But she could do nothing but cry; she didn't even know why she had become like this.
The servants nearby were also shocked, wondering how their beautiful princess could have aged so suddenly: had she lost too much blood? Vampires do not continue to age unless they lose too much blood and die.
But Princess Anna was clearly not injured, and there was no bleeding!
"Help Anna to her room to rest!" Dracula instructed the servants.
“Yes, Your Majesty.” The servants quickly obeyed and helped Anna, who was trembling all over and looked so old that she could barely walk, away.
Dracula's courtier couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, how could Princess Anna..."
Dracula frowned, completely baffled: vampires don't have the ability to age people, could it be...? His brows furrowed even more.
Then the attendant said again, "Could it be that witch playing tricks?"
He and Dracula were on the same page. They both believed that only magic could cause such a monster.
In Chu Nian's study, Sophia said with surprise and doubt, "As far as I know, the magic of teleportation actually transfers one person's condition to another. If you become younger, then someone else must become older..."
Chu Nian: "It's Anna."
Sophia murmured, "So you were using Anna."
Chu Nian: "What, you think I shouldn't have done that?"
Sophia retorted, "What gives you the right to do this?" She actually disliked Anna quite a bit, but she didn't think Chu Nian had the right to steal someone else's youth in exchange for her own.
Chu Nian: "Because she might kill me one day. And aren't you curious whether Dracula's love for Anna will still be there once Anna gets old and ugly?"
Sofia chuckled softly. In her view, this was not something to be curious about, but rather beyond question: once Anna grew old and ugly, there was no way Dracula would continue to love her!
She said, "Once you've verified how devoted Dracula's love for Anna was, will you give your youth back to Anna?"
Chu Nian answered honestly, "No."
Sophia looked at Chu Nian with disappointment in her eyes. She felt she should have believed her father from the start: none of these vampires were trustworthy.
She finally said, "Nian Stuart Greta, it's wrong to steal other people's things, including youth."
Chu Nian: "Anna is none other than..."
Sofia couldn't understand her statement.
Chu Nian continued, "She's the kind of person who'd rather die than live without her. Besides, if I find an opportunity to kill Dracula, she'll definitely stop me. So, at that point, do I not kill Dracula, or do I kill Anna as well?"
Sophia had no answer to this question. She now knew very well that Chu Nian was absolutely right: Anna loved Dracula deeply, and as long as she had any strength left, she would not allow anyone to harm Dracula.
Chu Nian said, "I think, rather than getting caught up in it then, it's better to..."
Seeing that she had stopped talking, Sophia pressed on, "Not as good as what?"
Chu Nian smiled and said, "Why not let Anna see Dracula's true colors?"
She actually wanted Anna to experience what the original owner had endured all these years. She wanted to see if Anna would still stand firmly on Dracula's side as she did in the original story, and ultimately help Dracula kill the original owner.
Sofia pondered for a moment and said, "You're not wrong." She paused, then asked, "So, after it's all done, will you give Anna her youth back?"
Chu Nian asked helplessly, "Why are you still dwelling on this?"
Sofia said very solemnly, "Because stealing other people's things is wrong, including youth."
Chu Nian: "I told you, Anna is no stranger."
Sofia: "What if Anna, after seeing Dracula's true colors, turns against us and sides with us?"
Chu Nian chuckled and said, "That's impossible."
Sofia: "Why?"
Chu Nian: "Because I used magic to take away her youth."
Sofia: "Then why don't you just give it back to her?"
Chu Nian: "What if, after giving her back her youth, Dracula falls in love with her again, and she sides with Dracula?"
Sofia felt her worries were valid, but she still felt something was wrong: stealing other people's things is wrong, especially when you're stealing someone's youth.
Chu Nian smiled helplessly: It's a bit unexpected that this little witch would be so stubborn.
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What Anna found unbearable was that she would go to bed just before dawn and wake up in the evening to find that she had gained a lot of weight. In just one day, she looked decades older; in just a few hours, her weight had increased from 100 pounds to at least 200 pounds.
When the maid came in to serve her, she screamed in fright, thinking that the fat old woman in front of her was not Anna at all. Princess Anna was not in the room; she must have been harmed by this fat old woman.
She quickly ran to Dracula, reported what she had discovered, and bluntly stated that Princess Anna had been hidden by that fat old woman.
The attendant, observing Dracula's grim and uncertain expression, scolded the maid, "What are you panicking about? Her Highness is a second-generation vampire. If she doesn't want to, who can hide her? Alright, that's all for you. You can leave now. Don't concern yourself with the princess's affairs, and don't mention a single word about her to anyone else. Do you understand?"
The maid nodded repeatedly and quickly left.
The attendant said, "Your Majesty, I may visit Prince Nian on your behalf."
Dracula said with a terrible headache, "We are now irreconcilable enemies, so I'm afraid it won't make a difference if anyone goes to visit her."
Attendant: "But we can't just let Her Highness the Princess become like this."
After a moment's thought, Dracula said, "Fine, you go in my place and ask her what her conditions are. If you can agree to them, then agree to them."
"Yes." The attendant accepted the order and rushed to Chu Nian's manor, only to find Sophia weeding in the yard.
There were no servants here for a long time, and the attendant Lan Jia had known this for a long time, but he never expected that the witch Sophia, who always had a sour face and was extremely arrogant at Anna Manor, would be weeding here and doing the work that only servants do.
Since he had come to ask for something, although Lan Ga looked down on the witch, he adopted a humble attitude and said to Sophia with a warm smile, "Miss Blunt, I am Lan Ga, a close attendant of King Dracula. I have come on behalf of King Dracula and wish to see Prince Gretel. Please inform him."
Sofia: "Why don't you just go in and find it yourself?" Isn't it tiring to keep muttering like that?
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