Tome of Blood

Repulse Street, Outer District of North Hong Kong Island.

Outside the tall city wall, low and dense buildings are built against the city wall, forming crooked streets on the water. Narrow and agile boats shuttle on the water, and ragged boatmen are struggling to support the boat poles, shouting and soliciting customers.

Next to the waterway, in a simple civilian hotel.

In the guest room built near the water, a burst of brilliance flashed, and a huge circular magic circle appeared in the void. Two embarrassed figures, one tall and one short, shook slightly and fell out of the magic circle.

They landed hard directly, came into close contact with the wet wooden floor, and hit the ground with a bang, the whole room trembled slightly for a moment, as if it would collapse at any moment.

It was none other than the blood girl Agnes and the middle-aged knight Lachel.

The two looked quite embarrassed.

Agnès' face was pale, as if she had consumed too much magic power, while Lachel was even worse, with blood stains all over her body, and a large area of ​​armor on her chest was dented.

As soon as she landed, Agnès limped up, and quickly came to Lahair, and said anxiously and worriedly:

"Rahail! How are you? How is your wound?"

"Ahem...he can't die for the time being."

Lahaier coughed violently a few times, speaking weakly.

After speaking, he said apologetically:

"Miss... I seem to have forgotten our title deed to the Mercenary Association..."

"When are you still talking about the title deed! If it's gone, it's gone! Anyway, we've been exposed and we can't go back, stop the bleeding and heal your wounds quickly! I'll help you up, drink your blood!"

"Damn it, I knew this cheap hotel didn't even have anything to stop bleeding!"

Agnes cursed while groping in the guest room.

In the next second, the door of the guest room was pushed open with a bang, which shocked Agnes greatly.

She vigilantly picked up the weapon on the ground and looked at the crooked wooden door, only to see a chubby woman sticking her head in and roaring sharply:

"What are you making so much noise about?! What if you make noise to the neighbors?!"

"It's still lighter! Don't you know it's lighter?! If you damage my old lady's guest room, can you afford it?"

However, as soon as the woman finished speaking, she happened to meet Agnes who was in a mess.

Seeing the blood-stained two people, she was slightly stunned, and then quickly closed the door.

The sharp voice of cursing gradually faded away outside the door:

"Damn it! Mercenaries are barbaric! Old man! Next time you dare to accept the rent of a mercenary, I will break your leg!"

"Double! The room rate must be doubled!"

"Ahem...Miss, who is it?"

Lahair coughed violently, and clenched the hilt of his sword vigilantly.

"Don't worry, it's the proprietress of the hotel, and... don't hold your sword hilt, your sword is broken."

Agnes said.

Lahaier looked down at the saber that was cut into pieces by the elf when he fought with the elf just now, and fell silent.

After a few seconds, he sighed softly and said in a complex voice:

"I haven't seen him for a few days, he... seems to have become stronger again."

"Okay! It doesn't matter if he is strong or not! Drink the blood first! Let's get out of here as soon as we recover!"

Agnes brought the blood bag to Rachel and said.

Lahaier obediently took the blood bag, gulped and drank it, and as the blood entered, his face gradually returned to color.

And after a while, the chubby hotel proprietress came back.

Looking at the proprietress who was looking at the two of them curiously, Agnes blocked the middle-aged knight who was drinking blood, and said vigilantly:

"We will pay the room fee well, please go out now."

The proprietress snorted, threw a bag of bulging things on the ground, and cursed:

"Double! Must be doubled! Don't die in my old lady's hotel, my old lady has to do business!"

After speaking, she left again.

Agnes picked up the package dropped by the other party suspiciously, but was slightly taken aback for a while.

"Miss... what is it?"

Rachel asked weakly.

"do not move……"

Agnes stopped his violent movements, then pursed her lips, her voice softened:

"It's the sackcloth for the bandage and the herbs to stop the bleeding..."

With the sackcloth brought by the proprietress, Agnes simply bandaged Lahaile's wound.

Although theoretically speaking as a blood race, as long as they have enough extraordinary blood, any injury can be healed, but their inventory is not much, and the blood pack has already bottomed out at this moment.

Although the deterioration of the injury has been stopped, Lahaier's situation is still not good, and I am afraid that he will not be able to fight again in the short term.

"Sorry, Miss...for making you worry again."

Looking at the worried girl who bandaged her wound, Lahair said apologetically.

Agnes shook her head and said:

"No... today is my fault, it's all my responsibility, I didn't expect to actually meet her..."

"No, I should have thought of it a long time ago! There will be a banquet the day after tomorrow, and she will definitely come back by this time!"

"Damn it! Why are we so unlucky! We can meet her when we sell a house!"

Agnès cursed and greeted all eighteen generations of Castel's ancestors.

It didn't take long, however, before she heard a loud commotion coming from the waterway.

With a jump in her heart, she cautiously came to the window and looked outside, only to see several long boats belonging to the city guard passing by on the water in the distance, carrying heavily armed guards on them.

Agnes' expression suddenly changed slightly:

"The guards are dispatched so soon?"

"No! They know we're still in town!"

"Rahail! Quick! We need to get out of here ASAP!"

However, the middle-aged knight did not act.

"Rachel?"

Agnes repeated.

Looking at his injuries, Lahaier let out a long sigh:

"Miss, you go first, I'm too injured and will drag you down."

"Bullshit! I'll help you up, let's go together!"

Agnes said.

But the next moment, the door was opened from the outside again, and the chubby head of the proprietress poked in again.

Agnes looked at the other party vigilantly, and the other party looked at her in surprise:

"The city guards are looking for a man and a woman, are you?"

Agnes: ...

"Did you commit a crime?"

Agnes: ...

Looking at the gossiping proprietress, Agnes became more vigilant, but the next moment, she saw the other party take out two tattered cloaks and throw them at them:

"Cover up and escape through the back door! There is still a small boat over there, which can leave Beigang."

Agnes was stunned:

"Are you... helping us?"

"Why help us?"

The proprietress let out a hey:

"Castel won't give us people a way to survive. Their family has a big business and no one can afford to mess with them, but... the guys who are against them are worthy of admiration!"

Agnes pursed her lips:

"Thanks……"

"Okay, okay! Let's go! The pursuers will come in a while!"

The proprietress waved.

...

The entrance to Shallow Water Street.

Charlotte stood on the long boat, looking at the dense and messy low buildings in front of her, with an inexplicable expression:

"Is there such a dilapidated place in Beigang, a city on the water known for its wealth?"

Beside her, Sebastian looked around, feeling a little emotional:

"Shallow Water Street, the famous slum in Beigang, hasn't changed much in the past ten years. No, it seems to have expanded a bit."

"Slums... All I saw along the way was the wealth of Castel. I thought there was no such place in Beigang."

"Master, it is impossible for a city without slums to exist. There are rich people, and naturally there are poor people. This is normal."

"Is this normal..."

Charlotte couldn't help repeating, obviously not satisfied with this rhetoric.

Soon, a few fully armed guards came to her in a long boat, saluted respectfully, and said:

"Lord Earl, we have surrounded Qianshui Street, and are now searching for the criminal's whereabouts from house to house."

Charlotte nodded slightly, but suddenly heard a sharp voice not far away:

"Hey, hey! What are you guards trying to do? What if you damage my house?"

"No suspicious person! As I said, there is no suspicious person here!"

Attracted by the sound, Charlotte cast her gaze, and saw a chubby woman standing in front of the guards in front of a dilapidated hotel not far away, angrily speaking.

Around her, many tenants gathered to watch the excitement, many of them were low-level free mercenaries.

Although they were watching the excitement, they looked at the guards with vigilance and hostility.

Charlotte looked around.

With the influx of guards, there were quite a few residents poking their heads out on both sides of the waterway in Qianshui Street to watch the excitement.

With her keen spiritual sense, Charlotte could clearly perceive the fear, guard and hostility contained in that gaze.

Just like she had just entered Castel Territory.

However, unlike back then, she did not reveal the identity of the Castel family now, and this place... is not the territory of those subordinate nobles.

The people here, just seeing the city guards representing the Castel family, became vigilant.

"They...do not seem to welcome us?"

Charlotte glanced slowly around and asked softly.

"My lord, those who live in the slums are all troublemakers! These guys don't obey discipline, disturb the law and order, and often harbor prisoners. They never welcome us!"

said a guard.

After hearing what he said, the other guards nodded, obviously agreeing.

However, Charlotte frowned slightly.

Obviously, she is not satisfied with such a statement.

Closing her eyes again, mobilizing the Holy Tome of Blood, after Charlotte sensed it with the help of "Call of Blood", she slowly opened her eyes:

"Found them."

"But they're not here anymore."

After finishing speaking, her eyes fell on the civilians in Qianshui Street who were arguing with the guards, she sighed softly, and said to Sebastian next to her:

"Let's go, let's catch it ourselves."

"If this continues, people will really run away after a while."

...

Outside Shallow Water Street.

Agnès was wearing a cloak, holding on to the pole of the boat, and looked at the North Harbor that was gradually moving away, and breathed a sigh of relief:

"Huh, finally escaped."

"Fortunately, there is a long boat provided by the proprietress, otherwise... we would really be stuck in Beigang today."

After finishing speaking, she gloated a little:

"Rachel, it seems that the Castel family is not as popular in the Northland as it is said in the legend! Did you see it just now? I know that they are hunting us, and many people are covering for us!"

"I'm afraid the rumors are true. Most of the citizens in the Castel Territory are very dissatisfied with the little Earl who has turned to the church. I don't think it will be long before she will be accepted by the people like the former Earl Tulip." Get rid of Castel!"

Agnes sneered, and felt a lot better in her heart.

But in the next second, she heard a familiar voice coming from behind the long boat:

"Oh? Drive out of Castel?"

The voice was a little immature and pleasant, but it had no emotion.

Agnes froze slightly.

She turned her head stiffly, then her pupils shrank, and at some point, there were already two figures at the stern of the long boat.

A beautiful blonde girl in a black and white dress with an expressionless face.

And the tuxedo elf butler standing beside her holding an umbrella for her.

Agnes frowned instantly, and shouted loudly:

"Rahail! Quick! Move!"

After finishing speaking, she threw the boat pole in her hand to the two people in the stern, and then took out a scroll from her bosom to tear it up.

However, before she could take any action, Sebastian's figure flashed in front of her, snatching the scroll from her hand.

Looking at the complicated scroll, Sebas raised his eyebrows:

"The teleportation scroll? Miss Agnes, using this when the mana is running out is quite dangerous. If you are not careful, you may get lost in a different dimension."

"Miss!"

Rachel exclaimed.

He gritted his teeth, picked up the broken sword in his hand, and rushed towards Sebas with a roar, his whole body surged with energy, as if he wanted to desperately, but was quickly cut down by Sebas with a knife in his hand.

He, who was already seriously injured, was no longer Sebas's opponent at all, and was easily controlled by Sebas.

"Rachel!"

Seeing the captured middle-aged knight, Agnes shouted eagerly.

But the next moment, she was chained to death by the enchanted chain summoned by Sebas with a snap of his fingers, tied up together with the middle-aged knight, and even her mouth was gagged.

"Master, we caught them."

Sebastian dragged the struggling girl to Charlotte, and said respectfully.

"Well, take them back to the Earl's Mansion, I will interrogate them myself."

Charlotte glanced at the blood girl who was glaring at her, and nodded slightly.

Although the two blood races were successfully captured, Charlotte was not in a good mood.

Recalling the hostility of those residents on Shallow Water Street just now, Charlotte suddenly felt that Beigang, which was full of flowers, did not seem to be as glamorous as she looked on the surface.

Seeing the leopard in the tube, seeing the big because of the small, the various situations seen in the episode of arresting the two made her vaguely feel the undercurrent of the calm.

"Let's go, let's go back."

Turning back and taking a deep look at Qianshui Street behind him, Charlotte said.