Sir Aven I Blood Pact

What does homesickness feel like?I am very clear now.This feeling is like putting a few ants on the soles of your feet to crawl around non-stop. If you want to scratch them, you can't scratch them, because the more you scratch, the more itchy they will become.

I used to go out by myself for a long period of time, and I never felt homesick like this, because I know that there is a return date when I go out, and I can see my parents when I go home, so I feel homesick all the time. It won't be that strong.But now I am in Essatan, and I can no longer be said to be a normal human being. How easy is it to return to the human world?Can I really go back to my parents and be a filial son?I don't know, I really don't know, I'm afraid of what my parents will look like when they know I'm not human anymore.

After I arrived in Essatan, I often suffered from insomnia. In the words of Susimon, it was actually because I was not used to the life of a vampire.In fact, I also understand, but after more than [-] years of human life, I really can't change it if I have to adapt to the life of other races.

Tosalie helped find me a dozen parchments.To be honest, the standard of living here is not good, and we are still writing with a quill pen dipped in ink, but we are now underground, and it is not easy to find these few pieces of parchment.Sally told me that it's not that this place doesn't know the high technology of the human world outside. She knows what a mobile phone is and what a TV is. It's just that the residents here have gotten used to their own way of life. This can't be said to be a bad thing, at least the residents in Essatan know what it means to be hardworking and self-sufficient, unlike those rich second generations in human society who only know how to gnaw at their parents' money and can't do anything by themselves.

After thinking for a long time with a quill in hand, I'm not sure how I'm going to write about my experience.Perhaps what I wrote will never be passed on to human society, but I know that people’s memory is not always so good. If I don’t write down the things I have experienced, I’m afraid I will forget some of them when I am 60 years old. , although I don't know if I will live for seven or eight hundred years like Seth Imon after I become a vampire.

I admit that I am actually afraid of losing the memory of this experience with Aiwen.

My record has just written the encounter with Aiwen, and the news of Anwar has already come.

"We found information that Eilish appeared at the entrance and exit of the passage before Anwar disappeared, and Anwar was most likely sent to the outside world by him," Melon said.At this moment, we are gathering in that conference room, discussing the next action plan. Faced with this news, we have come up with two strategies.In Leonardo's words, the most important thing for us right now is to take over the leadership of Esatan in one fell swoop while Anwar is not in Esatan, so that even if Anwar returns, he will not be a threat.According to Sassimon, the faction that Anwar has established over the past 200 years will not be vulnerable, and the number of people they occupy is several times larger than ours. If it is not resolved, there will be no peaceful days in Essatan.

I think the words of these two people are both reasonable, but I don't know what Ivan's decision is now.

Ai Wen has been sitting there without moving. He circled his arms with his eyebrows fixed, as if he was thinking about something.I sat next to him, looked at Leonardo and Seth Imon who were still arguing, approached Ivan, and said softly, "Ivan? What did you think of?"

Aiwen reacted, looked at me, then turned to look at the few people who were still arguing, and suddenly stood up with a swipe: "Everyone." Hearing his voice, everyone stopped arguing, quieted down, and sat down. Come down and wait for Ivan's decision.The scene became extremely heavy, and this atmosphere made me feel very depressed, as if something big was about to happen. I don’t know whether Aiwen’s decision was right or wrong, but I believe that even if Aiwen made a wrong decision, The group of people in front of them would not abandon him, let alone betray him.

"Anwar must be caught." Ivan said, "Esatan also cannot fall into the hands of those people. Anwar has been away from Esatan for a while, although we don't know the purpose of his going out , But that is by no means a good thing. Even if we take over the leadership of Essatan, we may not be able to clean up Anwar, so I decided to go back to the outside world to find out Anwar's whereabouts. ——Another On the other hand, oh Lord Adrian, hear me out

——" Leonardo wanted to raise objections to Aiwen's decision, but Aiwen reached out to stop him, and continued: "On the other hand, Anwar's party members in Esatan are still doing harm to the people. I hope everyone If we can continue to deal with everything here before we find Anwar, I will hand it over to Mellon and Earl Adrian. "

"Your Highness." Leonardo was very surprised. He didn't expect Ivan's decision to be like this. He seemed very worried, "You can't leave Essatan. If you are in danger again, this time without Mr. Suster, We really don't know what to do."

For Leonardo's words, Ivan was very grateful: "Don't worry about this. If I hadn't been plotted against by Kegana villain 200 years ago, I would not have lost to him, so Taylor had to use his own Save my life." When he spoke, his eyes were full of guilt and remorse, and I knew he felt sorry for Taylor's innocent death while he was living in the world.

"Leonardo," Sass Emon said. He speaks differently from Ivan and others. He doesn't use honorifics to anyone, but just calls them by their first names. The identity is getting more and more mysterious, "Letting Anwar roam around outside is not a good thing for Esatan. And Anwar can only be dealt with by Ivan, and there is not much danger in Essatan. With the gang of minions you dealt with Anwar more than enough, and now that gang has no Anwar as their leader, it is not difficult for you to deal with these idiots. It is the best to hand over Esatan to you choose."

What Sassimon said was very straightforward, but it was also very comfortable to listen to. After Leonardo and the others listened, they stopped talking and started thinking about what Sassimon said.Ivan cast a glance at Seth Imon, and Seth Imon rolled his eyes back. The eyes seemed to be the special code words of the two of them, which made me feel very funny.

"That's it, we follow His Highness's arrangement." Leonardo compromised, but he was still worried about Aiwen's safety, "It's just that, Zeander, you must ensure His Highness's safety."

Zeander stood up and saluted Leonardo very seriously: "I swear in the name of a knight, with the sword in hand, I will definitely protect His Highness with my life." His words were very serious, and I believe that For a knight, such an oath is absolutely credible and loyal.

"Tomorrow evening, we will leave for the outside world." Aiwen said, "Melon, Earl Adrian, Essatan will be handed over to you two again, thank you for your hard work."

When the two heard Ai Wen's words, they immediately got up and saluted Ai Wen: "Yes."

After night fell, I suddenly felt that Essatan seemed to have become quiet after Anwar left, as if nothing had happened.The short period of tranquility gave us a chance to breathe. I don't think such a moment can last for a long time. Just like what Susimon said, if Anwar is not dealt with, Esatan will have no peace for a day.Perhaps for Essatan, the existence of Anwar is a dangerous warning, but for Aiwen, Anwar is his own brother after all. In terms of blood, I don't think he wants to solve Anwar by himself. , I have seen Aiwen several times when he heard Seth Imon said that he wanted to solve Anwar, his eyes were very complicated.

I lost sleep again, put on some clothes casually, and walked out of the room.I walked in the passage of the sewer again. At this time, the atmosphere around me had some subtle changes from my previous feeling, and it seemed to be a little more 'cheerful'.Maybe it's because we beat Anwar once?

"Xiao." Ai Wen suddenly appeared in front of me, really startled me, "Why did you come here?"

"Are you looking for me?" I looked at him. At this time, he was actually wearing a black cloak, and he was holding two unlit torches and another black cloak in his hand. Seeing him like this, he seemed to be planning to go out ?

"I'm going to the outside world early tomorrow morning, so I want to go to the ruins of Fort Zoela tonight." Ivan handed me the black cloak in his hand and said, "There are some things I haven't figured out, and I want you to accompany me." I gonna go see."

I put on my black cloak and asked him, "Zoela Castle? What can't you figure out?"

"200 years ago, Anwar launched an incident. That's where my father last appeared. I want to see if there are any clues." Aiwen said as he pulled up his cloak and hat, and walked away.

It turns out that Aiwen's father is missing?I looked at the back of Ai Wen walking in front, and suddenly felt that this man might still have an ordinary heart of filial piety deep in his heart.

Many movies will describe the places where vampires haunt, they are full of wind, thunder and lightning, which are scary, gloomy cemeteries and weird music that makes the scalp tingle.At this time, any shadow that suddenly appeared, even the cry of a stray cat, was very frightening, like a frightened bird.

When I really walked in such an environment, although there was no weird soundtrack as an accompaniment, and there was no such powerful wind, thunder and lightning, it was just a drizzle mixed with thin mist. What I felt was not terror, but something An indescribable feeling of coldness.

This feeling seems familiar.

On the only road leading to the ruins, we saw a small group of people.They were dressed in red and black military uniforms, but they looked more like a modified version of the nobleman's dress.We quietly hid in the bushes beside the road, observing their every move.

"Ivan?" I asked in a low voice, "There are still people guarding here, how do we get there?" I looked ahead, it seems that there is only one road from here to Fort Zoela, and this road is still guarded, Aiwen didn't seem to know what to do. When he was thinking about it, the bushes on the side moved a few times. We turned our heads vigilantly and saw that it was Sally who came out of the bushes!

"Hi, Sally?" Ivan was a little surprised, "Why are you here?"

Sally removed the leaves from her hair, and tidied up her attire for a while: "I'm sorry for following behind you without permission, Your Highness, but I think, at this moment, Your Highness and Mr. Xiao may need A favor, maybe Sally can help with this."

Ivan and I looked at each other, it was a coincidence that Sally came here.

Sally pretended to have a sprained foot, limped on one foot, and went straight to the team of guards. We were far away and couldn't hear their conversations, but after Sally's tearful performance, the guards unexpectedly Escorted her away, which is exactly what we wanted.

Ivan and I rushed up the hillside carefully and quickly, with our waists bent, and entered the wreckage of Fort Zoela in a flash.

We crossed a large broken stone pillar remnant with scattered heights. After passing this place, we arrived at the gate of Fort Zolai. Although more than half of it was incomplete, the half of the gate that still stood still, let me see clearly The stone carvings on the door.It was an eagle, about to spread its wings and fly high.However, beside the eagle's feet, there seems to be a stone carving that looks like a snake's tail.

"This is a stone carving of an eagle and a giant python." Aiwen saw me staring at the door, so he explained for me, "When I first established my home here, I happened to see an eagle and a giant python here. Fighting everywhere, so when building this ancient castle, the scene at that time was used to make the stone carving pattern of the gate."

Use such stone carvings to make a gate pattern?This is too casual.

"Let's go, I don't know if it has collapsed over the years, follow me and be careful." Aiwen's appearance reminded me of the first time I crossed the road when I was a child, my mother held my hand and talked to me look.

Laughing unconsciously, Ai Wen looked at me puzzled, then looked back at me: "What are you laughing at, let's go." After speaking, he naturally pulled me inside.I don't know why, but I suddenly feel a little weird, but I can't explain why it's weird, but I feel a little relieved in my heart.

After entering the ruins of the ancient castle, I found that I had the mentality of an archaeologist.Calculated in terms of time here, at least a thousand years, right?Looking at the style of these buildings, it is about the Gothic architecture from the [-]th to the [-]th century. From the ruins in front of it, it seems a bit like a monastery-like building. The overall height is not very high. The Esomie Castle is even lower, with a shorter and deeper central hall, a hall on each side, and a short rear wing at the back. The front of the entire castle is facing south, which is similar to that of English churches. , The layout of the monastery is a bit different.

I suddenly felt like I was here for a sightseeing trip, not looking for someone's clues, and let Aiwen lead me forward with peace of mind, while I looked around at the ruins.

I noticed that in the middle area of ​​the old castle, there seemed to be a steeple, and there seemed to be a clock tower on the west side.In a corridor we walked through, the window lattices collapsed on one side and there were some curved patterns, but now it has become a wreck, and the original appearance cannot be seen.We walked towards the middle of the castle. The back of the castle hadn't collapsed yet. After walking in, the light dimmed, and Ivan lit the two torches he brought.

"Ah." I made a soft sound, and Aiwen stopped suddenly when I was not alert. Due to the inertia of the earth's gravity, I bumped into his back, and Aiwen stood there motionless.

"Why did you stop suddenly?" I rubbed my nose.Ai Wen took a photo towards the front, "The road ahead is broken, it's all fallen stones."

I looked ahead, and under the light of the torch, I could vaguely see a lot of stones filling the entire passage.

"Is there no other way?" I asked.

"Yes. From the previous map of the castle, this road should be the first fork where the gate comes in. To the left is the road to the castle, and to the right is to the vampire knight training The venue in the middle should be the castle spire." Ivan said reminiscently.

There is even a knight training ground here?Curious about Essatan's past. "Knight, what are you doing?" I followed Ivan to the left, carefully stepping over the wreckage of stones.

"Oh, it's the same as the guards." Aiwen explained while paying attention to the road ahead, "In Essatane, seven vampires will be selected every five years as knights to defend the country. In fact, I don’t think knights are very useful. We are the only clan living here, and no other clan will invade us. However, because it is a tradition that my vampire clan has continued, we will still have this habit when we arrive at Elsatan. Just fewer people."

"Then when we came up, were those guards in red and black costumes the vampire knights you mentioned?" I asked.

"Yes." Ivan nodded, "Their clothes are the regular knight clothes now."

"Then the group that you saw in the battle with Anwar before were the vampire knights?" I remembered that there were a few men who wore similar clothes when we went to exchange Aiwen with us. , dressed more luxuriously than those people.

Aiwen nodded: "They are too, but that group is all adhering to Anwar's aristocratic thinking, so their clothes are more luxurious."

While we were talking, the two of us had passed through the pebble-stacked passage on the left.When I first walked over, I found that there were traces of picture frames hanging on the wall that had not yet collapsed.

"Ivan, there are photos on this wall?" I asked.

"Yes, there are. It is a photo of the ancestors who have made great contributions to my vampire family. However, after the collapse of the castle, some photos were damaged, and some were restored and moved to Fort Esomie." Ivan looked back and glanced at the Walking through the aisle, he stretched out his finger and pointed to the trace of the photo frame closest to us, "This one, it was originally placed by Charles L. Angus, he is the person who renamed this castle 'Castle Zolai'."

"Who is he?" I asked him.

"This is about a long, long time ago, when our group of vampires left behind after the war between vampires and humans settled down in this isolated place. I will tell you when I have time. .Now, where we are standing should be the fork of the castle. Go there." Aiwen pointed to a semi-circular arched stone door in the front left, "That leads to the ancestor George Donald - the chamber where Pope George the Great sleeps."

From Aiwen's mouth, I more or less know the past of Essatan.Too many narratives, I don't think I can remember them all in my records, as much as I can remember, I will write down as many.

At the beginning of the 14th century in the Middle Ages of Europe, the Catholic Church's Inquisition knew for sure the existence of vampires, and then hunted and killed them on a large scale.Although vampires have powerful abilities, no single vampire can stop the cooperative threat of thousands of humans at the same time.As a result, the survival of the vampire family fell into the greatest unprecedented crisis.

After wars between humans and vampires again and again, the remaining vampires were forced to disperse. A small number of vampires fled to the English Channel far away from the war zone, and then sailed from the English Channel to the Atlantic Ocean, where they suddenly found Hid in a hidden mountain col.After they hid in the col for several years, the terrain around the col changed and they were completely cut off from the outside world.From then on, the family decided to form their own country.

Named 'BloodCountry' - "Blood Country".

The leader at that time was named George Donald. He was strong, honest and kind.He had a wife, Adaline Donald, and they had no children, except for a nephew who was only eight years old after the war.George led the group of surviving vampires to start a new life in Blood City. He established a class society with the pope as king and noble elders.

This year was known as the "Blood Chronicle" in history, and George Donald was honored as "Pope George".

In the 39th year of the Blood Era, George's reign lasted only 39 years, and he was forcibly abdicated by Charles L. Angus, another prestigious elder in the family, on the grounds that he was "unable to rule".Since then, Blood City has been renamed 'Zolai City', and he rebuilt the original castle and renamed it 'Zolai Castle'.According to records, this change of dynasty is called "meaningless change" because there were no casualties at all, except for the unexpected disappearance of the George couple and their nephew in their residence.No one knew where the three people went, and no one saw the bodies of the three people. This time, Charles refused to answer the matter.

Remember here, I have some weird ideas.If George Donald didn't really die, and he had been sleeping like Ivan said, what would this George Donald look like?Perhaps the description of the mummy is the most appropriate, right?However, to sleep for such a long time and keep himself intact, how did this George do it?Could he also use the Pharaoh curse?Or is there a character like Taylor beside him?By the way, there used to be a group of people who knew magic in Essatan.Maybe it was they who put George to sleep, and then they were disbanded and expelled?But why?Why were they suddenly disbanded and expelled?

Following Aiwen, he has been walking into the depths of the castle. Gradually, the light from the outside can no longer shine inside the castle. He never really felt the feeling of holding the torch in his hand before, but now it is very real.I burned the cobwebs blocking the road with a torch, thinking about my sins silently.I am not a Buddhist believer, but it is also because my grandma is very Buddhist and often brings me and my mother to burn incense and worship Buddha.At this moment, thinking of my grandmother who has passed away, I can't help but feel sad, and I don't know if I will have the opportunity to accompany my mother to Lingyin Temple again in this life.

"What are you thinking?" Alvin looked back at me.

"Nothing. Are you there yet?" I shook my head.

Ai Wen turned his head and lit the road ahead with a torch: "It seems not yet."

It seems that he doesn't know the specific place. "Haven't you been here?" I asked.

"No, this place has always been warned that no clansmen are allowed to enter, so basically no one will come except the pope and the elders," Aiwen said.

"That can come secretly. Or come in like we are doing now."

"No." Ivan denied my words with certainty, "You saw it when you came in, there is only one road to here, and that road is guarded by knights, and you cannot be let in without the Pope's permission. Enter, those guards will directly execute the trespasser, no matter who they are, it's the same."

"Even elders?" I couldn't help but think of those robots that only obey the orders given by their masters, cold-blooded, old-fashioned, but absolutely loyal.Alvin nodded to my question.It seems that he also knows that this order is very cruel: "200 years ago, after I fought Anwar, the guards here were a little weaker, and the place where my father disappeared happened to be here, so I thought there might be something here Clues. Today, Anwar's disappearance, I think it may have something to do with this place, you must know that Anwar also came here before my father disappeared here, so I have doubts about this place. "