Sir Aven I Blood Pact

When we were walking back, I seemed to step on something under my feet. We stopped, and I bent down to pick up the thing that stuck to my feet. It was a badge. "What is this?" I looked at the badge in my hand, which was the same as the national emblem on the shield.Ai Wen took a look at it, and his face changed a bit: "This badge is an ornament passed down from generation to generation by the Pope. Only the Pope has always worn it on formal clothes to attend various national conferences. And this badge was finally passed on to me. In my father's hand, I saw him take it."

"This should belong to your father." Sass Yimon said, "When Anwar sat on the Pope's throne, there was no Pope's coronation ceremony at all, so he probably never wore this badge at all."

"So, your father walked through this secret passage?" I looked at Aiwen, and Aiwen was also surprised by this.

We continued to walk forward, and about halfway through the distance, Seth Imon would hold the wall from time to time while walking. That's it, but Seth Imon's outstretched hand touched a gap, and was caught We found another hidden stone door.It is also the same revolving stone door, and inside is also a secret room, but the difference from the previous secret room is that there are many experimental supplies here, and there are no spider webs here, as if people have been here for a long time.

"What is this place? Laboratory?" Peter was very surprised when he saw these things in front of him.

"It looks like a laboratory." I looked at the experimental equipment on the table. There were some liquids in the bottles and jars, and there were many colors on the tables. Books, but these papers and books seem to have been deliberately torn apart.In addition, there is a big blackboard in this secret room, with many incomprehensible lines, circles and the like drawn on it, I always feel as if I have seen it somewhere.

"Come and see!" Sess Emond suddenly called out.We turned our heads and looked—behind a row of bookshelves, there were three large liquid tanks, which seemed to be more than one meter long, and the liquid inside showed weird dark red and green colors.

"What are these—" After Peter saw it, he couldn't help but feel nauseous at the disgusting color of the liquid.

Ivan and Seth Imon's faces couldn't look any better, and I felt more and more uneasy. "There is another coffin here." Zeander pointed to a black coffin next to the three liquid canisters.It was a very European-style coffin, similar to the ones we saw in TV movies. It was completely black, symmetrical at the top and narrow at the bottom.It’s just that this coffin has been opened, and it looks like a crimson liner with velvet inside, and it looks like it should be quite comfortable to sleep in——I couldn’t help thinking about it, and I even thought it was a bit incredible.

"It seems that someone used to sleep here." Sessimmon said, "The lid is open." Ivan turned over the coffin lid leaning against the wall, and there was a name on it - just a second , We all reacted instantly: "George is not dead yet!" Yes, the name on the coffin lid is George Donald.

"Quick, we have to go back immediately!" Ivan walked back in the next second, and we followed him out.

Our premonition is very bad, although I don't know what they think, but I feel a very, very bad sense of unease deep down in my heart.Running wildly all the way, we were almost walking and running. The Sasimon man had short legs, so Peter carried him directly. When we walked out of the secret passage and came to the so-called sleeping secret room of George, at this time, in this secret room Inside, there were actually two people, one was losing his temper, and the other was laughing helplessly.

After seeing those two people clearly, we were all dumbfounded.Sess Imon climbed off Peter's back, and Ivan looked at the two people with twitching corners of his mouth: "Sally? Tuo Lao? What are you two doing here?"

"Ah?" Seeing us, Sally's little face suddenly became happy and rushed towards us, but it seemed that because of the long-term education of etiquette, she stopped in an instant two steps away from us, very respectful Saluted to Aiwen and the others: "Oh, I'm sorry, Your Highness." Tuo Lao also came up to salute, and Aiwen quickly got them both up.

"Sally, when did the two of you come in?" Sessimon asked.

"Actually, Miss Fletcher and I followed you when you came in, but we disappeared as soon as we got here. Miss Fletcher is losing her temper." Old Tuo said with a smile, and Sally pouted. Tuo Lao didn't let him talk anymore.

"Okay, okay." Peter smiled, "You girl just like to join in the fun, what if there is another landslide in the ruins?"

"What are you talking about, don't be crowed." Seth Imon kicked Peter.

"Have you two been here?" Ivan asked.

Both Sally and Tuo Lao nodded. "Since we got here, no one else has been here?" Ivan asked again.Sally and Tuo Lao shook their heads for a while, and Ivan would ask this question. Obviously, he felt that George might run out at that time when we entered the secret passage and found the small wooden boat under the cliff.But Sally and Tuo Lao have been staying in this clear room all the time. If someone comes in and there is no place to hide, then it is obvious that no one else has been here. Could it be that this George has already left here?So where will he go?Could it be that what happened at the passageway was committed by George?

"Tuo Lao." Sass Emond asked, "Did Tom wear formal clothes when he disappeared?"

Tuo Lao thought for a while and said, "Yes, Elder. The day when His Royal Highness Rodolphe's incident happened happened to be the time when Essatane held a ceremony, so His Excellency Pope Leiden was indeed wearing a formal attire."

"That's it." Seth Yimon nodded, "This badge is an accessory on the Pope's official uniform. Tom was forced into Zoeira Castle and then disappeared. It seems that this is the reason for Tom's disappearance. Tom must have been here."

After this inference, we all fell silent. If Seth Imon's inference is true, then Ivan's father Tom may not be as simple as missing.This secret passage leads to the outside world, and there is a small wooden boat on standby at any time on the sea. It is difficult to say whether Tom escaped or not.Of course, it's hard to say whether George really fell asleep back then, or he might have left in a small wooden boat, but did he come back in a small wooden boat?As for the small wooden boat, from our first glance, it has been damaged. I am afraid that it will sink into the sea after a long journey. Who left such a small wooden boat?

Then Tom's disappearance and George's deep sleep, is there any connection between these two things?Or is it the same thing at all?But what is this for?I really can't figure out why?If there is a purpose for a person to do all these things, then the purpose is nothing more than money, fame, and profit.For the sake of money, this Esataner is self-reliant and self-sufficient, and it seems that he does not need to spend any money at all.For the sake of name, Esataner had a clear hierarchy 200 years ago, and the lives of civilians were not difficult, so there were no riots, except for the struggle between nobles and civilians and Anwar 200 years ago. There is no other struggle.For profit, I haven't thought about it very clearly. In any country, there are still a lot of struggles for interests. This is a semi-closed place. If it is for profit, it may be a conflict of interest among the tribe.

So, what exactly will this be?

"Okay, it's useless for us to think so much here." Ivan smiled and said, "Without real evidence, nothing can be considered a fact."

"What Ivan said is true." Sess Imon nodded, "Instead of making random guesses here, it's better to find someone to ask the truth."

"Who are you looking for?" Peter and I asked at the same time.

Seth Imon smiled at Ivan, and Ivan also smiled tacitly. It seemed that the two wanted to go together.

Hurrying to Fort Essomi, we met Leonardo Lev Adrian and Richard Hogan in the council hall.After we sat down, Ivan said straight to the point: "The families of the two elders have served as elders since the time of Pope George. The two should know what happened to Pope George back then, right?"

Adrian and Hogan glanced at each other, and Adrian asked, "His Royal Highness, isn't everyone aware of this matter?"

"No, I want to know another thing." Ivan said, "Why did George choose to sleep again?"

This question stunned both Adrian and Hogan, and Hogan said: "When Charles published the white paper "Nobles and Commoners", it caused a fight between nobles and commoners. Later, Charles died and the political situation was in turmoil. Pope George, who had disappeared, suddenly appeared and regained control of the government. After the political situation stabilized, George supported his nephew to the throne, and he chose to continue to sleep. The reason he gave back then was that he wanted to sleep with his wife."

After hearing Hogan's words, Sass Emond said: "This is impossible. George's wife, Adaline, died before Charles' rebellion." "How could Your Highness know this?" Hogan was very impressed by this. Surprised, Seth Imon didn't answer and said something else: "It's not important. Adaline died of sepsis, and George watched his wife die. This is an indisputable fact. All the elders back then can prove it This matter. So, I don’t think George’s words were trustworthy at all.” Seth Imon, who had lived in the outside world for a long time, knew so many things, which made Hogan surprised and surprised.

"Imon is right." Ivan said, "If the reason why Pope George fell asleep for the second time that year is not valid, then there must be other reasons for him to sleep, or he didn't sleep at all, but for a certain reason. Why don’t you disappear from people’s sight so that you can do things by yourself?”

Adrian was very strange to Ivan's words: "His Royal Highness, you mean that Pope George chose to sleep for an ulterior purpose? What was that for?"

This problem is also a problem we have been trying to solve since we deduced that there is a problem with George's deep sleep.

"Is this impossible?" Hogan was very surprised. "This, this, Pope George led the people to escape all the way back then, and gave them a stable residence. Then why did he deceive the people?"

"Yes, yes, this is the truth we want to find out." Peter clapped his hands.

"Earl Hogan," Ivan said to Hogan in a low and low voice when everyone was thinking about this question, "There is one more thing I want to ask you."

Hogan felt a little nervous about Aiwen's suddenly very formal and polite attitude, his hands that were originally on the table subconsciously put them on his thighs at this moment, his five fingers spread out, as if his palms were already sweating: "Your Highness, may I ask. "

Seeing Ivan's attitude change so coldly, Seth Imon's eyebrows suddenly moved, Peter seemed to swallow his saliva, and I sat more quietly. "I know that Anwar pretended to be my father's order, convened the Somia Parliament, and ordered my trial. What I want to know is, what was the result of the first trial of my trial?"

Hogan's eyes flickered suddenly at this, and it took a while before he said: "This, it's—" He stammered for a long time, and Adrian said for him: "Let me say it. During the first trial, Your Highness's The trial actually didn’t have much of a result, but at the time of the final trial, His Highness Rodolphe directly announced the trial of Elder Sals.”

"I know." Ivan kept staring at Hogan. Adrian saw that there seemed to be something wrong with his eyes, and felt a little weird. Although he didn't know what was wrong with Ivan, he also shut his mouth very tactfully. Interjected, and that Hogan was even more nervous being stared at by Ivan. "What I want to ask is," Aiwen said, "many people think that my crime at that time was enough to give me a destructive punishment? Or you can answer me, who gave the verdict to Anwar in the end ?”

These two questions made everyone present stunned, especially Adrian, whose expression seemed to be surprised with some expectations.But Sass Yimon's face was calm, as if he had already known it. "I know that what happened back then must have dealt a heavy blow to His Highness, but, but, what I want to say is," Hogan's old forehead was actually sweating, and he wiped it gently with his gloved hand intentionally or unintentionally. own forehead, "No one will do something he is unwilling to do, but if there is another thing behind that thing that makes him care more, then the previous thing will become less important, no no , I mean, it's not an unimportant thing, it's just relatively..."

"Even if you betray your faith, do you think the Lord God Cain will forgive you?" Ai Wen seemed to have an angry smile on his lips, "Vampires don't believe in God. In God's eyes, the vampire family is a Abandoned child. But you, Richard Hogan, even if you were abandoned, abandoned, you only betrayed your benefactor for your own selfish desires! How my father treated you back then, you should know Who exchanged blood for your life!"

The more Ivan spoke, the heavier his tone became, and the heavier his tone became, his tone became abnormally cold. When he almost gritted his teeth and roared out the last word, Hogan finally broke down completely and spit out in one breath. I struggled with the truth a thousand times in my heart: "Oh no! No! Lord God forgive me! Your Highness! Please forgive what old Hogan did back then. Rodolphe said that I would get more blood to save my child !"

As soon as Hogan's words came out, Adrian and the others stood up in astonishment, their faces not looking very good.Adrian shook his head vigorously, and said to Hogan: "Oh my god! My Lord God! How can you do such a thing!"

"Wait, wait." Peter sorted out his thoughts, "Ivan, do you mean that the final trial of the parliament against you was actually tampered with? And this person—is Earl Hogan?"

"At that time, Hogan was the chief writer responsible for drafting the judgment." Suss Imon simply explained, "He is the only one who has the chance to change Ivan's judgment at the end."

"My God." Peter and I were both a little surprised.

"Hogan!" Adrian was a little annoyed, he kept patting the table, "Look at what you've done!"

"Okay." Ivan withdrew his cold aura, and he sat back on the chair, "Let's not talk about this matter. Right now, we need to find George, otherwise I don't know how many vampires will come." Missing."

"What?" Peter was a little surprised again, "You mean the disappearance of the vampire has something to do with George?"

I said: "Even if there is no direct relationship, there is an indirect relationship. In the two secret rooms, we found traces of people who once lived in them. The first secret room is not too suspicious. We can directly identify it. It was just a fake room where George slept. The secret room discovered later is the most important. If my sense of smell is correct, the bright red liquid in those test tubes and medical bottles is probably nothing but blood .And—" I paused, looked over at them, and went on, "That's vampire blood."

I just deduced this answer. From the sense of smell, those red liquids are indeed blood. This is for sure. I think Ivan and the others must have smelled it long ago. As for why I said it was the blood of vampires , that's because besides vampires, there are only livestock in Essatan, and the only living objects are these two.After I was bitten by Aiwen before, I bit so many vampires, the taste of blood at the corner of my mouth has not completely faded, so I intuitively felt that it must be the blood of vampires.

"I'll tell His Highness Mellon right now." Adrian stood up without any hesitation, and walked away quickly.

After Adrian left, we didn't speak, and Hogan looked at Ivan's face carefully like a frightened bird.This poor man was originally not tall, but after being pressed by Ai Wen, he became even more stooped.After the defeat of Anwar's remnant party, Hogan turned his back on the dark side. When I saw this man in the crowd for the first time, I felt that he hardly dared to look at Aiwen directly, as if he had been avoiding Aiwen's eyes all the time. , just when he answered Ivan's previous question, he also looked elsewhere intentionally or unintentionally.Maybe he has been condemned for years after he did something sorry to Tom and Ivan?However, does he really feel guilty for what he has done?My intuition tells me that this matter should not be prematurely concluded.

"Stay well in your own manor. Without my order, you are forbidden to go out." Ivan didn't look at Hogan, but his words were obviously a death order for Hogan.At this time, as soon as Aiwen finished speaking, two guards came in, and Aiwen asked them to send Hogan back to his mansion.

Up to this point, Peter, Sessimon and I have kept quiet.

"What are you going to do with Hogan?" Seth Imon asked, breaking the silence.

"Leave it to the council." Ivan said very simply, and then he walked out with heavy steps.

Those of us who stayed put didn't know what to do with each other. "If it's not necessary, I really don't want to see Ivan go crazy." Peter's eyes seemed to see something that shouldn't be seen. "I've seen it once, and I'll never forget it." What Sessimmon said was very simple, but very profound. I can only say four words about it——I'm very curious.

I don’t know when Ivan found out about Hogan’s matter, but it’s not important. The important thing is that Anwar had someone do something behind his back. The trial was not what it was later on, what Hogan did betrayed his own conscience, and for whatever tragic reasons he had, he was the cause of a feud that lasted 200 years - he became the The igniter of a protracted war.