[Vampire Knight] Briar

[Because an object must first have a reason for existence, it is not free.But humans are free to create their own raison d'être.It is the freedom of the individual to do or be.But absolute freedom brings insecurity and responsibility, and it can sometimes be a burden to human beings. 】

——Sartre (Humanity Sentenced to Liberty)

After Egret finished speaking, he looked at me quietly, probably wanting to see a look of sadness, despair, or bewilderment on my face.

It's a pity that there are expressions of sadness and shock, but it's Kulan Yuki.not me.

I just looked at her with a cold face, and replied: "Oh. I see, thank you, Miss Geng."

"You don't believe it?" Bai Lu frowned even more.

"Believe it." I replied coldly. "Thank you, Miss Geng, for telling me the identity of Calamus."

"Xiaoliang—" Jiulan Yuki called me in a worried voice.

"Huh—" I sighed.Sure enough, I still can't ignore a kind girl like Yuuki.

So, I turned around and walked to Yuki, took her hand, and said to Bailugeng: "Sorry, Miss Bailugeng, I want to talk about some private topics with Yuki, thank you very much for reminding me of my behavior today. We Just leave first."

I dragged You Ji away from Bailu Geng, walked straight and long, and returned to the room where I and Iris were.

Yuuki was probably worried that I would lose control of my emotions, so she didn't speak all the way, but just held my hand tightly.

Once in my room, I took a deep breath. "Okay, it's safe. You won't be eavesdropped by egrets when talking here, because calamus added a layer of protection to our room when it left." I pointed to the small plants climbing on the corner of the wall.

"Xiao Liang, are you okay? Don't be sad, there is me, Maria-senpai, and Ying-senpai." Yuuki was at a loss and wanted to coax me, as if she was the one who did something wrong. "It doesn't matter, I, like you, was so at a loss when I heard that Shu was actually my biological brother."

"Do I look like an idiot?" I smiled and looked at Yuuki.She wanted to comfort me from the bottom of her heart.Such kindness, I accepted.Maybe, You Ji can also be regarded as a friend of mine.

"Eh? Could it be that Miss Bailugeng is lying? Is that so, hahaha. That's great, so I don't have to worry about it."

"Stupid Yuuki." I sat on the soft armchair and felt that if it was like what Bailu said: calamus made me a waste.Then Jiulan Yuki is definitely more innocent than me.

"I don't think she may have lied to me about the identity of Calamus. He may really be my brother." After all, every time I suck blood, the resonance from the blood is unmistakable.I suspected before that maybe he was one of my blood relatives, but I never found any evidence. "But what are the rest of Bailu talking about? Calamus hates me? If I really believe this, I might as well believe that I am actually the lost cub of Jiulan's family!" I said angrily. "I'm sorry Yuuki, I didn't mean you specifically, but—" I tugged at my silver-white hair, "Look, if my hair color could be born in the Jiulan family, then I think this world will Nothing is impossible."

"Pfft hahaha." Yuuki laughed out loud at my nonsense. "Xiaoliang, you are really too cute."

"However, there is one thing that Bailu said that caught my attention." I then said to You Ji: "She said that Calamus is now with Jiu Lanshu. You Ji, do you know what Jiu Lanshu is doing now? "

"Brother Shu..." Jiulan Yuki grabbed the hem of the school uniform with her fingers, looking a little tangled.However, she still said it to me: "He paranoidly believes that the disputes in this world are caused by pure blood. He wants to create a peaceful world for me, where I can live happily without worrying, so, He decided to kill all the purebloods."

"Jiu Lanshu is crazy!" I asked in disbelief. "He is a pure-blood himself, how could he have such an idea! Who does he think he is? I didn't dare to think so when I was in the second grade! How old is he, and how many thousand-year-old vampires are hiding outside!"

"No, actually, Shu—he is the ancestor of the Jiulan family, and he was reawakened for some reason. But even if he is not my real brother, I still hope to understand him. He is alone, so lonely For the first time, I knew that the core of Jiulanshu was not a child, so there was a similar-looking sesame-filled bean paste bun among our group of silly, white and sweet buns.

"The head of the Huangli family is dead." Jiulan Youji seemed to have found someone to confide to, the chatterbox opened, and words poured out chaotically.It seemed like she'd been under a lot of stress, but had to bear it all by herself. "Egret also said that my brother's next target is her, so I took her into the Black Master Academy, hoping to make my brother wake up. I mean the Iris Isa who has a good relationship with my parents. He It seems that he didn't intend to continue to sleep aimlessly like this, so he reached an agreement with Brother Shu, so Brother Shu's temporary target is not him. Others, the purebloods of Cheng Mo's family and Biaomu's family seem to be in Sleeping... By the way! And Fei Ying! Xiaoliang, your father is a pure blood of Fei Ying's family! He—"

Before the black lord Yuki finished speaking.There was a quick and rough knock on the door of my room.

A male voice shouted impatiently: "Hey! From Fei Ying's house! Are you there?! Open the door!"

"Ah! It's Zero." Jiulan Yuki hurriedly got up, ran to the door, and opened the door: "Zero, what's wrong?"

"Why are you here?!" There was a silver-haired blood hunter in a black windbreaker at the door.After seeing You Ji, his tone softened a lot.

"Hiyingliang." He passed Jiulan Yuki and looked at me, "The director asked me to inform you that something happened to Feiying's house. Jiulanshu attacked Feiying's house, and your father disappeared at the time of Feiying. Life and death are unknown .”

"How come? Brother Shu, why on earth is this!" It seemed that I was fine, but You Ji was not in a good mood.

"Calm down, Yuuki!" Zhui Shengling supported Yuuki's shoulder, forcing her to calm down. "This news is only from the Blood Hunting Association, and it has not been confirmed. That guy Jiulanshu may have some difficulties. I will accompany you to question him!"

It seems that Conisheng Ling is really worried about the pure-blood Kulan Yuki.

A blood hunter... and a LevelA?

Thought this was a fairy tale?

"Yeah." Jiulan Yuki pulled out the Artemis tied to her leg, "Zero, I'm going to find him and ask him personally."

"Wait," I stood up too. "I'm with you."

Cone Shengling frowned reluctantly, but because of You Ji, he didn't say anything, reluctantly acquiesced that I would go with them.

We first came to the ancestral house of Fei Ying's family, which is also the place where I lived when I was a child.

To be honest, I kind of hated it when I was a kid.Although the decoration here is gorgeous, every inch of decoration looks cold.When I think back to the years I lived here, apart from the warmth brought by calamus, there are cold and distant greetings and rigid lessons in my mind—"Miss Liang, you should do this..." "Miss Liang, as a pure-blooded It shouldn't be..." "Miss Liang, please pay attention to etiquette."

I hate such a bondage life, so I begged Calamus to take me away from here.

But now, when I came back again, it had become a ruin.

I am not sad.I tell myself so.

"Jiu Lanshu's aura is no longer here." Zhui Shengling checked and said.

Jiulan Yuki closed her eyes, trying to distinguish the traces of blood remaining in the air.After a long time, she pointed in one direction: "Over there!"

I hurriedly followed Yuuki through the streets. "Strange... the breath has become mixed." Yuuki's tone was a little confused: "I think Shu was still here just now. Did you find anything, Xiaoliang?"

I'm trying to identify the blood factor in the air.But there is no way, I can't find anything.

My ability as a pureblood is very special, it is a dream.

I can enter some weird places in my dreams.

But this ability doesn't seem to be very useful under normal circumstances.Because in normal times, I can neither use this ability to force others to sleep, nor can I kill anyone in my dreams.So, when it comes to fighting or vampiric instincts, I'm actually a scumbag.

But... there seems to be a faint smell of calamus blood in the air?

I closed my eyes, followed my feeling, and walked towards the place where I noticed the strong smell of blood.

Is calamus injured?he is……

"Be careful!!! Cool!!!" I suddenly heard Jiulan Yuki screaming almost broken.

Then, before I opened my eyes, I felt a sharp pain in the back of my heart.

The sharp fingertips pierced into my body and broke my ribs, but they were stopped by something before they touched my heart, and they stopped moving forward.

who is it?

Who wants to... kill me?

There was a roar in my ears, the colors in front of my eyes gradually blurred into color blocks, the pain made me subconsciously convulse, and cold sweat dripped from my forehead.

Yuuki's voice seemed to be blocked by someone, and it became an intermittent "uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu".

"Let go!!! Jiulanshu! If you dare to move again, I'll kill Jiulan Youji directly!!" Calamus's voice sounded from my side, so annoyed.

Is he going to kill me?The finger that penetrated my body from behind, is it his?This is how the same thing?

I tried to turn around, but all I could see in my dizziness was a heavy-looking black overcoat.

I heard a deep male voice say, OK.

Then, the finger that was inserted into my body was pulled out.

With inertia, I fell onto a person.A familiar, reassuring scent.

Darkness comes.