The vampire heiress is two-faced

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He pointed at the prisoner.

"Isn't he Yang Qi, the Vampire Queen's personal guard knight? And in Bailing City, I even asked a priest in a church... he's even your brother!"

The princess tilted her head: "Brother? Hehe, Dad's sense of humor really has nowhere to go. It's quite a good excuse."

"Since you intend to know everything first... then this prince will speak freely, after all, he is doomed to die today anyway. I was originally planning to deal with him first before telling you all the details."

With a flick of her finger, a chair appeared beneath her, and she sat down gracefully.

"This story begins five years ago with the battle against the fallen Pope Ragnar."

...

The corrupt pope orchestrated a series of absurd conspiracies to steal vampire power and dabble in darkness in an attempt to rebuild the church's dominance.

It was a conspiracy that Ragnar had been plotting for decades. It was only thwarted by the vampire queen, Hilliot, five years ago when it was on the verge of success.

She paid a tremendous price. Not only was she seriously injured and bedridden for a long time, but she also lost three of her most capable comrades in that battle.

However, the Royal Guard Knight, Yang Qi, was not among the victims.

The "Dark Will," a self-proclaimed god from another world, emerges from Ragnar's body. It was banished by the heroes of a previous civilization tens of thousands of years ago and is manipulating the Pope to try to return to this world.

Everyone paid a heavy price—even their lives—to finally banish it from this world once again.

The knight named Yang Qi was on his deathbed after the battle and unlikely to survive.

On the verge of death, the last survivor among the four Apocalypse Knights, who had defected to the Vampire Queen out of a desire for freedom, made her final, desperate struggle—

"The Famine Knight of Apocalypse, the Holy Grail Rigrail, I bestow this body upon you."

This cynical knight of the apocalypse destroyed his Famine power in battle, using it to launch a final rebellion against Pope Ragnar, who had enslaved him.

Although they ultimately won the battle through everyone's combined efforts, she also became a dying person who would eventually dissipate.

Apocalypse Knights are special artifact spirits. Their bodies are based on sacred artifacts and are born from the power of the Apocalypse. As the power of the Apocalypse dissipates, their bodies will eventually cease to exist along with their memories.

But if there is a "soul" as its "foundation," then her body can continue to exist. The new owner of this body can inherit her memories, her dreams, and everything about her, and continue to live in this world.

Yang Qi, the knight who wants to protect the vampire queen forever, can also live on with this superhuman, ageless body and continue to fulfill the eternal vow he made to the queen.

The two reached an agreement, and the soul of the dying knight entered her body. It mixed and collided with her longing, memories, and remaining personality—ultimately, she, who inherited the will of both of them, was born—Yang Lingxi.

This fusion was not perfect; the existence of Lingxi, born in a hasty attempt to save itself, was inherently very unstable.

Because Rigley's personality was shattered during the collapse of the Apocalyptic powers, and the human soul is too fragile to be torn apart, Yang Qi's personality is no longer complete either.

Two incomplete personalities merged, but the resulting person was not complete.

"Who...who am I? Waaah..."

She experienced confusion about her identity and a breakdown in her self-awareness, which was the biggest reason for her unpredictable and sometimes erratic personality.

The consequences of fragmented memories go far beyond this.

The soul remaining in Yang Qi's dying body was devoured and merged by the fragments of dark will that also remained in this world.

Furthermore, the fragment of the dark will that no longer possessed self-awareness began to believe that it was "Yang Qi," without a doubt.

He miraculously survived through instinct, escaping everyone's notice, and returned to his hometown of Baling City several months later.

After extensive investigation, he identified the "imposter" who had "taken his place"—a blonde girl who was about to start a new life on the university campus under the identity of "Yang Lingxi."

He returned to campus, and in the deserted corridors at dusk, he intended to reclaim his "life."

"Hey, is there something you need?"

The blonde girl clutched the hem of her clothes; at this moment, she was just a weak woman, and she still felt very uneasy about the appearance of the mysterious man.

"You are... Yang Lingxi?"

Her pupils suddenly contracted:

"This voice?"

A man with black hair and brown eyes stood in front of her.

"You are... I... No, this can't be! Waaah!"

The man quickly grabbed her and dragged her into a nearby storage room.

"Woo! Woo——"

In her terror, the girl's sealed memories of being the embodiment of the Holy Grail were awakened.

A burst of purple light shone on her forehead, and in that instant, her pupils glowed purple.

She mastered the method to wield the power of the Holy Grail... and from that moment on, the chaos in her mind was greatly reduced; the personality she used to control all the memories within her body was thus established.

Yang Lingxi was thus truly born.

Snapped!

She grabbed the man's wrist.

"Hehe, imposter, who are you talking to?"

"How dare you use my former appearance to deceive people... You really have a lot of nerve."

Under the power of the Holy Grail, the human body of "Yang Qi" was easily defeated, and then she left the storage room as if nothing had happened.

...

The blonde girl looked at herself in the full-length mirror.

"Heh, what a remarkable physique. Such a frail appearance, yet you can rely on the Holy Grail to do this and that..."

She licked her lips.

"My fragmented memories have come to me on their own. But they have already merged with the remnants of the dark will, and it would be dangerous to merge with them carelessly."

"Forget it, let's figure out a way to lock him up first, and then we can eat him later when we have the chance."

A hint of nascent evil flickered in her slightly hazy purple pupils.

"There are so many things I can't remember. But that's okay..."

She raised her hand to look at her watch, then slapped her forehead.

"Oh dear, it's already this late, I need to hurry back and cook for them."

She left leisurely, as if nothing had happened.

Chapter 73 Burying the Past

hum...

The blonde girl reached into her body, and without batting an eye, casually pulled out her true form—

The Holy Grail of Famine.

However, its current appearance can no longer be called a "Holy" Grail. Like the magic spear of Locina, it is covered with terrifying blood-red patterns, and its entire body has turned from the original holy white to pitch black.

"W-What! Her Majesty the Princess... is actually a spirit of a weapon?!"

If Keke was the most shocked, this truth almost overturned her worldview.

"Your Majesty... is not a vampire?" she murmured.

Lingxi gently stroked the Holy Grail: "So what if we are artifact spirits? We are just 'artificial life forms' created by humans, like androids in science fiction movies. Artifact spirits are not much different from humans. We not only have flesh and blood, but also possess power that surpasses that of humans."

"Because the summoning medium used when a spirit is born is different, each spirit is very different. Therefore, you should never generalize between different spirits."

She looked at the golden retriever sitting on Yin Shang's shoulder.

"Take it for example. Although we are so different, it is still the same kind of creature as me."

...

After hearing her recount the "secret," the group fell silent. They still needed time to process this enormous amount of information.

If Coco were to speak:

"So, Your Majesty, the 'medium' and 'foundation' that summoned you destined your body to be unable to become a vampire, but you made ample preparations, using your power and Her Majesty the Queen's blood to allow Princess Lokina to be born as a vampire. Is that so?"

The blonde girl smiled slightly and ran her fingers across her face.

Her pupils returned to their original crimson-purple color, and her long, pointed vampire ears transformed back into their original human form.

“That’s right. In order to rule the vampires, I, the prince, must appear in public as a ‘newly embraced vampire by the queen.’ Don’t be fooled by the vampire council’s subservience to me; they cannot tolerate a non-vampire riding on their heads.”

She said with a smile.

"Little maid, don't let your teacher Torre know, okay? It took me a lot of effort to make him forget about it."

Coco replied solemnly, "Yes, Your Majesty."

...

Lingxi waved her hand in front of her face again, and she transformed back into the appearance of a vampire princess.

"Hehe. Now you all know my secret. So, tell me, it's cooperation..."

She sat in the chair and tilted her head slightly back.

"...Or death?"

Yin Shang sighed, "What's the point of this option?!"

Considering that she truly couldn't sense any divine power from her, Yin Shang, who had no other choice at all, could only shrug.

"Tell me, what do you need my help with?"

Lingxi smiled with satisfaction: "After hearing the 'secret story' just now, isn't the answer already quite clear?"

She stood up, walked to the silent prisoner "Yang Qi" to the side, grabbed him by the neck, and lifted him up.

“Use your sword to peel the fragments of the dark will from the fragments of Yang Qi’s soul, and I will be able to absorb and fuse with it.”

"In this way, the 'I' that has always been incomplete can become whole again."

She glanced at Ye Liuli beside her and sighed softly.

"Alas, even the days I spent with Xiao Li when I was a child... all those precious memories of mine, I can't remember them anymore. My incomplete soul is also making my existing memories blurry very quickly. If this continues, I will forget everything in the past and will no longer be myself. Only by regaining the remaining soul and memories in this body can I walk with them forever."

Her bright red

His pupils looked slightly forlorn.

"Alright, let's get started. I've been waiting for this moment for a long time."

...

Yin Shang gripped the sword of hesitation:

"Strip him of his soul...you want me to kill him?"

Lingxi tilted her head.

"Oh, so this little cutie has hunted countless monsters, but has never killed a human?"

"No problem, I'll take care of it. I'll intercept the soul, and you just need to swing your knife at it. Is that alright?"

A wisp of black mist quickly gathered between her fingers, transforming into a dagger.

She sneered and immediately slashed at "Yang Qi's" neck.

"and many more!!"

Ye Liuli grabbed Lingxi's wrist.

Lingxi looked at her, puzzled: "Xiaoli, what's wrong?"

Ye Liuli realized she had acted impulsively, and she didn't know why she did it.

"No...it's nothing. I just feel...this person is, after all, 'A-Qi's' body, so in a way, he's still 'alive.' If I were to kill him...I—"

Lingxi sighed.

"Sigh, Xiao Li, Xiao Li. I've told you so many times, this guy is just a fragment of a soul assimilated by the remnants of darkness, subconsciously believing that he is the original owner of the body."

She grabbed Xiaoli's shoulders, forcing her to look at her.

“This guy isn’t your ‘Aqi,’ I am. ‘Yang Qi’ may still be alive, but he’s not this dark monster who’s taken over someone else’s body. We’ve been living together for years, you should know that.”

The usually fierce and irritable "Liuli" was now as obedient as a kitten in front of her.

"I know, but Xiaoqi..."