Chapter 9: Wreath, Ring and Vow 3
After Lagoud confessed his love to me, he seemed to be particularly happy, and even his pale face seemed to glow with rosy luster. However, his happiness was a little abnormal. He seemed to want to spend all the remaining time in his life. He took me to play in all the fun places in the city. He took me to experience all the places that lovers must go, do, eat and see.
When he sent me home, he was still reluctant to leave.
"Okay! Lagude, we've had so much fun today! So let's go home first! I'm so tired now!"
"Qiqi..." Lagude showed a beautiful smile, his eyes fixed on me without any scruples, "You have worked hard today! Then go back and rest early..."
I felt a little embarrassed by his focused gaze, so I quickly urged him to go home and rest.
"Okay! Go back quickly! It's not like we won't see each other in the future... Let's go out together tomorrow! I will also take you to some fun places..." I began to plan tomorrow's itinerary with him happily.
After hearing what I said, Lagude's face seemed to turn much paler. He lowered his eyes, and when he raised his head again, the emotions in his eyes had become quiet and peaceful: "Well! Qiqi, then you have a good rest..." As he said that, when I was caught off guard, he came over and hugged me, and gave me a light kiss on my forehead.
It was like a butterfly fluttering its wings across my forehead.
My face flushed, I stammered and couldn't speak, I just stared at him blankly.
"Good night..." After kissing my forehead, Lagude quickly pushed me away, waved at me casually, and turned away.
This, this guy...he, he just kissed me...
My heart was beating faster and faster, I looked at his back with a red face, my hands tightly grasping the corner of his clothes...
Lagude...seems to be particularly enthusiastic today! Hehe, but I really like it!
This Lagude is so handsome...
After coming back to my senses from my infatuation, I walked into the house, and as soon as I got to the bedroom, I fell on the bed exhausted. The scenes that happened during the day flashed through my mind like slides.
Before I knew it, I was so tired that I fell into a deep sleep.
I felt like I was in a strange place, empty and deserted. I felt panicked for no reason and couldn't help shouting out loud. When I shouted, I called out Ragud's name.
"Qiqi, I'm here." A voice sounded behind me.
I turned around and saw Lagude with long silver hair standing not far behind me. His face looked very pale, just like his silver hair, but his eyes were red as if dyed with blood. The two completely opposite red and white colours made his already handsome face look even more charming, but this charming look also revealed a trace of haggardness and weakness, which made me feel distressed.
"Lagude, what's wrong with you? How did you become like this?" I wanted to get closer to him, but found that no matter how I walked, I always kept a distance of one meter between him and me.
Not far away, but still hard to reach him.
I panicked and called out his name loudly: "Lagude."
I vaguely knew that I was in a dream, but why couldn't I control the dream as I wished? It was as if there was an unknown force hanging over my head, controlling my dream and making it impossible for me to exert any strength.
"Lagud, come here!" I shouted Lagud's name anxiously, hoping he would come over.
Lagude looked at me, and suddenly, he grinned and showed me a bright smile. I stared at him blankly, watching him show such a bright and lovely smile, watching his pair of long canine teeth flashing a dazzling light in his bright and lovely smile.
"Lagude, how did you become like this? Is it me, did I harm you? You also became a vampire? Is it because I sucked your blood? How could this happen?" I was completely confused and anxious. I really wanted to get closer to Lagude, but no matter how hard I tried, the distance between the two of us never changed, not even a millimeter.
"What's going on? Lagude?" I shouted desperately at Lagude, but he seemed to not hear my voice at all. He just looked at me with a very bright smile. After a long time, he stretched out his hand and slowly approached me.
" Lagude—— " I don't know why, I had been thinking about getting closer to him, but when Lagude really approached me, I instinctively wanted to step back.
"Don't be afraid, Qiqi." He spoke, but his originally pleasant voice now sounded extremely hoarse, as if it contained great sadness.
He slowly approached me, and suddenly clenched his outstretched right hand. When he opened it again after a while, there was a bright red ruby in the palm of his hand.
"I said I would protect you, remember?" Lagude said with a smile. As I stared at his smiling face, he slowly moved the ruby in his hand closer to my heart. "Qiqi, you must remember to believe me. Even if I am gone, I will definitely be able to protect you."
If you're gone, how can you protect me?
I really wanted to ask Lagood, but as I looked at his handsome face getting closer and closer to me, my throat seemed to be blocked by something and I couldn't ask.
"Qiqi, no matter what happens in the future, I like you - I hope you will never doubt it. But I can only tell you this in my dreams. When I return to reality..." Lagude slowly moved his hand holding the ruby towards me, lowered his head, and gave me an extremely sad smile, "I am a coward. I have so many words in my heart, but I dare not say a word to you."
"But Qiqi, I am so happy at this moment. Because even without me, you can live safely." Lagood looked at me affectionately and said.
I felt a brief burning sensation in my heart and looked down curiously, only to find that the ruby that had been in his palm was gone.
"Lagude, your ruby--" I exclaimed in surprise. Just as I was about to ask him, I looked up and found that the person who was standing in front of me had disappeared.
Even if it was a dream, there was no way he could play tricks on people like this.
Suddenly, an immense panic welled up in my heart, as if the dream was about to happen in reality and Lagoude had really disappeared.
I looked around for him, calling his name loudly, but there was nothing around me. There was nothing but my own voice.
I screamed in fright and got out of bed, only to find that the sun was shining brightly outside the window and it was already the next morning.
"Ai Qiqi, it was just a dream, why are you so scared!" I slapped my face gently, and couldn't help thinking that I had become so dependent on that guy Lagude. It was just a dream that was not a nightmare, but I woke up in shock. If that guy knew about it, he would definitely be so proud.
While imagining Lagude's proud expression and behavior, I quickly washed my face and brushed my teeth, then took a box of biscuits and a box of milk and went to school. Thinking that I would see him as soon as I arrived at school, I felt secretly happy.
This is how it feels to like someone. I always think about him and want to see him. I can't help but feel happy when I think he will appear. Although I always felt that I liked Jiusha, I have never been so happy. Otherwise, why did we have no contact except occasional letters after being separated for half a year, and I never thought there was anything wrong with this?
I have never had such a strong liking for Jiusha, so naturally it is impossible for me to miss you so strongly.
When I arrived at school, there was still nearly half an hour before class started. Most of the students in the class had not arrived yet, including Lagoud. I took out my textbook and looked through the courses I had missed recently while waiting for him to arrive.
The time of waiting always goes by very slowly, but even if it goes by even slower, when school was almost over in the afternoon, Lagood still hadn't shown up. Wasn't this guy too late?
It was not until all the classmates left that I was sure that the guy had shamelessly skipped class again. If he continued like this, I wondered if he would be able to pass the final exam.
I muttered to myself as I put the class notes I had been busy organizing all day into my schoolbag: As his fiancée, even though we are not officially married yet, I should be qualified to take care of this guy's affairs, right? So if I go to see him with my class notes, then - that shouldn't be a strange thing, right?
As I was thinking, I couldn't help but walk towards Lagude's house. However, the address I knew was the one my class teacher gave me last time. When I got there, I still saw the abandoned old building.
If I could barely believe before that Lagood might live in this dilapidated house due to financial difficulties or something like that, then after seeing that guy driving a luxury car to pick me up and giving me branded things as soon as he opened his hand, how could I believe that this gloomy and dilapidated place in front of me, which looked as if no one had lived in it for decades, would be his home?
With that guy's picky personality, he would definitely not be able to stand staying in this house for even a second, right?
I remembered that Lagoud had once said that he was running away from home, and my heart trembled - could this guy really have run away from home?
But why did he run away from home?
Maybe I encountered some problem...
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but blame myself for not caring enough about that guy!
When I see him, I will definitely take good care of him and at least ask for his real home address.
I didn't have the position or the mood before, but now, everything is different between me and him. I waited until dark but didn't see Lagoud, so I had to go home first.
I went over in my mind what I was going to say to Lagude tomorrow, and then waited for tomorrow to come. But who knew that on the second day, this guy still didn't show up.
The third day, the fourth day, the fifth day...Ragoud still didn't show up, and he just disappeared from my life.
And my initial trepidation turned into great panic.
How could Lagude disappear after I confessed to him? He, he might have encountered some big trouble...
I have to go find him!
Finally, I couldn't hold it in any longer and ran to find my homeroom teacher, but got a shocking piece of news - Lagood had already transferred to another school!
When I was shocked, the teacher told me that all the transfer procedures for Lagood had already been completed, and even several class leaders knew about it, and I was the only one who was kept in the dark!
Why is this happening?
So what happened?
Why did Lagude suddenly disappear? And he also told the teacher not to tell me about his transfer? If I didn't ask, would I just have to wait foolishly?
I remembered the dream I had that night. In the dream, Lagude, who had transformed into a vampire, smiled at me so happily. Thinking back now, that happiness seemed to be mixed with a hint of sadness, which made me inexplicably uneasy at the time, and I woke up with fright as he disappeared from the dream.
There must be some inexplicable reason for his departure!
And I must find him and ask him clearly!
After I figured it out, I started to look for LaGude frantically. I went to all the places we had been to, where he might go, and where we had said we would go together. But I found that there was no trace of him anywhere. I was helpless, but I was unwilling to give up. I didn't want to give up. Who could tell me to give up like this without knowing why, after I knew how much I loved that guy?
Nearly a month has passed, and Lagude has disappeared from my life for so many days, but I still have no news about him. So, in addition to asking around for news about Lagude in my spare time, it has become my habit to sit on the lawn of the old church after school before going home. Just like now, I am sitting on the lawn outside the old church.
I seemed to be back to the time when Lagoude first brought me here. Here, he said he would always protect me. But how long had it been since then, and he disappeared?
"Lagude, you bastard! Didn't you say you would protect me? Even so, why did you suddenly disappear? How can you protect me if you're gone?"
I shouted loudly towards the sky, and suddenly I remembered that in my dream, he seemed to have said "If you disappear, you will still protect me", and my heart felt as if it was torn apart and it was bleeding with pain.
"Could it be that the dream that night was created by you to say goodbye to me? After you hinted to me in the dream, you just left without saying goodbye? Lagude, you bastard, who do you think you are, controlling my dreams? Humph——" When I thought about the guy who disappeared for no reason after confessing his love, and even left me with such a strange dream, I didn't know how to vent the grief and anger in my heart!
Speaking of that dream, I felt really strange, because the Lagude in the dream was so real! It was as if he had come into my dream on purpose to say goodbye to me! And he even said goodbye as if it was a farewell forever! Asshole!
no, I can not!
That was definitely a dream! How could Lagude control other people's dreams?
Not to mention that he was just an ordinary rich boy, even a superpower like Akashi could not do this. Moreover, he was so weak that he would fall down if the wind blew.
I guess I must have been thinking too much about that guy.
"Lagude, please come back soon. If you don't come back, I might go crazy." I continued to shout towards the sky. The sunlight that was covered by clouds suddenly appeared and pierced directly into my eyes. My eyes were so stimulated that many tears suddenly appeared.
"Bastard, damn it!" I cursed softly while wiping the tears that kept falling.
"That guy is indeed a bastard." A shadow appeared in front of my eyes, blocking the sunlight above my head, but it couldn't stop my tears from falling.
"Jiusha? Why are you here?" I squinted for a long time before I could see clearly who was in front of me. But this is clearly my and Lagude's secret base, so why would Jiusha appear here?
"You followed me?" I could only think so. Lagude said that the old church had been abandoned for a long time, so few people knew about it. It was basically a forgotten corner. So if Jiusha was not following me, there was no reason for him to know about this place.
"Yes, I followed you, but it wasn't Jiusha, it was me." Akashi's voice came from the front. I looked up and saw him walking slowly towards me, with three or four stray dogs hanging out their tongues and surrounding him. "That's not right, in fact, I sent them to follow you."
Akashi-sensei reached out and petted the stray dog closest to him, causing the dog to bark in delight.
I curled my lips. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard to believe that someone could be surrounded by a group of stray dogs and still look and behave as noble as a royal nobleman parading in the streets.
"You've been really hard to find these past few days. I almost mobilized all the dogs in the city to look for you." Teacher Akashi came to my side and sighed, "Although you've been emotionally disturbed recently, which inevitably has some effects on your body, I didn't expect that your panic could actually stimulate your potential to this extent. Tsk tsk tsk tsk... I really wonder how powerful you will be if you can completely become a vampire one day!"
What's the meaning?
I stared at Mr. Akashi blankly, having no idea what he was talking about.
What does it mean to become a vampire? What makes you powerful?
What the hell is Akashi-sensei talking about!
I haven't done anything else recently except looking for Lagood. Why does Mr. Akashi say this to me?
"Looking at your expression, you didn't realize you've been acting strange lately, did you?" Akashi raised his eyebrows at me. Seeing my bewildered look, he couldn't help but shook his head sympathetically. "I originally thought you were just moved by that guy Lagude, so you reluctantly accepted him. I didn't expect you to really like him, and it's not just an ordinary like. You like him so much that once he disappeared, you lost your vigilance towards everything else."
I continued to stare blankly at Mr. Akashi, waiting for his answer. However, when he mentioned Lagude's name, my heart couldn't help but shrink violently.
"The distance from the school to the old church is about 90 kilometers. Even if a car is traveling at 100 miles per hour, it will take more than half an hour to reach the destination. But you only took 10 minutes, which is almost as fast as flying!" said Teacher Akashi.
"I--" I was frightened by what Teacher Akashi said. I opened my mouth but couldn't utter a word.
90 kilometers in 10 minutes, 9 kilometers in 1 minute, 150 miles in 1 second...? 1 kilometer is equal to 1000 meters, so in 1 second, my running speed reaches 150 meters? That is indeed a speed that can only be described as flying!
How can I be so fast?
"That's impossible. If that were the case, how come I don't feel anything strange?" I shook my head, wanting to deny what Mr. Akashi said, but in my heart I felt that maybe what he said was right.
"If you didn't have such a fast speed, why did you walk to the old church and walk home every evening after school? Why did it only take you an hour? In an hour, a normal person probably wouldn't even be halfway there."
Yes, it is such a long distance that if it were someone else, it would be impossible for them to go back and forth every day, just like the old church is the park downstairs of their home.
"But why don't I feel anything at all? If you hadn't told me, I would never have noticed anything wrong with me."
"There are probably two . One is that you have been panicking and confused because of Lagood's sudden disappearance recently, and you have no time to care about it. The second reason is that - I suspect that not only your speed, but also every part of your body has undergone essential changes recently. In other words, your body has become stronger without you realizing it. It is so strong that even at such a fast speed, it is just like taking a walk for your body, because your body cannot feel the slightest effort, so it is naturally easier for you to ignore your sudden increase in strength." Teacher Akashi explained patiently.
"To be honest, I'm really curious about how powerful you have become in such a short period of time, and what force prompted your sudden evolution. Yes, that's right, evolution, an evolution that belongs to vampires, but not even the purest vampires can necessarily achieve." Teacher Akashi became more and more excited as he spoke, and at the end, the way he looked at me was almost as if he was looking at some rare treasure.
"Or, it's possible, Qiqi, that your physique is naturally suitable for being a vampire, or that you have some kind of connection with the vampires. It's really hard for me to imagine how powerful you would be if you became a true vampire. By that time, maybe you would dominate the entire vampire clan, and maybe the Jasmine Dynasty would also undergo a huge change because of you."
Drops of sweat slid down my forehead. Looking at Mr. Akashi's expression, it was obvious that he was too excited and thinking too much.
What about being born to be a vampire, dominating the vampire race, and the Jasmine Dynasty will also undergo a huge change... Those things are too unreal and too far away for an ordinary girl like me! For me, being with Lagude is the happiest thing.
"Qiqi, you must go to the Human Research Institute. I will give you another thorough examination." At the end of his speech, Mr. Akashi stated his real purpose.
"Okay." I agreed without thinking, not only because I had been receiving help from Mr. Akashi, I couldn't refuse his request, but also because I intuitively felt that my change was more or less related to Lagude. But now, the connection between me and him is so weak that only the dream of that night and the vague intuition in my heart are left.
Even if my intuition was vague, I didn't want to give up. I didn't want to give up. I clenched my fists and looked up at the old church in the sunset, thinking about the vows I made in front of the old church, the flower ring that Lagude put on my finger, and the words he whispered in my ear in my dream that he would protect me. I didn't want to give up just like that. If you don't come to see me, let me go find you. What does it matter!
