The vampire heiress is two-faced

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Ludwig gave her a disapproving look:

"Since my pendant can open the trap that person set, it should be able to open this tomb door as well. Move aside."

...

She stood in front of the tomb entrance and held up the pendant in her hand.

As expected, the pendant resonated with the door, and the tomb door, which should have been permanently sealed, slowly slid open in a burst of blood-red light.

Ye Liuli said, "Sure enough, this unknown visitor tampered with this tomb! This is blood energy!"

“We must go in and take a look as soon as possible. Alas, King Carlos, I apologize for any offense.”

Ye Liuli murmured to herself as she cautiously stepped into the tomb chamber before her.

...

To the surprise of the three, what came into view was an empty hall!

"...What!"

In the hall, the central platform where the coffin should have been placed was empty.

"This...is actually an empty tomb?!" Ye Liuli exclaimed in shock.

Ludwig shook her head: "Impossible. If that were the case, these thousand soldiers wouldn't have been buried here. The king's remains must be buried here. But who could..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ludwig stared intently at a corner of the tomb.

"Ah...look over there!"

Behind an area concealed by the simple burial goods in the tomb, she vaguely saw a figure.

"who!"

The figure remained motionless despite Ye Liuli's shout. The three cautiously approached and finally saw the figure's true appearance.

...

A "stone statue" sits quietly in the corner of the tomb chamber, its clothing and face clearly discernible. With its pointed ears and gorgeous attire, it is immediately recognizable as a vampire.

This means that the "stone statue" is not a real stone statue, but a dead vampire...!

"A vampire?! Here?!"

If a vampire dies due to blood depletion, their body will gradually become inorganic due to the loss of blood supply, resulting in petrification and turning into a lifeless "stone statue".

However, this state is essentially a dormant mode for vampires. If they receive a supply of blood, vampires who have turned into stone statues can still "revive".

However, this is on the condition that the statues are not damaged during their dormancy.

Therefore, when vampires are forced into petrification hibernation for various reasons, they mostly hide in coffins to slumber, ensuring their physical safety while waiting for unfortunate humans to open the coffins and draw their blood to revive them.

But none of this common sense applies to the vampire "statue" in front of them.

Because this vampire... is indeed dead.

About a third of his head was neatly cut off, and his entire left eye was missing.

His right hand rested on his knee, pressing down on a wooden box, while his left hand hung limply beside the chair, with a rusted dagger lying directly beneath it.

It was suicide, and suicide to prevent himself from being resurrected; his intention to die was resolute.

He had been dead for nearly a century, using this sharp dagger to sever his own head and then cut his veins to bleed to death. The blood that flowed out had dried beneath the stone chair, forming a dark red stain.

He can never be resurrected by drawing blood again.

Solid gasped, covering her mouth in shock: "Oh my! Who is this vampire...? Could it be King Carlos?"

Ye Liuli shook her head: "Little Xili once described what Father looked like."

He was tall and strong, and still vigorous despite his age, which was completely incongruous with this lean man.

...

click-

Ludwig picked up the wooden box the statue had placed on his lap, and his right wrist, which was resting on it, snapped off instantly.

Ye Liuli exclaimed in surprise, "What are you doing!"

Ludwig turned around coldly and said:

“He’s already dead anyway. Whether it’s my pendant, the missing king’s coffin, or even this vampire’s identity... right now, the only clue we have is this box.”

"Clearly, this guy is the one who set up the trap outside a hundred years ago. I don't know why, but he's somehow connected to my pendant. He's most likely the one who caused the king's missing coffin. Leaving a box behind is probably for the 'descendants' who come here to see, right?"

Ye Liuli couldn't refute it, but she still expressed her dissatisfaction with her reckless behavior.

“Yes, yes, you’re right about everything,” she said sarcastically.

...

"Hmph. It's getting more and more confusing... We've already come this far, so I don't need you to tell me anything. I'll dig into these mysteries myself."

Ludwig examined the wooden box for a moment, then removed the severed hand from it.

"Hey, Mr. Ye, can you figure out what's on this wooden box?"

Ye Liuli said, "Can't you be a little more polite?"

Ludwig said, "You're already trying to use my body for your queen, so what makes you expect me to be polite?"

Solid said, "Alright, alright!"

...

"Hmph, of course I can tell. The crest of Mona royal family is on this wooden box."

Ye Liu left the road.

She pushed the lid of the wooden box; it wasn't locked.

"Now, we can only do as you clever little devil suggested and open it to take a look."

...

What they didn't know was that another intertwined story from a century ago was about to be unearthed by them.

Chapter 136 Sinner

At the plaza in front of the tomb, Ruo Keke and Yin Shang appeared increasingly anxious.

After all, the previous argument, coupled with the heavy past that Ye Liuli recounted, made it difficult for the two of them to process it in a short time.

The love-struck Princess Lingxi ultimately deceived everyone.

Her sole purpose was to save the terminally ill queen, and therefore she was willing to deceive even the queen herself...

However, Yin Shang and Ruo Keke still found it hard to believe that her loving expression towards Luo Qina was all an act.

Even more unbelievable is that her bestowal of the title of princess upon Ludwig was merely a ruse.

If she was just acting, then there was absolutely no need to go to the trouble of bestowing the title of princess upon Lochina or to give her a vivid and lifelike personality.

Could it be that she had planned everything all along, including the fierce resistance she would encounter from Ludwig and the others here?

Including when her own schemes fail and she is on the verge of failure, can the victor continue to save the vampire queen on her behalf?

Deep down, she might be hoping someone could stop her?

She was an enigmatic, enigmatic, and wicked woman, so much so that even now, at the moment of her death, the things she left behind still resonate.

But one thing is certain: dying in such an unexpected way was not the ending she wanted.

Otherwise, the current situation wouldn't have become so difficult to manage...

...

"Lingxi?"

The silver-haired girl in the wheelchair murmured the name of her beloved in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

However, the person she called out to no longer answered her.

"..."

“Ling...Qi…”

Having lost her sight, her eyes were vacant as she reached out, trying to grasp at the air in front of her.

Those who saw it were all moved to tremble.

Just as Lochina and Yin Shang were at a loss for what to do, Ruo Keke gently took her hand.

...

"I'm here, don't be afraid."

The attentive maid tried her best to imitate that person's voice and gently comforted her.

"Little Hilly, what do you want?"

Upon hearing this, the silver-haired girl shook her head gently after a long while.

"have no idea."

"With you here... I feel..."

She leaned back weakly in the chair, closed her eyes, and seemed to fall asleep again.

She looked much more relaxed, as if she had fallen asleep peacefully because her beloved was by her side.

...

"It turns out I was just tired."

Coco sighed softly.

"Sigh, when I think about how Her Majesty the Princess watched her despairingly decline step by step over the past twenty years, I think I can understand her."

Yin Shang said, "Me too."

He clenched his fists tightly, making a cracking sound.

"In the end, although the Spier Group may not be the instigator, it is still our number one enemy."

"If even the vampires are powerless, then I must..."

...

...

At that moment, footsteps could be heard coming from the tomb entrance.

A moment later, Ludwig, Ye Liuli, and Solid walked out with solemn expressions.

"You're out! How did it go?" Yin Shang asked.

Ludwig was holding a roll of parchment.

"Should we see for ourselves? Or should I read it to you in person?"

...

Inside the tomb, the three men stared blankly at the sheepskin scrolls inside the open wooden box.

"A letter?"

Pick up the sheepskin scroll; underneath it lies a peculiar key, its shape completely unlike any modern artifact, as if it came from a lost art from a thousand years ago.

Even though the wooden box and scrolls have decayed and turned yellow, the key is still brand new and shiny.

Driven by curiosity, Ludwig unfolded the parchment and began to read it, under the watchful eyes of the two people beside her.

[A sinner, Kane, to Her Majesty the Queen]

Whoever is reading this farewell letter right now...

[Sirius, or Ludwig.]

At this moment, she is my Queen.

Ludwig's mind seemed to explode with a "boom".

"I?!"