[Zongmeiying] Soul Mate

The whole Cattleya is shrouded in the vast water vapor brought by the monsoon. This white city is like a city in the sky standing in the clouds. Elizabeth sometimes feels that the flow of time here is different, as if this small island is eternal. Everything slows down.

"Do you know... Baldwin IV? He led an army to defeat Saladin when he was 16 years old, and he still won more with less."

Elisabeth leaned against the marble columns, watching the torrential rain pouring down, the splashes disappearing before wetting her skirts, thanking the wizards who had cast spells here.

They didn't go out today because of the weather, and Caius was sitting on a large armchair carefully cleaning a long sword. Hearing her question, he raised his head and asked with some doubts, "King of Jerusalem?"

"Yes." Elizabeth nodded.

Caius was not always concerned about these old sesame seeds and rotten millet, but since she asked, he still searched his memory seriously, and finally found something from a corner, "His uncle Baldwin The III had promised him the throne at birth, but he was a leper, and not long after his illness deteriorated and his death, Saladin captured Jerusalem."

"Then have you seen him in person?" Elizabeth walked towards Caius, naturally sat on the armrest of his chair, and reached out for the sword in his hand.

"I have never seen him. His life is too short." Caius handed her the hilt of the sword and held the blade by himself. The sword was not light, and he was afraid that she would not be able to hold it steadily.

"I know," Elizabeth nodded, "he only lived to be more than 20 years old...but the Supreme Court, the major dioceses, and all the nobles, even though they knew that he would be damaged by leprosy and would not even have children, they were still loyal to the His reign, he should be a wise king."

"The tragic fate made his crown more attractive." Caius commented indifferently, any man's name would make him uncomfortable when Elizabeth said it.

Realizing that Caius didn't like this topic, Elizabeth didn't ask any more questions. She lowered her head and looked at the sword in her hand curiously. Special, it looks like it has aged.

"What is this made of, copper?" She tapped the blade with her fingertips. Obviously, this is not iron. Copper has a lower melting point than iron, so it is easier to mine and make. arena of war.

"Yes," Caius replied softly, "this is the replica of the first sword I officially got when I was 11 years old."

"11 years old?" Elizabeth turned her face to look at Caius in surprise. This sword is very heavy just by the hilt, and it looks like it should be used by an adult at least.

Elizabeth would be even more surprised if she told her the age at which she had started using a weapon.Caius nodded, his slender fingers slid across the blade casually, the sharp weapon did not leave a single trace on his now pale and hard skin.

This sounded like the beginning of a story. Elizabeth was curious, and she asked softly, "What happened?"

Without answering immediately, Caius considered the words in his mind. Although Elizabeth is not a naive child who sees things in black and white, even if she can understand, he doesn't want to scare her with the cruel way of life of human beings thousands of years ago.

"The Mycenaean civilization and several Near Eastern empires declined together," Elizabeth seemed a little puzzled, and he gave her a few examples, "For example, the Hittite and Egyptian civilizations, when the Dorians came down from the sea with iron weapons, Outdated bronze weapons brought Greece into the Dark Ages."

Speaking of these histories, Caius could vaguely hear the special sounds of war cries and swords piercing into the human body, but now he can only vaguely remember the feeling of bright red blood flowing down his forehead.

He grew up on the battlefield, and he didn't even have time to learn to read and write in his short human life. Perhaps because of this, after his second life, he appreciated art and art for a long time. Knowledge.

"My father was afraid of war, and the whole country was immersed in the dream of being strong and prosperous with him. His only political means was to consolidate power through marriage, but it is ridiculous that people ignored his cowardice and only praised his tolerance."

Speaking of his father, he couldn't restrain his disdainful eyes, Caius said coldly, "As a king, he didn't die on the battlefield, but died in the court's tricks, leaving behind a country that is strong on the outside but capable on the inside... He, too Once called a wise monarch."

He once loved this man he called father king from the bottom of his heart, but this love disappeared after he married the third queen despite his mother's pleading. Caius had several half-brothers. Make him protective of the things he cares about.

His father always chose to compromise with his brothers and nobles, and used concessions in exchange for temporary peace. To the end of his life, this cowardly man did not understand what a greedy monster ambition was. It became stronger and stronger until it finally devoured its master.

"I got this sword at my father's funeral," Elizabeth let go of the hilt, and Caius lifted it up. A cold light flashed the sharp blade in the candlelight, and he murmured, "This Accompany me with the body of the weapon until the end of my human life."

Without answering, Elizabeth frowned and held Caius' wrist.

The war in the cold weapon era seems extremely cruel and inhumane today. The slaves were driven onto the battlefield like cattle and sheep. They held copper weapons that had been eliminated, and even wooden sticks tied with stone knives resisted the iron weapons. As long as the army can win or get a chance to negotiate, the suffering of the people at the bottom will not be considered by any king at that time.

"My mother taught me to love my people and give them more wealth and freedom," Caius held Elizabeth in his arms and whispered in her ear, "She wishes I could be more like my father , because she really loves him and adores him."

"But I've always believed that a king doesn't need to love his people, a king just needs to protect his territory... untimely love brings weakness, if I'm weak, I'll fail and my people will become Slaves from other countries."

"Many people accuse my rule of cruelty." Skillfully skipping many bloody details, Caius looked straight into Elizabeth's eyes, "but in my lifetime, I ruled with an iron fist and built a powerful country, Let my people live in safety."

The once dark age, full of war and bloody history, is no longer a distant plot in movies and TV series in his mouth.

During this moment of silence, countless thoughts rolled through Elizabeth's mind.

So fate once cursed his crown viciously. Elizabeth stared at Caius' bright red eyes, and suddenly wanted to know what color his iris was.Vampire venom healed the scars left by war and amplified his charm, but it also obscured the freshness and glory of his once human life.

Today, more than 3000 years later, he still looks very young. It is conceivable that his human career is short. Anyone who can achieve what Caius once achieved at this age is something to be proud of.

The love and friendship, the pain and the betrayal of his short human life are a mystery to Elizabeth today.Since seeing him in the portrait for the first time, Elizabeth has never failed to admire and admire his beauty now, but now Elizabeth suddenly wants to see the twisted and ugly scars left by war and death, which she has not been able to accompany something he bears.

"...I knew you were not a kind person." Elizabeth approached Caius' ear with a blank expression, and said softly, "You know that, right? Your story can't scare me away."

Before he could speak, Elizabeth straightened up and kissed him on the lips, "You don't have to say anything."

Their foreheads touched their foreheads, their noses rubbing against each other like a child's, and Caius waited silently for Elizabeth's reaction.The atmosphere in the room was quiet and stalemate for a while, but to his surprise, she suddenly laughed, with a relaxed and lovely laugh, as if she wasn't bothered by anything he said before.

Elizabeth climbed down from his lap, stood before him and curtseyed—the most solemn way of saluting she felt.

She said, "Hello, Your Majesty."

"My name is Elizabeth. I am 16 years old. My academic performance is not bad. I don't have any extraordinary intelligence or extraordinary talent."

"So far in my life, the most brilliant thing I have done is to have a few friends who can trust me. The luckiest thing is that I have many relatives who love me. The happiest thing is that I got 5 points in AP in the first half of this year. ...the bravest thing was to go to Italy and meet my soul mate."

Then, under Caius' warm and surprised eyes, she lowered her head shyly, but still said firmly, "The most fortunate thing is that my soul mate has not been defeated by any enemy. The time, finally met me."

The author has something to say:

Baldwin IV's character design is taken from Edward Norton's Kingdom of Heaven, which is different from the real history.

Norton is full of acting skills~