[Interview with the Vampire] Vampire Lewell

"It's already the fifth day, right? It's unbelievable. Although David was often bewitched by boys before, it's so rare that he doesn't even leave his room for a week like this! You Did he mean he fell in love with Carlos?"

"Very likely." The vampire who had been forced to listen to the corner for several days nodded vigorously.

Because their companions stayed in the hotel room for a long time and worked hard to develop the body of the Brazilian boy, Fox and Lewell, who lost their guide, had to drink and chat in the open-air bar outside the hotel every day.

Over the past few days, Lewell has learned that Fox is the heir of a prestigious British family.He is David's classmate and comrade-in-arms.They had been through World War II together.Fox was one of those people with a pretty clear purpose.He knew exactly what he wanted.He cherishes the friendship with David very much, and he is also yearning for the tropical rainforest in South America.But he also admitted that there is not much time for him to squander.After marrying his fiancée next spring, he will end his adventures and take over his family.Lewell felt that Fox valued him to a large extent because he heard that Lewell was doing oil business in the United States.The British aristocrat also owns some oil fields.

"No, we have to disturb them. Otherwise, after all the charming jaguars are beaten, David might not be able to get out from between Carlos' legs." Fox thumped his palm with his fist, "Just Do it! I have to knock on that pink door and tell him to come with me or stay here alone. Of course, if Carlos wants to go to the Amazon jungle with us, one more It’s not bad for the locals to lead the way.”

"You think David will listen to you?" Lewell asked.

"He knows me! He knows I always walk the talk. Besides, he's the one who yearns for the jungle the most!"

Things turned out just as Fox expected.After sleepily opening the door and hearing the "ultimatum" from his friend, the British gentleman thought for a while and immediately asked Carlos if he would go hunting in the jungle with them.

There was a look of hesitation on the boy's face. "I was supposed to come here to go to school," he said in English with a South American accent. "I brought enough money. I shouldn't have been a tour guide. But you are the most charming Western man I have ever met, and I can't help it." Resisting your gaze. My heart is no longer mine the moment I see you! Okay! Let's go to the jungle! I don't know what's there to attract people from the western world, but as long as If you want to go, I am willing to lead the way for you!"

Therefore, the result of the conversation can be described as happy.Fox immediately started preparing the supplies they will use in a hurry.Lewell didn't want to part with his new friends so quickly, he began to think about whether there was a way to get a car to follow them, and then act together at night.Just as the preparations for the hunt were in full swing, strange things began to happen one after another around David.

Lewell didn't notice this at first.He only occasionally heard exclamations from the next room, and the sound of some strange objects moving.Later, after David nearly got burned by the hot water in the shower, he suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem.

They seem to have gone to hell!

There was nothing wrong with the water temperature regulating valve, but it was turned to the hottest.That sort of thing was never a mistake for a man like David.Lewell glanced at Carlos suspiciously, and the worried expression on the latter's face basically dispelled his doubts.Carlos had no reason to hurt his lover.

"This is not the first time."

David frowned and said many strange things he had encountered in the past few days.While sleeping in the middle of the night, the bed was suddenly turned upside down, and he was dumped on the ground like taking out garbage.There was a sour smell in the freshly brewed hot coffee.Suddenly a puddle of water appeared on the stairs.The door was inexplicably locked...

"Sounds like someone is playing a prank on you. How did he sneak into the room?" Fox said sullenly.

Unlike Fox, Lewell, who has been living next door to David, can be sure that there is no one else in David's room at night!

What kind of power is making such a malicious joke with David?

Just when they're at their wit's end, the mischief seems to start to escalate.In the dining room, David's plate whized off the table in full view.The glass of the cupboard shattered for no apparent reason as he walked past it.As long as David tried to reach for any wine glass, the glass would fall to the ground and shatter before his fingers touched the glass.

"There's something unusual about this," Fox said grimly.He thinks his friend has messed with some supernatural force.Such legends are not uncommon in South America.

"Indeed." Levi nodded.

For days, the vampire tried to observe what was happening, but even he couldn't catch the mysterious power.One thing that makes Lewell even more puzzled is that as long as he and David stand close enough, those strange things will not happen.Sometimes he can still feel that someone is watching him, but when he wants to look for it, the other party has disappeared without a trace.So who is it?He has no clue.

"David..." Carlos opened his mouth, his fingers tightly twisted together.

"Don't worry, I will find the reason." David patted the boy's shoulder reassuringly.

"I think... I know why," Carlos said with difficulty.

"What?" Everyone was surprised.

"That was... that was my mother cursing you. She was a powerful priestess. Have you heard of 'Candobre'?"

Fox gasped.David shot him a questioning look.

"Candobre is what people usually call spiritualism. I witnessed it once when I was in England," Fox explained.

"Spiritualism? Is that how people in the Western world interpret spirits? We here believe that priests with magical powers can communicate with invisible spirits and manipulate them. We use this power to defend our homes, or Heal the sick." Carlos paused, and then said, "My mother is the most powerful Candobre priest here, but she has lost faith in the ancient magic, thinking that only by learning the knowledge of the Western world can we get rid of it. Poor and backward. She told me to leave the jungle and study in a school run by Westerners. David, do you understand, she knows I decided to go back to the jungle with you, and she doesn't want me to do that, so she let her I'm afraid the curse won't go away until you leave me completely and leave this place. And she won't allow you to appear around here again in the future. I'm sorry because I made you unable to hunt .I can't compete with her, her magic power is so strong that she can easily kill you if she wants to." A frightened expression appeared on the boy's face.

After listening to Carlos' words, David couldn't help frowning and thinking.

"I think you should leave here immediately!" After walking back and forth a few times anxiously, Fox said to his friend, "Although I don't really believe in spiritualism, what happened in the past two days is obvious to all. David, we can Go hunting later. I don't want you to be entangled in something strange."

Carlos' eyes could not help but dim, but he also had nothing to do about it.

"Okay! Go back! Go back!" David waved his arms angrily, "but I'm not going to back down. I'm going to find a way to fix this! Yes, I'm going to find a way to get these elves out! Nobody Can threaten me to do things I don't want to do!"

Out of fear of the unknown, David and Fox finally decided to abandon their hunting plan and take the earliest boat back to London.David asked Lewell about his plans.Lewell said he plans to spend some time in South America.The elves seemed to have no effect on him anyway.

After David left, Lewell comforted Carlos.The departure of the English gentleman made his little lover faint with tears.Regardless of the boy's identity and background, his love for David is indeed from the heart.

"I don't understand! Why is this, I don't understand!" Carlos choked up, "We lived in this land when there were no Westerners. We were self-sufficient, we believed in our own gods, and we depended on those Westerners. Rituals completely incomprehensible to man drive out evil. If things go on like this, then we don't need to change at all! Now, you come, with the power to destroy everything. You trample, destroy, reshape... even the strongest The great priestess is also afraid of you. That's why she sent her only son to learn everything about the Western world. But I can't figure it out at all. The more I learn, the more I wonder. Is everything about you the truth? Is it true? Is our past really all a mistake? If only you hadn't come. Why come and change our lives, change our beliefs? Even steal my soul! Oh, my dear David He is so charming, his eyes are brighter than the stars, but he abandoned me. Just because I am the son of a Candobre priestess! Why did he suddenly come into my life and gouged out alive my heart?"

Lewell was speechless.He suddenly remembered that a few days ago, Fox talked about the sacrificial activities of the locals in Rio de Janeiro like a joke, and talked about those beliefs that the British considered stupid.

"God bless the queen! These poor natives would still be worshiping a poisonous snake if we hadn't civilized them with our guns!"

Although he disagrees with the arrogance of the British, Lewell also agrees that some customs of the locals can only show their barbarism and uncivilization in addition to making people feel exotic.

But now, he's hearing the exact opposite.

The heartbroken boy doesn't speak very logically, but the vampire gets the general idea of ​​what he's trying to convey.The collision of two completely different civilizations made him feel lost and helpless.To use a Chinese saying, a golden nest and a silver nest are not as good as your own dog's nest.When you are born in a certain civilization, maybe it is not the most advanced, maybe the more you compare it, the more you will find that it is full of flaws, but it cannot be given up.

Lewell thought for a while, touched the boy's hair, and comforted: "Even if we don't come, one day you will go out to see the world clearly. Well, Carlos, David is not no longer Came back. What did he say to you when he left?"

"He told me to wait for him. He said he would figure out everything about 'Candobre'." Carlos sniffled, "but it's no use, no one can fight the elves. Before you, I only heard No one has ever had the power to drive away spirits. I think I'd better follow my mother's orders and continue my studies."

"Wait a minute, you said there are people who can keep elves away like me?" Lewell suddenly became interested.

"Yes, that's the goddess of the jungle. She lives in the most dangerous jungle, among the beasts and snakes, and no elf can come near her! I saw her once when I was a child," recalls Cross.

"Take me to find her!"

"what?"

"Don't you want to find a way to lift the curse? The goddess of the jungle must have a way to keep the elf away from David, so that you can be together again."

Lewell decided to meet the Jungle Goddess.Of course, it would be even better if this went well enough to give David a chance to be with the boy he loves.