Chapter 86: Black Death: Supreme Happiness [VIP]
"Owner--"
As soon as Xiao Yun walked out of the hall, Richard immediately stepped forward.
"What is it?"
Xiao Yun noticed that Richard was followed by a tall, thin man in a dark brown cloak. "Who is he?"
"He said he was a wandering pharmacist."
"A wandering pharmacist?"
Xiao Yun walked up to the man and asked, "What's your name?"
"Alans."
The man took off his hood, revealing a face that was a little too elegant and intellectual for a wanderer, with delicate and smooth features, cobalt blue eyes that looked like lapis lazuli, and long gray hair that didn't match his youthful appearance.
"Your eyes and hair—"
"Living in a toxic environment every day, it's inevitable that your body will experience abnormalities."
Alance said elegantly.
Xiao Yun noticed that the pharmacist was wearing leather gloves on both hands, and the skin exposed at the collar of his cloak was faintly bluish-green.
(This guy is definitely not some wandering pharmacist!)
"Then you should take care of yourself."
Xiao Yun teased Alans.
"Thank you for your concern, sir."
Alance replied with a bright smile.
"What do you want to see me about?"
"I want to sell you the rat poison I developed," Alans said with a smile. "I heard there's a huge influx of rats in Dalavia, especially in the underground sewers of Teide City, which have practically taken over."
"Oh? When did you know that?"
"just."
"Just now?"
Xiao Yun narrowed his eyes and looked at Alans, who had a leisurely smile on his face, as if saying: I know you doubt me, but I don't care.
Consider for a moment——
"...The sewers of Ted City are infested with an astonishing number of rats. Each one is large, fat, and incredibly ferocious. But I don't want to use rodenticide because it kills not only the rats but also the cats and dogs that accidentally eat the dead rats. The bodies of the rats killed by the poison will fall into the sewers and pollute the entire city."
"Ordinary rodenticides do have these drawbacks, but I'd like to recommend a special rodenticide I've formulated. It effectively kills rats without polluting water sources or poisoning cats and dogs that eat rats."
"Really? How do you prove it?"
"Have your men catch two mice and bring them here. I'll demonstrate on the spot."
"good."
Xiao Yun looked to his side.
The servant left and returned with a cage in his hands, in which were two fat and ferocious rats.
…
"please--"
Xiao Yun looked at Alans politely.
The pharmacist said nothing, walked to the cage, took out a pinch of light blue powder, sprinkled it into the cage, and it fell on the mouse's fur.
"—what is he doing?"
Richard muttered quietly.
Xiao Yun said nothing and looked intently at the two mice in the cage.
The mice were calm, the blue powder clinging to their fur seemingly causing no change in them.
But soon, they became excited and attacked each other frantically, biting and devouring each other, gnawing their companions' bodies into pieces and swallowing them into their stomachs!
After devouring its two companions, the last mouse began to devour its own internal organs and limbs as if it felt no pain...
Squeak, squeak...
Clear chewing sounds...
The horrifying act of self-devourment silenced almost everyone.
Alans's voice drifted down from beneath the ceiling.
"---Your Excellency the Grand Marquis of Gaura, is my rat poison very effective?"
(What kind of biochemical virus is this! Is it specifically for breeding zombies?! This is too perverted!)
Xiao Yun thought to himself and calmly asked the pharmacist, "Please explain the principle of your rat poison."
"If you buy my medicine, I will explain the principle to you."
Alans looked at Xiao Yun meaningfully.
"I have to think carefully about this."
Xiao Yun said.
His strong intuition convinced him that although the pharmacist who called himself Alans' words and actions were filled with a creepy and suffocating evil, he had no ill will towards him.
"Consider it carefully... indeed, we should consider it carefully..."
Alans repeated the words slowly and delicately, as if chewing and savoring them.
"To those living in the ordinary world, my appearance is already very strange, and my behavior is even more incomprehensible and unacceptable. But you can... Okay, I'll give you two days. After two days, please give me a clear answer."
With that, Alans put on his hood and prepared to leave.
"etc--"
Xiao Yun stopped him and said, "If I buy your medicine in two days, will you tell me your real name?"
"Are you curious about my real name?"
Alance stared at Xiao Yun's face with interest and said meaningfully, "No matter what my name is, I am still myself. The same goes for you - Marquis of Gaura. Whether your name is Lucien, Claude, or any other pronunciation combination, to your brother, you are his only younger brother."
"In today's world, for those of us who dedicate our lives to exploring the truth of the universe, you and your brother are the very beings we yearn for. Everyone wants to know what secrets Yaris's body holds and what the limits of your growth are. In fact, to me, you are even more fascinating than your brother."
"Why?"
"There are traces to follow, yet you have transformed from an ordinary person to a shining star in a very short time, just like an insect shedding its shell to give birth to a complete Lucien."
…
…
Late at night, after finishing his work on Ru Xiaoshan, Xiao Yun returned to the room prepared for him by Adlon and soon entered the dream channel.
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Yaris's consciousness appeared under the beautiful moonlit night that was completely constructed from dream imagination. His translucent body trembled as he hugged his brother, and his voice was soft with a sense of relief.
"What happened? Why are you..."
Xiao Yun narrowed his eyes and looked worriedly at Yaris's consciousness, which was slightly different from before.
Perhaps because consciousness more clearly reflects a person's nature and changes in state of mind, today Yaris's hair and body are not only translucent white, but his waist-length, thick and dense hair has almost reached his ankles. His eyes and lips are pale and colorless, and his slender and soft body seems to be wrapped in only a layer of translucent gauze, so thin that it may break at any time.
He looked at his brother intently, a sadness unlike that of a human faintly visible on his beautiful face.
[I heard everything that happened between you and Adlon.]
"I'm sorry, I..."
[No, I'm happy... I'm happy that after being told so many ugly, horrible, and even unbearable truths, you still firmly chose me... If it were someone else, they would probably have screamed and run away after hearing the first part... and never want to have anything to do with me again...]
The consciousness body's unique large pure white eyes without irises and pupils stared at Xiao Yun, with faint glimmers of light in the corners of its eyes.
But you didn't... You didn't distance yourself from me because of Adlon's words. You even refuted him, tried to convince him... This is something I never imagined... My wildest imagination was that you could completely accept the fact that I might not be human... But you... Sometimes I even feel panic. Is this you real? Or is fate once again trying to play tricks on me, tempting me, deceiving me, confusing me with an irresistible warmth, gradually entering my inner universe...
"I am a real existence, not some fictional illusion."
Xiao Yun stretched out his hand and hugged the smooth and white consciousness.
"You are so outstanding and deserve everyone's love."
[No, I'm not worthy, I...]
Yaris's consciousness was trembling violently in Xiao Yun's arms, and white, sparkling liquid similar to tears continued to slide down.
If you are the sun, then I am the moon. The moon cannot shine on its own; its radiance comes entirely from the sun. In a world without the sun, the moon would be black like all other celestial bodies...
“But you are shining, you are always shining…”
Xiao Yun spoke calmly, hugging the consciousness even tighter: "If one day, the world loses the sun, I will turn myself into the sun. I will never let you fall into darkness... never..."
I believe...
Yaris's consciousness sobbed.
【I believe you love me, and you are the only one who loves me forever. 】
Afterwards, Xiao Yun briefly described the various strange things about the pharmacist who called himself Alans.
The pure white consciousness listened attentively, its pure white eyes without pupils or irises flashing with a light close to blue.
[…Are his eyes really a cobalt blue reminiscent of lapis lazuli? Does his skin have a subtle bluish-blue tint?]
"Do these facial features have special meaning?"
[Hmm! The Assassin's Order highly values cobalt blue eyes and cyan blue skin.]
"'The Assassin's Order'?"
The Assassin's Order is an extremely mysterious and ancient dark organization. Their true origins are unknown in the modern world. Even I only know that their history dates back to prehistoric times, before the birth of the Eternal Empire. They believe their ancestors came from the depths of the stars, calling themselves "Children of the Stars." They consider their cobalt blue eyes and cyan skin to be unique features of their race, and refuse to assimilate into the mainstream civilization of Ella.
They built their own cities deep in the mountains, with their own language, laws, beliefs, technology, and currency. Their only regular interaction with the civilized world is through assassination commissions. Their asking prices are high, but their success rate is even higher.
Of course, becoming a target of the Assassin's Order isn't guaranteed death. As long as the target can withstand the initial wave of assassinations and find a way to contact the Assassin's Order, and pay double the fee to the Order's leadership, the Assassin's Order will consider sparing the target, or even accept the target's request to kill their former employer. The organization only cares about money and won't accept any persuasion, confrontation, or threats.
However, because this organization only cares about money, if the target is an important figure, they will send a letter of notification before the official assassination begins. If you contact them within two days of receiving the letter and pay double the fee, the assassination will be canceled. The messenger usually has cobalt blue eyes to prevent others from impersonating them.
"Brother, do you think Alans is an assassin or a messenger who delivered the letter?"
He possesses cobalt blue eyes like lapis lazuli, evidently holding a high position within the Assassin's Order. Whether assassin or emissary... they must be treated with caution. I will also contact the Assassin's Order as soon as possible, offering them ten times the price in exchange for not easily accepting assassination requests involving you!
"I understand. I will definitely deal with Alance's matter seriously."
[Another matter that you must also deal with seriously.]
Yaris's consciousness suddenly dimmed, like a faint dawn in the darkness.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
[No, I just have something very important to tell you but I don’t know how to tell you.]
"What's up?"
Your marriage.
"marriage?"
Xiao Yun was stunned.
"Whether for personal gain or as a partner, Adlon's niece is a good choice. I've met Julia; she's lovely and kind. She enjoys a simple and warm life and is very caring. She's the perfect woman to be your wife."
"ah?"
Xiao Yun's eyes widened. "But—Brother, I don't want to get married. No matter who the other person is, even if she is more perfect than a goddess and her dowry is the entire empire, I don't want to get married!"
【Why? 】
The consciousness looked at Xiao Yun anxiously with pale eyes without irises or pupils.
[Why don’t you want to get married? Could it be that you…]
"I said, I hope you can feel that you are my only one every day of your life. Once you have a wife and children, I will have to devote my energy and emotions to taking care of them. But this is unfair to you, and it is unfair to them. But if I ignore them and just focus on taking care of you, then I will be no different from your father!"
【……】
"I don't want to be like my father, and I don't want you and them to suffer injustice. The only way to solve this problem is not to get married. At least, while you are still alive, I don't even consider getting married."
"But if you become emperor without a wife and children... your subjects and vassals will worry about the stability of the succession to the throne..."
The consciousness murmured and repeated.
Xiao Yun lowered his head and embraced the violently trembling consciousness from behind. He intertwined his hands with the consciousness and whispered, "From ancient times to the present, no one has stipulated that an empire must have an emperor, nor has anyone stipulated that the emperor's throne must be passed on to his own children."
[No one stipulates...]
The consciousness showed a confused expression.
"...Six thousand years ago, the Eternal Empire had no emperor. Why, six thousand years later, are we still insisting on the so-called tradition that an empire must have an emperor and that the throne can only be inherited through direct bloodlines? Brother, I hope we can build a new world without an emperor, where everyone has equal citizenship..."
[…Yes, there's no rule that states that an empire must have an emperor, or that the throne can only be passed down to one's children. Since when did people start believing in these so-called traditions and adhering to them generation after generation…]
The conscious being turned around and looked at his brother in fascination.
Amidst the rich fragrance emanating from his consciousness, which almost completely filled his breath, Xiao Yun cautiously yet solemnly promised, "In this new world, you and I will be just ordinary citizens. We will live together, see each other every day, hug each other before sleeping and eating, and spend our lives in peace and tranquility... For me, this is the ultimate happiness..."
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