Chapter 740

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

(Not purely Western fantasy; the setting resembles a dozen or so centuries ago, but at its core it is still a fictional story, and it doesn't involve elves or dwarves or anything like that — just vampires, werewolves, and hunters who hunt vampires~)

When Shen Yao woke up this time, she was already no longer in a familiar environment.

Hmm

That's not quite right either; even Shen Yao herself is somewhat impure now.

In this life, Shen Yao has a mixed-blood body; her mother came from the mysterious and unfathomable East, her father was born into a fairly wealthy old Noble family.

In Shen Yao's brief memories, her father and mother were deeply devoted, but heaven has unpredictable storms; during a long journey they met with misfortune and both perished, leaving only the few-years-old child to survive.

It was during such a turbulent period that Shen Yao transmigrated over, a pair of eyes blank and bewildered, and in the end she was taken back by her father's Clan.

"Oh, the poor child; who knows how long this situation will last."

"Mother, she may still need some time to walk out of her grief."

"Yes, truly unfortunate……"

Shen Yao sat on the beautiful bed, her familiar Cloth Doll placed beside her, all brought from home, and they bore even more traces of her parents.

Shen Yao Blinked, turned over with her back to the entire doorway, curled up her body and Closed Eyes, letting others think she was grieving.

In reality, Shen Yao was Investigating this world's situation; when she had just arrived nothing was familiar, she could only pretend to be mute to deal with these relatives, and now she finally had private space — she definitely had to summon the System out and question it thoroughly.

System: ……

Actually the System isn't very clear either; the main issue is this time point is a bit delicate — hmm, they transmigrated a bit early; they weren't supposed to come at this time originally.

Shen Yao: ……

Shen Yao coldly watched the empty room, rolling her White Eye Roll straight to the heavens.

The System begged for mercy and apologized, saying this wasn't entirely its fault — the Host herself hadn't paid attention either; the two of them should each bear the Error.

"Cut the Nonsense; just tell me where this is, our current situation, and this world's story background — don't think about hiding it," after all, the two of them haven't unbound yet.

"This is the Faluo Kingdom, a Small Country sandwiched between several Large Countries.

This place resembles Europe a dozen centuries ago; large and small countries are countless; don't look down on the Faluo Kingdom, but all the surrounding Small Countries have to hold it up and coax it," the System rattled on, then switched topics to themselves, "We are currently in a Boke household that has some Force but can't compare to other powerful nobles; your Cheap Father is the Boke family's second son — although he doesn't inherit the Family Business, he at least has a meal to eat; now that you've returned to live here, you don't need to worry about daily problems."

Shen Yao thought to herself that those weren't what she was worried about; it was just that this world's structure was a bit Strange, so she told the System to stop rambling and spill any news it had.

What news could the System have? Oh, it actually did have some.

"This world has vampires, and werewolves, and hunters who hunt vampires; the Three Parties are mutually hostile, and they also control the Kingdoms — most Countries are under their control."

After the System finished speaking, it muttered in a low voice that this world wasn't very peaceful or tranquil; wars between large and small countries were a dime a dozen.

Why did Shen Yao's parents meet with disaster? Wasn't it because they were innocently caught up while on the road, and in the end not even bones remained — tragic and miserable.

It's also Qizhi: the neighbors were fighting, and the final brawl location turned out to be right at someone else's Doorway.

The System's Complaint desire couldn't be concealed at all, especially since the content here was overly magical; if these weren't all details it had investigated itself, it would suspect it had been deceived and Concealment — it simply couldn't understand at all.

"Oh, looks like this world isn't peaceful; then does this place have magic or elves and dwarves?" Shen Yao was curious about this kind of world, where all sorts of races often appear, just like in the Immortal Cultivation World.

"No, magic doesn't exist here; there are rumors of witches, but they're all False — lies fabricated to satisfy private Desires," in fact, every single one of those slandered as witches possessed something coveted by others; this is still a plundering game, just not carried out openly.

Shen Yao sighed, thinking her plan to learn magic had completely fallen through.

Since that's the case, then let's study the present — how exactly should an orphan girl who lost both parents live?

How to live?

Just live normally.

The System felt that with the Host's abilities, winning over her Grandfather and Grandmother wasn't a problem; even if that Heir Eldest Uncle doesn't like the Host, this household is still run by the older generation — Heir? Can Abdicate anytime.

Although primogeniture inheritance is very common in this world, there are also many cases where the Heir was replaced by another son due to various circumstances, just like the Imperial City in the Ancient World — many people Strive and fight for the position of Guo Zhu.

"You can't put it that way; in this household I'm just a little transparent person — because my birth parents are gone, I had to come here to live as a Refugee," after all, Shen Yao's parents were still very wealthy; whether it was the property divided to the second son or the collections on her mother's side, it was enough to let Shen Yao live Comfortably in this world for a lifetime.

But this world is relatively backward; despite technological development bringing very rapid transportation not inferior to the Modern World, in people's hearts women's Status is still terrifyingly low.

Shen Yao is an orphan; if she doesn't return, her property simply can't be protected.

Just like the witches slandered and executed in various ways — were those witches really witches?

"Don't show your hand for now; observe the situation a bit more," mainly because the true circumstances aren't understood yet.

Moreover, Shen Yao is currently only eight years old — a Delicate doll; no matter how much planning and Arrangement, she has to wait until adulthood first.

With that said, Shen Yao turned over, and this time she truly Closed Eyes to rest.

A child's energy isn't very vigorous to begin with, and Shen Yao just experienced a huge family upheaval; even a sudden personality change would be understandable — moreover Shen Yao was originally a Cute and Obedient quiet personality, and she rarely came here with her parents before; as the Owners, Grandfather and Grandmother fundamentally don't know Shen Yao's core has been swapped for another person.

"Just went to see that child? How is she?" The Head of Household Kain sat in the Study; seeing his wife enter, he couldn't help but concern himself with the poor little thing who just lost her parents.

"Sigh, Qiao Zhe her spirits don't seem too good; let the child rest well first, wait until later when the situation is Stable then talk about sending her to boarding School."

Don't look at how this world has many Kingdoms; the Crowd's lives still lean Modern — it's just that because this feudal-society-like Rule has never been terminated, everyone's speech is half-cooked, possessing both feudal society's rigor and Modern Society's casualness, like clay kneaded and mixed together.

Clay? Could this be a worldview written by some Qizhi Author?

It's not without that Possibility; the previous Task World wasn't also a novel evolution? And this situation already occurs frequently; Shen Yao didn't need to wait long — she directly called back the System that had run off who-knows-where to be a Spectator, and one bluff got it exactly right.

System: ……

The System scratched its nonexistent head, "Seems like this place really is evolved from a novel."

It's just that the System hasn't investigated in that direction yet; it's currently Melon-Eating and watching the fun.

"Hurry and put away your little Expression; do the proper business first, so we can prepare in Advance."

In other words, their early entry definitely wasn't for no reason; who knows if there's something inside that needs them to go solve.

The System listened and went "oh oh" twice; since that's the case, let the Host wait a moment — investigating the Task World's truth, completely a Small Matter.

After about three days, the System returned from the sea of consciousness once again.

The System didn't waste words, directly babbling out all the information it knew in one go, including the background of this task world.

"It's a novel, and not just one — if I hadn't investigated carefully, I almost got hoodwinked!"

The System still felt somewhat fortunate saying this — it truly deserves to be an info broker, professional!

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao looked at the increasingly smug System that especially loved self-praise, and helplessly signaled for it to speak quickly — her time here was precious, even if she was only eight years old.

"Oh, this is just a you-love-me, I-love-him, he-loves-her dog-blood story.

Simply put, the love-hate entanglement between a hunter and a vampire.

That's the first one.

The second is the true and false feelings between a werewolf and a vampire.

And there's a third — the third is more subtle, but also the most dangerous. In the near future, war will break out on this continent, and no one will escape!"

Shen Yao's expression showed no fluctuation. She calmly stated it was impossible that no one could escape. "If no one can escape, then what about the main cast's halo?"

System:...

"Fine. This turmoil sweeps the entire continent. The final result is that vampires and werewolves disappear, hunters return to ordinary life, and in the end it once again becomes a world of only humans."

The System didn't explain the details inside, but Shen Yao, as a senior tasker who had experienced so many task worlds, naturally understood how to achieve this outcome — vampires and werewolves suffer catastrophic losses, and hunters are of no avail either.

All three parties exit the stage. One can only say all three powers suffered heavy blows. Would that be all humans joining hands? Unlikely, because human nature is fundamentally selfish. The possibility of joining forces against an enemy only exists when lives hang by a thread. Unless it's that kind of emergency, humans will never choose unity.

"Oh, any other news?"

"Isn't this enough? Host, don't push your luck."

There really isn't more. The System felt the Host really liked white-looting. Before, she'd at least give some rewards in exchange, but now it's purely coercion failing and turning to hints — thick-skinned through and through.

As expected, one really can't give the Host too much face. Otherwise, a System would lose the dignity of the System realm — that would be a huge disaster.

Shen Yao ignored the System muttering away there. She was pondering the matter of these three novels.

I see — three novels kneaded into one. No wonder it felt so weird here.

But these three the System mentioned really are old-school literature, tragic romance? Most likely they'll implicate a wide scope. Even the third novel's war might be the fruit grown from seeds sown by the protagonists of the first two novels.

Hiss—

Thinking it through, it really is very possible. After all, whether vampires or werewolves, these two races don't sound like the type to stay honest and not stir trouble. Moreover, vampires are called vampires precisely because they often feed on human blood — they are humanity's greatest threat.

Don't look at the small number of vampires. A single vampire is enough to deal with many people. And because vampires live long and have confidence, they often appear in handsome, wealthy, or beautiful, elegant human forms. That skin alone has bewitched who knows how many ordinary people inexperienced in the world.

Most will be deceived by this group of vampires and become their blood food.

Because not everyone can be turned into a vampire, pure-blood theory is also involved. Anyway, understanding it is still somewhat troublesome.

So the result is a love story between a vampire and a hunter? That truly counts as tragic romance. After all, the two sides are mortal enemies. After all, hunters exist entirely because vampires still exist.

Raising a hand to touch her chin, just as Shen Yao was following her train of thought deeper, a knock suddenly came from outside the door — the maid responsible for serving in this household.

The maid came to ask this Young Lady Shen Yao to go out. The reason: the weather was nice, and other noble young ladies of similar birth had come to visit. Shen Yao also needed companions to accompany her — how could she stay cooped up in her room all day without showing her face?

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao felt these two people were really interesting. Her birth parents in this body hadn't been dead long. By rights, she really didn't need to show her face. But it seemed her grandparents didn't care much about her parents' matter, and instead paid more attention to her psychological state.

Maybe it's related to this world's setting? Anyway, Shen Yao didn't understand, but it didn't hinder her acceptance.

Smiling, she nodded at the maid. Then, with the other's help, she changed clothes, and the two went out toward the doorway.

They were called visiting noble young ladies, but in reality they were just a few count's daughters of similar age and comparable background. The Kain family is well-known in this city — an old clan. Though they bear the title of count, they lost the actual power of a count long ago. But the entire Faluo Kingdom is like this.

Kain may occasionally feel a little lost, but this doesn't hinder the whole clan's reputation. After all, military power is centrally controlled. Only the king can mobilize the whole country's resources. In the end, everyone else still has to watch the king's face.

What Kain currently wants is to maintain relations with nobles of similar standing, and conveniently see if there's any chance to climb higher.

For them to raise their rank, aside from war, it's relying on the king.

War — currently can't be fought (mainly big ones can't be won, small ones have no profit). The king — the king is already advanced in years. No matter how ruthless Kain is, he can't send his own daughter to vie for the queen's throne. That's a whoever-touches-it-dies situation. The result wouldn't last three months before it's GG.

Who let this king have several sons, and the sons have several grandsons? One gets the feeling that in the not-too-distant future, the Faluo Kingdom will split apart.