Are you doing this for freedom? For revenge? Or are you enjoying the pleasure of being enemies with the world?
At this mont, Sylphine felt as if she saw a sinister light flashing in Ashes pitch-black eyes. She had only seen such eyes on her teacher before eyes that longed to see the world burn.
But Ashe quickly put on his familiar cheeky grin, making Sylphine wonder if she had imagined it.
I just want to be able to pick my ears anyti, anywhere, he shrugged and smiled. Instead of having to go to the bathroom every ti I want to pick my ears or nose.
Also, being exploited without making money really crosses the bottom line for a worker like . Whenever I think about this, I get so depressed that my hormones are out of whack and my endocrine system fails.
Sylphine asked, Is it worth dying for sothing like this?
Not worth it, but I may not necessarily die, Ashe smiled. As long as I leave the Bloodmoon Kingdom, I can naturally start a new life.
Leave? Sylphine was puzzled. Where do you want to go? How will you leave?
I dont know, do you have any good recomndations?
I do! Ive read about many other kingdoms in books. I most want to go to the monstrous kingdom built in the Abyss, then the epheral kingdom where all souls have eternal life, and also the stellar kingdom that controls the skies
Ashe waved his hand, No, I actually hope you can recomnd a way to leave Bloodmoon.
How would I know how to leave Bloodmoon Each kingdom is a completely closed off world, there is no conventional way to travel between kingdoms. If there was, they would have fought and beco one kingdom long ago. Sylphine was a little exasperated. You dont even know how to leave yet you want to leave Bloodmoon? Give it up Ashe, the Blood Mad Hunters hurt a lot when they hit people.
But Im sure I can leave Bloodmoon.
Im very doubtful of your earlier claim to be the only normal person on the team now. Theres no hope at all, what miracle are you still hoping for?
Ashe thought for a mont and said, Although it sounds far-fetched as evidence, I learned from the Destiny Oracle that I will leave Bloodmoon in the future.
Sylphine was stunned. Destiny Oracle? Really?
Really.
Damn it, how did you get such good luck?!
Ashe blinked. Im escaping from prison now, not going on vacation.
But Im still so envious! Sylphine said sourly. For us dics, our future lives are decided early on. Were only allowed to live under the glory of Bloodmoon, everything we do has rules and regulations, life is full of untouchable warning lines everywhere.
She said dejectedly, Other than virtual world exploration and surgery, there is no passion in my future. Its like a pond of stagnant water slowly turning foul.
Then do you want to co with ? Ashe smiled. We still lack a dic on our team.
Sylphine couldnt rember how many tis she had been stunned speechless by Ashes words.
Are you serious?
Of course, Im not inviting you to go to the bathroom with . This is a prison break, how can I joke about it?
Youre kidding, Im a dic with a bright future ahead, why would I go on the run with you and live such a precarious life?
Why are you asking ? Ashe spread his hands. Im just giving you a choice as a friend. You should ask yourself do you want to abandon your current life and co with ?
Sylphine hurriedly retorted, What friend Thats right! Last ti you ca up with all kinds of excuses to borrow my dic uniform, it was to use for your prison break, wasnt it?
Yes.
Then how can you call us friends? You were clearly just using !
Being friends with you and using you are not mutually exclusive. I hope youll join my team, but I also hope you get to live the life you want. Working where you like is living, working where you dont like is punishnt.
So selfishness is understandable, but I wont be so selfish as to think others are selfless. So I wont say nonsense that even con artists are too lazy to say, like trust .
Ashe held out his hand to Sylphine, Ill just ask, do you want to co with ?
Thump.
Her stagnant heart seed to beat, her cold blood seed to warm. Born in a top nurturing facility, strictly educated since young, beca one of the sacred bloodline before even graduating, never violated any rules or laws Sylphine encountered such outrageous invitation for the first ti.
It was like a fish living in a pond being asked by a passing bird if it wanted to leave together.
I dont want to.
What a pity.
Ashe didnt expect to lure away the dic with just a few words. He went over, picked up the cannibal mayor, See you next ti then, [222].
Sylphine suddenly had the urge to tell him her real na, but held back: Will there be a next ti? Even if there is, you definitely wont recognize .
Then youll have to remind , Ashe smiled. Ill tell you stories about whats outside the Bloodmoon Kingdom, look forward to it.
Wait.
Ashe stopped and looked at Sylphine strangely. Sylphine was at a loss for words, she didnt know what she wanted to say either tell him to surrender? Tell him to stay here and wait for death?
After a mont of silence, she turned her head away and said softly, If, if I have a way for you to clear your charges, and even leave Craglake to start a new life, able to live openly in the Bloodmoon Kingdom, would you be willing?
There was indeed a way for a heinous cult leader to have his cris pardoned and leave prison.
That was to turn the criminal into a Bloodmoon Shade.
Cris committed by the two Bloodmoon races were not subject to normal judicial procedures, only handled by the Church and Research Institute. If the criminal beca one of the sacred bloodline, they had to be handed over to the Research Institute. The most common punishnt the Institute gave its kin was house arrest and forced labor, usually in centuries-long sentences, but they would not execute their kin.
However, converting between the sacred and the shades required complex procedures, absolutely not sothing death row inmates in prison could accomplish, unless
Unless the most primitive kin propagation thod was used, such as the Embrace Ceremony.
But besides the sacred bloodlines strong will, the Embrace Ceremony also had requirents for the recipient the recipient needed to fall in love with
Sylphine suddenly realized an issue.
Why did she want to keep Ashe around, even willing to Embrace him? Because she didnt want Ashe to leave, she wanted Ashe to stay.
The pond fish wouldnt leave with the bird, but would drag the bird into the pond, hoping the bird would also beco a fish.
Did the Embrace Ceremony really require the recipient to fall for the sacred bloodline?
In many bio-augntation surgeries, there were cases of the patients personality changing due to the augntations. chanical augntations reduced desires, leading to the pursuit of spiritual fulfillnt instead; Abyssal augntations increased destructive urges, making them more irritable and angry; Aviary augntations made the patients enjoy eating insect cuisine
The sacred bloodline were not all telepaths, how could they know the recipients true feelings for them?
They only assud the recipient fell in love with them.
Perhaps this was not a prerequisite for the ritual, but a result of the ritual.
The na Embrace ans the first embrace. And the truth behind the Embrace Ceremony was perhaps more romantic, yet also more cruel, than recorded.
Im not willing.
Sylphine looked at Ashe. Ashe shrugged, Although I dont know what thod you ntioned, I probably wouldnt be willing either way.
Why not?
While it may be too small a sample size to generalize, from what Ive gathered in prison, I feel the outside Bloodmoon Kingdom is perhaps just a bigger Craglake. Ashe sighed, I dont think Im so freedom terrorist, but I feel I probably still wouldnt be able to breathe out there.
Its not that Bloodmoon cannot accommodate , but that I cannot accommodate Bloodmoon.
How arrogant, Sylphine smiled faintly. You really are a cult leader through and through.
Ill take that as a complint for now, sorry to disappoint your goodwill.
Its fine, I regretted it as soon as I said it anyway, fortunately you didnt agree. Sylphine waved her hand. See you, Ashe Heath.
Ashe suddenly rembered sothing. Speaking of which, I still dont know your na.
If I tell you my na, Id be breaking the rules. And you say youre not a cult leader, trying to seduce into cri right before leaving?
Youre right, but it doesnt feel good to part like this. We should at least shake hands.
Ashe directly tossed the cannibal mayor aside and walked over to extend his right hand to Sylphine.
While it may be nothing to you, Ashe said seriously, Ive always been grateful that you kept pulling back each ti from deaths grasp. Several tis I felt like I heard a crowd critiquing how I didnt die spectacularly enough
That may be an early sign of schizophrenia, I suggest getting a new brain.
Every statent from you expands my understanding of biotech
Sylphine looked at Ashes hand, and suddenly felt an urge. She walked over and hugged Ashe briefly.
In Ashes startled mont, she let go and stepped back a few steps, murmuring softly: As expected, its not that simple Alright, the farewell ceremony is over, you should get going.
Huh? Youre actually a girl?
Do you have any objections? The more you guess, the closer I am to committing a cri.
No objections at all. And to preserve the feeling from earlier, Ive decided to never bathe again from now on-
Get out of here!
Watching Ashe leave the dical room carrying Fernand, Sylphine felt sowhat downcast for so reason, feeling empty inside.
She shook her head, shaking off the pointless thoughts, and turned to head back to the rest lounge.
This was just a trivial interlude in her millennia of life. She couldnt accept Ashes invitation her bloodline didnt allow it, her soul didnt allow it, her mission didnt allow it.
Because she was Sylphine Gauven, the most gifted of the bloodline in a millennium.
Just as she grasped the side door handle, she suddenly heard the thump of a heartbeat.
But it wasnt her heartbeat.
It ca from below the prison, from the depths of Broken Lake, where the finger shark guarded the Black Coffin tomb!
Junior your Blood Lock needs help?
Sylphine didnt push open the door. She looked at the pitch-black, reflective door panel that could almost serve as a mirror.
She saw that her blood-red eyes were sared black.
They looked like ordinary human eyes, like Ashe Heaths eyes.
No need. Go back to sleep.
The heartbeat gradually faded away, disappearing into Broken Lakes waves.
Sylphine pushed open the door and returned to the dical officers lounge.
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