"You want a reason?" Rogge held out two fingers and smiled, "Okay, I'll give you two." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

He put away a finger, shook the erect index finger at Antonio, and said, "First, Elizabeth is the heir to the throne of the Blood Clan, and as long as she is alive, the Demon Kings of the Cursed Lands must be cautious, which Shirley cannot replace, even though they are all princesses of the Blood Clan. ”

"Although Elizabeth is no longer able to command the Demon King of the Cursed Lands, she is still as intimidating as the Blood Castle, which has been vacant for a hundred years, but no Demon King has dared to occupy it. ”

"This shows that the influence of the blood royal family is still there, the throne in the vacant castle is still waiting for its king to return, and the demon kings entrenched in their respective territories are waiting for the heir to the throne to ascend the throne, or die......"

Speaking of this, there was no smile on Rogge's face, he put his face close to Antonio, and said with a solemn expression: "Once Elizabeth is dead, the blood clan will be a great chaos and fall into scattered sand, and the demon kings of the Cursed Land will rise up to fight, and finally there will be one of the strongest to unify the Cursed Land, and then ......"

His emerald green eyes flashed a fierce light in the darkness, as if he had seen the omen of impending evil: "The Demon Kings will lead the war to the Human Empire, and at that time, William of the Shadow Fortress and the orcs of the Savage Wilderness will form an alliance with them, and humanity will once again face a bloody battle of the century......"

"Moreover, this time humanity will suffer far more damage than it did a hundred years ago," Rogge said, staring meaningfully at Antonio's frowning face, "for the second reason." ”

He took out his pipe, lit a match, lit it, put it to his mouth, took a puff of smoke, turned back to look at the lake at night, and said: "At present, there are no less than thirty vampire fortresses in the human kingdom, and these vampire lords are all distant relatives of Elizabeth, and when Elizabeth is alive, they are not qualified to compete for the throne. ”

"But," he said, squinting his eyes at Antonio meaningfully, "if Elizabeth were to die, the Blood Lords would immediately begin to expand their power, and they would go on a killing spree and transform them into members of the Blood Clan. ”

"Not only that, but the plague currently spreading within the empire will also provide them with a large number of corpses, which will be resurrected as vampires by them, and when they are fully fledged, they will join forces with the demon king coalition attacking from the outside, and then they will ......"

Rogge put his hand on Antonio's shoulder, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Is it the plague-ridden Erus, the self-caring Italy, the desperate Deiz, or the Holy Emperor of the Imperial Capital Holy Council and his two regiments?

Antonio silently lowered his head and pondered for a long time, and whispered to Rogge: "There may be some truth in what you say, but how can you guarantee that Elizabeth will not secretly accumulate strength and find an opportunity to stab us in the back again?"

"I can't guarantee it, but she can. Rogge glanced sideways at Shirley not far away, Antonio followed his gaze towards Shirley, and heard Rogge say: "Before knowing that Shirley was still alive, Elizabeth's heart was full of hatred, she only wanted to avenge the revenge of a hundred years ago, and only wanted to regain the country and throne she lost. ”

But now she has a concern in her heart, that is, her sister Shirley, who is not yet an adult, from now on every step she does must be for Shirley's sake, she will not be willing to sacrifice Shirley for the throne, and Shirley will not allow her to sacrifice herself, they are life and death. ”

"You want to tie Elizabeth to Shirley?" Antonio asked thoughtfully.

"Shirley has already tied her down. Rogge smiled and bent down to pick up a pebble and threw it at the lake, saying, "If Elizabeth's heart hadn't been stumped by Shirley, she wouldn't have bumped into us here, she would have run to another Bloodline castle to regroup." ”

He glanced at the still uneasy expression on Antonio's face, and said as he continued to fly stones: "Moreover, Elizabeth is no longer what she was then, she has realized that her strength is not enough to win in the battle for the holy weapon, and the pride of the princess in her heart has been destroyed, and now the only thing that worries her is this family affection." ”

"So, Shirley will watch over her and live a quiet life together, and all we have to do is not let anyone disturb them, and do not force them to go down the path of a fight to the death with us. Rogge turned to Antonio, looked at him seriously, and asked, "Do you have any questions?"

"Although I have to say that I still have concerns about this, it seems that there is no better way at the moment, we can only do it for the time being, and take it one step at a time. Antonio said as he looked back at Elizabeth, who was listening to Shirley not far away.

"Bad wolf, bad wolf, come and help!"

Little Lori's sudden shout made Roger and Antonio turn their eyes to the lake, and they saw Lilith running from the shore of the lake wet, shaking her little head and shaking a large splash.

"Did you fall into the lake?" asked Rog, frowning as he crouched down in front of her, touching her wet hair with his hand.

"No!" Lilith turned around and pointed to the lake, "I caught a lot of fish, fishing is too boring, I haven't caught a single fish for so long, it is better to go into the water and catch it!"

She dragged Rogge to the lake, and saw five or six big fish of twenty or thirty centimeters jumping on the grass, Lilith ran up and hugged a big fish and held it to Rogge and said, "Bad wolf, look at it, what a big fish, stew fish soup for me in a while!"

"You know that eating, fishing is a kind of fun, you know?" Rogge shrugged his eyebrows helplessly, stepped forward to pick up the fishing rod thrown on the ground, and put away the scattered fishing line, and heard Lilith shouting from behind: "Fishing is no fun, eating fish is fun!"

"Snack goods, it's really hopeless!" Rogge walked up to her with a fishing rod and smiled at Antonio who came forward: "Come on, Captain, one person and two people will help the snack goods carry back, these fish should be enough for so many of us to eat tonight." ”

The two and Lilith returned to the crowd with the fish, Rog took Lilith with Shirley, Elizabeth, and Sebastian in front, and Antonio followed with Tully, Catherine, George, and Grant with the Apocalypse, and on the way he told everyone about his conversation with Rog.

When he returned home, Rog gave the fish to Sebastian and told him to take Lori to the kitchen to cook it, while the others went with him to the living room, where they found it a mess, and Rogge asked the lamp god to retrieve Shirley's piano, find some building materials, and work with the Apocalypse to repair the damaged walls.

After eating all the fish that little Lori caught together, everyone rested in Sebastian's room, but Catherine kept tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, and her mind was always haunting the bits and pieces related to Shirley, she felt that she seemed to be wrong to blame Shirley, but she repeatedly told herself that she couldn't trust vampires, so the conflict was entangled.

It was almost dawn, and Catherine, who could not sleep, suddenly heard a faint sound of a piano coming downstairs, and she got out of bed and quietly came to the door of the living room in her pajamas and cloth shoes, and saw Shirley sitting in front of the piano in the dark, playing a mournful music alone.

Catherine silently leaned against the door and watched her intoxicated back, asking herself again and again, what should she think of such a versatile vampire who showed kindness and sweetness everywhere, and could she really be regarded as her friend?

Suddenly, the piano stopped, and Shirley, who was sitting at the piano, looked back at her with eyes that flashed red in the dark, and smiled, "You haven't slept yet, did I disturb you?" ”

"No, it's me who can't sleep. Catherine softly agreed, and Shirley beckoned to her and said, "Then come and talk to me, do you know how to play the piano?"

"I learned a little bit when I was a kid in an orphanage. Catherine walked slowly into the living room, walked around the couch and coffee table in the middle of the living room to Shirley, who gave up half of the piano stool and said, "Great, can you play me some human songs?"

Catherine hesitated for a moment, but sat down beside her, put her hand on the black and white keys, recalled the playing method she had learned in the orphanage, and subconsciously pressed a note, and then played the Itali national anthem, which she was most familiar with.

When the song ended, Catherine withdrew her hand a little embarrassed, she knew that she was not playing well, and years of martial arts practice had made her rusty in playing, and she played a lot of mistakes.

But Shirley, who was beside her, was excited, and praised loudly: "You play so well, this song is so good, I especially like human songs, they are either high-pitched and majestic, or melodious and romantic, in contrast, our songs always have a trace of sadness, which makes people feel sad when they sound." ”

She pressed a pair of delicate little hands on the keys, pressed the first note as Catherine did, and began to play the piece that Catherine had just played.

Catherine looked at her fingers dancing on the keys in amazement, and when she finished playing the last note, Catherine asked in surprise, "Have you ever learned this piece?"

"No, it's the first time I've heard of it, and I love it!" Shirley smiled happily at her.

"The first time you heard it, you were able to play it straight away, you are a genius!" Catherine's eyes widened in surprise, she was shocked to know that Shirley had not only not made any mistakes, but had also corrected the mistakes she had made in the process of playing.

"No, I just love music and musical instruments. Shirley humbly blushed and said: "I am the youngest child in the castle, my brothers are busy training their combat abilities, and no one is interested in playing with me, only my sister will take the time to come and see me, but she has a lot of business to deal with, so most of the time I am alone." ”

She turned her affectionate gaze to the piano's keys, stroked them with her hand and said, "I've been fascinated by piano and music since I discovered them, as long as I have music as a companion, I don't feel lonely, I taught myself piano, violin, harp, flute, piccolo, and many other tunes." ”

She affectionately took Catherine's hand and put it on the keys and smiled: "However, I haven't had a chance to learn human tunes yet, if you know any other tunes, teach me a few more!"

Looking at Shirley's expectant innocent smile, the balance of contradictions in Catherine's heart gradually tilted, she no longer thought about Shirley's identity, and played beautiful music with her, accompanied by the rising sun outside the mansion, and the beautiful melody connected their hearts together.

At this time, at the door outside the living room, a pair of worried eyes were secretly looking at them.