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00:00On the night before my wedding date was announced, my mother told me,
00:04Valora, we never actually planned to hold the eternal bond ceremony for you and Avalian.
00:09He was merely a perfect husband you tested for your sister for three years.
00:13The hand with which I held my wine glass froze in maff air, almost believing I had misheard.
00:18Mother, what did you say?
00:21Moonlight streamed through the high windows of the castle,
00:23shining upon Calista Nightshare's pale and exquisite face.
00:26She frowned and looked at me.
00:28You don't really think Arrarian is your eternal companion, do you?
00:33Mother, three years ago, it was you who told me to get close to him.
00:38Now, you are telling me he isn't mine?
00:46Valora, how can you still be so naive?
00:49Arrarian is of course outstanding, so he should belong to the person who truly suits him.
00:54Your sister Everleth has reached idolatry this year.
00:59She needs a sufficiently powerful pure-blood companion.
01:03And Arrarian is the person I chose for her.
01:08Nowadays, pure-blood noble men are too promissuous.
01:12I'm afraid your sister might choose the wrong person, ruining the rest of her life.
01:18So I had you help test him for three years.
01:21Mother, Arrarian and I are about to get married.
01:28Arrarian is someone I reserved for Everleth long ago.
01:30You cannot steal your sister's things.
01:32In a daze, I understood what she meant.
01:34So I was just my sister's testing device.
01:37Ever since the relationship between Avalian and I was established,
01:41Mother always invited him to the manor for dinner.
01:43But every time the two families discussed the wedding date, Mother would always make excuses.
01:48After Aurelian left, she would drop hints to me.
01:51Aurelian is a decent young man, but your sister doesn't have a companion yet.
01:56At that time, I didn't think much of it.
01:59Even feeling happy that Mother finally approved of Orlean.
02:02It is only now that I understand why she was so reluctant to let us get married.
02:08At the beginning, I was very dissatisfied with Averian.
02:11A bit arrogant, not knowing how to take care of a companion.
02:15Such a person could never be worthy of your sister.
02:18Thankfully, I was clever.
02:21Introducing him to you, and after three years by your side,
02:27you have trained him perfectly in every way.
02:31Mother, the one Aurelian loves is me.
02:34We are about to hold our ceremony.
02:36I will not give him up to my sister.
02:38After saying this, Mother fell quiet.
02:42Just when I thought she had given up on the idea.
02:49Can you not understand human language?
02:53I have already said, Aurelian is your sister's companion.
02:57Now that the timing is right, you should return him to your sister.
03:04Can you please be more sensible?
03:06I did not understand how my perfectly fine companion became my sister's in Mother's mouth.
03:13You tell Aurelian right now using the communication stone that you want to break off the engagement
03:18and wait until your sister has cultivated feelings with him.
03:22Neither of them is young anymore.
03:24I am worried to death.
03:26Yet you are still here bickering with me over trivial matters.
03:31Instead, she turned around and directly dialed the call with her communication stone.
03:36Sister?
03:36Yes, yes, yes.
03:39Everlist has found a very good companion.
03:42My heart is finally half at ease.
03:44I could not stay there for another second and rushed out of the castle gates.
03:48While the sound of the call inside did not stop even for a moment.
03:53Since childhood, I felt that my sister was different from me.
03:56My needs were always ignored by our parents, but when it came to my sister, it was completely
04:02different.
04:03She didn't even have to open her mouth for what she wanted.
04:06Our parents would automatically prepare everything.
04:08During my childhood, Mother sent me to an ordinary school near the manor.
04:13I traveled back and forth alone every day.
04:16There was a pure-blood boy inside who often bullied me, pinching me from time to time and
04:22pulling my hair.
04:23The vampire teachers tried to intervene a few times.
04:26But it was useless.
04:28I told Mother in tears, but she simply frowned and said,
04:33It takes two to tango.
04:35You must first look for the reason within yourself.
04:38I am already exhausted from managing family affairs.
04:42Do not cause trouble for me.
04:45Having been sculpted, I silently endured a whole year of bullying.
04:49When it was my sister's term to go to school, our parents sent her to a prestigious high
04:54vampire academy.
04:55In private, I heard Mother say to Father, although the nearby school is convenient,
05:01the quality of the students is really poor.
05:03What if Eveleth gets bullied in there?
05:06Why don't you and I put in some extra effort to send her to that better academy every day?
05:11Why was it that when I was being bullied, our parents never considered so much for me?
05:16Our parents were biased.
05:18They loved my sister more.
05:20I had realized this long ago.
05:22When choosing the direction of my oath upon reaching adulthood, Mother painstakely persuaded
05:27me to become a consul in the Holy Pavilion.
05:29I didn't want to originally, as I wanted to study art.
05:33But Mother cried and told me that having family members in the Holy Pavilion would make things
05:37easier.
05:38She also said she felt unwell everywhere and would need special privileges to be taken care
05:43of in the future.
05:44So, I chose the hardest path during the consul selection.
05:48The family gave my sister a monthly quota of 3,000 milliliters of premium blood supply,
05:53while Mother only gave me 800 milliliters of the lowest quality synthetic blood a month.
05:57This was far not enough to maintain the basic stamina of a vampire.
06:01I asked Mother if she could give me a bit more, but with an embarrassed look, she told me to
06:06figure something out myself.
06:08So, besides the strenuous training in the Holy Pavilion, I also had to squeeze out time to
06:13take on hunting missions in the black market.
06:16From time to time, Mother would send messages asking about my progress, asking if I was
06:21tired, and how my future promotion was going.
06:25I thought she still loved me, even if not as much as she loved my sister.
06:32When it was my sister's turn to choose her oath direction, she did not choose the path
06:36of the consul she had always talked about, but instead chose the internal management of
06:41uncle's family business.
06:42When our parents were away, I asked my sister why she didn't want to be a consul anymore.
06:48With an innocent face, she said.
06:50Mother said, being a consul is very exhausting.
06:53There are so many things to learn, and the evaluations are cruel.
06:57Furthermore, within the Shangrippilian system, our family has we knowth guide our sisigwais,
07:03so we can only derenture, and struggle.
07:06So we mootsin had weishuanza navel gwentli, so that I can weihol jinru shushulls of shanking
07:10the gal gwentli.
07:11I felt as if struck by lightning.
07:13My sister said a lot of things, secrets that only those who have actually struggled in this
07:17system would know.
07:18Where could Mother have found all this out?
07:20Of course it was from me, and I had become my sister's stepping stone.
07:25Sister, Mother said I have a monthly quota of 3,000 milliliters of premium blood supply.
07:30Sister, how did you endure all those years in the holy pillion?
07:34How did I endure?
07:35My throat felt as if blocked by a fishbone.
07:38My suffering, paved the way for my sister's happiness.
07:41And now, I had deeply love for three years, was also mapped into my sister's happiness.
07:47Mother wanted to give all the best things to my sister, but I did not want to yield anymore.
07:51Mother and I fell into a cold war.
07:53To be precise, it was me unitarily ignoring her.
07:57Normally, I did not send her messages, and she rarely took the initiative to contact me.
08:02I let my emotions run free, unwilling to bow my head to her.
08:06Anfraer, my's may may from pillier the missish's folly is may boning.
08:20If this goes on, I doubt I'll ever get married.
08:23I listened quietly for a moment, and asked her,
08:27Why do you call him Lord Vosmore?
08:29I remembered my sister used to call him brother-in-law.
08:32I didn't know when it changed to this distant yet abiguate title of respect.
08:36Mother said so.
08:37She said that you two might not necessarily bind an eternal blood prevalent in the future,
08:42and told me not to call him brother-in-law.
08:44Lest it cause some psychological shadow in the future, or feel strange.
08:48I felt as if I'd fallen into an bingshu cave, thinking back carefully to the time my sister
08:54changed her way of addressing him.
08:56It was exactly one year ago when I was ambushed by night walkers, and fell into a deep coma
09:00from serious injuries.
09:01Our parents very perfectiously came to the Holy Pillars Medical Hall once or twice, and
09:06for the rest, it was Aurelian who guarded me without leaving my side.
09:10Fearing that I would lose too much blood, and my organs would fail to regenerate, he drove
09:15dozens of miles away to ancient battlefields to hunt for high-purity blood crisps to replenish
09:20my energy.
09:21Recovering from serious injuries took a very long time, and Aurelian truly took care of
09:26me for three entire months, feeding me, wiping my wounds, and helping me soak in the blood
09:31spring.
09:32He did all of it personally without relying on others.
09:36Once, Mother brought a low-quality blood bag to me, which in the end, all went into his
09:41stomach.
09:42He told Mother that the blood source was impure, and would affect the healing of my wounds,
09:47and could easily trigger a blood-poison backlash.
09:51Seeing him speak so logically and thoroughly at that time, Mother's gaze towards him changed.
09:57There was a strange warmth in it.
09:59By the time I could finally walk on the ground, Aurelian had grown much thinner, and even his
10:05blood wings had dimmed significantly.
10:07It was also from that moment that Mother became enthusiastic towards him, inviting him to the
10:13manor for meals from time to time.
10:16During meals, my sister would inevitably sit opposite him.
10:20As I replayed everything piece by piece, I was shocked to realize that a long time ago,
10:26Mother had already platted to make Aurelian my sister's companion, and I was merely the clown
10:32kept in the dark.
10:33A week later, after the pure-blood noble introduced to my sister by relatives, was rejected by
10:39Mother again.
10:40She finally couldn't help but send me a message.
10:43Does all arrive as she said in herself for two and devout?
10:45Where are you?
10:46Have you broken off the engagement with Aurelian?
10:48You have no idea what kind of people those relatives introduced to your sister.
10:52Not a single one can compare to him.
10:54The affairs of the Holy Pillant were already busy, and in the brief moment of taking the
10:58message, I was called several times by the High Consular.
11:01Mother, Aurelian and I are in a very good relationship.
11:04I will not break off our engagement.
11:06My sister can take her time finding a partner.
11:09The end of confunication changed, and it my father Theron nightshake.
11:13Your mother and I am already at this age, and we just want to see your sister find her
11:17destined partner and live out her eternity well partner.
11:20Besides, you are the older sister, so what is wrong with yielding him to your sister?
11:24If it weren't for your sister, how would your mother have introduced such excellent
11:28pureblood noble to you, that you could enjoy Aurelian's goodness for three years?
11:34Is already thanks to your sister.
11:38What do you mean by I enjoyed it thanks to my sister?
11:40What does Alryan have to do with her?
11:42I know you are biased, but I am still your daughter, aren't I?
11:46Do you really hate seeing me happy so much?
11:50My voice was too loud, and the High Consular cast a warning glance at me.
11:55Feeling the gossiping gazes of the colleagues around me, I forced down the fury in my heart
11:59and said word by word, Aurelian and I will not break off our engagement.
12:04You had better think carefully about what you are doing, and don't tear this family apart.
12:09I thought my warning would make them give up their ideas about Aurelian.
12:12But on this day, my sister sent me a video clip.
12:17An image of Aurelian surrounded by a crowd of family relatives.
12:20Sister, Lord Vox Mare is currently being interrogated by everyone.
12:26He looks so pitiful.
12:28The moment I saw the image, I only felt the blood in my whole blood flowing backwards,
12:33and my head weight blank.
12:36Mother had only invited Aurelian alone to the manor.
12:39What on earth did she want to do?
12:43I rushed back to the manor in a hurry,
12:46just in time to hear Mother discussing the blood covenant with Arrhenian.
12:50My darling daughter, I will not let her suffer any grievance.
12:54We have prepared 300,000 gold coins worth of gifts for her,
12:59and we will let her take all of them with her when the time comes.
13:02The surrounding relatives gasped in surprise,
13:05never expecting Mother to cherish her daughter so much.
13:09It sounded like such deep mother-daughter affection,
13:12except the darling daughter in Mother's mouth was not me.
13:16Aurelian noticed me at the very first moment,
13:19and said with great excitement,
13:22Valora, I am going to marry you.
13:24I will definitely treat you well.
13:29As his words fell, except for my sister,
13:31everyone looked at him with strange expressions.
13:34My niece, aunt, my thief, is directly.
13:37Arrhenian, you must be silly with joy.
13:39You are Eveleth's fiancรฉe.
13:41The one you are marrying is Eveleth.
13:44Now it was Aurelian's turn to be dumbstounded.
13:47No, Valora is my companion.
13:49I looked at Mother, feeling ice cold all over.
13:52It must have been her who told the relatives that Orlian was my sister's fiancรฉe.
13:56I would just wait to see how she was going to patch up this lie.
14:00Mother cast a leisurely glance at me,
14:02before smiling and saying to the surrounding relatives,
14:04Valora and Arrhenian have already broken off their engagement.
14:08I am very satisfied with this boy,
14:10and he matches Eveleth perfectly,
14:12so I thought we might as well settle it today.
14:17My sister let out a gasp.
14:19Mother?
14:20She cast a shy glance at Arrhenian,
14:23her face turning completely red.
14:26This is my fiancรฉe.
14:27I have not broken off my engagement with him.
14:30If my sister wants to find a companion,
14:32she should go find one.
14:34Why must she take mine?
14:36Mother looked at me coldly.
14:38Can you please be more emotionally stable
14:40and stop acting like a lunatark?
14:42Being like this, do you think you are worthy of Aurelian?
14:46Emotionally stable?
14:47With parents like this,
14:48it would be a miracle if I were emotionally stable.
14:51I felt a wave of darkness before my eyes,
14:53and a sensation of being unable to catch my breath.
14:56I didn't know which relative muttered a line.
14:59Calista, this is Valera's fiancรฉe.
15:02Is it really appropriate for you to do this?
15:05They haven't even officially bound their blood covenant yet.
15:09And in my eyes,
15:10the two of them are not suited at all.
15:14Valera is merely a low-level consul.
15:17What future can a consul possibly have?
15:19Eveleth is different.
15:21She has already become a director in the Chamber of Commerce.
15:25Isn't she a perfect match for Arrhenian,
15:27the young lord of the Territory?
15:29I am her mother.
15:30How could I harm her?
15:32Rather than breaking up in the future,
15:34it is better to cut it off now.
15:36My eldest aunt came to a sudden realization
15:39and nodded in agreement.
15:42Indeed, they do not match.
15:45Valera and Arrhenian
15:47probably don't even have any common language.
15:51If they get married in the future,
15:54their relationship will fall apart sooner or later
15:57because they can't connect.
15:59Valera,
16:00a marriage without parental approval
16:02will never be happy.
16:04The relatives added their comments one after another,
16:08discussing how Arrhenian and I
16:09wind herself incompatible in every way.
16:12Arrhenian wanted to say something,
16:14but I held him back and kept him silent.
16:17I wanted to see
16:18what other heart-stapping words Mother could utter.
16:22Mother looked at me with tears in her eyes.
16:24Valera,
16:25you and Eveleth
16:27are both my daughters.
16:29I treat you both equally
16:31and I love you too.
16:33Mother truly feels that you two
16:34should not be eternal companions.
16:38Treating us equally
16:39was the biggest joke of all.
16:41My heart grew cold bit by bit,
16:43completely losing all hope
16:45and family affection.
16:46This was the reason
16:47why she had invited so many relatives.
16:49She desperately belittled me
16:51while elevating my sister
16:53and by using the mouths of the crowd,
16:55she tried to force me
16:56to break off the engagement with Arrhenian.
16:58I looked at Mother
16:59and then at the chiming-in relatives.
17:02Eldest aunt,
17:03do you know that my cousin's fiancรฉe
17:06was actually once a son-in-law
17:08whom Mother had her eyes on?
17:09Silence.
17:10A deathly silence.
17:12Chinleys looked as if
17:12they'd been choked by throat
17:14and no one dared permission.
17:16A ginger member.
17:17My lol eye,
17:18join you came, her says.
17:20What have to Lilith?
17:21Waysham away,
17:21understand you're wise.
17:24Just as I was about to speak,
17:26Mother screamed.
17:27Shut your mouth!
17:29She rushed at me like a madwoman,
17:30but with a backhand sweep,
17:32I pushed her back onto the dining table.
17:34The spood and power of the vampire
17:36erupted in my body at the same time,
17:37and for the first time,
17:39I did not suppress that brute leader.
17:41Mother was pushed by me,
17:42stumbling and crashing
17:43against the back of the chair
17:44as silver plates shattered
17:45all over the floor
17:46with a loud crash.
17:47I knew that once certain things
17:49were exposed,
17:50Mother's reputation
17:51would be ruined.
17:52But I had already
17:53given her a chance.
17:55Aurarian tightly clasped my hand.
17:57The warmth of his palm
17:58penetrated my skin,
17:59transferring the power
18:00that belonged
18:01to a pure blood noble.
18:02The ancient resonance
18:03of bloodlines
18:04vibrated slightly in my veins.
18:07He was telling me
18:08that no matter what I did,
18:10he stood by my side.
18:12I was no longer afraid of anything.
18:15Mother didn't introduce
18:16a fiancรฉ just to me back then.
18:18Eldest aunt,
18:19my cousin Lilith's fiancรฉ,
18:20was also introduced by her.
18:22Compared to Aurarian,
18:24Mother was initially
18:24more interested
18:25in the one beside Lilith.
18:27Some things,
18:28one would understand
18:29by simply thinking
18:30about them carefully.
18:32During that period,
18:33Mother was exceptionally keen
18:35on playing matchmaker,
18:36but they really might fight him.
18:38And the targets
18:39were all pure blood nobles
18:41with good bloodlines,
18:43appearances,
18:44and territories.
18:47Combining this
18:48with her current behavior,
18:50it was very easy to guess
18:51that she had been selecting
18:53my sister's companion
18:54since that time.
18:55My cousin Lilith and I
18:57were merely
18:58human testing devices.
18:59Do you think
19:00she was being kind-hearted?
19:01She was afraid
19:02that my sister
19:03might choose
19:03a bad blood covenant partner,
19:05which was why
19:06she placed the candidates
19:06she fanced by our sides
19:08to observe them.
19:09After all,
19:09onlookers see most clearly,
19:11and she could also have us
19:12teach them how to take care
19:13of a companion
19:13in the process.
19:14Now that the time is ripe,
19:16she has chosen Alvarian.
19:18It seems I indeed
19:20trained him well,
19:21so well that even Mother
19:22was tempted.
19:23I mockily laid bare
19:25all of her schemes.
19:28Mother lowered her head
19:29guiltfully,
19:30remaining silent.
19:31My eldest aunt
19:33stiffly turned her head,
19:35staring intently at her.
19:36Kalista.
19:38Is what Valora said true?
19:40My cousin Lilith's fiancรฉ Dorian
19:42was the second son
19:43of a pure-blood noble,
19:44who was good in every aspect,
19:46except for being
19:47naturally promiscuous.
19:48At that time,
19:49there was another knight
19:50who had pursued Lilith
19:51for a long time,
19:52who, despite his low blood blood,
19:54was loyal and reliable.
19:55Lilith was pushed by Mother
19:56to bind a blood covenant
19:58with Dorian.
19:59As a result,
20:00after Dorian devoured
20:02more than half
20:02of Lilith's assets,
20:04he immediately dissolved
20:05the blood covenant
20:06and married another noblewoman.
20:10Lilith was miserably abandoned.
20:13Her blood core was damaged
20:14and she became
20:15completely depressed,
20:17locking herself
20:18in the castle every day,
20:20refusing to come out.
20:22My eldest aunt
20:23literally grew
20:23half a head of white hair
20:25over this matter,
20:26and her vampire face,
20:27which was supposed
20:28to be immortal,
20:29aged significantly.
20:30Eldest aunt,
20:32mother privately sighed
20:33about her own cleverness
20:34many times,
20:35but she didn't let
20:36such a man ruin my sister.
20:38Otherwise,
20:39her whole life
20:40would have been ruined.
20:41My eldest aunt,
20:42who had been speaking up
20:44for Mother just a moment ago,
20:46now stared at Mother
20:47with red eyes,
20:48grinning her teeth
20:49as she said,
20:50I cherished you so much,
20:52and whenever you had trouble,
20:53I was always the first
20:55to arrive!
20:58Lilith also respected you,
21:00her maternal aunt,
21:01deeply,
21:02yet you actually pushed her
21:04into a pit of fire?
21:05How can your heart
21:07be so venomous?
21:09My eldest aunt
21:10lunged towards Mother.
21:11The vampire power
21:12was released
21:13without resertion
21:14in her anger,
21:14and she scratched up
21:15Mother's face
21:16with one claw.
21:17The faces of the vampire race
21:19restore extremely fast,
21:20but the wounds
21:21left by silver fingernails
21:22seeped dark red blood droplets,
21:24unable to fade away
21:25anytime soon.
21:28Mother shrieked in pain,
21:30yet her mouth
21:30did not leak
21:31a single shred of truth.
21:34Sister,
21:35she is lying!
21:37I was introducing
21:38a good marriage
21:39to Lilith
21:40out of goodwill!
21:43Father Theron
21:45stopped playing
21:45the invisible man
21:46at this moment.
21:47He held back
21:48my eldest aunt,
21:49using a gentle tone
21:50to persuade her
21:51to calm down.
21:52The child is just
21:53speaking nonsense
21:54because she has anger
21:55in her heart.
21:56What kind of person
21:57Calista is,
21:58could you as her sister
21:59not know?
22:00Vailora!
22:02Hurry up
22:03and apologize
22:04to your mother
22:04and eldest aunt.
22:06Are you trying
22:06to ruin your mother
22:07by spreading rumors?
22:09Father cast
22:09a warning glance
22:10at me.
22:11In just a few words,
22:12he attributed
22:13everything to my
22:14rumored boggering.
22:15The expression
22:16on my eldest aunt's
22:17face began to waver.
22:18My sister suddenly
22:19stood up.
22:20She first cast
22:21a glance at Aerelyon,
22:22then gripped my arm
22:23tightly,
22:24refusing to let go.
22:25Her fingernails
22:26dug into my skin,
22:27carrying the bone-chilling
22:28coldness unique
22:28to vampires.
22:30Sister,
22:31apologize.
22:32Mother didn't have
22:33any bad intentions.
22:34She just wanted
22:35everyone around her
22:36to have a good destination.
22:38At worst,
22:39it can only be said
22:40she did a bad thing
22:41with good intentions.
22:42It's your fault
22:43for speaking recklessly.
22:44I kept my mouth
22:45tightly shut,
22:46remaining silent.
22:47My old ailment
22:48of insufficient blood supply
22:50flared up
22:50in order to rush
22:51the documents
22:52of the Holy Pavilion
22:53these past few days.
22:54I hadn't had
22:55a proper meal
22:56for two days.
22:57Blackness swept
22:58across my vision,
22:59and even my blood wings
23:00began to blur.
23:01Suddenly,
23:02a pure blood essence
23:03was popped into my mouth.
23:05I glanced at Aerelyon,
23:06who was just
23:07withdrawing his hand.
23:08That was an emergency food
23:10he had refined
23:11using his own blood.
23:13My sister let out a sigh
23:15and bowed
23:16to my eldest bant.
23:17Eldest aunt,
23:18my sister is exhausted,
23:19so I apologize
23:20on her behalf.
23:21She shouldn't have
23:22spoken recklessly
23:22to damage the relationship
23:24between you and mother.
23:25I promise you,
23:26mother only wanted
23:27to find a good destination
23:28for my cousin.
23:29I promise you,
23:30mother only wanted
23:31to find a good destination
23:32for my cousin.
23:33Such a speech
23:34thoroughly endeared her
23:35to our parents,
23:36making me look like
23:37someone who lacked
23:38proper manners.
23:39Expressionless,
23:40I bit down
23:40on the blood-condensed
23:41candy in my mouth.
23:42The pure blood power
23:43exploded on the tip
23:44of my tongue,
23:45flowing through my veins
23:46into every limb and bone.
23:48Father,
23:49eldest aunt,
23:50I thought you would
23:50stand by my side.
23:51After all,
23:53we are all victims.
23:56Father froze,
23:58looking at mother
23:58in utter confusion.
24:00But I burst out laughing.
24:02Mother was afraid
24:03that my sister
24:04might choose
24:05the wrong companion.
24:06But when she bound
24:07her own blood covenant
24:08back then,
24:09was she not afraid
24:10of making the wrong choice?
24:12I rushed into mother's
24:13sitting room,
24:14pulling an ancient
24:15leather diary out
24:16from a hidden compartment.
24:17The moment she saw
24:19the diary,
24:19mother could no longer
24:20can control herself.
24:22By Lara,
24:23are you truly determined
24:24to ruin me?
24:26Ignoring mother,
24:27I threw the diary
24:27right in front of father.
24:30Father,
24:32do you want to take a look
24:33at how you were chosen
24:34by mother?
24:37Father looked at the diary,
24:39not daring to reach out.
24:40My eldest aunt
24:41snatched it up
24:43and began flipping through it
24:45from the very first page.
24:47Theron Nightshake,
24:49Territorial Steward,
24:50Moderate Bloodline,
24:51Pending Selection,
24:53Dante Crowdet,
24:54Upper Middle Bloodline,
24:55Pending Selection.
24:56Theron is my father.
24:58Dante Crowdo
24:58is my uncle-in-law.
25:00In the very beginning,
25:01my eldest aunt's fiance
25:02was Theron.
25:03It was mother
25:04who whispered
25:04in eldest aunt's ear
25:05that Theron had no future,
25:07actively helping her
25:08connect with Dante Crowdo.
25:09My eldest aunt
25:10was attracted
25:11by the beautiful prospects
25:12mother described
25:13and under Dante Crowlo's
25:15sweet talk,
25:16broke off the engagement
25:18with Theron,
25:19choosing instead
25:19to bind a blood covenant
25:21with Dante Crowlo.
25:24The diary detailed
25:25exactly how mother
25:26compared them
25:27step by step
25:28and eventually
25:29chose father.
25:30Although Dante Crowlet's
25:32territory is small,
25:34he is very good
25:35at earning gold coins
25:36and knows how to please
25:38female vampires.
25:40Let sister test him
25:41out for me.
25:42If he is consistent
25:43inside and out,
25:46I'll have sister yield
25:47him to me
25:48and let her resume
25:49her past bond
25:50with Theron.
25:51Even if sister
25:52is unwilling,
25:54our parents
25:55will help me.
25:56Being plotted against
25:57to this extent
25:58by her own
25:59biological sister,
26:00my eldest aunt
26:01actually calmed down
26:02instead.
26:04She kept flipping pages
26:06backward.
26:06Dante Crowlock
26:08beat sister.
26:10Male vampires
26:11who beat their companions
26:12are the lowest beasts
26:14unfit for marriage.
26:16Although Theron's bloodline
26:18is inferior
26:18to Dante Crowlet's,
26:20he has a stable territory,
26:22is down to earth,
26:24and is suitable
26:24to bind a blood covenant with.
26:26In summary,
26:28choosing Theron
26:28is clearly superior
26:30to Dante Crowlet's.
26:31Father heard it too,
26:32his expression
26:33shifting unpredictably.
26:35At that time,
26:36eldest aunt
26:37had been with Dante Crowlet's
26:38for so long
26:39that it wasn't easy
26:40for her to find someone else.
26:42So they bound the covenant.
26:46Unbeknownst to her,
26:47Dante Crowlet
26:48completely ripped off
26:49his mask.
26:50He tortured
26:51eldest aunt
26:52increasingly brutally,
26:53making her unable
26:54to bear it,
26:55wanting to dissolve
26:56the covenant
26:56and run home.
26:57But Dante Crowlet
26:59wasn't afraid either,
27:00loitering
27:00like a rascal
27:01at our grandparents' house.
27:03Even uttering
27:04ruthless words
27:05that whoever left him
27:06without a companion,
27:08he would take
27:09their life.
27:10Comparing ruthlessness
27:11and comparing baseness,
27:13no one could beat
27:14Dante Crowlet
27:15for the sake of her family.
27:16Eldest aunt
27:17could only head back
27:18dejectedly.
27:19Aside from enjoying
27:20beating Eldest aunt,
27:22Dante Crowlet
27:22was lazy
27:23and gluttonous.
27:24It could be said
27:25that this family
27:26was supported
27:27solely by Eldest aunt.
27:30They lived a bitter life
27:32for a very long time
27:33until my cousin
27:34grew up,
27:35challenged him,
27:36and only after
27:37being defeated
27:38did he sober up
27:39and behave.
27:40The air was deadly quiet,
27:42leaving only the sound
27:43of parchment pages
27:44turning.
27:44Once it reached
27:45the later section,
27:46Eldest aunt swept
27:47her eyes quickly
27:48across the pages.
27:49She slammed the diary
27:50onto the table,
27:51revealing the very
27:52last page.
27:53Test subject
27:54number one,
27:55Dorian.
27:57Irresponsible.
27:58Frequenting flower bushes.
28:00Whoever caching,
28:01dock in their spines!
28:03Whoever marries him
28:04will suffer bad luck.
28:06Compared to him,
28:07test subject number five,
28:09Aurelion,
28:09is far superior,
28:11making him the best choice
28:12to be Eveleth's companion.
28:15Must find a way
28:16to get Aurelion
28:17to break off
28:17the covenant with Valera.
28:20My eldest aunt
28:21pulled out a half smile.
28:23The good ones
28:24you snatch away
28:25while leaving the trash
28:27to your own
28:28family members.
28:30You could have warned me,
28:31but you didn't.
28:33You watched
28:34with open eyes
28:35as Lilith and I
28:36fell into the pit.
28:38Are you intentionally
28:39bullying our family?
28:41Mother frantically
28:42tried to grab
28:43Eldest aunt's hand,
28:44but was dodged.
28:46She blutted out
28:47an explanation
28:47in panic.
28:48I was merely
28:50respecting your
28:51unfortunate fate.
28:52After all,
28:53who told you
28:54to have such bad taste
28:55and not know
28:56how to choose...
28:57Under Eldest aunt's
28:59devouring gare,
29:00Mother shut her mouth,
29:02resentfully.
29:04My eldest aunt
29:05summoned my uncle-in-law
29:06with the communication stone.
29:10The aging Dante Crower
29:12still had that
29:13Rupiel-like demeanor.
29:14He finished reading
29:15the diary.
29:16He said absolutely nothing,
29:18but smashed
29:19whatever he saw
29:20onto the floor.
29:21Father went up
29:22to stop him
29:22and almost had his head
29:24cracked open
29:25by a lamp stand.
29:26While this side
29:28wasn't stopped,
29:29on the other side,
29:30Eldest aunt
29:30knocked Mother down
29:31with a single punch,
29:33riding on top of Mother,
29:34pinning her to the floor
29:35and beating her.
29:37Mother shrieked miserably,
29:39but Eldest aunt
29:40didn't soften her heart
29:41in the slightest.
29:42My sister went up
29:43to mediate,
29:44only to be slapped
29:44in the face as well.
29:50In the end,
29:51my uncle-in-law
29:52spit out ruthless threats.
29:53Report us to the
29:54Holy Pavilion Enforcement Team
29:56if you have the guts.
29:58I will carry my silver blade tonight
30:00and drag all of you
30:01down to hell with me.
30:03My eldest aunt
30:04smoothed her disheveled
30:05silver hair.
30:06From now on,
30:07don't even say
30:08we are relatives.
30:09I don't have such
30:10a venomous sister like you.
30:12The farce finally came
30:13to an end,
30:14and Mother lay motionless
30:15on the floor,
30:16her heart like dead ashes.
30:18Her mouth
30:19continuously muttered,
30:20Just let me die.
30:22I have no face
30:23to live anymore.
30:25She didn't think
30:26she was in the wrong,
30:27only feeling humiliated
30:28that these matters
30:29were exposed
30:30to everyone.
30:32I stood in a
30:34relatively clean spot,
30:35noticing that
30:36Mother's diary
30:36was gone.
30:37This was going
30:38to be quite a show.
30:39My gossip-loving relatives
30:40would surely broadcast
30:41these matters
30:42until everyone knew them.
30:43Doubtless,
30:44Mother wouldn't have
30:45the energy
30:45to find trouble
30:46with me in the short term.
30:47I pulled Erlion along
30:48and left the manor.
30:50Erlion didn't speak
30:51a word all the way,
30:52frowning deeply,
30:54looking utterly shocked.
30:55Once we returned
30:56to our territory,
30:57he brought out
30:58his treasured
30:59thousand-year blood brew,
31:01saying it was
31:01to celebrate my rebirth.
31:03He had great manner,
31:04and he there
31:05he'd zingtian
31:05can't such res cv,
31:07has shins
31:07well with thire
31:08and b'nuff
31:08or quendian.
31:09Thonferi
31:10has simply
31:10well with
31:11Jeobin's certainty.
31:12I do recognize
31:13new,
31:14and inly wish
31:15to bind
31:15in Yonghengshia covent.
31:18On that very day,
31:20the family group
31:20lats were all
31:21talking about
31:21how mother
31:22stole her sister's
31:23fiancee,
31:24and even wanted
31:24her younger daughter
31:25to duplicate
31:26her success.
31:27Some people started
31:28digging up old scores,
31:29only to discover
31:30with surprise
31:31that they had also
31:32been plotted against.
31:33The contents of the diary
31:34were photographed
31:35and uploaded,
31:36and the entries
31:37inside were so
31:38terrifying that
31:39they even alarmed
31:40the dark council.
31:41No one said
31:41I disobeyed
31:42my mother anymore.
31:43I was highly satisfied.
31:45Father sent me
31:46a message.
31:47It turned out
31:48mother had been
31:48beraged by relatives
31:50and dark council
31:51members to the
31:52point of depression,
31:53and was now
31:54locking herself
31:55inside her secret
31:56chamber,
31:56refusing to come out
31:57no matter who called.
32:00And father's
32:01very first words
32:02were,
32:03Are you satisfied
32:04now that you see
32:04this situation?
32:05Your mother
32:06is ruined by you,
32:08and she doesn't even
32:08dare to step out
32:10to see anyone.
32:11I was in the midst
32:11of frantically writing
32:12over a dozen
32:13territorial inspection
32:14documents in the
32:15holy pavilion,
32:16and there was already
32:17so much to do.
32:18The high council
32:19had already pushed
32:20me several times,
32:21yet I had to listen
32:22to father accusing me.
32:24In a life like this,
32:25I have to hundreds
32:26of years.
32:27I might have to live
32:28for hundreds of years.
32:29Did I force her
32:31to do those things?
32:32Whoever is her relative
32:34suffers bad luck.
32:35Okay?
32:36She only knows
32:37how to plot
32:38against people
32:38behind their backs.
32:40You have the energy
32:41to argue with me now,
32:42only because your life
32:44has been pretty good
32:45all these years.
32:46If you were like
32:47eldest aunt,
32:48having found a companion
32:49who beats you
32:50every day,
32:50I'll see if you
32:51can still laugh.
32:54I scolded while rapidly
32:56writing documents
32:57with my blood-patterned pen.
32:59It was fine if father
33:00didn't know he was
33:01also selected,
33:01but I didn't believe
33:03he didn't know about
33:04mother plotting
33:04against me,
33:05yet he chose to say
33:06absolutely nothing.
33:07She is your mother
33:08after all.
33:09Those few words
33:10were what I hated
33:11hearing most right now.
33:12Mother?
33:13What mother?
33:14She plotted
33:15against my companion?
33:16Was she expecting me
33:18to count gold coins
33:19for her after being sold?
33:20It is only right
33:21that she feels
33:22uncomfortable.
33:23When she is miserable,
33:24I feel much happier.
33:26By the way, father,
33:27had there been a better
33:28pure-blood noble
33:29back then?
33:30Do you think mother
33:31would have bound
33:32a blood covenant
33:32with you?
33:33No matter how
33:34thunderly furious
33:34he became on his end,
33:36I cut off the communication
33:38and blacklisted him.
33:39The high-consul evaluation
33:41was coming up soon,
33:42and if they delayed
33:43my future,
33:44I would truly drag
33:45them all to hell
33:46with me.
33:48I didn't care,
33:49nor did my sister
33:50know how to handle it.
33:51To appease the fury
33:52of the relatives,
33:53father dragged mother
33:54door to door
33:55to apologize,
33:56trampling a lifetime
33:57of dignity
33:57into the dirt
33:58before this matter
33:59finally quieted down.
34:01Although the matter
34:01settled,
34:02the relationships
34:02with many relatives
34:04were completely severed.
34:05They too feared
34:06being plotted against
34:07behind their backs
34:08by mother.
34:09Mother fell ill
34:10as soon as she returned,
34:11staying bed-wren
34:12ever since.
34:13Her blood core
34:14began to dim.
34:15The physicians
34:15from the Holy Pallion
34:16came to inspect,
34:17stating it was only
34:18a blood source backlash
34:19triggered by mental exhaustion.
34:21But I knew
34:21she was being choked
34:23to death
34:23by the very net
34:24she had woven
34:24with her own hands.
34:26My sister barged
34:28aggressively
34:28into my territory.
34:30The moment she stepped in,
34:31she clamored,
34:32Sister!
34:33What you did
34:34is way too much!
34:37Mother's era
34:38was different from now,
34:39and choosing
34:40the wrong companion
34:41meant throwing
34:42the rest of her life away.
34:44She just wanted
34:45to live a bit better.
34:46Was she wrong?
34:47She is already
34:48at such an age.
34:50Was it necessary
34:51for you to expose her,
34:53leaving her
34:53to be bullied like this?
34:55Aren't you just
34:56unwilling to yield
34:57Alirion to me?
34:58I don't want him anymore.
35:00So go and apologize
35:02to mother!
35:03My sister was
35:04highly self-righteous.
35:05I let out a cold laugh.
35:07I forgot to scold
35:08you that day,
35:09yet you took the initiative
35:10to come here
35:10and beg for it?
35:12Alirion was originally
35:13my companion.
35:14Why would I need
35:15your yielding?
35:17Having taken
35:18all the advantages,
35:19yet blaming me
35:21for speaking out
35:22the truth?
35:23My emotions surged
35:25as I vented
35:26all the grievances
35:27of these years
35:28onto her.
35:29When I was bullied
35:30at the ordinary school
35:31as is Alirion,
35:32a child,
35:33it was always
35:34my fault!
35:35Yet mother immediately
35:36sent you to the
35:37prestigious Vampire Academy!
35:39You said you wanted
35:40to be a consul,
35:41and mother had me
35:42paved the path first
35:43when it turned out
35:44to be too arduous!
35:45She sent you
35:46to uncle's chamber
35:47of commerce!
35:48And speaking of Aurelion,
35:50don't tell me
35:51you are innocent.
35:53Didn't you know
35:53mother wanted him
35:54to be your companion?
35:55Then why did you
35:56privately send him
35:57so many messages?
35:58The beneficiary
35:59coming to throw
36:00a tantrum
36:01at the one
36:01who sacrificed,
36:03claiming things
36:03shouldn't be done
36:04this way!
36:05You truly wish
36:06to monopolize
36:07every advantage
36:08in the world.
36:11I really didn't
36:12know!
36:12What didn't know?
36:14She was merely
36:15playing innocent.
36:16With such a major
36:17matter,
36:17I didn't believe
36:18mother hadn't
36:19privately briefed her.
36:20Had she refused?
36:21Would mother have
36:22had the heart
36:23to force her
36:23most beloved daughter?
36:24I do not like you.
36:26In fact,
36:26I loathe you.
36:28You and our parents
36:29should stop appearing
36:30in front of me.
36:30I owe none of you
36:31anything.
36:32My sister was
36:33brought to tears
36:34by my words
36:34and ran out crying.
36:36I ceased to care
36:37about that family's affairs,
36:39throwing myself
36:39completely into
36:40the High Council
36:41evaluation.
36:42On the day
36:42I passed the evaluation,
36:44Aurelian proposed to me.
36:46He took me back
36:47to the ancient
36:47Terra territory
36:48of the Vosmer family
36:49to discuss the date
36:51of our binding ceremony.
36:54On the first
36:55full moon night
36:56after the Blood Moon
36:57celebration,
36:58the Dark Council
36:58personally presided
37:00over our
37:01Blood Covenant ceremony.
37:02The Vosmore family
37:03and the ruins
37:04of the Nightshade family
37:05drew a clear line
37:06between each other
37:07from then on.
37:08As the wedding date
37:09approached,
37:10my cousin Limith
37:11told me something.
37:12On the other end
37:13of the communication,
37:14she was highly gloating.
37:16Eveleth is completely
37:17ruined by your
37:18mother's teachings.
37:19She set her eyes
37:20on someone else's
37:21companion,
37:22secretly spreading
37:23rumors,
37:25instigating,
37:26trying to smear
37:27the female vampire
37:28and snatch the man away.
37:29But that male vampire
37:30saw right through
37:31her tricks at a glance.
37:33He posted the evidence
37:34in the Chamber of Commerce
37:35main group chat,
37:36causing your uncle's
37:37Chamber of Commerce's
37:38reputation to suffer.
37:40After she was expelled
37:42from the Chamber of Conscious,
37:43she was even cornered
37:45at the castle gates
37:46by the female's family
37:47who caused a massive scene.
37:49This time,
37:50her reputation
37:51is truly,
37:52utterly destroyed.
37:53Whatever kind of person
37:54Mother was,
37:55Sister imitated.
37:56With Uncle's
37:57Chamber of Commerce
37:58affected,
37:59Father was heavily blamed
38:00by Uncle.
38:01In his fury,
38:03Father resorted to violence
38:04in front of all
38:05the household servants,
38:06whipping Mother
38:07with a silver whip,
38:08leaving behind
38:09streaks of wounds
38:10that could not heal quickly.
38:12The daughters were all
38:13spoiled by your teachings!
38:16He also found my sister
38:17displeasing in every possible way.
38:19Get out!
38:20Make your own living,
38:22and don't tarnish
38:23the surname Night Show.
38:29My sister was banished
38:30from the family territory.
38:32In turn,
38:32my sister also resented Mother.
38:34I learned all of this
38:36from you!
38:37If it weren't for you,
38:40how would I have fallen
38:41to this state?
38:42Mother received no sympathy
38:44from either side,
38:45beaten by her husband,
38:47and blamed by her
38:48most beloved daughter.
38:49Every day in the family
38:50was filled with
38:51bloodshed and quarrels.
38:53As I listened to these matters,
38:54my heart felt
38:55not a single ripple.
38:56The life they were living now
38:58was exactly what
38:59they deserved.
39:00Originally,
39:01I had made up my mind
39:02to keep my distance
39:03from them.
39:04It was fine to just
39:05discuss things
39:05over communication,
39:06for I feared being
39:07plotted against again
39:08if I returned.
39:11Now,
39:12leaning in in Arian's embrace,
39:13I watched the moon rise
39:15from the spires of the castle.
39:16I reached out my hand,
39:18his fingertips
39:19intertwining with mine.
39:20The powers of pure blood
39:22and half-blood
39:22echoed each other
39:23within our veins.
39:25Alurian.
39:28I only want to live
39:29my own life well.
39:31All right.
39:32We looked at the blood moon,
39:34and neither of us
39:35brought up that surname again.
39:37Another half-year passed.
39:39News came from the holy pillion
39:41that mother's blood core
39:42had completely dimmed.
39:43She lost most of her power,
39:46and her blood wings
39:47could no longer materialize.
39:48The once elegant
39:49and noble Mrs. Nightshake
39:51now struggled even
39:52to maintain her human form.
39:54Father stopped caring
39:55about her altogether,
39:57spending his entire days
39:58lingering in taverns.
39:59The management rights
40:00of the family territory
40:01were reclaimed
40:02by the Council of Elders.
40:05They moved out
40:06of the ancestral
40:07Nightshake home,
40:08relocating to a remote
40:09and dilapidated
40:10small castle.
40:11I heard Mother
40:11talk to herself
40:12in the mirror every day.
40:13My beauty,
40:14where have you gone?
40:15I was right.
40:16I was not wrong.
40:18I only wanted to give
40:20Eveleth the absolute best.
40:23It is all because
40:24Vayara is ungrateful.
40:26She repeatedly muttered
40:27these words
40:28until her voice
40:29grew harny.
40:30The servants
40:31left one by one,
40:32leaving Mother
40:33completely alone,
40:35curled up in a cold
40:36and dark corner.
40:37No one served her.
40:38No one managed
40:39the castle for her.
40:40Her silver hair
40:41turned withered and dry,
40:42and her face
40:43looked so aged
40:44she hardly resembled
40:45a vampire.
40:47My sister Evelien's
40:48days were not
40:48going any better.
40:50After being expelled
40:51from her uncle's
40:51chamber of commerce,
40:53she tried to seek
40:53employment with
40:54other lords' houses.
40:56But her methods
40:57of plotting
40:58against others
40:58had already spread
40:59across the entire kingdom.
41:01No family
41:02was willing to hire her.
41:03She humbled herself
41:04to hang around
41:04the gathering places
41:05of Lobie Vampite.
41:07But those vampires
41:08had long sat
41:09heard of her reputation.
41:10Is that the night show lady
41:12who snatched
41:12her sister's fiancรฉ?
41:14Stay away from her!
41:15Who knows
41:16when she might
41:16plot against you?
41:18She was sidelined,
41:20isolated,
41:21unable to afford
41:23even the lowest
41:23grade synthetic blood.
41:25One day,
41:25she was extremely starved
41:27and was caught
41:28stealing blood bags
41:29in the black market.
41:30The other party
41:31recognized her,
41:32filming a video
41:33and uploading it
41:33to the Information Network
41:35Kingdom.
41:37The eldest daughter
41:38of the Nightshake family
41:39actually steals things.
41:41Stas.
41:43How glorious
41:44she was back then.
41:45It's all your own fault
41:46for playing nasty tricks
41:47on your sister.
41:49Serves you right.
41:50The video was circulated
41:51by countless vampires
41:52with overwhelming
41:53ridicule pouring in.
41:55Eveleth was never seen again
41:56from that moment on.
41:58Some said she went
41:58to the human world
41:59to scrape by.
42:00Some said her blood source
42:01ran dry
42:02and she had already perished.
42:04No one cared.
42:05The last time
42:06I saw Mother
42:07was in the ruins
42:08of a wild,
42:09abandoned castle.
42:10She was curled up
42:11beside a pile of rubble,
42:13looking like a withered corpse.
42:14Seeing me arrive,
42:16her cloudy eyes
42:17suddenly lit up.
42:20Valara,
42:21my daughter.
42:23She stretched out her hand,
42:25bony and imampeated.
42:26I was wrong.
42:27I was truly wrong.
42:29Will you please
42:30forgive Mother?
42:32Take Mother back.
42:33I want to go back
42:34to the ancestral home.
42:37Mother will only cherish you
42:39from now on.
42:40I stood ten spays away,
42:42looking at her.
42:43The wind blew through the ruins,
42:45stirring up dark red dust.
42:47I watched for a long time.
42:49Then I turned around
42:50and walked away.
42:52Behind me came her
42:53heart-ranking screams
42:54and cries.
42:55My Laura,
42:56don't leave!
42:58You cannot be so heartless!
43:01I am your mother!
43:04I did not look back.
43:06Her voice grew further
43:08and further away,
43:09just like,
43:10in those ignored years,
43:11my own crying voice.
43:14Aryan was waiting for me
43:15outside the ruins.
43:17He asked absolutely nothing,
43:18simply reaching out
43:19to roll me out
43:20to hold my hand.
43:21His palm was warm,
43:23carrying the unique,
43:24stabilizing power
43:25of a pureblood.
43:26I boarded his obsidian chariot,
43:28leaning against his shoulder.
43:33The chariot ascended,
43:35passing through the blood-red clouds.
43:37I looked down
43:39and the ruins grew
43:40smaller and smaller
43:41until they finally vanished
43:43on the horizon.
43:44There was nothing left.
43:46No mother,
43:48no sister,
43:49and no surname
43:50filled with calculations.
43:52Only him.
43:53Only us.
43:55Aryan.
43:57My blood core
43:58seems brighter than before.
44:00He looked down at me,
44:01his silver-gray eyes
44:04reflecting my image.
44:05Because you have
44:06raised yourself very well.
44:08I closed my eyes.
44:09The wind poured in
44:10from outside the carriage window,
44:11carrying the smelt
44:12belonged to distant places.
44:14I spoke no more,
44:15but the corner of my mouth
44:16hooked up slightly.
44:17Life is still very long,
44:18but I know,
44:19from this day onward,
44:20every single day
44:21belongs to me.
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