kiss the night

It is also difficult for the clear moonlight to enter such a room, but with those vampire eyes, Yan Zhao can still easily see the scene in front of him - a woman is lying on the bed, and it is difficult to distinguish her from the outside. Age, because of the pain, has tortured her into a shapeless shape. The long-term hunger has made her limbs skinny, and her stomach has bulged into a hillock.

Flies swirled around her sunken eye sockets, piled upon layers of wrinkles, festering sores, and the smell of vomit emanating from the clay pot beside her bed.

All this was too exciting for Yan Zhao, he couldn't hold back a dry retch from deep in his throat.

Noah turned a deaf ear, he went to the bed and grabbed the woman's hand: "Grandma." He called, "Grandma, I brought something to eat."

The woman on the bed barely opened her eyes when she heard the call, and with a violent cough, she sat up with Noah's support, and looked to the side with a pair of chaotic eyes like yellow glass beads, guarding: "You guys ...Who is it?" She reached out her hand to grab Noah into her arms, but her strength was already too weak, and she couldn't even grab a half-old child.

With another cough, blood spurted from the old woman's mouth.

The smell of blood filled the room again.

Originally, vampires were very sensitive to the smell of blood, and some mixed-race vampires would even make mistakes because they were too hungry. However, the blood coughed up by the old woman could not arouse Yan Zhao's appetite—vampires never drink dead people's wine. Blood.

Yes, just relying on the smell in the air, Yan Zhao already knew that this old woman was dying.

"Grandma, they are good people." Noah defended anxiously. Of course, the more important reason was that he didn't want his grandma to offend the two adults in front of him. "Look, they gave these to me." He opened his hand bag inside, the smell of food began to permeate the room.

Noah took out the croissant inside and stuffed it into the old woman's hand.

"Eat, Grandma," he said.

However, the old woman did not open her mouth to make any movement to eat. She still stared, her eyes passed Yan Zhao, and fell on Laurentine behind him, as if thinking.

Laurentine has been very quiet on the whole road. As a vampire who is hundreds of years old, he has experienced too many plagues, wars, and too many poor and helpless people.Although his appearance is still young, the traces left by the years can already be read from his eyes. Maybe he once lived like Yan Zhao, but those are the past that cannot be traced back. There was only an expression so calm that it could almost be called numb.

"My lord." The old woman on the bed looked at the mysterious and tall man with her eyes full of vicissitudes, "My lord, I know my request sounds unreasonable, but if I don't give it a try, I think, I There is no way to close my eyes when I die."

"Grandma!" Noah shouted, "What are you talking about, you won't die! This adult has promised to help me find medicine, as long as there is medicine!"

The old man ignored her grandson's quarrel, and she turned her eyes back to Yan Zhao: "You are willing to give food to my children, which shows that you are a kind-hearted person... I don't want to take advantage of your kindness, my lord, Noah This child has been obedient since he was a child, he and I depend on each other for life, and he can do any kind of work."

"Grandma, what do you mean!"

"Please take him away, take this child away."

"What?!" Noah screamed, his eyes widened, and he bit his lips, "I'm not going anywhere, grandma, you know who they are!"

"Please take him away, my lords." Tears welled up in the eyes of the old woman, streaming down her old face, "Although I don't know who you are, I remember the oracle, On the day the child Noah was born, someone told me that there would be a catastrophe here, and he—my Noah, he would be a survivor here, just like his name."

"What oracle! That's bullshit!" cried the boy, and he couldn't help crying. "Grandma, I won't go."

"I'm dying, child." The old woman narrated death in a flat tone. "It's a torture for me to live on, my back hurts, my stomach hurts, My throat hurts, my legs, my feet, every part of my body hurts..." After she finished speaking, she coughed violently again, and the flies and mosquitoes around her were excited by the vibration of the airflow. Whirling in the air, rubbing hands for the soon to be feast of carrion.

"Please look out of the window, this dirty, poor, helpless street! People are dying here every day, adults, I can't let my children stay here, this is my last wish."

Yan Zhao couldn't help being moved by this, he silently looked at his grandparents who were snuggling together, and then turned his head to look at His Royal Highness.

His Highness's expression also seemed to loosen. He took Yan Zhao's hand, and the two walked out of the house in tacit agreement. No matter whether they decided to let the child leave with them, maybe this was the last farewell between the child and the old woman. up.

Death lingers here for a long time.

"Any kind of intelligent creature has endless desires, and desires lead to death." His Royal Highness looked at the moon in the sky, "Even with a long lifespan, I still lament the insignificance of individuals."

"The insignificance of an individual does not conflict with its importance." Yan Zhao said, "There may be extra work for him in your castle... No, it is my castle, sir, this is what you said."

"Yes, this is our castle."

"Then let's take him back."

"A human?"

Yan Zhao was silent for a long time, and gave the answer: "No matter what he is."

……

Because of this accident, they did not leave immediately the next day. The ambassador was puzzled by what happened, but after Laurentine "donated" a large sum of money to the embassy, ​​they decided to settle down again.

No one expected that on the second night, when they were going to meet Noah, they suddenly heard a loud explosion on the streets of the residential area, Yan Zhao shook all over, and he rushed forward at full speed—— That is a speed that cannot be achieved by the human naked eye.

When the alarm sounded, Yan Zhao pushed the door open and entered the low house, only to see that Noah was moving out with an old woman who was at least twice his size in his arms.

Yan Zhao's pupils contracted, and he stretched out his hand to test the old woman's breath.

"She's dead."

"No, she didn't!" Noah held the old woman's body stubbornly, his eyes filled with tears, "I won't leave her behind."

The explosion sounded again.

Yanzhao didn't know whether it was a terrorist attack or something else. In this turbulent place, it seemed that anything could happen. He didn't even think about it. Regardless of Noah's screams, he directly reached out to pick up the boy and took him out of the house. outside.

However, just before he was about to go out, he was suddenly stopped by Laurentine.

"Sir!" Yan Zhao called out.

Laurentine took the boy from him, almost in a cruel gesture, and pushed Noah's head away, making him face the old woman's already bluish face—there was no living creature She died, the wound was open but no blood flowed anymore, the eyelids drooped, and the nasal cavity did not breathe.

"Ah!!!" Noah let out a sharp cry.

Laurentine turned him back, buried his face in his chest, and touched his back comfortingly: "See, kid, don't hate us, don't hate anyone...don't hate yourself , You did not abandon your loved ones, this is just fate, fate makes it so."

Before Yan Zhao understood the meaning of Laurentine's words, the prince had already wrapped Noah in his coat to prevent him from breathing the particles from the smoke and fire outside.

When they broke into the embassy, ​​the ambassador in charge of the reception almost went crazy. When he saw the two returned safely, he finally breathed a sigh of relief: "God! Where have you been?" He was so anxious that he even said respectfully It was useless, obviously because he was extremely worried about the safety of these two characters.

Yan Zhao closed the door and comforted: "We are fine, Mr. Ambassador."

The ambassador's anxiety eased somewhat, but he was still not completely relieved. He paced the hall: "It's not peaceful here. I think we should start as soon as possible. The Castle of Lozheil is still safe. I received the The task is to get you there safely."

"I know." Yan Zhao saw from the corner of his eye that Laurentine had brought Noah upstairs, so he perfunctorily said to the ambassador in front of him, "We will leave tomorrow, and the matter is over."

After receiving this answer, the ambassador was finally relieved.

Yanzhao took two quick steps back to the room. The place where he and Laurentine lived was a small suite, with a master bedroom and a guest bedroom. In addition, there was also an independent bathroom.

Voices came from the bathroom.

Yanzhao walked over, and the prince was standing by the wall, glaring at the disobedient child with wide eyes, while Noah was curled up in the clean bathtub, with his head buried in his knees. trembling.

Despite his efforts to restrain himself, Ke Yanzhao could still hear his suppressed cries.

"I told him to take off his clothes before going in." When Laurenting faced Yan Zhao, his expression softened a little, and he showed some helplessness, "I don't know why he is crying because of this."

"That's because you have never been with children before." Yan Zhao said, squatting down, and patted Noah's shoulder lightly. After seeing that the other party had no intention of avoiding him, he slowly lifted the boy's shoulders. face, "Look at me, Noah."

Noah's dusty face was scratched by tears, but his eyes were still bright, dark, and clear.

"My grandma died." He choked out.

"Yes, death is something everyone has to face." Yan Zhao said, "So, do you still remember what she said to you at the end?"

"She..." Noah was distracted by Yan Zhao's question, and he stopped crying, "She said, let me take good care of the two adults in the future, and then live for her."

Yan Zhao shook his head: "We don't need you to serve us, Noah, we are just like your grandma, we only hope that you can live... So, live well, okay?"