"Young Master".
He called softly.
"Is this... a Halloween joke?"
In the deathly silence far from the crowd, Vili's voice trembled slightly in the wind. He did not meet Si Yuan's gaze, but looked up at the deep night, as if searching for a chance to escape.
A small bat blended into the darkness, but was struck by a sudden, sharp pain the moment it spread its wings, and fell into the palm of a man in black robes, instantly vanishing into mist.
Then, like his companion, the man slowly turned his head to look at the boy in the corner.
The eyes beneath the masks were empty and deep, and in their arms, a silver cross gleamed coldly in the moonlight.
"...the courtroom?"
The silence remained deathly, yet it represented an answer nonetheless.
"Si Yuan, are you from the court?"
For the first time, those bright, moist red eyes were so dim, and even his platinum hair seemed to lose its color. Vili lowered his head.
At this point, Si Yuan's acting skills were far superior to his.
The man shifted his feet, turned his back to all the men in black robes, and began his narration.
“I am not a member of the court.”
“But I share the same goal as them… to kill you corrupt creations, evil vampires.”
You ruined my life!
He began to recount his story of being a human nobleman, his illusory past, and the humiliation and pain of becoming a blood servant, as well as his experiences of being ostracized and bullied in the ancient castle...
Willy kept his head down, as if in disbelief and despair, but quietly took a step back and leaned against the cold wall. Standing and watching the show was tiring.
He knew that Si Yuan's purpose in saying all this was to follow the original plot and buy time for the arrival of the female lead, Lan Sha.
But he didn't know that before the two left... Vili removed the barrier around the room, but instead casually set up a barrier large enough to cover the entire castle.
Otherwise, given Zephyr's keen senses, he might have noticed his disappearance, and how could this charade continue?
Now, including Lansa, everyone there is probably asleep.
The outside world is too dangerous; it's safer for the newborn half-vampire girl to stay at home.
Gradually, Si Yuan ran out of fabrications.
The tense atmosphere was about to erupt, so he had to take two more steps forward, getting closer to Willy and inexplicably adopting a protective stance.
He was worried that these fanatical followers, who had lost their minds, might lose patience and kill his precious darling before he could, thus ruining his plans.
[314, what happened? Where is the lady of the house?]
According to the original plot, Lansa should have rushed into the crowd at this moment and protected Willy.
As a result... now he has been forced to take the female lead's place.
【…314?】
To his surprise, there was complete silence. The usually noisy and annoying system had fallen silent.
This was naturally also Willy's doing.
Having accompanied Il through the upgrades from the low-level system to its current state, he naturally knew all too well that these little things possessed an important ability—
Monitor the movements of important characters within the small world.
Without a doubt, they are experts at intelligence gathering.
In order to prevent 314 from tipping them off, Willy had no choice but to keep it "quiet" for a while...
Here we can thank the former 888, from which Vili accumulated a wealth of experience in dealing with system issues.
As Si Yuan gradually fell silent, the crowd began to stir. Someone spoke first, but the voices grew louder and louder, forming an overwhelming wave.
"Kill him..."
"Kill him."
"Kill him!"
A silver cross was thrown over, and in the dim light, it flew across the night sky like a shooting star, only to be caught by Si Yuan.
The sharp edge at the bottom accidentally pierced his palm, and drops of blood splattered on the ground, like some kind of omen.
The scent of blood filled the air, and Vili couldn't help but lick his dry lips, revealing a bright and alluring red.
Luckily, he had eaten before coming over.
The pain brought Si Yuan back to his senses. He bent his stiff fingers and met the gaze of the young master who was looking up at him. He could even see his own reflection in the other's eyes, looking like a demon despite his impeccable clothes.
His original plan was to kill Vili here, following the original plot.
The moment the task was completed, 314's entire attention would likely be diverted to the changes in its backend points... Having spent so much time with it, Si Yuan knew that this was what it cared about most. Over such a long period, it had taken countless kickbacks from his tasks, but the latter always pretended to be completely unaware.
Si Yuan always enjoyed this process... being in a bloody slaughterhouse, feeding the greedy and stupid piglets bit by bit, and when the butcher's knife was pulled out, they were terrified, but their bodies were so heavy that they couldn't even run away, and they could only wait for death to come in despair.
Those who attacked them were the weak whom they had never considered.
Of course, Willy is different.
Although he used familiar methods, Si Yuan's ultimate goal was to take Willy's soul away from this world at the moment when 314 let his guard down.
Amidst the siege of the courtroom, the loyal butler and the young master died together... This is the most fitting ending for the two in this story.
However, plans never keep up with changes. Now, not only has the female lead disappeared, but even 314 has fallen silent.
Si Yuan felt a vague unease, but hearing the increasingly urgent urging in his ears, he finally aimed the cross at Vili's heart and raised it high.
Although there were some minor setbacks in the process, now is still a good time.
Under the cover of night, Iris's purple eyes blinked slightly, shimmering with a bewitching light.
Si Yuan spoke silently:
"Young master, may you have sweet dreams."
The moment the cross was swung down was like the days and nights inside the castle, with the elegant butler gently kissing the young master's forehead by his bedside.
However--
The sound of the blade piercing his heart was so clear, yet the cross grazed the boy's face. As Si Yuan opened his mouth, blood gushed out before he could speak, and he swayed and fell to the ground.
The countermeasures failed, and the vampire's unique bewitching magic silently spread. In the eyes of the people in the court, the dead were the vampires they hated. A huge cheer even broke out in the crowd, drowning out Si Yuan's struggle.
Physiological tears soaked my eyes, my pupils constricted and dilated slightly, and even the glittering purple night star dimmed.
The hunter, who had missed his target, seemed not to have realized what was happening yet, staring blankly at the boy whose eyes were crinkling with laughter.
What is he saying?
Desperately, Si Yuan leaned her ear close.
He finally heard Willy's last words clearly.
Happy Halloween.
Happy Halloween.
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