Time: 2010-12-314:13:49 Words: 5551
Chapter XV
Oh my god, my head. When Alubis woke up from his deep sleep, he felt a splitting headache, and his entire body ached, especially his waist.
What happened to me? Where was this? Alubis hit his head hard as he tried to recall. Oh right, I remember that Master and I fell down together, and then he brought me here to heal. But I can't remember what happened after that. Ah, right, Master, where is Master?”
Alubis looked around. Then, his gaze fell on a lump under the blanket. He gently lifted the blanket and saw Dracula curled up under the blanket, sleeping soundly.
W-what was going on? Alubis looked at Dracula in surprise and gave him a gentle push. "M-Master, y-you wake up, are you okay?”
" Uh-huh." Dracula rubbed his sleepy eyes." Oh, Aleubis, you're awake. How do you feel?" Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, Master. Why do you ask?" Alubis asked with a confused expression. But why are you sleeping under my blanket?”
"This room is bright. If I don't hide under the blanket, how can I survive the day? As for you…It's good that you're fine." Dracula didn't want to say anything more. He just patted Aleubis on the shoulder.
"During the day, M-Master, are you saying that we slept here for a day and I-I can't remember?”Alubis said in surprise.
"If you can't remember, then don't remember." Dracula stood up and said,"Alubis, wrap your quilt properly." We're going home." After saying that, Dracula tried to spread his wings. It seemed that his spiritual power had recovered.
Dracula bent down and picked up Aliubis. My injuries are much better now. I-I think I'll fly by myself. It's too much to let you hug your servant.”Alubis said shyly.
I've done worse. Dracula thought to himself.
"Why are you talking so much nonsense? How can you recover from using the Black Feather Clone Technique without three to five years?”Dracula picked up Aliubis and flew into the air.
It must have been Simon, that talkative fellow, who had snitched on Aliubis.
The Dracula's huge wings brought about a powerful force that allowed them to soar in the air at high speed. The scenery in front of them quickly moved backward, and a black shadow whistled past with a strong wind. Dracula put on his disguise again before entering the Demon City.
He did not stop at the city gate and flew straight into the castle. When the guards in charge of the city hall saw Dracula suddenly appear with Reinado in his arms, they were all dumbfounded and stood there in a daze.
"You guys immediately take Sean to Alubis's room and treat him. Call Simon over. I need his help with something.”Dracula ordered decisively.
"Ah, yes, yes." The guards got busy according to Dracula's instructions.
Dracula gently placed Alubis on the bed and said,""Men, prepare a set of clothes for the Head Guard.”With that, Dracula turned around and left.
"Master." "What's so urgent?" Alubis asked, grabbing Dracula. Why don't you let me accompany you?"
"You better recuperate now. Don't worry about anything else. When I come back, I will bring you good news.”Dracula gave Alubis a sweet smile and left the room. Master was actually smiling. Did the sun rise from the west today?
"Earl, you were looking for me?" Simon met Dracula in the corridor outside Alubis's room.
"Simon, how's the injury on your hand? Are you feeling better?" Dracula asked casually.
Simon moved his arm and said,""Ah, fortunately, you treated me. I'm almost healed.”
"That's good. I need you to do something with me. Let's go." After saying that, Dracula led the way out of the city.
Simon hurried over. "Can you tell me what it is?"
"I ordered people to prepare a carriage. We'll talk as we get on the carriage. Anyway, it's a good thing.”Dracula gave a rare smile.
He and Simon quickly passed through the hall and got into the carriage parked in the square. The coachman raised his whip and the carriage sped down the mountain with a light sound.
Sean was examining Aliubis 'injuries in his room. Meanwhile, he was putting on his black robe.
"Aliu, oh no, Reinado, you're back?”The members of the Death God Guards were all gathered in the room.
The vice-captain of Remy and Horse, Alexander, came to the window and asked with concern," Al-Reinado, are you okay?”
Reinaldo pretended to be relaxed and said to everyone,""You guys should just call me Alubis. I've used this name for more than ten years and I'm already used to you guys calling me Reinado.”
"More than ten years? You mean you've replaced the real Death God for more than ten years?”The fishman Augustine, who was covered in scales and had limbs, asked in confusion.
Beside him, Witch Gill hugged her black cat and said,"That's right, Alubis, tell us the ins and outs of the matter. I remember that Simon brought you back with injuries all over your body. After that, you took the real Death God as your teacher. But then you disappeared for no reason. Now, you suddenly appeared. You have to give us an explanation."
"Yes, yes, yes. We also want to know about you." A group of snow maidens pushed open the door and entered. They were chattering noisily in the room.
"Th-this." Alubis looked at Sean with a troubled expression.
Sean said as he applied medicine on his wound."Then tell them your story. Otherwise, these girls will bother me every day to ask for information. I'm about to die from their noise."
"Alright then." Alubis sank into his memories.。。。。。
"Then can you tell me what you want to do now?”Simon looked at Dracula, who was sitting opposite him.
He elegantly sat on the carriage seat and crossed his legs as he said,""It's a long story…。。”
Hence, Dracula told Simon everything that had happened to his poisoned victims in the past month.
"I see." "Congratulations," Simon said, rubbing his hands excitedly. I haven't seen you so happy in a long time. You seem to have become much younger.”
"Yeah, I also feel that when I'm with that little girl, I feel like I'm in my twenties again. I can't wait to marry her.”Dracula, who was completely in love, kept telling Simon about Felicia's good points like a child. He was so happy that he was completely different from his usual taciturn and cold appearance.
Simon looked at the beaming man in front of him and thought,"So you have this side to you too." The coachman parked the carriage outside the fence of Felicia's small yard. Dracula was so excited that he opened the door before the coachman could open it.
"Oh, I almost forgot." Dracula was slightly afraid. Then, he quickly removed his disguise and returned to his original young and handsome appearance.
"Felicia hasn't seen what I look like after I transform.”After saying that, he hurriedly got up.
"Ah, Earl." Simon grabbed the impatient Dracula and said,""I'll go and inform them first before you go in.”
Dracula thought for a moment and said,"Oh, that's good. Then I'll have to trouble you to make a trip first."”
Simon got off the carriage and entered the courtyard, leaving the anxious Dracula sitting in the carriage, shaking his body uneasily.
"Is anyone there?" Simon knocked on the wooden door.
The door creaked open, and a middle-aged man reeking of alcohol held a candlestick as he sized up the handsome young man standing at the door.
"Ah, hello. I am Count Vlad, Count Dracula, the lord of Transwania. I'm here to discuss with Miss Felicia's family about marrying her back to Demon City as the Countess. May I ask who you are?"
"I'm her uncle." Steve replied.
"Oh, so you're Uncle Steve.”" Can we talk inside?" Simon asked politely." The Earl is still waiting in the carriage." Also, can you invite Miss Felicia to come along?”
"Wait here." Steve slammed the door.
Simon quickly took a step back." I almost hit my head."”Feeling baffled, he shrugged and stood there waiting.
"Not good, not good." Steve pushed Sophie, who was sleeping.""Get up quickly. Something bad has happened."
"What's with the fuss?”Sophie got up angrily and threw the pillow at Steve's face.
"He's here, he's really here." Steve paced around the room helplessly. "What is it?"
"Dracula really came." Steve shouted hysterically.
"What Dracula? Hey, can you stop shaking?" Sophie growled. It worked. Steve immediately stopped his crazy actions.
He jumped onto the bed and whispered into Sophie's ear,""Felicia is telling the truth, my lord. That vampire Count Dracula is really here to propose marriage. What should we do?
I've heard from the elders that this guy is very brave and good at fighting. Back then, he relied on his own men to contend with the Turkish army for several years. Moreover, he was especially cruel to the captives. He stabbed them alive on sharpened wooden stakes and bled them to death. At that time, the soldiers of the Turks fled back to Turkey after seeing the miserable state of their companions on the wooden stakes under the city. He also received the title of Blood-eating Prince.
Now that hundreds of years had passed, that fellow had become a vampire again, and he must have become even more cruel.”
Steve took out a bag and started to pack his belongings. "Come and help us. We'll escape from the back door. If we don't escape now, it'll be too late.”Steve grabbed Sophie and tried to run.
"What are you running for? Do you think we can escape from the clutches of the vampires?”Sophie shook off Steve's hand.
"Then, then what should we do?" Steve scratched his head anxiously.
"Go and invite them in. Don't say a word later. I'll handle everything.”Sophie racked her brains and came up with a brilliant plan.
"Really, should we invite them in?”Steve said worriedly.
"If I tell you to go, go quickly.”Sophie gave her ultimatum.
"Yes, yes." Steve ran downstairs as if he had seen a vampire.
Simon stood outside the door for a long time. He was about to knock on the door impatiently. The door opened by itself.
Steve stood inside and said with a smile,"Ah, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Please invite the Earl in.”
Simon nodded and returned to the carriage to invite the earl into the house. Sophie and Steve carefully looked at the Earl sitting in front of them.
This was unbelievable. Dracula should be an old monster that was a few hundred years old. Why was he so young? He was even younger than his attendant. If he was not Dracula, he would feel like a big boy. Moreover, as a bloodthirsty prince who was famous for his bravery and fighting skills, he looked too delicate. His long eyelashes and red lips were like a beauty.
Sophie and Steve looked at each other. "Forgive me for being presumptuous, but are you really Count Dracula?”Sophie asked in surprise.
"Of course he is our Earl.”
"Simon." " Count Dracula." Dracula waved his hand." Usually, people who see me for the first time will have the same reaction as you. But please believe that I am Count Dracula."”His elegant, calm, and noble temperament. This proved his identity.
"I'm very grateful to your niece Felicia for taking care of me when I was injured.”Dracula nodded politely at them.
" You're the lord. It's only right for him to take care of you," Steve said obsequiously. He was so frightened by Sophie's glare that he did not dare to speak and just sat there obediently.
" Felicia and I have fallen deeply in love with each other during this period of time and are engaged to each other. I came here today to ask you to hand Felicia over to me and let me marry her. Of course, I know it's not easy for you to raise her up, so please accept my small token of appreciation.”After Dracula finished speaking, Simon placed a bag full of gold coins on the table.
The two little people who valued money as their lives saw the gold coins on the table and their eyes emitted a greedy light. "Ahem, cough cough." Dracula coughed to remind the two of his existence.
"May I ask where Felicia is? Why haven't I seen her for so long?”Dirk asked anxiously.
"You're late." Sophie said.
"Ah, I know that. I originally promised her to come yesterday, but there were some things in Demon City that I needed to deal with, so I was late by a day.”Dracula said with a smile.
"No, that's not what I meant." Sophie wiped her eyes with a silk handkerchief and squeezed out two drops of tears."F-Felicia is dead.”
The shocked Dracula stood up, and the chair behind him fell to the ground.
"Wh-what did you say? W-who died?" Dracula asked Sophie.
"F-Felicia is dead." Su Fei cried out in pain.
"Y-you're lying." Dracula grabbed Sophie's shoulder and said,""I-I only left her for a day. She was still alive and kicking before. How could she be dead?”
Sophie broke free from Dracula's grip and wailed,""Felicia is really dead. That day, she told us happily that she was going to marry Lord Dracula of Transwania. Oh my god, you don't know how happy our family was. Especially Felicia, she was like a little bird chirping and laughing at home the whole morning.
However, her words were heard by people with ulterior motives and told to the church. The church here had always been committed to following God's teachings. They would never allow humans who had fornication with demons to appear in their jurisdiction.
That day, the Church took Felicia away and interrogated her. In the end, they demanded that she admit her mistake and swear never to associate with vampires again. However, Felicia would rather die than swear, so they burned her alive on the grounds that she was an unclean witch who had been in contact with the devil. Wuwuwu…" Su Fei sobbed.
"No, it's-it's impossible, I-I don't believe it.”Dracula kept shaking his head and staggered backward. Then, he placed one hand on the table and said,"Y-you must be lying to me. Felicia isn't dead.”
" We didn't lie to you," Sophie said emotionally." Look at this."”Sophie held the ring she had snatched from Felicia in her palm.
Dracula snatched the ring from him." Th-this is my ring.”Dracula looked at the token that he had given Felicia. The scene from that night was still vivid in his mind, but now he had lost her forever.
"Why? Why did the Church do this? Although I am a vampire, I have never harmed anyone. Why did they kill Felicia so cruelly? Why?”The enraged Dracula smashed the wooden table with his palm.
" Ah, ah!" Dracula's pupils gradually shrank, and his sharp fangs stuck out of his lips. His hair fluttered in the wind. Sophie and Steve hugged each other in fear.
Simon quickly hugged Dracula and said,"Count, please calm down."”
Dracula tried his best to control his emotions. "Where is her body? Take me to her corpse. I want to save her.”He did not want to give up any hope and pulled Steve out of the door.
"W-Where are you taking me?”Steve was shaking like a leaf.
Let's go to the church." Dracula opened the door and walked out.
"It's no use going to church," Sophie said, pulling them back. We've already buried Felicia. It's in the garden in my backyard. I'll take you there.”
Sophie led them to the backyard. There was indeed a small mound in the garden, but there was no tombstone. Sophie pointed to the ground." This is where Felicia slept. Without the permission of the church, we dare not build a monument for her.”
Sophie wiped her tears and quietly stepped on the soil. In fact, there was a calf that had died of illness at home a few days ago. They buried it here to feed the garden. Dracula knelt beside the tomb and quickly dug at the soil with his hands.
Seeing that her lie was about to fall apart, Sophie threw herself on the mound and said,""No matter how much you dig, it's useless. Felicia was burned to death. There's no body, only some ashes. There's only some of her clothes in here. Please don't disturb her anymore and give the dead a quiet environment.”
"Felicia should be satisfied knowing that you love her so much. Please let her rest in peace."”
Dracula fell limply to the ground, his expression dull and motionless. "Don't be too sad, Felicia.。。。。。”
"All of you can leave and leave me alone.”Dracula said coldly.
Sophie and Steve left. "Earl, you…" Simon wanted to say something to Dracula, but he waved his hand and said,""You should go back too. Don't worry, I just want to be alone for a while.”
"Alright, but you have to come back soon. Don't forget that you're the pillar of support for so many people in Demon City.”Simon reminded Dracula.
Dracula nodded, and Simon slowly left him and got into the carriage to return to Demon City.
Dracula sat quietly in front of the grave and looked at the ring in his hand. This bad news had given him a heavy blow. He felt that his heart, which had stopped beating, was now giving him a heart-wrenching pain. This pain was like a thousand arrows piercing through his heart, causing him to curl up on the ground.
Why couldn't she shed a tear even though she was in such pain? Dracula touched his eyes, but there were no tears. However, his tears turned into blood and flowed in his heart. His heart seemed to have been hollowed out, and endless emptiness assaulted him. No matter how hard Dracula hugged himself, he could feel the bone-chilling cold. He just held the ring tightly and did not let go. The originally bright moon seemed to be unable to bear to see this tragedy and quietly hid in the clouds.
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