blues paradox

Lance is crazy.

This was the news that Xiu had just heard from Sophie. The child had been in a coma since that day, and when he finally woke up, he found that he had gone mad, leaving only an empty shell of a walking dead.Xiu half-closed his eyes, looking at Lans who was sitting quietly by the side eating mechanically, an emotion called anger gradually took shape. "Crack!" The sound of the crystal cup breaking was clearly heard in every corner of the hall, and the mellow wine aroma quickly spread.Sophie ordered the maid to replace it with a new cup without changing her expression. After only half a minute, everything returned to calm.It was as if nothing had happened, even the amount of wine in the glass was exactly the same as before, only the strong aroma of wine in the air showed the anger of the castle owner.

"Lance." Xiu took a sip of the wine, with a slight wine stain remaining on his thin lips. The tiny beads of wine reflected brilliantly under the light of the colorful gemstones on the ceiling of the hall, as if the huge glass that had hung in mid-air All the rainbows converged on these crystal clear and moist wine beads.He opened his mouth slowly, with a half-smile expression: "Should I admire you?"

Sophie clearly saw Lansi's green eyes flicker undetectably, so it was so, no wonder His Royal Highness Xiu was so angry.

"Sophie, let's go to the dungeon." Seeing that Lance had almost finished eating, Xiu stood up slowly and motioned for Sophie to lead the way.

"Yes, Your Highness Xiu." Sophie took a candlestick from the maid and walked towards the basement.The base of the candlestick was sterling silver, with simple and smooth lines engraved on it, like some ancient and mysterious characters, perhaps just a simple pattern.

Sophie walked in front quietly, occasionally glanced back, and looked at the two "getting along well" behind with twitching corners of her eyes, feeling the urge to stare at the sky speechlessly.

Xiu smiled with an unknown meaning, but there was a deep haze in his eyes.He lightly tugged on Lance's sleeve, and walked slowly and gracefully on the eerie and desolate winding stone staircase leading to the basement.And Lance.Still foolishly walking forward along Xiu's lead, he seemed completely unaware of the gust of wind around him and the vague smell of blood.

Sophie knew how many bones had been piled up here, and the bright red and smelly blood was enough to paint the castle once.Even now, the wind seems to be mixed with the screams of ghosts.However, these were not enough to make her change color. What really made her scalp tingle was the weird two people behind.She really wanted to rush over and punch Lance hard, and then wake him up loudly: Stop pretending!Do you think you are smart?It's just... self-defeating...

But she didn't dare, she knew His Highness Xiu was really angry, His Highness, he has always hated people who think they are smart.

Walking along the spiral staircase to the end, there is an empty stone room with nothing special - there are more than a hundred children in their teens coming out.Sophie subconsciously looked at Lance, the... sacrifice who should have been among the children.

"Lan..." A weak call seemed abrupt in the quiet stone room.

Sophie immediately turned her attention to the child who made the sound. It was a very beautiful child, dressed in a white translucent tulle, with delicate collarbones and red cherry blossoms looming on her chest, and brown hair hanging down messily. The chest winds into a seductive arc.He is a child who is more eye-catching than Lance, but... Sophie secretly shook her head, it is not the type that His Royal Highness Xiu likes.His Highness Xiu, a beautiful pet, has seen a lot, and there may not be anyone who can arouse his interest.Thinking of this, Sophie couldn't help looking at Lance, the first child in thousands of years to make His Highness Xiu feel "angry", is it related by blood?It really is...a typical representative of pretending to be smart and asking for trouble!

Facts have proved that Sophie still doesn't have a thorough understanding of her master. Under her surprised gaze, Xiu raised his hand slightly, lifted the child's chin, and said softly, "Just you, what's your name?"

"Yi..." The young man replied weakly, his eyes full of tears because of fear looked at Xiu helplessly, the corners of his eyes slightly raised, and the innocent brows were full of sudden charm and temptation.

Seeing such wings, Lans frowned slightly, how could he become like this?After all, he was only a ten-year-old child, no matter how much he concealed his depression, there were still uncontrollable ripples in Lance's empty eyes.Xiu watched the change of Lans's expression with satisfaction, and when he turned his head, he happened to see the seductive attitude of the child kneeling in front of him, his smile gradually cooled down, and finally he became slightly murderous.

"Let's go, Sophie." Xiu glanced at the child named Yi again, and left with Lance's cuff.

"This... yes." Sophie followed Xiu away with a blank expression.His Highness Xiu has become more and more moody recently. Although he has never experienced it before, His Highness Xiu can definitely do things like venting anger. It seems that marrying himself as soon as possible is the top priority.

The weather tonight is fine, the deep blue sky is inlaid with a bunch of diamond-like stars that seem to be messy, but seem to be arranged quite regularly. They are vast and deep, just like Mei's eyes.In those silver-gray eyes, Lance can always see the stars moving incredulously, so beautiful that even all things in the world hold their breath for it.

"Although it's done like this, you are much luckier than me. You haven't suffered any of those inhuman tortures."

Laners sat quietly by the window, listening to the young man's words with blank eyes. Those bright and innocent green eyes now looked like a pool of rotten stagnant water. From then on, no one would pay attention to these eyes And stopped in amazement.

Yi was not at all surprised by Lance's indifference. Before he came, he had heard from the housekeeper Sophie that Lance was crazy. The boy who dared to jump off the cliff and stab the second prince with a knife... was crazy... …

"You know, I wanted to jump down with you, but I didn't dare... I'm afraid of death, I'm so afraid of dying like that. Lan, I'm only 14 years old, and my mother—— That blind woman who doesn't care about anything as long as I'm good, she's still waiting for me to come home."

Yi turned his head and looked at the stars outside the window, so bright and dazzling, it looked so beautiful and holy.But in Canglan Empire, in most people's minds, stars are symbols of evil, synonymous with uncleanness and sin.

He went on to say: "They took me back, I was no longer a sacrifice that cannot be easily punished... They locked me in a dark room and forced me to wear women's clothes... Many people pressed me Under my body, I kept violating... I was so painful that I almost lost consciousness. Every time I was awakened by a new round of pain, different men galloped on my body. Lan, do you know what it means?! I Just like a lowly prostitute, let them do whatever they want, take whatever they want, no...not even a prostitute! At best, they are just a sex slave."

"They always tortured me in different ways. During that time, no part of my body was intact. The hot wax oil almost melted off a layer of my skin, and there were bruised/bloody welts and pitch-black Scorched brand."

Lance didn't turn around, and still looked at the stars outside the window calmly. No one knew that his heart was like boiling water, and he couldn't calm down no matter what.Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw that Yi Yi's smooth and fair skin had now been restored, and he always felt that it was a bit dazzlingly white.

"There are still some people, like me, who are sacrifices that have committed crimes, but in the end they all died, and I was the only one alive... lingering on my last breath, I would not have been sent here again, but the number of people Not enough, thank God they remembered me."

"Really, compared to me, you are already much luckier. Why...you went crazy so easily? If you were in my situation, wouldn't you have died a long time ago..."

Something warm was dripping on the back of his hand, it was... Yi's tears, he was crying?Lans lowered his head, looking at the teardrops that quickly disappeared on the back of his hand, he had the illusion of being burned, and felt inexplicably sour.If it wasn't for him, if he hadn't escaped with him back then, he wouldn't... have ended like this, right?

Laners is not a person full of sympathy, nor does he feel that all this is his fault, and he is even more displeased with this somewhat hypocritical posture, but he feels that he should be responsible for his actions. He said: "I Let me take you away."

"Ah!" Yi looked up in surprise, "Aren't you crazy?"

Laners nodded, "Well, it's just a stopgap measure. I'll take you away tomorrow night."

"...Is it safe?" Tsubasa asked hesitantly.

"Well, I planned it this time." Lance nodded affirmatively, and said, "Every night, the castle will be empty for an hour, enough for us to leave."

"Then... are you sure?" Yi looked a little moved, but still hesitated. It seemed that the last failed escape experience had indeed cast a deep shadow in his heart.

"Naturally. If you don't want to leave, I won't force it. Everyone has his own ambition." Laners said lightly, this was just his proposal.He just felt a little sad, but it didn't mean he felt guilty or owed anything about what happened to Yi.

"Okay, tomorrow night, or this time, I'll come here to find you." The young man gritted his teeth and nodded, with a bit of determination that a strong man would never return.

Hugh Eckonorman, the First Grand Duke of the empire, was lying on his side reading a book at the moment, and the luminous pearls on the bed curtain gave off a warm and soft light.The golden eyes shone with a heart-pounding luster in the obscure light.For Xiu, night is never for sleeping.

There seemed to be someone knocking on the door, Xiu suddenly put down the book, a smile of unknown meaning appeared on his lips, and he said, "Come in."

The pure black wooden door opened with a "squeak", and the young man walked in slowly with a bit of charm, a bit of temptation/temptation, and a moderate timidity that was enough to arouse a man's desire for protection without feeling disgusted.Xiu looked at it with a smile, as if it was not at all surprised that it would be Yifan who walked in.

He was still wearing the tulle that he wore during the day, his soft and seductive body was wrapped in the translucent gauze, which looked extraordinarily charming under the dim soft light of the night pearl.

Xiu didn't care about the provocative beauty in front of him, or completely ignored it, he said: "Didn't I tell you to retreat, why did you come back?" Xiu's smile was still flat, as if he had already known Wing would come to him like a reason.

"Although I don't understand why Your Highness doesn't touch my body." Yi was stared at by the calm eyes that seemed to see through everything, his scalp was numb, he lowered his head to avoid the pair of golden pupils that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, swallowed, and continued: " But I have something very important to report."