Allen and his little bones [Western Fantasy]

after an hour--

"Hope", Allen chewed the word repeatedly in his heart. He wanted to reach out and touch his face, or find a mirror to take a closer look to see if his expression was too shocked.

In the past hour, the amount of information that Louis told him was a bit too large, and he needed to sort out the information received in his mind, and sort them out from a mess to a clear one.

There are no obscure and difficult words, and no puzzles are deliberately set in the words.

Louis told him a tragedy hidden under the gorgeous and powerful appearance of the Val family from generation to generation in a very concise sentence.

There has never been such a good thing as a pie in the sky, and all seemingly lucky gains must be accompanied by some kind of loss.The Vaal ancestors exchanged the curse for the powerful power and long lifespan that allowed the race to prosper, and the Vaal family was promoted to a pure-blooded family.At that time, the elders in charge of the clan believed that the price paid in exchange for power was nothing more than a pair of twins in the clan. If the sacrifice that only applied to a pair of Vaal twins could be used to exchange for the prosperity of the entire family, that would be great. A trade that doesn't cause much loss.

The cursed twins, one of them will be chosen as the first head of the family, and his task is to "inherit".

The twins responsible for the inheritance task will marry the pre-designated fiancée immediately after reaching the age of marriage. The first child born to his wife will also be a pair of twins, and the curse will continue on the new twins. .

The other of the twins will ascend to the position of Patriarch after half-death and become the successor Patriarch. His task is to "prosper".

The twins who are responsible for prosperity will teach the newborn twins how to manage the family, try their best to make the Vaal family stronger, and decide at the right moment who will be responsible for "inheritance" and who will be responsible for "prosperity" among the newborn twins. .

The one in charge of "Prosperity" also has a special restriction - he cannot form a partner with anyone throughout his life.

Except for each other and their fathers who also inherited the fate of being cursed, no one cares whether they are willing to bear the curse destined to be born, no one cares whether they are willing or not.

Because this curse has lasted for so long in the Vaal family, the rest of the clan have long regarded it as a common practice that the heir of the patriarch will be a pair of twins. Gradually, only the twin patriarchs from generation to generation know the truth behind it and understand the meaning of the position of "patriarch". Under the beautiful appearance, what do they need to bear.

"The ancestor who pushed the Vaal family to the top of the night clan must never have imagined that one day the victim he chose would have the idea of ​​rebellion."

Louis, who was talking about this, laughed, the arc of his lips raised sharply and ironically.

"It must have never occurred to him that one day, those who have been unable to form a partner with anyone throughout their lives will fall in love with their half."

Only the party responsible for "Prosperity" will be told the whole truth by the previous "Prosperity".

It's like a vicious circle.

From several generations onwards, the twins can't form a partner with anyone, can't have emotional entanglements with others, and the one who wants to witness the half-death of their own body begins to have a feeling for their brothers that surpasses "brothers". emotion.

The conversion experiment, when it was first proposed, was a quiet attempt by that generation to break the curse.

"You can look at the time of the first experiment in the experiment record book. It was from that Patriarch that they found a way to break the curse."

This "they" refers to the twins who are also on the "prosperous" side.

"If the conversion experiment is successful, the special power in the body will be cleared with the replacement of the elements. The power obtained by the exchange will no longer be able to be used, and the balance of the exchange will no longer be valid. Perhaps the curse will also be invalidated. The original idea of ​​the elders."

However, the idea is always good, but the actual operation of the conversion experiment is not so smooth.

After several generations of hard work, the first successful case was barely made in the father's generation of Neil and Louis.

"But the experiment was terminated after Julisa Winter."

Alan remembered Neil's words.

With a successful case, the experiment has been terminated, but this generation of Patriarch Val still faces the fate of not having a long life.

Obviously, the experimental results deviated from the expected ones.

"Her success only seemed successful at the time. She can become a complete undead, but still retains the ability to turn back into a human being." Louis rubbed the center of his brows.

Allen's expression moved slightly.

Can switch between undead and human - isn't this the status quo of Eli?

"I'm sure that Eli Egbert's situation must be related to Julisa Winter, but it's not clear to what extent. After the experiment was terminated that year, Julisa left the Val family's territory , never appeared again."

Louis said, and took out a small stack of papers.

"Here is some information about Julisa Winter. In fact, after she left, she still had contact with my uncle several times. My uncle gave this information to me as part of his 'prosperity' duties."

Allen took the paper, but was not in a hurry to read it.

He is more concerned with another issue.

"Mr. Lewis, is the reason for the suspension of the experiment limited to the deviation of the results?"

An experiment that has lasted for so long has cost several generations of hard work. It would be unreasonable to give up willingly because of a deviation in the results.

"The deviation of the result is indeed only one of the reasons." Louis's red pupils gave Alan a meaningful look.

"Another reason for the huge shift in planning, is you."

"……I?"

"Yes, the group of undead elders made a prophecy in the year when the experiment was successful, that a child with 'hope' would be born in the territory of Theodore decades later."