Chapter 489 (1/2)

Ogyust was hesitant towards Vivian’s suggetion. He was accustomed to living alone, away from the crowd, keeping his secrets, and continuously changing his identity. He used to be a businessman, farmer, hunter, prisoner, soldier, and even a smuggler. He would never use each identity longer than 20 or 30 years. If he were to go to Andrea Castle, everything would change. He was not ready to reintegrate into society, not yet.

“My Mistress, I’m sorry.” Ogyust got up and bowed slightly before Vivian. “I-I’m not ready yet. The Andrea Family may not accept an immortal person like me. Most of humanity, I’m afraid, won’t be able to accept this. They may accept a witch or wizard from the Middle Ages, but it’s difficult to accept an ordinary person who lives for eternity, I…”

“Oh, I never thought about that.” Vivian nodded. “So, are you going to continue living like this?”

“I’m used to it.” Ogyust forced a smile. “It’s not that difficult to live within the circle of life and death. Wizards who possess forbidden powers are able to live well too. I’ll keep my contact with the Andrea Family, and maybe move to new environment. Anyway, that voice is gone, so my days won’t get any worse.”

Deep in thought, Vivian looked at this man who possessed an immortal body. Then, she suddenly summoned a small bat and said, “Pavel, stretch your hand out, I need to take some steps for prevention.”

Though puzzled, Ogyust did not hesitate. He extended his left hand out. Vivian’s bat quickly flew towards him and bit his arm, creating a tiny wound. Ogyust frowned as he found faint black lines spreading, then fading on his arm.

“It’s not necessarily a good thing for a short-living species to live eternally unsupervised. Eternal life requires special talents and willpower. I will not allow my servants to do anything that will bring shame to my name. This blood will protect you. If you meet one of my descendants, or other kinsmen who are related to me, it will help you prove your identity, and give you the right to talk to them as equals. However, it will also monitor you. Pavel, don’t do anything that will disappoint me. If one day you find that you can’t stand immortality anymore, it’s best to end it. I don’t want to learn from the blood that you’ve fallen and become a monster.”

Ogyust’ expression changed slightly, and he nodded calmly. “Your foresight is necessary. I won’t disappoint the blood you’ve given me.”

“Don’t worry, Pavel,” said Vivian, laughing. “I’m not a voyeur. I’m not interested in watching your every move: it only warns you when you’re becoming mentally unsound. It does more good than harm. And… it’ll cure your ‘haemorrhoids’. You can now feel relaxed when you reach 60.”

Ogyust was speechless.

They said good bye and left. As they came out from the house, Hao Ren nudged Vivian and subtly said, “You were like a boss just now. I’ve never seen you like that before.”

“Oh, is that so?” Vivian did not know what he meant. She kept looking down at the wooden box, the one that earlier held the “stone” inside. “To be honest, I’m very curious about this thing…”

“What about it?” Hao Ren had the two stones and tossed them in his hand. “Isn’t the box empty?”

“Pavel said that I deliberately handed this box to him, and I specifically instructed him to keep it safe as I would come for it one day,” said Vivian, examining the wooden box in her hand. “This shows that this thing was very important to me. Yet, I’ve got no impression of it now.”

Lily looked at the wooden box and thought for a while. “Perhaps it was because of your poverty?”

Hao Ren gave her a sideways look. “What does being poor have to do with the box?”

“Look at how exquisite this box is. It may have been worth some money back then and it was probably the most valuable thing Battie had in hand, so it was only natural that she instructed her servants to take care of it. At least, it seems more important than a stone.”

“If it was such an important thing, why didn’t I just keep it myself? Why give it to someone instead?”

“Because you were going to sleep,” Lily said, looking at Vivian. “Maybe you were afraid of crushing it while you were sleeping, or you were afraid that when you woke up, you would forget what the box was all about. Then you would end up selling, or breaking it. So, you handed it to your own servant and told him that it was important. When you find Rakikh’s descendants in the future, even if you do forget about the box, at least someone will remind you about it, and you won’t sell it for some pennies.”

Nangong Wuyue looked at Lily in awe. “…Whoa, I never thought you could be so logical in your thinking.”