Ring

The wind between heaven and earth suddenly stopped.

Jingbayi opened his eyes puzzled, only to find that the folding fan that was supposed to sink into his heart was blocked by a long knife that was as dark as the midnight sky.

And the person holding the long knife was also panting slightly, as if blocking her suicide at the nick of time also consumed some of his physical strength.

The woman raised her pale face, followed the knife-wielding man's hand, and her eyes fell on his face.

She looked at him silently, without gratitude in her eyes.On the contrary, those jade-like eyes were full of pain, expressing the meaning clearly: "Why do you want to prevent me from dying?"

"Thank you, Count Bathory."

Master Qin Gu's voice sounded behind him.Edgar took the folding fan out of her hand, but the woman didn't make any resistance.Now she is like a doll that has lost consciousness.Master Qin Gu immediately took over her exhausted figure, and looked at her worriedly.

Wei Shenzhi also stepped forward and said to him, "Edgar, thanks to you."

"...It's nothing." Edgar's eyes lingered on Jing Batwing for a moment, and then he turned his eyes to Scott who was standing aside as if watching a good show, "Mr. Marquis de Rais, I I don’t remember that you once handed over a greeting card to Bathory’s house, and I don’t even remember when I invited you to visit me.”

"You don't need to be so close to the enemy, Earl Bathory, I just came here to visit the magician you brought back from the East." Recalling Wei Shenzhi's sword just now, there was a smile of approval on his lips. Smiling, "As expected of someone who can repel Miss Savannah Hester and Miss Ann Iska."

"Oh?" Edgar crossed his arms and smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, "So you brought your wife of the Fusangshen to my castle to make such a fuss? Scott , I refuse to go around in circles with you. If you have something to say, just talk about it."

"It's nothing, just to express my support to you. Anyway, as long as the person who rules Bathory is a man, then I will support you with my hands—if you need it." He said while paying attention to Edgar Look, "As for my wife, I'm sorry, I just want her to meet her old friend."

"Old man." Edgar understood that he was referring to Master Qin Gu, "However, your real purpose is probably to let this 'old man' tell her that the person she cares about is for her old man and this old man. Beheaded by a disciple of an old man?"

Wei Shenzhi had no time to stop it.As soon as Edgar finished speaking, Scott showed a triumphant look: "Look, this is what you said. Originally, I just wanted to let my beloved wife know that the slut she missed would not come back .”

"...Yuezheng, what did he mean..."

Her real body was broken by herself. At this moment, she was lying weakly in Master Qin's arms, looking at him mournfully, which made the luthier in white lower his eyes.

"Don't you understand, my dear girl. Your blue-faced confidant adopted an orphan as an apprentice, raised her and then disappeared. Then this infatuated girl came to the Central Plains in order to find her master, It happened that Miss Van Milion came to the Central Plains to burn, kill and loot, so she fought her duel. When she was about to be defeated by Miss Van Milion, your best friend appeared and killed Miss Van Milion."

"Ayi..." Master Qin lowered his head, his long hair fell down his side face in strands, and fell on Jingbayi's forehead, "I'm sorry, I don't know..."

"..."

"Is this... all true?"

"What?" Qin Gu was stunned.

"Natalie Nafu she... invaded the Central Plains..."

Master Qin Gu raised his head and looked at Wei Shenzhi as if asking for help.And the Taoist in Tsing Yi stepped forward, knelt down and looked at her.

"I'm very sorry, but it's all true."

Hearing his answer, Mo Yu's eyes lost their last brilliance.She closed her eyes, leaned against Master Qin Gu's arms, and never spoke again.

Edgar watched all this, and said to Scott who was about to leave: "In the future, please don't hurt innocent people because of your stupid ideology and personal beliefs. Please don't do what you were imprisoned in the past. The despicable deeds committed by the Marquis de Sade of the Bastille take pleasure in destroying strong, rebellious women."

"I will remember the Earl's advice clearly." Scott stepped forward, staring at Edgar with burning eyes.His face was so close to his, that even his breath could blow on his face.And Edgar just watched his movements coldly, showing no intention of avoiding him at all.

"However, before the Earl condemns me, you'd better think about educating those noble ladies in your clan. They are the real perverts, and they will have no less bad taste than me."

"If I saw it, I would correct it. Unfortunately, I didn't see how they were perverted. Instead, I saw your bad taste. It really makes me sick."

In the face of his merciless condemnation, Scott only left a string of laughter, and then left under the leadership of the guards.Edgar came to Wei Shenzhi's side while disgusted by the other party's previous eyes: "The pervert didn't do anything to you, did he?"

"What can he do to me?" Wei Shenzhi shrugged, "Instead of worrying about this, it's better to worry about Batwing Jing. She looks like this...Miss Batwing Jing, are you okay?"

Hearing his call, the woman lying in Master Qin's arms slowly opened her eyes.Her eyes are still painful, but they are no longer blurred.

"Mr. Wei, I am extremely sorry for what Natalie Naval has done."

"You don't need to apologize for her. This has nothing to do with you." Wei Shenzhi said, "Compared to this...your body..."

"Thank you and Earl Bathory for saving me." Jing Batwing looked at him gratefully, "But...my time is running out."

Edgar looked at the folding fan in his hand and said, "Actually, you don't need to be so pessimistic. This folding fan... I think there should be a way to repair it."

Jingbayi, who received such a guarantee, just showed a grateful smile, then closed his eyes, fell into a deep sleep, and never opened his eyes again.

........................

When Edgar went out, he finally fulfilled the obligation of the Patriarch - when the previous Patriarchs of the Bathory family inherited the title, they had to go to other clans to meet them in person.He was supposed to go to de Rais's last, but the leader of the perverted gang came uninvited.Although he caused a great chaos here, he still left his "wife" of Fusangshen just like that.Anyway, the meeting is over.What he has to do now is to wait for the arrival of the Lord of Darkness with peace of mind.

……

"Owner."

A voice that suddenly appeared behind him brought him back to his thoughts.Wei Shenzhi turned around, and saw the black-clothed swordsman standing behind him as expected.At this moment, the usually indifferent swordsman showed hesitation and indecision for the first time, so Wei Shenzhi asked:

"what happened?"

"It's about Miss Jingbawing. Are you...really planning to save her?"

Wei Shenzhi thought he was worried about her, so he said: "As long as her original body is repaired, won't she be fine? The folding fan is not badly damaged. Edgar has already gone to repair it. You don't have to worry about her. .”

Zhengzong Zhuzhan was silent for a while, before saying: "Please follow me to see her."

……

The eyes of the woman lying on the bed were slightly closed, her cheeks as white as jade were as pale as marble at this moment.The silky long hair like a flowing spring was scattered around her side, entwined around her fingertips.Her breath was light and short, and her eyelashes, like a small fan, were trembling uncontrollably, casting a shadow on her face.Several times, she chanted Nathalie Neff's name, and stretched out her feeble fingers in the air, as if to caress her cheeks, but they all fell powerlessly in the end.

Her eyes were extremely painful, but the corners of her long and narrow eyes still did not shed a single tear.

Master Qin Gu sat beside her, holding one of her hands.And Daozhen Angong also lost the gentle smile in the past, he stared at her, frowning slightly, but did not speak.

Seeing this situation, Wei Shenzhi knew that something was wrong.He walked up quickly to test Jing Batwing's breath.Probably because his movements were too big, and the woman who was immersed in the dream and reality was pulled back to reality for a short time.She looked at him, showing a weak smile:

"Master Shenzhi."

"...How did it become like this? Your real body is obviously about to be repaired..."

"No, Lord Shenzhi, this has nothing to do with whether my real body is damaged or not." She exhaled weakly, showing a pale smile, "The real body of the Yuezheng was split in two by a long black knife in the past. After all, the kite has not disappeared. Therefore..."

"So...how can I save you?"

"I am a monster cultivated from utensils, and I am living in this world because I inherited my master Shizuozen's longing for Minamoto Yoshitsune..." Her voice was intermittent, and her breath was not stable.Wei Shenzhi saw Master Qin stretching out his hand, and seemed to want to stop her from continuing to speak, to prevent her from continuing to consume energy, but in the end he silently lowered his arm without saying anything.

"Thus, what maintains our existence is our wish. If our wish can be fulfilled, then we can also fall into a deep sleep with peace of mind. But now...my wish...can be regarded as fulfilled."

Wei Shenzhi was taken aback by the word "wish"—Jiang Zeyue said when he handed Masamune Zhuzhan and Daozhen Angong to him that they could only terminate the contract with Wei Shenzhi after they fulfilled their wishes. .However, now it seems that when the contract is completed, it is time for them to die?

Daozhen Angong avoided Wei Shenzhi's questioning eyes.But Masamune Tokuzhan was silent for a long time, then nodded.

"I have inherited the wish of my master, Shizuo Mae. My master...has been depressed by the guilt of not being able to protect Mr. Minamoto Yoshitsune. My only wish is to protect the person I want to protect until death... ..."

"But, she's gone."

"I have fulfilled my wish. When she is alive, I will protect her at all costs. It doesn't even matter if I consider Scott as my master..."

"In this case, I can rest in peace in Izanami's country..."

Her voice became smaller and weaker, and the hand held by Qin Guzhu gradually turned into a light spot of nothingness.The woman's figure gradually became transparent, turning into a tiny halo, which gradually dissipated in the candlelight.

Even when she disappeared, she still didn't shed a single tear.