I didn't know you were such a vampire

The life of the nobility in Italy at the end of the fifteenth century was actually not that new compared to the common people. Except for Naples which still followed strict standards to distinguish between the aristocratic class and the common people, the social status of the nobility in other places was not determined by the level of status. The first rule of making friends, apart from some social rules of a specific class, there are more cases where people get together because of interests.

Such as some permanent or temporary associations.

Many artists in Florence have adopted this method. In this kind of society, there is no class distinction, and the activities and gatherings of the society are easy, and such social gatherings often have a beautiful woman as the chairman. During the event, what she said was the highest instruction, and she was in charge of the day's activities, including the time, the form of the event, and even the way of talking.

In Boccaccio's "Ten Days Talk", Florence at that time was under the control of the terrible plague of the Black Death, seven beautiful and young noble ladies and occasionally three handsome and enthusiastic young men, they brought their servants , left Florence, which is full of death anytime and anywhere, and took refuge in a mountain manor in the suburbs.

This manor is not a shelter for people with poor conditions in the traditional sense. On the contrary, the environment here is quiet and the scenery is pleasant. Everyone's daily life is playing the piano and dancing.So, under such circumstances, everyone agreed on how many stories each person would tell each day. There were ten people in total, and the storytelling time was also ten days. These stories were collected into a collection, and this collection is "Ten Days Talk" ".

This is actually a temporary club, mainly to tell stories, and Piero's goal is to gather ten people, imitate the club in the book, and each tell a few stories every day.It's just that in "Ten Days Talk", the purpose of everyone holding this club is to comfort themselves in the refuge, and Piero claims to be an unforgettable practice ceremony for the two guests; the chairman of the club in the book is Among the ten people, Pampinea is the older one, and the chairman of the club formed by Piero is Qiao Ya, who seems to be the youngest among the ten people.

After the small turmoil caused by Caius' appearance was forcibly terminated by Piero's warm applause, the focus of everyone's discussion was on the fresh face Qiao Ya.

Although Qiao Ya and Caius are not natives of Florence, Caius's family has a century-old cooperative relationship with the Medici family, and he himself has been in Florence for more than a month. The nobles of Florence basically treat him Everyone has heard of it.

As for Joya, what everyone knows about her is only Mrs. Totti's illegitimate daughter in Rome when she was young.

"So you grew up with your father?"

Qiao Ya looked at the person who asked the question, smiled and said, "Before the age of seven, I grew up with my aunt, and then I was taken to my father's side to receive family education."

In this era, most educated women acquired knowledge in monasteries, and very few of them received education at home.

"Then what are you studying?" Another person asked.

Before Qiao Ya could answer, Sophia, the only woman among the other nine, sneered and said, "I guess she is learning how to become a little chairwoman surrounded by men in the upper class."

The intention of her words could not be more obvious, even Piero quickly stood up and said: "Our activity today is about telling stories, not just asking and answering."

Others followed suit and said, "Sophia, it's not right for you to speak like that. Piero must have his own reasons for inviting Ms. Joya as the chairwoman."

Sophia shook the wine glass in her hand, looked at the speaker with light brown eyes, then at Caius who was sitting on the edge, and finally set her sights on Joya.

She is about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a good appearance, but her eyes are extremely aggressive. She is not as wild as Martina, but more like a cat that has been pampered and raised in the palace, with a majestic look. arrogant.

Qiao Ya did not avoid her gaze, and the curvature of the corner of her mouth became more obvious: "I have studied history, art, and some humanities. The most important thing is the study of foreign languages, Spanish, Catalan, French, and Greek " She paused, and said, "But Miss Sophia is right, from the perspective of one hand, the ladies who serve as the chairmen of the society do have this knowledge—maybe I am far from enough."

As soon as she finished speaking, Piero, who was sitting next to her, immediately stood up and clapped his hands: "Enough is enough, I can guarantee that Miss Joya will be a very good chairwoman, we just It’s enough to happily hold our club activities in this place far away from Florence.”

Facing another round of applause from Piero, everyone chose to be silent again: "..."

But Sophia restrained her presumptuous gaze a little, and leaned back, but at this moment, Qiao Ya smiled at her, supported the stone table of the gazebo with both hands, and slowly stood up.

Her body is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and she is still in the development stage, her head only reaches Piero's shoulders, but her speech and behavior are not as childish as girls of the same age.

"Mr. Piero is right. Let us have as much fun as possible. Because we have fled from Florence for the same purpose. But everything will not last long if there is no system. I am the first to initiate, let With so many friends gathered together, I also hope that everyone will be happy for a long time. So I think we'd better choose a leader, everyone respects and obeys him; and he concentrates on planning how to make us live happier. In order to make Everyone, regardless of gender, has the opportunity to experience the responsibility and glory of the ruler, and in order to avoid mutual jealousy, I think it is best to give this work and glory to one person in turn every day, the first person I, and at vespers it is the ruler of that day who appoints the next day's successor. In each man's reign, he decides where and how to have fun."

This is probably the longest sentence Joya has ever said. However, after she finished speaking, everyone realized that this was the first night in the "Ten Days Talk". A passage spoken.

In other words, Qiao Ya, as the president of the club, is announcing to everyone that the game has started, and she is the queen who sets the rules today.

After Joya agreed to Piero's invitation that evening, she regretted it for a moment.

She has always been silent at the dinner table in the Orsini Palace, and she is also a very qualified listener when faced with disputes between her younger siblings. On the one hand, she feels that she is not like her younger siblings. Her eloquence is so eloquent, and every word is pearly, on the other hand, it is also because she doesn't like to talk.

She likes to speak to herself in her heart.

If there is anyone who can read minds, they will probably be frightened by the unconstrained imagination in her mind.

So she didn't know why she agreed to Piero's invitation at that time. It could be understood that the cloudy dusk always came so unexpectedly that she didn't even have time to think about it in her mind.

But it was probably the same night that Martina said that she "tenderly rebelled" against the boring city of the Vatican, which suddenly made her want to try something she had never tried before.

For the time being, it can be understood as trying to resist "toughly".

The game officially began. The servants of the Medici family brought up seasonal pastries and wine with ice cubes, and the last servant who walked at the end brought up a laurel wreath that must have been made of slender paper strips from laurel trees.This is what Philomena dedicated to the queen when Pampinea became queen on the first day in the Decameron, because the laurels bring honor and respect to people and are a symbol of dominion.

Piero put the laurel wreath on Qiao Ya's head, and said playfully, "Okay, our queen, do you have any stories to share?"

The laurel crown doesn't actually have much weight, but the meaning it represents makes Qiao Ya feel differently heavy.

She stroked a strand of blond hair from the corner of her forehead, looked at the young men and women sitting opposite her, and finally swept to Caius who was sitting in the farthest corner.

He was looking at her like everyone else.

However, it is very strange that there is no deep hostility in his eyes as usual, without those gloomy chills, he feels more like a young god on Mount Olympus walking out of a painting, with a handsome face, The expression is solemn, but there is still a youthful aura between the facial features.

"I... want to share a love story. The protagonist of the story, under extreme anger and despair, exchanged his own soul to obtain endless power. And..." She paused, "as if cursed In general, eternal life."