“Boom boom boom.”
Just as he was thinking, Su Mingan suddenly heard a knock on the door.
Before his hand even touched the doorknob, the door opened by itself.
In the dark corridor, a girl in a gorgeous yellow dress was holding a red candle and looking at him quietly.
"Good morning, Su Lin." The princess smiled slightly and handed the candlestick to the maid who was bowing her head beside her.
When he saw the maid, Su Mingan was stunned.
These maids always kept their heads down, their bangs covering their faces, making it difficult to see their eyes. But now, when the candlelight shone on them, they raised their faces slightly, and he suddenly saw that these maids looked exactly like Princess Tulip.
He immediately focused his attention and began to observe everyone passing by, paying attention to the small half of their faces that were exposed.
After observing this way, he gradually realized that something was wrong.
All the people he and the princess passed along the way... whether they were maids sweeping the floor, maids on duty, or gardeners, their facial features were almost exactly the same. Except for the difference in age which would make their skin look different, there was no difference in the shapes of their other facial features.
...This entire royal castle is like a world of clones. And Princess Tulip, who is in her prime, the most beautiful and the most proper, is the king who leads them.
Following the princess, he gradually walked out of the castle area and into the underground.
This is an underground prison.
Behind the iron bars, there were several prisoners with lifeless eyes. They had lost their spirit and just lay in the corner in a daze.
…but they still look exactly like the princess.
However, unlike the maids outside, they appear younger and more beautiful, and even when they are locked up in prison, they still look well taken care of.
Hearing the noise, they looked up slightly, and then their expressions suddenly became excited as if they saw something.
They stood up suddenly, holding the iron railings tightly with both hands, their eyes full of desire.
Like a few dogs with their tongues sticking out, they stuck to the iron railings impatiently, as if waiting for something.
"What is this?" Su Mingan looked at the princess.
"Su Lin, you haven't had a proper meal since you came back." The princess lowered her head slightly. She was carefully wiping her slender fingers with a white handkerchief.
The soft white cloth slid across the back of her hand, revealing her blood-red fingernails. She lowered her head, her voice still containing a gentle smile: "...Please use it."
"What?"
"A meal to entertain you upon your return." The princess smiled. "The conditions are a little simple, but this kind of thing cannot be put on the table after all, please forgive me."
Su Mingan moved his gaze.
Following her line of sight, he saw that the "food" the princess was referring to were those young women who looked exactly like her.
...She knows that she is from the Soul Clan?
But since the beginning of the copy, I have not felt the so-called hunger of the soul clan, and they have never attacked humans.
"What do you want to tell me?" He changed the subject.
"Don't you want to eat?" asked the princess.
"Let's talk about business first." Su Mingan said.
The princess shook her head.
She suddenly approached the group of women who were scratching frantically, took out the key, and opened the iron railing. Under the eager gazes of the girls, she raised her hand and stabbed one of them in the chest. Bright red blood splashed on her fair face, and she withdrew her hand, holding a bright red soul clan heart.
The princess swallowed the soul heart directly. Her movements were slow and graceful. She ate in small bites, chewing slowly, as if she was eating some exquisite dessert. The bright red blood slowly slid down her slender fingers and mixed with the blood-red nails.
Suddenly, she turned her head and looked at Su Mingan.
"What's wrong? You look like you're watching a farce." Her tone was like that of an innocent little girl: "Is it strange that humans raise soul people?"
“…”
"The Soul Clan can raise humans, treat them as slaves, and store them as backup food. So as a human, is it strange for me to raise some Soul Clan members for food?" The princess smiled.
The light blurred her eyebrows and eyes, and her bloody smile looked delicate and gentle.
"Look." She ate the Soul Clan's heart in her hand like a large piece of finger biscuit: "These girls were born with the idea that 'being eaten by the Soul Clan is an honor'. Their whole lives exist just to be eaten - so, I fulfill their wishes, which is to realize their wishes. Su Lin, you are too ruthless. They just found out that the Soul Clan despises them so much and that their lifelong wishes are about to be shattered. They are so sad that they want to commit suicide..."
“…”
"What? You think this is ridiculous?"
"No." Su Mingan said, "It's just that the wishes that people pursue throughout their lives have been distorted. If you think about it carefully, it's no different from Praya's current situation. It's just that their wishes seem more distorted than the soul hunters who are fighting blindly."
"Yes." The princess smiled. "Besides, their death is far more valuable than the soul hunters. The soul tribe's heart is also helpful for human practice. They are also fighting for the future of Praia, so their death is more 'worthwhile'."
"Can you explain to me now why they all look like you?" Su Mingan asked.
“Huh.”
The princess paused for a moment.
She paused for a moment while wiping: "Don't you know about this?"
Before Su Mingan could reply, she continued, "...It seems that the Lord God didn't tell you this. Well, I'll tell you, these people are the 'petri dishes' of my next generation."
Su Mingan frowned slightly.
He had a vague idea of what this thing was.
"You may have heard that more than sixty years ago, a princess of the royal family possessed the soul of a siren. That person was me." The princess said, "Unfortunately, I got it by accident when I escaped to the sea. The soul of a siren can suppress the rebellious sea monsters, but what should I do once I die?"
"So." The princess tilted her head and looked at him with a dignified smile:
"——I used the souls of sirens to cultivate 'petri dishes'. I took the lives of others, cultivated the one with the most vitality, and lived forever in the bodies of others."
Su Mingan looked at the princess in front of him with blood on the corner of her mouth, looking like a madman.
He suddenly remembered the young princess in the Memory Stone, who cried and said "I'm sorry" in a panic over the helpless sacrifice plan, with her eyes looking extremely clear.
...and the sunny and cheerful young man Su Lin in the Memory Stone.
More than sixty years have passed, and time, like a strong deteriorating agent, has changed all those who had their original intentions.
Eternal life became the most demanding shackle on them.
Without a firm will, "immortality" is not a lucky gift to people.
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