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"Your Majesty...how did you appear in the depths of my consciousness?"
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"Humph."
The proud and eternal queen parted her beautiful lips slightly.
"I am a part of the will that Queen Hiriote left in your mind when she borrowed your body, to conduct a final test on you and determine whether you are qualified to become queen."
"Because the Queen's will has remained unchanged for thousands of years, in the spiritual world, she presents the most perfect image of the Eternal Queen. Hehe, just think of me as the Eternal Queen herself."
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"Yeah."
Ludwig looked at her.
"What are you testing me for this time?"
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As soon as she finished speaking, the haughty vampire queen vanished instantly and reappeared beside her in a flash.
"You came here after regaining all your memories and knowing all the truth. Isn't the test... obvious?"
She pinched Ludwig's chin, the imposing presence in her eyes constantly oppressing her mind.
"After knowing everything, did your heart waver?"
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Snapped!
Ludwig grabbed her wrist and gently pried it open.
"Your Majesty Siriote..."
"If you think I would be like you, wallowing in self-pity and unable to extricate myself from my past as a human being, you are sorely mistaken."
The vampire queen was clearly hit where it hurt: "You—"
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"Humph."
Ludwig pushed her away and crossed her arms in imitation.
"As a vampire, one has long since severed all ties with the human identity. All the joys and sorrows experienced during one's human life are... insignificant in the long journey of a vampire."
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Hilliot sneered.
"Heh, but everything about you as a vampire... was arranged long ago. You have long been manipulated by the invisible hand called fate. Now, you only know all of this, and you are powerless to resist it."
"Becoming the vampire queen...is that really your 'true' desire?"
The Eternal Queen's questioning was sharp and blunt, mercilessly piercing to the heart.
Ludwig was clearly stumped by the question, standing there dumbfounded, unable to answer for a moment.
The Eternal Queen continued her sarcastic remarks:
"You have been given the destiny of becoming the Vampire Queen, but how can you prove... that you are qualified to succeed me?"
"In the real world, I am influenced by memories from my human past, deeply entangled in them, acting on impulse, and ultimately meeting a tragic end where I am no longer eternal and am on my deathbed... You know all this without me having to say more, right?"
The Eternal Queen's tone was laced with sarcasm.
“Every vampire stubbornly claims that they cannot be affected by human memories. As a result, even the progenitor of vampires, the eternal vampire queen herself, could not escape the torment of those memories and ultimately lost her right to be king forever.”
"If one cannot even maintain the confidence, self-esteem, and self-respect of a vampire, then one is naturally incapable of being the king of the vampires."
"Furthermore, it will be impossible for them to lead the vampires to a future that belongs to the vampires in the next era."
"My overconfident successor... are you really ready?"
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After a long silence, Ludwig finally looked up at her.
“Well… please listen carefully, Your Majesty.”
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"Yang Jin'er is who I used to be, and Ludwig is who I am now. What's so hard about accepting this fact?"
"No matter which version of me it is, I have witnessed suffering, experienced suffering, and resisted suffering."
"I was once a sickly young girl who witnessed the devastation caused to humankind by the chaos of war."
"And now, as a vampire mediator, I have witnessed one vampire tragedy after another."
"All of this stems from the malice in the hearts of humans. Therefore, even though I have long since become a vampire, my thoughts are the same as those of 'Yang Jin'er' when she was human, only our positions have been slightly reversed—"
"My career as a vampire mediator has only lasted a few years, but it has gradually become unbearable..."
"I watched as countless vampires, under the malicious gaze of humans, embarked on one path of no return after another."
“I realized that being a ‘vampire mediator’ could not save the fragile peace between vampires and humans, nor could it continue my dream of living in a secluded corner. This fragile order will one day vanish into nothingness.”
“I’m so worried, so very worried… What if one day, everything I cherish is taken away by a bunch of random guys who just take it all away on their own? What can a mere vampire mediator do then?”
"After learning about 'Yang Jin'er's' memories, I finally understood what I should do."
"When disaster strikes, someone has to step forward. And my lifelong wish is to be the one who turns the tide."
“Fate has endowed me with wisdom, and now it is driving me to acquire strength and power. I do not believe that I am being manipulated by fate to do things I do not want to do; on the contrary, I am willing to follow the arrangements of fate.”
"Because of this, I can use all my strength to protect everything I cherish."
"Yang Jin'er and Aurora, Hiriote and Lingxi..."
"I have witnessed too many separations and deaths, and I don't want these undeserved tragedies to happen to me again."
"Just as I said to you in the eternal Pure Land—"
Ludwig looked into her eyes, her voice firm and resolute.
"I will make vampires no longer worry about whether they can see the moonlight on a bright night... I will make all those who despise us pay the price in blood."
"I just want to live carefree in this world, and from the perspective of vampires, this goal remains unchanged."
"This is my answer."
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After listening to her words, Hilliot smiled.
Her queenly majesty vanished, and at this moment, her smile was like that of a gentle princess, as refreshing as a spring breeze.
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"Although we don't know what lies ahead, you are clearly ready to lead the vampires."
"The qualification to become a vampire king is not to abandon all human memories. On the contrary, only by accepting one's imperfect and fragile self can one truly live up to one's identity as a vampire."
Only then can one truly understand the relationship between humans and vampires... and lead the vampires to victory in the struggle against humans.
She reached out her hand to Ludwig.
"Come, take my hand, successor."
"In this way, everything that remains of the Queen's will will become your property."
"You will inherit the experience accumulated by the Eternal Queen, and with the help of your own will, you will become a queen even better than Siriot."
Seeing Ludwig still looking at her suspiciously, Hilliot shook her head and smiled helplessly.
"Hehe...you didn't have a choice, did you? After all, the Queen's will has long been within you, this is just going through the motions."
"A mere hundred-year-old girl, without the assistance of thousands of years of accumulated experience, to want to lead the thousand-year-old monsters in the royal court... is rather presumptuous."
Ludwig pouted, never expecting that even a fleeting shadow would mock her. The Eternal Queen's sense of humor was truly incomprehensible.
Two silver-haired girls held each other's hands.
The next instant, the even smaller silver-haired girl... the eternal vampire queen, vanished into thin air with a smile.
At this moment, the throne of the vampire queen was truly handed over.
Farewell, Eternal Queen.
The silver-haired girl opened her eyes, and the blood-red color in her pupils was no longer tinged with confusion.
As her consciousness began to return to reality, the throne room, bathed in moonlight, was on the verge of collapse.
On the empty throne, two blurry figures appeared, motionless, as if frozen in time.
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The blonde girl in the purple dress took the hand of the petite queen on the throne and placed a ring on her finger, promising eternal love.
She wanted to kiss the Queen's hand, but it vanished in the next second.
The lonely queen on her throne looked down at the ring and gently stroked it.
The person who could hold her hand has vanished with the wind;
And the eternal queen who should have held her hand no longer exists.
Longing vanished into nothingness, and the lingering image of the former queen dissipated along with the crumbling throne.
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The vampire queen, no longer eternal, sleeps in the Eternal Pure Land, awaiting the day she will awaken.
She drifted peacefully into a dream free of pain, and in the depths of her dream, she danced with her beloved under the moonlight, everything as before.
It was as if everything had not yet left her.
Chapter 165 The Eternal Night Begins
Three days later.
Representatives from various factions, journalists, and ambassadors gathered at Mona Castle precisely on time that evening.
Inside the throne room, the human and monster factions were divided into two groups, left and right, casting hostile glances at each other while constantly discussing amongst themselves.
After all, the ascension of the new vampire queen is undoubtedly a major event that is currently making waves in the world.
Under the leadership of the vampires, dozens of demon tribes, such as werewolves and fairies, also announced their existence to the world.
After several years of operation, the Vampire Council is no longer just a council for vampires. They also have to take on the task of caring for their fellow demons, ensuring that these few and weak demons can have a place to live in the human-dominated world after their seclusion ends.
Although the vampires call themselves the "leaders of all demons," they can only be called the "leaders" of the demons now, after thousands of years.
Due to a catastrophic bloodthirsty plague, the vampire race has been forced to expand its population countless times. Together with all the demon races, they have now become a force to be reckoned with in the human world.
In short...every word the Vampire Queen utters is of paramount importance to the future of both humans and demons.
Why did the former vampire queen die? Why did the regent princess, who held sway over the vampire council, perish?
Where did the new vampire queen come from?
What kind of rule will she implement, and what kind of future will she lead the vampires to?
Various factions are speculating, each with their own agendas. But in any case, the answer will only be revealed when the new queen ascends the throne.
"When is she coming? I can't wait!"
"The Vampire Council is utterly incompetent! Things improved slightly when the Princess was in power, but without her, the Council is like a headless fly, completely clueless!"
"Yes... In any case, the only hope for us non-human demons is this new queen."
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