Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The next morning, when Bai Ju appeared outside Haiyin Castle with Xiao Yao, Qu Lang and Shao Simiao, the butler Saric did not seem surprised.
In fact, although Haiyin Castle’s invitation cards were not often sent out, tourists who drew the cards usually came to visit within the same week. After all, the air tickets to Haiyin Castle were tight, and tourists could rarely come here again in a short period of time after returning. It was also a good choice to spend a day in the beautiful Haiyin Castle on Friday or Saturday and enjoy the services here.
The gate of Haiyin Castle was open, and the scene inside was in full view.
The rose garden that seemed mysterious and fascinating at night now looked full of vitality. The carefully managed flowers and plants were arranged in an orderly manner in the garden of Haiyin Castle, reflecting each other, revealing a kind of noble and reserved style.
“Do you guests need breakfast?” The butler smiled and invited Bai Ju and others to go to the dining room, “Black tea and butter toast, smoked bacon, or Chinese food, all are available.”
Bai Ju waved his hand, smiled gently, and said, “No need to bother.”
After a pause, Bai Ju hooked his finger behind him and closed the door in the air. He then turned and nodded to the slightly surprised housekeeper, and said, “Please ask the owner here to come out and have a chat. We have no ill intentions, but we have some issues to discuss.
“Please wait.” The housekeeper didn’t say anything else but led them to the living room to sit down, then bowed and said, “The masters are still sleeping, I will ask them to come.”
After speaking, he stood up and nodded to the two staff members dressed as maids standing beside him, “Take good care of the guests.”
The two maids saluted and went to make black tea and get fresh snacks. Knowing that everyone present was a sorcerer, they simply did not hide their ridiculously fast movements and even created phantoms. They covered the coffee table in front of Bai Ju with a tablecloth, cut fresh flowers from outside and put them in a glass vase, and quickly arranged the dessert tower.
Xiao Yao and Qu Lang were relatively used to it. They didn’t think this scene was special. As for Bai Ju, this guy originally came from ancient times. He used to have many servants and maids who took care of his daily life, so now he was not surprised. It was just a pity for Shao Simiao, who was traveling with the big guys. On the one hand, he felt that he should be politely afraid, but on the other hand, he felt that being served by monsters like this was enough for him to brag about for a year.
Qu Lang picked up the teacup and smelled the aroma of the black tea. He then caught a glimpse of Shao Simiao’s face as if there was something under his butt, and he couldn’t help laughing: “What’s wrong? You look like you can’t sit still.”
Shao Simiao touched his trouser pocket and moved closer to Qu Lang: “Brother Qu, are we allowed to take pictures here?”
After all, it was the first time that Qu Lang was invited, so he turned his inquiring gaze to the maid who was pouring tea beside him.
The two maids were probably twins, as they looked almost identical; they put the teapot down and stood together with their hands folded, smiled and nodded, and said in unison: “You can take pictures, sir. If necessary, we can also cooperate to pose for photos.”
Shao Simiao scratched his cheek embarrassedly, and opened his mouth to ask them to cooperate in picking up the teapot, but paused slightly, then turned and asked cautiously: “Excuse me… If you take a photo, you will indeed appear in the photo, right?”
If the photo he took showed only a teapot floating in the air, then let alone posting the photo, he would be scared to death just by looking at it.
The two maids couldn’t help but chuckle with their hands covering their lips: “Don’t worry, sir, we look like ordinary people in the photo.”
Shao Simiao scratched his head awkwardly, then whispered to the twin maids, one to bring the teapot and the other to bring the desserts, then carefully took out his mobile phone to pose for photos, preparing to post a Weibo to provide his fans with some wallpapers – of course he also specifically asked about the portrait rights of the two maids.
Bai Ju and Xiao Yao on the side were talking in low voices. Old Dog Bai didn’t know much about vampires, so when he saw the two maids, he was a little curious: “They look like they are weaker than the twelfth generation.”
The twelfth generation vampire was the princess in their sitcom yesterday. Although Bai Ju couldn’t distinguish other details, he still had an intuitive perception of the strengths and weaknesses of these vampires.
Xiao Yao glanced at the vampire maids, then after creating a sound barrier, explained to Old Dog Bai: “These two are not considered to be the nth generation of vampires. They didn’t get the first embrace, they were just bitten intentionally. If the vampires who received the first embrace are normal offspring, then these two maids were just infected. They have limited abilities and can only serve as slaves and tools of the vampires, but they are not qualified to be their offspring.”
Bai Ju was a little confused: “How could they be willing?”
Xiao Yao smiled: “There’s too much… the unchanging appearance, the long life, the powerful strength, everything is a temptation. Under such conditions, as long as the vampires are willing to give people the opportunity to be infected, there are not many people who can flatly refuse – of course, it is not ruled out that they might have been willing to sacrifice in order to fulfill their unfulfilled wishes.”
Bai Ju nodded thoughtfully, watching Shao Simiao gradually relax in the process of posing for photos, and sniffed the air again: “Yao Yao, do these two maids drink more blood?”
Xiao Yao raised his eyebrows: “Your nose is really sensitive.”
Then he explained, “Really powerful vampires are actually not very thirsty for blood. Their own strength can be restored through moonlight and hibernation; usually, high-level vampires will only commit atrocities due to thirst for blood when they lose a lot of blood. Their thirst for blood is inversely proportional to their strength. The weaker the vampire, the more difficult it is for it to recover on its own, and the greater the demand for blood. This is even more true for the vampire maids. The vampires who suck the most blood and are most easily tracked down by the Western Church are of this servant level.”
Bai Ju glanced sympathetically at Shao Simiao, who was making a scissors hand gesture with the vampire maid, and muttered, “…Then I’d better popularize the knowledge to him later.”
Xiao Yao smiled and shook his head, “You just found out too.”
Bai Ju took a sip of tea and didn’t feel embarrassed at all, “But I have the ability to make independent judgments.”
The topic came to an end, and Xiao Yao removed the barrier around the two of them. A few seconds later, there was a light knock on the living room door: “Dear guest.”
The door of the living room was slowly pushed open and standing at the door were the seven vampires who lived in Haiyin Castle. They were the tenth-generation vampires, the castle lord Marn Haiyin, the castle lord’s wife Elsa Haiyin, three eleventh-generation vampires, and two twelfth-generation vampires, a total of four men and three women.
The handsome vampire gentlemen and the elegant vampire ladies, dressed in low-key formal clothes, stood there facing the sun, and their beauty was enough to kill others as soon as they came.
“Dear guests, sorry for the long wait. We applied some sunscreen, which took a little time.” The castle lord’s platinum hair was meticulously groomed and all combed back, revealing a handsome and three-dimensional face. “I am Marn Haiyin, the owner here, and guests can call me Marn.” He spoke standard Mandarin.
Bai Ju and others stood up and walked in front of them; Old Dog Bai, as the strongest of the four, took a step forward and shook hands with Marn politely: “Nice to meet you, we are sorry to bother you this time.”
“No, no.”Marn laughed, seeming quite friendly, then he introduced the various members of Haiyin Castle behind him, and then asked everyone to sit down together.
“I wonder if you have any questions for me?” Marn clasped his fingers together, rested his elbows on the armrests of the chair, and habitually rubbed the ring on his right thumb, then whispered weakly, “To be honest, your presence in Haiyin Castle last night also frightened our staff, and we don’t want anything to make you unhappy.”
Hearing Marn’s words that seemed to be meaningful, Shao Simiao subconsciously glanced at Captain Qu next to him.
I don’t know if snatching the knight’s sword, lifting the knight’s hat, and tearing the lady’s skirt count as creating a scare.
“Oh… this lovely oriental boy,” Marn keenly noticed Shao Simiao’s gaze, and then smiled at him kindly, comforting him, “It’s not the little troubles caused by your knight; in fact, the clothes of ghosts are like clouds in the sky, and they will not be damaged by birds flying over them.”
Shao Simiao opened his mouth and rubbed the goose bumps on his arms: “…”
No, why did you say “lovely boy” and “your knight”? It sounds weird, okay! And the captain next to him, why didn’t he react at all?
Qu Lang lowered his eyes and drank a sip of tea unmoved. The vampire’s fancy words would only affect the extraction of the main information. He didn’t pay attention to this kind of fragmentary address problem at all; therefore, when he noticed Shao Simiao’s sight, he just looked at him blankly and continued to pay attention to the conversation between Marn and Bai Ju.
Bai Ju knew what Marn meant. After all, when this tenth-generation vampire was talking, he looked at him with a not-so-obvious vigilance and alertness.
Obviously, this group of vampires noticed his power, and also that he and Xiao Yao, Qu Lang and others had experienced the power of cultivation and killing, and they were afraid that they would target the members of Haiyin Castle; and at the banquet last night, these vampires must have also been vigilantly guarding against them in the dark. As for the invitation card that Old Dog Bai received, it was probably just the lighting engineer’s own decision.
“We have no ill intentions.” Bai Ju gently put the teacup in his hand back on the table and raised his eyes to meet Marn’s light blue eyes that were like glass beads, “It’s just that I heard recently that someone has set their sights on the inheritance of Haiyin Castle.”
“I don’t know where you got the news from,” Marn’s pupils shrank slightly when he heard this, and said cautiously, “The inheritance of Haiyin Castle cannot be taken away. Only those of us who are strong enough have the ability to obtain it.”
“Then what if,” Bai Ju’s slender fingers tapped the coffee table lightly, “someone tries to use your kind?”
“Use?” Marn fiddled with the ring on his thumb, stroking the dark red gem inlaid on it, and slowly frowned, “Dear guest, I wonder if you can be more detailed; forgive my poor and scarce knowledge, there is no black magic or other suitable means to extract complete power from a powerful vampire body.”
“I don’t know what your black magic can do.” Bai Ju didn’t leave Marn any hope. His thin lips opened and closed slightly, and the words he uttered seemed like a silver cross piercing the vampire’s chest. “But in my understanding, China has countless magic that can strip your power from this body.”
“Even, using the identity of not being a vampire, they can directly strip your inheritance.”
Bai Ju’s dark eyes seemed to hide the eternal night of vampires: “Marn, if you want me to prove it, I can strip yours now.”
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