The Mystery of the Mixed Blood at the Dangerous Earl's Mansion

He and Iris spent a peaceful full moon night in Monte City. Elan didn't see Roy taking blood pills, nor did he see any abnormalities in him, but he knew that this was not enough to explain any problems , because maybe Roy had already taken blood pills before he came to ask him to eat.

The next morning, Elan, who slept on the floor with Roy all night, had two thick dark circles under his eyes due to insomnia.

Throughout the night, questions about Roy's identity kept swirling in his mind, so that in the end, those questions entangled him like vines, and he couldn't get rid of them.

"Mr. Field, it looks like you didn't sleep well last night." On the breakfast table, Roy propped his chin with one hand and looked at Elan teasingly.

Iris served the freshly prepared breakfast, glanced at Elan, raised his eyebrows and said, "Mr. Field, are you not used to sleeping on the floor? I'm so sorry, my place is relatively small."

Elan quickly waved his hand and said quickly: "No, absolutely not, Mr. Iris, please don't say sorry, it's my own relationship.".

Roy pursed his lips and smiled. The way he pointed his chin with his fingers and rolled his eyes made Elan feel that he was a little underwhelmed.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Field may be a bit resigned to bed. It was the same when he and I went to Saya before, and he would suffer from insomnia at night."

"That's right." In order not to make Iris feel that it was him, Elan forced the corners of his mouth to agree with Roy's words.

This guy is really ashamed to say, which one of my insomnia was not because of him!

Breakfast is very simple milk, toast, and fried eggs. Elan looked at these breakfasts that looked like human food, and looked up and asked Iris: "Mr. Iris, can vampires eat exactly like humans?"

I remember reading in Shirley Lucas's book before that even if blood races live with humans, they will eat slightly different things.

While sandwiching fried eggs and toast, Iris replied, "Well, if I've lived with humans for a long time, it's like this. I'm now completely the same as humans. The only difference is that I won't grow old. .”

"Do bloodlines really never grow old?"

"Well, before the age of [-], we are children; from [-] to [-], we are young; after [-] years, we are middle-aged, and we will not change until we die. "

Elan nodded ponderingly, thinking that he had seen portraits of the previous Earl Lewente in the Earl's Mansion of Roy, and he remembered that there were old people in those portraits. Does this mean that the members of the Lewente family are will grow old?And then it can be speculated that they are not vampires?

Oops, why is he thinking about this again?

Shaking his head, Elan desperately shook out the doubts in his mind.

No, he can't go on like this anymore, he has hurt him once because of doubting Roy's identity, and he can't repeat the same mistake this time.

That's right, Roy has already used the silver bullet to prove that he is not a foreigner. That's right, I shouldn't have any doubts anymore!

Thinking of this, Elan looked up at Roy, who was talking to Iris, his gentle smile and soft voice seemed the same as usual.

Sunlight came in from the window and shone on his long golden hair. The brilliance was as bright as a galaxy, almost fascinating people's eyes.

Roy's side profile is perfect, with white skin that seems transparent under the sun, a tall nose bridge, light-colored sexy thin lips that are always curved, and those ice-blue eyes that look like magic mirrors.

This person always exudes a charming charm invisibly like this. Looking at him, Elan felt that his eyes could not be moved away as if his eyes were nailed.

Noticing his gaze, Roy turned his head and opened his eyes slightly, then smiled again, "Mr. Field, what's the matter?"

"No, it's nothing." Elan lowered his head and ate the bread awkwardly, but the roots of his ears were slightly red.

Roy looked at him amusedly, and there was a gentleness in the smile on the corner of his mouth that he didn't realize.

Iris looked at him and then at Elan, with a hint of relief in his eyes.

After having breakfast together, Roy said goodbye to Iris, and came to the door of the chapel with Elan, and saw the coachman waiting for them in a carriage.

After getting into the carriage, the carriage made a "gululu" sound, and quickly led them to a run.

Maybe it was because he had been thinking about Roy before, and Elan felt a little awkward being in the same space with him now, especially Roy always looked at him with smiling eyes, which made him feel restless.

"It seems that Iris' words have shaken you again." After staring at Elan for a long time, Roy seemed to shake his head helplessly.

Elan was stunned by these words, and blurted out without thinking: "No, I didn't."

The tone was not too firm, but Roy was very moved because he answered without hesitation, "Really? You surprised me."

Elan curled his lips, looked away from Roy's face and looked out of the window, and replied after a while: "Although I already understand that there are people like Mr. Iris who are worthy of association with other races, but from the bottom of my heart, I hope you Human like me."

"After all, I still can't completely let go of my grudge against alien races?"

"At least for now."

Roy pursed his lips and pondered for a while, his expression seemed to become very serious. The sudden silence made Elan feel a little nervous, and his heart changed its beating frequency uncontrollably.

He stopped talking?

Does this mean...

Just when Elan was staring at Roy, Roy suddenly laughed happily, and suddenly changed from the previous contemplation to the happy face at the moment, and Elan was a little dumbfounded.

Roy asked suddenly: "So I can understand that Mr. Field doesn't want me to be a foreigner because he cares about me a lot, right? Sure enough, you have me in your heart."

The words he said with squinting eyes and in an unusually ambiguous tone almost made Elan vomit blood, and the frustration as if being hit head-on made him almost faint directly.

Damn it, what kind of nerve did he get wrong to tell Roy his thoughts so solemnly?He must be smart, right?

Elan didn't realize that just because of Roy's words, the atmosphere that seemed a little heavy before had all disappeared, and the issues he had been struggling with had also been unknowingly let go.

"Mr. Field, since we are in love, the kiss you owed me before can now..."

"What kind of sympathy! Earl, don't make excuses, okay?"

"Huh? Have I misunderstood you again? Don't you care about me?"

"I care! But that means two things to you, doesn't it?"

"Really? Mr. Field, don't you really have me in your heart?"

Earl Levant, who is absolutely talented in acting, is covering his chest with his hands and his face is sad at the moment, as if he had been abandoned by his lover.

Ailan stared at him with veins on his forehead, wanting to give a direct response of denial, but sadly, he couldn't say anything because he saw Roy's pitiful appearance, and what's even more tragic was that he knew Luoy Yi was pretending, she was simply playing tricks on him.

Damn it, as expected Roy Levant is really abominable!

Thoroughly amused by Elan's wonderful expression changes, Roy patted his knee, smiling like an elegant aristocrat should show.

Elan propped his head depressed, and squinted at him contemptuously, "Count, you don't seem to show such an exaggerated smile in front of others."

In my impression, Roy always maintains a graceful appearance in front of others, even if he smiles, it is an elegant smile, but why is he always so unscrupulous in front of himself?Is it because you are easy to bully?

Roy barely stopped laughing presumptuously, waved his hands and said, "Mr. Field, didn't I tell you before that people are different in front of people they care about?"

Elan rolled his eyes, thinking that Roy really couldn't say anything serious.

On the way back to Novus, the time was spent in the process of teasing and being teased like this. Roy was very happy all the way, and correspondingly, Elan was very depressed all the way.

After finally returning to Novus three days later, Elan returned to the association without looking back, completely losing the strength to continue entangled with Roy.

"Hey, senior, you're back, where's the earl? Didn't you let him come over and sit down for a while?" As soon as Elan stepped into the main house of the association, Kai who greeted him said the last thing he wanted to hear at the moment.

He glanced at Kai with some headaches, waved his hands and said, "The Earl is not in Novis for a few days, and there are still matters in the mansion that he needs to deal with."

"Well, that's true." Kai pouted and glanced at the door regretfully, as if he was still expecting Roy to appear suddenly.

Elan was very dissatisfied with his reaction, raised his hand and knocked on his head, "Is Minister Rockress here?"

"Yes, I just got a message from the headquarters, he is in the reference room."

"Oh, I see."

After answering lightly, Elan glanced at the corridor leading to the reference room, took a deep breath, and walked over. He thought he had to ask clearly how the hunter was born.

Just as he took a step forward, he heard Kai calling him again from behind, "Senior."

There seemed to be a trace of disappointment in the voice, and Elan noticed it, and turned to look at him in surprise, "What's wrong?"

With a bitter face, Kai came over and took his arm and shook it from side to side, and said coquettishly: "Senior, don't you care about my exam situation at all? Or, after only going out for a few days, you completely forgot about this matter." thing?"

take an exam?Elan was stunned for two seconds, and then suddenly remembered that Kai's hunter promotion test was indeed the day when he and Roy set off for Monte City.

"Sorry, I forgot," Elan frowned and tapped his head, then asked Kai with a smile, "How about the test result?"

"Hey, I passed!" Kai hugged Elan excitedly, Kai looked so excited that he almost got carried away.

Although he knew in advance that Kai would pass the exam, Elan was still very happy for him when he saw him so excited, touched his head, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Kai, now you really become The first senior hunter of the Wallace family."

"That's right, so Mother decided to hold a celebration banquet for me tomorrow night, and seniors will come too."

"Okay, no problem."

"Hey, let's say it like this."

Nodding to accept Kai's invitation, Elan looked at his back as he ran out dancing, but his expression gradually became dignified.Now that Kai has successfully passed the promotion exam and became a senior hunter, why didn't Minister Rockcrest show him the letter sent from the headquarters?

There is only one reason for this, and that is that Minister Rockcrest thinks that the content of the letter is not suitable for Kai to know, that is to say, it should be related to the secrets of the Hunter Association.

Thinking of this, Elan's hand hanging by his side unconsciously clenched into a fist. If there are secrets within the association that hunters cannot know, it should be the information he got from Iris this time.

He quickly walked through the corridor and came to the door of the reference room. He raised his hand and knocked on the door. After hearing Minister Rockress' response from inside, he opened the door and walked in.

"Elan, you're back." Minister Rockress seemed very happy to see him, and nodded to him with a smile. The reference room was very quiet, and the afternoon sun shone through the window, and you could see a lot of float floating in the air. biology.

Minister Rockress, who was wearing a gray robe, was surrounded by a pile of documents. Various classics were opened and spread around. Obviously, he was looking for something.

Elan walked over, glanced at the classics he was flipping through, and asked calmly, "I heard that a letter came from the headquarters. What's the matter?"

Rockcres nodded, pushed the presbyopic glasses that he only wore when reading, and sighed, "Sure enough, the incidents of mutants have happened all over the country, and it can be speculated that if we continue to let them go, it will have serious consequences for human beings." causing great harm to society.”

Elan was not surprised by the news. After all, if the werewolves were to create mutants, they would definitely not only conduct experiments in Novus. What he cared about was other news.

Noticing that Rockcres was looking through some older classics, Elan's expression became extremely serious. He raised his hand and pressed on one of the classics that Rockcres was reading, and asked in a deep voice: "Minister, the headquarters only sent Is this news?"

Rockress was stunned for a moment, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes behind the reading glasses, he looked up at Elan and blinked, "Huh? Elan, what do you want to say?"

"Why hide the method of our hunter's generation?" Gritting his teeth, Elan stared closely at Rockcrest's eyes, not giving the other party any room to escape.

He knows that this matter is a secret within the association, but he believes that seniors like Minister Rockcrest must know the inside story of the matter, and James should also know, otherwise, he would not have stopped that alien in the basement before. The changer finished speaking.

The mutant said that the things humans have done are far more despicable and cruel than those of other races.

Rockcrest's expression changed, from surprise to understanding, he stroked his gray beard in embarrassment, frowned and said, "Elan, where did you get the news from?"

Elan took a deep breath, but the determination in his eyes did not back down in the slightest, "I followed Earl Levant to visit the famous vampire Iris."

Before he left, he had asked Kay to help him and Rockress ask for leave, but the reason for the leave was that he was going to visit a friend who lived in a neighboring town, not to visit Iris.

Rockress raised his eyebrows suddenly when he heard the words, lowered his head and thought for a while, put down the materials in his hand, walked out from behind the desk, and pulled Elan to sit on the sofa in the reference room.

"Elan, I know that this incident has had a great impact on you, but I hope you understand that the association also concealed this incident to protect everyone.

"Most of the hunters in our Hunter Association are adopted by the association because their relatives were killed by a foreign race. For these people, the blood of a foreign race is something they cannot accept. But if they don't accept it, they will never be able to be with the foreign race. balance, do you understand?"

The reality is so cruel. Alien races are born to be the nemesis of human beings. No matter how you resist, as long as you have no strength, the only thing waiting for you in this world of the weak and the strong is death.

How could Elan not understand this truth?

But the more they understand, the more chilling they feel. In the end, they still have to rely on the power of other races to barely fight for the right to survive.

After a while, he sighed, and asked in a low voice: "So, is it true that the association signed a contract with the alien race, and then injected blood into the human body? But why don't we know?"

Rockcres nodded, rolled up his sleeves, and there was an engraving on the inside of his left elbow, which was in the shape of a wolf's head, "Do you remember this?"

"Remember, this is the symbol of a hunter. All hunters have this symbol on their bodies, but the parts and shapes are different."

As Elan said, he rolled up his trousers, and there was also an engraving on the inside of his right ankle, but his engraving was not a wolf, but a first-quarter moon.

"That's right, the seal of the hunter is the contract, and the blood is injected during the physical examination. Most hunters come to the association as young children, and they don't remember these things. The two different seals represent two There are two kinds of power, namely werewolves and vampires."

"That is to say, there are still alien races cooperating with the association?"

"Yes, just like there are cruel people among human beings, there are also kindness among alien races. The alien races that cooperate with the association have lived with humans for many years, and they are very supportive of human beings' efforts to survive."

Elan frowned and fell silent. The words of Rocres and Roy came to mind at the same time. It turns out that the symbiosis between alien races and humans is really possible, and he may have been too absolute before.

Maybe he can't classify all alien races into the scope of hatred just because he experienced that night when he was ten years old.

After pondering for a moment, he asked again: "Iris said that the stronger the inherited bloodline, the stronger the power gained, then what kind of bloodline is our blood, does the association know?"

"It's a pity that we can't be sure about this, but one thing is certain. The association has preserved blood for hundreds of years, most of which are from very powerful alien races. It was preserved from the last holy war. There is even the blood of the royal family, but after so many years, we still can't tell the source of the blood, so the hunters are just trying their luck."

This kind of rhetoric is consistent with what Ellis said, and Elan couldn't help but think of what he heard in the basement before. He couldn't help telling Rockress about it, and asked: "Has the association ever stopped?" Has blood been taken from the captured foreign race?"

Rockcrest's expression became very serious. It can be seen that he also had a lot of struggles in this matter. He pondered for a while before answering: "Yes, after hundreds of years, the blood stored in those years is almost used up. The association only New blood can be obtained through such cruel means.”

Cruel means...

Elan felt a jump in his heart, as if someone had stabbed him deeply with a needle, and suddenly, it made him shrink back. .

It was all true, even though he was mentally prepared, he still found it hard to accept.In his eyes, human beings have always been weak when facing alien races. It is because they want to survive that they will fight against alien races.

But the original human beings with power are nothing more than that. Once they win the battle, the essence of human beings is actually the same as that of alien races.

That mutant was right, this is a world where the weak prey on the strong, and powerful people are destined to have the qualifications to plunder, regardless of whether they are aliens or humans.

The world of hypocrisy, besides this word, he really couldn't think of any other words to describe it.

Rockcres raised his hand and patted Elan's shoulder, but didn't speak immediately, as if to give him time to digest the facts that were too cruel for him.

Elan raised his head and looked around the data room. Many materials accumulated here have a history of hundreds of years. Are there any crimes committed by human beings recorded in these materials?

For a long time, human beings have only known the brutal behavior of alien races, but they have never known that human beings also have a dark side. If these ancient books that record history are not completely true, then are there false facts about the various crimes of alien races? What about the ingredients?

The silent air gradually became oppressive, and Elan's clenched fist slowly loosened. Who can tell him what else can be believed?

Rockress knew that Elan couldn't understand this matter in a short time. In fact, when he knew everything back then, why didn't he struggle for a long time?But maybe this bit of conscience condemnation is not as important as the burden on their shoulders after all.

He decided to change the subject, took out a letter from his pocket, and handed it to Elan, "This is a letter from the headquarters today, you can read it yourself."

Elan accepted the letter silently, and quickly read it after unfolding it. In addition to mentioning that the incident of mutants has affected human life, the letter also mentioned that there have been recent disappearances of vampires in various places. The headquarters suspects that these missing vampires They were all captured by werewolves to create mutants.

In addition to these two things, there is another thing, which is to ask the branch ministers to consult the classics to find a way to release the power of alien blood.

"A way to release the power of blood?" Elan raised his eyebrows in surprise. Isn't it enough to simply inherit blood?Still need to release the power of blood?What exactly is going on?

"Remember what I told you before? Not every high-level hunter is good at spells, just like I am good at strength and speed."

Rockcres suddenly mentioned this matter, although Elan was puzzled, he nodded quickly.

"Werewolves and vampires are different in power, so we, who have inherited their blood power, also have deviations in ability. Only hunters who have been infused with vampire blood can use spells. But maybe it is because of physical fitness, blood The power has not been fully released.

"If it is said that the blood we have inherited has 60.00% power, then now, we have only exerted [-]% of it at most. Only by finding a way to liberate the power of blood can we truly exert this power."

Elan felt that he understood a little bit, why the senior hunters of the Association were still not the opponents of the elder-level foreign races. It was not because their blood power was not enough, but the power itself was still sealed.

"Didn't the foreign race that was engraved by the association tell you how to release the restriction?"

"Unfortunately, they don't know how to do it either."

"If they don't even know about it, it's even more impossible for it to be recorded in the ancient books, isn't it?"

The classics that humans currently have are all integrated and guessed based on their own knowledge. If it is a method that the alien race does not know, it is impossible to have it in the classics.

Rockress frowned, pushed the reading glasses that were about to fall off the bridge of his nose, and said, "That's what I said, but if we can find something similar or even a little bit related, maybe we can make some speculations. I may not be able to find a way by accident. Another thing that makes me more concerned is how the Earl trained Kai. Kai’s strength has improved significantly. I think it has something to do with the lifting of the ban on blood power.”

One sentence woke up Elan, and he realized that Roy had indeed said before that the Hunter Association did not know the correct way of special training.

And judging from how strong Roy and Kursa are, maybe they really have a way to stimulate blood power.

"Before I told the earl that I wanted to watch Kai's special training. Although the earl didn't refuse me, I didn't see it with my own eyes."

Because of the enchantment in the mansion that time, he gave up watching Kai's special training. Now it seems that his original choice was really a big mistake.

Rockcrest's eyes lit up because of his words, and he said with a smile: "Since the Earl is willing to show you, I think if you ask directly, he will tell you."

"You mean, let me ask the count directly?"

"Well, the Earl is very special to you. If it was you, he should not hide anything."

Elan twitched the corners of his mouth when he heard this, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead instantly. Why does everyone think Roy is special to him?Could it be true?

Rockcres stood up at this moment, patted Elan's shoulder with a smile, and said with relief: "Okay, Elan, then this task will be entrusted to you. Of course, I will continue to look up the classics here."

"Minister, I..."

"Elan, this is a major event that concerns the future of all mankind. Even if you feel awkward in your heart, you have to let it go, understand?"

Facing the appearance of Minister Rockcrest entrusting him with a heavy responsibility, Elan could only be speechless except for being speechless.