The moonlight last night was particularly silvery, like a layer of soft white veil covering the Black Swan Castle.
And in the early morning without a snowstorm, the Leeds Mountains looked unusually gentle.
Although the sunlight here is not bright and dazzling, but because the surroundings are surrounded by fine white snow, it refracts the light a lot, whitening the originally dark sky, and making everyone have a layer of silvery white light.
Su Jinzhi was awakened by Reeves' kiss. Seeing him open his eyes, the man's fiery lips moved to his ear, and he greeted him with a low and gentle voice like a cello: "Good morning, my little Josh."
Su Jinzhi froze for a moment, then subconsciously looked at Reeves. Reeves hadn't put on the human skin mask yet, so the face was still the one he was familiar with, handsome and gentle.
Reeves looked at the boy's ice-blue eyes and smiled. These are really beautiful eyes, deep and distant, like the grace of God. It was because of these eyes that he was saved in the first place. juvenile.
The night had no effect on his eyesight, so he could clearly see the pair of star-like blue eyes and his blond hair woven like sunlight. Even though he was surrounded by blood at that time, he was still as beautiful as a Angel—his little Josh.
"It's time to get up, Master Josh." Reeves leaned over and kissed the boy's eyes, the boy's long eyelashes trembling slightly, brushing his lips from time to time, "You have slept for an extra hour, Missing breakfast is not good for your health."
Mentioning this Su Jinzhi felt a little sad, why didn't this man say that he lost three hours of sleep last night
But when it comes to the reason why he lost three hours of sleep last night, Su Jinzhi immediately remembered the big-breasted maid Anxi yesterday, and he asked Reeves: "The maid named Anxi yesterday, did you ask about her?" Yet?"
"Lord Josh, there is no maid named Anxi in our castle." Reeves didn't expect that the boy was still thinking about the maid from yesterday, and he paused when he was dressing him, "but this morning the guards of the patrol said yesterday In addition to the slave who died in the cellar, there is also a maid missing in the castle. Her body was found in the kitchen stove this morning, and only her head and a leg remained."
Su Jinzhi was silent for two or three seconds when he heard his words, and then he opened his eyes wide as if he had realized something: "Then what did I see yesterday?"
Reeves frowned seriously: "I don't know too well, but I'm afraid it's not human."
Isn't that a ghost
Su Jinzhi immediately began to panic. He thought for a while with a sullen face, and suddenly said to Reeves: "Reeves, did you know Mond in the temple before? We met on the way to the imperial capital." that bastard."
"... I guess we know each other." There was a fight, but Mond couldn't beat him.
"Can you write him a letter and ask him to come to Black Swan Castle?"
Reeves asked Su Jinzhi: "Lord Josh, why did you do this?"
"I suspect there are ghosts in the castle." Su Jinzhi frowned tightly, "The people in the temple should be very good at dealing with ghosts, right?"
Reeves: "..." He was silent for a long time before he began to say, "Okay Mr. Josh, I'm going to write a letter now."
No. 1 just heard the conversation between Reeves and Su Jinzhi when he got to work. It immediately laughed at Su Jinzhi: "Master Host, you are from the world of science. Why are you so afraid of ghosts? All feudal superstitions are paper tigers."
Su Jinzhi sighed, and his voice was unusually vicissitudes: "Fate is all life."
Number zero was also there today, and it interjected with Su Jinzhi: "Yes, brother number one, I'm also afraid of ghosts."
"What are you afraid of?" No. 1 immediately began to reprimand No. 0, "I remember I didn't install the 'fear' program for you."
Number Zero twitched: "Woo... It's the program that comes with the current body."
Number one: "..."
No. 1 secretly thought, whether to arrange a supernatural world for the host in the next few worlds, and let No. 0 be a monitor to cure the two of them. As a result, it just checked the monitoring data about the host, and it will see it immediately. It's the dazzling red number in the column of emotional value.
"Host!" No. 1's voice immediately became stern, "I have warned you many times that you are not allowed to have too much affection for the general goal of saving. In just a few days, your favorability value for him has reached 80 Already?! If you don’t control your feelings anymore, I will take the necessary punishment.”
"What's wrong with me?" Su Jinzhi pretended not to understand what No. 1 was saying.
No. 1 said: "You have already developed a good impression of Reeves, the general goal of saving the world, as high as 80, which has exceeded the critical line."
"It's impossible. Your database is probably infected by a virus." Su Jinzhi immediately refuted it, lying without changing his expression, "He raped me!"
No. 1 smiled coldly: "But I don't think you, the host, look like you were raped at all."
Su Jinzhi felt a little guilty, and said sternly, "You haven't seen me again, how do you know that I didn't fight desperately? Maybe all my data is because I have Stockholm syndrome. After all, he didn't hold the holy sword this time. stab me."
"..."
After yelling, Su Jinzhi was stunned for a while, and asked No. 1 cautiously: "You can't really see it, can you?"
"... No, number zero and I will be forced to leave work during your private life." Number one answered him impatiently, "You don't have Stockholm syndrome either, your only disease in this world is porphyria." Well, there's no way my database could be infected with a virus—"
Su Jinzhi immediately felt relieved, and interrupted No. 1: "Then what if something went wrong? Didn't you say that the data was turbulent before the file was reverted? Maybe it's turbulent again now. Reeves raped me." ! How many times do you want me to say, would you fall in love with your rapist?"
One said: "The data can't be wrong, and no one can rape me."
Su Jinzhi continued to be aggressive: "What about No. 0? It's not human. If No. 0 raped you, would you fall in love with it?" Su Jinzhi had already made up his mind, if No. 1 said no, then he could answer that he would also No; if No. 1 says yes, then he can go back.
As a result, No. 1 was choked up by Su Jinzhi's question. Before he could speak, No. 0 said in surprise: "But Master Host, I can't rape Brother No. 1. These robots with a star calendar of 2,500 years have no reproductive organs. Brother No. 1 and I haven’t had reproductive organs installed yet.”
Number one: "..."
Su Jinzhi was also surprised: "No. 1, so you didn't chirp!"
No. Zero continued: "Yeah, yes, I don't have one either. I really want one, but brother No. 1 said that the order he ordered would take three months to arrive."
"That's enough, shut up number zero!" Number one became furious, "I'm going to reinstall the program for you!"
No. 0 cried and chirped: "Ugh... what did I do wrong..."
Su Jinzhi immediately stepped forward: "No. 1, why is your AI like this? How can you kill my zero baby?"
No. 1 didn't argue with him again: "Host, let me emphasize to you again, don't have too much affection for the general goal of saving—"
"Oh, I got it." Su Jinzhi responded repeatedly, "I'll emphasize it again, Reeves raped me more than once, I will not fall in love with someone who raped me repeatedly, your data is sure You have a virus, I suggest you check again."
No. 1 was silent for a while before saying, "Host, I'm doing this for your own good."
Su Jinzhi didn't care: "I know, I know."
When Mond received the invitation letter from Josh Hillier, who was ghostwritten by Reeves and sent by the "Earl Earl", he was a little sluggish.
Seeing this, his attendant asked him what was wrong, and Mond said with a wry smile: "Earl Hillier invited me to his Black Swan Castle..."
The attendant was stunned for a moment: "But didn't that devil always hate people in our temple?"
"Yes." Mond sighed, "but he said his castle was haunted, and he hoped we could catch it for him."
Attendant: "..."
"Master Mond, are you really going?" the attendant asked Mond.
"Go, of course," said Mond.
"Why?" The attendant was very worried, "What if this is a trap set by Earl Hillier?"
"Whether it's a trap or not, you won't know until you go there." Mond said, "This letter was written by Reeves. He said that the slave died strangely, and that a maid died on the same day. He suspected it was What the Jimmy Clan did."
The attendant exclaimed: "Jimi Chi?"
Mond collected the letter and the invitation letter: "We have been tracking the people of the Jimmy Clan for a long time, and he escaped last time. If the one who killed Earl Hillier's slave was really the Jimmy Clan, maybe we can do it this time." Catch them, find out where the headquarters of the Devil Party is, and drive them back to Beran Heights."
"Go get ready, we're leaving tomorrow." Mond said to the attendant, and after walking for a while, he suddenly stopped as if thinking of something.
This letter was written by Reeves, but he didn't know if it was his illusion. He always felt that the handwriting of this letter didn't look like Reeves's. But this may be his illusion, after all, they have not been in touch for several years.
Mond shook his head and continued walking forward.
The blood clans on the mainland are divided into thirteen clans, who live together in the Beran Heights, and occasionally forage in places where humans live. The job of the temple is to hunt down these blood clans and protect the human race that believes in them.
But they don’t kill all blood clans. There are two major factions among the blood clans—the Hidden Alliance and the Sabbat Alliance, namely the Secret Party and the Demon Party. The clans of the Secret Party are managed by the Six Precepts of the Blood Clan. , Generally, they will not leave Beran Heights easily. If the blood race they tracked is a secret party that has not violated the precepts, they will generally let them leave. But the clans of the Demon Party sneered at the Six Precepts of the Blood Clan, completely ignoring the constraints of these precepts and wantonly hunting humans.
Jimmy is a clan of the Demon Party. Their clan has the ability to reshape flesh and blood, and they can shape their amazing beauty at will, or replace others.
Mond has been hunting down a sixth-generation Jimmy, but she is too cunning and can change her appearance at will, so she has repeatedly escaped from the pursuit of the temple. They followed the trail of the sixth-generation Jimmy all the way, but lost their clues near the Leeds Mountains.
The Leeds Mountains are the jurisdiction of Earl Josh Hillier, and the relationship between the temple and Josh Hillier has never been very good. Mond is hesitating whether to write a letter to express his favor to the Earl, but the result Josh Hillier offered them an olive branch.
But... that noble and arrogant Earl is actually afraid of ghosts
Mond was a little dumbfounded. Earl Josh Hillier had never softened his heart when he killed people. How could he be afraid of such things? Maybe, as his squire said, he might have other bad ideas.
Reeves posted the letter in the morning, and the temple men arrived in the evening.
So when Su Jinzhi saw Mond in the living room, he felt a little weird. Of course, he wished that Mond would come over and take away those ghosts, but according to Josh Hillier's temperament, he would definitely become suspicious if Mond came so quickly.
So Su Jinzhi sat in the armchair, took a sip of the black tea that Reeves brought over, and said slowly, "Master Mond is really fast."
Mond smiled, and said slowly: "Because we just stopped near the Leeds Mountains, we rushed over soon after receiving the invitation letter from the Earl."
"Oh?" The boy in the armchair frowned after hearing what he said, and locked him with suspicious eyes, "Why do you guys stay around Black Swan Castle?"
Before Mond had time to explain, he saw the boy lower his eyelashes impatiently, and glanced at the tall male servant standing beside him: "Is it because Reeves didn't kill me, you are very disappointed, so I plan to come and solve it myself And me?"
After hearing this, the servant raised his head, smiled helplessly at Mond, and pushed the fruit plate in front of the young man: "Master Josh, the apple is very sweet, you can try it."
The boy ate the apple with his head down. From this angle, Mond could only see the blond hair woven like sunlight on his forehead and his delicate and beautiful face. This matter did embarrass Mond, but the decision to let Reeves assassinate Josh Hillier was unanimously agreed by most of the saints in the temple. Who made the earl bloody and cruel, and afraid of the sun, The appearance is so gorgeous and so beautiful that it doesn't look like a human being, which makes people have to suspect that he is a member of the blood family.
"That was a misunderstanding." Mond tried to change the subject, "Master Earl, how did your slave die, can you let me have a look?"
"Reeves, take Mond to see it." Su Jinzhi said to Reeves.
Reeves put his right hand on his heart and bowed to him: "Master Josh, I hope you can go with us."
Mond's eyes darkened when he saw Reeves' actions—this is a paladin's knight salute to his lifelong loyal master. Reeves has really decided to be loyal to... Earl Hillier for the rest of his life
Su Jinzhi didn't notice Mond's abnormality, he was just a little strange: "Why do I have to go with you?" He didn't want to see the corpse!
Mond immediately explained: "Because Reeves and I both believe that the murderer may be the Jimmy clan of the blood demon party. Their clan's ability can change their appearance at will. For your safety, I think it is necessary From now until that Jimmy is caught, you better stay with me or Reeves."
"Blood race?" Su Jinzhi was taken aback, "Isn't it a ghost?"
Reeves sighed, leaned into his ear and whispered, "Master Josh, ghosts don't suck blood."
Su Jinzhi: "..."
"You come out on the first day."
It is daytime now, Number One is at work, and it quickly responded: "What's the matter with the host?"
"Didn't you tell me that slave was killed by a ghost?" Su Jinzhi asked No. 1, "Why are you now a blood race?"
Number one said: "I asked the host, and you told me with absolute certainty that 'the thing that is obviously dead, but he can still move is a ghost'. The vampire is also called a vampire, strictly speaking, it fits your description, so, I gave the host the answer."
Su Jinzhi was very angry: "But you still said that there are ghosts sleeping next to me every night to mislead me? Reeves is the only one sleeping next to me!"
Number one: "..."
"Liar!" Su Jinzhi decided not to believe what No. 1 said anymore, "I shouldn't believe what you said!"
Number one: "..."
Su Jinzhi is not afraid of vampires, not even with the corpses killed by vampires. In fact, apart from the weird posture, the corpse is quite pleasing to the eye. After all, it is a mummy. In Su Jinzhi's view, the bloody and incomplete corpse is more scary.
He stood aside with Reeves, watched Mond walk around the corpse a few times, and then reached out to fiddle with the neck of the mummy. After observing for a while, he frowned and stood up and said, "Strange, this kind of death It's not like Jimmy Chi made it, it's more like—”
"Nofiler." Reeves took his words.
Mond nodded approvingly.
Reeves continued: "So I had people put silver mirrors on the windows and the doors."
Su Jinzhi had a headache listening to the conversation between the two of them, and had no idea what they were talking about. After a long while, he finally pulled out the information about Nofiler from Josh Hillier's head. Nofiler is a clan of the blood clan. Different from the general beautiful blood clan, the blood clan of the Nofiler clan is cursed. From the moment they are embraced for the first time, they have been constantly becoming ugly, turning into eternal ugliness. .
Therefore, their tempers are relatively tyrannical, and they sometimes abide by and sometimes violate the Six Precepts. They will use the common ability of the blood race to charm and confuse their prey, and then release the ability after getting close to him, watching the prey die in fear.
But the way to deal with this kind of blood race is also relatively simple, that is to place a silver mirror behind the door or by the window. They don't want to see their ugly appearance from the mirror, so they tend to avoid places with mirrors.
"Where's the other body?" Mond asked Reeves.
Reeves said: "Don't look at it, only the head and half of the leg are left. There are no practical clues."
"No, the clues are obvious. Only Jimmy can do such a bloody and cruel method." Mond turned around, looked at Su Jinzhi and said seriously, "My lord, it seems that more than one kind of blood race appeared in your castle , you are very dangerous now, I hope you can immediately gather the people in the castle and check them one by one to prevent Jimmy from hiding among your servants."
Su Jinzhi asked him, "I have so many servants, how do you check them one by one?"
Mond said: "Holy water can wash away all dirty appearances."
The servants and guards of Black Swan Castle were quickly gathered together. Mond and his servants gave each of these servants a cup of holy water and asked them to drink it. As a result, none of them showed any abnormalities—obviously, those blood races did not Not lurking among the servants of the castle.
"Neither of them." Su Jinzhi looked at Mond and said.
"There is still someone who hasn't drunk, Lord Earl." Mond looked up at him, and after saying this, his eyes moved slowly and stopped on Reeves behind Su Jinzhi.
Hearing what he said, Su Jinzhi frowned immediately, and asked him directly: "Master Mond, what do you mean? Are you suspicious of Reeves?"
"Lord Earl, please don't be angry, Mond has no other meaning." Mond smiled, "Just for your safety, everyone around you needs to be checked."
Su Jinzhi waved his hand directly: "No, I trust Reeves. Reeves is my most loyal servant, and I won't even be able to tell him apart."
Mond was still smiling, holding a glass of holy water in his hand, obviously not giving Reeves the right to refuse.
Su Jinzhi opened his mouth and wanted to say something more, but Reeves stepped forward at this moment, took the cup of holy water from Mond's hand and drank it down.
However, nothing happened to Reeves, just like drinking a glass of ordinary water.
Su Jinzhi breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, then turned to look at Mond coldly.
Mond lowered his eyes and asked him, "My lord, have you confirmed that everyone in the castle is here?"
Su Jinzhi thought for a while, then suddenly said, "Mary Jane, my Mary Jane hasn't come here yet."
Monde looked at Su Jinzhi with doubts in his eyes. Su Jinzhi told him: "Mary Jane is my treasure. Her blood is very delicious, like sweet and mellow Chardonnay."
Mond was stunned for a while, and then suddenly remembered that the young man in front of him drank blood like a vampire. He frowned slightly: "Master Earl, she is a person, not your treasure."
"I said yes." The boy sat on the high chair representing power and wealth in the living room, and said casually, "I bought her, if it wasn't for me, she would probably be on the bed of some ugly rich businessman now." Woolen cloth."
Mond clenched his fists and said softly, "All men are born equal..."
This is true, but it is a pity that it does not apply to this era. Su Jinzhi glanced at him: "I didn't kill her, let alone abuse her. I gave her a comfortable place to live, delicious food, beautiful dresses and jewelry , and I only ask for her blood, isn't it fair?"
Mond opened his mouth, but couldn't refute the boy's words.
"There are so many slaves who have been tortured to death in the imperial capital, why don't you save them?" The young man said, staring down at the teacup in his hand, "At least the servants who are loyal to me, I have never withheld their remuneration and Food, as long as it doesn't make me angry, I won't punish them."
"But you killed a lot of people..." Mond said hoarsely.