The vampire heiress is two-faced

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I hope that when you read this letter, you will have grown into a healthy and beautiful young woman, and live a peaceful and ordinary life.

This letter is not a will, but a final letter from me, an incompetent father.

[I foresaw that the Kingdom of Mona's fate was sealed and its demise was imminent, hence this letter. I did not pass the throne to you at the final moment, for I, Carlos, willingly accept being the ruler of a fallen kingdom.]

[And before I wrote this letter, my daughter... I had already revoked your right of inheritance.]

You... are no longer the heir to the Kingdom of Mona, nor its princess.

Only in this way will you have a chance to live as an ordinary child, my daughter.

To hastily pass you on to the throne, or to hastily decide your future, would undoubtedly be the greatest irresponsibility towards my people and towards you.

The throne will become your shackles, binding you and forever condemning you to the shadow of national ruin and family destruction.

The film makes it impossible for you to have your own life...

Life is unique and wonderful in its own way, and embarking on a path of revenge to become a king is also a kind of "wonderful" life. But the choice is yours, and you have absolutely no need to embark on this path of no return.

There is no need to grieve for my death, nor to let revenge blind you. I was forced to bring suffering to the people of other nations for the sake of my own people's well-being, and now it is my people's turn to suffer this annihilation... This is simply the cycle of karma, retribution has come.

To become the ruler of a nation, one must be prepared for the dynasty's downfall and the collapse of the country, for this is an immutable law. Where there is rise, there is also fall.

[Will you live your life as an ordinary girl, or embark on this path of no return for revenge...? I, your unfit father... have no right to make that decision for you.]

I failed to protect my country and its people, I failed to protect my loved ones, and I failed to protect you.

Ultimately, the choice is yours.

"A pampered princess born into the palace can't decide her own destiny? To me, Carlos, these words are utter nonsense."

I have instructed my most loyal chief craftsman, Kane, to carry this letter incognito, awaiting the day he finds you and delivers it to you.

If he follows my instructions, then, my dearest daughter... by reading this letter, you have already proven that you have your own answer.

Ah, how I long to witness the future my dear daughter will have... but that's a laughable, unrealistic dream.

Remember this, my daughter: whatever path you choose, it has nothing to do with me. I am now a king of a fallen kingdom, a foolish monarch who swore to live and die with my country.

As your father, I failed to protect you, so how can I ask anything of you?

May you encounter virtuous and capable people on your path forward, and never repeat the mistakes of your father...

That concludes my remarks.

[Carlos, his last words at Mona Palace.]

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"I see..."

The silver-haired girl was now in tears, because she had connected the relevant contents of Kane's diary with this letter home.

When the kingdom fell a thousand years ago, the disappearance of thousands of soldiers was something no one would care about amidst the chaos of war, but it still caught Kane's attention.

Therefore, he discovered the location of the king's tomb a few years later.

So, without the knowledge of the eternal vampire queen, Kane moved the king's remains to the throne room when the vampires moved into the castle and transformed it into a vampire palace.

This is because it was His Majesty Carlos's dying wish.

King Carlos wished to watch over his daughter as she grew up and witness her birth, aging, illness, and death. This was his last and only extravagant wish as a deposed king and a father.

He couldn't protect his beloved daughter while he was alive, and he hoped that after his death, he could be laid to rest next to her, silently guarding and watching over her.

King Carlos's wish would undoubtedly enrage the current vampire queen. But both Carlos and Her Majesty Siriote are rulers for whom Kane is willing to lay down his life...

Faced with this choice, Kane chose to respect King Carlos's last wishes.

Before King Carlos issued this final decree to Kane, he could not have imagined that he would be given a proper burial in the snowy mountains by his loyal soldiers after his death.

How could a king who has already been buried in the royal mausoleum be moved out of the tomb without authorization?

Removing the king from his tomb was undoubtedly a violation of ancestral precepts and an unforgivable act of blasphemy.

But Kane, I am willing to bear the guilt of deceiving the king.

For millennia, the Vampire Queen has remained shrouded in secrecy regarding the Kingdom of Mona. I dare not, and will not, defy her wishes to search for His Majesty Carlos's tomb. Her Majesty seems indifferent to her former kingdom, but I know this is far from the truth.

King Carlos, may your spirit continue to protect your daughter...

I am willing to bear all the guilt of deceiving the emperor alone.

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When she came to her senses, tears had already streamed down her cheeks and soaked her bra.

"I...I...I was once a vampire queen, this is outrageous. In the past thousand years, I have never cried as much as I have recently."

She pulled herself together and wiped away her tears.

"So, you've always been watching over me, Father."

She wiped away the thick layer of dust from the stone coffin.

"I have a clear conscience towards my vampire people, and those humans who tried to take away this peaceful corner of our land, and died at our hands..."

Her bloodshot eyes regained their resolve.

"...the blood that must be stained on one's hands on the path to becoming king."

"As the Queen of the Vampires, I, like you returning victorious from the battlefield, have hands stained with countless drops of blood. No king can sit securely on the throne without bearing the heavy burden of bloodshed."

“Father, I understand your final teachings and will no longer be troubled by the karma of killing accumulated over a thousand years.”

"If I could, I would tell the countless souls who died because of me that I have no regrets about what I have done."

"But now, my daughter is no longer the all-powerful vampire queen, but a humble mother who wants to retire from the world and live in seclusion with her blood relatives."

She gave a wry smile.

"I have protected the vampire clan for thousands of years, but now, I can no longer bear this responsibility in this complex era..."

"These essential understandings for becoming a king remain within this body, to be passed on to its master—the Eternal Night Queen of the vampires—when she reclaims the body."

It's her.

"I hope that this future queen will accept your teachings as I have."

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The silver-haired girl asked Ruo Keke to fetch the Kane Diary she kept, and gently brushed away the dust from the diary.

"Kane, you don't need to blame yourself..."

"I may be angry for a moment because I am able to reunite with my father's remains, but actually... I am still overjoyed in my heart."

“I am truly an incompetent queen. I have never been able to connect with my subjects. Only after communicating with them as Queen Ludwig did I realize how important it is to understand their needs.”

She smiled with relief.

"Keep up the good work, future queen... Ludwig."

"...Everything recorded in this diary will make you completely understand..."

"Where did you come from?"

Chapter 148 Competent

Upon hearing that Queen Ludwig had finalized the coronation ceremony for three days later, the castle's high-ranking officials were in a flurry of activity.

The existence of "Queen of Eternal Night, Ludwig" was officially revealed to the world at this time.

Under the pretext of "new dynasty and new policies," the Vampire Council, at her behest, severed all trade ties with the Spire Group. Now, it's only a matter of time before they break ties completely.

When both vampires and humans were blown away by the bombshell news that "Eternal Queen Siriot has perished and the little-known new Queen Ludwig is about to ascend the throne," the various forces plotting to overthrow the vampires in the shadows were thrown into chaos and had to reassess their battle plans. As a result, both the cold and hot offensives launched against the vampires were temporarily paralyzed.

Although on the surface all the focus was on Mona Castle, this deep, dark forest cave, in reality, the unprecedented event of the change of the vampire queen had already caused such a huge upheaval that everyone was in a state of chaos and unable to immediately launch an attack on the vampire council.

This was undoubtedly the plan devised by Queen Ludwig of the Night, the final step in her "True and False Queen" scheme.

The clever young lady told Hilliot that if she released this information at any time, it would paralyze the entire world's offensive against the vampires for at least three days. Therefore, it could be used as a last resort when the situation spiraled out of control...

Or perhaps, during the gap when they exchange bodies, they use it as cover to avoid arousing suspicion.

Hiliott was even a little jealous; this little vampire, who was only a hundred years old, was far more shrewd in foreign affairs than she was.

"Alas, this queen is indeed getting old; the younger generation is truly formidable."

Although she said that, her actual appearance was much smaller than Ludwig's...

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"rise!"

At this moment, "Ludwig" let out a delicate shout and created a portal deep within one of the compartments of the Queen's wardrobe.

Although it operates on the same principle as the vampire teleportation network, this teleportation array is not integrated into the network and can only travel between two points.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that the vampire teleportation network was an improvement on the vampire queen's blood curse magic. In terms of the ability to use blood curse magic, no one is stronger than her, the progenitor of the vampire clan.

"This body will naturally record all the blood curses I've used, and little Ludwig will be able to master them too..."

The silver-haired girl had a second thought.

"Hmph, what am I worried about? After all, I'm even planning to pass on the Queen's authority to her. It wouldn't hurt for her to learn more blood curse magic as well."

The teleportation array was successfully established, and clearly, its only destination was the "Eternal Pure Land".

Before leaving the Eternal Pure Land, Ye Liuli, following her request, constructed a teleportation array in the Eternal Pure Land that was yet to be linked. Therefore, she only needs to construct another identical teleportation array here and activate it with the Blood Curse Technique to establish the teleportation channel.

She smiled slightly at the brown-haired maid behind her:

"Coco, are you ready? Are you going back to see your real 'Empress Ludwig'?"

If Coco nodded, the silver-haired girl took her hand and they stepped into the teleportation array together.

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Several months later, Yin Shang returned to this place. He had been hiding in the shadows near Drake Tower, observing the defenses here for a long time.

"Tsk."

"Those two vampire ladies failed to find any useful clues last time and even exposed their whereabouts. Now, the group's defenses here have more than quadrupled. I shouldn't have asked those guys who are obviously not good at infiltration to look for things."

Phew.

Reinhardt emerged from his collar.

"Master, do you have any good ideas? I've seen you wandering around this area..."

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"way..."

Looking at the golden kitten in front of him, Yin Shang suddenly understood.

"Now there is."

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click, click, click—

The crisp sound of footsteps grew louder as they approached, and the two guards at the gate looked over with suspicion.

"Who's there? No unauthorized personnel allowed!"

Before they could finish speaking, they were stunned by the newcomer before them.

"An idle person? Heh..."

"Are you new here and don't you recognize me?"

A woman dressed in a black nun's habit stood before the guards, her face half-covered by a nun's hood, her hands clasped in prayer, her posture reserved and serene.