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Um, can I surrender?
The answer is no, you can’t surrender before fifteen minutes, dear~
Besides, it wasn’t that Adele didn’t want to run away.
The key was that the moment she saw Edith, all the previous memories flooded back to her mind.
And then… her legs went weak, so weak that she couldn’t even take a step!
From now on, Li Lige surpassed Dorothy, ranking first on Adele’s “hateful bad women” list!
Just be a good experience pack, damn it!
Why create all this trouble!
Was she a psychopath…
Throwing her in here like watching a beast fight, to have a one-sided虐.杀 match with Edith?
“E-Edith, I think we can sit down and have a good talk, I-I mean…”
Faced with the absolute power gap, Adele decisively chose to surrender.
Better to live to fight another day!
However, Edith seemed to be in a trance and didn’t respond to her words.
But she did hear Adele’s voice.
This seemed contradictory, but judging from Edith’s actions and expressions, it was indeed the reality.
Adele’s voice caught Edith’s attention, but she seemed to have no idea what Adele was saying.
The girl in the veil just walked out of the dark corner, following the direction of the voice.
Along with the sound of “clanking, clanking,” as if chains were being dragged.
It wasn’t until Edith walked from the pitch-black corner into the cold and lonely moonlight that Adele saw her clearly and gasped.
It was Edith…
But it wasn’t her either.
At least it wasn’t the confident, even arrogant, Edith she knew from the academy.
There was something different about her.
Edith’s figure was reflected in Adele’s pupils.
She was still wearing her signature black veil, her face hidden. Her purple eyes were shimmering with tears.
Just looking at her eyes, Adele felt a pang of pity!
No, it was an illusion, it must be an illusion!
At the same time, the dark red dress she usually wore was replaced by a hooded robe that almost covered her entire body, revealing only her bare ankles.
The hood hid Edith’s hair and the slight curls at the ends, the robe concealed the curves of her alluring body.
The color was simple and low-key, like dust-covered black.
A very conservative style, reminiscent of a girl serving God in a monastery.
She stepped on an old, faded carpet that should have been bright red but was now dark brown.
The girl’s jade-like feet, bare for some reason, were inevitably stained with dirt.
A kind of blasphemous beauty.
And a black anklet was chained around her ankles, restricting her movements, as conspicuous as stones in the snow.
The sound just now came from this chain.
Adele wasn’t a foot fetishist, but even she couldn’t help but gulp at this moment.
Playing… playing it this big?
But what Adele couldn’t imagine was that it would get even bigger.
Edith didn’t stop walking towards Adele.
The survival instinct told Adele to back away, to run away.
But a crazy thought made her stop and quietly wait for Edith to approach.
To see what she wanted to do.
Because a sharp intuition told Adele that the Edith in front of her might be different from the Edith she knew.
She might have lost some of her memories and sanity, trapped in some unknown past memory.
This could be evidenced by her dazed and absent-minded eyes.
Fortunately, luck always favored greedy girls.
Adele gambled correctly.
Edith didn’t recognize her.
In fact, she completely mistook Adele for another person, another character.
Perhaps this was because Edith was influenced by the Vengeance Witch’s power.
Adele spoke to her, but Edith mistook it for that person calling her.
So she obediently and submissively came to Adele.
Then she slowly untied her robe.
Revealing her jade-white body, without any cover or concealment.
Adele’s pupils trembled violently, this was a development she had never imagined!
Adele considered herself not a prude, but even she couldn’t help but blush at this moment.
S-seduction??
What kind of character was she in Edith’s eyes right now!?
Before Adele could recover from her shock, Edith’s fragile voice came,
She lowered her head, her gaze fixed on her toes, which were pitifully curled inward, showing extreme self-abasement.
She apologized to “Adele” in a low, hoarse, and trembling voice.
Full of guilt and deep fear and anxiety.
“I’m sorry…”
“I’ve disappointed you… I’m sorry.”
Her shoulders were trembling, tears streaming down her face.
“I’m sorry… Mother.”
………………
Few people knew Edith’s past.
Her childhood and adolescence, raised solely by her mother.
Edith’s mother was a reclusive, low-key, and gloomy vampire.
The only time she smiled was when she visited Edith’s grandmother.
The True Ancestor known for her “virtue” – [Lady Chen Xi].
The representative of kindness and friendliness among the Twelve True Ancestors.
As her title suggested, she preferred to be called “Lady” by vampires and other foreign races, rather than those noble titles.
She was known as the “conscience of the vampires.”
Some also said that she was the most hypocritical vampire, wearing a mask her whole life.
But there was a saying among humans – “A hypocrite who pretends for a lifetime becomes a gentleman.”
A gentleman is judged by his actions, not his heart.
Therefore, it didn’t matter what Lady Chen Xi thought in her heart, what mattered was what she did.
Thousands of years passed, and the world changed, but Lady Chen Xi always practiced her kindness.
Countless vampires and foreign races who had doubted her before regretted it and were completely convinced by her charisma.
In terms of strength, she wasn’t the strongest among the Twelve True Ancestors.
But in terms of influence, it could be said that if Lady Chen Xi wanted to, she could recreate the glory of the Black Emperor era and unite the entire vampire race.
It was also because of her support and persuasion that the second cooperation between humans and vampires was finally achieved.
The first cooperation between humans and vampires was in the Middle Ages, over a thousand years ago, to resist the invasion of the Otherworld mist.
It could be said that without Lady Chen Xi, there wouldn’t be the current situation of peaceful coexistence between vampires and humans. The conflict between humans and foreign races would only have intensified.
But if Lady Chen Xi knew her fate…
That she would be attacked and assassinated by the humans she had high hopes for, the humans she expected to create a peaceful and prosperous world, using any means necessary, in an attempt to kill her at the ceremony for signing the “peace and cooperation agreement,” would she still make the same choice?
Would she still be willing to trust humans?
You all know what happened next.
The vampire hunter families joined forces, attempting to launch an attack and destroy this “false peace agreement” in their eyes.
The Tang family, where Tang Linlang belonged, was among them, and they suffered the most casualties in that “attack.”
They almost succeeded.
Lady Chen Xi was on the verge of death, and someone helped her escape.
This extremely vicious attack had extremely serious consequences. The cooperation between vampires and humans was also on the verge of collapse, in imminent danger.
Countless schemers moved in the shadows, fanning the flames and inciting hatred.
They came from within the vampire race, from other foreign races, from many mysterious forces.
It seemed that the cooperation between vampires and humans was about to turn into a “war.”
Lady Chen Xi’s timely awakening resolved all of this.
Deeply betrayed and hurt, she personally gave the answer.
She didn’t regret her choice.
She was still willing to trust humans.
The agreement wasn’t invalidated. A legendary human mage risked her own life and went deep into the ancestral land of the vampires.
At the most dangerous moment, this legendary mage faced three True Ancestors at the same time, risking being torn to pieces.
But Lady Chen Xi, lying weakly on the sickbed in the center, with only a sliver of life left, waved her hand and stopped her friend.
She asked the legendary mage to come forward and hand her the agreement that hadn’t been signed and hadn’t taken effect yet.
Then she signed her name.
Swearing in the name of the vampires, the agreement took effect.
She also told the legendary mage that she would fall into a long sleep.
Maybe decades, maybe a century… in the worst case, she would never wake up, remaining silent forever.
Now, because of her, the hatred towards humans within the vampire race had reached its peak in history.
She felt very sorry.
Whether the two races could coexist peacefully according to the agreement in the future, she was no longer able to mediate between them.
Everything was left to the humans.
The legendary mage’s hands trembled as she took the agreement, feeling the heavy weight of expectation.
This was the dawn for both humans and vampires, tinged with blood, precarious.
Only those who had personally experienced that incident could understand how hard-won the current peace was.
Lady Chen Xi stopped breathing in front of that legendary mage.
She was sealed in a crystal coffin.
Many years later, when the legendary mage recalled that day’s scene, she was still heartbroken.
“I have seen the most noble vampire, and I have seen the most despicable human…”
………………
Edith’s mother went mad when she learned that her grandmother was dying and falling into a deep sleep.
She was raised by Lady Chen Xi and had an unusual attachment to her.
Lady Chen Xi was her light, her sun.
The sun had set, and the world was plunged into darkness.
This darkness not only stained her, but also stained others.
At that time, Edith was still young, cute, and lively, a very likable child.
She showed strong leadership skills from a young age, successfully rallying the vampire girls and boys in the neighborhood to become her playmates.
The group of kids had a lot of fun playing in the garden.
But during breaks, even at a young age, they couldn’t help but be influenced by the adults.
They discussed the “cooperation with humans” that was causing a stir within the vampire race.
One of her friends said indignantly,
“Humans are just our food, what right do they have to cooperate with us? They should just be obedient lambs waiting to be slaughtered!”
Someone immediately retorted,
“Lambs? Humans are about to rule the entire Earth. For the future of the vampire race, I agree with Lady Chen Xi’s proposition.”
“By the way, Edith, Lady Chen Xi is your grandmother, right? What do you think?”
Edith, who was suddenly asked, stopped thinking, her beautiful purple eyes flickering.
“…Well, of course, I would prefer humans to obey vampires.”
“But it’s undeniable that they have unique creativity and have changed the entire world. Cooperation might not be a bad choice.”
At this time, Edith had already shown her intelligence and excellent analytical skills, taking both sides’ opinions into consideration, but not compromising in a mediocre way, instead, she clearly stated her own proposition.
The friends around her had to admit that Edith’s words made sense.
And they admired her, as expected of Lady Chen Xi’s descendant.
However, they didn’t know that the real reason Edith chose to speak for humans was – because the food humans made was simply too delicious!
And she loved going to human amusement parks and cinemas, she loved them!
She still remembered the first time her mother took her to a human city.
Like “Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden,” little Edith was instantly attracted by human culture and the human world, becoming a loyal fan of humans.
As for the castles and desolation within the vampire race, it was too boring.
That was when her mother still supported the cooperation between humans and vampires.
So she took Edith to play in the human city, wanting her to adapt to human life.
At that time, Edith’s mother truly believed that vampires and humans would live a peaceful and happy life under her grandmother’s proposition.
Edith was even more thoroughly influenced by her mother and grandmother, thinking that even the air in the human world was sweet.
But everything collapsed like a mirage the moment her grandmother was on the verge of death.
As evening approached, Edith said goodbye to her friends and skipped home, humming a cheerful tune.
Before she even entered the door, she heard loud crashes and bangs coming from inside the castle.
Little Edith looked confused and helpless. She stretched out her hand, hovering in the air, her heart filled with unease, not knowing what was happening inside.
Then her mother’s voice, slightly different from usual, came from the castle.
She seemed to be laughing and crying at the same time, sinister and chilling.
“Edith~ You’re back?”
“Come to Mother, quick! Quick!”
Although Edith instinctively sensed that her mother’s mental state was a bit off at the moment, she was still her mother, so she obediently listened and rushed to her mother’s side without hesitation.
She entered the castle, which was dark inside because all the wires had been torn apart by her mother. She didn’t want to see any traces of humans in front of her… no!
But through the afterglow of the setting sun, Edith could still see what was happening inside.
She saw a mess, traces of her mother’s venting everywhere.
Broken glass, crystals, porcelain, smashed appliances, sparks flying…
As she went up the stairs, the closer Edith got to her mother, the more fear she felt in her heart.
She almost couldn’t even move her legs, her calves starting to go weak.
But Edith endured the discomfort in her body and arrived at her mother’s room.
Her mother was sitting gracefully on a chair, as usual, her gaze calmly fixed on the distance.
Everything was the same as before, her mother was still that gentle mother, waiting for her to come home.
Edith felt a wave of dizziness.
Was this… an illusion?
Or a nightmare? Was everything she had just seen and heard fake?
Edith was completely confused.
But when she turned her head and saw the mess downstairs, her heart skipped a beat.
It turned out that it wasn’t a dream…
Edith turned her head back, but a hideous and familiar face suddenly appeared before her eyes.
It was her mother’s face.
Edith was so frightened that her legs gave way, and she knelt on the ground, trembling all over.
She kept backing away, but her mother followed her like a shadow, the shadow cast by her tall figure covering Edith completely.
“…M-Mother! N-no… don’t!”
The little girl instinctively resisted something unknown, letting out pitiful cries.
A normal mother would soften her heart when she heard her daughter’s cries.
But Edith’s mother ignored her, she seemed to be trapped in her own world, staring intently at the dress Edith was wearing, the dress she had bought for her in a human shopping mall.
She loved this dress because it was a gift from her mother…
But at this moment, her mother’s once gentle face was full of ferocity, no longer with a warm smile, no longer with gentle concern.
She grabbed the child’s wrist with adult strength, bruising Edith’s arm.
She couldn’t hear Edith’s cries, they were muffled.
Only crazy questions.
“Why… why are you wearing human clothes!”
Rip!
“Edith, are you disobeying Mother?”
“Humans… they all deserve to die, kill them all… kill them all!”
Rip!
“Everything about humans must be destroyed!”
“Otherwise… otherwise Mother will die, Mother… sob…”
Rip…
“I’ll protect Mother… Edith, you’ll protect Mother, right?”
The woman forced out a smile that was uglier than crying.
Before her was Edith, who had been tortured into a broken rag doll.
The dress on her body was torn to shreds, the dress she loved so much, the dress her mother bought for her…
The sound of tearing still echoed in Edith’s ears, she felt like her body and soul were being torn apart.
The girl’s breathing was weak, her tear-filled purple eyes had lost their luster at some point, becoming dull and gray, like an impenetrable fog.
The pain gradually disappeared, starting from her arm…
Edith saw flowers blooming on her body.
Purple, dark red, one petal after another, one flower after another…
Mother had planted a garden on her body, it was so beautiful…
She didn’t know that her arm was broken, forcefully torn off by her mother.
She didn’t know that the flowers blooming on her body were actually wounds.
Pinch marks, finger marks, squeeze marks, scratches…
Her fair skin was covered with hideous fingerprints, and blood was oozing from the places where her sharp fingertips had cut her.
It was said that people would hallucinate to protect themselves in desperate situations.
Edith would rather believe that this was a nightmare.
When she woke up, her mother would still be that gentle mother.
But illusions would disappear, pain wouldn’t.
It hurt… it really hurt…
Mommy… I’m in so much pain…
Mommy…
Edith’s dry tear ducts became warm, showing signs of revival.
She suddenly felt so sad, the suppressed grief surging forth in an instant.
She opened her mouth slightly, wanting to call out the warmest name in the world.
Wanting to call out…
Slash!
A coldness suddenly appeared on the corner of Edith’s lips.
Her mother’s hand held a shard of porcelain, the sharp edge like a knife tip.
The shard also cut her mother’s hand, blood dripping down her fingers.
Edith couldn’t make a sound, blood gurgling out of her mouth…
Her mouth was cut open by her mother with a shard of porcelain, from bottom to top.
Forming a “smile.”
“Smile… smile~”
“Mother likes to see her daughter smile… haha.”
“My lovely daughter, your smile is so cute~”
“I love you, my daughter.”
………………
From then on, Edith was no longer allowed to go out.
No longer allowed to wear human clothes.
Not even allowed to wear clothes.
She was chained to her mother’s side with shackles.
Only in this way, would she not lose Edith.
And Edith wouldn’t lose her mother.
Mother and daughter should always be together.
And kill all humans, kill all humans!
She began to teach Edith magic, to teach her how to discover and develop her abilities.
What she couldn’t do herself, maybe her daughter could do!
To avenge her “mother.”
Yes, Edith’s mother, because she was raised by Lady Chen Xi, her feelings for her grandmother were actually more like “a daughter’s love for her mother.”
“Why are you so useless, why!”
“…I’m sorry.”
“It’s not enough, why can’t you even do this!”
“I’m sorry!”
“Why are you worse than everyone else, Hermione, Lillian…”
“I’m sorry…”
“You’ve disappointed me… I’m sorry.”
“I’m sorry… Mother.”
Edith grew up day by day, from a girl to a young woman.
On her birthday, Edith was called to her mother’s room –
………………
“Ahhh! No more, I don’t want to see anymore, what the hell is wrong with these perverts!”
Two twisted “mother-complex” characters!
What a misfortune for Lady Chen Xi’s family!
“Li Lige, let me out!”
Adele’s mind was in turmoil, making Li Lige stop restoring Edith’s past.
To be precise, restoring the past that Edith resented and wanted to take revenge on.
As for other emotions, Li Lige was powerless.
Li Lige’s voice then rang in Adele’s mind,
“Leaving like this, giving up on revenge?”
“Don’t waste the opportunity I’ve given you, I won’t be able to protect you in the future.”
“Who needs your protection, I have plenty of women to protect me!”
Adele said angrily.
“Tsk, not even pretending anymore, your true nature as a scumbag is exposed.”
When they first met, Li Lige thought Adele was a pure and innocent girl.
“Shut up, experience pack!” Adele said, embarrassed and angry.
“Experience pack?”
“Ahem, it’s nothing.”
Adele quickly changed the subject.
After calming down a bit, Adele no longer mentioned leaving.
Li Lige clearly wouldn’t kill Edith.
She could kill her. After Edith entered the core of the witch’s domain, she was quickly deprived of her mind and even mistook Adele for her mother.
This meant that although she resented and wanted to take revenge on her mother, she couldn’t do it.
Those without any fighting spirit for revenge would be lost in the past.
It would be as easy as crushing an ant for Li Lige to kill them.
And a vengeful character like Adele, after entering the core of the Vengeance Witch’s domain, was like nothing had happened…
No wonder Li Lige said, “You’re even more suitable to be the Vengeance Witch than I am.”
She would really take revenge if she had a grudge…
But the reason Li Lige chose not to kill was because the trouble of killing Edith was too great.
The president of the Black Feather Society would die just from meeting Adele, and Adele’s situation would be unimaginable, the Black Feather Society would never let her go.
But if she didn’t kill Edith, after Edith left the Vengeance Witch’s domain, Adele would only face even more brutal revenge.
And by that time, Li Lige wasn’t even sure if she would still be in this world.
So in the end, Adele had to solve this big problem herself.
That’s why Li Lige pushed Adele into the core of the domain.
She believed that Adele would have a way to solve it.
Although it was unbelievable, Li Lige inexplicably trusted Adele.
She was just a weak and delicate little girl, her magic power pathetically low.
It could only be explained by “woman’s intuition.”
“By the way, after seeing Edith’s past, do you pity her, forgive her?”
Li Lige suddenly became gossipy.
Adele was originally pondering how to solve the problem of Edith in front of her.
Now that she was suddenly interrupted, she immediately showed an annoyed expression.
In Edith’s eyes, it was probably like “Mother is angry,” right?
So Edith timidly shrank her shoulders, tears welling up in her eyes, no longer looking like the composed president of the Black Feather Society.
Adele’s lips twitched.
It would have been fine if Edith was still her usual annoying self.
But seeing her like this really made Adele’s mood a bit complicated.
She silently replied to the gossipy Li Lige in her heart,
“It’s human nature to pity Edith back then.”
“But even pitiful people have hateful sides, not to mention the current Edith is super hateful!”
What Edith did couldn’t be changed by traveling back in time.
Just like a piece of white paper stained with ink, it was no longer pure and flawless.
She and her minions had already hurt many innocent girls.
Even if Edith might have been influenced by her mother, traumatized by her childhood, it didn’t mean that she could beg for forgiveness based on this.
“As for whether I would forgive her? What a ridiculous question.”
“I’m not qualified to forgive her on behalf of the girls who were hurt by Edith.”