Chapter 481 It’s an honor to be your first timeArmand smiled bitterly. "Will my truthfulness shake your determination to kill me? Elizabeth, I know you won't."
Ran Ran nodded firmly, "I won't."
"I'm just telling myself to understand the sin of doing this."
"Killing a virtual body has a different cost than killing a living person."
Ah Fu cried even harder, he knew everything was irreversible.
Amid Ah Fu's crying, Armand smiled gently at Ran Ran again.
"Elizabeth, my good girl, you are determined, brave and fearless. You will have a bright future."
Armand bent down and kissed Ranran's forehead. His movements were so gentle that he seemed afraid to disturb any cloud.
"May the flower-eater protect you."
Ranran's eyes trembled, and Armand took her hand again and placed it on his empty heart.
"I used to not believe in love or blood, but your arrival changed everything."
Ran Ran couldn't believe it. It had only been such a short time since she came here, but how could Armand have changed so much?
Armand's change is indeed real.
Armand said gently: "I know you are not the real Elizabeth, but it is precisely because of this that this miraculous change happened."
"Elizabeth and I, including Leonor, Melris, and Alfu, we are all trapped in this world. We need someone like you to break the situation."
"Do you know what the situation would be like without you?"
"Nothing will change," Armand assured.
"Elizabeth can't understand me, and I can't understand Elizabeth. The relationship between the two of us is still as distant as before."
Armand sighed, "I am just like her. We are the kind of people who won't take that step on our own initiative."
Ranran listened and suddenly remembered the background introduction given by Kongdong when he first entered the game.
[You have a close relationship with the owner of the castle]
Ran Ran once thought that they were distant relatives, just like Lin Daiyu who had to live alone in the Jia Mansion after losing her parents...
But now it seems that the relationship between Elizabeth and Armand is obviously not that simple.
Plus, Armand mentioned the word "good kid" more than once...
So when he called her his Elizabeth, it was indeed a manifestation of love, but it was not the kind of love she thought, but the love of a father for his child!
This also explains why Elizabeth was the only one saved when the fire broke out in Golden Spike Village.
Armand ignored and showed no concern for the remaining villagers who died, and never even mentioned Elizabeth's adoptive parents, because he was only related to Elizabeth by blood.
The couple who lived in Golden Harvest Village and raised Elizabeth were just servants who were paid to do things for Armand, so naturally he didn't care about them because he was too proud.
Only Armand should know about this, because in Elizabeth's cognition, she has always been just a poor country girl.
She had never displayed the arrogance of aristocrats, and being completely unaware of this relationship, she naturally would not think of approaching the high and mighty Earl of the castle.
After experiencing such a huge change, she felt only grief and helplessness.
In her eyes, Armand was just a kind-hearted man who could provide her with material conditions, but he could not save her.
Because her heart is dead.
"Any more questions you want to ask me?"
Armand's deep voice pulled Ran Ran out of her thoughts. She thought again and again and whispered, "Why send Elizabeth to Golden Spike Village?"
"You are obviously willing to protect her. You love her too, don't you?"
"No, you got the order wrong." Armand said gently: "It is precisely because I want to find out what love is that Elizabeth came into this world."
"And when I first had her, I still didn't understand love."
"I remember holding a brand new life in my arms, and feeling nothing but overwhelmed."
"I pretended to be calm and concealed all the panic. I didn't smile like Leonor did at that time. I didn't feel the love I had for the child in my arms."
Ran Ran shook her head. "Not only joy and happiness are love, panic and tension are also love."
"That's right, so I didn't understand love at that time." Armand's tone was like a sigh, "My understanding of love was too shallow."
"So I sent her away. Why did I choose Jinsui Village..." "First, because it is a place I will never set foot in my life. If I leave her there, I will never think of her again."
Ran Ran frowned slightly, "You treat Elizabeth as a mistake, a failed experiment."
Armand nodded. "Another reason is that I was influenced by that small town girl."
“I wonder if my inability to know what love feels like is because I’m not in the right environment.”
"I, Leonor, and even Mellis don't know how to love. Until now, no one has taught Mellis how to love, but Leonor has gained the ability to love."
"That girl taught her."
"For aristocrats who only exchange interests, it is very difficult for love to arise."
"So I can't help but think about Elizabeth's future. If possible, I hope she can learn to love spontaneously when she grows up, and even teach others how to love."
“That’s all I expect from her.”
Ran Ran couldn't help but ask: "Do you think she did it?"
"Of course, Elizabeth is a good child." Armand joked, "I'm not complimenting you."
The cold grey eyes were filled with loneliness. "My Elizabeth knows how to love someone, but I am not on her list."
Ran Ran didn't know how to react except to sigh.
"I understand."
Armand had a feeling, "I guess you don't have any more questions for me."
Ran Ran shook her head.
"No."
These two words were undoubtedly a death sentence for Armand.
The time of whispers between the two of them was over.
Armand's smile turned bitter. "Well, now let's carry out your judgment."
Armand raised his voice. "You, who possess free will and reside in the body of Elizabeth, my dear daughter, are the most qualified to make this judgment."
Ran Ran was stunned. His daughter… He still said it out loud. This was the first time he acknowledged that Elizabeth was his blood.
Everyone present looked changed.
Kong Yan looked at Ran Ran in disbelief, "Daughter?! I always thought she was my competitor!"
The butcher's eyes flashed with surprise, "After all, Armand is cursed with eternal life. His young appearance will indeed cause misunderstandings."
Kong Yan shook her head, "Then my strategy is going in the wrong direction."
"If I had known that Elizabeth was his daughter, I should have made good friends with Elizabeth. Given Armand's doting nature, my mission might have been accomplished."
The butcher disagreed. “Knowing in advance wouldn’t have helped much.”
"Armand was able to be moved by the evil boy's affection in such a short time because he had been lonely for too long. He finally had a bloodline of his own. He had this need, but love..."
The butcher said honestly: "He doesn't need love, and the way he looks at you is like a pool of dead water. Even if he really needs it, the object is definitely not you."
Kong Yan was silent, feeling aggrieved.
"Do you need my help?" Armand held Ranran's fingers, his eyes full of tolerance.
Ran Ran said softly: "I really don't know how to kill a vampire."
Armand smiled, "You have seen it." He wrapped his big hand around Ranran's hand and pressed it against his chest.
"Stab here with a silver weapon, and the eternal curse will end."
"My body will then turn into dust, just like Tok's, not black or white, but gray, just like my eyes."
"Hope you like it."
Ran Ran's hands trembled. "How can anyone give their own death as a gift to others?"
Armand was as gentle as the wind.
"It's an honor to be your first time."
