Chapter 12: The Center of Hell
It is full of flowers, and at first glance it is a sea of flowers. The smell of tulips wafts through the air. The sky looks white and full of clouds, with the occasional blue sky showing. Although there is no sun, it feels like the weather is cloudy on the earth.
In the midst of the land surrounded by flowers, a palatial complex attracts people's attention. This palace is patchwork, uneven. In terms of architectural style, it looks like Gothic architecture. The artistic shapes carved from stone are dotted on various stone walls, sometimes revealing elegance, sometimes naughty.
In front of the palace is the square. White stones are laid on top of it, and at the junction of the white stones, sometimes there are small pools with a fountain in the center. Occasionally, birds splashing on the surface of the water.
This place has successfully achieved the perfect combination of humanity and nature. It's so comfortable to live here, and for a moment it feels like it's the most beautiful place on earth.
"The Duke has returned from the parade!" said a voice from the sky. I saw a few gorgeous carriages made by Phnom Penh, suddenly appearing from the air. Then, in the shape of a long snake, the convoy flew into the palace and slowly landed on the top of the square.
"Finally home!" said the owner of the convoy as he stepped out of one of the carriages in the middle and stretched lazily. He had a fluffy head and wore a luxurious aristocratic stand-up collar.
"Come out with the Duchess, too!" said the fluffy head, turning to look inside the carriage.
A beautiful woman with glazed eyes dressed like a doll in a black dress stepped out of the carriage at the call of her fluffy head. She looked so beautiful, but her motionless eyes and almost stiff facial expression made people feel like she was a humanoid statue.
"Someone to help the Duchess. The fluffy head gave the order with a blank face. Suddenly two faceless figures appeared in the air, supporting the statue-like woman from left to right, following behind the fluffy head, step by step into the palace.
"I'm hungry now and need to eat. The Duchess also ate with me. I'm not in a good mood these days, so I'm going to pick up the prey I caught today, and I'm still eating my favorite dish. The fluffy head gave orders to the air, and after saying that, he bared his sharp teeth and licked it with his tongue. Then he continued to walk forward and pushed open a door. Inside the door is a luxurious restaurant. The tableware has been arranged, and in the center of the table, a large cauldron with a strange shape attracts people's attention.
The fluffy head walked to the side of the table and leaned back lazily in his chair.
"Madam, sit down together!" said the fluffy head, and two figures on the left and right helped the beautiful woman to sit opposite him. Then the two figures vanished.
"Sure enough, it's still the most comfortable at home, and I don't have to pay attention to those bastards. The fluffy head spoke, rubbing his face with his hands. "Madame, you said it would be nice if you could come to your senses! But then again, you're pretty good now. What I like the most is the obedient puppet that allows me to do whatever I want. The fluffy head said with a grim smile.
The beautiful woman on the other side was expressionless, as if she hadn't heard anything.
"Alright, let's serve!" Fluffy gave the order, and a white and chubby baby appeared above the table, seemingly still asleep. The strangely shaped cauldron on the dining table slowly opened the lid at this time, and in the blink of an eye, the white and chubby human baby was thrown into the pot, and there seemed to be a scream, and then the lid of the cauldron was closed, and the pot began to vibrate slightly.
"Princess Lillian, how is it? Isn't it a taste of human blood again?" said the fluffy head, his eyes turning red, giving him a feeling of extreme danger.
"As I said before, the blood of the old man is too dry, the blood of the middle-aged is too turbid, and only the blood of this newborn child tastes the most delicious. The main reason why our people can stay young is because we have the formula of eternal blood. The reason why our clan is strong is because we are doing the business of licking blood at the tip of a knife. I tell you this over and over again in the hope that you will understand that you have been transformed by me and become a member of our clan. Now you have to adapt to the way our people live. Your half-hung human blood will be completely wiped out by now. With the infusion of the Mystic of Eternal Life, we will become exactly the same gods. Hahahahaha. The fluffy head laughed, and there was a terrifying murderous look in his eyes.
"The Lord of the Underworld is dead, and Lao Tzu is the Lord of the Underworld. Watch me kill the humans who get in the way step by step, and watch me clean up the elven patriarchs who get in the way step by step. Hmph, don't look at your arrogance now, one day, I will destroy you all. After the fluffy head finished speaking, the cauldron in front of him stopped shaking. I saw that the shape of the pot gradually changed, and something similar to a faucet grew out of the body of the pot. Then the cup in front of the fluffy head moved forward on its own, and took a full cup of bright red juice, and then the cup turned upside down and fell steadily into the fluffy head's hand.
"Grunt" fluffy head took the cup and drank it down, then let go of his hand, and the cup moved forward on its own, refilling it with the bright red juice.
"It's still warm, this taste, this feeling, as if it's been reborn!" he smacked his mouth as if greedy, and the blood red in his fluffy eyes dissipated slightly. Then he fixed his eyes on Princess Lilian.
"Princess, I've always been curious about what you'd look like if you ate it. Hahaha. The grim laughter was filled with chills, and the fluffy head took the flying cup a second time and drank it down.
"Well, I'm not as hungry as I used to be. Wait for the Duchess to eat!" The fluffy head's voice fell, and the two figures from before reappeared, taking a cup of bright red juice from the pot, and then the human form broke Princess Lilian's mouth and poured the juice down.
"Gollum" The princess's expression did not change, and she obediently drank the juice from the cup. The fluffy head on the other side laughed.
"If only all the human beings in this world were as obedient as you. I don't have to work so hard to go out hunting, and I don't have to intrigue all day long, in case I get cheated by those old guys. Hahahaha!" Smiling and smiling, he seemed to remember something again, and his expression became gloomy.
"Let Madame eat a little more, until you are full!" said the fluffy head as if perverted. Under this order, the faceless figure took four or five cups of bright red juice in a row and poured them into Princess Lilian's mouth, until Princess Lilian couldn't drink it anymore, and bright red juice began to flow from the corners of her mouth, and then stopped moving.
"Hahaha" The fluffy head began to laugh again, making it impossible to understand what his laughter was.
"Okay, that's it. Take your lady down to rest. I'm going to be alone and quiet and enjoy this meal. With that, the fluffy head leaned back in the chair, and the two figures helped Princess Lillian up and walked to another room. After relaxing for a while, the fluffy head began to think about the recent events.
I don't know how long time has passed, but it's still in this palace. Princess Lilian lay alone on a large plush bed, motionless, as if she were dead.
Time passed minute by minute, and suddenly, Princess Lilian's body began to twitch incessantly, and after a long, mournful wail, Princess Lilian began to cry.
"I'm leaving this place, I'm leaving this place!" Princess Lillian struggled to get up, but her body felt like something was holding her down.
"Father, Mother, I miss you!" After half a day of struggle to no avail, Princess Lilian recalled the happy life she had as a child, and once again washed her face with tears.
"How nice it would be if you were still here!" Unfortunately, there is no going back to the past, and Princess Lilian's thoughts can only be useless sadness.
"Mr. Mighty Cat, where are you now!" Lillian's mind suddenly appeared with the figure of the kitten, and then the whole person slowly calmed down. "Mr. Mighty Cat, hurry up and save me!" Lillian muttered to herself, realizing that the magic on her body had been inexplicably unraveled.
"I think I can move!" a feeling of euphoria welled up in his heart. Lilian sat up suddenly.
"But what am I going to do to get out?" thought to herself, as Lillian tentatively twisted the handle of the door, only to find that it was not locked at all.
"Great, so I can get out. Lillian calmed down and quietly opened the door a crack. Looking outside, there was a long hallway, and there was no one in sight.
Creeping out, Lillian looked left and right, afraid that someone would suddenly appear out of nowhere.
"Ok, it's safe outside. Carrying her skirt, Lillian ran with small steps, trying to find the stairs from the hallway to the downstairs, only to find that the entire hallway had somehow turned into an empty corridor, and even the door to the room where she had come out was gone.
"This house has been enchanted!" Lillian remembered how fluffy her head had changed in the house before, and realized how terrible the building was.
"Hmph! I'm going to die this time, and I'm going to get out of here. Determined to make up her mind, Lillian ran to the end of the hallway. There a window suddenly flashed. Looking down from the window, it is about ten meters above the ground. Lillian hesitated, opened the window, and jumped.