kiss the night

Passing through the thorns, peeling off the leaves and dead branches, Noah opened his eyes and looked at the scene in front of him - the dust floating in the air was pressed the pause button, the wild flowers were in full bloom, and the fragrance of the flowers seemed to have substance, and the soil exuded the smell of green grass .

There is a huge fountain in the center of the small courtyard. Time has left traces of moss on its body. The base under its feet has been partially broken and corrupted, but Noah can still distinguish the angel face carved out of marble. It is quiet and delicate. Sweet, docile and holy, the child-like angel holds the flask in his hand, presumably the mouth of the bottle is where the water from the fountain flows out.

The fountain is not standing on the ground, but in the middle of a huge circular pool. The water in the pool is still clear and ripples slowly with the breeze.This was the only place in the whole ruined garden that had not been neglected.

"Wow——" Eden couldn't help opening his mouth. He has been in Lodje Castle for so long, and he has never known such a place in the castle. something that came out."

However, there was no response to Eden's words, and he looked at Noah beside him strangely.

The boy was standing in front of the angel sculpture in the middle. The sunlight passed over the canopy of the oak tree and shrouded the angel sculpture. This made the marble sculpture faintly reflect light, as if there were diamonds hidden in ordinary stones. below.

Noah raised his head and looked at the angel's face, facing the hollow heart-shaped pupils carved out of it.

"Noah?!" Eden exclaimed softly, "Why are you crying?"

Noah came back to his senses the moment he heard the other person's words. He wiped away the tears on his cheeks in a daze. He didn't understand, so he stared at his tear-stained palm: "Why am I crying..."

"Are you okay?" Eden dragged Noah under the shadow of the canopy regardless of his status. "The sunlight may be too strong for newborn vampires. You shouldn't do this."

"No, it's not because of the sun." In fact, Noah didn't even react when he was hit by the sun just now, and he didn't feel the pain until he was dragged into the shadow by Eden.

The source of the pain is certainly not the sun.

"I feel like my back hurts," Noah said.

Hearing this, Eden picked up Noah's clothes with a "swish". At this moment, he saw a long and thin red mark running down the center of the boy's smooth back, as if he wanted to split him into pieces from the middle. two halves.Yiden Akira didn't see clearly, and immediately asked, "Did you scratch it when you crawled under the flower wall just now?"

"No, this is my birthmark." Noah stretched out his hand to put his clothes on again, and he stood up from the ground, "I feel better now, I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" Eden asked, Noah's emotions changed too quickly, and sometimes he didn't know whether the other party was trying to be brave.

"It does feel a little uncomfortable, but I think it may be pollen allergy or something. I don't know if vampires will have this, but our recovery ability is very strong, so this will not be a problem." Noah's gaze Fall to the surface of the water.

To be honest, in the entire small courtyard, the most conspicuous building is of course the angel sculpture in the center of the circular pool. Except for this pool, everything next to it has not been taken care of for many years, and it is not even possible to see what was originally planted. The flowers are planted.

Ask yourself, if Noah had been Austin himself, he would not have put his treasure under a pile of mud and dried flowers and hay, and let the roots of the plants eat it away.

"The ruby ​​must be in this pool," said Noah.

Eden nodded, apparently agreeing with him.

"But..." Noah hesitated.

"But I don't know how to swim." Eden said, frowning, dissatisfied with his performance. "This pool can't see the bottom at all. How deep is it built?"

The two were relatively speechless.

In fact, in this landlocked country, children from ordinary families may never have the opportunity to touch the ocean or even lakes in their entire lives. The most they know about the element of water is a well, and a pond like this, if it is not a rich family, is obviously not enough. Will not build.

"It's a conservative choice. We can go back now and report the situation here to the two adults." Eden suggested.

"No." Noah categorically objected, "Austin is not as easy to fool as the maid just now, we have left too many traces when we came in this time, including the cut flower wall... we can come in once Opportunities are rare and we can't take chances and hope that Austin will give us a second chance to sneak in."

While the two of them were discussing, His Highness Austin Lodgery, whom they regarded as their "enemy", was standing on a high tower and looking down. A full-winged crow was resting on his wrist, and that crow was It trims its wings with its sharp beak.

Luozheyi stretched out his fingers and touched its head, as if he was talking to it, and also seemed to be talking to himself: "Look at these naughty children, they are always impatient, lack of brains, and have a single voice Passionate chose the radical path, was in danger but didn't know it, and was keen to challenge the patience of powerful enemies."

"Oh no, of course they are not qualified to be my enemies... Sigh."

Laurentine's light blue pupils turned to the two children: "Should I stop them, or will they retreat."

Downstairs, Noah had already taken off the clothes on his upper body. The young vampire's body was exposed to the scorching sun, which made him feel uncomfortable, and the feeling of being weakened was not good, especially because he was still young... Even so However, he still decided to go to the pool to see for himself. If his deduction was correct, the ruby ​​should be hidden in the base under the angel sculpture.

Eden looked at him speechlessly, he knew that Noah had made his own decision.

The moment Noah jumped into the water, Eden glanced over the angel sculpture from the corner of his eye, and suddenly found that from a certain angle, the angel's face was strikingly similar to Noah's.

"Noah!" Eden was about to say something when he heard the sound of water splashing.

It is about a dozen meters away from the shore to the sculpture in the middle, and this distance is not too long. Even if Noah is not good at water, he should be able to reach it with only basic strokes. After entering the water, he did not float up as Eden imagined.

"Noah, Noah? Are you okay?" Eden became anxious, and now he began to regret why he didn't go into the water, so...

Bubbles suddenly appeared on the calm water surface, and Noah's head protruded from the bottom of the water. He closed his eyes tightly and struggled: "Help me... water, there are aquatic plants under the water!"

Where did the aquatic plants come from? Eden didn't understand why such things suddenly appeared in such clear water. However, there was not much time left for him to think. He tried his best to keep his hands from shaking too much: "I I'll save you!" he said.

However, Eden didn't know how he should save him. If he also went into the water now, he could only usher in the situation of two people drowning together.The only thing he can do is to pick up something and pull Noah up.

Eden looked around and saw the branches they cut from the dilapidated flower wall. He ran over, picked them up, and stretched the branches into the pool regardless of the sharp thorns scratching his fingers.

"That branch is too thin and they will be pulled down together."

Laurentine's voice appeared in the tower, and he stared at Austin in front of him: "Go and save him, Austin, you have already discovered the difference in Noah."

The prince turned his head suddenly, his eyes were bloodshot, and he let out an angry growl from his throat. However, a black shadow flashed in front of him, and huge water splashed from the pool again. It fell into the pool at a speed that was indistinguishable to the naked eye.