I Am Louis XIV

In just twenty years, the appearance of the blood prince will certainly not change at all. Theodric is still the familiar look to Louis, a young man who is more solemn than handsome, with tiredness and age in his eyes that are not consistent with his appearance. He died in his prime. Perhaps it was because of this regret that he had extraordinary protectiveness and expectations for France.

Louis was not surprised when he saw the prince standing outside the window. "The night is so beautiful tonight," he said, "Your Highness, let's go out for a walk."

Theodric glanced behind the king. Although there was nothing there, he knew that the wizards and priests around the king must be well prepared: "You will make people worried." He said: "Your Majesty, you are still a mortal after all. "

"Theodric," Louis XIV said with a bit of weariness: "In the outer world, there is a man named Jules Mazarin. In the inner world, my guide and protector are only you. What I need now There are too many people who are on guard, Your Highness, and I don’t think you will be one of them.”

"Although I do not think I am capable of shouldering such a heavy responsibility," Theodric said, "I only hope you will allow me to make some suggestions to you."

Louis nodded: "I would love to listen to you, even just the two of us, sir, and we can go for a walk at Stonehenge."

Theodric no longer persuaded the king to stay in the room. To be honest, as a vampire, he was not so willing to stay surrounded by priests and wizards. He gently landed in front of the king, lifted up his huge cloak, and covered it with On top of him, accompanied by smoke and soft crackling sounds, a group of furry, round-headed little bats hugged Louis and flew up. They passed through the window and rose into the sky. The mist flowed around them, and the silvery white above them moon with dark blue sky.

It took three hours to walk on foot and two quarters of an hour on horseback, which was nothing compared to the speed of the Blood Prince. As if in an instant, they arrived at the location of Stonehenge. Stonehenge was not as people thought. Huge boulders stand in one place, like a huge army, extending in neat formation toward the north.

"We are now at the Lemanni Stonehenge. Going north is the Kalmali Stonehenge, and then the Kelskan Stonehenge." Theodric, who transformed from a bat into a human form, said.

Louis reached out and touched his shoulder. Being able to fly in the air is what many people dream of, but unless the vampires have just drank blood, their bodies have no temperature. The same is true for the bats they transform into. Coupled with the chill at high altitude, the king will It was even colder, but Theodric immediately covered him with a black cloak.

"The work of a wizard," said Theodric.

"I have one too," Louis said. "Marie gave it to me."

Theodric didn't speak, and the two of them walked quietly along the stone pillars standing in the darkness. No wonder people would associate them with soldiers wrapped in armor, silent, majestic, and tall, with every feature Similar to the strong warriors people imagine, except for the parts that were dragged away by nearby people and damaged by wind and rain, it can be clearly seen that these stone pillars are arranged regularly.

"The two symmetrical stone pillars are the corridor that guides and restricts the direction, and the three stone pillars form the door. The door sometimes extends to 300 to 500 feet - until the circular altar at the end, behind the altar It's a burial chamber." Louis said that people have a lot of speculations about Stonehenge, holy sites, observatories, sacrificial sites, etc. - all are correct. These are the traces left by wizards. At that time, wizards were still revered priests or Shamans, they used slaves and magic to build this great city of miracles, leaving traces that can be traced back to the third millennium BC. "This is what Mary told me," Louis said. "Look at these, Theo Derek, I wonder how a wizard ended up like this."

"Even the gods cannot change fate." Theodric said: "Since AD, magic has been fading, first the gods, then the monsters - I mean like Argos or Hydra, and then It will only take a few hundred years for dragons, wizards, vampires and werewolves to become the masters of the darkness, but if we predict the future, perhaps humans will eventually replace or defeat them all."

Louis looked at the prince with a very gentle expression. He and Theodric had been very close from the beginning, because although Theodric was a vampire, his thoughts were still very close to humans. He was also a king. , knowing what kind of price it takes to be a king, and what kind of rights and honors you can get.

"But what I want to say is..." Theodric said, at this time he was walking under an extremely tall stone pillar. The height of this stone pillar may be more than fifteen feet, so that the moonlight could not shine on him at all. , only a pair of red eyes were shining like embers in the fireplace, Louis paused, "Please say."

"First of all, I want to tell you, Louis, this assassination is indeed related to the vampire family." Theodric said.

"I have also guessed that I have made many enemies in both the inner world and the outer world, but I also have the power of the inner world around me to resist and protect me. If the power of the inner world is really big enough, I can deal with a king at will at any time. , the inner world has long become the master of the outer world. "Louis put his hand on the cold stone. Wind and rain cannot destroy the stone pillar. At most, it will make the surface mottled or smooth, but if any plant seeds fall on it, In the gaps, the power of their growth can cut through the stone. This is the case with the stone that Louis is pressing. A large piece of its skin is crumbling because an unknown vine grows out of it. "They must have paid a high price," he said. "There may have been multiple efforts, that's what I guessed. It seems that I caused a lot of people's uneasiness."

"I broke the rules first," Theodric said, "so as Vandro's parent, I cannot complain in parliament."

"The Vampires also have a council?"

"We have not existed for a long time," Theodric said. "We have been hesitant about whether to demand our people according to human rules and laws."

"Without rules, there is no circle." Louis said: "Even if you are a vampire, your number is not large, and you are all over every big city. No, it should be said that wherever there are humans, there are traces of you, and you There are probably many people among them living together with humans.”

"Then you may know that among the thirteen clans in the council, only seven belong to the Hidden Feast faction, four other clans belong to the neutral faction, and two belong to the Sabbat faction. But even the first two, they treat humans..." Theodric paused for a moment. He looked at Louis with a serious look on his face, obviously not prepared to tell the truth that was too unpleasant.

"Treat humans as livestock." Louis said: "You are even more superior than wizards, Theodric, because even if wizards hunt mortals to make resurrected corpses, they also know that they are controlling humans, but the vampires cannot get you. Favored humans are the food on the plate. Humans do not talk to cattle and sheep, treating them as the same kind, and neither do you."

"You once expelled Nophele in Paris," Theodric said: "This can be said to have crossed the bottom line of the vampire family. In the parliament, the vampire members argued endlessly - although Nophele is also like to us, They are like animals, but they are also vampires, especially since they have no seats in the parliament, but they have also asked some members to speak for them - they demand revenge." The prince of Vanzhuo took a step forward, walked out of the darkness, and was exposed to the moonlight Next: "But there are also some MPs who believe that you are not targeting Nofel, but that after clearing the slums and abandoned pipelines, the Nofel people have nowhere to hide. You did not let the priests come to encircle them, and in the beginning, it was them First, it will be detrimental to you - so for all that, the council decided not to get involved in the matter between you and Nophele. Of course, because you have wizards and the Inquisition later, all Nophele can do is to hide again. "

"So what makes you think that I will step on your bottom line this time?"

"I saw how you conquered Gajola," Theodric said: "Please don't lie to me, Your Majesty, you want to embezzle the other world - more other worlds and the power of the other world, and also Including the vampires, right?" He didn't wait for Louis to answer: "Of course you will do this, you are a greedy person, you can't feel at ease without holding everything in your hands, Livonia... …”

"This is what I promised His Highness Amon." Louis said.

"Yes, you promised him this, but Your Majesty, Amon and I both know that you gave an exorbitant price. You are negotiating a deal with a crazy devil. No matter how depraved Amon is, he will still be a human being." Blood clan, and the parent of Zmich, why do you think that he will be used by you like Elario? You have nothing to give him. Mortal rights are worthless to him, and if other parents know Your thoughts, whether you are a member of the Secret Banquet, the Sabbat, or a neutral member, they will definitely find ways to make you disappear forever."

Theodric took a step forward, his figure almost completely enveloped the king, and a cold breath came towards him. He stared at Louis, and Louis found that he could not move his body at all.

"You have seen it, you have felt it. Your Majesty, you are supreme among mortals, but in front of the vampires, you are just a delicious meal. Just because we do not intervene in the outer world and remain invisible does not mean that we can do nothing to you. This assassination attempt It may be a warning, you are lucky to have a loyal and tenacious lover, or maybe you have other methods, but we have thirteen clans. You will not be so lucky every time."

Louis sighed softly: “If you insist, I will consider it.”

Theodric stared at him for a while: "You can keep this," he said, "since you have encountered such dangerous things before." As soon as he stretched out his hand, a blue-gray cat was placed on the In Louis' arms, it barked uneasily, without any trace of Theodric's calmness. "Actually, there is something I have always wanted to ask you," Louis murmured, "Why is your incarnation a cat boy?"

Prince Theodric is the patriarch of Vandro. It is no surprise that his incarnation is a snake or other beast, but why is it a cat boy?

"The incarnations of the vampires include mist, bats and cats," Theodric said a little helplessly, "Except for cats, I can't let you have mist hanging around your body or a bat lying on your body. As for why it is so small, Your Majesty, If you get older, you will have conflicts with the priests around you."

"I was just curious for a moment," Louis smiled and put the cat in his pocket, "This is very good and very portable, Your Highness."

Theodric obviously wanted to say something else, but Louis was no longer the young king of twenty years ago. He shook his head and took two steps back. "I'll take you back." He transformed into a swarm of bats in the shadows. , and sent Louis back to the room. Otherwise, with Louis' mortal legs, he might have to walk for a long time before he could return to where he was stationed. Not to mention anything else along the way, this was the place where Breton was full of hostility to the King of France. Tani, it's hard to say if there could be any coincidence.

Louis watched Theodric turn into smoke, being blown by the sea breeze, flying into the sky, and disappearing from sight. He put down the window curtains, walked to the small round table beside the bed, took out Catboy under the flickering candlelight, and then A doll.

Catboy fell asleep soundly, like a ball of melted grease, warm and soft - of course this situation was not right, the culprit was the doll in Louis' other pocket - it stood up, laughed twice, and the sound It's very small and thin, but anyone who has met Mr. Amon will know it when he hears it - it's not that his voice is not beautiful. This kind of beauty is easily reminiscent of a nightingale impaled on a thorn, as if every sound has a unique sound. Blood and death.

"Good guy," said the doll, or Amon attached to the doll, "I guessed that Theodric would definitely come to you."

"It seems that Vanzhuo and Zimich are not from the same faction." Louis untied his cloak and put it on the chair, "But it's not surprising. Your enemies always know you better than your friends."

"The Hidden Feast and the Sabbat cannot be said to be complete enemies. We just, according to you humans, have different ideas." Amon said - of course, no one believed it, "Just like Theodric said, We are also vampires, and the ideas of the Sabbat are more radical than those of the Hidden Banquet. If you really want to take everything into your pocket, as Theodric said, Your Majesty, it will be difficult, very difficult, even if you take Cain It’s impossible to dig it out from the ground.”

"Because vampires and wizards are different." Louis said.

"Yes, it may be possible for wizards to coexist harmoniously with mortals, but it is not possible for vampires. You should know it best, because you are the kind of person who will pursue it to the end when there is a slight threat." Amon's doll is crooked Speaking on the candlestick, the doll's glass eyes were dimmed under the candlelight. Just like Theodric said, he should have separated part of the mist and contracted it inside the doll's body: "This is what Theodric is worried about. He knows you always know what you want to know, and then..." He opened his hands: "The cat is about to knock over the cutlery rack."