Chapter XXXVI Contracts
"Respect?" Karl sneered at Carlisle's words.
But he didn't comment on the sentence, just said, "If you had anything to do with that, I wouldn't be here to talk to you." ”
"Pay attention to what you say, boy!" said Emmett Cullen, the strongest of the Cullens, dissatisfied, wanting to teach Carl a lesson.
"Stop!" Carlisle hurriedly stopped him.
"You're in luck!" Emmett glared at Karl indignantly.
"No, you're in luck. Karl said with a smile, squeezing out a fierce fire in his hand with a squeeze of his palm.
In the corner, Bella took in what had just happened, and looked uncertainly at the hostess of the Cullen family, Edward's mother, Esme.
"Just now, in his hands?"
"Flames, yes. Esme nodded, and she let out a long sigh of relief when Karl withdrew her hand.
She had heard all the information about the wizard from her husband, and she knew only a little about the wizard's methods, but she instinctively sensed a mortal threat to the flame in Karl's hand just now.
The rest of the Cullen family felt the same way, but Emmett didn't notice it because she was distracted by anger.
When I turned around, I saw that the family's faces were not very good, and I couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you?"
His other half, Rosalie pulled him to her side and whispered a few words in his ear.
Suddenly, he looked at Karl with even more hostile gaze.
As we all know, flames are the nemesis of vampires, and what Carl just had in his hands is obviously more dangerous.
Karl glanced at a few people indifferently and said to Carlisle: "According to the agreement signed between the International Federation of Wizards and vampires, no vampire can be exposed to ordinary people, and now you have been completely exposed-"
"The wizard's agreement?" Carlisle's wife exclaimed in surprise, "I thought it was a rule set by the Voltu family?"
"Calm down, Esme, calm down. Carlisle looked back and reassured.
He glanced at his family members and explained, "The Voltu family is only responsible for the execution of the agreement and the jurisdiction over the vampires, and it was they who signed the contract on behalf of all the vampire families in the first place. ”
"How can they do that?!" said Esme incredulously, "this treaty is not equal at all!"
"Yes, Esme. Carlisle sighed, "It's a unilateral treaty, binding only on vampires, but they had to do that. ”
"Why?" asked Esme, and everyone in the Cullen family stared at Carlisle to know why.
Carlisle sighed and looked at Carl.
"Because the wizarding world was at war at the time, I didn't have time to care about vampires. Karl said.
"What does that mean, what does signing a treaty have to do with whether or not there is time?" said Esme inexplicably.
Carl shrugged his shoulders and looked back at Carlisle.
Looking at his family members, Carlisle sighed heavily, "Because wizards have been hunting vampires before that. ”
"Hunting?" Esme's head didn't turn a little, and the others looked at Carlisle in a daze, not knowing what he was trying to say.
Carlisle nodded and said slowly: "If it weren't for the war in the wizarding world, there was no time to care about the existence of vampires, and they signed a treaty with us, and the vampires should no longer exist by now." ”
"What?!" the Cullens looked at Carlisle in disbelief.
All along, although they didn't say it, the Karen family had their own pride.
As vampires, they have ageless looks, handsome appearance, eternal lifespan, and great strength, all of which make their pride deeper in their bones.
Although they uphold the principle of "vegetarianism", in their eyes, it is just a manifestation of their own benevolence, and deep down, they are always hunters and the most noble existence.
But now, they were told that they were the ones to be slaughtered, and how could they accept that?
Carlisle's wife understood more than the rest of the Cullen family, and she now finally understood why the presence of just one wizard, and at such a young age, had allowed her husband to be so cautious and let all the members of the family go out.
She had always thought that Carlisle was doing this for Edward and Bella, but now she finally understood.
But she had one last question.
"But Carlisle, why?" she asked.
This is what she is most puzzled about, vampires have incomparably powerful powers, speed that ordinary people can't see, and all kinds of magical abilities.
And the boy in front of him looks harmless to humans and animals at all, and even a little weak. If all wizards were like him, even if they were adults, they would be just a group of ordinary people with extraordinary powers.
And the average person's body is too fragile, Esme asked herself, if she wanted to, with her speed and strength, she could easily tear Karl to shreds without him even noticing.
How could such a group of people let them fall into the situation of being on the verge of extinction.
"Because our abilities don't work against wizards, Esmee!" Carlisle said to his wife, having to stop the Karen family, who were already eager to try.
"It's okay, you can let them try. Karl said indifferently.
"That's what you said, boy!" said Emmet, who stepped out of the group.
"Stop! Emmet!" Carlisle said urgently.
"Don't worry, I won't hurt him, just teach him a lesson!" Emmett said, staring at Karl tightly.
"What are they going to do to you, Carl?" said the Nicks, who had not spoken, looked worried.
"Nothing?" Karl smiled at his adoptive parents, "I don't show my hand, they won't give up." ”
"Hey, this isn't the place for you to compete!" Bella shouted at the two of them, pulling Edward away.
Karl was stunned for a moment, then stroked his forehead.
Patronizing and talking, he almost forgot that this was his uncle's house.
The Cullens smiled at each other,
"We happen to know a place. ”