Chapter 71
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Volume 2 + Chapter 71: Farewell
Several days have passed since the duel between Xia Yi and Xia Lulu.
In Xia Yi’s room.
“Xia Yi Yi, won’t you go out and play~”
The vampire with silver hair and red eyes lay on the bed, boredly reading a comic book.
She had already read all the comics in the room at least once.
“…No, I have to do homework.”
Xia Yi sat in front of the desk, not lifting her head, focused on doing her homework.
“You’ve suddenly become so serious,” Miu Miu remarked.
Ever since the duel with Xia Lulu, Xia Yi had come back with a lot on her mind and changed. She no longer slacked off but seriously redid her homework every day.
This surprised Miu Miu, but no matter how much she asked, Xia Yi was unwilling to reveal the reason.
No one knew what had happened.
Miu Miu was originally a hostage. If Xia Yi didn’t go out, she wouldn’t leave the room either, just staying in the room, keeping Xia Yi company.
After half a day.
“Ah… I finally finished today’s portion.”
Xia Yi collapsed on the desk, released the pen, and muttered softly:
“Three more days, just three days, and I’ll have finished all the homework… Hmph, I don’t need Xia Lulu’s charity. It’s just homework…”
“Really impressive.”
Miu Miu walked over to Xia Yi, picked up the homework, and looked at it.
“Xia Yi Yi’s magical talent is really amazing, being able to solve everything.”
“It’s not hard, I just understand it by casually listening in magic class.”
“I can’t believe I’m in Versailles.” (“居然在凡尔赛。” is a Chinese phrase that is used to mock people who are showing off their luxurious or noble lifestyle in a subtle or indirect way, such as posting photos of expensive food or travel destinations on social media. https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/337366484)
“I’m just telling the truth.”
Xia Yi wasn’t really the type to be particularly attentive in class, most of the time she wanted to sleep, listening only halfway.
But a rough understanding was enough for her, as she indeed had a high aptitude for magic.
Perhaps this was the advantage brought by the bloodline of the Royal Silver Dragon Family, a natural-born magician.
“I’m hungry, Xia Yi Yi.”
“If you’re hungry, eat something, here.”
Xia Yi took out a test tube containing her own blood.
During this time, she had been feeding Miu Miu her blood.
It felt just like raising a pet.
But Miu Miu was a vampire, rounding up, she was a flying rat, so she treated her like a large pet!
“Another test tube?”
“Be grateful, you’re a hostage, don’t complain!”
“I want to drink something fresher…”
“Oh, right, what did Xia Lulu mean by what she said that night?” Xia Yi asked curiously, “For you pureblood nobles, if you keep consuming someone else’s blood, and you’re neither a dependent nor a blood servant, does it have some special meaning?”
“Um, that, that…”
Miu Miu’s gaze wandered, she clutched her little skirt, appearing somewhat shy.
“Why are you hesitating? Miu Miu, is there something you’re embarrassed about?”
“No, no… special meaning! Don’t pry any further!” Miu Miu suddenly raised her voice.
Miu Miu’s attitude was really suspicious, Xia Yi felt it was clearly a case of protesting too much, there must be something fishy, otherwise why be so nervous?
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
Knock knock knock.
“Your Highness, it’s me,” said the red dragon maid outside.
“Serra, come in.”
“Yes.”
Serra entered the room, bowed to Xia Yi, then glanced at Miu Miu with a meaningful look.
Miu Miu seemed to sense something, her head drooped, and her eyes dimmed.
“Indeed, it still… came…”
The atmosphere in the room changed, making Xia Yi puzzled.
“Serra, has something happened?”
“Princess, please take the Vampire Princess to the reception room,” Serra said, “It’s an order from Her Majesty the Queen.”
“Reception room? Alright…”
“Please hurry, I’ll wait for you outside.” Serra seemed to deliberately leave the room to give them some private time, then left the room and closed the door.
At first, Xia Yi didn’t understand why Xia Lulu would issue such an order, to go to the reception room, could it be that someone from the Dragon Palace had come…?
“Xia Yi Yi,” Miu Miu requested softly, “Feed me your blood one last time, it might be the last time…”
…
Dragon Palace, reception room.
Xia Lulu made an exception this time to meet with the diplomatic mission sent by the vampires.
This time was different from the past, as the Blood King Herman himself was present.
The two sovereigns of the upper species faced each other, and the atmosphere was completely different from last time.
Neither Xia Lulu nor Herman had the amiable expressions from before, as if they didn’t want to pretend anymore.
Herman was very calm.
While Xia Lulu was full of arrogance.
The vampire side was very nervous, after all, they were in the Dragon Kingdom, on someone else’s turf, and with the Blood King attending what could be a trap, how could they not be on edge?
They felt that the dragons present seemed to be prepared, just waiting for Xia Lulu’s command to completely tear off the facade and commit terrible acts.
The vampire diplomatic mission was highly tense, almost entering a state of readiness for battle.
“Everyone leave,” Xia Lulu ordered, “I want to speak with Herman alone.”
“As you command, Your Majesty.”
The Royal Maid Corps withdrew.
But the vampire side’s mission hesitated, worried that the Silver Dragon Queen might suddenly use some cunning scheme to harm the Blood King, and were reluctant to leave.
“Your Majesty…!”
“Leave,” Herman also ordered.
Forced by the command of the Blood King, the vampire side could only reluctantly withdraw.
“You really dare to come to the Dragon Kingdom, Herman,” Xia Lulu spoke, “Aren’t you afraid that this Vampire Princess was a trap from the very beginning?”
“If I were afraid, I wouldn’t have come, Xia Lulu. I want to know, what good does killing me do for you? Are you planning to wage war against the vampires?” Herman countered, “Do you aspire to reignite the ancient Dragon Wars?”
The Dragon Kingdom’s territory is vast, rich in resources, with many high-quality vassal states. Any upper species would covet the dragons’ land.
But due to the treacherous terrain and the strength of the dragons, no one would actively wage war against them.
It was precisely because of this that Xia Lulu had previously dared to be so arrogant.
On the contrary, it is the same, the dragon race will only stay in the Dragon Kingdom, it is impossible to wage war externally.
In the presence of a terrifying and powerful enemy, other races will surely put aside their differences and deal with this enemy together.
It will definitely promote the union of all races in the world.
Such a situation is also what the dragon race does not want to see.
“At least I can still sit at the table and talk to you, Xia Lulu, if you kill me, then the next successor will absolutely refuse to communicate with the dragon race,” Herman said.
“Smart man, if the pureblood nobles in your Crimson Empire were half as clear-headed as you, they wouldn’t have lost your princess.”
“No harm, rather, taking this opportunity, I have already cleared out a lot of fools.”
“Oh, so you deliberately agreed to our dragon race’s visit to the vampires, Herman,” Xia Lulu mocked, “This is really a clever move, from beginning to end it’s a losing deal, making the vampires’ international reputation plummet, do you know how others view the vampires now?”
“I don’t care.”
Herman’s calm expression was not out of a desire to save face, but because he really thought this way.
Xia Lulu understood.
So the Blood King is such a person.
He agreed to the proposal of the pureblood nobles in the Crimson Empire, inviting the dragon race to visit the vampires, already clear in his heart what the dragon race was preparing to do, and also anticipated that it would develop into the current situation.
When the dragon race caused trouble in the Blood Palace, the Blood King, as the command system, disappeared for no reason and did not take action, which was a silent acquiescence to the dragon race’s actions.
All of this was to settle accounts with the pureblood nobles in the Crimson Empire, strengthen his own power, and even earn a lot from it.
As for the vampires’ reputation, the vampires’ evaluation, the vampires’ losses…
This guy, he doesn’t care at all.
He is despicable and selfish, putting his own interests before the entire race, caring about whether the king’s power can be firmly held in his hands, and the rest is secondary.
Such a person is even more worthy of being dangerous.
“The vampires are really pitiful under your rule, there is no future for the vampires, Herman,” Xia Lulu gave her evaluation.
“Is the dragon race any better? Xia Lulu, erasing the dragon race’s hero Frey, ruining the dragon race’s future, how noble can you be?” Herman sneered, “Whether it’s a nation or a race, it’s a machine to achieve goals, some people voluntarily bow down and carry the machine, some are pushed by the machine, some sit on top of the machine, which one are you?”
“Have you said enough? We are not young anymore, what can this kind of debate game prove?”
Xia Lulu didn’t take Herman’s words to heart at all.
“Let’s talk about something serious, Herman.”
Herman took out a piece of paper with the amount the vampires were willing to pay written on it.
“This is the ransom, Xia Lulu, we vampires will buy back my kin, Miu Miu · Borgias, with this much money.”
“Not enough.”
Xia Lulu took out a pen and directly added a zero on it.
She was deliberately making things difficult for Herman.
But Herman, instead of getting angry, readily replied: “Deal.”
This surprised Xia Lulu a bit, this guy is really ruthless, he can agree to this amount?
If it were other high-ranking races seeing this, they would have turned their faces right away.
Definitely squeezed a lot of oil from the pureblood nobles, probably looted a lot, striking hard internally.
“Silver Dragon Queen, since the matter has been resolved, then call my kin over.”
…
Under Serra’s lead, she and Miu Miu hurried to the reception room.
The Blood King came to the Dragon Kingdom with the diplomatic mission and negotiated with the Silver Dragon Queen.
This matter had already reached the ears of Xia Yi and Miu Miu.
According to the latest news, the negotiation had ended with a result.
In the outer reception room, when the vampires’ diplomatic mission saw Miu Miu, they came up and asked with concern: “Your Highness, are you alright?”
“…I’m fine.”
“That’s good, as long as you’re fine, you don’t have to worry anymore, His Majesty personally came to take you back,” the vampires’ diplomat explained.
Xia Yi noticed that Miu Miu’s expression was a bit off after hearing this sentence.
“Your Highness, please go in with the Vampire Princess, Her Majesty the Queen and the Blood King are waiting for you,” Serra said.
“Okay.”
Xia Yi led Miu Miu, and they both walked into the innermost reception room.
Opening the door, Xia Lulu and the Blood King were sitting inside.
The Blood King seemed not to care about the condition of his kin at all, just glanced to make sure she wasn’t dead, didn’t even ask a question.
“Well, Silver Dragon Queen, as per the result, I’ll take my kin back now,” Herman stood up and said.
Xia Yi quickly walked to Xia Lulu’s side and asked softly, “Is the negotiation over?”
“It’s over,” Xia Lulu said, “This guy, still willing to be the sucker.”
“Is Miu Miu going to be taken away?”
“Of course, she is the Vampire Princess, not ours, unless the vampires give up, she can’t stay long.”
“Okay…”
Xia Yi sighed, feeling somewhat complicated, even though she knew Miu Miu was bound to go back…
Xia Lulu, however, noticed a detail, seeing a bite mark on her daughter’s arm, obviously just bitten, the corners of her mouth slightly raised.
“Let’s go.”
Herman walked past Miu Miu, dropping such a sentence, pushed open the door of the reception room, and walked out.
Miu Miu turned around and followed.
“Why did you disobey my orders?” Herman asked.
“Father, I made the decision based on the situation at the time, if I had killed the Dragon Princess, then the dragons would surely retaliate against the vampires, the vampires would face a great disaster…” Miu Miu replied.
“Since when did you need to have your own thoughts? Do you think I wouldn’t know about the things you mentioned? If you really did it, I would have ordered you to stop at the last moment, I was just testing your loyalty, you really disappointed me.”
“I…”
“I’ve always indulged you, you ran away from home, and I waited for you to have enough fun before bringing you back, I didn’t expect you to have no gratitude at all, have you forgotten what you are? A vessel.”
Herman’s last two words, as if stabbing into Miu Miu’s heart, made her expression stiff, stunned in place.
“Stop, what are you doing?” Herman questioned.
Miu Miu bit her lip, suddenly turned back and ran.
“Come back!” Herman shouted.
But Miu Miu didn’t care about Herman’s voice, nor the consequences, and continued to rush back.
Such rebellious behavior displeased Herman, ready to take coercive measures to stop Miu Miu.
But as he raised his hand, an ice sword hovered in front of Herman.
“Just a farewell, Herman, you’re not so petty, are you?”
The Silver Dragon Queen walked out of the reception room, sneering, snapped her fingers, and more ice swords appeared, completely surrounding the Blood King.
“Tsk, really like to meddle.”
Herman was forced to put his hand down, watching Miu Miu run back, coming to Xia Yi’s side.
“Miu Miu…?”
Before the little princess could say much, Miu Miu took the initiative to step forward and hugged Xia Yi.
“Xia Yi, don’t talk…”
Miu Miu, in Xia Yi’s arms, made an unexpected move.
Translator’s Note: Hello, Readers from [Dobytranslations] after I moved this Novel to a different Website. I made a lot of edits for Previous Chapters, though mostly in Volume 1.
