I Am Louis XIV

Before Louie could answer, a strong gust of air swept past him. The black hurricane lifted the vampire high and threw him towards the walnut paneled wall, where the wood shattered under the vampire's body. Depression, almost at the same time, before Amon could react, a sharp cane pierced his throat—the shimmering silver stick tip pierced the pale throat, but the visitor was slightly startled, Because he hardly encountered any resistance when he stabbed down—the illusion disappeared in front of him in an instant. He continued to hold the cane in one hand, half suspended in the air, and pulled out the rapier beside him with the other hand, and was facing Amon and his sharp claws. collided together.

"This is really a bit surprising," said Amon, who was hanging upside down from the zenith at some point, "You also have times like this when you lose your grace."

The visitor didn't answer, he withdrew his cane indifferently, and in the next instant, two non-human beings quickly fought in the king's bedroom. Although the king's bedroom is not small, Amon and the outsider are both tall and slender over six feet, so it can almost be said that they fought each other around the king - not only the sharp sword, the cane, but also their sharp fangs. Claws, the candle went out again, the moonlight flickered, Louis' eyes could not catch their figures at all, and only from the occasional pause could he see which of them had the upper hand-although the latecomers had weapons, the king still It can be found that he is quite restrained. He didn't come to kill Amon or give him a painful lesson, but just wanted to drive him out, but Amon was obviously crazier. In other words, when he started fighting, he was like He couldn't control himself at all—his shadow was agitating one after another, trying to crawl out of it.

Amon also noticed that he stopped all his movements suddenly, letting the cane pierce his shoulder - he stood upright and looked at Louis with regret: "It seems that we have to wait for the next goodbye, Your Majesty." He said, took a step back, raised his hands, and the heavy black iron-framed glass window opened to the room with a bang, the cold evening wind rushed in with the mist, Louis looked out the window instinctively, At this moment, Amon turned into hundreds of little bats and flew outwards with a huff.

The same strange gentleman didn't stop him. He didn't walk over until Amon had completely disappeared, closed the window with his own hands like a human being, lit a candle, and when the light of the candle illuminated the room, Louis realized that there was a man in the room. It looks as if two elephants have wrestled here. The wall panels are dented in more than one place, the wall coverings are torn, the furniture is crooked, the glass is broken, the ornaments and clothes inside are thrown out, and the bedposts and the curtains collapse together. The couch was covered with dust and debris like the carpet.

This scene is really speechless, Louis looked around, only a circle with a diameter of about three feet around him was clean, he really didn't know if he should praise the non-humans for their steady wrists and sharp eyes? "I think I should thank you, sir," said the king, "but I don't know your name yet."

"I want to say that my name is worthless," said the gentleman, "but I don't want to fool you. This is disrespect to you. I am Theodric, Your Majesty, and the patriarch of Vanjo."

"Theoderic? It's not a common name," Louis said slowly. "It once belonged to a king."

"If you want to ask me if I have ever worn a crown." Said Theodoric, the patriarch of the Ventrue, a vampire: "Yes, I was indeed a king."

"But I heard that the inner world and the outer world are separate." Louis said, "Is someone lying to me, or is there another reason?"

Theoderic took two steps forward. He wore a black coat like a prevalent and solemn minister, with a handsome but gloomy face.

Theoderic was once the king of the Merovingian dynasty, the first dynasty of the Frankish Kingdom, and it was precisely because of this that he had always maintained a slight connection with the French royal family-I don’t know why, Mr. Louis Feeling some consideration in his eyes: "Your Majesty, first of all, this law," he explained, "even if it is only unwritten, can only be dated back to the tenth century or so. But even if it is written on parchment , printed on wood or etched on copper, there are always rebels in the world who ignore the law—you may know that King John Lakeland of England was turned into a werewolf in 1216—plus The relationship between the world and the watch world is not stable... I mean..."

"I think I understand what you mean." Louis said - he knew that there was a joke in Paris. When Louis XIII, some ministers complained to Cardinal Richelieu because they couldn't bear the king's harshness, and Richelieu Seliu said bluntly, you can bully the king back when he is young.

Obviously, the same is true of the inner world and the outer world. When the kingship of the outer world is strong, the inner world will hibernate and abide by the so-called laws, but if the kingship of the outer world becomes weak, then the non-humans in the inner world will also Showing his own ambitions - but considering that King Charles I of England had already been beheaded by the mob, Louis was not so surprised.

"So what are you here for?" Louis asked, he didn't think that the patriarch of Fanzhuo just passed by here occasionally, and suddenly wanted to do good deeds.

"Vanjo has a different philosophy than Zmisch," said Theodric. "They desire chaos, while Venzo wants order."

This answer made the king show an indescribable smile: "I'm afraid you will be disappointed," he said: "The peace of Paris will soon cease to exist."

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Louis' prophecy was soon fulfilled.

After the arrest of Prince Condé, Conti, and the Duke of Londeville, Queen Mother Anne issued an expulsion order to Prince Condé's mother, wife and sister, the Duchess of Londeville, and exiled them from Paris. The mother of the acting prince, the old lady not only blatantly refused to leave Paris, but also submitted a complaint to the Supreme Court surrounded by a group of soldiers-needless to say the content, and the wife and sister of the Prince of Condé quickly fled to Bordeaux, where There the Duke of La Rochefoucauld and the Duke of Bouillon greeted them, and it is said that as soon as they saw the two noble ladies, they immediately began to shout slogans against the royal family, and invited the prince's wife to join them in shouting.

On the streets of Paris, mob parades once again filled the streets and alleys, and the citizens shouted for the immediate release of Prince Condé, Conti, and the Duke of Longueville.