Volume 4, The Lost Files of the Ancient Castle 8: Avexila, Non-Human (1/2)

Volume 4, The Lost Files of the Ancient Castle Chapter 8: Avexila, Non-Human

Translator: Raylight (proofread by Arcedemius & Trespasserby; C/E edited by lucathia)

I just want to damn it all and go to sleep!

Even if the sky falls down, I still want to sleep! Just let the sky crush me directly! Raaawwwrrrrr!

The sky didn’t fall down, but the phone rang.

“Aren, could you come over for a moment?”

I want to sleep! I really do! Even the sky falling down can’t stop me from going home to sleep! Neither can Charles-gē!

“I do not know who else I can ask this of.”

…

Where should I go?

Even if the sky falls down, I still want to sleep. However, there are some things that are even more serious than the sky falling down.

For example: Charles-gē begging me in a voice that sounds like he’s about to cry.

I opened my eyes. In front of me was an elderly woman. She looked down at me, her face full of heart-wrenching pain and sorrow. However, I did not know her.

Just as I was about to ask her who she was, both of my arms were suddenly grabbed, and then I was dragged away from her side.

“Cousin!” She shrieked, both her hands waving as though she wanted to drag me back. However, she did not even manage to touch my sleeve.

… Sadina?

I was dragged the entire way. However, I did not mind it. I merely stared at Sadina, and simply could not believe that I actually had not recognized her just now. Is it because she has aged? No, it is her expression… She was sorrowful, in pain, and even full of despair. None of those were expressions that my Sadina should have.

Sadina should be a woman who glowed with health and vigor and was full of hope. At the moment though, she was trapped behind iron bars. Both of her hands gripped the bars tightly, and she gazed at me with a heart-wrenching and despairing face.

The dragging stopped. I continued to look at Sadina. It had never crossed my mind that upon my first time seeing her after such a long time, she would have such an expression.

Sadina was actually trapped in a metal cage. I also saw Curtis, who was not in the cage. He was instead standing outside of the cage. However, he did not need to be caged, for he was already a blood thrall, the slave of a vampire.

Sadina’s face was full of worry for me. Curtis also looked at me, but his face was void of hatred. He merely remained expressionless as usual. The situation has already deteriorated to this point, yet why are these two people looking at me with that kind of expression?

“Long time no see, son.”

I turned around slowly toward the source of the voice. A lady in an evening gown was sitting on the throne. Compared to the large change Sadina had undergone, she remained completely unchanged. She looked as gorgeous as ever, as proud and unfeeling as before. If I were to say what was different, it was probably the fact that her gaze toward me had turned from disgust to a deep hatred.

Avexila Endelis. My mother.

Looking at her hatred, I smiled. I smiled as I told her, “Avexila, you should not have captured them. The Elysees family will never forgive you, and you cannot defeat the Elysees family. Do you still remember? Last time, you dared not even fight and just fled.”

“You dare to actually speak to me in such a tone!”

She abruptly stood up, so enraged that her good looks contorted horrifyingly. At this point, Krell and Gong Feng Xiang, who were standing to both sides, both had on malicious smiles. Krell even handed her a whip, and it was not a regular whip with a smooth surface. This one had many spikes jutting out of the body, but I was not surprised by it.

Avexila grabbed the whip with one hand and brandished it without hesitation. The whip sliced the air, bringing with it the sound of the wind tearing, and it came toward me like a huge, man-devouring snake. I did not avoid or dodge it, and I even stood up so that there would be a larger area for the whip to hit.

However, when the first lash landed, it hurt so much that I nearly fell back onto the ground again. The tips of the spikes must have contained some silver, for other than pain, I also felt like I was being corroded. With just a dozen or so lashes, I already felt a little dizzy.

It hurts! My entire body hurts. Why does it hurt this much?

I wanted to stand up straight, but could not do so. I could only kneel with one knee on the floor. Both of my hands were hugging my body, and my fingernails were already stabbing into the flesh, but I did not feel anything. I only felt the whip hitting me again and again, as though it had lit a fire on my skin that never went out.

“How is it?” This seemed to be Krell’s voice. “This is not only a whip with silver spikes. There’s even some silver powder scattered on it. The silver powder will remain in your wounds, and if you don’t get rid of it, a vampire’s recovery abilities will practically drop to zero.”

So that is how it is.

No wonder it hurts so much. No wonder the pain will not diminish at all. My entire body has practically been assaulted by the whip, and so my entire body is in as much pain as being burned in a fire. However… I feel much better.

This is what I deserve. Not worry, not forgiveness. Do not tell me that this is not my fault.

This is completely my fault!

“Don’t hit him. Don’t hit him anymore! You’ll beat him to death!” Sadina’s cries rang out continuously in my ears. Her voice sounded like she was in pain, so much pain…

Gong Feng Xiang lazily said, “Don’t worry, Madam Sadina. Vampires don’t die this easily. Last time, he was a mere hundred-year-old vampire, and he didn’t die from our handling. Now that he’s a hundred and fifty years old and has even become an adult, we can play even more to our heart’s content. Madam Avexila, whipping has become boring, right? Do you want to switch to something else, Madam?”

“Hmph! Business first.”

Business? I raised my head. Avexila threw the whip aside and sat back on her throne. Following that, someone grabbed me on the left and right, forcing me to stand.

Gong Feng Xiang walked in front of me and said with a smile, “Now, Young Master Charles, let us not have to resort to extorting the information out of you by torture, okay? Anyway, there are many various ways to play later. You should directly hand over the contact information of E.X.!”

“X?” I felt a little puzzled. Right now, what they wanted should be the Elysees family. Once they owned the Elysees, X should be of no importance at all to them.

“Are you going to say it or not?” Gong Feng Xiang growled.

They kidnapped me, for the sake of X? I thought they just wanted to silence me, and also torture me in passing for the sake of their revenge for the past. “What do you want X for?”

Hearing my question, Gong Feng Xiang’s face darkened. Her gaze turned to Curtis.

I also followed and looked at him. He took out a gun and then aimed at the caged Sadina. Sadina, who had the gun pointed at her, did not show any kind of pleading expression. Instead, it was Curtis whose face turned extremely pale.

“You will not kill Sadina.” I tried my best to keep my voice steady. “If Sadina disappears like this, Curtis will become a suspect. If it is found out that he is a blood thrall, he can no longer be the family head of the Elysees.”

Hold on… No matter what, Curtis would not be able to stay as the family head for long. The Church is not so easily dealt with. They would discover it sooner or later.

Back then, the reason I could remain as the family head for ten years was due to the fact that I was at least my father’s child. I had been raised by humans since young and was the only successor in the family still possessing the blood of the Elysees. In addition, my father had donated an unfathomable amount of money to the Church. Only then did the Church reluctantly turn a blind eye to it. But even so, the Elysees had still withstood a lot of pressure from the Church.

However, Curtis’s situation was different. He was a blood thrall and completely followed the orders of Gong Feng Xiang. As for Gong Feng Xiang, she was a true vampire. No matter how much money one donated to the Church, the Church would not tolerate such a thing.

A hesitant expression appeared on Gong Feng Xiang’s face. She walked back to Avexila’s side and whispered into her ear.

Avexila had been watching me from the beginning to the end. After hearing Gong Feng Xiang’s words, her mouth turned into a sneer as she said, “So what if we tell him? I already know what he would do. As long as one thinks of the most foolish thing they could do, that would be the course of action my son would choose.”

“Understood.” Gong Feng Xiang returned to me and said, “Madam and the Church have made an agreement.”

Agreement? The Church would have an agreement with Avexila, a fifth-generation vampire?

“We will hand over E.X. to them, and they will not interfere with the matters between the Elysees and us.”

To think that there is actually such a thing… Because of their hatred toward X, they actually formed an agreement with vampires and abandoned a human family. Moreover, it is even a large family like the Elysees. With such a large influence at stake, how would they dare let vampires take charge of the Elysees? What exactly is the Church planning?

“Therefore, if we cannot capture E.X., your Sadina is going to become useless. We will make Curtis topple the entire Elysees family and then escape far away with the Elysees’s money. Although it’s really a pity to lose such a large influence like the Elysees, if we can’t have it, we can only destroy it. Don’t you think so? Young Master Charles.

“Put your gun away, Curtis.” Gong Feng Xiang commanded and turned to me with a smile. “Shooting Sadina to death with one shot is simply too merciful for her. She really gave us a lot of trouble. Therefore, we definitely have to torture her precious Charles until he is half dead in front of her. Then, we will snap her bones one by one in front of you, to make you two a pair of wretched, affectionate lovebirds. Only this will make up for the hatred that you have instilled in us!

“Hm, since Young Master Charles has already been beaten, then next is Sadina’s turn!” She turned to face Sadina. She seemed a little vexed as she said, “Which bone of hers should I let Curtis break?”

“Email.”

Gong Feng Xiang paused for a moment. She turned to me and asked, “What did you say?”