[Comprehensive] Gently walk into that good night

—In Egypt, there is still a true God.God is always there.Right at the very bottom of Egypt.

——Those real gods with animal heads?But……

——True gods don't need statues, they have human heads.They can show up if they want.They live like everything else in the world, moving through time.

……

An Keou booked the fastest flight to Egypt.

He did not choose Cairo this time, but went to Alexandria.The voice in his heart told him that if he wanted to find out the secret of existence, he had to go to an older city. He wanted to go to Alexandria first, and then go to Abydos or Thebes.

Although Alexandria's traces of modernization are so heavy that it is difficult to see the evidence left by ancient Greece and Rome, but as soon as he set foot on this city, An Keou had a feeling that what he was looking for was right under his feet.

After checking in at the hotel, he went to the mausoleum ruins in the south of the city alone.

All the way to the south, there were fewer and fewer people on the street, until they approached the ruins, and there were only a few people left. Without exception, these people were all wearing traditional white robes, and their gloomy eyes looked particularly menacing.

An Ke'ou was hesitating whether to hire an interpreter when he heard an old female voice behind him.

"Don't go any further," the woman said in Latin.

"why?"

"Going any further will disturb the sleeping god of darkness, and no one can get close to it," the woman said as she approached An Keou, "except for the sacrifices personally selected by the god of darkness."

"The God of Darkness?" Ankeou turned to look at the woman, hoping she could say more.

"In Egypt, there are many gods." The woman did not disappoint him, her voice was long, as if floating from a distance, but with a heavy texture, "the ever-existing worship of Isis and Osiris makes us believe that, Although the apostles of the north were all punished by the sun god, Osiris himself did not disappear, he just hibernated...and slept with his queen at the very bottom of the temple, guarded by his most loyal servants. The darkness of the whole world The apostles are all waiting for the king to wake up..."

It wasn't until this strange woman disappeared that Ankeou realized that the sky had completely darkened, and the surroundings were filled with the breath of beasts, which made him nervous, and those people in white robes only showed a pair of eyes like blood, stared at him hard.

But for some reason, they just waited and watched, and did not act rashly.

An Keou took the opportunity to return to the hotel.

But as soon as he returned to the room, he saw a tall figure by the window, that person was facing away from him, and turned back only after hearing his movement, a pair of golden eyes glistening in the darkness.

Anke'ou was surprised that he held back his screams, and calmly turned on the light.

Definitely Carlisle.

The other party looked at him expressionlessly.

"Ankeou, you shouldn't be here." The other party walked towards him step by step, speaking in an unusually elegant and charming tone, but there was a hint of coldness in it, "You won't understand how dangerous this place is for you. You can't imagine, when I saw those few—"

"Wait." Ankeou frowned and interrupted him, "Are you following me?"

"No," Carlisle shook his head, with worry brewing between his brows, "It's Alice, she saw the picture of you being... attacked in Egypt, so I hurried over."

"Are those also vampires?"

"That's right... that's right." Carlisle said with some hesitation, "They are in the same category as us."

"..."

"Ankeou, I'm sorry for concealing our true identities, but we have no malicious intentions." Carlisle finally walked in front of him, his golden eyes full of complexity, "Ankeou, we didn't hurt you, I never wanted to hurt you." He concluded by adding, "I can assure you that we are human beings around you."

"What do you mean?"

"We...can't smell your blood, or rather, we're not attracted to your blood."

"But you just said that Alice saw... a vampire attacking me."

"Well, about this, I think it's because you just met newborns. You know, the only impulse of newborns is to suck blood."

An Keou accepted Carlisle's explanation and sat down on the sofa, but he still didn't know how to get along with a non-human creature, so he looked out the window in silence.

The city of Alexandria at night sheds its traces of antiquity and outlines modern luxury, just like New Orleans in the [-]th century, evoking uneasiness and indulgence in people's hearts.

Ankeou sat quietly for a while, feeling that the call in his heart became stronger, and there was something under his feet, the truth he was looking for so hard.

He had a sudden urge to go now, follow the voice's instructions.

Putting on the backpack, Ankeou thought for a while, then took out a SCAR-L from the suitcase, raised his head and asked Carlisle, "Can this thing be used against newborns?"

Carlisle looked at him quietly for a long time, then said in a slightly cold voice, "An Keou, how could you think I would let you go out alone."

Ankeou was puzzled, "Carlisle?"

Carlisle sighed, he almost forgot that the boy in front of him was different from ordinary people, and that the other party's severe obsessive-compulsive disorder was beyond his ability to deal with, so he compromised, "Ankeou, these can't solve the newborn at all, besides... the number of vampires in Egypt Not a few."

Although Carlisle said it was useless, Ankeou still loaded the gun, and then sat down and asked Carlisle, "Can you tell me about you? Well, or about the vampires in Egypt. After all, I may be in It’s always good to stay here for a while, learn more, and be prepared.”

"Ankeou, can you tell me why you must go?"

"...I'm going to find out the truth of my coming into this world."

"...An Keou," Carlisle was a little skeptical, "Have you been in a bad state recently?"

An Ke'ou took a deep look at him, and let it be if he didn't believe it.But he knew that he was extremely sober and normal now.

"You know I've been thinking about one thing, should I exist, or, how should I exist, how did I come to this world." He moved his fingers, "Sometimes I really I don't think any of this is real, because it's too unreal... No real world can be as confusing as this place..."

"Yes, I know, but it's not—"

Carlisle was interrupted.

"I know you want to say that this is a symptom of depression." An Keou's face was expressionless, and his voice was very cold and indifferent, "Yes, I do not deny that I am a little depressed, but it does not mean that I have lost my normal thinking ability and Judgment."

"And, for a while, I felt like I was real, and while you were vampires, it was undeniable that you—Edward, Alice, Esme, Rosalie, oh, and of course you, Carlisle— — gave me a lot of help and care, and made me feel that this world is more real. But, I'm still not sure." He looked at Carlisle fixedly, "I need a truth."

……

Carlisle followed Ankeou to the mausoleum area in the south of the city again. Ankeou closed his eyes and felt it for a while, then decisively walked into an alley and stepped on a staircase leading to the ground.

This staircase was so hidden that even Carlisle couldn't find it, but An Keou walked down it without hindrance.

Winding along the weathered rocks, every step was filled with an unbearable breath for vampires, Carlisle couldn't help but grabbed Anke'ou's hand.

An Ke'ou wanted to struggle to free his hand, but the other party's grip was tighter.

"I need a flashlight."

The opponent finally let go of his hand.

Ankeou turned on the flashlight and walked down the steps, but felt that the steps were too long to be finished.

Suddenly, Carlisle picked him up and looked down vigilantly.Before Ankeou could react, he heard a voice say, "Ankeou, you are finally back."

"Aro?"

As Carlisle's voice fell, an elegant man of medium build appeared in front of the two of them.

"Long time no see, Carlisle."