Chapter 16: The Curse
The door flickered again, and this time it was a blonde girl who came in, she was hot, ********, and held Chenguang's school uniform tightly, especially on her chest, as if something was about to tear out. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info wavy blonde curls draped behind him, the tips of the hair can reach the waist, the hair in front of the forehead is pinned with a simple hair ornament, and the forehead is confidently exposed, and the facial features are typical Western women, less graceful than Eastern women, but more three-dimensional layering.
It's just that now this beautiful face is full of sadness, which makes her look a little gloomy, and she loses a lot of points. Even so, her etiquette was still impeccable, and when Nan Xiaoyu passed by her, she also subconsciously made a salute.
Chang Qing's pupils shrank suddenly, and he noticed a detail: this is not an ordinary door, Yan Xuxue is in the house, just with sound waves, she can actually penetrate the space door and convey to the outside world, what kind of strength is this?!
"You don't need me to introduce you, right?" Yan Xuxue said, seeing Ning Xi nodding, she said to the blonde girl: "Annie, if you have anything you want to solve, just tell the two people in front of you, they will solve it for you, of course, you know the price." β
Anne was silent, Yan Xuxue came up again and strangled Chang Qing's neck fiercely, and laughed: "Boy, do a good job, this opportunity is rare!"
After saying that, she waved her hand at the people in the room, left a word, and walked away:
"Peace of mind, as a faculty member, you are not interested in knowing the secrets of the students, so you can discuss it yourself. β
"You may be seated. Chang Qing pulled the seat in front of Ning Xi outward.
"Thank you. Anne sat down and looked at Ning Xi who wanted to speak, but opened her mouth and didn't speak, but glanced at Chang Qing.
"Isn't it convenient for the boys to listen? Changqing, you go out first. Ning Xi said.
"That's not the case," Anne stopped, she continued to look at Chang Qing, seeing that he was still at a loss, she couldn't help but ask, "You, don't you recognize me?"
"Huh?" Chang Qing was startled, and hurriedly recalled that his life circle was very small, and it stands to reason that if he had seen this kind of outstanding Western beauty, he should be very impressed, right?
Seeing Chang Qing pondering, Anne reminded: "Ten days ago, the location of the No. 6 alchemy room. β
With this hint, Chang Qing finally remembered, but his face immediately became very embarrassed, because ten days ago, at that time, he was experimenting with a double compression spell, and due to the imperfection of the theory, he forcibly modeled it, and when he exported energy to it, it naturally caused an explosion.
Because it was in the public alchemy room, there was no explosion-proof device, although Chang Qing reacted immediately and chased the explosion wave as fast as possible to dissipate the energy, but half of the energy overflowed and affected the people outside the door, unfortunately, Anne was the one who was affected outside the door.
"I remember... When I chased it out, there was still a blonde boy, right?" Chang Qing tried to recall, "I'm really sorry, the energy wave swept you to the ground, I only cared about using dialysis to see if there were any injuries on your body, and I really didn't pay much attention to your face......"
"You don't need to apologize," Anne shook her head, "didn't you apologize at the time? It's just that I'm here today, and the things I want to entrust have something to do with this matter. β
"Oh, let's be specific. Ning Xi said.
This time Anne was silent for a long time, the expression on her face changed, and she still seemed to hesitate, she said embarrassedly, "Can you give me a little time?"
"It's okay, you can think about it a little longer, Anne Velvet. β
"How do you know my last name..."Anne was shocked, her real name was Anne Velvet, but she didn't use that name in Morninglight, how did the other party know?
"If you don't know about this little thing, how can you be embarrassed to accept the commission, right?" Ning Xi's expression was a little incomprehensible.
"Too..."Probably thinking that this unfathomable deserves to be called a 'wish-granting goblin', Anne calmed down and finally began to tell: "Don't mind if I start at the beginning?"
"It's the best way to do it, and it's also easier for us to complete the commission. β
"Let's start with my family," Anne gathered her thoughts for a moment and said slowly, "The Velvet family is an ancient family in the Ostilliman Empire, which has been inherited for 1,400 years, I don't think you will be unfamiliar with this name, right?"
"Not to mention, the name is so loud," Chang Qing continued, "three hundred years ago, it was your family that played a crucial role in the defense against the Ninth Crusades, right? β
"Yes, it was hit hard. Anne nodded, and then shook her head again, "It was a heavy blow, but it was not the kind of heavy blow that the world thought, in that ****, there were not many people in the family who died, but we were cursed by the crusaders, and it was this curse that made our family suffer a heavy blow." β
"Cursed, does this ancient power really exist?"
"If you are lonely, you don't speak!" Ning Xi glared at Chang Qing, "Although the curse, as a part of witchcraft, has gradually disappeared with the decline of witchcraft, what can be passed down is all the extremely evil and powerful essence part, the curse in the Vilvette family was issued by the archbishop during the Ninth Crusade when he was dying, called 'The Shadow of Abraham Sarai'." β
"Do you know thisβDo you know about this?!" Anne's eyes widened instantly, "but ...... However, this should be our family's top secret!"
"Three hundred years ago, no matter how high the level of secrecy is, there will be omissions," Ning Xi smiled, "Thank me, you have to tell your family's secrets in person, there is a lot of psychological pressure, right? I'll say it for you, so that you won't be considered a taboo." β
"How do you know, can you tell me?" Anne looked very nervous.
"That's not the point, let's talk about you first. β
"Wait a minute!" Chang Qing hurriedly asked, "What kind of curse is this 'Shadow of Abraham Sarai', and what effect does it have?"
"Huh?" Anne glanced at Changqing in surprise, "Don't you know?
"Name? Is this man named Abraham Sarai famous?"
"Your bias is a bit serious. Ning Xi said.
"I only read books related to magic in five hundred years, and people's energy is limited, so what's the use of knowing so much history?"
"What a research freak mentality," Ning Xi pouted, explaining, "Abraham? Sarai is not a man's name, Abraham and Sarai are two people, characters from the ancient Bible, they are a husband and wife, but at the same time, they are also a brother and sister, brother and sister. β
"Brother and sister, husband and wife, isn't this chaos..."
"It's not incest, the ancient Bible believes that the original human beings were pure and sinless, even if brothers and sisters get married, they will not be punished by heaven, and the children born are normal, but later human beings are contaminated with more and more sins, which leads to the punishment of intermarriage between close relatives. So, in that day, the union of Abraham and Sarai was not incest. β
β...... History is a complicated thing, much harder than formulas and theorems. β
"Abraham's Shadow of Sarai is not strictly a curse, it comes from the blessings of ancient sorcerers to those who marry close relatives. In ancient times, there were few people and the range of activities was relatively limited, so it was inevitable that in many cases there would be intermarriages, but if the inbred intermarried, deformed children were prone to appear. If someone is married, the wizards will release this blessing on them, atonement for the inability to have children with anyone outside of blood relatives, and increase the chances of having a normal child among blood relatives. β
"Then why was it called a curse again?"
"It's just to increase the chances of a normal child between blood relatives, but how much can it actually be improved? After all, it's just a situation where all five children died young, and it became a situation where a deformed child could survive, but the price was that no one other than blood relatives could have children, so why not call it a curse?"
Ning Xi paused, and then continued: "This is only one of the reasons, and more importantly, the scope of the shadow of Abraham Sarai can not be limited to the husband and wife, it can follow a family for several generations or even dozens of generations. The curse released by the crusaders back then was to make the entire Velvet family unable to leave their bloodlines through normal marriage, and only between close relatives such as brother and sister, sister and brother, could they have children after marriage, and the duration was... Forever. β
"Eternal life and eternity?!" Chang Qing was speechless in shock, "Doesn't that mean..."
"Yes, that's what you think. Speaking of this, Ning Xi looked back at Anne, and the corners of his mouth hooked up an inexplicable smile, "Three hundred years, more than ten generations of close relatives have intermarried, and there are still remnants of your Vilvett family, if that generation of Crusader Holy Maidens knows, I'm afraid they will die without turning a blind eye, right?"
"Unleashing this horrific curse on Anne's family, what does this holy woman have to do?"
"Where in this world does the hatred come from for no reason? The Vilvet family is not at all as written in the official history, how many days heroically resisted the crusaders or something. Instead, they played the role of a very dishonorable traitor, which led to the complete defeat of the Ninth Crusades, and they could not hate the Velvettes so much?"
Anne's eyes at Ning Xi at this time were no longer nervous, but a kind of horror, this mysterious girl with red eyes not only broke through her family's secrets, but even knew that her family was a traitor of the Crusaders!
However, this supernatural power completely dispelled Anne's concerns, and her speech began to flow and speed up: "Yes, as Miss Fairy said, after my family is cursed by this kind, they can only intermarry with close relatives, but the death rate of children born from intermarriage between close relatives is too high, and even if they do not die, there will always be all kinds of strange diseases." After such generations of intermarriage, my family is gradually withering, and in these generations, it is even dangerous to pass it on. β
Although Anne's tone was flat, Evergreen still felt a deep sadness: a little thought, one can imagine what kind of human tragedy the Vilvette family has experienced over the years!
Infected by this sorrow, Chang Qing's voice was a little dry, and he asked, "Isn't there no way to lift this cruel curse?"
"Lift, maybe there's a way. Ning Xi shrugged, "But this curse was initiated by the blood sacrifice of seventeen bishops, eight archbishops, and the saints of that generation, so, little girl, your commission should not be for me to help your family lift the curse, right?" β
"Of course not!" Anne stood up suddenly, pressed her hands on the table, and her tone became impassioned: "How could I be willing to let you lift such a wonderful curse?! If it is really lifted, how can I marry my beloved brother Kelkit?!"
Chang Qing, who was still immersed in the sad atmosphere, looked at the fanatical look on Anne's face, and was a little stupid for a while!