After Taken as a Prisoner of War, the Vampire Queen Turned Me Into a Vampire and Made Me Her Daughter-Chapter 129: The bottom of the matter

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Chapter 129: The bottom of the matter

The mournful howls of the cold, desolate wind passed through the gaps of metal bars and poured into a stone room cold as ice.

A girl had curled up her freezing body on a bare bed of stone, with her flimsy blouse completely incapable of sheltering her against the cold wind. The outer side of her thighs had frozen to the point of flushing bright red.

Her vision blurry, the girl covered her burning head, hoping to use it to warm up her frozen and stiff hands.

โ€”She had a fever.

Laying on the stone bed, she imagined a soft and warm quilt. Her hope had been to sleep through her illness, yet the stone slab pressing against her head, as well as the biting cold wind, were extremely unpleasant towards her, making it impossible to fall asleep.

In her helplessness, she could only curl her body up tightly into a ball.

This night would eventually worsen her already severe illness.

The girl didnโ€™t expect anyone to rescue her from this place. Angels didnโ€™t exist in this world, neither was justice absolute. She could only hope to be quickly relieved from this suffering.

โ€œCreak, creakโ€ฆ Clack.โ€

Metal chains breaking and shattering roused up the girlโ€™s weakened consciousness.

โ€œPlatter.โ€ The sound of chains hitting the ground resounded.

Someone had opened the iron door to her stone cell.

โ€˜Who is that?โ€ฆโ€™

The girl forced her eyes half-open, and in the middle of her daze, saw a lofty shadow walking towards her.

As it arrived before her, the black silhouette crouched down.

Following the pale moonlight, the girl roughly made out the visitorโ€™s appearance โ€” It was a crossed helmet adorned with a pair of wings.

โ€˜How familiarโ€ฆ Looks like Iโ€™ve seen this somewhere before.โ€™

The girl tilted her head as the fever caused her consciousness to flicker.

โ€œItโ€™s been a while.โ€ After remaining silent for a few seconds, the man with a crossed helmet seemed to realize that he had ought to say something. Although his indifferent tone was barren of any emotional undulations, it still felt warmer than the bone-piercing chill of the wind.

โ€œCough, coughโ€ฆ Whoโ€ฆ are you?โ€ฆโ€ The girl incessantly searched her dazed brain for that information.

โ€œThis morning.โ€ Answered the dull voice from inside the helmet.

โ€œโ€ฆA-Are you the big brother knight?โ€ The girlโ€™s eyes widened.

โ€œMhm.โ€ The man wearing an iron helmet nodded, as he draped the sackcloth that had been wrapped around his fang-shaped, two-handed sword over the girlโ€™s body.

โ€œItโ€™s a bit dirty, I hope you donโ€™t mind.โ€

โ€œMhm.โ€ The girl wasnโ€™t in a situation where she could refuse it anyway.

The girl wrapped the sackcloth tightly around herself, as she gazed at the iron helmet with a complicated expression. It gave the impression that she was asking him questions like โ€˜Why are you here?โ€™

โ€œYou need help, donโ€™t you?โ€ Ji Bai stood up.

โ€œโ€ฆโ€

โ€œWas this the work of that old fogey?โ€ He shot a glance at the girlโ€™s jade-like feet that had been dyed completely red by the cold.

โ€œโ€ฆMhm.โ€ After receiving some warmth, the girlโ€™s dispirited expression slightly lightened up.

โ€œYouโ€™re Xiaoโ€™an, if I remember correctly.โ€

โ€œMhm.โ€

โ€œWhy are you locked in here?โ€

โ€œโ€ฆI saw something I shouldnโ€™t have.โ€

Ji Bai sat down on the stone bed and waited for Xiaoโ€™an to continue.

โ€œโ€ฆThat night, I had gotten up to use the toilet and heard an erratic weeping sound coming from the forest near the orphanage. Out of curiosity, I went there to check it out, and then-โ€ฆโ€ freewebno(v)el

โ€œโ€ฆI saw it with my own eyesโ€ฆ The orphanage head personally handed over a bundle to a dark humanoid monsterโ€ฆ Inside the bundle, w-was an orphan that had been taken in by the orphanage just a few days agoโ€ฆโ€ Xiaoโ€™anโ€™s voice suddenly came to a stop as she looked in the direction of the door, her eyes wide open.

โ€œClick-Clackโ€ฆโ€

โ€œOh dearโ€ฆ Itโ€™s not a good habit to barge into peopleโ€™s houses in the middle of the night, Mr. Ji.โ€

The snarling wind blew through the metal bars until they rattled. Under the gloomy moonlight, the old orphanage headโ€™s smile seemed unusually eerie.

โ€œXiaoโ€™an really is a bad child. How could you divulge the little secret between us to an outsider?โ€

โ€œUuuuโ€ฆโ€ Xiaoโ€™an curled up her body in fright.

With his hands grabbing his sword, Ji Bai got up and stood in front of Xiaoโ€™an like an iron tower, blocking the way towards her.

โ€œMr Ji, it seems that youโ€™ve gained knowledge about some things youโ€™re not supposed to. Oh dearโ€ฆ This is certainly a tough matter. Thereโ€™s no way I can let you go now.โ€ The orphanage head scratched his white hair in distress.

โ€œHowever, Iโ€™m quite perplexed. How did I arouse your suspicion? Did I not play the role of a benevolent old orphanage head well?โ€

โ€œItโ€™s exactly because your disguise was too uncanny.โ€

โ€œOh? Please elaborate?โ€

โ€œWouldnโ€™t a child-loving orphanage head know their children by their names instead of referring to them as โ€˜childโ€™?โ€

โ€œOh? Hahahaโ€ฆ! So, thatโ€™s what let the cat out of the bag, huh?โ€ The old orphanage head tore off his kind and benevolent face to reveal a bizarre smile.

โ€œThis explanation was even more shoddy than what I imaginedโ€ฆ Well then, Mr Jiโ€ฆ My apologiesโ€ฆโ€

โ€œClick, clack..โ€ A series of heavy footsteps gradually came closer.

โ€œIโ€™ll need you to die here tonight.โ€

Two humanoid creatures with pitch-black bodies and bone spikes lining their shoulders entered the stone cell.

The monsters possessed a lofty stature, yet their heads were small, completely unproportionate to their bodies. They looked like distorted creatures that had been hastily put together.

โ€œUwaโ€ฆโ€ The sound that one of the monsters emitted seemed somewhat young and tender. Compared to its tall and sturdy stature, the disparity between them caused one to feel an extremely strong sense of dissonance.

โ€œUuuu..โ€ Xiaoโ€™an swallowed a mouthful of saliva with much difficulty, as chills incessantly took control of her body.

They were another type of creature Ji Bai had never seen before.

With his right hand on the sword hilt and his left elbow bent to support the swordโ€™s blade, a chilly gaze shot out of his iron helmet.

โ€œKill him.โ€

โ€œUwahhhh!โ€ Hearing that, both monsters rushed towards him with a roar, daggers in their hands.

[Common Class: Tornado Blade]

With a turn of his body, his blade swept forward in a horizontal line.

His fang-shaped longsword collided with the two daggers, stirring up sparks and pushing the two monsters back.

[Common Class: Piercer]

Ji Bai changed from a defensive stance into an attack. With quick steps and the speed of lightning, he pierced the chest of one of the creatures with the tip of his sword, catching it off guard.

Despite his attack, no blood exited its wounds, making the creature seem like an empty husk that doesnโ€™t know pain.

โ€œUwahee!โ€ The creature unexpectedly behaved in an uncanny human-like manner as it revealed a crafty smile, tightly holding onto the large sword that pierced its chest and refused to let go.

โ€œUwagya!โ€ The two monsters demonstrated great coordination as the second one, seeing that its comrade had pinned down their target, immediately added pressure by attacking Ji Bai.

โ€œSwish!โ€ The sound of a blade piercing through flesh resounded.

A short dagger was ferociously thrust into Ji Baiโ€™s lower back, causing a fountain of blood to spurt out.

Ji Bai let out a muffled grunt, fell to the ground, and remained there motionless.

โ€œHehe, just a mere human with an insignificant amount of [magic] in his body. If I were you, I wouldnโ€™t have involved myself in these murky waters. Wouldnโ€™t it have been better to live out the remaining years of your life in peace, especially since youโ€™ve already retired from active service? As a human, itโ€™s best not to have a strong sense of righteousness.โ€ The old orphanage head waved his hands with a smile.

โ€œBig brother knight!โ€ฆโ€

โ€œAlright, you disobedient child. Your savior is already done for, so youโ€™d better be obedient andโ€ฆโ€

From the ground, Ji Bai immediately leaped upwards and before anyone present could react, he pulled out the large sword that was stuck into the monsterโ€™s chest.

Slightly stunned, the creature was just about to launch an attack before it realized that it already had been sent flying away. When it hit the ground, it caught sight of its own, headless body.

[Crushing Classโ€”Headhunter]

After chopping off the head of one of the monsters, Ji Bai turned his body around and used his swordโ€™s pommel to ferociously smash the neck of the other one.

โ€œPhoosh.โ€ The two monsters had been completely disposed of in a mere moment.

Their head seemed to be their weak spot.

Through the corner of his eyes, he saw that the old orphanage head at the door was trying to flee.

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