I didn't know you were such a vampire

When the winter night is gradually waking up and spring is approaching, the winter rain that has shrouded the Apennine Peninsula for several days has gradually faded away. Before the spring has completely taken over the land, the news of the death of King Ferdinand I of Naples came.

This is actually not good news. The Anjou family, a branch of the French royal family, and the Kingdom of Aragon have been fighting for the succession of Naples for a hundred years. The king declared that he had the right to occupy the territory of Ferdinand I as the heir of the Anjou dynasty.

After the end of the spring, Charles VIII, with the support of the Principality of Milan and the Principality of Ferrara, led a team of 5000 people into the Apennine Peninsula, including an artillery force composed of more than 130 cannons.

During the exchange of summer and autumn, this army came near Florence.

At this time, the autumn tigers are rampant, but staying in the Volturi Castle will not be too hot to worry about. There are many people in this ancient castle who have lived for thousands of years, and the air conditioner is enough to keep people from getting up in the morning until before going to bed at night. All remain fully awake and calm.

The French army was going to pass through the Votra area, but for some unknown reason, Charles VIII bypassed this small town on the foothills, and chose to spend two more days crossing the mountains towards Florence.

According to Alec, this is entirely due to Aro. It seems that nearly a hundred years ago, Aro let the leaders of the Anjou family see the power of the Volturi.

And within a few days, when Joya was choosing a new book for Marco under the sun one afternoon, she heard people on the street saying that Florence had fallen.

The owner of the bookstall still had the mysterious look, leaning on the chair, tapping his fingers rhythmically on his knees, watching Qiao Ya listening to the discussion of some girls on the road, he said: "I heard that it is not yet When the siege began, Piero Medici opened the gates wide and entered the city to welcome the French emperor."

Qiao Ya's eyes widened in shock: "Surrender without any conditions?"

"Not only did not have any conditions, but also met all the conditions of the French emperor." The book stall owner squinted at Joya, "Although before that, the Medici family was still the leader of Florence, but the citizens have already become Savonarola A fanatical believer, even if Piero Medici wants to resist, no one will listen to him."

Qiao Ya sighed, buried her head and continued to choose books, and said, "He's not expected to be a leader, so I'm afraid he has already realized the ending."

She picked out several books, paid for them, and turned straight into a nearby narrow alley.

The alley is in the back of the sun, only half of the sun is shining on one wall. Caius is leaning against the other wall with his arms folded. He is wearing the black robe, only his chin is exposed. Pressing his lips tightly, one can guess that he must be very unhappy at this time.

He heard that Joya had finished reading another book to Marco in the morning, so he excitedly wanted to accompany Joya to purchase new books.But because the sun was too hot, in order not to be exposed to the sun's diamond light, he had to wear the black robe. Qiao Ya thought he was too conspicuous in the black robe, so she stuffed him in the black robe before going to the bookstall to choose books. alley.

At this time, Qiao Ya had already developed immunity to the murderous declaration of this bad-tempered ancient Roman slave owner. Even if Caius said "I will kill you" three times in a row, she still specially told him before leaving this alley. : "You just wait for me here, you must never take a step out of this alley, you know?"

Caius' eyes burst into murderous light: "Do you dare to restrict me?"

Qiao Ya ignored him and continued: "If you step out of this alley, you will not be a good boy, and I will not treat bad children."

Caius: "..."

After Qiao Ya finished speaking, she immediately turned around and ran away. She knew that even if Caius looked impatient, she would always listen to her words.

But it just needs to be coaxed when I come back.

As soon as Qiao Ya stepped into the alley with these books in her arms, Caius turned his head and looked at her. As soon as his red eyes met the smile on her face, he immediately shifted his gaze away, and let out a light "huh" from his nasal cavity. ".

Joya smiled more happily. She ran to Caius, rubbed Caius' arm with her shoulder, and said, "Don't be angry, I'll tell you a story tonight."

Caius spoke with anger: "Don't treat me like a child."

"Oh, well, then I won't coax you." Qiao Ya nodded.

Under Caius's hood, his eyes became more fierce. Qiao Ya laughed, and then stretched out a hand to pat him on the shoulder. She didn't know how deeply other people misunderstood him, so she thought this guy was scary.

"It's so cute." Qiao Ya said as she walked towards the entrance of the alley.

Caius didn't know that the "cute" in her mouth was referring to him. He followed her and watched her light golden hair grow back to her waist, the golden wing-shaped earrings on the pink earlobes, and the bright yellow color that was as bright as the sun. It was only at this time that he felt that the girl was still at his side, and the depression of being ordered by her to wait for her in a place he could not see gradually dissipated.

"Do you know anything about Florence?" Joya asked.

He responded, and replied briefly: "I heard from Dmitry in the morning."

"Didn't the Volturi family have business dealings with the Medici family for nearly a hundred years?" Qiao Ya turned her head to look at him, "Would you like to help?"

He said: "I never cared about these things. Aro was handling them. He met with the King of France some time ago. He should have gotten more benefits than the Medici family." He said with a sarcasm With a voice, "Ah Luo is much more cunning and calculating than ordinary human beings."

After finishing speaking, he found that Qiao Ya had stopped in her tracks and was looking up at him. He was a little puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?"

Qiao Ya smiled and said, "I was thinking, you always talk about Luo, but you have never left his side for nearly 2000 years."

Caius froze for a moment, and then said a little irritably: "With him, you can get more benefits."

"You never consider the issue of 'interest'." Qiao Ya smiled brighter, "So what do you think?"

Before Caius could reply, Qiao Ya answered for him, "Is it because you think this place is like a home?"

Caius was silent for a while, then reached out and rubbed her hair indiscriminately, and said in a low voice, "If you talk nonsense, I will kill you."

Qiao Ya grabbed his hand again, held it between her palms, and said, "What about me?"

Caius let her rub his cold wrist and said, "You, never leave me."

After he finished speaking, he raised his chin and said arrogantly: "The two-year period is coming soon, so please accept my first embrace quickly, and don't refuse any more!"

While he was talking, his eyes kept moving on Qiao Ya's legs and chest. As soon as he finished speaking, Qiao Ya let go of his wrist, stood on tiptoe, pulled his hood down hard, and said with a smile : "Give up, I won't accept!"

After she finished her prank, she turned around holding the book and ran towards another deserted alley. Caius could catch up to her in the blink of an eye, but he still forced himself to use the human's crawling speed like a turtle to chase after her , while chasing and shouting: "Then what if you die!"

This straight man's cry scared away the crows that were parked on the eaves of the alley.

And the other straight man giggled: "I won't die!"

"Bullshit! Human beings are so fragile, they will die one day!"

"I told you, I have special immortality skills!"

"Then tell me how do you maintain eternal life?"

"I won't tell you!"

The Hermes scepter, the Eden artifact left by the forerunner, can grant people eternal life, and can change shape arbitrarily according to the holder's will.

In Cassandra's mind, it was a quietly burning candle, and then slowly gathered together like magma, and turned into a golden sculpture scepter with wings.

"This guy has been with me for almost 2000 years." Cassandra looked down at the golden scepter in her hand, with a hint of tenderness in her eyes.

She took over the scepter back then, and also took over the heavy responsibility entrusted to her by her biological father, Pythagoras. Without any personal feelings, she quietly watched the change of dynasties and the era change.Others covet eternal life, but for her, it is just 2000 years of loneliness that has nothing to do with the world.

This is her unshirkable responsibility.

"Just now, I want to give it to you." Cassandra raised her head, looked at Qiao Ya, and said with a smile.

Qiao Ya opened her eyes slightly, she declined the words before she said them, and swallowed them again after seeing Cassandra's eyes.

Cassandra knew everything about her to make this judgment.

"I...I am not as great as you." Joya said, "My consciousness was attached to you 2000 years ago, and I saw your efforts in the war and your eloquence with the thinkers of Athens. You are a great That's why Pythagoras entrusted you with this scepter. But I haven't reached that height yet."

Cassandra smiled and said, "It's not so much that you can't reach that height, it's better to say that you are born in an orderly society and are naturally free."

Qiao Ya froze for a moment, and then felt her heart beating wildly in her chest.

"If there is only freedom in the world, then it will inevitably lead to chaos and even perish; if there is only order in the world, then the world will lose the opportunity for progress and become a stagnant pool. Balance is very important, and you are born to master this balance." Ka Sandra said, and handed the scepter to Qiao Ya, "You are the most suitable person to own it."

At this moment, Qiao Ya watched the scepter getting closer and closer to her, and her mind was in a mess.

She didn't expect that Cassandra would see through her origin through the Hermes scepter.

Modern society has indeed maintained the balance of order and freedom. Everyone is born in a world structured by order, but they have not lost their natural pursuit of freedom.

She moved a little stiffly, stretched out her hand, and took the golden scepter.

And as the Hermes scepter changed hands, Cassandra's braids gradually became gray, and some wrinkles gradually appeared on her heroic face. She was like an ordinary elder, with gentle eyes Looking at Qiao Ya, he said, "Actually, I once thought about handing over the heavy responsibility to Martina."

Qiao Ya looked at her in surprise.

"As I said, one of my pleasures is to read the stories of my descendants." Cassandra explained with a smile, her eyes penetrated Joya, as if she saw some memory in the void, she seemed a little trance , "She is also a good child, but she is so happy, maybe in just thirty years, she has already lived out what she wants most."

"But you are different, Qiao Ya." Cassandra shifted her eyes to Qiao Ya, with a mischievous smile on her face, "I know, your lover will never die, and you will not be lonely during your long period of responsibility .”

As she spoke, her body gradually became bent at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the bones of her legs could no longer support her body, causing her to fall backwards. Qiao Ya immediately threw the scepter aside, hugged her, and knelt on the ground.

This woman who has maintained her thirty-year-old appearance is aging for the first time in nearly 2000 years. Her hair has become completely white, and her forehead and cheeks are also covered with dimples. Her cloudy eyes penetrated Qiao Ya and looked towards the darkness. There was a void in the void, and then murmured a sentence in his own mother tongue.

Then, it turned into specks of light.

At the time when the Apennine Peninsula was shrouded in the cloud of war, the people of the small town of Votera were still living a relatively peaceful life under the setting sun in early autumn.

Qiao Ya followed Caius to the highest point in the city, and when she thought about looking into the distance, she remembered that this was the 17th year since she came to this world.

Without Martina's letter, she might still be a noble lady in the Vatican, strictly following the order, forgetting that she should be a free person.

Cassandra is right. Martina is a very happy person. Her biggest concern is her two children. In the end, her children also got the best arrangement.

"Earth, mother of all things, I salute you."

Caius looked at her: "How did you speak Greek?"

Qiao Ya smiled at him: "An elder said before he died."

"Isn't the Borgia family originally from Spain, and you have an elder from Greece?" Caius frowned.

"Yes." Qiao Ya laughed, "She also told me that you pour it in a cup."

Caius immediately became irritable and incoherent: "Who is pouring a glass! He is talking nonsense! No, how could he know me? A vampire can't get drunk after drinking! Unless he knew me 2000 years ago... No! I also knew me 2000 years ago. Not a pour!"

With the magnificent scenery in front of me and the nagging old vampire beside me, even if there are heavy responsibilities on my shoulders for hundreds of thousands of years in the future, I will not feel pain and loneliness.

Qiao Ya reached out and touched the golden pair of wings earrings on her earlobe, and said silently in her heart:

Martina, Ricardo, Cassandra, and... My father and brothers, do you know that I am also a very happy person.

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