flstandardbreds Chapter 148 Twins (9)
Chapter 148 Twins (9)
"Your Highness always likes to praise Zephir," Michael said with a smile. He turned around and continued to wipe the glass with a rag. "Those people might be homeless people or something. Anyway, let the Knights handle it."
"Maybe." Gu Chang caught a glimpse of someone coming here, and he turned sideways to look.
It's Zephyr.
Although Zephir and Michael look alike, the most obvious difference between the two is their temperament. Michael is like the calm surface of a lake, all his emotions hidden beneath the water. Zephir, on the other hand, is extroverted and gives people a very sunny feeling.
"Brother, Your Highness." Zephiel was a little surprised when he saw Gu Chang, "Your Highness, is there something you want to talk to my brother about?"
"Just ask Michael about my mother." Gu Chang originally wanted to find out whether Michael knew about vampires, but now that Zephir was here, Gu Chang could only find another opportunity to find out.
Zephir still didn't know what happened last night, "What happened to Princess Anna?"
"That's not your concern, Zephir. What's the matter with you coming to see me?" Michael interrupted him at the right moment. The fewer people who knew about Lotus's beating, the better.
Zephir raised his hand and scratched his nose, then glanced at Gu Chang.
Gu Chang, “…” He seemed a little out of place here.
Forget it, he should go to Sunflower Book Club. Slaley said that he had almost finished writing it, but there were still some details that needed to be finalized.
After Gu Chang left, Zephir looked around to make sure no one was around before saying to Michael, "Brother, did you receive the letter from father?"
Michael felt that he would never be able to finish cleaning the windows today, so he simply folded the rag and put it aside, then motioned for Zephir to go somewhere else to talk.
The two came to a secluded corner, and Michael said, "Tell me, what did your father tell you?"
"Father said my sister was kidnapped by a vampire and her whereabouts are still unknown," Zephir said worriedly. This had actually happened a long time ago, but Ed initially thought Neve had gone to the mountains early that morning, but Neve never returned. Only then did Ed realize something was amiss.
He and the people in the town searched the nearby mountains for several days, but found no trace of Neve.
Later, Sorina, their mother, found a tuft of hair and a bat carcass on the windowsill of Neve's room.
After Ed learned about this, he thought that vampires had kidnapped Neve. This made Ed very angry. His daughter was kidnapped by vampires and there was no news of her since then. So Ed went to the nearest vampire guild and wanted to ask the guild members to find Neve.
But Ed hadn't received any news in the past few days, so he came to the royal city and secretly gathered information about Neve through Zephir's Knights.
Ed didn't tell Michael about this in the letter, considering that Michael was on duty in the palace and couldn't leave the king.
This reason was explained by Ed in his letter to Zephyr.
Another reason is that when Ed was young, he had stayed in the palace for a period of time and knew that all letters entering the palace were opened and inspected by special people.
Because vampires have always been a legend among the people, Ed was worried that writing about them in his letter to Michael would cause unnecessary trouble, so he only mentioned that he was going to the royal city.
Zephir finished speaking the contents of the letter and noticed that Michael's eyes looked a little strange.
"What's wrong, brother? Do you also think this vampire thing is so sudden?" Zephir hadn't heard anything about vampires in the few years he had been in the Knights. He was a little confused when his father suddenly told him that his sister had been kidnapped by a vampire.
But Neve's disappearance was very worrying, so Zephir came to find Michael.
Michael shook his head slightly. "Nothing. Neve's disappearance is a big deal. I will try my best to find out about her."
"Come to think of it, I haven't seen Neve for a long time. I almost forgot what she looks like." Zephiel sighed. In his memory, Neve loved to laugh, was small and very lovable.
It's just that he has always been in the Knights Templar and rarely goes home. Michael is the same as him. Because he is highly valued by the king, he has no time to go home.
"Are there a lot of strange people in the royal city recently?" Michael thought of what Gu Chang had said before, and he looked at Zephir.
Zephir's expression grew serious. "Yes, those people seemed to have suddenly appeared in the city. Every one of them had very pale skin and rotten spots on their bodies. They were also very afraid of sunlight. As long as their bodies were exposed to it, they would develop large areas of red spots."
"I suspect it's some highly contagious disease. We're still investigating. If I have more information, I'll let you know. Brother, I'm leaving now."
After Zephir left, the expression on Michael's face gradually turned cold.
He first went to the king's room, and seeing that the king was still sleeping, he quietly left.
Michael walked alone to the door of a hidden basement, inserted the key into the lock, and opened the basement door.
There is a long spiral staircase at the entrance, and small holes are dug in the wall at regular intervals to place candles for lighting.
Michael went down to the basement, the door to the basement half-open. He was not worried about anyone else coming in, because this place was forbidden. Only the king and those trusted by the king could enter.
Anna had come in before.
When Michael's feet stepped on the slightly damp ground, he saw the woman lying on the ground at a glance.
There were two bloody holes on the woman's neck that had not yet healed.
"Michael, what are you doing here?" A young man in a black robe slowly emerged from the dark corner.
The space here is very large, and if you listen carefully you can even hear the faint sound of wind.
There are few candles around, and where there are no candles, it is basically a dim space.
"Recently, there have been some mixed-blood vampires in the royal city. I want to ask the elders what's going on." Michael looked at the young man in front of him. He knew that this man was not as young as he appeared.
The man's name was Quillon, and he occasionally appeared in this basement. It was he who developed the formula for Angel's Tears and provided it to the king.
Even Michael became like this because of him.
Quillon's face showed a hint of disdain. "Those rubbish are constantly consuming my food. There's no point in keeping them."
Those people were already insane and unable to take care of themselves. Quillon had thought that among the twenty people, there would be at least one, like Michael, who had transformed from a human into a vampire who could live in the sun.
But none of them succeeded.
"They'll attract the attention of vampire hunters," Michael warned him.
Quillon raised an eyebrow. "So what? Even if those hunters find this place, would they dare to break into the palace?"
"How's the kid?" Michael asked a different question.
"Come with me. Her situation is a bit complicated." Quillon's hand stretched out from his black robe. His hand was extremely pale. When he talked about the child, his smile widened a little, and his sharp fangs could be vaguely seen.
Michael followed behind Quilon, unconsciously clenching his right hand. Whenever he came to this basement, he would remember the painful experiences he had experienced before.
Strictly speaking, Quilon was a pharmacist who loved to conduct various experiments on living people.
He was like a ghost, who appeared in the king's eyes one day, and the king willingly provided him with a place for experiments.
The two of them walked together to the door of a small room.
When Quillon pushed open the wooden door, a strange fragrance poured out from inside.
A woman with rosy skin was lying in a pool of blood, her abdomen exposed due to its large size. Her belly was covered with a mixture of blue and red blood vessels.
"There must be twins in here." Quillon's eyes showed admiration. He didn't care at all that the woman had her eyes closed tightly and her face was full of pain.
Michael raised his hand to cover his nose. The fragrance seemed to make the blood in his body boil.
This scent is wrong.
"When will she give birth? His Majesty the King is already urging her to give birth," Michael asked.
Quillon thought for a moment before saying, "We have to wait at least ten days. We can't open the belly too early, or the twins might not survive."
"Okay, I'll tell His Majesty the King." Michael couldn't stand the aroma any longer, so he left the room. The more he stared at the pool of blood, the more nauseous he felt.
Quillon shrugged, "Fine."
"By the way, Prince Cedric seems to have come to the royal city. It's best if you don't leave the palace unless necessary." Quillon instructed Michael that what he did was a violation of the rules set by the ancestors in the eyes of those high-level officials.
Although he was one of the three elders, his actual power was limited. He was primarily responsible for dispatching troops to deal with vampires who betrayed the vampire clan. Quillon felt that his abilities were of little use.
"Okay, I'll pay attention." Michael nodded. He just wanted to leave this place as soon as possible. As for the matter of Neve being captured by the vampire, Michael didn't intend to ask Quilon.
He didn't want Quillon to catch Neve.
"Well, go ahead." Quilon waved his hand casually, asking Michael to leave quickly.
After Michael left, Quillon walked to the pool of blood, squatted down, cut his wrists with his sharp nails, and then pinched the woman's mouth open.
Blood continued to flow into the woman's mouth, and the painful expression on her face seemed to fade a little.
Quillon watched this scene with great satisfaction. At least the mother was still healthy.
As long as the twins in her belly are born perfectly, it will prove that his inference is correct.
A brand new blood clan will be born here, and Quilon will be able to break the inherent class of the blood clan and turn all the princes and ancestors into ants under his feet.
Sunflower Book Club.
Gu Chang had almost finished reading the first edition of "The Five Princes of the Empire: Why He is Always Involved in Erotic Scandals" written by Slaley.
Gu Chang and the system fell silent at the same time.
Slaley's eyes shone with hope. He rubbed his hands nervously, then finally broke the silence. "Your Highness, what do you think?"
"Hmm...it's hard to say." Gu Chang didn't know what words to use to express his feelings at the moment. He looked up at Slaley and said, "Excuse me, Mr. Slaley, when did I meet Finina? As far as I remember, she and I had no connection at all."
"You attended various balls with Her Royal Highness Princess Claire in the past few years, so of course you don't have much impression of Madam Finina." Slaley patted his chest confidently, "I can guarantee that I am not lying about this matter at least."
"And before Princess Anna found evidence that Lady Finina had spread rumors about you, Lady Finina had come to me and told me that the rumors about you were spread entirely because of the promise made by the Valenas family, that is, her father to Prince Lotus." Speaking of this, Slaley hesitated whether to tell Gu Chang, because at that time Finina came to him for help in reporting the truth.
But Slaley didn't dare to help Finina at that time. Although he would make a lot of money if the truth was exposed, there were too many families involved. If he helped Finina, he would also be deeply entangled in the quagmire.