happened, and only a click was heard. , that strand of hair was like a sharp knife, cutting off the chains on my hand neatly.

"What's that?" I rubbed my swollen wrist in surprise. His eyes flicked to my wrist: "There is only one thing that can untie this chain, and that is the hair of the Sea Emperor himself." "Ah!" I was even more surprised, "How did you get his hair? How did you get close to him?" "I have my own way." He took my hand naturally, "Let's go out first." The moment I touched his hand, I suddenly felt something was wrong, his hand was frighteningly cold, different from the cold of a vampire, it was a very strange cold. "Ashley, are you okay?" A trace of inexplicable uneasiness welled up in my heart.

He looked down at me with a funny look on his face: "What will happen? I'll take you out of here right away." After speaking, he recited two mantras, and in a blink of an eye, we were already in a dark place. inside the room. As soon as I raised my hand, a lit candle appeared in my hand. Through the dancing candlelight, I saw clearly that this was actually a room made of white coral, and there was a portrait hanging on the wall inlaid with shells.The woman in the painting has long purple hair, as cool and elegant as moonlight, like a water lily on a clear spring, which has never been contaminated by dust despite the hustle and bustle of the world.

"Here is..." I stared at the beauty in the portrait, feeling familiar. Ashley didn't look up: "This woman is Neptune's sister Zelifa. This room has always belonged to her. Since she disappeared, she has been gradually forgotten by everyone, so it is safe here for the time being." "Then she is also a god? Strange, why did she disappear?" I looked at the portrait, "However, she is so beautiful." "Who knows!" His tone was surprisingly indifferent. The air suddenly seemed to freeze, and none of us spoke.I thought about it, and said first, "Your teleportation is really powerful." I praised it sincerely.However, while admiring, I can't help but have some small doubts, why is the distance of his teleportation so close this time?

~ Cocoa Crafting! He turned his face and smiled slightly: "Want to learn? I can teach you." Before I had time to express my opinion, he quickly added, "However, I will charge a small reward." to die— "Aren't you going back?" He asked suddenly. I shook my head immediately: "I still have important things to do. Before that, I will never go back." I paused, "Thank you, Ashley." He raised his eyebrows indifferently: "It's okay, you've paid for it anyway, of course, I don't mind if you want to pay more." The corner of my mouth twitched, please, can you stop mentioning this...

Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly frowned slightly, as if he was holding back something.My heart suddenly rose, and I hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you?" "It's nothing..." There was a little sweat on his forehead, and I reached out to touch it, and it turned out to be scalding hot, completely opposite to the temperature of his hand. "Ashley, you..." I hesitated to express my guess, "You are hurt, right?" He seemed to be slightly stunned, and just about to deny it, I had already grabbed his hand: "Look at you, your body is cold, but your sweat is scorching hot. You must be injured, and it's not a serious injury." No wonder, His teleportation is way off the mark...

He didn't speak, his silver-purple hair was shrouded in a misty beam of light, like an elegant and lightly dancing elf. "Ashley..." I didn't know what to say, I just felt that the corners of my eyes were a little wet. His injury must be related to me. The hair of the Sea Emperor is not so easy to get. "I just don't want my stuff gone." He smiled slightly. "I'm not yours." Although my mind was a little disturbed, I retorted him reflexively. He looked at me casually, and smiled evilly: "Okay! You are not mine, so I am yours." "At this time, you still..." I was about to speak, when I saw him frowning again, my heart tightened, he looked really hard.

"If I die, you have to cry for me." He smiled. I glanced at him: "I won't cry for you!" He lowered his eyes, seemingly helpless: "What a heartless lady." "Because, you won't die." I made a gesture and recited the mantra, a light silver light gushed out from my fingertips, I gently pressed my fingers against his chest, and saw the silver light The light instantly enveloped that place, seeping into his body bit by bit... He reached out and held my finger, with a hint of uncertainty in his voice: "Isn't this the magic of the Tremere tribe?"

"Know the goods! I hope I can temporarily suppress the heat in your body, otherwise, if the cold and heat keep intersecting, it will do more damage to you." I looked at him, "It's better to keep you in a cold state." He slowly let go of my fingers: "However, this magic will also consume the vitality of the caster. " "You don't have to worry about it, just treat it as your reward for saving me." I paused, "I don't want to owe you too much favor." "However, this reward is not enough," he smiled softly, with ambiguous eyes, "I want—more." "No more!" I glared at him, "Don't distract me! Shut up!" This guy, so depressing after being injured... I didn't pay attention to him, and I continued to cast spells until He was sweating and cold, so I withdrew my finger: "Is it better?" He nodded: "However, the feeling of being frozen all over is also uncomfortable." I almost forgot, he's not a pure vampire, so he can't bear the cold, but... "Then just be patient, at least this will protect your body." I glanced at him, "Don't worry, I won't die." He turned his head and complained softly: "You are so indifferent to your savior, you are really heartless..." "I'll get you a blanket..." I suddenly felt like laughing, just in time to see a few blankets in the room, so I got up to get them. "No..." He stretched out his hand to grab me, but when I struggled hard, he was pulled down by me, and the direction of the fall...was too unfortunate! Almost in a split second, he was already He fell on me, and I could only watch his cold lips pressing on mine impartially. Hum - my mind went blank for an instant... I stared at his eyes, and he stared at mine. The two of us were lying on the ground pole in a very strange posture. "That was my first kiss, Ashley." It didn't occur to me that I would speak first. "I guess so, I can see it." "you……" "Want me to be responsible?" "what?" A gust of wind blows, so cold. "You're not so hurt that you can't get up, are you?" I showed a calmness that even I couldn't believe. He smiled slightly: "Of course, but before that..." Before he finished speaking, his lips fell down again... My whole body froze suddenly, time seemed to stop in an instant, and everything was suspended.What a wonderful feeling this is, like sucking the dew on the tip of a leaf in the morning, chewing the tender petals of the first bloom, and biting off the crisp flesh of a fresh pear... I opened my eyes blankly, and saw the pair of silver pears nearby. Purple eyes, so deep that you can breathe in your soul. "This is the real kiss, Mingzi?" He gradually left my lips, with a smile flowing between his brows. "If you don't get up again, I'll kick you away." After I reacted, I glared at him angrily, and he smiled nonchalantly, laying down beside me calmly, and stretched out his hand to embrace me too much. Hold my waist. "Hey..." I wanted to shake off his hand, but suddenly I heard him groan: "Ah, Xiaowan, I'm still injured, this is to save you from the injury." This guy, why didn't he think he was injured when he took advantage of me just now? "It seems to be getting colder and colder." He said softly, tightened his hands, and pulled me closer to him. "Don't push yourself too hard..." I moved my body depressingly, if it wasn't for the fact that he was injured for me... "This is the most effective way to keep warm, isn't it?" His breath blew in my ear, "I got hurt because of you, so you should repay me, right?" "Hey, you have to be willing to repay it." I replied angrily, "Will you always use this as a trick for me in the future? It's terrible, then you can use this to blackmail me thousands of dollars." Years, tens of thousands of years..." He had a smile at the corner of his mouth, but when he heard my words, he seemed to think of something, his eyes suddenly froze, and a trace of haze emerged, but only for a moment, he regained his indifferent look. "Anisa likes you very much too." He suddenly said inexplicably. I froze for a moment, and followed his jumping thinking: "I like her too." He nodded: "that's good, help me take care of her in the future." "Can't you take care of yourself?" He was silent for a while:''Just pretend I didn't say anything. " After that, he didn't say another word.Although he behaved a little abnormally, I didn't pay much attention to it. Maybe it's because I haven't had a good night's sleep in the past few days. A deep sleepiness hit me. I yawned, closed my eyes and soon fell asleep. .I don't know how long it took, but I suddenly found myself in a long passage, surrounded by endless darkness, I was walking in the passage in a daze, walking, walking, as if it would never end... this feeling , seems to have known each other... When I was confused, everything around me suddenly disappeared, and what appeared in front of my eyes was a piece of manjusawa that was as red as blood. Among the flowers, there stood a boy about seventeen or eighteen years old. When he saw his rare silver-blue hair, he couldn't help being taken aback, and blurted out, "Anti, the dream god?" He looked at me solemnly: "Xiao Wan, don't stay here anymore, go back to land immediately." I was a little confused by his words: "I don't understand what you mean, I have to stay here and save my mother." "It's impossible for you to kill the Emperor of the Sea. Do you want to... In that case, even if you are saved, Xiao Yin will be sad, let alone..." "How do you know so clearly?" I couldn't help interrupting him. "Anyway, listen to me." He frowned slightly, as if he was enduring something uncomfortable. "I won't listen to you. If I can save my mother, even if it is a star, I will reverse its orbit." I looked at him coldly. There was a hint of anger in his eyes: "You really think your mother—" He stopped abruptly in the middle of his words, as if his voice was cut off by something, and everything in front of my eyes began to shake and blur, and there was a faint fragrance of flowers It was tangy, my eyelids became extremely heavy, sleepy, sleepy... When I opened my eyes again, with the sunlight refracted from the sea, I guessed it might be dawn.I was about to stretch, but it seemed that the people around me were alarmed. He unconsciously wrapped my waist tightly. The movement was so natural, like a baby deeply attached to the person closest to me.Breathing softly and rhythmically, the breath blows on my sensitive skin, as gentle as the breeze on the spring field. The itchy feeling keeps accumulating, which makes me shiver involuntarily.Looking from my angle, I can just see his slightly trembling eyelashes, a few strands of long hair hanging down, swaying graceful shadows, and the corners of his lips are congealed with a more serene expression than ever. I touched my lips unconsciously, and I always felt that after yesterday, some subtle changes seemed to have occurred between me and him... Looking at his sleeping face, this indescribable soft feeling overflowed from the bottom of my heart , what is it? "Why..." The corner of his mouth suddenly moved slightly, as if he was muttering something, I put my ear close to him, and vaguely heard the words. "Why... I, I am your son..." His eyelashes trembled rapidly, "Why did you treat me like this, mother..." I was slightly surprised, this was the first time I heard about his mother from him, if I guessed correctly, his mother didn't seem to treat him very well... What kind of sad past did Ashley have... I patted his back lightly, as if awakened by a start, he suddenly opened his eyes, and there was still a hint of bewilderment in the silver-purple eyes. I smiled at him. "Good morning, Ashley." He just froze for a moment, and raised the corner of his mouth: "This is the first time someone said good morning to me." "I say good morning to you, and I also want to remind you that you can take your paws away." I felt that my smile was a bit hypocritical. He smiled lightly, and slowly raised his hand: "Oh, it's really tiring to hold you to sleep all night." "Hey!" Several black lines quickly climbed up on my forehead, "I haven't even said that my waist is sore from your pressure, yet you still have the face to say that your hands are tired." He sat up and rubbed his hands exaggeratedly. I suddenly had the urge to punch someone... "Ah? What is this?" He pointed at my chest in surprise. I looked down and couldn't help being surprised. There was a blue poppy pinned there! What the hell is going on? Could it be because of that dream? I only remember that Dream God persuaded me to go back, but at this moment, how could I go back! Thinking of this, I quickly stood up: "It seems that your spirit is much better Now, I have to do what I have to do." He didn't look at me: "Are you going to be caught by the Sea King again?" I glanced at him: "It is possible, but I have no choice, I still have to try." He still lowered his eyes: "However, I won't save you next time." I stared at his long hair, and said in a low voice, "Ashley, be careful yourself, and don't fight with others, or your injury will deteriorate very quickly." Go out the door. To my surprise, he didn't say anything.Just when I was about to push the door open, it was knocked open with a bang... I subconsciously took a few steps back. The moment I saw the person coming, there was only one thought in my head: something bad is going on! A young man with a gloomy sense of gorgeousness walked in slowly, and looked at me coldly with those light blue eyes: "So I'm hiding here, no wonder I haven't found it after searching all night." Before I could speak , He looked at Ashley again, and said sinisterly, "Being hit by my ice fire aurora, you can still survive until now. You are also a fortune teller. I didn't expect that the god-level blood king would do it for a woman." Do something stupid like that." I looked at him quietly, trying to cover up the fluctuations in my heart with my appearance of calmness. It turned out that Ashley's injury was much more serious than I guessed.Heavy enough to almost die.When I think of this, my heart hurts. He actually... for me... "However, Ashley, you forgot one most important thing." Roland Gallo's lips outlined a gorgeous and evil arc, "No matter how powerful you are, you are not a match for God. Is it worth it, for a woman ?” Ashley looked at him expressionlessly, and smiled slightly: "In everyone's life, there will always be something that he thinks is worth protecting. Maybe it's worthless in the eyes of others, but he has no choice." My heart moved slightly, and what came to my heart was a little bit of sweetness. Roland Gallo pursed his lips tightly. When he was walking towards Ashley, I subconsciously stopped in front of Ashley. "Don't hurt him." I heard my voice slightly shifted.I began to be afraid, to be timid, and to worry about gains and losses.I inadvertently added a lot of extra trouble, extra anxiety.All this is because, I began to heartbeat. "Xiaowan, get out of the way." Ashley said softly behind me, "This is a matter between men." "Ashley, shut up." I turned my head and said in a low voice, "You must not do anything again, or you will die, you know?" "I won't let a woman..." "Don't die, Ashley," I cut him off. "I won't let you die." There was a suffocating silence behind him. "Whether he dies or not, I have the final say." Roland Gallo's eyes became colder and colder, "Including your life and death, it is also in my hands. Don't forget, I am—God.,' "It's me you want to take revenge on, it's none of his business." I broke my heart, "Let him go." There was a vindictive smile on his face: "I didn't expect that when you are soft-hearted, it's very simple for me to let him go, just promise me one thing." "If I could do it..." "You can definitely do it!" Unfathomable waves surged in his eyes, "That is - to be my bride."