Ignoring the boy and girl's reactions, Orange continued:
"If all else fails, I can still rely on this little bastard. Shinji, let me ask you, if my disciple is really being targeted over there, will you do anything about it?"
"I didn't say I don't care." Shinji pressed his temple, "I just hope you tell me in advance so that I can be prepared."
"You didn't tell me you came back this time, and you stole my prey."
"Uh... I was wrong. I'll take care of this matter. I won't let them target your disciples."
Feeling Orange's resentment, Shinji dared not talk back and surrendered directly.
"Well, according to our relationship, I should also express my gratitude if you accept me as your disciple. Miss May, do you believe in Buddhism?"
"Letter." Although she didn't understand why Shinji asked this, May still answered.
"That's easy." Shinji reached into his backpack and pulled out a few pendants. "This is a blessed jade Buddha. Wearing it is good for your health. If I remember correctly, the monk who blessed it was from Lingyin Temple. He is very good at finding lovers. See which one is meant for you."
"Thank you, Mr. Matou."
The word "marriage" made May's eyes light up. She carefully selected one, put her hands together, and recited silently.
Seeing her pious look, Qiu Ye couldn't bear it anymore.
"I want one too. What are the conditions?"
"No conditions are needed. This is a gift for you. Come on, everyone has one."
Shinji took the opportunity to distribute the souvenirs, with Shiki, Akiha, Kohaku, and Hisui each getting one.
Four women and one man were looking for marriage partners, and this time, the focus immediately shifted to Shiki.
I am so smart. Someone gave himself a thumbs up in a clear-headed manner, completely unaware that the Shura field he will face in the future will be several times more tragic than Shiki's.
If the Toono family fight, at most one city will be in danger. But if the girls around Shinji go crazy, the whole world may suffer. That scene is so damn exciting.
After successfully diverting attention, Shinji carried the sleeping Elquet on his back and walked into the workshop with Shion and Orange.
That's right, Shinji changed his mind temporarily. The content of the conversation with Shion is a top secret that cannot be known to outsiders, so it must be kept safe. There is no place in the entire Tono family that is safer than Orange's workshop. Considering Shion's physical condition, Orange's knowledge and skills may come in handy.
"Let me get this straight, Miss Shion. Your current situation is very bad. Your existence is being transformed from a human to a Dead Apostle."
After activating the barrier, Shinji's first words made Shion's face change.
"Don't rush to deny it, and don't explain. Since I've said it, I'm sure I can confirm it. You've been tracking 'Vallachia Night' for three years, not only because he is a shame to your family, but also because you were sucked blood by him three years ago - am I right?"
Shion lowered her head and said nothing. For an alchemist like her who had the ability to think quickly, not answering often meant acquiescence.
"Sure enough." Orange nodded secretly.
With her understanding of the human body, she saw something unusual the first time she saw Shion, so she helped Shion cover up. Shion's previous weakness and biting her own hand were not due to overusing her brain or stimulating herself with pain, but to suppressing her urge to suck blood.
Three years ago, "Night of Wallachia" appeared in a village in Italy. The church noticed something was wrong and sent out a crusade team. Shion, who had doubts about her lifestyle and wanted to go out to get intelligence, went with the team. In the end, the crusade team was wiped out and only Shion survived.
But Shion's life did not escape from the range of "Tatari" as she said before. On the contrary, she was sucked away by "Valachia Night" during her escape. When she woke up, "Tatari" had dissipated, and her body began to lose body temperature bit by bit.
"However, Miss Shion doesn't seem to have completely turned into a vampire. She still retains some of her human side. Generally speaking, after a Dead Apostle sucks blood, the human side will disappear completely within a few hours. The stronger the Dead Apostle, the shorter this time will be."
In response to Orange's doubts, Shinji gave an explanation based on his memories.
"Because the way 'Valachia Night' exists is very special, it has become a phenomenon. If the conditions for manifestation are not met, it is equivalent to non-existence, so Miss Shion did not lose her life as quickly as other creatures that were sucked by vampires. The changes in her body are very slow, and she has not completely turned into a vampire to this day. If you insist, she is half dead and half alive, half vampire and half human."
Having said that, Shion no longer concealed the truth.
"Mr. Matou is right. The reason I have been hiding for the past three years is because I have been sucked of blood. For the past three years, I have been studying how to stop myself from becoming a Dead Apostle, and even go one step further. I don't want to give up my human identity, and I don't want to become a vampire."
No matter how slow the transformation was, Shion could still sense the changes in her body. She was afraid that others would notice something was wrong, so she didn't go back to the Atlas Courtyard or look for the church. The Eltram family couldn't be tarnished because of her again.
Because she still had some human parts in her body, she did not give up. To this end, she broke the rules and exchanged technology with the outside world. To this end, she looked for "Vallachia Night" to solve the problem from the source.
She has been working hard and persisting. Like Elquet, she has been suppressing her blood-sucking urge for three years. The difference is that her blood-sucking urge comes from the body rather than the mind.
Vampires rely on blood rather than nerves to connect the various parts of their body. The vampire body is several times stronger than before, and it takes a huge amount of energy and nutrients to maintain such a body.
So, I need blood! I need to suck blood!
But due to her persistence in her human identity, she endured it all the time. When she couldn't bear it anymore, she bit herself and sucked her own blood to temporarily numb herself and endure the increasingly strong impulse.
This persistence and tenacity are the most dazzling qualities of Shiyuan, and also make Chengzi look at her with new eyes.
"Great! Have you achieved anything in the past three years?"
"The blood-sucking urge is induced by good intentions, that's all."
At this point, Shion looked very depressed.
In the past three years, she has made countless attempts but has made no progress. Her heart, like her body, has been dying bit by bit. This challenge to "Night of Wallachia" is her last effort or giving up. As her vampire transformation becomes more serious and her own abilities become stronger, she feels more and more the gap between her and the enemy.
If she couldn't defeat him, it might be fine to stop here. But she didn't expect that the challenge she had made with the belief that she would die would end like this.
The persistence that was on the verge of collapse also brought new hope.
PS: It seems that the Chinese server will open the final chapter today? Come on, come on, it's open, how long can Barbatos live? Can the doctor last until the weekend? By the way, Merlin's pool is also open. As a Japanese server player who has two treasures and has already reached level 310, I am waiting here to see your good news. Although Jian Shao was unlucky most of the time, Merlin was lucky that time, second only to Luna with one amulet and BX with two amulets.
PS2: Let me tell you a story about a cunning young man. I still remember that it was the winter of 2016, on Thursday, the company held a meeting, and the final chapter was launched. As for the Japanese server, as everyone knows, the test server always has problems with every major update, and the agreed opening time was postponed by Brother Yan. The cunning young man thought it didn't matter, anyway, the meeting ended late, and colleagues had to go to dinner and sing karaoke. As a result, the meal lasted until after 8 o'clock, and the server was finally launched, but I don't know why it couldn't be updated. WIFI, VPN, and 4G all didn't work, and it happened that the meal was over and we had to go to sing karaoke. The cunning young man was so anxious at the time. But there was no way, after all, the party was important, so he hurried to the KTV, sat down, and finally updated it with the help of the KTV network, entered, and drew cards. At that time, the cunning young man was sitting next to a colleague who had returned from studying in Europe. He was about the same age. When he saw me playing, he boasted that I was very lucky and that I was very good at drawing cards. The young man didn't believe it and said, "Come on." Then, my colleague clicked on the ten-draw combo, and the first thing that came up was a colorful circle. He turned over the magic, and then he saw the coquettish white hair. At that time, I spit out a mouthful of wine. Sure enough, he came back from Europe, and he was really a sly one. After I drew out the treacherous young man, I was also determined. I didn't open the brush anymore, and I focused on singing karaoke and drinking. I drank a lot. I don't know why I got home at night, and I felt that my luck was great. I simply drew all the remaining stones of Merlin, and then all kinds of explosions, such as magic, shining, Gorgon, and the first double yellow in my life, double Xiaoen. Sure enough, it's good to have a European colleague, just like the European emperor Yumei saved me from Africa.