Hearing Edmund's words, Su Tang was stunned for a moment, and then realized what was going on, she looked at Edmund in disbelief, her voice was full of doubt, "Mr. Edmund, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Literally." Edmund pursed his lips before continuing, "Lauctia, please tell me what you really think, and if you are willing to leave this castle, I can let you go." ”

Su Tang frowned slightly, and his eyebrows revealed hesitation, "But I am Mr. Victor's blood slave." ”

"It's not important." Edmund shook his head, "It's just a contract of blood slaves, if you want to eliminate it, it's easy, as long as you say you want to leave the castle and return to the human world, I will definitely take you back." ”

In fact, it is naturally impossible for Su Tang to go back, she still has to stay here to raid the boss's little brother Victor, and now Su Tang is playing Lauktia, as an excellent actor, of course, she can't show her mood on the face of the character.

If there really is such a person as Lauctia in the world, then in the face of Edmund's tempting request, she will definitely be in a dilemma, because although Victor saved her, as long as she continues to stay in the castle, she will soon usher in death, and in the face of death, it is understandable to seek a way to live.

However, Su Tang will not deliberately show these struggles, it would be too fake.

So she subtly seduced the subject, "But Mr. Edmund, why do you want to help me?" And you're also a prince, right, won't it hurt you to do this? ”

Edmund's eyes darkened, and instead of answering Su Tang's question directly, he threw out another question, "Lauctia, do you know why after the death of the original third prince, they even did not hesitate to find a hybrid of humans and vampires to replace this position?" ”

For this, Su Tang also felt strange, because generally, if the heir is still alive, and the other princes are dead, why do they have to go out of their way to find the illegitimate son back to replace that position? Su Tang also wondered about this matter at first, but she really couldn't figure it out, and finally had to comfort herself with maybe this is the custom of vampires.

But now Edmund has brought this question up, indicating that it is obviously impossible for this matter to be as simple as it seems.

Su Tang bit his lip, shook his head puzzledly, and replied honestly: "I'm sorry, I don't really understand why." ”

"You don't have to apologize." Edmund lowered his eyelids, his bloodshot eyes full of guilt, "It's us who should apologize." ”

Edmund paused, as if hesitating about something, but at this point, it was useless to hide it, and finally he decided to tell the story.

"You should have heard it just now, I said that you will die on the 'Day of Judgment.'"

Su Tang nodded, and Edmund continued, "In the Bible recorded by mankind, Cain killed his brother Abel out of jealousy, and God expelled him, and at the same time deprived him of the right to die, leaving him to suffer forever, and since then, no one knows what happened to Cain. ”

Taking a deep breath, Edmund said slowly: "But in the ancient books of vampires, Cain's follow-up is recorded, and Cain, who became immortal, endured countless pains and curses, although he became stronger and stronger, but also became more and more desperate, Cain kept looking for a way to let himself die, and finally, he finally found it. ”

Listening to this past history with bated breath, Su Tang didn't dare to say a word, while Edmund continued to talk endlessly.

"That is, to distribute the curse to his offspring, and as long as the offspring continue to multiply, the curse will be distributed more and more, and Cain will grow older and older, and finally, he will finally fall into the arms of death as he wishes."

"Could it be that those descendants are ......" Su Tang didn't say the second half of the sentence, but it didn't prevent Edmund from understanding what she meant.

Edmund nodded, his voice full of helplessness, "Cain's descendants have become vampires in the mouth of humans, but because the curse on our bodies is not as strong as Cain's, vampires also have a lifespan limit, but they will live a little longer than humans, as for our behavior of sucking human blood, it is actually a ritual in disguise." ”

"A ritual in disguise?" Su Tang was puzzled, "Isn't it a routine that can only obtain energy from human blood?" ”

"It's true that we can't get the energy we need to survive from the normal process of eating, but the curse of Cain on us allows us to live without eating, and the main purpose of sucking blood is actually to maintain the curse itself."

He paused and carefully explained for Su Tang: "As Cain's descendants, we have some Cain's blood on our bodies, and humans are Abel's descendants, with Abel's blood flowing in our bodies, so when we suck human blood, it is actually equivalent to repeating the process of Cain killing Abel, although it is a low-profile version, but for us who are infinitely diluted by the curse, as long as this is enough." ”

After listening, Su Tang clearly understood, but there was one thing she was still very puzzled about, "But why do you maintain the curse?" Wouldn't it be better to just make it disappear? ”

Edmund pursed his lips, he was silent for a while, and then slowly explained to Su Tang, "Because this is God's punishment for Cain, and we who have Cain's blood are actually equivalent to a small part of Cain's body, if the curse disappears on our body and we are still alive, then that person will die on the spot." ”

"It is recorded in ancient books that in fact, in the beginning, vampires did not actually feel hungry because they did not suck blood, but often those people are very easy to forget the ritual of sucking blood, and almost all of them die, and those who survive slowly evolve this physiological mechanism."

After listening to this, Su Tang's head was a little big, she didn't expect that there was such a complicated story behind the vampire, but there was one thing she still didn't understand. "And what does all this have to do with that day of judgment?"

Edmund couldn't help but sigh again, his blood-colored eyes seemed to be covered with a gray mist at this moment.

"Because of the atavism of the curse on Keith, this is why he stopped growing at the age of 40, and because of the same blood as him, as his brothers, we were also affected, but not as strong as him, so I can't see any clues."

Looking at Su Tang fixedly, Edmund said it word by word.

"On the Day of Judgment, in order to maintain the curse, Keith must kill all the humans inside the castle."