I Am Louis XIV

   Chapter 403 The Promise After Thirty Years

Zmish's parent, Prince Amon, has always been a wild and unrestrained existence, and he does nothing strange - when the doll said this sentence in a tone similar to a sigh, Louis knew that he had made a decision - Theoderic had falsely threatened, but Amon would definitely do it without hesitation.

   "What a pity," said Louie, before it acted. "It's too late."

   "What's too late?" Amon asked.

   "You should have done this thirty years ago, on the first night you saw me," Louis smiled fearlessly: "Forcibly transform, or kill me."

   "It's not too late, Your Majesty, thirty years is nothing to me."

"You know that's not what I'm referring to," said Louis, "but as you said, the lifespan of a vampire far exceeds that of a human being, which is your advantage and your disadvantage, for example, now ."

"Now?"

"If you killed me that night, or forced me to become your descendant, then the blood family, no, it should be said, the inner world may be able to survive for a hundred years, or even hundreds of years, until the human race is too strong to allow it. There are any corners that they have ignored - but if that time comes... the blood race, and all intelligent creatures different from humans, will usher in a catastrophe, and this catastrophe will finally be ended by the victory of mankind, your descendants, Your Highness, at that time, you will either die, or you will become an entertainment tool for human beings like a liger in a circus..."

   "Are you humiliating me, humiliating the vampire?" Unexpectedly, Amon didn't get angry, he was very calm, but people are generally quite tolerant towards those who are about to die.

"I'm telling the truth," Louis was more calm, his tone didn't even fluctuate: "Vampires have a long lifespan, Theoderic mentioned that your existence time may be much longer than him, and there are also vampires who speculate that you may It is three or four generations, and Amon is also not a Christian name. Your Highness, you mentioned King Solomon and intended to make him your descendant. Can I say that you were already the head of Zmish at that time? Or their ancestors? You've seen so many things over the years, how could you not understand what I mean?"

The candle shook slightly, and was about to burn to the end: "In the history of mankind," said Louis, "let us go on, go on, go on, beyond AD, Your Highness, we can see that, in fact, mankind is the most The first to worship is nature and animals, those powerful beings that they cannot explain and cannot resist, such as hurricanes, thunder and lightning, floods, all kinds of ferocious beasts and raptors, just like the gods of the Egyptians, almost all of them have distinctive animals characteristics, the same is true of primitive gods elsewhere, but since ancient Greece and Rome, the image of gods has changed from animals to people...why, very simple, because human beings are advancing, they have become wiser and stronger, They may still be unable to fight floods and droughts, but they can take advantage of them, and the beasts they once revered are no longer worthy of their altar because they have changed from hunter to prey."

"From the altar to the altar, it's only a few hundred years," Louis continued: "There is a saying in the far east, and Bishop Mazarin agrees. He also gave this sentence to me. I I found that it can be used in many places - non-me races, their hearts must be different." He praised: "What a philosophical sentence, Your Highness, we can actually find that for human beings, this kind of non-self has always been It is constantly changing, selfish creatures like humans are just dividing their camps according to their own likes and dislikes.”

"If you had transformed me or killed me, then there would not have been a king in France who dared to drive wizards and vampires," Louis sighed, "the most different thing about me and Philip from everyone is that I can say I have no faith."

  Amon's body moved slightly. Although this matter could be regarded as an open secret - to those who were close to the king, Louis said it himself, which still shocked the blood prince.

"I have no faith. I don't believe in purgatory and heaven. I don't care whether I sit next to a saint or a devil in the future. I believe that human beings have only consciousness and no soul, so I can treat people of different beliefs equally." Louis said in one breath Go on: "If Philip became the king of France without me, he may be a good king, but he will not be a destroyer. The separation between the outer world and the inner world will still exist. Expand...but one day, everything will be in front of their eyes nowhere to hide."

   "How long do you think this process will take?" Amon asked.

"Five hundred, no, three hundred," said Louis, "and I'm not saying doubt, but sure, you know that scholars and captains have given me a chart of calculations because they suspect there are some they can't identify. But there is, my mathematicians say, there is nothing they can't calculate - I tried the area where Gayola Island is, and it turns out that they get from the tides, the undercurrents, and the proliferation of marine life. It did calculate that there should be an island somewhere, even if they couldn't see or touch anything."

"if there was not you…"

"It may be a hundred or two years at night, but the result is the same, no king will be indifferent to his own country, and the lost territory is also his territory, as long as it is still within the borders of the country." Louis said: "At that time To what extent will the development of mankind, Your Highness, when the ancient Romans changed from bronze to black iron, priests, shamans, and monsters had to take their place. The halls are full of human gods, I do not Knowing how long the blood race has existed, is it God's punishment as the priests said, but I know that a strong man will not be willing to give in." The sentence he didn't say is - if the blood race is really completely above humans , then the rulers now will not be humans.

"Look, you can kill me, but time won't turn back, what I have done, Leopold I, Carlos II, and Charles II are also doing it. After removing the initial fear, the blood family has already Became the gods of the past - like beasts, you feed on human beings, you were stronger than human beings," Louis smiled wearily: "Perhaps it is the same now, faster and stronger, you can incarnate bats and smoke, Non-fatal wounds can be healed quickly. When a few individuals are opposed, there is no doubt about your advantage. But we all know that the most terrifying part of human beings is not their individuals. The waves are surging, and no matter how sharp the spear is, it will not help. — and we now have more than just spears.

The blood race has a long lifespan. Your Highness, you can see what I cannot see. My body and consciousness are turned to dust, but you may see the destruction of the blood race - if you insist on continuing - 'not my race' . Humans in a few hundred years will exclude you from being with me, and they will hunt and domesticate you as they hunt domesticated beasts until the last blood race disappears. "

"...I really should have transformed you into my descendant twenty years ago." After a suffocating silence, Amon said: "But you are planning to transform what humans will do to us hundreds of years later. Threats and exploits pulled to the present?"

   "I just wanted to try it out," Louie said. "Vampires are not beasts without intelligence and thought, like wizards, if they can keep up with the times with humans..."

  Amon showed a surprised look. It's not easy on a ceramic face the size of a thumb, but he just did it: "You actually think so?"

   "What's so strange about that," Louis retorted: "My eldest son is a wizard. Do I want to watch my descendants become part of a circus for fun?"

   "Humans and blood races have an irreversible contradiction. Humans are our food." Amon said.

"The same sentence, human beings are developing." Louis said: "Even now, as long as you want, you can ingest enough but not lethal blood." Louis said mildly: "Makavi and Simmoore's blood Blood princes are willing to be hired by human kings to gain lands and titles for their immediate descendants - but can a title make victims and their relatives blind and deaf, fools and idiots, no, they ask It's just some tax concessions. What does it matter if you pay one or two children or even yourself? Human life is sometimes precious, and sometimes it's very cheap. Are the revived corpses driven by the wizards themselves? Is it from a robbery? In that case, I just make these more regular and organized."

   He met the eyes of Amongo's monster: "I must say, I'm just an ordinary person with a little obsessive-compulsive disorder."

   "I was going to kill you a few minutes ago," Amon said, "but now I don't know what to do."

"I know you and Theoderic worry only that I will meet all the vampires," said Louis. "I am not such a fool. I will avenge my lover and the mother of my children, and eliminate hidden dangers. But I will not start a war between the outer world and the inner world, unless someone wants me to do so - you can look at me and see what I do, I said that human beings always seek good luck and avoid evil, and I am no exception, Your Highness. "

   "I still think you will be a huge variable." Amon said.

   "Then you can try it, too," said Louie, "but I don't think the future I predict will change."

The doll stood up and walked around on the table. Amon rarely hesitated like this, especially in the face of a human. What is a human being? He can always see through them at a glance, whether it is noble, or Is it despicable, or pure, or greedy... The long years make him feel uninterested in any human being, just like a learned scholar facing a simple picture book.

   Then this "picture book" allowed him to see the near future.

What Louis said was right. As Amon who came from King Solomon's time, it can be said that he watched how magic rapidly weakened and subsided. He had seen and heard all the legends and myths that human beings thought. He has heard how human beings have become strong and continue to become strong - and he can prove it. In comparison, the strength of the blood clan is only a short one or two hundred years...

When humans only had bronze or black iron spears, the tough skin, swift speed and strength like a bull or a giant bear could really make one tremble, but now human artillery has long been able to destroy the walls of boulders .

   Should he believe or accept the nonsense of Louis XIV? Compared with Charles II or Leopold I, this human being is greedy and tolerant. He has the courage to ask the blood family to become a member of the French people, but at the same time, he also treats France, not one place, Two fiefs were given to the blood clan.

   I treat everyone equally, he said.

   "I gave you thirty years," Amon heard himself say: "I can give you another thirty years, Louis."

  ———

  Varro Vesalius walked out of the mirror and his legs were so weak that he almost fell.

   Even Ballas couldn't help but say, "We may not be able to save you in time." That was Prince Zmich.

   "Then you really have to go back to Rome." Louis said lightly.

Ballas lowered his head, he had nothing to shirk when it came to Marie Mancini, "Elarius has developed very well in the Roman church, so I don't want to call him back, but I think if I do If necessary, he won't mind recommending a few people to me." Louis looked at Ballas: "I'm not a merciless person, but I hope the people under my command can fulfill their duties, you should understand what I mean."

   "You really want to…"

"I've done the same thing once," said Louie, "but then I handed it over to the werewolves and the wizards, and they groomed only the superficial twigs, and now it looks like it's buried deep. The root system in the dark still needs to be dug out and burned."

   "It's going to be a big wave."

"So I'm going to start a war of the world." Louie said, as simple and easy as making a cup of coffee with his own hands, "I'm tired of going back and forth with some idiots in secret - wait until I'm in the cloth. I'm going to issue an edict at the end of Brittany's parade."

   "May I...know?" Vesalius asked with difficulty.

   "I intend to divide France into the provinces," said Louis.

  Ballace's face was pale: "You didn't want to, didn't want to..." Like Henry VIII of England who set up a Protestant...

"What are you thinking. Of course not," said Louis, who had little handicap for the French king and who had two legitimate heirs: "I intend to divide Brittany into five provinces," he said. Turning the glass: "There will be no Brittany. Guys."

   (end of this chapter)