The vampire heiress is two-faced

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As it should be!

"Do not..."

She felt dizzy and as if the world was collapsing.

No matter how she tried to escape or deceive herself—

Under the watchful eyes of a thousand soldiers and her father, she had become an incurable monster, cruelly committing countless unforgivable crimes against all things in the world.

She doesn't deserve to stand here.

"I...I've let you down..."

The vampire queen's petite body swayed and fell to the ground.

"Little Hilly!"

"what happened?!"

"Let's get out of here first!"

The two hurriedly carried her away.

...

Although the cruel world had driven her to become a monster, her heart was still tormented and broken by intense feelings of guilt, immorality, and remorse, and she immediately lost consciousness.

Then, the underlying health issues that had been brewing for years began to erode her body due to the intense emotional turmoil...

The eternal vampire queen is no longer eternal.

Chapter 132 Flower of Evil

"Um..."

The vampire queen woke up in Lingxi's arms and opened her eyes to see that all three of them were resting in the hot spring valley.

Lingxi looked at her with concern, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she had woken up unharmed.

"That's great... You suddenly fainted, that scared me to death."

...

“Lingxi”.

At this moment, the vampire queen's expression returned to its cold and forlorn state.

That was the look Lingxi most often saw in her eyes when they first met.

"I guess I still can't let go of my past self..."

She sat up, her eyes as listless as her tone.

...

No one—including the vampire queen herself—could have foreseen this...

The queen's will, forged over a thousand years, was so easily broken.

Her initial understanding of the identity of "Vampire Queen" was based on "revenge".

She single-handedly created the vampire clan, now known as the leader of all demons, and became their eternal queen.

It was solely to avenge her past self, the deceased "princess of the kingdom."

Then, she comfortably severed ties with this identity, and even her closest attendants were unaware that she had once been a frail human being.

She proclaimed herself "the Queen of the Vampires since birth." She numbed herself, forgetting the past. Centuries after her revenge was complete, she sat quietly on her throne in the darkness, gazing upon this fleeting world with her deep and indifferent eyes.

Until she met Lingxi, Lingxi's efforts finally succeeded in enlightening her.

Only by reconciling with her past self and resolving past regrets can she truly let go of the pain and hatred from a thousand years ago.

Everyone, including the Queen herself, firmly believed in this conclusion.

Therefore, after the final victory and the arrival of peace, they decided to embark on their journey.

This journey began in search of unfinished business from a thousand years ago.

As a result... the harsh reality shattered her beliefs, causing her to question and loathe her own identity.

She could not look directly at the thousands of soldiers who died because of her, nor could she face her father.

Because now she is nothing more than a bloodthirsty monster who has committed countless crimes against humanity, crimes too numerous to count.

She thought she had avenged her homeland... but deep within the canyon where her homeland was buried, she finally realized the truth—

Having transformed into a demon, I no longer have the right to "avenge" them.

The news of their own death became the final straw that broke the camel's back for these soldiers.

...

"Cheer up, little Shirley..."

Lingxi held her and comforted her.

She had never seen Hilliot so distraught, and for a moment she was at a loss.

"Back then, you had no control over your own life or death... It's not your fault."

Hiriote shook her head and looked at Lingxi.

"...but..."

"I have become the Eternal Queen of the Vampire Clan;"

"I have disobeyed my father's earnest teachings;"

"I have caused the deaths of these loyal soldiers."

"These are all facts that have already occurred..."

Tears welled up in her eyes, and she collapsed into the blonde girl's arms.

"Lingxi...I'm in so much pain..."

At this moment, she was no longer a proud queen, but merely a lost girl, overwhelmed by the sins and pain accumulated over thousands of years.

She didn't know how to calm her heart, how to truly let go of these regrets from a thousand years ago, how to face the final tombs of her father and soldiers, and peacefully bid farewell to the past.

...

"It's alright... little Shirley..."

Lingxi gently stroked her silver hair. The usually quirky and clever Lingxi could only soothe her with clumsy words.

"Have you forgotten? We have unlimited time... If we can't think of a way now, we'll figure it out eventually."

Lingxi smiled slightly; she already had an idea.

“Little Hilly, why don’t we… make this hot spring valley our permanent home? You can keep vigil here for your father and the soldiers… and consider it an act of ‘atonement’.”

“This place is very secluded and suitable for living. No one will disturb us. Xiao Li and I will stay here with you until your heart calms down.”

The vampire queen paused for a moment, then smiled.

She was clearly very satisfied with the proposal.

"Thank you, Lingxi. But what about my vampire clan...?"

Lingxi hugged her tightly: "I'll take care of things with the vampires."

“I want to transform the Hot Spring Valley into a ‘sanctuary’ that belongs only to us, one that will last forever and remain unchanged. This will take some time. Until it is completed, shall we go back to the castle?”

...

"Yeah, too."

The vampire queen nodded gently.

"The transfer of power still requires my personal involvement in the process. From now on, the vampire clan will be entirely entrusted to you, Princess... and also to Xiao Li, who is the Blood Shadow."

Ye Liuli said, "Okay, let's go back first."

...

...

...

After learning the painful truth, the three finally ended their long journey of several years and returned to the vampires' "nest"—Mona Castle.

The vampire queen...spent her final days as queen here.

...

Her pain and confusion could not be revealed to her people, as that would make them suspicious and sow the seeds of future trouble for Lingxi's rule.

So she tried her best to recreate her previous haughty and aloof queenly demeanor.

However, she no longer has the heart to manage the vampire clan.

A maid named Ruo Keke was assigned to serve her, and her meticulous service and care brought some peace to the vampire queen's heart.

But she still did not show any signs that worried her personal maid. During that year, she simply acted as a queen who did not care about politics and was cold and taciturn, gradually transferring all power to her beloved—the Princess of Lingxi.

Despite the vampires' initial suspicions, the effective new policies of Lingxi dispelled the doubts of the vampire officials.

Lingxi's efforts did not make her

disappointment.

Only in this way could she entrust the vampire clan to Lingxi with peace of mind, and as Lingxi wished, go to the eternal pure land deep in the snow mountain to think about a way to let go of the regrets of a thousand years ago.

However, nearly a year later, just as the Eternal Pure Land was about to be completed, devastating news struck.

...

That night, Lingxi knelt in the vast Queen's bedroom, before the black coffin where the vampire queen slept, speechless and utterly bewildered.

"How...how could this be..."

"If only I had discovered her sudden collapse earlier!"

Hiriote, who was sleeping in the coffin, had fallen into a coma due to the sudden outbreak of poison and could not be woken up no matter how hard she tried.

The vampire doctor confirmed that she had been infected by the "Plague of Apocalypse" toxin, which had reorganized the dark energy within her body and was essentially a bioweapon capable of destroying human DNA.

They had been lurking within her for a long time, waiting for the right opportunity to erode her body and mind in the blink of an eye.

Just like that night years ago, I was turned into a mindless walking corpse by this toxin.

...

At this moment, the toxins damaged her consciousness and body, greatly reducing her strength and leaving her unconscious.

Even after regaining consciousness thanks to the imperial physicians' best efforts, her cognitive abilities were significantly impaired.

"My Queen..."

Lingxi staggered and fell to the ground, her heart breaking as she looked at the silver-haired girl with vacant eyes.

At that moment, she understood what "heartbreak" meant.

I also understood what I needed to do to save her life.

...

First, the vampires must not know that the Queen is critically ill... This is how Lingxi can maintain its unshakeable rule over the vampires.

The vampire clan cannot withstand the upheaval of losing its queen a second time.

She erased the memories of all the royal physicians present who knew about the incident, and then she summoned her true form—the Holy Grail of Greed.

She gently stroked the evil patterns on the Holy Grail, and a slightly manic smile appeared on her face.

...

"Humanity, conscience, and reason."

"It is still preserved within my human soul..."

"To prevent this prince from ever becoming a true dark monster, to limit the power of this body in every way..."

She gave a desolate, wicked smile as she grasped the Holy Grail—

Boundless darkness overflowed from the Holy Grail, frantically pouring into Lingxi's body.