Dream.
Liz had a long, long dream.
In the dream, Huodian City was not attacked by terrifying monsters. Of course, Vivian was not a heroic figure, or even the complete opposite.
In the girl's dream, Vivian has transformed from a third-level summoner with half a foot into the extraordinary level, to a little maid bought by Butler Robert from the country, just like Alina.
Speaking of Alina, in Liz's impression, this maid was very thoughtful. As expected in the dream world, she rose up step by step smoothly, and finally sat in the position of head maid.
Alina in the dream seemed to have a good relationship with Vivian. She didn't forget to bring the little girl with her after she was promoted, and Vivian also took the position of deputy maid.
And because of this, as the daughter of an earl and the noble eldest lady of the mansion, she finally began to interact with the little girl.
Whether in a dream or in reality, the only thing that hasn't changed about Vivian is perhaps her silly and innocent look, and should I say... bravery?
There was no fund-raising dinner in the dream, but there was a banquet for one's further studies.
Damir attended the banquet, and as expected, she wanted to take this opportunity to reveal her feelings to Damir. As for the result, she was rejected as expected.
When she was crouching alone in the corner of the back door and sobbing, Vivian, who happened to be her maid that day and accompanied her to the banquet, appeared. The little girl comforted her and encouraged her.
Even after feeling the deep loneliness in her body, she suddenly blurted out that she wanted to be friends with her. No maid had ever dared to talk to her, the daughter of an earl.
So, they became friends after that night.
Thanks to her efforts, Vivian went to the Vulcan Cult to learn magic with her as a companion. During this period, a certain bishop, Liz remembered, was named Eugenia, right? He was also very attentive to the little girl and frequently gave her pointers. In the dream, he was even slightly jealous of Vivian because of this.
It would be great if the dream ended here, but unfortunately, it seemed that fate did not let her go even in the dream.
When the scene changed, it was her father calling her to go to the study. After that, everything that happened today happened again, but in the dream, no one could help her. She could only watch helplessly. , her father who turned into a monster devoured himself, and then... turned into her.
Yes, it became her.
Since then, the dream has become fragmented, and Liz can only see a few blurry shots.
Vivian was accused by "himself" of being the murderer who made her father disappear...The eyes of the maid Alina flashed a bloodthirsty red light...A mysterious female doll appeared in front of "himself" and told her that she had worked hard k423 ...A wanted criminal with a bandaged face and a stranger stood on a huge ship sailing to an unknown destination...
The dreams were getting more and more confusing.
Finally, with a crisp sound like a bubble popping, the dream collapsed.
Then, a beautiful woman that Liz couldn't describe, as if she was made of water, appeared in front of her.
"Can't we deduce more from divination..." The other party muttered with a cold face like an ice sculpture.
"You...are you?" Liz asked blankly.
The woman who was made of water sighed after the girl's words.
"You can actually maintain your sanity during the mercury spell. Let me take a look... No wonder, this is... a few traces of the blood of the ancestor of the blood race? Even the fate line of this level can be forcibly changed..."
"Oh, how much trouble will this careless sister bring to me..."
The woman's ice sculptured face had a rare expression of anger.
"I'm sorry, why can't I understand? What are you talking about..." Liz still asked blankly.
The woman sighed again.
After hesitating for a moment, she finally said:
"Although you will forget everything about the Mercury Technique in the future, I still tell you, girl, because the key fate line in you has changed, that's why you attracted me. This kind of anomaly has been bothering me for thousands of years. An encounter.”
"As for who I am, in Thousand Islands, everyone seems to call me...Water God. You can also call me by my name, Froka."
"Water...water god?" Liz repeated blankly.
"Okay, if you stay any longer, you will be discovered by my sister. It's time for you to wake up, girl. There is a little guy waiting for you in the real world outside."
"A... big surprise from my sister..."
Liz wanted to say something more, but everything began to disappear like a reflection in the water, including her memory of the dream and the memory of the woman who claimed to be the "Water Goddess".
When Liz came to her senses again.
The girl opened her eyes.
It's the familiar ceiling.
The memory of dreams is gone, but the memory of reality is still there, especially painful memories, which are the most difficult memories for humans to forget.
The horrific scenes that happened before flashed through the girl's mind.
She was tied to the bed and couldn't move. Her flesh and blood exploded beside the bed, turning her father into a monster. Countless ugly evil tentacles were trying to devour her. Her true life story, the origin of her name, her father's strong hatred, and her mother's cold blood. abandon...
After waking up, the girl curled up into a ball, hugged her head tightly, and her hands trembled. The dark room made her feel like she was back before.
but...
brush!
This was the sound of the curtains being pulled open.
Suddenly, the stars and moonlight lit up the night sky, dispelling the darkness in the room.
Through the open window, the night breeze blew in, and a large amount of fresh air poured into the room, making the girl couldn't help but take a few deep breaths, as if this could make Liz feel that she had not been abandoned by the world.
The girl who was curled up in the corner of the bed mustered up a lot of courage to raise her head and look at the window. The person who opened the curtains and opened the window for her.
And this time, nothing bad happened to her again.
thump!
Liz on the bed desperately rushed to the bedside and fell into the other person's arms.
The tears that seemed to have been holding for a long time finally burst out at this moment, soaking Liao Zixuan's clothes in the blink of an eye.
"I...I'm so scared...so scared...wuwu..."
The girl choked with sobs and hugged the young man tightly with her arms.
"It's okay, it's okay. Look, didn't I abide by the agreement and be there whenever you call?" Liao Zixuan patted Liz's back.
But after the girl heard this, she cried even more violently, and even moved her hands and feet, hitting the young man's chest with her fists.
"You lied! You lied! I obviously called you very early, why didn't you come, why..."
"Because only when you save the situation at the most critical moment can you be more effective than others."
"You...you still said it, and you still said it! Wow..."
Hearing that Liao Zixuan still had time to joke with her, Liz cried loudly and punched and kicked Liao Zixuan, as if she wanted to release all the fear and sadness.
But if you pay careful attention, you will find that the girl always has one hand, tightly holding the young man's skirt, for fear that the young man will disappear after letting go.
This state didn't last long, maybe a minute? It could also be shorter.
The reason why I stopped venting was probably because I was tired.
But more likely, it is because of fear. The girl is afraid that under her willful expression, the young man will be dissatisfied with her, and she is afraid that the young man will leave her.
So finally, the girl's boudoir returned to silence.
There is only a certain young lady who nestles herself deeply by the window, under the moonlight, wishing she could rub herself into the arms of a young man.
Sorry, I can't see you even looking like a "young lady" nowadays.
She looks just like a little kitten, the kind that is just born, unwilling to let go and leave its owner for a moment.
The two of them just waited quietly, in complete silence.
After going on for a long time, Yulis finally spoke in a low voice and broke the silence.
"Is this... why you picked me to be your "client"?"
Although the girl was asking, it was more like saying to herself that she already knew the answer.
"Huh? What do you mean, I don't quite understand." Liao Zixuan tried to fool him by pretending to be stupid.
Who is Kris?
She received the best aristocratic education since she was a child and was able to navigate the calculating aristocratic circle with ease. The reason why she was sought after and loved by countless young aristocrats in Huodian City was that her status as the daughter of an earl was certainly one aspect, but the girl's beauty and intelligence also played a major role. A large proportion.
But sometimes, being smart is not necessarily a good thing.
Like now.
No matter how much Liz wished she could be stupider at this time, or even say that she could just be a fool and an idiot, she couldn't do it.
When the mood gradually calmed down and returned to a normal state, many clues seemed to be connected together, giving the girl a truth that she would rather remain in the dark.
"You planned everything today, right? Starting from the handkerchief you gave me...my father?"
Liz lay in Liao Zixuan's arms, revealing her little head.
The girl looked at the night sky outside the window, completely without the feeling of being a party, as if she was retelling the incident as a third party.
"You have suspected it for a long time. My father is a monster. He is in the same group as the monsters that attacked Huodian City before. They are all affiliated to the organization you told me about, under the command of Zhuoyuan. It is more likely that I My father is Zhiyuan's spy lurking in the city."
"That's why you deliberately approached me, starting from the time when Nina was tailoring, grabbing the same dress as me, and using this as an excuse to stop me halfway and scare me. In this way, you made me and you the first person." One meeting left a deep impression on me that others may not have in a lifetime."
"Well...although it's a bad kind..." Liz pouted as she said it, as if she felt the same way and returned to her original self.
"Uh, that..."
Liao Zixuan was just about to open his mouth to defend himself.
A green-white finger stuck vertically to his lips, blocking his mouth.
"Today, let me take the initiative once, okay?"
After seeing that the young man had no intention of speaking anymore, the girl retracted her fingers and continued to nestle in the other man's arms.
Memories continue to flash back.
Liz then spoke:
"Okay, now that the first step of your plan has been accomplished, the second step is to find a way to change my bad impression of you. Otherwise, how can you trick me into signing a contract of prostitution with you? Therefore, you are targeting He attended the fund-raising dinner held by Vivian, and sure enough, in order to hinder the fund-raising, his father even asked the treasure thief group to kidnap his daughter so that she could not attend."
"But even as shrewd as my father, Lord Count, he never imagined that besides him, there would be another big bad wolf who was eyeing my little white rabbit. You had insight into my father's plan in advance. The plan deliberately did not take action in advance, but waited until the treasure thief group imprisoned me in an abandoned warehouse. When I was most helpless and cold, they took advantage of the opportunity and took me out of the devil's clutches just like the knight in the fairy tale. Freed from the castle.”
"Of course, you are not a knight, because the knight's dedication to the princess is selfless and does not ask for anything in return. You are a devil... No, it's too ugly. You are still a big bad wolf, and I am not a princess, either. White Rabbit."
"A little white rabbit who is so lonely that he needs to seek comfort from the big bad wolf."
She was obviously talking about how she was like a little white rabbit, falling into the trap of the big bad wolf step by step, but Liz's tone was full of... happiness?
"Since that day, just as planned, you have successfully changed your image in my heart. You have even made my heart beat wildly for you. You have made me realize what it feels like to miss someone in my heart all the time."
"But as you told me, pie doesn't fall from the sky. Even if it does, fate has already set a price for its gifts. But what I didn't expect is that it will come so quickly."
"And the price is so...expensive."
As she spoke, tears filled the girl's cheeks again.
Liz raised her head and faced Liao Zixuan with her crying face. In the girl's red eyes were a pair of tired eyes.
"Have I...finished the payment?"
"There is still a little bit to go, only the last point. I feel that behind your father, there must be more than just the Fallen Abyss, there are deeper forces lurking behind. The letter I gave your father is to lure him out of the city, and then go back to the city. ..."
Liao Zixuan wanted to tell Liz all about his future plans.
The girl's appearance made him extremely worried. Although Liao Zixuan had imagined it beforehand, he really felt like holding Liz in his arms, feeling the girl's body trembling, feeling the girl's fingertips not daring to let go, feeling Seeing that the girl was limp and weak, he could no longer hide it from Liz like this.
But sometimes it is like this.
When you want to reveal it again, it doesn't matter to the girl anymore.
Liz only cares about one thing now.
"No matter what you ask me to do in the future, I will cooperate. I will pay the price well. After all, who asked me to choose such an expensive thing?"
The girl reached out and stroked the young man's cheek.
Liz finally summoned up the courage to ask:
"If I have nothing left after paying all this, will you... still regard me as your "customer"?"
"certainly!"
"You will always be my customer." Liao Zixuan replied immediately.
'Really...really?' "
"real."
"Even if you destroy the Fallen Abyss?"
"right!"
"Even if I have a powerful monster mother?"
"right!"
"Even if I...have monster blood in my body, am I not a human?"
"Yes! By the way, instead of being a monster, I can call you and your mother more elegantly. If I guess correctly, you both belong to the... blood clan." Liao Zixuan spoke to Lisko.
"Even if I am ignorant and know nothing?"
"...Yes..." The corners of the young man's mouth twitched.
"Even if I grow old, ugly, and sallow? Even if you get many new customers who are more valuable than me and more worthy of taking care of?"
"First of all, you are a vampire. Generally speaking, vampires have extremely long lifespans. Even if you want to become ugly and old, it will be difficult for you. Secondly, no matter how many clients I have in the future, your position as my first "customer" will always be there. It won’t change…”
"You haven't...answered me yet..." The girl murmured persistently, her voice getting smaller and smaller.
"right..."
"Even...even...what..."
Finally, Liz's voice was so weak that it disappeared, and instead, the sound of steady and even snoring came quietly.
Liao Zixuan looked down and found that the girl had turned her head to the side, her eyes were closed, and she looked like she had fallen into sleep and was sleeping soundly.
"..."
"Good night."
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