The vampire heiress is two-faced

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Ruo Keke suddenly frowned.

“Wait, young lady. You just mentioned the council, and I find something… a bit strange.”

"Tell me about it?" Ludwig said with a smile.

If Keke replied:

“Yes, Miss. You probably already anticipated this... Princess Yang Lingxi, who attacked us in the church and stole the Spear of Longinus, has the right to govern the Vampire Council.”

She hesitated for a moment, seemingly wondering whether she should say what she was about to say.

“Speak freely,” Ludwig said.

Coco said, "If there's a possibility... that Her Majesty the Queen has spies within the Vampire Council, monitoring its every move and secretly sabotaging it, causing the Council's investigation into the Queen to make no progress for a year..."

"Then revealing our whereabouts to Parliament, or even informing them of our encounter with the Princess, would be tantamount to walking into a trap!"

Ludwig snapped her fingers: "Smart, Coco. You've been with me for almost a year now, and your thinking has become much more agile."

"However, even though we can't talk about our encounter with her, we still have to go to the Vampire Council."

She rubbed her chin.

"Because we need more clues about the Princess. Right now, the only breakthrough to finding the Vampire Queen is through her."

Coco exclaimed in surprise, "But this is too dangerous, Miss! She is an extremely dangerous enemy. This time, her target is not us; she is determined to take the Spear of Longinus... But if we encounter her again, we might not be so lucky!"

Ludwig stood up, brushed her bangs aside, and fastened them with a hair clip.

Her bright red pupils, no longer concealed by her bangs, were now fully revealed, sparkling and captivating like jewels, carrying an enigmatic and mysterious smile.

"Coco. Right now, this is the only clue we can follow to find the location of the Blood Queen. So, we have no choice."

After a moment of silence, Coco left the inn with Ludwig.

"Young Miss, at your command."

"Silly Coco, when you don't want to think, you always say 'Do as I say'."

"Stop pinching my cheeks, Miss!"

...

...

Meanwhile, somewhere in the unknown depths of darkness.

The broken Spear of Longinus floated in a container shrouded in purple mist, reflecting the dim light of its three silver-white sections.

Its smooth, sharp metal tip, bathed in a dim purple light, reflected a figure slowly approaching it.

The blonde girl stretched out her slender, pale hand, wanting to touch the barrel of Longinus's spear.

"Longinus..."

But even though its divine power was almost entirely depleted, it also showed a clear resistance to any dark monsters that tried to touch it.

It emitted an uneasy buzzing sound, rejecting the girl's touch.

Her hand paused in mid-air, momentarily stunned.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I should have been gentler."

Then, the dark energy emanating from her fingertips silenced the dying broken spear, and its faint glow vanished without a trace under the suppression of the darkness.

She gently picked up the section with the gun tip and stroked the dull gun barrel that no longer shone.

"It's all my fault... that you've suffered so much."

"..."

Sadness and tears filled her eyes.

"Longinus, it must have been in a lot of pain back then, right?"

"If it were me, I wouldn't have had the courage to choose to sacrifice myself."

She felt the cool temperature of the gun on her cheek, and a satisfied smile appeared on her lips.

"But it was because of your choice that I saw the true nature of the Holy Light."

　一~零><%<}五+酒#<}>{　“加~1-|0/1@7>4{~%>9{4@9&}8虚伪的圣光拯救不了任何人。”

"You can't save me, you can't save me, you can't save my only one."

She gracefully and gently placed the broken holy spear back into the purple mist.

"I'm sorry, Longinus, for keeping you waiting. I'll be right back."

A morbid excitement and fanaticism flashed across her gentle, watery eyes.

"Soon, you too will be reborn, just like me."

"And to redeem her from her eternal imprisonment in this absurd world."

A wicked smile crept onto the girl's face.

She turned around, stretched out her slender wrist, and gradually, her graceful figure was enveloped in darkness and disappeared into the endless shadows.

"The eternal darkness, as black as night, as poignant as the moon..."

"...Let's dance together one more time."

Chapter 33 I'm really not familiar with him

"We have just used the most advanced medical equipment to examine you, President Spier, and you are in excellent health."

Spear checked himself several times before he was convinced that he had not suffered any lasting illness from the evil magic.

"Tsk. Alright, call Butler Zhang over, I need to speak with him."

...

Spier recalled it carefully.

The Spear of Longinus, which was under the care of the church, was stolen by “blatant bandits” and the evidence at the scene indicated that it was done by church personnel. If he were to confront the church about this, it would undoubtedly worsen the church’s already heavily monitored and tarnished reputation.

Given more time, it could even cause the church to lose all power.

"Ha, we've got the church's weakness in the bag. Let's just consider it a trump card."

Although the camera didn't capture anything, the scientific equipment he had placed beforehand did capture some of the particles that make up the dark area.

According to his scientific team's analysis, those dark particles are not the same as the dark domain previously released by the Vampire Queen.

This undoubtedly made him even more certain that the vampire queen had indeed disappeared, and might even have been replaced by someone else.

The businessman had a keen sense of smell. Although he had been cooperating with the Vampire Council for several years, some subtle changes that occurred in the Vampire Council a year ago made him realize that the leaders of the vampires might be unable to manage the vampires for some reason.

He manipulates local gangs to do some side business for him without getting his hands dirty, and some of these local gangs are composed of short-sighted vampires who would betray the vampire queen for petty gains.

This suspicion already existed when Spier supported them in conducting experiments on some "new products" for him—

It is said that the Vampire Queen possesses the power to force all vampires to submit to her and prevent them from betraying her. If the Vampire Queen were still alive, her power would never allow such a small gang to act in this way, because if these gangs wanted to betray her, they would suffer punishment from the Vampire Queen, their minds would be mercilessly tortured, or even obliterated.

Although the reason for the vampire queen's disappearance is unknown, her disappearance undoubtedly allowed Spiel to carry out his plans during this year.

From initial tentative steps to increasingly bolder moves, Spier's intricate web is being laid out methodically.

Spyr took out his silver pocket watch and checked the time.

"Yes

It's time.

He looked up and saw the butler waiting at the door. He closed his pocket watch and picked up the silver cane leaning against the door.

"Pass it on, Butler Zhang. I'm planning to hold a press conference soon to announce the group's new business policy."

The young man smirked, put on his top hat, and left the room.

"When faced with difficulties, only by taking a step forward into the unknown can we achieve a breakthrough. This is the pioneering spirit and belief that the Spire Group has always upheld."

...

...

"Ahhhhh!!"

Yin Shang roared, because his body was in so much pain that it felt like it was about to split open.

"Haa, haa, haa...uh...!"

Although he didn't take off his jacket, he actually knew very well what his body looked like hidden under the clothes.

The upper part of his left arm was already tainted by the poisonous blood, the skin corroded to a ghastly white, and the blood vessels beneath the skin formed black spiderweb-like patterns. Now, it had begun to spread to Yin Shang's collarbone.

"..."

“Reinhardt, how is the situation?” Yin Shang asked.

Yin Shang relied on Reinhardt's control over blood circulation, ensuring that all blood entering and leaving this area was purified by Reinhardt beforehand, which barely managed to contain the erosion.

"Master, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to suppress it."

Reinhardt emerged from beside Yin Shang, pressing his cat paw against Yin Shang's left back, transmitting golden holy light energy to him.

"I told you long ago that the intense battle would leave me no time to control your blood circulation, and the circulation of holy light energy would also arouse the corrosive nature of dark energy, making it eager to erode your body again..."

"But I can't not fight, Reinhardt! Don't you understand?"

Yin Shang pounded the ground.

"In the end, isn't it because even your holy light can't completely eradicate it?!"

...

But then Yin Shang realized that he had acted impulsively.

Reinhardt lowered his head and replied dejectedly:

"Yes... Master. I have failed you..."

“No, Reinhardt, I don’t blame you—”

"Master, I'm going back to hibernation now. I will continue to contain your corruption as always."

Before Yin Shang could speak, the golden Persian cat transformed into golden light and spun into the Sword of Wandering.

“Lai—”

"..."

Yin Shang gritted his teeth and slumped to the ground.

“I’m sorry, Reinhardt… I’m such a useless master.”

At this moment, Yin Shang was staying under an abandoned bridge arch.

Because he had been wanted by the Church for a long time, although he was not a serious criminal, he did not dare to take the huge risk of renting a hotel in Florence, where the Church's influence was widespread.

He wasn't afraid of being caught by the church because he hadn't committed any serious crimes. What he was truly afraid of was the church discovering the corruption within him.

This is a big problem.

"..."

Yin Shang looked at the Sword of Hesitation, picked it up, and gently stroked the uneven scratches on it.

This is the new damage he caused after encountering it. Every scratch like this is a symbol of glory witnessed by Entropy and the Sword of Hesitation, together with Reinhardt.

Looking at the greatsword that felt almost weightless in his hand, Yin Shang couldn't help but recall past memories.

If it weren't for it, he wouldn't have been expelled from his home and severed ties with his family. But Yin Shang had no regrets, because it made him a church knight.

Even now, destitute under a bridge, and despite the terrifying corruption that has turned him into something neither human nor ghost, Yin Shang still regards the Sword of Wandering as the most important part of his life.

“I have never regretted meeting you... Reinhardt.”

Yin Shang muttered to himself.

"I will try my best not to be the most useless of all your previous owners. I hope that in the distant future, you will still occasionally miss me, your unqualified owner."

He gave a wry smile and was about to put it into the canvas bag when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from the side of the bridge arch.

No one usually comes here; this conclusion was reached by Yin Shang after observing for several hours.

He immediately tried to hide, but he was too late; a figure jumped down from the slope next to the bridge arch.