Volume 4, The Lost Files of the Ancient Castle 7: Endelis, Last Elysees (1/2)

Volume 4, The Lost Files of the Ancient Castle Chapter 7: Endelis, Last Elysees

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

Afterwards, I silently followed the two people and found the lab. We fought our way in and finally found the bug.

I have to say, that bug was damn ugly. If you wanted to break a friendship, giving this bug to the other person would definitely make it happen… unless that person is An Xiang Ye.

His eyes lit up as he admired, “It really is a super huge, super ugly bug! Ezart didn’t lie to me!”

Between taking this bug back or destroying it on the spot, if I were asked to vote a hundred times, I would always vote for it to get destroyed; however, An Xiang Ye didn’t give me a chance at all to vote. The moment he saw that bug, he excitedly said that he could finally bring home the souvenir.

Luckily, Briar was adamant that Ah Ye wasn’t allowed to take the bug home. She got angry, she cried, she pouted, she played dumb, she rolled around on the floor, and she even threatened to never see him again.

Ah Ye’s lips drooped in sadness. Between the bug and his fiancée, he reluctantly chose his fiancée. He then bombed the laboratory along with the bug.

From that point on, I changed my mind. Even though Briar is ten years younger than Ah Ye and moreover, only twelve currently, I supported Ah Ye and Briar getting married right away to prevent Ah Ye from bringing strange and dangerous objects back to the apartment! Sadly, both people rejected that suggestion at the same time. Ah Ye said that the law forbade it. Briar said that her papa forbade it.

Finally, the mission was completed. I could go home and sleep. On the way home, I already fell asleep in the car. When I was the middle of sleeping, Ah Ye shook me awake, saying, “Aren, Abner called saying that something came up in the southern district, and that you need to head over quickly.”

“…”

For the young master’s happiness, I should lie.

I should even deceive him about the length of our contract. Never would one notify his master about resigning the year after, even if it is the truth. No matter whether or not twenty sets of clothes were too many, the young master was not at all concerned about the price of them. Therefore, I should lie. That way at least, we would have happily gone to X-Killer by now to buy some clothes. Leave the pain of next year until next year!

My honorable father has said before that every dutiful butler should first learn how to lie.

Even if a butler should encounter an unsavory guest, he should be able to show courtesy and entertain that guest with compliments.

In the event that the unsavory person happened to be the master himself, the butler should still be expected to maintain his dutiful role.

The face of the butler, no matter whether his mood is good or bad, should never reveal any personal feelings.

Ultimately, the most dutiful butler will be the most brilliant of liars.

Despite all of this, everything has an exception, my child. Some masters are ones that people will be unable to lie to, and he also will not need your lies.

These kinds of masters are very troublesome, very troublesome… If you were to encounter one of them, you may choose to leave or to serve him with your utmost sincerity. The end result might be that you will either anger him and get fired, or you will serve him for a lifetime.

You will then have to grow old with him, watch his child grow up, and watch his child get married. You will watch him play with his grandson. The grandson may even call you Grandpa Butler.

Finally, you could have a competition with your master on who will die first, of which the loser would be responsible for organizing the other’s funeral… Uh!

At that time, it was as if my father had abruptly remembered something and immediately changed the topic.

Yes, he had remembered something. He had remembered that his son was a vampire. His son would not only win the competition but would also never grow old.

His son could only watch as his master grew older by the day. He could only watch his master’s son be born, age with time, marry, and finally, grow old as well. He could only watch his master’s grandson be born. In the end, he could only watch his master die.

“Charles…”

I looked toward the young master as he looked at me, waiting for my response. Although his eyes were bloodshot from crying, it made people want to cherish him even more. While the surrounding crowds did not know what had happened, they all looked at him with concern.

Young Master, right now, you are truly very young, very beautiful, just like an angel as many have said. You are also a very good master… Please forgive me. I am not a good butler. May I be excused from your side, from watching you mature, from watching you grow old, from watching you die?

“Young Master, have you forgotten? Charles is a vampire. He would not pray to anyone, including heroes.”

My voice was soft, but the people who stood nearest to me were likely still able to hear it. However, it did not matter anymore.

The young master stared at me, his sorrowful expression gradually turning into one of anger. Tightly, he clenched his fists. I began to think that he might strike me, but I could not say whether or not that would be a good or bad thing. If he actually hit me, I would perhaps feel a little better. However, if it truly came to that, I am afraid that I would not need to wait until the end of our contract—I could pack my luggage tonight.

If I may, I still hope that I can stay a little longer. After all, I do not know if I would be able to find another master that treats me as a true butler.

“Go away,” the young master lightly said only those two words.

“Yes, Young Master.”

After bowing, I turned and left. Along my path, there were many things that offered reflections. Thus, I could still see the young master with the reflections. The young master sat down on a bench by the sidewalk. He seemed to have a dazed look. The tears on his face had not yet dried. He then pulled both of his legs onto the bench, held his knees with both of his hands, and buried his face between his knees.

Many people stood around watching him. There were those who seemed concerned, those who seemed baffled, and those who seemed to bear malicious intentions.

I was a little worried. Someone ought to accompany the young master.

Melody? But, the young master overheard her words from last night. Calling her over would be a little inappropriate at the moment.

First Wind? Ever since the hostage incident, Ji Luo Chu has no longer been able to treat the young master as a youngster.

Definitely not Bramble and the others. They are the young master’s subordinates. With a single command of “Go away” from the young master, they will have to dismiss themselves.

Who…Who can stand on equal footing with the young master without a care? Even if the young master loudly orders him to leave, he won’t have to comply and can insist on following him?

After contemplating it for a while, I made a phone call. “Aren, could you come over for a moment?”

“…I just shook off a bunch of policemen. I’m going home to sleep.”

Aren’s voice did in fact sound tired. I was silent for a moment, but I still proceeded to say to him, “I do not know who else I can ask this of.”

He fell silent for a lengthy period of time. Luckily, he responded, “Where should I go?”

The moment I hung up, my phone rang and startled me. What a coincidence for someone to contact me now. Who could it be? The young master? I took several deep breaths and then picked up the call.

“Master Endelis!”

“Curtis?” I was a little surprised because of the sheer panic in his voice. “What happened? Say it slowly. Do not panic.”

“M-Master… Madam Sadina’s plane crashed at the airport where the previous plane crash incident happened!”

What?

Upon hearing that, I was stunned for many seconds before I actually understood his words. All of a sudden, I did not know what to feel. My whole mind was empty. Confused, I could only ask, “How could it be? Did she not say that she would not come?”

“That was a lie. She was afraid that you would flee from her because you would not wish to see her. But the Madam is old now. No matter what, she desired to see you again. That is why she deceived you.”

Sadina… Why are you so foolish? If you really desire to see me, then just insist that I go back. If the plane were to crash again, it is not certain that I would die, but you… you…

“Master, where are you?”

Only after a while was I able to answer, “O-on the street.”

“Are you well? Your voice sounds extremely hoarse… Nevertheless, please catch a cab and come here with haste!”

“I will.”

After hanging up, I went to the side of the street and hailed a taxi.

“Get me to the airport located outside the city within an hour.”

The taxi driver was stunned for a second and then loudly cursed, “One hour?! How is that possible! You think this is a helicopter?! I’m a taxi driver!”

I took out my wallet and threw all the money inside onto the front passenger seat.

“…Does that include my speeding ticket fee?”

“Not included.”

“One hour? No problem! I guarantee your arrival!”

“We have arrived! HA! Only fifty minutes. My skills are still sharp. Sir, are you in a hurry to catch a flight? If so, would you quickly pay for my speeding ticket so you can quickly catch your flight?

I got out of the car. Originally, I was afraid to face the airport, yet the taxi driver was rambling nonstop. This gave me a peculiar feeling. Since the cab was not far from the airport, it should be impossible for the taxi driver not to notice a crashed plane. However, he kept on talking nonstop and did not at all seem like someone who had witnessed a frightening scene.

Puzzled, I looked toward the airport runway. However, there was no plane on the runway, nor any sign of a crashed plane. Something seems very strange?

“Strange. No one seems to be here… Ah! Right, didn’t the news report an accident where a plane crashed into the control tower here?”

Right! I suddenly remembered. The incident happened not long ago. That plane has already been transported away, but the tower is not yet repaired. Therefore, this airport cannot be used at all!

There is a possibility that Sadina forcefully used this airport in order to save time. But, I also do not see a crashed plane. This is different from what Curtis said… He lied to me? Why?

Could it be, Sadina wanted him to deceive me, so I would come to see her… No! Although Sadina sometimes likes to play around, she would never use “death” to deceive me. She knows that that is something that can never be used as a joke with me.

“Guh!”

I turned around and saw the taxi driver collapse. Behind the driver was a woman with a sweet smile, but despite her sweetness, her actions were not anything to laugh about. She had twisted and broken the driver’s neck.

An average woman would never have this much strength, and both of her hands were unmodified. Nevertheless, she did not need any modifications to reach this level of strength because she was the sixth generation vampire, Gong Feng Xiang.