A brilliant beginning…
Eventually, there will be an end.
The era pioneered by countless heroes also has its final day.
In this sorrowful world, most heroes ultimately left no epitaph in the long river of history.
At the end of an era, the ignoble, in the name of “ideal,” used murky mud to bury the monuments that stood upon a glorious past.
They vainly attempted to prevent the brave ones who opposed them from inheriting the will strong enough to fight them from that glorious era.
History seemed to revert to an endless cycle.
One act after another…repeating its performance.
The remnants left by a glorious finale that lasted sixteen hundred years became the despair hanging over the world.
Despair plundered everything.
Devouring the world’s foundations, extinguishing the souls of living beings.
Leaving behind only twisted empty shells, wandering in a long night where even the sun had been usurped.
And then…
In despair, the eternal and unperishing Lord of the Night lit the stars in the darkness.
The myriad stars ignited the embers beneath despair.
She, with the stars, protected all beings.
Until the stars fell…
The arrow of dawn brought the morning.
Since the end of that brilliant era…
It has already been the first millennium.
“Lilith?”
“Lilith, what’s wrong?”
A call from the present pulled Lilith back from her shattered memories.
The memories that shouldn’t have appeared were once again layered in ice, reburied in the deepest part of her soul.
It was as if nothing had happened.
Forgetfulness is the best medicine for maintaining humanity.
“What’s wrong?”
Lilith, who completely didn’t remember what had just happened, looked at the worried faces of the people in front of her and asked, somewhat confused.
“Is my heart-shaped omelet not delicious?”
“No, you just looked a bit scary…”
“Yeah, yeah! Lilith, your eyes just now were so scary, it felt like you were about to crack…”
“You just froze in place like a broken marionette…”
“A bit like the sign of an alien nature on the verge of collapse… I thought you were going to go mad…”
Everyone chattered away, but in the corner of the dining table, Amyra’s deep purple eyes held a strange expression.
Others might not know, but that night, she had glimpsed a fleeting moment of Lilith’s soul.
The twisted, bizarre memories intertwined with the authority that formed her soul, presenting a scene… she had only glimpsed a corner and nearly died outside the hospital blood bank.
If it weren’t for the benevolent nature of this being, who helped her stabilize her mind.
She probably wouldn’t be here today.
And to be honest… Amyra found it hard to imagine that this indescribable being could still cook for them today.
It was like an evil god from some terrifying foreign land, wearing an apron and singing while cooking for you, and in the end, no one knew what kind of dish it would serve up.
Sanity plummeting.
In fact, Amyra had been wondering all day if she was immersed in a dream she had woven herself… and hadn’t woken up.
Fortunately…
Lilith at least looked like a cute girl, and the food she served was incredibly sweet and delicious.
However… as someone who always wanted to be a scholar, with a strong spirit of exploration.
She was becoming more and more interested in this seemingly small Vampire Princess.
This vampire named Lilith…
What level of existence is she?
There are many vampires named Lilith; in fact, the Blood Progenitor Lilith has the most descendants remaining in the world today.
The two Vampire Archdukes existing in the world today… are the children of the Blood Progenitor Lilith…
After all, the way vampires procreate is different from humans; except for the original Blood Progenitors, other vampires are basically transformed from humans.
Humans granted true vampire blood and baptized in the Embracing ritual are the true vampires who can carry on the progenitor’s surname.
Vampires born through other impure means… like Selunia… are completely unacceptable to the vampire community.
Blood is the bond that perpetuates vampires.
And apart from Progenitor Lilith… all other progenitors of bloodline surnames are no longer in the world.
It can’t be…
Amyra took a deep breath.
The death-defying spirit unique to a researcher surged within her.
Afterward… I must find an opportunity to be alone with this being.
Perhaps from her, I can learn some secrets that could never be recorded in books.
“Oh, it’s nothing, I just sometimes have a bit of senile dementia.”
Lilith chuckled, waving her hand to signal that everyone shouldn’t worry.
“After all, don’t let my appearance fool you, I could easily be your great-great-great-grandmother.”
“So you’ll have to take good care of this lonely old woman in the future.”
Seeing Lilith revert to her usual flippant self, everyone felt relieved.
“Hmph! Such an act!” Selunia snorted, but her heart relaxed a little.
She thought this vampire pretended to be young during the day, and then at night, she’d say she was an old woman trying to gain sympathy.
But then she recalled Lilith’s expression just now… so different from their previous, carefree interactions.
That expression…
It was like a withered tree, almost crumbling under the passage of time.
It couldn’t help but evoke a sense of sorrow in one’s heart…
Selunia still felt uneasy.
Well… she was just worried that this vampire, who knows how many years old, might hurt everyone if something went wrong… it definitely wasn’t because she had a tiny bit of concern for her just now.
“Mmm, anyway, it’s good that you’re okay, Lilith!”
Ginny’s mouth was full of omelet rice; she hadn’t expected such a simple dish to be so delicious when Lilith made it.
“Um… can I have another bowl?”
Ginny looked at her plate, which had become empty at some point, and asked Lilith, a little embarrassed.
Seeing the little cow’s watery eyes blinking, how could Lilith bear to refuse?
So she immediately rolled up her sleeves, ready to go back to the kitchen and whip up a few more portions.
“Of course you can. You’re at the age where you’re growing, so don’t go hungry if you haven’t eaten enough. Just tell me if you need more!”
“Hmm… but the egg reserves… don’t seem to be enough for omelet rice… can I make you fried rice instead?”
“Yay! Whatever you make, Lilith, is definitely delicious!” Ginny cheered, raising her spoon and fork and beginning to sway her head at the dining table.
“Ginny, table manners…”
Selunia shook her head helplessly, then picked up a napkin and wiped Ginny’s face, which was covered in rice grains.
“You’re always like this… Sister Veil will blame me again for not supervising you well.”
“Mmm… s-sorry…”
After helping her troublesome friend, Selunia, for once, looked with a slight apology at Lilith, who was expertly tossing the wok in the kitchen.
Watching that small figure holding the wok, controlling the flames on the stove as they danced in the pan, Selunia thought that with Lilith’s skill, she could probably be an executive chef in a top aristocratic restaurant in the upper city…
“Sorry, Lilith, you’re working hard… don’t bother too much, come out and eat soon… otherwise the food will get cold. We’ll clean the kitchen and dining table later.”
“I know, I know, fried rice is quick.”
Lilith rolled her eyes, thinking, isn’t it an established fact that I cook and you wash the dishes?
Cooking and washing dishes is a job only mothers do.
If I wash your dishes, will you call me mom from now on?
The fried rice was ready in a few minutes.
After all, Lilith used to set up a fried noodle stall on the street, and although she didn’t know how many years ago that was, her speed and skill were still excellent.
She even had the experience of frying noodles while dodging city inspectors.
Now, cooking this much was simply child’s play.
A plate of golden fried rice, as if emitting golden light, was placed on the dining table, and everyone felt their eyes were about to be blinded.
Lilith felt that at this moment, she should have a special chef’s badge tied to her arm.
Even Little Chef could not compare to me with this special effect!
“Lilith, what kind of dazzling magic are you using!”
“Ah! My eyes!”
“It looks so delicious!”
Lilith awkwardly withdrew her magic, then coughed a few times, no longer trying to show off.
However, even though Lilith had dazzled everyone’s eyes, the fried rice, with its perfect color, aroma, and taste, still whetted everyone’s appetite.
Even Amyra, who usually ate slowly, ate much faster.
Kelly and Ginny had no image left at all, frantically snatching the large plate of fried rice piled high in the center of the dining table.
This caused Selunia to tap the table several times to remind them to mind their manners.
Lilith quietly watched the lively room, feeling unusually calm and peaceful.
Living like this for a while seemed like a pretty good choice.
When Veil came back, she’d just try not to make her cry twice.
“Anyway, even though there were many unpleasant moments before! Let’s still toast to our brief encounter!”
Lilith raised her cup, and the tomato juice inside swirled, like vibrant, warm life.
After a brief moment of spacing out the others also raised their soup-filled utensils.
Tomato and egg-drop soup and plain water collided at the center of the dining table, intertwining.
Like intertwined destinies.
After the collision, they each departed.
“Oh, oh, cheers!”
“Ah! Ginny, don’t use the bowl for the egg-drop soup!”
“What does it matter, this counts as a toast too!”
“You’ve spilled it all over the table…”
“I think it’s fine.”
“Hahaha!”
“Sigh… you guys, this doesn’t follow table manners… never mind, just do whatever you want today.”
After the lively dinner, Ginny volunteered to take care of the post-meal cleanup, while Kelly continued to struggle with her unfinished homework, and Amyra put down her book and tutored Kelly by her side.
Lilith looked at everyone in the room.
She felt that this encounter in her boring life could leave a mark worth remembering.
Life from now on didn’t seem like it would be boring.
“What’s wrong? I’ll take you to the room first.”
Selunia looked at Lilith, who was beside her with a gentle gaze, and couldn’t help but feel a little confused.
“Nothing, let’s go, let’s go see our love nest from now on~”
“What love nest! You… can you stop saying such strange things! If you were more serious! I wouldn’t…”
“Wouldn’t what? If I were more serious, you’d like me?”
“You… Hmph!”
Selunia turned her head away in a huff, walking towards the second-floor room without looking back.
“Why are you standing there! You don’t want to sleep in the living room, do you?”
“Coming, coming~”
Lilith thought to herself, this girl’s makeup is really complex, how did she even get a bit of tsundere in there?
You know, tsundere isn’t popular these days.
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