I Am Louis XIV

Prince Amon, Zmich's parent, has always been an unrestrained existence, and it is not surprising that he would do anything - when the doll said this sentence in a tone similar to a sigh, Louis knew that he had made a decision ——Theodric had made false threats, but Amon would definitely do it without hesitation.

"It's a pity," Louie said before it acted. "It's too late."

"What's too late?" Amon asked.

"You should have done this thirty years ago, the first night you saw me," Louis smiled fearlessly: "Forcibly transform, or kill me."

"It's not too late, Your Majesty, thirty years is nothing to me."

"You know that's not what I'm referring to," Louis said, "but as you said, the lifespan of vampires is far longer than that of humans. This is your advantage, but it is also your disadvantage. For example, now .”

"Now?"

"If you killed me that night, or forced me to become your descendant, then the blood race, no, it should be said, the other world may still survive for a hundred years, or even hundreds of years, until human beings are too strong to allow There is any corner that they ignore—but if that time comes... the blood race, and all intelligent creatures different from humans, will usher in a catastrophe, and this catastrophe will end with the victory of human beings. Yours Descendants, Your Highness, by that time, they will either die, or they will be like ligers in the circus and become human entertainment tools..."

"Are you humiliating me, humiliating the blood race?" Unexpectedly, Amon didn't get angry, he was very calm, but people are generally quite tolerant to people who are about to die.

"I'm telling the truth," Louis said more calmly, his tone didn't even fluctuate a bit: "The vampires have a long lifespan, Theodric mentioned that you may exist far longer than him, and some vampires have speculated that you may It is three or four generations. Amon is also not a Christian name. Your Highness, you mentioned King Solomon and intended to make him your descendant. May I say that you were already the head of Zmihi at that time? Or their ancestors? How can you not understand me after all the time and all that you have seen?"

The candle flickered slightly, and it was about to burn out: "In the history of mankind," Louis said, "let us go forward, forward, and forward, beyond the AD, Your Highness, we can see that, in fact, the last What they worship first is nature and animals, those powerful existences that they cannot explain and cannot resist, such as hurricanes, thunder and lightning, floods, all kinds of ferocious beasts and birds of prey, just like the gods of the Egyptians, almost all of them have distinctive animal The same is true of the original gods in other places, but since ancient Greece and Rome, the image of the gods has changed from animals to humans...Why, it is simple, because humans are advancing, they become smarter and stronger , they may still be unable to resist floods and droughts, but they can take advantage of them, as for the beasts that were once revered by them, they are no longer worthy of being enshrined on the altar because they have changed from hunters to prey."

"It's only a few hundred years from the altar to the altar," Louis continued, "There is a saying in the far east, which Bishop Mazaran took very seriously, and he also gave it to me. I found that it can be used in many places—the non-self race must have a different heart." He admired: "What a philosophical sentence, Your Highness, in fact, we can find that for human beings, this non-self It has been constantly changing, human beings are selfish creatures who just divide camps according to their own likes and dislikes."

"If you had transformed me or killed me back then, there would never have been a king in France who dared to drive wizards and vampires," Louis sighed, "The difference between me and Philip is that I can say I have no faith."

Amon's body moved slightly. Although this matter was considered an open secret to those close to the king, the blood prince was still shocked when Louis said it himself.

"I have no faith. I don't believe in purgatory and heaven. I don't care whether I sit next to a saint or a devil in the future. I think that human beings only have consciousness but no soul, so I treat people of different beliefs equally." Louis said in one breath Go on: "Without me, Philip became the king of France. He may be a good king, but he will not be a destroyer. The barrier between the outside world and the inside world will still exist, and human beings will reproduce step by step. Expansion...but one day, everything will be hidden from their eyes."

"How long do you think this process will take?" Amon asked.

"Five hundred, no, three hundred years." Louis said: "And I don't mean doubts, but certainty, you know that scholars and captains have sent me a calculation chart, because they suspect that there are some they can't identify But what exists, my mathematicians say, there is nothing they can't calculate - I gave them the area where Gayola Island is located, and the results show that they are from tides, undercurrents, and marine life. It is indeed deduced that there should be an island somewhere, even if they can't see or touch anything."

"if there was not you……"

"Maybe it will be one or two hundred years later, but the result will not change. No king will be indifferent to his country. The disappeared territory is also his territory, as long as it is still within the national border." Louis said: "At that time To what extent will the development of human beings reach? Your Highness, when the ancient Romans switched from bronze to black iron, priests, shamans, and monsters had to take their place. The temples are full of human gods. I don’t know. Knowing how long the vampires have existed, is it God’s punishment as the priests said, but I know that a strong man will not be willing to give in.” What he didn’t say was——if the vampires were really completely above humans If it is not, then it will not be human beings who are the rulers now.

"You see, you can kill me, but time will not turn back. What I did, Leopold I, Carlos II, and Charles II are also doing. After getting rid of the initial fear, the blood race has already Became the former gods—like beasts, you used humans as food, and you were once stronger than humans,” Louis smiled wearily: “Maybe it’s the same now, with faster speed and greater power, and can be transformed into bats and smoke , non-fatal wounds can be healed quickly. When a few individuals face each other, your advantage is beyond doubt. But we all know that the most terrifying thing about human beings is not their individuality. To no avail - and we now have more than spears.

The blood race has a long lifespan, Your Highness, what I cannot see, you can see, my body and consciousness turn into ashes, but you may see the destruction of the blood race——If you insist on continuing—'Not my race kind'. Hundreds of years later, humans will exclude you from the 'same me', and they will hunt and domesticate you like hunting and domesticating wild animals, until the last blood race disappears. "

"...I really should have transformed you into my descendants more than twenty years ago." After a suffocating silence, Amon said: "But you are planning to turn human beings into our descendants hundreds of years later. Has the threat and exploitation of China reached the present?"

"I just want to give it a try," Louis said. "Strigoi are not beasts without wisdom and thought, just like wizards. If they can keep pace with humans..."

Amon showed a look of surprise. It was not easy on a ceramic face the size of a thumb, but he did it: "You actually think so?"

"What's so strange about this?" Louis asked back: "My eldest son is a wizard. Do I want to see my descendants become a member of the circus for people's entertainment?"

"Human beings and blood races have irresolvable conflicts, and human beings are our food." Amon said.

"It's still the same sentence, human beings are developing." Louis said: "Even now, as long as you are willing, you can take enough but not fatal blood." Blood princes are willing to be hired by human kings in order to seek territories and titles for their direct descendants—but can a title make victims and their relatives and friends blind, deaf, fools and idiots? What they are looking for is just some tax breaks. What does it matter if they pay for one or two children or even themselves? Human life is sometimes very precious, and sometimes it is very cheap. Could it be that the reanimated corpses driven by wizards are also themselves? Did they come from looting one by one? If so, I just made these more regular and organized."

He met the eyes of the Amongo monster: "I must say, I am just an ordinary person with a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder."

"I was going to kill you a few minutes ago," Amon said, "but now I don't know what to do."

"I know that what you and Theodric are worried about is that I will face all blood races," Louis said, "I am not such a fool, I will avenge my lover and the mother of my child, and I will eliminate the hidden crisis. But I will not set off a war between the outer world and the inner world, unless someone wants me to do so - you can look at me and see what I do, I said that human beings always seek good luck and avoid bad luck, and I am no exception, Your Highness .”

"I still think you will be a huge variable." Amon said.

"Then you can try," Louis said, "but I don't think the future I'm predicting will change."

The doll stood up and walked around on the table. Amon rarely hesitated like this, especially when facing a human being. What is a human being? He can always see through them at a glance, whether they are noble or Is it despicable, or pure, or greedy... The long years have made him feel uninterested in any human being, just like a profound scholar facing a simple picture book.

Then this "picture book" let him see the not-too-distant future.

Louis is right. As Amon who came from the time of King Solomon, it can be said that he watched how magic rapidly weakened and subsided. He has seen and heard all the legends and myths that humans think of. He has heard about how human beings became strong and continued to be strong - he can also prove it. In comparison, the prosperity of the blood race is only a short one or two hundred years...

When human beings only had bronze or black iron spears, the tough skin, swift speed, and strength of a bull or a giant bear could indeed make people tremble, but now human artillery can already destroy the city walls piled up with huge stones up.

Should he believe or accept the nonsense of Louis XIV? Compared with Charles II or Leopold I, this human being is greedy and tolerant. He has the courage to ask the blood race to become a member of the French people, but at the same time, he also treats France, not a place, Two fiefdoms were given to the blood race.

I treat everyone equally, he said.

"I gave you thirty years," Amon heard himself say, "I can give you another thirty years, Louis."

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As soon as Varo Vesalius stepped out of the mirror, his legs were so weak that he almost fell down.

Even Barras couldn't help saying: "We may not be able to save you in time." That was the prince of Zmich.

"Then you really have to go back to Rome." Louis said lightly.

Barras lowered his head, he had nothing to shirk in the matter of Marie Mancini, "Erario has developed very well in the Church of Rome, so I don't want to call him back, but I think if I do If there is a need, he won't mind recommending a few people to me." Louis looked at Barras: "I am not a heartless person, but I hope that the people under my command will do their best, and you should understand what I mean."

"Do you really want to..."

"I've done the same thing once," Louis said, "but at that time I handed it over to werewolves and wizards. The root system in the dark still needs to be dug out and burned cleanly.”

"It's going to be a big wave."

"So I'm going to start a watch world war." Louis seemed to be saying - as simple and relaxed as making a cup of coffee with his own hands, "I'm tired of going back and forth with some idiots in secret - wait for me At the end of my tour in Brittany, I will issue a decree."

"May I... know about it?" Vesalius asked with difficulty.

"I intend to divide France into provinces," said Louis.

Ballas' complexion was pale: "You don't want to, you don't want to..." Establish a new Protestantism like Henry VIII of England...

"What are you thinking? Of course not," Louis said. The Roman Church had little restraint on the King of France, and he had two orthodox heirs: "I intend to divide Brittany into five provinces," he said. Turn the wine glass: "There will be no Brittany in the future. Everyone."