Chapter 12: Repertoire: Alive
"Rhett!" Merry shouted.
The white-haired woman looked at Red with amusement: "This smell, you are actually the same as me?" β
"Azula, stay away from Merry." Red said coldly.
Azula, the original second daughter of the Fidelstone family, was the original vampire monster.
"You're Red, well, speaking of which, since you were adopted by the family, you're probably my younger brother in terms of age." The white-haired woman known as Azula stayed away from Merry as Red wished, and more of her interest shifted to Rhett at this point.
"That doesn't matter, Merry is innocent." Rhett Road.
"As long as you are a member of this family, you can't be considered innocent." Azura's chin lifted slightly.
"Isn't it reasonable to pay for all this with their lives for the sake of selfish desires? Is Merry innocent? Isn't she a vested interest in the family's powerhouse? β
Azula looked at Red, and her originally sharp eyes unexpectedly softened: "Speaking of which, the real innocent person is actually you, a poor child, who became my substitute to make up for the uneasy conscience of this family, and now he is willing to rebel for them, even ...... It became like this. β
Red clenched his sword.
Azula laughed, "Are you going to rebel against me? β
"If you don't give up."
"Your strength is far from stabilizing, it's like a newborn baby to me, and you're not nourishing at all after you get a new life, and you're even squandering your unstable strength. My sister reminds you that you are not my opponent. Azula said in a voice so gentle that it was a little crispy to the ears.
"So what?"
Azula smiled and tilted her head, and then her expression suddenly turned cold: "If you insist on resisting me, then I will let you experience what pain is, not just the physical one." For example, manipulating your body to kill Merry or something. β
Red's pupils shrank.
The next moment, with a flower in front of him, the white-haired figure had disappeared.
A breath was suddenly blown in his ear, and Azura was close to Red's face almost together: "If you are obedient and with your sister, then I can't consider letting Merry live." β
"You say...... Belch! β
Poof!
Before Red finished speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.
Azulla's hand went deep into Red's back, through his chest, and then gently caressed Red's chest with his blood-stained white hand.
"I originally wanted to say that, but forget it, I still want her to die."
Red's legs went limp, and he fell to his knees, and Azula looked at her blood-stained hands and stuck out her tongue to lick them a little.
"Good taste, I'm getting more and more fond of you, Brother Red."
"Rhett!" Merry got out of bed and wanted to get closer to Red.
But Red raised his hand with difficulty: "Don't come here!" β
Suddenly, Red felt his body stand up uncontrollably, and he looked at his body in disbelief.
"Just now, I put my blood into your body, and the stronger blood can easily control the weak blood, brother, you are still too weak." Azulla said.
"What are you going to do......"
"A little jealous." Azula still had a smile on her face, but her tone became gloomy: "Obviously she is a sister, why can she live so normally and beautifully under the sun, have a happy family, and have a cute and sensible brother who can dedicate himself to herself?" β
Merry looked at Azula with a pale face: "I ......"
"Is there anything you'd like to say? Sister, after listening to the story I just told you. Azula laughed.
It turned out that she had just stood at the end of the bed and didn't move, but she was actually explaining the whole story to Mei Li.
Mei Li's expression was complicated: "I'm sorry, we're sorry for you." β
"I'm really moved, since I'm so sorry, let's die here, and then give this brother to me." Azula said in a relaxed tone.
"Sister! Come on! Red watched as his hand raised his sword, his eyes split, his body trembling and trying to resist, but he could only slow down his movements slightly.
Suddenly, several vampire monsters approached, carrying a man on their backs.
After walking up to them, drop them casually.
Merry couldn't help but cover her mouth, and tears began to flow.
And Red was also breathless, and he almost lost his mind.
Grandfather Cuchis ...... The corpse was almost human-like, not a single part of the body was intact, and those resolute eyes had been closed forever and would never be opened again.
"The old thing is finally dead, and it's been such a pleasure today, so that's the last one, Merry."
Azula looked at Merry.
Red's sword was already pointed at Merry, and it only took one step forward to pierce the fragile body in front of him.
Suddenly, Azula sighed.
Then, she looked at Merry and said, "It's a bit boring to stab like this." β
Red's eyes were fixed on her, as if questioning what she was going to do.
"Well, Merry, I'll give you the choice." Azula said.
Merry looked at her.
"I'll kill Red in front of your eyes, then kill you again, and finally let the two of you happily turn to ashes together in this sea of fire, it's an option. And, let Red kill you, and then you die, and Red live, of course, and follow my men in the future, which is the second option, how about it? Pick one? β
Merry bit her lip and even bit out blood.
Red tried to speak, but couldn't open his mouth.
"Three...... Two ......" Azula began the countdown.
"Oneβ"
"Let me die, let Red go......" Merry began.
Azura's smile deepened, and then he waved his hand, "Do it, good brother." β
Red shook his head desperately, but his hand began to move the sword forward.
Just as the sword was about to pierce into Merry's body, the coercive force suddenly loosened.
Red was stunned for a moment, and before he could think about it, someone suddenly pushed him hard behind him.
Snort β
The sword, through her chest, crashed into his arms.
Merry looked up at Red, and in her tears, she showed one last gentle smile: "I'm sorry, Red...... Alive......"
Rhett's face was moist with tears, he hadn't cried since he was carried home by Merry, and today, for the first time, he shed tears.
How so......
Obviously, he had desperately gained strength, but in the end, he still ...... everything
It's all, it's fake.
In his mind, as if something was broken, he subconsciously turned his head.
Red found himself no longer in the burning mansion, everything on his body vanished, and he fell to his knees naked in a dimly lit theater.
Wan Yi slowly walked out and came to Rhett.
Red looked at Wan Yi with a dull expression, and the bean-sized tears in his eyes couldn't stop dripping.
Wan also squatted down gently.
Red threw himself directly into Wan Yi's arms, and a suppressed cry sounded, echoing in the theater.
"Why...... Why...... Why......" He kept asking, and as for who the subject of the inquiry was, probably, there were many, many more.
β¦β¦
Red cried for a long time before he calmed down, and under Wan Yi's guidance, he learned to dress neatly in the theater.
The two sat in the audience and were silent for a long time.
"I'm your doppelganger, and I'm Red, and I remember, something, just now."
"Because you're awake, from the script. Maybe it's because of your near-death fight, maybe it's because of the big blow, or maybe it's both. Wan Yi said softly.
"Script......" Red held a cup of hot tea and looked at the tea in the cup in a daze.
"It's a script, but it's undoubtedly a real world for you." Wan Yidao.
Red nodded slightly.
After being silent for a while, Wan Yi took a sip of coffee: "I'm sorry for making you suffer, and I can only watch before that, and I can't help you." β
"No, I'm not going to blame anyone." Red shook his head.
"Well, I thought I could give you a doppelganger as a punching bag." Wan also made a little joke, but Red didn't answer.
Wan Yi could only ask, "What are you going to do next?" β
Red said calmly, "Go back, and then find a way to kill Azula." β
"Revenge."
It's not going to be easy, and Red knows it because he's still effectively in Azula's hands.
"In short, since you have boarded the theater, then you are no longer simply isolated, if you need help, feel free to mention it, although you are better than me now, but in this theater, there are still some other capable people." Wan Yi said.
Rhett said, "Thank you." β
"It's all my own."
At this moment, the side door of the theater was pushed open again, and the handsome uncle in military uniform walked into the theater again.
When he saw Red, his eyes lit up: "The newcomer is coming?" It's really fast.,It's only the first round.,I thought it would take at least a few rewrites to get an awakening.γ β
Although Red experienced the gap between heaven and hell, but he successfully awakened, then the matter is not over.
Most of the protagonists in the script, many of them died before they could do anything, and they couldn't touch the edge of awakening at all.
"Hello." Red greeted politely, his eyes fixed on him.
He ...... His own name isn't used much anymore, so you can call him the Demon Lord. Wan Yi introduced this somewhat sassy uncle to Red.
"My name is Rhett Fiddlestone, just call me Red." Red introduced himself.
"Why are you a little sullen, you just cried?" The Demon Lord glanced at the tears on Red's face and asked bluntly.
"Hmm." However, Red was not embarrassed and nodded in response.
"Bullied? I think that a sacrifice ceremony of 500 people should be able to make my power fall by one-tenth of the realm, and if your enemy is not very powerful, you should be able to try it. β
"Five hundred?" Red wondered.
"Sacrifice." Demon Lord Dao.
Rhett's brow furrowed slightly, but he finally shook his head.
"Also, five hundred people is indeed a bit too much, and sacrifice is still a bit difficult for ordinary people to accept." The demon lord also knew that he was talking nonsense, and sat down on the other side of Wan Yi.
"Rhett, are you a vampire?"
"Vampires?"
"It's a blood-sucking humanoid monster, the common name is vampire, and the high-end ones are blood or something." The Demon Lord said.
"Then I am."
Wan Yi handed Red's red script to the demon lord: "See for yourself, it's all in there." β
The demon lord opened the script with great interest and flipped through it.
He read it quickly, read it all at once, closed the script, and said, "So the next thing Red has to do is to get stronger and get revenge." β
"That's right." Red nodded.
"I think you like to use a sword?"
Red nodded.
The Demon Lord nodded with satisfaction: "If you can't beat your sister in terms of 'blood', then you may consider strengthening yourself from the perspective of 'technique'." β
"Strengthen your sword skills? It's really an idea, but can pure sword skills make up for that level of strength gap? Red wondered, his original idea was to continue studying witchcraft.
"For you, of course, it won't be a pure skill, after you become a vampire, there should be a lot of power that has not been developed, combining the power of a vampire, with your sword, and the witchcraft you have learned, the Trinity, maybe there will be some qualitative changes." The Demon Lord nodded.
Rhett thought thoughtfully.
"In this theater, you can try as much as you want, and if you need to practice with someone, I'm happy to accompany you. By the way, the witchcraft in your world seems to be somewhat similar to the likes of alchemy, and you can also call the 'good man' to help you counsel. Just ask the troupe leader to call it. The Demon Lord said.
"Human? Troupe leader? Red was puzzled.
"The troupe leader is the nickname they gave me blindly, you don't have to pay too much attention to it." Wan Yi explained, "Liang Dao is a barefoot doctor, and he is also an awakened actor, good at all kinds of small tricks, knows a lot of strange knowledge, and even cross-world things may know, if necessary, you can also ask him." β
"Oh, good ......" Red nodded.
With the kindness of Wan Yi and the Demon Lord, Red's grief just experienced was slightly calmed.
After resting for a long time, he also stood up: "I should go back." β
"Take care." Wan Yidao.
"Come on." The Demon Lord encouraged.
Red nodded and left through the side door of the theater.
Push open the side door and step into the darkness.
As soon as his consciousness vanished, he once again felt that he was holding a corpse in his arms that had begun to lose temperature.
Trembling slightly, he turned his head to look at Azula, his scarlet eyes no longer shining brightly.
Azula looked at him and noticed that his mood swings were calmer than expected.
"If you want to stay here for a while, then stay, we already have a blood connection between us, I won't restrict your freedom too much on weekdays, but if I find you, you must appear in front of me within two hours." With that, Azula turned and left.
Only Red was left to hold Merry's corpse in silence.
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In the middle of the night, it rained.
Heavy rain extinguished the flames in the mansion, and in the scorching smell of the mansion, Red carried four corpses on his back to the corner of the garden that was relatively intact.
He dug open the earth with his hands, buried them in, and then covered four humble tombs.
Mother, father, grandfather, sister.
Red's long, burgundy hair was wet and sticky to his body in the heavy rain, and he stared at him for a long time before turning away.
He returned to the secret room, because of the design of the secret room, it was difficult for the flame to burn in, and the books inside were well preserved.
Red packed the books and took them all away.
Before leaving, he took one last look at this place where warmth and sadness coexisted, and then turned to leave without continuing to remember.
The images of relatives dying kept flashing in his mind, and finally he was frozen in what Mei Li said before she died.
"Alive...... It's really difficult. He couldn't help but whisper.