Charles' full name is Charles. Howard, strictly speaking, his family should be called the Howards. But Charles seems to be intent on breaking away from the family, jokingly saying to the outside world that he belongs to the Charles family, and the outside world speculates that Charles seems to be dissatisfied with the Howard family, and even thinks that this famous family that made a fortune from ocean ships can only be supported by Charles in this generation.

In 1607, England established its first overseas colony in Jamestown, Virginia, and the British Empire has expanded ever since. After the outbreak of the Glorious Revolution, Britain began to follow the path of internal expansion and external expansion. The navy also tripled, with 120 capital ships from 40 to 120, and the best ships and crews in the world at the time, and the "Navigation Regulations" were promulgated, which were aimed at the Netherlands, a maritime power at the time.

A few decades later, Britain began to compete with the Netherlands for maritime supremacy, waging four wars before and after. After the last war, London replaced Amsterdam in the Netherlands as the world's financial center at the time.

The Howard family also took the opportunity to develop maritime trade through shipbuilding, and became a prominent family in Britain, and was subsequently given the title of marquis.

Hundreds of years later, at the age of eighteen, Victoria ascended the throne as Queen of England, and Britain also successfully expanded its influence into East and South Asia, and the Howard family was awarded the title of Duke because of its high merits.

During the 60 years of Queen Victoria's reign, Britain gradually controlled the global sea power, dominated world trade, and its vast colonies spread across all continents, and the British Empire became a veritable "empire on which the sun never sets", because of its vast territory, it became the largest country in human history.

By this time, the Howard family also owned the UK's largest shipbuilding and maritime trading company, gained a global reputation, and eventually expanded its business to China.

But after the Mary incident, the Howard family also went from glory to decline......

Charles gulped down his water, like a man fresh out of the desert: "One of the important reasons for the decline is that most of the members of the family are on the Mary. ”

Saker asked, "Why are they all on the Mary?" ”

"At that time, no one in the family had been to the East except my grandfather's father, so I was going to visit India and China, but who knew that not long after I arrived in China, there would be a war, so I decided to return to England immediately," Charles said. ”

After the shipwreck of the Mary, most of the people lost their lives, and only a few survived, including the Howard family's Kells. Howard and his brother Edward. Howard, both of them are also the only survivors of the Howard family.

Wei Chiran asked, "How did the shipwreck happen?" ”

"There was a storm and the boat hit the reef, at least that's what my great-grandfather told me at the time," Charles said. ”

After Kyles and Edward survived, they were discovered by a passing ship and taken to the Indian port of Visakhapatnam.

However, Kells soon noticed a change in his body.

The first is that he has become very fond of drinking water, and can hardly skip eating, but the water must be drunk, and if he does not drink water every ten minutes, he will become very restless, but even drinking water can only delay emotional restlessness and pain.

Kells didn't know what was going on, so he went to the doctor for help, and the doctor only advised him to eat more fruits, especially oranges, but Kells didn't talk about fruits, he couldn't eat almost anything, he just wanted to drink water.

One morning, Kells felt so miserable that his whole body burned like a fire, and he jumped directly into the pool of the manor, who knew that after jumping in, on the contrary, it was even more uncomfortable, and Kells finally rushed to the sea.

Edward, who noticed that something was wrong with Kells, followed him and found that Kells had jumped headlong into the sea and then disappeared. Edward was worried that something would happen to Kells, so he also hurried to the sea, but who knew that no trace of Kessle was found, Edward was anxious, and immediately gathered the people in the manor to look for Kells on the coastal line.

From the morning to the evening, Kells was not found, and Edward still did not give up, but who knew that at this time the servants in the manor rushed back to inform him that Kells had returned.

However, the whereabouts of the two servants who participated in the search for Kells that day are unknown.

Edward hurried back to the manor, looking at Kells, wrapped in a blanket, and pale.

Edward hurriedly asked, "Where have you been?" ”

Kells just shook his head.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Edward stepped forward to check, but was watched by Kells warily, as if disgusted by his approach.

Edward asked Kells if he was unwell. Kyles shook his head.

In desperation, Edward had to leave Kells alone for a while and left the study by himself.

Edward didn't know why, after the shipwreck, Kells became strange and his personality changed drastically, so he decided to return to England as soon as possible to find the best doctor, after all, Kells is the first heir to the Howard family, and Edward has no interest in inheriting the family, his interest is only to play around and adventure.

Moreover, the person who proposed to go to China and India was also Edward, so he felt very guilty in his heart, feeling that it was all because of him that the family members died.

After falling asleep, Edward had a nightmare in which he recreated the shipwreck, and he saw a pair of hands of family members stretched out on the sea, but he was helpless.

Just then, Edward woke up to find Kells standing by the bedside looking at him.

Edward rolled over and got up and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Kells swallowed, "My body, my body has noticed some changes. ”

Edward asked, "What changes?" ”

Kells hesitated, but said, "Tomorrow morning, you go with me to the beach." ”

With that, Kells wrapped himself in a blanket and left, and when he left the room, he stood in the doorway, looking at Edward with a puzzled face, and just watched, and the two looked at each other for a long time, and then the door was closed by Kells.

Edward had almost no sleep that night, and slept in a daze until early in the morning, and went to Kells' room but could not find him, so he had to go to the seaside outside the manor, and sure enough, he found Kells there.

Still wearing the same blanket as yesterday, Kells sat on the beach, staring at the sea in a daze.

Edward stepped forward and sat down next to Kells, not speaking.

Kells took out his pocket watch, placed it on the beach, and waited until the hands pointed to ten o'clock, then he got up, threw away the blanket, and walked towards the sea.

On the side of the beach, there was a crater surrounded by a reef, and Kells walked along the beach to the reef, then stood on the reef and turned his head to look at his brother Edward.

Edward also walked up to the reef and watched Kells jump directly into the sea pit, and the next scene made Edward's breathing almost stop, he watched the changes in Kells in the sea water, he didn't stand firm for a while, slipped directly, and fell into the sea hole.

Unexpectedly, after Edward fell into the water, Kells swam frantically and pressed him directly against the reef behind him, and the mouth at the throat also opened a bloody mouth, and he was about to bite Edward's throat.

At the last moment, Kells stopped, let out a strange scream, and swam away with his fish-like body, leaving through the gap between the reefs, leaving only the frightened Edward.

Edward finally knew what had happened, and guessed that the two servants who had disappeared yesterday were probably given by Kells......

But what happened to Kells? Edward was determined to find out when he returned to England.

After Charles explained this, he took a big sip of water: "They returned to England and found the best doctors, and they didn't find out what happened to my great-grandfather, but this kind of thing can't be known to the outside world, and besides, my great-grandfather also found that Kells seems to have become a vampire, he craves blood, and without blood, he can survive by drinking water, but in the end he will become an uncontrollable monster, and even his humanity will be lost, which is too ironic." ”

Yes, it's really ironic, people become monsters and thirst for blood and lose their humanity in the first place, but Kells will only retain his humanity after sucking blood.

In order to hide all this, Kells inherited the Howard family, but all the big and small affairs of the family were handed over to his younger brother Edward, who took care of the family affairs while trying his best to save Kells.

What neither of them expected was that Kells's children, all three of whom had become monsters like him, in other words, the change would be inherited.

What broke Kells the most was that his three children, because of the loss of their human relationship, turned into monsters one day in the middle of the day because of their thirst for blood, and finally killed their mother.

The Duchess's death made headlines at the time, but soon those concerns were overshadowed by the flames of World War II, and no one cared about what was happening in the Howard family anymore, only when the damned Nazi Germany and militaristic Japan would be defeated.

During the days when London was constantly bombed by Nazi Germany, Edward led his three children to hide in the Howard family's cellar, taught them to read and write, taught them how to control their emotions, and of course, he had to find a way to bring domestic animals to the cellar for the three children to suck blood, and the most difficult thing for him was that he had to risk having people pull seawater from the sea into the pool of his family by car.

Every day, Edward looked at the three Howard children who had turned into monsters in the pool, and considered many times whether to kill them directly, but because of the guilt of the family, he finally gave up, and could only secretly raise funds and began to research related sea monsters, hoping to find some clues from them.

However, after several generations, the strange matter of the Howard family is still not resolved, but Edward has to inherit the family business in order to save the family, and warns his children and grandchildren to save Kells's descendants no matter what.

Therefore, the Howard family is divided into two parts, Edward's descendants and Kells's descendants, although they are both Howard families, but Kells's descendants can only live in the shadows forever.

And the descendants of the Edward family, although they have followed Edward's will and have been taking care of Kells's descendants, but after a long time, they have become disgusted, just for the sake of the family's reputation, hiding this matter from the outside world, but using other means to drive the descendants of the Kells family out of England and take charge of the so-called overseas business.

In order to reclaim the original inheritance, Charles's lifelong wish is to solve the curse that has plagued them for generations.