Lake looked at the little cotton-padded jacket flying around in the carriage and quickly rescued it.
"pain!"
"…"
Little cotton-padded jacket Catherine rubbed her forehead, as if trying to make the big bump that didn't exist at all go away. Her eyes were full of tears, and she looked so pitiful.
Lake pretended to take the bamboo dragonfly away: "Then I don't want this thing anymore."
Catherine blinked her eyes, and with a whoosh, she once again used her arm-holding technique to hug Lake's right arm, giggling, "I like it very much. Thank you, Daddy."
Lake shook his head helplessly, looking like he had no way to deal with Catherine.
So...
Daughters are still better.
obedient.
sensible.
Know how to act coquettishly.
By the way, what does Skye look like when she acts like a spoiled brat?
Well...
Lake thought so in his heart, and then quickly shook his head.
soon.
The train arrived at the castle.
only.
Catherine looked up at the castle looming in the distance, sniffed her nose, and said to Lake, "Daddy, Kraven is up there."
Lake hummed.
In the ancient castle.
Kraven, wearing a black windbreaker and with hippie-style medium-length hair, is visiting Emilia.
Kraven hadn't been to his place for about four days since he last came back, which made Kraven feel a little uneasy.
"Elder."
Emilia, always a Valkyrie in front of her enemies and always dignified and graceful in front of strangers, remained expressionless. She interrupted Craven in a cold voice, "David has been grounded by his father."
Kraven frowned and said, "But David has already joined the Death Walkers."
According to the rules of the Death Walkers, any Death Walker who joins is not allowed to leave without permission, and the Death Walkers obey the orders of the Archon. Emilia is the Archon, but Marcus is about to take power, so all matters, big and small, are temporarily transferred to Kraven's hands.
Kraven's meaning was clear.
Emilia, who is about to fall asleep, has already resigned, and David's father has no right to ask about the future of David, who has already joined the Death Walker.
Emilia said nothing, looking deeply at Kraven who was standing in front of her.
Kraven is not from Emilia's branch. Although Kraven was transformed by the vampires under Marcus, Emilia has been well aware of Kraven's ambitions over the past hundred years.
but...
If you have ambition but no ability, you are at most a clown.
and.
Kraven does have management skills. Although Kraven encouraged his silly son to foolishly challenge his father, Lake didn't show any expression, and Emilia would not interfere.
Although Emilia didn't know what Lake was planning, based on Emilia's understanding of Lake, anyone who dared to offend him would be killed by Lake without hesitation. Even his own son was almost killed. How could Kraven survive?
Is this possible?
Emilia raised her eyes and looked towards the gate of the castle.
Kraven's face changed and he turned around to look at the gate of the castle.
"Daddy."
Little Cotton Jacket Catherine smiled sweetly, then unconcealedly glanced at Kraven, who was standing in the hall with eyes full of desire, with disgust, and then said to Lake: "I'm going back to my room first."
Lake hummed.
His eyes moved as he looked towards Kraven in the hall.
Last year, when Lake came and found out that Kraven had teased his stupid son, he wanted to kill this guy, but considering what happened this year, Lake just slapped him a few times.
I thought this guy would be scared.
Unexpectedly...
careerist.
Lake's evaluation of Kraven is the same as Emilia's, except that he is an ambitious man with no real ability. Although he is still called an ambitious man, he is the kind of ambitious man who only dreams.
Kraven looked at Katherine who was leaving and Lake who was coming in, and said to Emilia, "Elder, I'm leaving first."
Emilia said nothing.
"etc."
"…"
After Lake came in, he stopped Kraven and gestured for him to sit down.
Kraven was about to decline.
boom!
A breath as strong as the scorching sun suddenly emanated from Lake's body.
Kraven's eyes narrowed.
this...
Lake's tone was calm and unquestionable: "Sit!"
Kraven was silent for a moment, then sat down in a chair near him.
Lake sat down across from Craven and took a glass of his favorite bourbon from Emilia. He took a sip, shook his head, and laughed, "Are you here to see David?"
Kraven hesitated, his mind racing: "Yes, David is a Death Walker..."
Lake interrupted directly, put down his glass, and said in a dark tone: "I returned home four days ago. David went to your place and came back and told me that I was unworthy of being his father. He even felt disgusted by the presence of my blood in his body. Craven, do you know how I answered him?"
Kraven's eyes narrowed slightly as he explained, "Sir, I didn't..."
Lake interrupted again with a sinister smile on his face: "On the first day, when my stupid son came back, I broke his legs."
The angel fountain statue in the square outside the house was broken into two pieces.
Lake pointed at the fountain statue and said, "Look, that's what my stupid son broke after I hit him."
Kraven opened his mouth, then wisely chose to keep it shut.
Lake took a quick glance and continued, "Three days later, his legs were healed. Do you know what I did?"
Murderous intent instantly overflowed.
Even Kraven could hardly bear the murderous intent that Lake displayed without any concealment.
Vampires kill a lot?
Oh.
No more.
To be frank, since Lake joined the army, the number of people he has killed, although not far more than Emilia, is at least enough to crush Kraven in terms of number.
Not to mention, the murderous aura on Lake's body was actually brought out on the battlefield.
Even if Lake didn't activate his dragon claw hand, his murderous aura was no match for Kraven, who relied on his many advantages as a vampire.
Lake pointed at the broken hole in the castle with an expressionless face. "The second time, I asked that rebellious son if he felt my bloodline disgusted him. He said no, so I killed him straight away..."
Kraven looked up.
Lake took a deep breath, glanced at Emilia, chuckled, and looked at Kraven. "Almost. If Emilia hadn't protected that rebellious son, I wouldn't have pulled him back from Mephisto. Oh, you don't know who Mephisto is, but the Lord of Hell should know. After that, I put that rebellious son in solitary confinement for a month to reflect on his actions. I also told Emilia that if she dared to look at him, I would kill her too!"
Cold sweat broke out on Kraven's forehead.
The thick aura of war and the voice devoid of any emotion pulled him out of the feeling that everything was calculated, and what was left was all kinds of anxiety and fear as he had nothing to rely on.
how so.
Thirteen years ago, when Emilia held two children and announced in public that they were adopted by her and her husband, Craven felt something strange.
Because Emilia's personality is so cold, she is not the type of female vampire who would find someone to pet her.
so...
He became interested in Lake, and his intuition told him that the two children were not adopted by Emilia, but her biological children?
reason?
Whenever Kraven came here to report to Emilia, the ruler for the past hundred years, he could read in Emilia's eyes the undisguised and even hundreds of times greater love that a human woman has for her offspring when she looked at Catherine and David.
This is normal.
Emilia was converted by Marcus before they got married. Naturally, her love for her son and daughter, whom she had waited for hundreds or even thousands of years, was far greater than that of ordinary people.
after.
After meeting Lake, Kraven became even more certain that Lake was definitely not just a pet.
There's something strange.
Kraven had a plan, but because of Lake's appearance, he suddenly lost control of the rhythm of the plan. He knew nothing about Lake, and he even sent people to look for Lake secretly, but every time Lake got off the plane, he would disappear without a trace as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth.
This year his plan was about to be implemented, so he had to take the risk of messing with David, leading David into indulgence, brainwashing David that humans were just their blood food, trying to get David to help him find out what Lake relied on. At the very least, he could use this to make David and Emilia dissatisfied. In the end, with a little trickery, he could conquer and, with some effort, make this a loyal Death Walker whose strength was no less than Selena's.
but...
This plan seemed to be different from what he had imagined.
David's leg was broken.
David was nearly killed.
this...
Kraven listened to the cold yet teasing voice that rang in his ears. He looked up and saw Lake staring at him. His gaze was as deep as the sea and there seemed to be a flash of lightning.
Lake suddenly smiled, his eyes as calm as the gentle sea, and he said to Kraven calmly, "By the way, Kraven, what are you doing here this time?"
Kraven regained his composure and said, "The awakening ceremony will be held the day after tomorrow. I came here to consult the elders on some matters related to the ceremony."
Lake nodded: "Then are you ready to ask for instructions?"
Kraven said, "Okay," then stood up again and said to Emilia, "Elder, I will go back and prepare for the awakening ceremony."
Emilia hummed silently.
Kraven glanced at Lake, and seeing that Lake didn't say anything, he hurriedly turned and walked towards the castle gate. The moment he walked out of the hall, Kraven was shocked to find that his back was already wet with sweat.
soon.
Kraven disappeared at the castle gates.
Lake chuckled. He would die, there was no doubt about it, but killing him now would be detrimental to the plan.
Emilia came over, her eyes flickering with a strange look: "What are you planning?"
Lake hugged Emilia and smiled, "I think it's better for you not to go to sleep. Otherwise, when you wake up and see that David was beaten to death by me, you will fight me to the death."
Emilia: "…"