caged robin

Abner slowly opened his eyes. There was a flame in front of him. It was already dark. He was lying in Oreas' arms, and Aaron was sitting opposite him, looking at the flame silently.

"And then?" Abner asked Aaron.

Aaron was taken aback, "What?"

"The book written by the blood monkey."

"It disappeared, and not long after that, a body with its heart dug out appeared."

"That book... I seem to have seen it in Baihan Tower later, but it was changed."

Aaron was surprised, "Johnny didn't burn it?"

"...Maybe it's useful for him to keep it, but he doesn't dare to stay with him, but I'm not sure if he's still there now."

Aaron was silent for a while, then heaved a long sigh, "It doesn't matter whether you are there or not."

Yes, people are dead, Abner thought, shivering.

Oreas wrapped his coat around Abner's body, held his hand tightly, and asked softly, "Is it warm?"

Abner rubbed against Oreas' neck, "It's very warm."

Aaron glanced at them and said, "Your father will be very happy to see you."

Abner was taken aback, "How is it possible?"

"Your father told me more than once that as long as you are happy, he will accept whether you bring back an ugly monster or a criminal. Now it seems that this gentleman is neither ugly nor a murderer. Your father will definitely happy."

Abner recalled his father's smile, and his heart gradually warmed up, but his father's weak figure lying on the bed suddenly broke everything, he frowned, his eyes were cold, "You don't need to say these words to impress the kings, you say— —Why did you murder my father?"

Aaron was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head to see Abner's cold face through the firelight.

"Master, I can swear to the kings that I have never hurt Lord Wang Fu or Master Jonny. As for why I have fallen to this point, it is already obvious," Aaron looked at Abner , with a heavy voice, "Master Jonny has already noticed that I suspect him to be a heartbreaker, and he must get rid of me."

Abner stared at Aaron, trying to see the flustered look on his face, but he didn't. He kept stabbing silently, as if he was content with being framed and the sores on his feet.

"Master, you don't need to believe me right now, but I must tell you..." Aaron raised his head and looked at the night sky covered by trees, "According to the taboo of blood relatives, the next person to die is—the Duchess. "

Abner was taken aback.

At this time, the midnight bell rang, and a group of painted crows appeared on the Duolun Palace in the distance.

After midnight, Rhea's birthday.

Abner suddenly shuddered and stood up.

"Master." Aaron also stood up.

"I'll go back and have a look."

Abner walked straight to Duolun Palace, his heart beating in his throat, he didn't know what he was about to face.

When we arrived at the Yufu Building, the building was surprisingly quiet, and there seemed to be nothing unusual.There were faint candlelights on both sides of the hall, and the entire Imperial Auxiliary Building was shrouded in a twilight.

Suddenly there was the sound of footsteps on the stairs, he raised his head, and saw Johnny standing on the second floor, looking at himself.

"Brother, you are back, where have you been?"

Jonny's voice was still so weak, but Abner felt his scalp tingling.

"Going to Aaron Ackerman."

"Oh? Did you find it?" Johnny was still standing on the steps, unable to come down, and his weak voice gradually seemed to be hiding a knife.

Abner glanced behind him and said, "I found it, Aaron, come in."

After speaking, Aaron walked into the cold hall.

Jonny's face was obviously stiff, but he quickly recovered, "Aaron, long time no see, you have caused me and my father a lot."

Aaron stared at him closely, without speaking.

Jonny smiled faintly, and continued: "Brother, if you find Aaron, you can hand it over to the Knights. It's past midnight, so go to bed early. It's my mother's birthday today. Regardless of whether he comes or not, I have reserved a place for him. "

Abner took a deep breath, stared at Johnny closely, and said coldly, "Are you sure your mother can attend?"

Jonny was taken aback, "Yes, mother has been looking forward to it for a long time, why didn't she attend?"

"Wouldn't it be like your grandfather, who died not long after his birthday?"

"Brother, what are you talking about?" Johnny was still smiling.

Abner looked at Jonny coldly, Jonny's smile gradually stiffened, and the two looked at each other in silence.

Suddenly, the little ermine in Aaron's hand slipped down and climbed up to the second floor along the tapestry on the wall, and Abner hurriedly followed. Get in.Abner's hand was on the doorknob, and Jonny suddenly rushed over and grabbed Abner's hand, "Brother, what are you going to do? This is mother's cloakroom."

"I just want to see if there is anything unusual. Your mother should be sleeping in the master bedroom right now."

"Maybe mother wants to see how tomorrow's dress is in the middle of the night."

"Oh, I'm so sorry."

Abner let go, shrugging.

Jonny also smiled and let go.

Suddenly there was a loud noise, and Oreas smashed open the door with a fist, and the door knocked and fell off the wall.

There was another "boom", the door slammed on the ground, and the night wind gushed out from it, mixed with a strong smell of blood, blowing Abner's broken hair back.

is blood.

It's a corpse.

It was a corpse in a gorgeous dress layered on top of each other.

It was a corpse with a bloody hole in its chest.

It's Rhea.

Abner stared, feeling that his throat was dry and sore.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

Jonny let out a sharp laugh.

"Sorry, brother, I didn't want to hurt you, but who made you come back?"

Johnny tilted his head slightly, and his eyes showed a fierce light, which made Abner feel very strange.

"Jonny, stop it."

Abner said indifferently, according to the "blood relative taboo", Jonny still needs to eat 21 people's hearts.

"Stop it? Hahahahahahaha..."

Jonny raised his head and laughed, a strange blood color appeared on his unhealthy face, he pushed Rhea's hanger violently, all the gorgeous clothes were piled up, covering his mother's body, and then he went straight to the clothes Go, step on mother's dead body.The window behind him was open, and the night wind filled his clothes with wind, with eyes that flickered under the sinful red hair.

"Brother, don't you hate my mother? Coincidentally, I hate my mother too hahaha... She never loved me, she just used me as a bargaining chip to marry into the Apocasselli family!" Joni He squatted down, grabbed mother's hair from his clothes, and pulled it hard. There were frightened eyes on his dead white face under the bleak moonlight.

"I thought she didn't like weak and sick children, so I kept taking medicine, swallowing the bitter medicine, and never complained about it. I flattered her, loved her, begged her, and even She messed with your bay pony, I buried it in my heart, she still didn't like me. I didn't know anything until I found her in bed with my grandfather one day, she - this dirty woman "Jonny punched Rhea's already stiff face, and her face collapsed in an instant, "Originally, grandfather wanted to marry the eldest daughter Tanise, but she was just born to a peasant girl. It wasn't her turn, but she knew that this was the only chance to improve her status. So, she secretly climbed into her grandfather's bed, and when she was sure she was pregnant, she used this as a threat, oh my poor and useless grandfather, had to Let her take Tanith's place and marry the honorable Apocatheri family."

Abner swallowed, staring closely at Rhea's already stiff and deformed face.

"She thought she would be successful after marrying here, but she didn't expect that the Duke is only for her title of Rolek. She and her poor son are a ridiculous foil, don't you think so, brother?" Johnny Laughing, showing two rows of pale and gloomy teeth, "I thought I was waiting to die like this, until I found the book of the blood monkey. I think this is the chance that the kings gave me to be born again."

"How can you believe the blood monkey's nonsense!" Abner said loudly.

Jonny raised his eyebrows, "Who said I believed it? But this is my only hope, brother. You have a healthy body, a father who loves you like life, money, status...but I have nothing, Why are you pointing fingers at me?"

"Oh no," Jonny suddenly laughed strangely, "I don't have nothing, I have Hibborne who is devoted to me, and from today onwards, I can be the Duke of Apocatheri... Byrne?"

Johnny turned his head slightly to one side, looking out the window behind him.

"what?"

Wasn't Hipburn Johnny's former valet?Abner frowned, feeling uneasy.

Suddenly a gust of wind hit from the window, Oreas immediately wrapped Abner in his arms, and then a black shadow jumped in.

Abner stared, it was his father!

But this is not the father he knows lying on the hospital bed. His back should not be so straight, his legs should not be able to stand up, his eyes should not be so sharp... He is not his father, he is pretended by Hiborn.

"Hiburn." Johnny called lightly.

Hiborn walked up to Johnny, raised his hand, and tore off the gray hair, revealing the short black hair. He stretched his hand to the forehead and tore it hard, and a transparent film was torn off, revealing a young face.

It's Hibborne.

Abner's mind went blank for a moment, and he struggled to speak out through his parched throat: "...Where's father?"

Jonny glanced at Aaron who had been watching all this silently, and said, "Aaron, haven't you told my stupid brother yet?"

Abner immediately turned his head and yelled at Aaron: "What are you hiding from me!"

Aaron was silent for a while, sighed, and said, "Master, Lord Wang Fu is already dead."

Abner trembled, his mind was buzzing, "You liar! You bastard!"

A fist hit Aaron's thin forehead, and Aaron staggered and fell several steps backward.

Abner raised his fist again, and Oreas hugged him, and he kicked and beat in his arms like crazy, "Let me go! Let me go!"