[Beauty and the Beast] Rose Castle

The black air went up along his arm, like an unpredictable translucent ghost, seeping into his skin everywhere, a wisp of black air even entwined into his eyes, and the golden pupils gradually darkened, but he didn't notice it. , calmly tied the bandage back, and then raised his eyes to look at me.

Black is a mysterious color, and his aura was cold and mysterious. After his pupils turned black, the coercion from the superiors on his body became even stronger.Being stared at by him like this, my back was inexplicably cold, I coughed twice, and pointed to the bandage on his palm: "This...is it all right?"

"It doesn't matter." Lambert replied casually, "Let's continue the previous topic."

The black air was still spreading, emanating from his palm endlessly, climbing up his shoulders, neck, jaw, bridge of nose... some even got into his hair.His hair was originally dark, but after being invaded by the black air, it was like a moonless and starless night without a trace of luster.

The strange thing is that when the black air emanates from his palm, it is a very unpleasant rancid smell, but when it spreads to his whole body, it turns into a fishy and pungent smell, which is quite aggressive... as if a male beast is begging. Occasional smell.The smell was so strong, but he remained ignorant of it.

The situation is not right, very wrong.I sat back unconsciously: "What topic?"

He looked at my position, put one hand on my side, leaned over, the corners of his lips curled up indifferently: "You want me to become like 'it', don't you?"

Why are you talking about this again... Didn't you make it clear last time?

Seeing that I didn't answer, his eyes became dangerous and aggressive: "Huh?"

Even though I liked his closeness very much, I couldn't help shivering: "Of course not. You said that 'it' is your instinct...I've always regarded you as the same person. I just don't want you to suppress yourself too much It’s just too hard to live that way. I know you’re different from everyone else and have special responsibilities and missions, but even normal people need to relax...and you too.”

When I heard "Responsibility and Mission", Lambert's eyes flashed a slight mockery, and it seemed to be just my illusion.After a brief silence, he nodded and said calmly: "In the end, you still prefer 'it'."

The black air made his eyes almost completely black. Even though he didn't show any pain or other abnormalities, I still felt that something was wrong, and asked: "Is there something wrong with the python's barbs? I just saw black blood coming out of the wound." gas……"

"Hmm." He glanced at the palm with a look of indifference, "Someone put poison on its barbs."

poison?Why can he say it in such a casual tone?My heartbeat stopped for a beat, and when I thought of him being poisoned, my whole body shivered as if I had fallen into a cold trough: "Will it be life-threatening?"

He looked at my expression for a while, and suddenly ordered: "Hold me."

"what?"

"immediately."

I was startled, and hugged him for no reason: "What's wrong?"

He closed his eyes, and lightly rubbed against my neck twice like a beast Lambert.What's different is that when Beast Lambert does this, it's no different from animals acting like a baby... His human features are too obvious, the high nose bridge, sharp jaw, and prominent Adam's apple all remind me that he is a Man, a rational and wonderful man.

The future king of the Northern Kingdom is acting like a baby to me.Thinking of this, my whole body became stiff, and the only thing left in my ears was the sound of my heartbeat that was as violent as a rainstorm.I don't know how long it has passed, his deep and cold voice echoed in my ears: "Do you know the seven deadly sins?"

His topic jumped too fast, I was stunned for two seconds before I realized it, and when I was about to answer, he continued on his own: "Arrogance, greed, jealousy, anger, gluttony, lust, laziness... Among them, peacocks are arrogant, goats are greedy, bats are jealousy, dogs are angry, pigs are gluttony, monkeys are lust#lust, sloths are lazy. Some tribes use these animals to punish traitors with special The witchcraft is concocted into poison ① to make the traitor feel the pain of committing the seven deadly sins. It will not endanger life, don't worry."

"Then you now..."

"Me now?" His tone sounded calm, but his articulation made people feel uneasy, as if every syllable contained madness and distortion. "It's jealousy."

I held his cheeks in my hands, except for the dark pupils, there was really no other abnormality.Thinking that my life would not be in danger, I breathed a sigh of relief: "Then what can I do to relieve your pain?"

He chuckled: "You really want to know?"

Looking at his smile, I trembled in my heart, afraid that he would make some difficult demands.But he propped himself up, leaning against the sofa, resting his elbows on the armrests, his thoughts drifting into the distance, he lost his mind for a while, and then said for a long time: "I have been here when I was young. Your country is completely different from the North Country. Witchcraft is here. There is no respect here, it is a synonym for crime, and all criminal, wicked women are called 'witches'."

I don't know why he suddenly mentioned this.I nodded: "In the past, many women who committed crimes were burned at the stake as 'witches'."

"Rosa." He suddenly called my name solemnly.

"Ah? What's wrong?"

His tone was flat: "Kiss me, otherwise I'll be jealous of 'it' all the time."

……

With hot cheeks, I inhaled deeply, exhaled, and kissed him quickly.

He glanced at me, a short and ordinary look, but it made me blush again.He continued: "In the northern kingdom, wizards were more respected than the royal family. At one time, the market was full of books about witchcraft and alchemy. Agriculture and commerce were not taken seriously, and farmers abandoned them one after another. Hoes, sold fields at a low price, and went bankrupt to study witchcraft. Because goods other than witchcraft were unsalable, traveling merchants from other countries gradually stopped coming to the Northland. Gradually, even though the Northland opened its doors, encouraged trade, and welcomed outsiders to settle, eventually Still turned into a closed country. Some people even called us 'wu country'."

This is an unimaginable scene for me, that there would be a country that honors witchcraft.There was a time when women in our village were even forbidden to wear dark cloaks.As long as you wear a black cloak and hold a wooden cane, even if you are not a witch, you will be taken away as a witch.It was strange that witchcraft should prevail in Lambert's country.

"What happened later? I heard from Ulysses that you expelled the witch?"

He smiled: "In the whole country, he is the only one who thinks that expelling witches is my decision. The person who wants to expel witches is not me, but my father. The point of order. In order to concentrate power and restore the deterrence of the royal power, he played a play with the archbishop."

archbishop?The bishop in the purple robe in the dream?

"At that time, my mother gave birth to me. My father and the archbishop fabricated a perfect life experience for me. A king who can make the people live long, make the country prosperous, and the god-chosen king will be persecuted by witchcraft. What else do the people have? The reason does not exclude witchcraft? Everyone thinks that I am the chosen one and the future king, but they don't know that I am just a tool for the royal family to centralize power." His tone was still so calm, and his knuckles even tapped his knees casually.

...So this is the truth of that prophecy?

The bondage he experienced from birth to adulthood was just a lie about power?

I opened my mouth to comfort him, but I didn't know what to say to achieve the effect of comfort.If I thought I was born with a mission, sacrificed my nature and freedom for this, and was willing to be imprisoned by various dogmas, but in the end I found out that it was a lie, a fraud, and I was nothing.what would i think

It will probably be very sad, and those with poor endurance may collapse.

What was in his mind when he found out the truth?

"Because of the prophecy, all the wizards in the northern kingdom were expelled, and the books about witchcraft and alchemy were burned to ashes. My father and king seem to be gentle and weak, without great wisdom, but in fact they are tougher than anyone else. In order to make the prophecy Realistic, to prevent the witches from making a comeback, he arranges my life strictly according to the prophecy, and prohibits all entertainment activities..." At this point, he propped his jaw and smiled playfully, "You know, as long as you have been baptized by witchcraft for many years Well, the human body itself can resist some witchcraft. Therefore, some small witchcraft will not have any effect on an aged wizard."

A bad premonition rose in my heart: "Then you..."

"A lie told thousands of times becomes the truth. As time goes by, those who know the truth of the prophecy either die of old age or are executed. A false prophecy becomes God's instruction. In order for me to remain absolutely To be rational, not to be persecuted by witchcraft, and to make the country prosperous for a long time, the ministers brainstormed and thought of many 'good ways'. The 'seven deadly sins' is just one of them."

In the illusion, I can only see the pictures, but cannot hear the voices of those people.I thought everything was as prophesied. Lambert was a born and supreme king who shouldered great responsibilities and was admired and expected by all peoples. In order to prevent "the devil from living in his body", his instinct and nature were imprisoned... …Now, after hearing another truth from him, I realize that the so-called responsibility is just a lie of the king; the so-called future is just a false prophecy; the so-called king is just a victim of political games.But what he suffered and was imprisoned was real.

The responsibility is heavy.Not every king will take the future of the people as his own responsibility, just like not every mother will take care of her own children.Thinking about it this way, his past is simply a regrettable tragedy... If you think that you are responsible for the future of the country from birth, with heavy responsibilities on your back, voluntarily sacrificing entertainment, emotion and freedom, however, As he grew older, he found out that it was all a hoax.The prophecy is false, the responsibility is false, all sacrifices are meaningless, only the imprisoned instinct and nature have really disappeared.I was afraid that I would collapse on the spot, but he said it in such an understatement...

At this time, no matter what you say, it will appear false.Besides, I don't know how to speak.After thinking about it, I could only get closer to him, and then get closer, and pat him on the shoulder.

The next second, Lambert suddenly grabbed my hand, pulled me into his arms, lowered his head, and stared into my eyes: "Are you pitying me, Rosa?"

I don't know if it's my illusion, although his appearance looks a little fragile, but that dangerous aura is exuding from him again.As if being stared at by a wild beast, I was a little stiff, but I was afraid that he would think too much, so I forcefully said, "How could I pity you... You are the best and most outstanding man I have ever seen. Even if the prophecy is false , even if I have never been to the Northern Kingdom, you are the most suitable king in my mind."

"Best and best?" he said slowly. "You said that to Ophelia, too."

I am not a person who is good at words, and it is not easy to say these words.After a pause, I said dryly, "You are both excellent."

I don't know what went wrong with this sentence, the black energy on his body is inexplicably getting stronger and stronger, the smell of male courtship is getting stronger and stronger, and the aggressiveness in his eyes is becoming more and more obvious: "I don't like you mentioning Anyone, not even Ophelia. I want you to only have me in your eyes." After the words fell, my cheeks were already hot like a fever, but he pushed my chin with one finger and continued to show my bones And said bluntly, "I remember I said that you will make me feel jealous when you get close to 'it', why do you still want to get close to 'it'..."

no more.The face felt like it could be ironed, and my heart was about to jump out of my chest... I forced myself to calm down, and pushed his shoulder: "Lambert, you've become so strange, is it related to the 'seven deadly sins'?"

"Rosa's so smart." He said the ecstasy in such a calm tone that it really killed him.

My throat was dry, and my heart beat faster and faster: "It was jealousy just now, so what is it now?"

"greedy."

"Then next, is there still laziness and gluttony..."

"That's right." He let go of me and smiled at me, "I already want to eat you."

……

I shuddered, feeling that his words didn't have any ambiguous meaning, they were literally... Just as I was about to say something, my two hot lips fell down, with a possessive desire close to terror, Lambert kissed me.

After the kiss was over, he wiped his lips with his thumb knuckles, and said calmly, "Rosa, you'd better stay away from me today."