Chapter X
Every blood family who inherits the title of prince through normal channels has to go through the inheritance ceremony to obtain the power of the family's inheritance, the size of the inheritance power of each family is not certain, depending on the strength of each family, the prince who inherits the power of inheritance, even if he was only a marquis before, can reach the level of the prince in one fell swoop through the power of inheritance. The Prince's Inheritance Ceremony is the grandest and most mysterious ceremony of each family, and all the blood families in each inheritance ceremony who have obtained the title will participate, regardless of their status, and the family will also send guards to face the enemy.
When Liu Lei arrived at the castle of the Tremere family, he found that there was no foreigner here, and it seemed that Kurd had already regarded him as a prospective son-in-law, and did not regard him as an outsider. When he was at home, Kerry told him that he didn't care about it, and thought that it was always appropriate to invite a few close friends, but now he found out that it was not the case at all, and that no one else could be seen except his own people, and that something was wrong, and he secretly complained: he couldn't run away, and he couldn't hide—it was a big trouble!
The blood clan who was in charge of receiving him was very enthusiastic, Liu Lei even saw flattery in his eyes, and the people around him were also very friendly to him, but they all had a strange smile in their eyes when they looked at him. Liu Lei believed that these people did not treat him like this because he was an emperor-level master, and these people must have regarded him as the "male concubine" of the future prince! Liu Lei enjoyed the treatment of "male concubine" in the ancient castle for two hours, and the ceremony finally began at 11 o'clock.
First, the first item is to pay homage to the moon god. The Tréme family erected a high altar in the middle of the castle's square, around which all the participants stood and the gray-haired Kud stood aloud in the ancient blood language that Liu Lei did not understand. Liu Lei was arranged to stand in front of the altar because of his status as a guest and quasi-"male concubine". At the beginning of the worship of the Moon God, all the people knelt down, Liu Lei knelt on the ground and listened to the notes full of unknown words, and when he was bored, he saw the altar and remembered the high platform hanging in the air on Diancang Mountain-Hanging Dust Island, the name of which Lian Feng later told him. He thought that if he could also establish a family in the future, he would not need to build an altar when the inheritance ceremony was held, and he could directly use his own spells, and the stone platform would rise out of thin air, how majestic!
Time passed unconsciously, and when he came back to his senses, Kud had already announced the start of the next memorial to the former prince. A table was placed on the altar with a vial containing the purple blood clots that Santos had left behind during his lifetime. Thinking of the ups and downs experienced by the Trere family and the tragic experience of almost exterminating the clan in the past six months since the death of the old prince, all the clansmen naturally felt a lot more sad when they bowed. The last one is the true inheritance of power, Nia, dressed in the black mage robes characteristic of the Tremere family, walked up the stone steps to the altar, her long hair was scattered behind her in the moonlight, her face was calm, she held a snow-white staff about the same height as her in her left hand, and a thick book in her right hand, and walked to the top of the altar step by step.
Coud had already retreated, and Nia stood alone on the altar, the bright moonlight shining on her beautiful face, and Liu Ti was suffocated. She put down her staff and the book, picked up the vial of the blood clot, opened the cap and removed the blood clot, then took the book, turned it sideways, there was a keyhole in the side of the book, and she put the blood clot in. After a long time, I only heard a soft sound of "card" in the book, and the book opened automatically. The pages of the book "whirled" as if they were blown by the wind, and countless colored symbols and spells emerged from the book like elves, flying up and down around her, and finally converging in front of her forehead. Nia was shocked, and the whole book was turned back again, and finally the cover was closed, and the "card" was locked again.
Nia turned to face her people, holding a staff in her left hand and a book in her right hand, her hands held high, and the power of inheritance just now radiated like a catharsis. On the high platform, her long hair was flying, her face was cold, and a full moon hung high behind her, which was as beautiful and deadly as the moon god.
At the end of the inheritance ceremony, Liu Ti quietly hid in a corner while there were many people, saw the marquis who received him, hurriedly beckoned to him, called him over and ordered: "That, it's getting late, well, if you want to rest early, you can't say goodbye to your prince in person, you take me to say hello to her, I'll go first......" The marquis was strange "It's late" and "Rest early" How can the two be linked in the life of the blood clan, but he didn't dare to have a trace of disrespect when facing an emperor-level master, so he bowed down and agreed. After sending the marquis away, Liu Lei looked left and right to see if there was no one before quietly slipping along the base of the wall towards the gate. He didn't dare to go from the sky, it was too obvious. After sneaking out less than 100 meters, I heard a broken shout: "Liu Lei! Why do you always like to slip through the wall?! You are a blood-sucking bat, not a mouse stealing rice!" Liu Lei turned his head and smiled bitterly: "It's not bad, you finally didn't call me a nymphomaniac in front of so many people." ”
Still in that secret room, Liu Lei sat on the sofa, Kud stood respectfully to the side, and Nia awkwardly stood with him. Liu Ti hurriedly said, "Uncle, you can also sit." Kud said respectfully: "Don't dare, in front of an 'emperor' like you, how can I have a place." Liu Lei hurriedly stood up and said, "No, no, uncle, you are an elder, you sit, I stand." ”
"Oh, you still think I'm your elder?"
"Yes, of course I recognize!" "Okay, since you still recognize me as an elder, I have to say some things. ”
"You say, you say. Liu Lei replied respectfully.
"Sit down, too. ”
"Yes. Liu Ti sat on the sofa with half of his buttocks hanging in the air.
"Listen to Nia, she woke up one morning when she was staying at Kerry's house to find you in her bed, didn't you?"
"Yes. Cold sweat broke out on Liu Lei's forehead, and he spit out a word with difficulty.
"How can you do that!" Coud jumped up, "My baby Nia isn't one of those random women you met at the bar......!
"Uncle, uncle," Liu Ti had to interrupt him: "This thing is not as you imagined, we were all drunk that day......"
"So you're taking advantage of Nia?"
"No, no," he said, "I'm drunk too, and we don't know anything......"
"Really?" Coud asked, confused.
"Yes, yes. Liu Ti replied in the coming year, and Coud looked at Nia again and saw that she also nodded, then took a deep breath and straightened up and said, "So I can't blame you entirely?"
"That's that, uncle is wise!" Liu Lei hurriedly patted his horse.
"But what do you say about this? My Nia has already told you, you should have an explanation. ”
"I heard that you in the West don't seem to take this very seriously, right?" Liu Lei whispered.
"What are you talking about!" Coud was furious: "You mean, my baby is the kind of woman who can just someone else!hmm!" Hearing his rudeness, Nia couldn't help but cry out angrily, "Father!"
"No, no," Liu Lei hurriedly explained, "I didn't mean that......"
"And what do you mean?"
"I ......" Liu Lei couldn't say.
"Then you think my baby isn't worthy of you?" Coud's face changed.
"No, no, Nia is gentle and virtuous, beautiful and moving, but I don't deserve her. Liu Lei admires himself so much, he can tell such a big lie without frowning.
"Well, that's a nonsense. (Vampires - Nonsense.) Although you don't deserve Nia, I can't pick and choose at this point, so you can find a time to get married. ”
"No!" Liu Ti blurted out without even thinking about it.
"What, you don't want to be responsible?"
"Not ......"
"That's good, you'll get married in two months, you go back and prepare......"
Liu Lei was no longer able to struggle, and silently accepted this fact -- he would spend his life with a violent woman! Han Fu, who was eavesdropping outside the door, shook his head and said in his heart: "How can you fight this old fox?"
As soon as Liu Lei returned to the villa, he screamed, poor old Kerry has been insomnia, and was awakened by a scream just after falling asleep today, he jumped up from the bed with a "poof", rushed to the living room to look left and right, and kept asking: "Is the Holy See attacking? Liu Lei, who was lying on the sofa, replied lazily. "And what's your name?" Kerry was upset and took a glass of water to drink. "Because there is something more terrible than the attack of the Holy See. "What's the matter?" asked the old mage curiously. "I'm going to marry Nia, that violent girl. "Poof" Kerry squirted out a mouthful of water, and hurriedly reached over and touched his skull: "You're not sick, are you?
Liu Lei said angrily: "Do you remember that morning?" "Yes, I remember it very clearly." You jumped out of Nia's room naked that morning. Kerry teased. Liu Lei said helplessly: "Then you should be able to think of what happened to us, his father, the old guy named Kud, forced me to be responsible, I had no choice but to agree." Ahh
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