Elena felt like a fool for having talked to a painting for so long. She could only leave helplessly. The most important thing now was to find Arucado and persuade him to be her guest, in accordance with her mother's prophecy.
Under the gothic semi-elliptical window, the Blood Disaster Flower slowly turned its "head" towards Elena's direction. A multitude of terrifying eyes opened in the center of the flower, and then it split open in the middle and said, "Beautiful Princess, we meet again. Is there anything I can do for you?"
"Have you seen Arucado?"
"He has prepared the scepter and crown you will use in the ceremony and is waiting for you in the lounge."
"Thank you." Elena nodded.
"Forgive me for being frank, Princess. You are just too delicious." The Blood Disaster Flower drooled and said, "If you ever need my help, just give me a piece of your flesh, and I will do my best to help you."
"Thank you, I don't think I will ever need you." Elena nodded and quickly walked past the Blood Disaster Flower.
"Uh, don't you want to consider it? I only need a small piece of flesh, even an eyeball will do, my beautiful Princess—"
When Elena opened the door to the lounge, she indeed saw Arucado sitting on the sofa holding a crimson wine glass.
"Where's your sister?" Arucado asked as coldly as ever.
Elena took a step forward and suddenly felt her right foot sticky. She knew that the disaster was intensifying.
"I need your help for something important!" Elena said urgently.
"What is it, my sister?"
"I need you to be my guest at my coming-of-age ceremony!" Elena said directly.
Arucado raised his gaze: "Don't you know that I'm the host of your coming-of-age ceremony?"
Elena's heart skipped a beat: "So...?"
"Sure." Arucado suddenly nodded.
"What did you say?"
"I said, I agree to be your guest at your coming-of-age ceremony. Although I'm the host, I don't mind having the additional guest status."
Arucado nodded in response.
Elena was stunned. She didn't expect it to be so smooth. "Um, do you have any conditions for being my guest?"
"No." Arucado put down his wine glass. "You're my sister. You invited me so sincerely to be your guest. As your brother, if I don't agree, it would be very un-noble and un-gentlemanly of me."
Elena heaved a sigh of relief, but immediately thought of something else. Something very important. "Then, will you sincerely wish me well at my coming-of-age ceremony?"
Arucado smiled, a very cold smile.
"Of course, I will send you my blessings. But to sincerely wish you well, I'm sorry, I really find it very difficult to do that."
"What?" Elena's blood-red eyes widened.
Arucado slowly stood up.
"It's really very difficult, my sister. Mother abandoned me but kept you by her side. She even wrote a prophecy for you, wanting you to become the most powerful vampire in the world. Mother was so partial to you, so partial, so partial... How can I, the brother you both abandoned, sincerely wish you well?"
At this moment, Arucado had already walked up to Elena, his face distorted as he stared down at her!
"So! Now! Do you still want me to be your guest?"
Elena lowered her head and let out a long sigh. Yes, it was all her own wild imagination. Arucado could never be the guest she needed. Because if he could, Father would have invited him long ago.
After Arucado finished speaking, he gave another cold smile and walked past Elena.
"Arucado!"
He stopped but didn't turn around. "I love you, and Mom loves you too," Elena thought, and memories of her childhood came flooding back. Back then, Alucard was always following her around, and the way their mother looked at him was exactly the same as how she looked at her.
"Haha. I love you too, my sister," Alucard sneered, walking out of the room and slamming the door shut.
The croaking of frogs once again filled the room. Elena quickly took off her long-sleeved gloves, only to find that her arms had turned completely green and slimy, with black stripes—just like a frog.
[Nini's SAN -10] "Yaa! Master is so scary—" Nini screamed, but this time the croaking didn't disappear; it just weakened a lot. She knew that Nini couldn't stop the disaster, but her scream had a mental pollution effect that could suppress the hallucinations that occurred during the disaster.
Elena put her gloves back on. [Your SAN -1] [Your SAN -1] ... No! The calamity is coming faster and faster! If we keep waiting for Father, it might be too late! Besides, Father may not be able to find it either! I have to rely on myself! I must find my one hundredth guest immediately and end this disaster brought by the prophecy!
But! Where should I go? Who can be trusted? Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack!
"You deceived me..." "You deceived me!!" "You're not sincere! Ribbit—"
"My beautiful princess, how could you say such a thing to me? My alignment is 'Lawful Evil,' I always follow the rules strictly and would never deceive anyone." Blood Disaster Flower said angrily. Ribbit ribbit ribbit ribbit ribbit ribbit ribbit ribbit...
Elena's mind was in a complete mess! Right! The name tag... The name tag!! Elena twisted her body and ran towards the auditorium as fast as she could! She had to confirm whether there was any writing on the name tag at the seventh table, seventh seat!
But she found that the servants in the auditorium seemed to be greatly tempted when they saw her, their eyes wild and out of control. "Blood..." "So tempting blood..." "Blood..." All the servants at this moment seemed like walking corpses, their bodies moving uncontrollably towards Elena.
Aunt Mary's advice number three: Blood should only appear in wine glasses. "Get away!" "Get away ribbit—" "Nini!!"
Nini, as a blood contractee, had to rush over quickly. Then she saw more than ten servants in the auditorium who had lost their minds, laughing maniacally. "Thibault, so many people want to play games with us, hehe! Giggles!" Boom— Elena felt as if something extremely terrifying had happened behind her, as if the ceiling had cracked. But she couldn't care about that anymore! Without the obstruction of the vampires, she quickly ran towards the seventh table, seventh seat, and grabbed the name tag on the table!
She suddenly discovered that on that name tag—there wasn't a single word! Why? Why? Father had clearly said that as long as I sent out the invitation before twelve o'clock, the names of the guests would appear on the list! But why ribbit!! Aunt Mary's advice number seven: Don't trust your father, he will kill you.
Elena wanted to scream in despair, but suddenly stuck out her long tongue and quickly retracted it, then made a "ribbit ribbit ribbit" sound. Everything below her eyes had turned into a frog's. [Your sanity -20]
However, at this moment, she finally noticed that the blank list began to gradually show some writing. Only, the writing was always blurry. At the same time, she saw a shadow beginning to slowly solidify on the seventh chair of the seventh table!
Then, Elena felt the world spinning, her body shrinking, and she completely fell under the chair. Ribbit! Ribbit! Ribbit! Elena felt as if she had completely turned into a frog... [Your sanity -20] [Your sanity -20]
And at this moment, the shadow on the chair finally solidified into a real form. It was a woman! Elena looked up—she had silver straight long hair, bright blood-red pupils, noble and elegant demeanor, and a finely chiseled face... Was that me?! Ribbit! Ribbit! [Your sanity value -20] [Warning: Your sanity value is about to reach zero. Please stay calm.]
"Tsk tsk, I've been here all along, Elena. Why... can't you see me?" The woman gracefully lowered her head to look at the frog at her feet and smiled warmly. "I'm your one hundredth guest." Clang! The list on the table fell to the ground, landing right in front of a little frog. At this moment, the writing on it was clearly visible—Guest: Elena.
[Your sanity value - Zero!] [You are no longer yourself...] ... "No!!" Elena sat up in bed in alarm, screaming loudly! But at this moment, she found herself sitting on her bed in her room. The sunlight outside the window was even a bit blinding. She quickly checked her body. Her eyes were still there... Her body... hadn't turned into a frog... "Could it be... a dream?"
Knock, knock, knock! Suddenly, there were three knocks on the door. They were neither too heavy nor too light, neither too fast nor too slow, and sounded very pleasant.