【Liai】The Blasphemer

YOUDO (NOT) REMEMBER

1882.4.2London

When the clock struck midnight, Alan also knocked on Levi's door.No matter how you think about it, this is a disrespectful visit, and the young detectives feel uneasy along the way.Now he waited at the door, waiting for an unlikely response.

Looking at this street again, I have to say that it is really too quiet.The pale street lamps, the dark alleys inside could not be seen clearly, sections of gray-black pavement grids one after another, and the water mist in London at night.For no reason, he thought of the fairy tales his mother read when he was a child, as if all demons appeared from this time.I don't know if the person he was waiting for had already fallen into a deep dream, maybe because he thought of that calm face, maybe because he was infected by this midnight atmosphere, his restless heart just now slowly cooled down.

A small tingling sensation continued to be felt from the scratch on the back of his right hand. Allen sighed and looked at the wound that was neither deep nor shallow.Everything seemed to be urging him to give up, deserted streets with no answer, bloody backs of hands, and, time.

Time is such a thing, the last second, the next second.

What will happen, what a coincidence—

in a moment.

He turned around to leave when the door behind him clicked open.

Alan turned his head in surprise, and saw the man, Levi, with the moonlight falling on his face.

"Lee, Mr. Levi, I'm so sorry for interrupting you so late! There's something I have to—"

"You are hurt?"

The man in the nightgown interrupted him, his face didn't look very good, and Allen interpreted it as a rightful displeasure.Regarding his question, Allen quickly put his right hand behind his back.

"I know Mr. Levi's bleeding, Miss Petra reminded me, sorry, I—"

The man turns around.

"come in."

Allen nodded, keeping his hands behind his back, and suddenly remembered something, and looked down at the boots on his feet.

Levi held a candle and led him upstairs.The long U-shaped staircase, under the light of a small cluster of fires, only the murals in one corner can be seen clearly. Allen quietly scanned the surroundings, and when he stood at the door of the living room, Levi was no longer in front of him .

The fire in the fireplace was lit just now. Allen sat down on the sofa. The night before was still vivid in his memory. He did not expect that he would come back here after a turning point. With such a mood, in such a time.

When Levi reappeared in this room, he had something extra in his hands.He pulled up a chair and sat down next to Allen, who was surprised by his sudden approach.Levi stretched out his hand to him in a simple and clear manner, seeing that the other party was still standing there, he added lightly:

"hand."

Allen was still thinking about apologizing again, as if facing this man he would involuntarily become cautious.Hearing his words, he stretched out his hand subconsciously, watched the other party hold his right hand, straightened his hand with the back of his hand facing up, and then took a small bottle of red and black liquid.

He tilted the bottle and dripped the liquid onto the wound on the back of his hand, and spread it evenly along the slender wound with his fingers.A trace of coolness penetrated into the skin, the back of the hand was dark red, and the residual slight pain completely disappeared with the touch of the opponent's fingertips.

Allen looked at him inexplicably like this, the fire in the fireplace illuminated his cold and handsome face, and the warm orange light fell on such a frozen face, blurring the lines and touching the soft place in people's hearts .

After feeling the palpitations, he subconsciously looked away, like a shy kid.

He stared at the snow-white scarf that he had re-tied at the collar of his shirt after changing out of his pajamas, which felt familiar and speechless.Levi takes the bandage and wraps it around the back of his hand, one loop, another loop, and fastens it gently.Finally, after all this was done, he moved his eyes from the bandaged hand to the eyes of the owner of the hand. When they looked at each other again, Allen opened his mouth, but the words lost all power at that moment.

The man spoke first: "No need to apologize."

But that's not what he wanted to say.

"Mr. Levi—"

"what?"

Allen moved his lips:

"Thank you."

The big brown-haired boy withdrew his hand, and he was extremely flattered when he came back to his senses. Instead of expressing something that he didn't know how to express, he might as well——

He raised the corners of his mouth and gave a thankful smile.

The smile fell into Levi's eyes, and it still didn't disappear after he turned around.

One second, the next second——

in a moment.

"""

"So, what do you want to say?"

"About that last case. In short, although the case is closed, I believe that it is not the truth. I want to know the truth, Mr. Levi, and I believe you know something!"

Allen sat on the side, and he frowned involuntarily when he thought of the business.Levi was scrutinizing his expression, then hummed lightly.

"What are you doing? Carrying out justice, or satisfying your own curiosity?"

"Both."

"Curiosity kills people sometimes, you—"

"If this world." Allen interrupted what Levi was about to say, this was the first time.But he really couldn't hold back, the determination in his green eyes made him no longer afraid of anything.

"If in this world, all you can see is what others let you see, it's like living in the sky surrounded by high walls. Is that okay? Anyway, I..."

"I'm so unhappy."

"Oh?"

Levi looks at him, into his stubborn, unyielding eyes.

"as you wish."

"Hey?"

"What do you want to know?"

The other party's so talkative attitude surprised Allen again, what do you want to know?If you really want to list them one by one, there are quite a few.So let's start asking from the most superficial, Allen hesitated for a while, and asked:

"Is the murderer in this case really Frante?"

"No."

"Inspector Erwin covered up the truth of the matter, and then used me to close the case, so everyone will be convinced?"

"Yes."

After two simple rounds of yesorno, Alan's expression had already become stiff.Obviously I deduced the situation by myself, and I was mentally prepared, but after being confirmed by another person, I still felt very uncomfortable, whether it was anger or disappointment.

"Beforehand, Irwin is not as dereliction of duty as you imagined, on the contrary, he made a decision that is good for everyone."

As if seeing through his mind, Levi added this sentence unhurriedly.

Allen disagreed: "Heh, everyone. Including me who was used?"

"Including you," Levi stood up, walked to the wall, and took down a candlestick.

"And me."

Levi raised his hand to touch the mural on the wall, pushed a corner of the mural, and with a click, the mechanism was triggered.It was as if countless gears were turning vaguely, the floor began to shake, and the fireplace slowly moved one meter to the right, revealing a hidden door.

Allen looked at all this in amazement, watched Levi push open the door, and looked at the stairs extending downward behind the door, leading to a dark place without light.

"Give you an ending that satisfies everyone, you don't want it."

"So, if you really want to know it all, what the world is like, come with me."

Levi stood in front of the door leading to the darkness, like a son of a devil hiding in the world, extending an invitation to mortals.In other words, he was giving him the last chance to think about it, as if it was a forbidden garden that once stepped into, he could never get out of it.

Allen hesitated, really hesitated.He looked at Levi's still expressionless face, and began to wonder if it was right for him to go here alone and break into the center of the fog alone.

But the funny thing is, until the end, it never occurred to him to think about the possibility that he had mistrusted him.

He believed in him so much, Alan believed in Levi's personality and didn't need to tell any lies.That's why he reached out to him without any reason.

Just like in the parallel timeline, the high wall thousands of years ago, and the sea a few years later.

In fact, it was just a simple staircase, turning downwards, and Alan followed closely behind Levi.After walking for a while, Allen estimated the distance and height in his mind, which should have reached at least five meters underground.Who built such a secret passage?It seems that this building itself also hides many unknown stories.

Allen looked intently at the person in front of him, no amount of stories could match this person, Levi, he himself is a secret.Thinking that the man stopped at this moment, Allen saw another door.

It was an old door, and the painted pattern on the door had peeled off a lot, and it could be seen clearly by the firelight, black-winged bats, thorny roses, and a pure black coffin.There was a chill in Alan's heart, but Levi didn't stop this time, and put his finger in a dark groove on the door.

There are thorns in the recess, and a thin stream of blood runs down Levi's finger and drips onto the door.Allen became more and more nervous, as if he heard his heartbeat, Levi turned his face to look into his eyes, and when Allen met his eyes, he heard him say——

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

These words were like magic, and the fear in Alan's heart disappeared, he just felt cold.There is a spacious flat land in front of him, perhaps because there is no sunshine all year round, the coldness here seeps into the skin and stings the bones.The dim cold light came from nowhere, illuminating the space.Until Alan saw that there was something in this space other than Levi and himself, he couldn't help taking a breath, and he understood where the gloom came from.

That's hundreds of coffins.

Allen took a few deep breaths, and he was surprised that he wasn't very scared.This place is probably... a huge underground cemetery?

"What Erwin is covering up is our existence."

us?Certainly excluding this clueless young detective, Allen can only come to one conclusion, Levi's "we" refers to him and... those people in the coffin.

"In 1854, I accidentally saved the lives of Erwin and his father. Since then, they have been one of the very few people in Scotland Yard who know our identities."

Levi spoke flatly, and Alan was behind him receiving the messages.Compared to the question "Isn't Mr. Levi dizzy?", he is now trying to search for something related to the number 1854. From 1831 to 1854, there were four major cholera outbreaks in the UK, and tens of thousands of people died. London, which had just industrialized, was hit hard by waves of infectious diseases.Inspector Erwin was only in his teens at the time, but—

Allen looked at the back of the man in front of him, but even if he saw Levi's mature words and deeds, he couldn't ignore his 30-year-old face. In 1854, 28 years ago...

In the chaotic thinking, the only possible answer gradually came to mind. Allen's breathing rhythm changed from rapid to steady, and three corpses fell on the ground without much blood. The piercing wound, and then, the end of the chaos is the corner of the mouth of the old woman on the corner with a wry smile.

"...pire."

"In the city of London where desires are inflated, someone will always do something out of the ordinary."

"Whether it's a person or a person."

When he came to the door of a room, Levi stopped and looked back at the pale Alan.

"Out of my bondage, vampire."

Allen couldn't speak, and Levi pushed the door open.Alan's pupils dilated, and a bloody smell rushed to his face. He was dizzy and nauseated for a while, so he had to cover his mouth.

Lying on the ground in front of him was a person fixed by black chains, his dry and blackened skin, his face could no longer be recognized, but his ferocious expression could still be seen clearly.There was a silver sword stuck in his chest, from which dark red blood flowed into a dark groove underground, and flowed to an unknown place.

"Erwin is looking for a decent scapegoat, and I'm secretly looking for the real culprit. This is the so-called agreement."

"The guys at Scotland Yard are starting to suspect Erwin's behavior, so he has to use you this time."

——Alan, I have my reasons.

It took him a long time to regain his composure.The shock brought to him by this night was far from something that could be resisted by a few bluffs and psychological preparations.He almost misunderstood a person who had been under tremendous psychological pressure since he didn't know when, and who worked hard to balance the seemingly stable illusion of this society.He instantly understood the so-called difficulties, but what he didn't know was what to do with himself after seeing all this.

"Satisfied? This is the truth."

"A branch of the demon race that lives silently in the dark of the empire on which the sun never sets under the king's will."

Levi looked at Alan's green eyes shrouded in shadows, and said lightly.

"The king of this declining clan is fed up with wars, intrigues, and being controlled by bloodthirsty desires, and he can't stop hating himself, me."

"Did you see it? This is the sky outside the high wall. Unfortunately, there is not much sunshine and beautiful scenery."

The man looks away.

He seemed to be mentally prepared to be questioned by the young man, or just keep silent, the other party should avoid him.

In the silence, for some reason, he still felt a little lost beyond reason.

He thought he would be special.

"However, I don't hate to know, Levi's existence itself."

The young man's voice rang in his ears, with undeniable firmness.He clenched his fists, his voice trembling, but he wanted to finish what he wanted:

"Mr. Levi is obviously a very gentle person, I mean, willing to tell me this, even if you will end my life in the end."

I really don't know where the courage came from, but I was almost choked to tears by the smell of blood and rancidity.I really don't understand where this calmness comes from.But there is always a kind of loneliness and forbearance for thousands of years, which makes people feel distressed when they think about it.

"No matter how cruel the truth is, I would rather believe it. This cognition itself is better than living in an illusion."

"At least I have untied the knot in my heart, at least I have seen the world more clearly."

I really admire myself for being able to say this, so if I continue to speak, even if my vision is blurred, I can't see the other person's expression clearly.

"It's weird, I should be... very, very scared, and run away screaming. But I'm still standing in front of you, aren't I?"

- He is special.

The man took a deep breath.

"You are not afraid because I told you not to be. This is the third last point."

"Now, Alan, remove the bandages from your hands."

Allen raised his hand involuntarily, taking his bandages round and round, and he felt it.His actions are not directed by himself at all.The bandage fell off, and there was no scar on the bare back of the hand, only a dark red blood shell remained.

"My blood can heal your wounds, but it cannot undo death. This is the penultimate point."

"profit--"

"Shh, don't talk."

"..."

Allen found that he couldn't make a sound. He wanted to look away and ask for control, but he couldn't do it at all.He shivered as he watched Levi get closer, closer, couldn't get any closer.Then he leaned up slightly and kissed his lips. In such a cold underground, in such a space filled with blood mist, Allen will never be able to talk about it again, his first kiss.

Levi's fangs bit the corner of his mouth, and Allen felt his blood being sucked.And then Levi bites his own as well.Warm blood mixed with cold blood, and Levi ends the kiss.

"You're going to get out of here, go home, clean yourself, and go to sleep."

"And you won't have nightmares anymore, you believe your mother's soul is at peace in heaven."

"After the sun rises again, I won't remember everything about tonight."

"You won't remember me, that's the last thing to say."

The face in front of him gradually became younger against time. The little boy shrunk in a corner of the room, looking in horror at the mother who had stopped breathing and her bleeding neck lying by the window.

Then he said exactly the same thing as then.

"Good night, my boy."

"""

Back in the empty living room again, Levi lost his mind for a moment.He looked at the small bottle of dark red liquid on the table, at the unused roll of bandages, and recalled that thankful smile.

He tried to understand the lack of tranquility in his heart, and then he recalled it after a long, long time, and found that this was probably the only moment that was forever frozen in his long memory.

Because that smile is the warmest thing in this big cold house, and the brightest thing in this world, no matter how richly decorated it is—it is what he remembers with his eyes and heart in front of his time-stopped body smile.He vowed not to cloud that smile.

Now Levi still doesn't know that he will break his peaceful life of anonymity for such a person, and only miss the present age for him alone. Parcel Spring [-].

This is the only one, for Yeager who is forgetting him, for that young and pure heart.