Volume 4 Chapter 63

Volume 4 + Chapter 63: The Final Resistance

“Hey~ Did you miss me?”

A voice that Miu Miu found quite repulsive stirred her hazy consciousness.

That day.

Miu Miu had seen a strange person intrude into her mental world. She claimed to be Elizabeth.

She remembered at the time, her biological father, Herman Borgia, had forced her to consume the Ancestor’s Blood, causing her to lose consciousness as her body was eroded by it.

Upon seeing Elizabeth, she immediately understood.

This was a powerful entity awakened from the legendary treasure passed down through the Vampire Clan — the Vampire Ancestor.

After all, Miu Miu was just a Vampire Clan member who hadn’t even reached the fourth stage. Facing even a weak remnant soul of the Vampire Ancestor, she couldn’t possibly resist.

And so, the Vampire Ancestor took many things from Miu Miu, including memories and emotions, completely suppressing her, making it impossible for her to control her own body.

Miu Miu felt her existence growing increasingly faint, as if about to leave this world. She could barely distinguish whether she was dead or alive.

“What’s wrong, Miu Miu? Aren’t you happy to see me again?”

Elizabeth wore a delighted expression, raising her hand to gently brush Miu Miu’s silver hair at the temple with her fingertip.

“It’s you… Vampire Ancestor, Elizabeth.”

Miu Miu opened her eyes. She saw Elizabeth, who looked very similar to herself.

“That’s right, it’s me~”

Elizabeth clapped her hands together lightly, tilting her head.

“However, now you can also call me ‘Miu Miu,’ you know? After all, I’ve absorbed quite a bit from you, like memories and emotions.”

“Give those things back to me!”

Miu Miu truly wanted to kill the person before her.

But she couldn’t.

Half of Miu Miu’s body had become almost transparent, the upper body’s translucency was especially severe, the entire person seemed on the verge of vanishing.

It was precisely because Elizabeth had taken so much from her that she had become like this, unable to maintain consciousness normally.

“Miu Miu, something interesting happened a while ago. I met Xia Yi.”

“… Xia Yi?”

Miu Miu frowned.

Who… was that?

Due to her missing memories, she couldn’t recall, only feeling an emptiness in her heart, deeply stirred.

This was definitely someone she couldn’t afford to forget.

“Miu Miu? You don’t remember Xia Yi? It’s alright, let me help you recall. The meeting between Xia Yi and Miu Miu — no one in the world knows it better than I do.”

Elizabeth began to explain patiently.

“She is the current Silver Dragon Princess of the Dragon Kingdom, and was once the Human Sword Saint. When you ran away from home and went to the human world, you even bumped into her once… oh no, bumped into him once. He was a man before, but later, for some reason, turned into a Dragon Clan little girl. How interesting.”

“Xia Yi… Xia Yi…”

Miu Miu repeated the name. Vague residual memories surfaced, she did recall a petite figure.

Clearly a very important person, but because of Elizabeth’s actions, the memories and emotions that rightfully belonged to her were taken away.

“Elizabeth! You scoundrel!!”

“My, don’t be so angry, Miu Miu. Aren’t I in the process of accepting you? This way, you won’t be manipulated by anyone, and won’t become someone else’s puppet…”

“I don’t need that! I am me! Give it back, give everything of mine back!”

“Miu Miu, the reason I came to find you today is precisely because of this.”

Elizabeth placed her hand on Miu Miu’s forehead.

Ultimately, the Vampire Ancestor was a remnant soul revived through the Ancestor’s Blood. Coupled with this not being her original body, she couldn’t exert her peak strength. Therefore, she intended to remedy the issue of her remnant soul by assimilating Miu Miu, who was extremely similar to her.

“The last part belonging to ‘Miu Miu’ — don’t resist any longer. Come, become a part of me, mend the Vampire Ancestor’s remnant soul—”

Impossible. Absolutely impossible.

Miu Miu would never let others share or occupy the emotions and memories that belonged to her alone. They were the important parts that constituted herself, she couldn’t give them up.

“Elizabeth, I would rather die than become a part of you! I won’t be assimilated!”

Miu Miu bit down on Elizabeth’s finger. She exerted all her strength, biting Elizabeth’s finger off.

This was to express her resolve to resist the Vampire Ancestor’s will.

“My, that was rather meaningless.”

Elizabeth merely blinked, using a special Vampire Clan ability to restore the injury to her finger.

“Miu Miu, you won’t disappear. You’re just becoming a part of me. This isn’t death.”

“I refuse!!”

“Truly no choice then. I didn’t want to use rough methods, to lessen your pain,” Elizabeth sighed. “Then I’ll have no choice but to forcibly erode away the last of your soul.”

Miu Miu was about to open her mouth, but the next moment, she felt the absolute suppression of the Vampire Ancestor’s bloodline. Under the gaze of those scarlet eyes, she could only be dominated.

Elizabeth’s hand grasped Miu Miu’s head, beginning the erosion, followed by absorption, domination, and assimilation.

Miu Miu could feel her existence being taken away bit by bit, even the name of that person so very important to her… she could no longer remember.

At that moment, many thoughts crossed her mind. In the final moments of her life, courage and determination surfaced.

Perhaps, this was also for the sake of reuniting with a certain important person in the future.

Miu Miu’s gaze changed.

“What are you trying to do?!”

Elizabeth was very startled, because the last remaining part of Miu Miu before her actually chose self-destruction, erasing herself.

Miu Miu’s body became completely transparent, her last soul dissipating, causing her existence to vanish entirely.

The mental world belonging to the Vampire Clan girl began to collapse. This was the caged bird’s final act of resistance in her lifetime.

…

“…”

Elizabeth opened her eyes. This time, she fell into silence, not wearing her usual lighthearted expression.

This time, she gained no advantage.

Miu Miu would rather self-destruct than be eroded.

Originally, after erosion, domination, and finally assimilation, she could have mended her remnant soul. Now, that would be very difficult to achieve.

“I have to admit, this was a miscalculation on my part. A caged bird raised in a greenhouse actually pecked me at the last moment, possessing such resolve.”

Failing to erode the last part of Miu Miu’s soul was a bit regrettable, but Elizabeth didn’t consider it a fatal problem.

That being said, due to this missing part, the memories belonging to Miu Miu that Elizabeth controlled also lost a portion.

Specifically, what Miu Miu did during the period just before meeting Xia Yi became unknown with the death of Miu Miu’s soul.

“Forget it, it’s not something worth worrying about. Miu Miu back then was just a pretty vase, she couldn’t have done much.”

Elizabeth mused:

“What’s crucial now is the top-secret mission I previously assigned to Herman. This concerns whether I can recover more of my power…”

As if to dispel the Vampire Ancestor’s doubts, Herman arrived promptly for an audience.

“Ancestor, I have come to report to you regarding the top-secret mission you assigned me…”

“What is it?!”