Persian Assassin: Dance of the Prisoners

.I didn't expect you to come to Rome in person, it's so glorious. Yuriyans said in fluent Pahlavi. He was polite, but his posture was lazy and arrogant, and he sat motionless on the horse.

"Lord of Rome, can you move your car and come up to speak?" His Majesty the King raised his hand, and the ladder was lowered again.His tone was very peaceful, but there was a sense of majesty in his gestures, which made people dare not profane.

It is not difficult to speculate that what forced him to go to Rome in person must be related to the accident that happened in Armenia a few days ago.Perhaps to negotiate a peace, to negotiate with Yulyans?But that should also be done by the envoys. Even in the truce area, there are elite dark guards escorting it. It is too risky to come here in person...

I was thinking in disbelief, but I saw Yulyans really got off his horse and walked up alone.Several guards beside him raised their crossbow arrows vigilantly, and there was silence all around, but their swords were on the verge of firing.

Watching the slender figure in purple slowly walk up to the deck, I instinctively took a step back as an invisible pressure rushed towards my face with the sea breeze.The wind lamp at the bow was lit, the tables and chairs were placed in the center of the deck, and a map was spread out on the table. I took a look at it, and it clearly depicted the respective territories of Rome and Persia.

"Bring the Talisman, Ishkad."

The king sat down, pressed a corner of the map with one hand, and ordered lightly.

Ishkad stepped forward in response, and the wolf-shaped bronze seal was placed in the center of the map, pressing on the position of Armenia impartially, just like the magnificent Ararat sacred mountain lying in the hinterland of Armenia.Yuriyans stared at the military talisman, with a half-smile, and sat down calmly.

In the dim light, he raised his eyelids and looked at me, the pupils of his eyes seemed to be burning with phosphorous fire.Fearing that I would be burned by those eyes, I looked away, my palms were dripping with sweat.

A battle of kings is about to start on the eve of this storm. I don't understand politics, but I can already smell the smoke of this paper talk.

Chapter 87 [LXXVII] Confrontation of Kings

A battle of kings is about to start on the eve of this storm. I don't understand politics, but I can already smell the smoke of this paper talk.

"Athion, Ishkad, you stand down."

This order made me stunned, but the king's will cannot be questioned, and no one dares to surpass it.And indeed, with our identities, we are not qualified to watch on this occasion.

All four of us were taken into the cabin.The moment the door was closed, the sound of wind, rain and waves was left outside. It sounded as if a fierce battle was raging thousands of miles away, but it had nothing to do with us.Feeling faintly uneasy, I pushed the window open a crack.

The salty rain rushed in, bringing low voices of conversation.I tried to listen carefully, but two hidden guards suddenly appeared in front of the window.I was startled, and had no choice but to close the window resentfully.This gave me a feeling of being watched, as if I had just left the dragon pool and entered the tiger's den, and escaped from one animal stable to another cage.

I looked at Ishkad suspiciously, and he shook his head: "I didn't think of it either. There is no wind at all."

"It's really surprising. I didn't expect that the majestic Persian king would come in person. Unfortunately, Armenia has already opened its legs to Rome like a prostitute." Arshak giggled, propping his elbows on the table, as if He didn't care about everything, and only looked at Ishkad with winking eyes.

It is true that his words were vulgar, but there was nothing wrong with what he said.Armenia is like Babylon that opened its doors to Alexander to Rome, smiling charmingly while stabbing Persia.

Ishkad ignored him, took a sip of tea with his neck back, and frowned like drinking wine: "His Majesty the King came here for the other half of the military talisman. He hopes to stabilize the forces that have been stationed in Armenia for many years. Rome checks and balances. Maintains peace. The situation in Persia is very unfavorable now, Athione. Yuliyans did not keep his word, and many barbarian legions gathered along the Danube. I think he intends to march to Persia, or he is demonstrating. "

"He coveted the Persian territory just like Constantius..." I turned to another window anxiously, and opened a crack: "What do you think His Majesty the King will negotiate with Yuriyans? What will he take?" Exchange military talismans?"

There was a muffled thunder in the sky, and the night sky suddenly brightened.

"That depends on what Julyans wants most. But in my opinion, this war is inevitable."

I am silent.It cannot be denied that since the time of Parthia, successive Roman emperors have persevered in wanting to annex Armenia, and then attack the Mesopotamian Plain, taking this vast land as their own.

Judging from the current situation of Armenia, as far as Rome is concerned, the Mesopotamian plain is like a melon with a gap, and they are a group of termites who come here for fun, and they can invade at any time.

At present, it seems that His Majesty the King specially sent us to help Yuliyans get rid of Constantius and ascend to the throne of God, which is really shooting himself in the foot.Why did His Majesty the King, who has always made wise decisions, make such a stupid mistake and take the risk to try to make up for it?Yulyans is shown to be an untrustworthy guy.

Unable to hold back the growing doubts, I quietly climbed out of the wall, quickly closed the door, and quickly approached the bow regardless of Ishkad's obstruction.

"If His Majesty Shapur is willing to keep Prince Alien in Rome as a hostage, I will keep my promise and hand over the military talisman. But now, Your Majesty wants to take the prince away again. How can you blame me for reneging on my promise?"

Suddenly a thunderclap sounded in the sky, shaking me all over.Turning my head to follow the prestige, I saw His Majesty the King had stood up from his seat, his face was as cold as a living person.He picked up the half of the military talisman, and seemed to be thinking about this issue carefully.I was sweating nervously with my fists, and there was a sound next to the sound, and a hand grabbed my arm.

It was Ishkard, who made a hissing gesture.

"Ambitious Lord of Rome, your covetousness for Mesopotamia has been clearly revealed, how can I hand over my only son, the heir of the Sasanian royal family to you?"

I held my breath, Julyans was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "Then I can understand that His Majesty Shapur insisted on taking the prince away, and declared war on Rome?"

I was shocked.

"If you plan to block it." The king pointed to the hidden guards who were motionless like statues, "They carry gunpowder on them, and they will all fight to the death."

Before he finished speaking, one of the leading guards opened his shirt, and I was surprised to find a string of copper balls tied around his waist.He removed one and threw it into the sea, blasting a vortex of flames.There was a sound of machine crossbows being loaded on the beach.Now it's not just me, even Ishkad showed a look of disbelief.

I never dreamed that one day my existence would become so important that it would be worthy of such a war by His Majesty the King.

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The two sides were at a stalemate for a while.The gray sky is covered with thick clouds and haze, like an army crushing the city.

Yulyans clenched his hand on the table into a fist, and the purple ring shone with a poisonous light, like the pupils of a poisonous python.

For a split second, I felt that he was about to make a terrible decision, but he just stood up, glanced at the hidden guards who were hiding gunpowder, and stayed on me: "You will regret your decision, King of Persia."

"If the Lord of Rome intends to become the second Emperor Valerian, I don't mind following the example of King Shapur I and opening the door of Shushtar's prison to welcome you." The king said lightly.

These words obviously irritated Yuriyans immediately.He stood up, lifted the map, and slowly tore it apart from top to bottom.

How could such an arrogant guy tolerate himself being compared by the enemy with the fallen emperor who became the slave of Shapur I?Valerian was imprisoned in Shushtar for half his life, and brought a lot of advanced Roman architectural and engineering knowledge to the Sassanid Dynasty. It was a blessing to Persia, but a shame to Rome.

His Majesty the King would say such words, it seems that he has endured the long-term harassment of Rome for a long time, and he was already ready to resume the war.

"Your Majesty Shapur, the territory I have taken into my hands today is the territory you will cede to Rome in the future in Persia. When that day comes..." Yuriyans' smile faded away, and he folded his hands on the scepter, His eyes fell on me, "I want you to watch, your only heir becomes my prisoner for life."

This blatant remark made me feel a twinge of shame.I raised my bow and shot him an arrow.The cold light brushed against his ear, cutting off a strand of his hair.This action did not deter him at all, he picked up the broken hair on his shoulders, stared at me thoughtfully, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, as if he was extremely sad.

This situation is like the night when I first entered the Holy Palace.If I hadn't gone there that day and stepped into his trap, would everything have been different?

Finally escaped from the palm of the devil, shouldn't he be rejoicing?

I reluctantly twitched the corners of my mouth and gave him a sneer.

"We will meet again... Ahruin." Yuriyans passed me by, his voice clear and deep in the storm, "I have never surrendered to fate in my life, except for this one."

"Then I won't surrender to you either." I replied tit-for-tat, my voice hoarse.

"You will. I have left a unique mark on you, and you cannot escape me." He stared at me closely, and then his eyes fell on my belly. The tenderness in his eyes made people palpitate.I looked directly into his eyes, and an inexplicable emotion climbed into my chest, piercing my heart like a scorpion's awl.

The poison spread and penetrated deep into the lungs, and the poison was named "Ulyans".

There were soft sounds of bows and arrows strumming all around, but he ignored them.I was very close to him, breathing intertwined.The tip of his scepter slid across my forearm as he walked, sending a scalding heat on my skin.

I raised my hand, and saw a mass of red streaks floating out of the place he touched. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a graphic of a snake protecting eggs, with a string of small characters inside.his name.

"What is this?" I reacted and shouted at him back.

But Yuriyans walked off the boat as if he didn't hear him.

My intuition tells me that this mark will not be a good thing, at least it must be related to the evil in my stomach.I wanted to catch up and stop the instigator immediately, but an irresistible voice stopped me.

I wiped off the cold sweat on my palms and half knelt down towards the people behind me.

"Your Majesty the King."

It rained harder.A pair of hands fell on my shoulders and helped me up with gentle strength.

"You don't have to kneel to me in the future, my son. You should call me King Father."

I swallowed nervously, held my breath, and looked at my only remaining, strange, and unreachable relatives in this world.He also stared at me, with a kind of melancholy in his usually quiet eyes, as if he saw another person through me.I think he must have thought of my mother.When I was young, I looked forward to his appearance countless times, hated him when my mother died, and even forcibly denied his existence after being adopted, but when he really stood in front of me, I felt strongly at a loss—— --Father.

What a luxury this word is to me.

"Yes." I nodded, but I couldn't pronounce the word "father" after all.My tone was extremely calm, but my chest was overwhelmed.The hull of the ship vibrated under its feet like a bulky monster, riding the wind and waves towards the other end of the strait.When I left the shore, I couldn't help looking at the purple figure of the army that was fading away in the rain, until he gradually disappeared in the night mist.

Chapter 88 [LXX] Hiding the Dark Side

There was a terrible roar in the sky, and heavy rain fell like a torrent.When I was practicing as a samurai, I always used to sit quietly in the heavy rain in order to wash away the mess in my heart.But at this time, I couldn't get the slightest bit of calm.

It was bound to be a sleepless night.At night, a storm beats my sleep.In a trance, I seemed to return to the night when I first met Flaviz, climbing the long and endless stairs, and throwing myself into his arms.He forced me to swear an oath before the statue of Aphrodite, but before I could promise him, the temple was ablaze.He instantly turned into scorched bones, and I became a young eagle leaving the nest.I spread my wings, flew across mountains, rivers, and straits, wandering with nowhere to go, but my feet were bound by a boa constrictor.

I fell down, falling into the deep valley with the fireworks in the sky, like a moth to the fire.My body felt like it was burning, and I became human again, unarmed and naked.My hands and feet were in shackles, and my abdomen was swollen like a woman's. There was a small baby's handprint on my belly, as if I was struggling to be born.

"This is our heir, Ah Suin." A deep and seductive voice resounded in my ears, and a pair of arms wrapped around me, gently hugging me just like Flaviz did back then: "I will protect you."

A deafening bang exploded from the sky, and I woke up in a panic. My whole body was dripping with sweat like rain, and I was suffering from high fever.Grabbing the water bottle next to my pillow, I took a few gulps, buried my head between my knees, and tried my best to calm my disordered breathing.

I covered my stomach, and the dormant thing in my stomach was like a snake waking up in early spring, and suddenly there was movement.I immediately withdrew my hand, thinking of the scene in the dream, my palm was wet with sweat.Suddenly there was a "bang", which startled me a lot. The door opened wide and hit the wall with a bang, as if a ghost was crying in the sea.

Kicking off the quilt, I rushed to the door, and was about to close it, but was suddenly stunned.

In the dark place shrouded in rain, a man in white was soaked to the skin, looking at me with a pale face, like a water demon crawling out of the sea.

"Flavitz!" I rushed forward, "When did you get on the boat? Why did you leave without a word just now?"

He smiled slightly, and put his hand on my cheek: "If I don't hide, how can I go with you? How could Yuriyans miss the chance to kill me?"

"Come in, you're all wet." I hugged him with mixed feelings, but I didn't expect my extravagant wish to come true.

"No, it's too warm inside, I'm afraid of fire." Flaviz embraced my shoulders, his body trembling slightly in the wind and rain, his arms tightly wrapped around my neck like sticky and cold boa constrictors.

I subconsciously looked back at the candle lamp on the table, the flames were burning brightly.Although Flaviz has come back from the dead, it is likely that he will never escape the shadow of being burned alive, just as I fear being shackled again.There was a sharp pain in my heart: "I'll go and put out the fire."

As soon as he turned around, his body was hugged from behind: "Ah Suyin... are you still afraid of the storm?"

"No." There was a sore feeling in my throat, I shook my head, "Since I left you, I am no longer afraid

up. "When there is no one to rely on, no retreat, and the only concern in the world becomes "survival", what fear does a person have? But now, I have it again.

"Don't leave me, Ah Suin, I can't live alone without you." Flaviz sniffed my neck deeply, his lips were cool and pressed tightly, absorbing my heat like he was sucking blood .

An inexplicable creepy feeling climbed up my spine, and I instinctively broke away.He groped towards me in the void in a hurry, his empty blue eyes slowly turning, like glass sticky with dust, without light.I held his wrist distressedly, and put his palm on my cheek: "I'm going to put out the fire, wait for me here."

He nodded, but still stood outside the door, refusing to step in.

I came to the table and blew out the candle lamp. The room was instantly plunged into a thick blackness. The chill from the sea breeze enveloped my whole body, giving me a sense of ominous premonition.The next moment, an extremely bright electric light streaked across the sky, shining the room as bright as day. At this moment, I caught a glimpse of a shadow reflected on the table, and then disappeared with the extremely fast darkness.The weak airflow of breathing wrapped around his neck, and his back seemed to be frozen.

As soon as I turned around, I met the pair of out-of-focus eyes at a close distance. I don't know if it was my illusion, but I saw that the pupils in the eyes turned into thin vertical pupils for a short moment.like a snake.However, as soon as I blinked, they were hidden under the dense and long eyelashes.He looked down at me as if he could see me.

"Flavitz..."

I whispered this all-too-familiar name, and felt an indescribable danger—something was wrong with Flaviz.

There was a sudden chill in my stomach, I looked down and saw his palms covering my stomach, his fingers were trembling slightly, the joints turned blue and white, and the pain followed.Suddenly, a small exhortation sounded from the depths of my eardrums, causing my whole body to tighten, and I grabbed Flaviz's tightened palm.The instinct of self-defense made me push too hard, and Flaviz staggered back a few steps before regaining his footing.I held him up, but he pushed me away.

"Why do you want to protect the heirs of Julyans?" In the changing lightning, I saw a vague sadness appearing on Flaviz's face: "Don't you love me?"

The voice in the dream was still in my ears, I shivered, and blurted out: "What nonsense are you talking about, Flaviz? I'm just cursed! When I return to Persia, there will be a powerful wizard who can help me lift it! "

"I can do it, Ah Suin, as long as you trust me wholeheartedly and give yourself to me." His tone softened, and he stretched out a hand towards me.

I walked towards him, but I couldn't help but think of Yuriyans' gesture of reaching out to me. After a short hesitation, Flaviz closed his hand.His wandering eyes gathered on me, and surprise, doubt, and... a kind of great disappointment gradually appeared on his face.

"I believe you, Flaviz, don't look at me like this." I was most afraid of seeing him like this.It used to be that every time I asked Flaviz for permission to go somewhere farther, to meet some new friend, he would look at me like that, and it always made me feel like I was betraying him.

"I never betrayed you, it's just that I don't rely on you like I did back then. I've become a man from a child, and now it's my turn to protect you." I held his lowered hand, "It will hurt you Isn't it my body? Believe me, I'll be free from Julyans' curse."

He raised his arm and stroked my head: "You can't get rid of him. Ah Suin, you have been tempted by the devil. Don't you realize it?"

My heart skipped a beat, and my hands froze: "Perceive what? Flaviz, don't think about it."

His paranoia was still as strong as before, and in this he was exactly the same as Julyans.

"You like people who can rival you, don't you? You really don't need protection anymore, Ah Suin, your nature is like a wild beast, only females who can conquer you, but you will never be willing Locked up." His voice was almost lost in the bursts of thunder, weak and resentful, "This is the reason why I was rejected and abandoned—in order to become stronger, to catch up with you."

"But I have never disliked you." These words were like an ice pick hitting my chest. I tried to confess to him like I was when I was a child, for fear that his stubborn illness would flare up, but I vaguely felt that the words were true.

I forced myself to let go of this illusion, and hugged him tightly, breathing heavily.

"Yes, you never disliked me, you just relied on my warmth, and you were afraid of being huddled in a prison with me all your life. It's me, I just dislike myself." He chuckled, took a step back, looked up Lifting his jaw, his gray eyes seemed to contain infinite sorrow and resentment, which mutated into a broken hatred.

"Flavitz!" I caught up with him one step at a time, a trace of unreasonable panic burst out of my throat, but I didn't dare to stretch out my hand to grab him.I moved my chapped lips: "I love you, I have loved you since a long time ago."

The thick cocoon formed over the years seemed to have a big crack, and the scorching liquid slid down from the eyes.I stared blankly at the figure who was close at hand, but the voice of another person sounded in the back of my mind, hoarse and clear.

The voice asked word by word: Do you love me, Ah Thien?

Flaviz stopped, his body froze, and he began to tremble.

"Love... what a fleeting thing, like a flash of lightning in the sky, fireworks blooming at night, and falling meteors, they always make people doubt their existence for a short time, and they are like an incurable disease that makes people Despair, only faith is eternal salvation."

I froze, and Flaviz's voice paused.

"This is what my mother said before she died. She died of the betrayal of her lover just like Medusa."

"I'm sorry, Flaviz." I said, holding my breath and trembling, but the feeling of strangeness in my heart became stronger.

"Tell me, why did the heirs who witnessed her death with their own eyes also suffer the fate of being betrayed, violate their beliefs, climb out of the mud of destruction, and try their best to love someone?"

He whispered softly, with pain in his tone, but it seemed that he was talking about someone else, not himself.Somehow, the dreamscape became clearer in my mind, and the more I looked at Flaviz, the weirder it seemed.He was as illusory and unreal as a mirror image in a dream, as if he would be shattered into powder at the touch of a touch, and disappeared without a trace.

"Does falling in love with me make you violate your faith, does it hurt you, Flaviz?"

"My belief is you, from beginning to end." He shook his head, seeming to laugh: "But the love you give me is not pure, Ah Suin, you have already fallen in love with Yuriyans. "

I froze suddenly.Flaviz turned his head back, he stared at me, his eyes seemed to contain a chill, and in an instant my body was as cold as falling into an ice cellar, and my skin was frozen inch by inch.

"If I can't get it, I'd rather destroy it... I should have done that back then."

It was the only time I ever saw that expression on Flaviz's face.That was the worst time he got sick, and it was the night before I escaped.On the verge of death, he strangled me by the neck.But he quickly let go, and painfully told me to stay away, as if he was afraid that he would not be able to control the urge to strangle me to death so that he could sleep with him forever.

I couldn't make any sound like I was then, and my limbs couldn't move as if they had turned into stone.But I have a hunch that this time he won't let me go again. This is a dark and selfish desire that Flaviz has been suppressing.Didn't I run away from him back then because I had noticed his most terrifying hidden side?

Chapter 89 [LXX]

The voice asked word by word: Do you love me, Ah Thien?

Flaviz stopped, his body froze, and he began to tremble.

"Love... what a fleeting thing, like a flash of lightning in the sky, fireworks blooming at night, and falling meteors, they always make people doubt their existence for a short time, and they are like an incurable disease that makes people Despair, only faith is eternal salvation."

I froze, and Flaviz's voice paused.

"This is what my mother said before she died. She died of the betrayal of her lover just like Medusa."

"I'm sorry, Flaviz." I said, holding my breath and trembling, but the feeling of strangeness in my heart became stronger.

"Tell me, why did the heirs who witnessed her death with their own eyes also suffer the fate of being betrayed, violate their beliefs, climb out of the mud of destruction, and try their best to love someone?"

He whispered softly, with pain in his tone, but it seemed that he was talking about someone else, not himself.Somehow, the dreamscape became clearer in my mind, and the more I looked at Flaviz, the weirder it seemed.He was as illusory and unreal as a mirror image in a dream, as if he would be shattered into powder at the touch of a touch, and disappeared without a trace.

"Does falling in love with me make you violate your faith, does it hurt you, Flaviz?"

"My belief is you, from beginning to end." He shook his head, seeming to laugh: "But the love you give me is not pure, Ah Suin, you have already fallen in love with Yuriyans. "

I froze suddenly.Flaviz turned his head back, he stared at me, his eyes seemed to contain a chill, and in an instant my body was as cold as falling into an ice cellar, and my skin was frozen inch by inch.

"If I can't get it, I'd rather destroy it... I should have done that back then."

It was the only time I ever saw that expression on Flaviz's face.That was the worst time he got sick, and it was the night before I escaped.On the verge of death, he strangled me by the neck.But he quickly let go, and painfully told me to stay away, as if he was afraid that he would not be able to control the urge to strangle me to death so that he could sleep with him forever.

I couldn't make any sound like I was then, and my limbs couldn't move as if they had turned into stone.But I have a hunch that this time he won't let me go again. This is a dark and selfish desire that Flaviz has been suppressing.Didn't I run away from him back then because I had noticed his most terrifying hidden side?

At this moment, lightning suddenly appeared in the sky, and the glaring white light froze my sight. The sound of sharp arrows piercing the wind came with a flash of fire, and Flaviz's body suddenly ignited a fire!

All of a sudden, the flames soared into the sky, and the high temperature hit my face, and I fell to the ground.Between lightning and thunder, I saw the blazing fire strangled Flaviz like a beast, swallowing his whole body in an instant.

He stumbled back into the wind and rain, without screaming or struggling, and stretched out his hand to me as desperately as he did back then.

It was as if something exploded inside, and an inhuman roar burst out from my throat.I rushed towards him, but my feet seemed to be filled with lead, and I fell to the ground with one step. I couldn't get up, and I could only see him lying on the wet deck, with the tongue of fire tearing at his white robe.

The body seemed to be burning together with Flaviz, and the sharp dizziness caught off guard like a fire.

After losing consciousness briefly, I struggled to wake up, but it was too late.

The fire soaring into the sky had been subdued by the torrential rain, and only a few clusters of faint flames were burning on the deck, but there was no sign of Flaviz.

There were no corpses, no ashes, and the only thing that existed on the ground was a shiny piece of metal.I picked it up in shock and found that it was glowing strangely red with moss on the back.

Before I had time to think about what was going on, I saw a shadow cast on the mirror.

I turned around, and a ghostly mask suddenly came into view. His arms were tightly held by pale hands, and his palms were still trembling with the heat of the flames: "Athioin."

"Ulyans?" I stared at him with wide eyes, my mind in complete confusion.There were chaotic and orderly footsteps on the ship, and dozens of figures quickly occupied the deck. I didn't know when there were a few small boats around me. I didn't know when. They were all unlit, so they were able to hide like this on a stormy night. Alright, approaching silently.

He came to rob the ship.

In an instant I realized that he had started the fire.A stream of blood rushed to his head. I turned over and threw him on the deck. I scratched his throat with the thing in my hand, and my hands were immediately firmly clasped.

His arms are as flexible and powerful as a python, wrapping me tightly.Immediately after he waved his hand, several people tied me up and dragged me towards one of the small boats.

"What are you doing?! This is the truce zone between Persia and Rome! Don't be too arrogant!" I screamed.

As soon as the body was thrown into the boat, a fierce fight on the deck at the other end had already kicked off.

Lightning beams covered all the shadows of swords, lights and swords. People in the night were like wild beasts competing with each other. It was hard to tell which side was the predator and which side was the prey. The strong smell of blood mixed with the salty smell of seawater formed a The chilling breath of death.

"Do you think I will really let you go? Not to mention the king of Persia came to snatch someone from me, even if your God of Light came to the world, you would never want me to let you go." Yuriyans took off his hood, looked down at me, and looked at me. The pupils shone with a coquettish iridescence.His face was covered with rain, pale as a ghost, his hair fluttered in the rain, and the color seemed to be turning golden inch by inch from the end in the flickering electric light, as dazzling as burning.

I stared at him with wide eyes in shock, recalling the details of the dream in a trance.Two-headed snakes, mirrors and disillusioned reflections, thinking of Flaviz's obscure words a moment ago, his thoughts are in a mess.

The skirt was lifted by Yuriyans with one hand, and my chest hit his body, and his lips were close to my ear, stained with rainwater and scalding shockingly.

I trembled all over, black shadows covered my eyes, and my lips were tightly occupied.I struggled subconsciously, but his kisses were always magical, which made me irresistible. Although the lips and teeth were tightly clasped, they were still easily pried open by the soft tongue, and the lower lip was bitten hard by him, sucking between the teeth.

I resisted, but my neck was tightly held by his hands, and I was forced to twist my tongue with his, and my canines intertwined.The mouth is full of bloody smell, I don't know if it's his or mine, it's bitter and sweet, it's like poisonous wine, and it's like honey, it's tempting to indulge in it.I was almost suffocated, my body was close to his, and my breathing was inseparable.

But gradually, I felt a chill spread from his body, and every inch within reach lost temperature as if frozen.I shuddered, stood up, and saw that the red hair scattered in front of my eyes was quickly turning into gold, and the gold was turning white, and the blood color of the lips under the mask also faded.

His hand touched my cheek, eyes filled with moist mist, and his arms shook violently.For a split second I thought he must be crying if the mask hadn't obscured his expression.

From a very close distance, I saw his pupils dilate very suddenly, and his blue and purple eyes burst out with a mournful light, like water lilies rapidly dying in the morning light.

The lightning in the sky is like a sharp blade piercing the darkness, and the thunder is comparable to the sound of tearing silk amplified countless times, and there is a sense of determination and tragedy in the ears.

I suddenly trembled like I feared thunder when I was a child.

"Don't be afraid, I will protect you." In the storm, the voice beside his ears was weak and hoarse.My body was held tightly by him, and my ears were filled with the words Flaviz said to me that night in the storm.

"I will protect you".

But the person who also hugged me was not the frail young man back then, but a man in iron armor, his body was thin and straight.

"What's the matter, Yulyans?" I shook my head and hugged him tightly.I realized that I might have been deceived and made a mistake that I will regret for the rest of my life.Doesn't the double-headed snake and the mirror image imply this meaning?I murmured, "You and Flaviz aren't twins, are you? You're the same person!"

"It's a punishment. I've been wrestling with myself since I was born...I hate my inability to control my destiny, to be loved by the one I love, to live like a normal human being. I think I've destroyed the old I, with hatred for you, can gain a new life, and can always abide by that prohibition..."

His fingers touched my cheek, and his long eyelashes drooped down, like a butterfly falling into a glacier: "You said it would be nice if we never met?"

"It's ridiculous! You said it as if you were going to die!" I gritted my teeth, and an ominous premonition climbed up my throat like a creeping vine, making me breathless, "Flavitz!"

"Call me Yulyans...I prefer to hear you call my name."

I nodded and took a deep breath: "Yuryans, sit up and explain this messy so-called 'punishment'! Otherwise, I'll go back to Persia and never have anything to do with you!"

"Are you willing?" A kiss fell on the ear, and he seemed to smile, "Ah Suin, my little Cupid, if we never meet again, you are destined not to forget me. Fate treats me as well. Not cruel to the end."

He stared at me, put one hand on my abdomen, the light in his eyes disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.His back slackened, and his hands dropped limply.For a moment a terrible surmise took hold of me, that he seemed to be dead.Died suddenly.

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