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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 math 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 Ararion is your eternal companion, do you?
00:34Mother, 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?
00:49Ararion is of course outstanding, so he should belong to the person who truly suits him.
00:55Your sister Everleth has reached idolatry this year.
00:59She needs a sufficiently powerful pure-blood companion.
01:03And Ararion is the person I chose for her.
01:09Nowadays, pure-blood noble men are too promissuous.
01:13I'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, Ararion and I are about to get married.
01:28Ararion 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 Ararion and I was established, Mother 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 Ararion left, she would drop hints to me.
01:52Ararion 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 Ararion.
02:03It 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 Ararion.
02:12A bit arrogant, not knowing how to take care of a companion.
02:15Such a person could never be worthy of your sister.
02:19Thankfully, I was clever.
02:21Mother, introducing him to you, and after three years by your side, you have trained him perfectly in every way.
02:31Mother, the one Ararion loves is me.
02:34We are about to hold our ceremony.
02:36I will not give him up to my sister.
02:39After 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, Aurelion 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 Ararion right now, using the communication stone, that you want to break off the engagement,
03:19and wait until your sister has cultivated feelings with him.
03:22Neither of them is young anymore.
03:24I am worried to death.
03:27Yet 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?
03:37Yes, yes, yes.
03:39Everlist has found a very good companion.
03:41My heart is finally half at ease.
03:45I could not stay there for another second and rushed out of the castle gates,
03:49while 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.
03:57My needs were always ignored by our parents, but when it came to my sister, it was completely different.
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 pulling my
04:23hair.
04:23The vampire teachers tried to intervene a few times, but it was useless.
04:28I told Mother in tears, but she simply frowned and said,
04:32It 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 vampire academy.
04:55In private, I heard Mother say to Father,
04:59Although the nearby school is convenient, the quality of the students is really poor.
05:04What if Everlyth 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, when choosing the direction of my oath upon reaching adulthood,
05:26Mother painstakely persuaded me to become a consul in the Holy Pavilion.
05:30I 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 easier.
05:38She also said she felt unwell everywhere, and would need special privileges to be taken care of 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 take on hunting
06:14missions in the black market.
06:16From time to time, Mother would send messages asking about my progress, asking if I was tired, and how my
06:23future 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 of the consul
06:37she had always talked about,
06:39but instead chose the internal management of uncle's family business.
06:43When 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,
06:51Being a consul is very exhausting, there are so many things to learn, and the evaluations are cruel.
06:58Furthermore, within the Shangrippilian system, our family has we noth gaidao sisigwais, so we can only derinsure, and struggle.
07:06So we mutsun had we shuanza navel gwentli, so that I can weihold jinru shushu's of shanking the gaul 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 system 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?
07:36My throat felt as if blocked by a fishbone.
07:38My suffering, paved the way for my sister's happiness.
07:42And now, I had deeply loved for three years, was also mapped into my sister's happiness.
07:47Mother wanted to give all the best things to my sister,
07:49that 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.
08:06Honfrere, my's may may from pillier the missus's folly is may boning.
08:10Sister, mommy's yeltas are tie-grillin'.
08:14Sony rename in the trince-led way thing.
08:16True love Vosmore, everyone obey mommy mama.
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.
08:49I felt as if I'd fallen into an bingshu cave.
08:51Thinking back carefully to the time my sister changed her way of addressing him,
08:56it was exactly one year ago when I was ambushed by Nightwalkers,
08:59and fell into a deep coma from serious injuries.
09:02Our parents very perfectiously came to the Holy Pillars Medical Hall once or twice,
09:06and for 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,
09:15he drove dozens of miles away to ancient battlefields to hunt for high-purity blood crisps to replenish my energy,
09:21recovering from serious injuries took a very long time,
09:24and Aurelian truly took care of me for three entire months,
09:28feeding me, wiping my wounds, and helping me soak in the blood spring.
09:32He did all of it personally without relying on others.
09:36Once, Mother brought a low-quality blood bag to me,
09:40which in the end, all went into his stomach.
09:42He told Mother that the blood source was impure,
09:45and 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,
09:55Mother's gaze towards him changed.
09:57There was a strange warmth in it.
09:59By the time I could finally walk on the ground,
10:02Aurelian had grown much thinner,
10:04and even his blood wings had dimmed significantly.
10:07It was also from that moment that Mother became enthusiastic towards him,
10:11inviting him to the manor for meals from time to time.
10:16During meals, my sister would inevitably sit opposite him.
10:20As I replayed everything piece by piece,
10:23I was shocked to realize that a long time ago,
10:26Mother had already platted to make Aurelian my sister's companion,
10:30and I was merely the clown kept in the dark.
10:33A week later, after the pure-blood noble introduced to my sister by relatives,
10:38was rejected by Mother 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 Alverian?
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,
10:56and in the brief moment of taking the message,
10:59I 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,
11:11and it my father Theron nightshake.
11:13Your mother and I are already at this age,
11:15and we just want to see your sister find her destined partner
11:18and live out her eternity well partner.
11:20Besides, you are the older sister,
11:22so what is wrong with yielding him to your sister?
11:24If it weren't for your sister,
11:26how would your mother have introduced such excellent pure-blood noble to you,
11:30that 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,
11:52and the High Consular cast a warning glance at me.
11:55Feeling the gossiping gazes of the colleagues around me,
11:57I forced down the fury in my heart,
12:00and said word by word,
12:01Aurelian and I will not break off our engagement.
12:04You had better think carefully about what you are doing,
12:07and 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,
12:14my sister sent me a video clip.
12:17An image of Aurelian surrounded by a crowd of family relatives.
12:20Sister,
12:21Lord Vox Mare is currently being interrogated by everyone.
12:26He looks so pitiful.
12:28The moment I saw the image,
12:30I only felt the blood in my whole blood flowing backwards,
12:33and my head weight blank.
12:36Mother had only invited Alian 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 Aurelian.
12:50My darling daughter,
12:51I 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.
13:03The surrounding relatives gasped in surprise,
13:05never expecting Mother to cherish her daughter so much.
13:09It sounded like such deep mother-daughter affection,
13:11except 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,
13:21Valora,
13:22I am going to marry you.
13:24I will definitely treat you well.
13:29As his words fell,
13:30except for my sister,
13:31everyone looked at him with strange expressions.
13:34Aurelian is my nearest auntie.
13:35My nearest auntie.
13:35My deepest is directly.
13:37Aurelian,
13:38you must be silly with joy.
13:39You are Aurelian's fiancée.
13:41The one you are marrying is Aurelian.
13:44Now it was Aurelian's turn to be dumb-scounded.
13:47No,
13:48Valora is my companion.
13:49I looked at Mother,
13:51feeling ice cold all over.
13:53It must have been her who told the relatives that Aurelian was my sister's fiancée.
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 Aurelian have already broken off their engagement.
14:08I am very satisfied with this boy,
14:10and he matches Evelyn 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 Aurelian,
14:23her face turning completely red.
14:26This is my fiancée.
14:28I have not broken off my engagement with him.
14:30If my sister wants to find a companion,
14:33she 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?
14:43Being like this,
14:44do 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,
14:54and a sensation of being unable to catch my breath.
14:57I didn't know which relative muttered a line.
14:59Calista,
15:00this is Valera's fiancée.
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.
15:14Valara 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 Aurelian,
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.
15:37My eldest aunt came to a sudden realization
15:39and nodded in agreement.
15:42Indeed,
15:43they do not match.
15:45Valora and Aurorian
15:47probably don't even have any common language.
15:52If they get married in the future,
15:54their relationship will fall apart sooner or later
15:57because they can't connect.
15:59Vaila,
16:00a marriage without parental approval
16:03will never be happy.
16:05The relatives added their comments one after another,
16:08discussing how Aurelian and I
16:09find herself incompatible in every way.
16:12Aurelian wanted to say something,
16:14but I held him back
16:15and 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.
16:24Valora,
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 Aurelian.
16:59I looked at mother
16:59and then at the chiming-in relatives.
17:02Eldest aunt,
17:03do you know that my cousin's fiancée
17:06was actually once a son-in-law
17:08who mother had her eyes on?
17:09Silence.
17:10A deathly silence.
17:12Chinle's looked as if
17:13they'd been choked by throat
17:14and no one dared permission.
17:16A ginger member.
17:17My lol-eyed,
17:18join you came, her says.
17:20What have to Lilith?
17:21Waste him away,
17:22understand your whys.
17:24Just as I was about to speak,
17:26mother screamed.
17:27Shut your mouth!
17:29She rushed at me like a madwoman,
17:31but with a backhand sweep,
17:32I pushed her back
17:33onto the dining table.
17:34The spood and power
17:35of the vampirese
17:36erupted in my body
17:37at the same time,
17:38and for the first time,
17:39I did not suppress
17:40that 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
17:48certain things were 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,
18:00transferring the power
18:01that 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.
18:13I was no longer
18:14afraid of anything.
18:15Mother didn't introduce
18:16a fiancé just to me back then.
18:18Eldest aunt,
18:19my cousin Lilith's fiancé
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,
18:34Mother was exceptionally keen
18:35on playing matchmaker,
18:37but 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.
19:00Do 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
19:07by our sides
19:08to observe them.
19:09After all,
19:10onlookers see most clearly,
19:11and she could also
19:12have us teach them
19:13how to take care
19:13of a companion
19:14in the process.
19:15Now that the time
19:15is ripe,
19:16she has chosen Alvarian.
19:18It seems
19:19I indeed trained him well,
19:21so well that even
19:22Mother was tempted.
19:24I mockily laid bare
19:25all of her schemes.
19:28Mother lowered her head
19:29guiltfully,
19:30remaining silent.
19:32My 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
19:41fiancée Dorian
19:42was the second son
19:43of a pure-blood noble
19:44who was good
19:45in 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
19:53low-blood blood,
19:54was loyal and reliable.
19:55Lilith was pushed
19:56by Mother
19:57to bind a blood covenant
19:58with Dorian.
19:59As a result,
20:01after Dorian devoured
20:02more than half
20:02of Lilith's assets,
20:04he immediately dissolved
20:06the blood covenant
20:07and married another
20:08noblewoman.
20:11Lilith was miserably
20:12abandoned,
20:13her blood core
20:13was damaged,
20:15and 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
20:24half 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
20:34cleverness many times,
20:35that she didn't let
20:36such a man
20:37ruin my sister,
20:39otherwise her whole life
20:40would have been ruined.
20:41My eldest aunt,
20:43who had been speaking up
20:44for Mother
20:44just a moment ago,
20:46now stared at Mother
20:47with red eyes,
20:48grinning her teeth
20:49as she said,
20:50I cherished you
20:51so much,
20:52and whenever you
20:53had trouble,
20:54I was always
20:54the first to arrive!
20:58Lilith also
20:59respected you,
21:00her maternal aunt,
21:01deeply,
21:02yet you actually
21:03pushed 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
21:16Mother'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
21:23seeped dark red blood droplets,
21:25unable to fade away
21:26anytime soon.
21:28Mother shrieked in pain,
21:30yet her mouth
21:30did not leak
21:31a single shred
21:32of truth.
21:34Sister,
21:35she is lying!
21:37I was introducing
21:38a good marriage
21:39to Lilith
21:40out of goodwill!
21:44Father 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
22:00not know?
22:01Vailora,
22:02hurry up and apologize
22:04to your mother
22:05and eldest aunt.
22:06Are you trying
22:06to ruin your mother
22:07by spreading rumors?
22:09Father cast a warning
22:10glance at me.
22:11In just a few words,
22:12he attributed everything
22:14to my rumored boggling.
22:15The expression
22:16on my eldest aunt's face
22:17began to waver.
22:18My sister suddenly stood up.
22:20She first cast a glance
22:21at Aerylion,
22:22then gripped my arm tightly,
22:24refusing to let go.
22:25Her fingernails
22:26dug into my skin,
22:27carrying the bone-chilling
22:28coldness unique to vampires.
22:31Sister,
22:31apologize.
22:32Mother didn't have
22:33any bad intentions.
22:35She 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.
22:48My 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,
22:55I hadn't had a 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 Aerylion,
23:07who was just
23:07withdrawing his hand.
23:09That 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
23:23to 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 on the
23:41blood-condensed candy
23:42in 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.
23:52After 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 leather diary
24:16out from a hidden compartment.
24:18The moment she saw the diary,
24:20mother could no longer
24:21can control herself.
24:22By Lara!
24:23Are you truly determined
24:25to ruin me?
24:26Ignoring mother,
24:27I threw the diary
24:28right in front of father.
24:30Father,
24:32do you want to take a look
24:33at how you were chosen
24:35by mother?
24:37Father looked at the diary,
24:39not daring to reach out.
24:40My eldest aunt snatched it up
24:43and began flipping through it
24:45from the very first page.
24:47Theron Nightshake,
24:49Territorial Steward,
24:50Moderate Bloodline,
24:52Pending Selection,
24:53Dante Crowdet,
24:54Upper Middle Bloodline,
24:55Pending Selection.
24:56Theron is my father.
24:58Dante Crowdo is 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
25:13mother described
25:13and under Dante Crowlo's
25:15sweet talk,
25:17broke off the engagement
25:18with Theron,
25:19choosing instead
25:20to bind a blood covenant
25:21with Dante Crowlo.
25:24The diary detailed
25:25exactly how mother
25:27compared 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
25:37and knows how to please
25:38female vampires.
25:40Let sister test him out
25:41for 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,
26:01my eldest aunt
26:02actually calmed down
26:03instead.
26:04She kept
26:05flipping pages backward.
26:06Dante Crowlock
26:08beats sister.
26:10Male vampires
26:11who beat their companions
26:12are the lowest beasts
26:14unfit for marriage.
26:16Although Theron's
26:17bloodline is inferior
26:18to Dante Crowlet's,
26:20he has a stable territory,
26:23is down to earth,
26:24and is suitable
26:24to bind a blood covenant with.
26:27In summary,
26:28choosing Theron
26:29is clearly superior
26:30to Dante Crowlet.
26:31Father heard it too,
26:33his expression
26:34shifting unpredictably.
26:35At that time,
26:36eldest aunt
26:37had been with
26:37Dante Crowlet's
26:38for so long
26:39that it wasn't easy
26:40for her to find
26:41someone else.
26:42So they bound
26:43the covenant.
26:46Unbeknownst to her,
26:47Dante Crowlet
26:48completely ripped
26:49off his 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
26:57and run home.
26:58But Dante Crowlet
26:59wasn't afraid either,
27:00loitering like a rascal
27:01at our grandparents' house,
27:03even uttering
27:04ruthless words
27:05that whoever left him
27:07without 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
27:23was lazy and gluttonous.
27:24It could be said
27:25that this family
27:26was supported solely
27:27by eldest aunt.
27:30They lived a bitter life
27:32for a very long time,
27:33until my cousin grew up,
27:35challenged him,
27:36and only after being defeated
27:38did he sober up
27:39and behave.
27:40The air was deadly quiet,
27:42leaving only the sound
27:43of parchment pages turning.
27:44Once it reached
27:45the later section,
27:46eldest aunt swept her eyes
27:47quickly across the pages.
27:49She slammed the diary
27:50onto the table,
27:51revealing the very last page.
27:53Test subject number one,
27:55Dorian.
27:57Irresponsible.
27:58Frequenting flower bushes.
28:00Whoever caching,
28:01duck in their spines.
28:03Whoever marries him
28:04will suffer bad luck.
28:06Compared to him,
28:07test subject number five,
28:09Aurelion is far superior,
28:11making him the best choice
28:12to be Evelith's companion.
28:15Must find a way
28:16to get Aurelion
28:17to break off the covenant
28:18with 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 family members.
28:30You could have warned me,
28:31but you didn't.
28:33You watched with open eyes
28:36as Lilith and I
28:37fell into the pit.
28:38Are you intentionally
28:39bullying our family?
28:41Mother frantically
28:42tried to grab
28:43eldest aunt's hand,
28:45but was dodged.
28:46She blutted out
28:47an explanation in panic.
28:48I was merely
28:50respecting your
28:51unfortunate fate.
28:52After all,
28:53who told you
28:54to have such bad taste
28:56and not know
28:56how to choose...
28:58Under 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,
29:19but smashed
29:19whatever he saw
29:20onto the floor.
29:21Father went up
29:22to stop him
29:23and almost had his head
29:25cracked open
29:25by a lamp stand.
29:27While this side
29:28wasn't stopped,
29:29on the other side,
29:30eldest aunt knocked
29:31Mother 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
29:45in the face as well.
29:50In the end,
29:51my uncle-in-law
29:52spit out ruthless threats.
29:54Report us to the
29:55Holy Pavilion
29:55enforcement team
29:56if you have the guts.
29:58I will carry my
29:59silver 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
30:11like you.
30:12The farce
30:12finally came to an end
30:14and Mother lay
30:15motionless on the floor,
30:16her heart like
30:17dead 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.
30:33I 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
30:40relatives would surely
30:41broadcast these matters
30:42until everyone knew them.
30:43Doubtless Mother
30:44wouldn't have the energy
30:45to find trouble
30:46with me in the short term.
30:47I pulled Erlian along
30:49and left the manor.
30:50Erlian didn't speak
30:51a word all the way,
30:53frowning 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 either he
31:05zingtian can't
31:06such res cv,
31:07has shins
31:07well with thire
31:08and b'nuff
31:08or quendient.
31:09Thonferi
31:10has simply
31:10well with jib
31:11in certainty.
31:12I do recognize
31:13new,
31:14and In Lee
31:15wished to bind
31:15in Yong Hung
31:16Share Covent.
31:18On that very day,
31:20the family group
31:20plats were all
31:21talking about
31:22how mother
31:22stole her sister's
31:23fiancee,
31:24and even wanted
31:25her younger daughter
31:25to duplicate
31:26her success.
31:27Some people
31:27started digging
31:28up old scores,
31:29only to discover
31:30with surprise
31:31that they had also
31:32been plotted against.
31:33The contents of the
31:34diary were photographed
31:35and uploaded,
31:36and the entries
31:37inside were so terrifying
31:38that they even
31:39alarmed the
31:40dark council.
31:41No one said
31:42I disobeyed
31:42my mother anymore.
31:43I was highly
31:44satisfied.
31:46Father sent me
31:46a message.
31:47It turned out
31:48mother had been
31:49beraged 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,
31:57refusing to come out
31:58no matter who
31:58called.
32:00And father's
32:02very first words
32:02were,
32:03are you satisfied
32:04now that you
32:04see this situation?
32:05Your mother
32:06is ruined by you,
32:08and she doesn't
32:08even dare to
32:09step out to
32:10see anyone.
32:11I was in the
32:11midst of frantically
32:12writing over a
32:13dozen territorial
32:14inspection documents
32:15in the holy
32:15pavilion,
32:16and there was
32:17already so much
32:18to do.
32:18The high council
32:19had already pushed
32:20me several times,
32:21yet I had to
32:22listen to father
32:23accusing me.
32:24In a life like
32:25this,
32:26I have to
32:26hundreds of years,
32:27I might have to
32:28live for hundreds
32:29of years.
32:30Did I force her
32:31to do those
32:32things?
32:32Whoever is her
32:33relative suffers
32:35bad luck,
32:35okay?
32:36She only knows
32:37how to plot
32:38against people
32:38behind their
32:39backs.
32:40You have the
32:40energy to argue
32:41with me now,
32:42only because your
32:43life has been
32:44pretty good all
32:45these years.
32:46If you were
32:46like eldest aunt,
32:48having found a
32:49companion who
32:49beats you every
32:50day, I'll see
32:51if you can still
32:52laugh.
32:54I scolded
32:55while rapidly
32:56writing documents
32:57with my blood
32:58patterned pen.
32:59It was fine if
33:00father didn't know
33:00he was also
33:01selected.
33:02But I didn't
33:02believe he didn't
33:03know about
33:04mother plotting
33:04against me.
33:05Yet he chose
33:06to say absolutely
33:07nothing.
33:07She is your
33:08mother after all.
33:09Those few words
33:10were what I hated
33:11hearing most right
33:12now.
33:13Mother?
33:13What mother?
33:14She plotted
33:15against my
33:16companion?
33:17Was she expecting
33:18me to count gold
33:18coins for her
33:19after being sold?
33:20It is only right
33:21that she feels
33:22uncomfortable.
33:23When she is
33:24miserable, I feel
33:25much happier.
33:26By the way,
33:26father, had there
33:27been a better pure
33:28blood noble back
33:29then?
33:30Do you think
33:31mother would have
33:31bound a blood
33:32covenant with you?
33:33No matter how
33:34thunderly furious
33:35he became on
33:35his end, I cut
33:37off the
33:37communication and
33:38blacklisted him.
33:39The high consul
33:40evaluation was
33:41coming up soon,
33:42and if they
33:43delayed my future,
33:44I would truly
33:44drag them all
33:45to hell with me.
33:48I didn't care, nor
33:49did my sister know
33:50how to handle it.
33:51To appease the
33:52fury of the
33:52relatives, father
33:53dragged mother door
33:54to door to
33:55apologize, trampling
33:56a lifetime of
33:57dignity into the
33:58dirt before this
33:59matter finally
34:00quieted down.
34:01Although the
34:01matter settled, the
34:02relationships with
34:03many relatives were
34:04completely severed.
34:05They too feared
34:06being plotted against
34:07behind their backs
34:08by mother.
34:09Mother fell ill as
34:10soon as she
34:11returned, staying
34:12bedren ever since.
34:13Her blood core
34:14began to dim.
34:15The physicians from
34:16the Holy Pallion
34:16came to inspect,
34:17stating it was
34:18only a blood
34:18source backlash
34:19triggered by
34:20mental exhaustion.
34:21But I knew she
34:22was being choked
34:23to death by the
34:24very net she had
34:24woven with her
34:25own hands.
34:26My sister barged
34:28aggressively into
34:29my territory.
34:30The moment she
34:31stepped in, she
34:32clamored,
34:32Sister, what you
34:34did is way too
34:35much.
34:37Mother's era was
34:38different from
34:39now, and choosing
34:40the wrong companion
34:41meant throwing the
34:42rest of her life
34:43away.
34:44She just wanted to
34:45live a bit better.
34:47Was she wrong?
34:47She is already at
34:49such an age.
34:50Was it necessary
34:51for you to expose
34:52her, leaving her to
34:54be bullied like
34:55this?
34:55Aren't you just
34:56unwilling to yield
34:57Alryrian to me?
34:58I don't want him
34:59anymore.
35:00So go and apologize
35:02to mother.
35:03My sister was
35:04highly self-righteous.
35:05I let out a cold
35:06laugh.
35:07I forgot to scold
35:08you that day, yet
35:09you took the
35:09initiative to come
35:10here and beg for
35:11it?
35:11Alryrian was
35:12originally my
35:13companion.
35:14Why would I need
35:15your yielding?
35:18Having taken all
35:19the advantages, yet
35:20blaming me for
35:21speaking out the
35:22truth, my emotions
35:24surged as I vented
35:26all the grievances
35:27of these years onto
35:28her.
35:29When I was bullied
35:30at the ordinary
35:30school as is all
35:32air, a child, it
35:33was always my fault.
35:35Yet mother immediately
35:36sent you to the
35:37prestigious vampire
35:38academy.
35:39You said you
35:40wanted to be a
35:40consul, and mother
35:42had me pave the
35:42path first.
35:43When it turned out
35:44to be too arduous,
35:46she sent you to
35:47uncle's chamber of
35:48commerce.
35:48And speaking of
35:49Aurelian, don't
35:50tell me you are
35:52innocent.
35:53Didn't you know
35:53mother wanted him
35:54to be your
35:55companion?
35:55Then why did you
35:56privately send him
35:57so many messages?
35:58The beneficiary
35:59coming to throw a
36:00tantrum at the one
36:01who sacrificed, claiming
36:03things shouldn't be
36:04done this way.
36:05You truly wish to
36:06monopolize every
36:07advantage in the
36:08world.
36:11I really didn't
36:12know.
36:13What didn't know?
36:14She was merely
36:15playing innocent.
36:16With such a major
36:17matter, I didn't
36:18believe mother hadn't
36:19privately briefed her.
36:20Had she refused?
36:22Would mother have
36:22had the heart to
36:23force her most
36:24beloved daughter?
36:25I do not like you.
36:26In fact, I loathe
36:27you.
36:28You and our parents
36:29should stop appearing
36:30in front of me.
36:31I owe none of you
36:32anything.
36:32My sister was brought
36:33to tears by my words
36:35and ran out crying.
36:36I ceased to care about
36:37that family's affairs,
36:39throwing myself completely
36:40into the High Council
36:41evaluation.
36:42On the day I passed
36:43the evaluation, Aurelian
36:45proposed to me.
36:46He took me back to the
36:47ancient Terra territory
36:48of the Vosmer family
36:50to discuss the date
36:51of our binding ceremony.
36:54On the first full moon night
36:56after the blood moon
36:57celebration, the Dark Council
36:59personally presided over
37:00our blood covenant ceremony.
37:02The Vosmer family and the
37:04ruins of the Nightshade
37:05family drew a clear line
37:06between each other from
37:07then on.
37:08As the wedding date
37:09approached, my cousin
37:11Limith told me something.
37:12On the other end of the
37:13communication, she was
37:15highly gloating.
37:16Eveleth is completely ruined
37:17by your mother's teachings.
37:18She set her eyes on
37:20someone else's companion,
37:23secretly spreading rumors,
37:25instigating, trying to
37:26smear the female vampire
37:28and snatch the man away.
37:29But that male vampire saw
37:31right through her tricks
37:32at a glance.
37:33He posted the evidence in
37:34the 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
37:43Conscious, she was even
37:44cornered at the Castle
37:45Gates by the female's
37:47family who caused a
37:48massive scene.
37:49This time, her reputation
37:51is truly utterly destroyed.
37:53Whatever kind of person
37:54Mother was, sister imitated.
37:56With uncle's Chamber of
37:58Commerce affected, father
38:00was heavily blamed by uncle.
38:01In his fury, father
38:03resorted to violence in
38:04front of all the household
38:06servants, whipping mother
38:07with a silver whip,
38:08leaving behind streaks of
38:10wounds that could not
38:11heal quickly.
38:12The daughters were all
38:13spoiled by your teachings!
38:16He also found my sister
38:17displeasing in every
38:18possible way.
38:19Get out!
38:20Make your own living,
38:22and don't tarnish the
38:24surname Night Show.
38:29My sister was banished
38:30from the family territory.
38:32In turn, my sister also
38:33resented 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 most
38:48beloved daughter.
38:49Every day in the family
38:50was filled with bloodshed
38:52and quarrels.
38:53As I listened to these
38:54matters, my heart felt
38:55not a single ripple.
38:56The life they were living
38:58now was exactly what
38:59they deserved.
39:00Originally, I had made up
39:02my mind to keep my
39:03distance from them.
39:04It was fine to just
39:05discuss things over
39:06communication, for I feared
39:07being plotted against
39:08again if I returned.
39:11Now, leaning in in
39:13Arian's embrace, I watched
39:14the moon rise from the
39:15spires of the castle.
39:17I reached out my hand,
39:18his fingertips intertwining
39:19with mine.
39:20The powers of pure blood
39:22and half-blood echoed
39:23each other within our veins.
39:28Allurian, I only want to
39:29live my own life well.
39:32All right.
39:32We looked at the blood moon
39:34and neither of us brought
39:36up that surname again.
39:37Another half-year passed.
39:39News came from the Holy
39:40Pillion that Mother's
39:42blood core had completely
39:43dimmed.
39:44She lost most of her power
39:46and her blood wings could
39:47no longer materialize.
39:49The once elegant and
39:50noble Mrs. Nightshake now
39:51struggled even to maintain
39:53her human form.
39:54Father stopped caring
39:55about her altogether,
39:56spending his entire days
39:58lingering in taverns.
39:59The management rights
40:00of the family territory
40:02were reclaimed by the
40:03Council of Elders.
40:05They moved out of the
40:06ancestral Nightshake home,
40:08relocating to a remote
40:09and dilapidated small castle.
40:11I heard Mother talk to
40:12herself in the mirror
40:13every day.
40:13My beauty, where have you
40:15gone?
40:15I was right.
40:17I was not wrong.
40:18I only wanted to give
40:20Eveleth the absolute best.
40:23It is all because
40:24Viara is ungrateful.
40:26She repeatedly muttered
40:27these words, until her
40:29voice grew harny.
40:30The servants left one by
40:32one, leaving Mother
40:33completely alone, curled up
40:35in a cold and dark
40:37corner.
40:37No one served her.
40:38No one managed the
40:39castle for her.
40:40Her silver hair turned
40:42withered and dry, and her
40:43face looked so aged she
40:45hardly resembled a vampire.
40:47My sister Evelien's days
40:48were not going any better.
40:50After being expelled from
40:51her uncle's chamber of
40:52commerce, she tried to seek
40:54employment with other
40:54lords' houses.
40:56But her methods of plotting
40:58against others had already
40:59spread across the entire
41:00kingdom.
41:01No family was willing to
41:02hire her.
41:03She humbled herself to hang
41:04around the gathering places
41:06of Lobey Vampite.
41:07But those vampires had long
41:08sat hurt of her reputation.
41:10Is that the night show lady
41:12who snatched her sister's
41:13fiancé?
41:14Stay away from her!
41:15Who knows when she might
41:17plot against you?
41:18She was sidelined, isolated,
41:21unable to afford even the
41:23lowest grade synthetic blood.
41:25One day, she was extremely
41:27starved and was caught
41:28stealing blood bags in the
41:29black market.
41:30The other party recognized
41:31her, filming a video and
41:33uploading it to the
41:34information network kingdom.
41:50The video was circulated by
41:51countless vampires, with
41:53overwhelming ridicule
41:54pouring in.
41:55Eveleth was never seen
41:56again from that moment on.
41:58Some said she went to the
41:59human world to scrape by.
42:00Some said her blood source
42:01ran dry, and she had
42:03already perished.
42:04No one cared.
42:05The last time I saw
42:06mother was in the ruins of
42:08a wild, abandoned castle.
42:10She was curled up beside a
42:12pile of rubble, looking
42:13like a withered corpse.
42:15Seeing me arrive, her
42:16cloudy eyes suddenly lit up.
42:21Valara, my daughter.
42:23She stretched out her hand,
42:25bony and imampeated.
42:26I was wrong.
42:28I was truly wrong.
42:29Will you please forgive
42:31mother?
42:32Take mother back.
42:33I want to go back to the
42:35ancestral home.
42:37Mother will only cherish you
42:39from now on.
42:40I stood tens phase away,
42:42looking at her.
42:43The wind blew through the
42:44ruins, stirring up dark red
42:46dust.
42:47I watched for a long time.
42:49Then I turned around and
42:51walked away.
42:52Behind me came her heart-ranking
42:54screams and cries.
42:55Valara, don't leave!
42:58You cannot be so heartless!
43:01I am your mother!
43:05I did not look back.
43:07Her voice grew further and
43:08further away, just like in
43:10those ignored years.
43:12My own crying voice.
43:14Aryan was waiting for me outside the
43:16ruins.
43:17He asked absolutely nothing,
43:19simply reaching out to roll me out
43:20to hold my hand.
43:21His palm was warm, carrying the
43:23unique, stabilizing power of a
43:25pureblood.
43:26I boarded his obsidian chariot,
43:28leaning against his shoulder.
43:33The chariot ascended, passing
43:36through the blood-red clouds.
43:38I looked down, and the ruins grew
43:40smaller and smaller, until they
43:42finally vanished on the horizon.
43:44There was nothing left.
43:47No mother, no sister, and no surname
43:50filled with calculations.
43:52Only him.
43:53Only us.
43:55Aryan.
43:57My blood core seems brighter than
43:59before.
44:00He looked down at me, his silver-gray
44:03eyes reflecting my image.
44:05Because you have raised yourself
44:07very well.
44:08I closed my eyes.
44:09The wind poured in from outside the
44:10carriage window, carrying the
44:12smelt belong to distant places.
44:14I spoke no more, but the corner of
44:16my mouth hooked up slightly.
44:17Life is still very long, but I know
44:19from this day onward, every single
44:21day belongs to me.
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