"

"You don't deserve to talk to me, junior."

Li spoke in a deep voice, not very quickly, but interrupted the young man just right, and there was a faint warning in his words:

"It would be more like your mother or old Marvolo."

The handsome young man's smile faltered.

"Tsk, tsk, age discrimination does a lot of harm to people."

He looked at Zhan En and Thales, shrugged helplessly, and then looked back at Count Li.

"But please don't worry, I will definitely take these words to the graves of my mother and the old speaker."

Li didn't answer, just stared at the uninvited guest coldly.

Thales had nothing to do with himself, but he paid attention to the situation with interest.

Zhan obviously knew the young man, and he cautiously warned:

"Yannick."

But the young man named Yannick didn't seem to hear him. He leaned forward and stared at the vampire in front of him without any scruples:

"Be careful, Master Zhan En. These are the Seven Branches of the Kingdom of Night, who are famous for being crazy and violent. Once they get angry, the Emerald City will bleed."

Li's eyes sharpened!

"Both of you!"

Zhan En raised his voice, his smile not diminishing: "Today is the competition banquet, one of the most celebrated days in the Emerald City."

Yannick and Li looked at each other.

"Ha, it's just a joke. After all, in this city," Yannick chuckled, "Who has the ability to make the iris bleed?"

Li Leng snorted.

Jenn breathed a sigh of relief.

But the young man suddenly turned around and stretched out his hand towards Thales:

"My name is Yannick, His Highness Thales, from the Feast Leader."

Thales had no choice but to return the favor and hold the other person's hand.

"I'm Thales Bright Star. Your hands are really cold. Wait, the leader of the feast?"

Thales thought of something and subconsciously let go of the other party's cold and biting hand.

"Yes, that's right, that's why I can only come here at night." Yannick smiled slightly and took back his hand, not feeling dissatisfied.

He looked at Li and meant something:

"And just as unpopular."

Feast reception.

Thales's smile disappeared, and he thought of the geography of the Western Continent, the Feast Land and the Yemang Mountain. These are all places on the Golden Corridor, adjacent to the city-state of Leivor, but...

The Feast Territory is the mysterious territory of the Vampires who stayed in the Western Continent after the Ending War. It is managed and ruled by the Dark Night Council composed of the above six branches.

He is a vampire.

Thales frowned and looked at Yannick, but the vampire didn't care. He smiled and spread his hands, letting Thales look at him.

No wonder he wears makeup.

Otherwise, his expression may be like Li's, and people will know something is wrong at a glance...

Or like Nicolai's dead face.

Zhan coughed and signaled to Yannick:

"Tiles, this is a member of the Dark Night Parliament from the Feast Territory..."

"Ah, Your Majesty Duke, we have changed our name. We are no longer called the Parliament of Dark Night," Yannick's eyes lit up and interrupted Zhan, "Now, we are called the Parliament of the Immortal."

Zhan frowned:

"The Immortal Council?"

Li also had a look in his eyes.

Yannick smiled and nodded:

"Exactly, as you know, warm-blooded people always have fear and bad associations with the night. They always feel that darkness is evil and terrifying. In addition, coupled with the long-term misunderstanding of cold-blooded people, we passed a resolution to no longer

Called the Night Council..."

Li sneered, seeming to be disdainful.

Zhan En followed the good advice and immediately changed his words:

"Very well, Immortal Parliament. Thales, allow me to re-introduce you. This is Yannick Holier, the seventh member of the Immortal Parliament. He represents the Holier family among the six families leading the feast."

The Night Parliament, the Immortal Parliament.

Seventh Member of Parliament.

Houllier family.

Countless nouns flashed through Thales' mind quickly, but he noticed another point:

"Congressman Yannick, did you just say warm-blooded or cold-blooded?"

Yannick nodded happily:

"Ah, I'm glad you noticed this, Your Highness. We used to like to call ourselves 'long-lived species' and call humans 'short-lived species'. I also used it when I was young... But there is no doubt that this is a historical formation

It’s an opposing name, lacks respect, reflects narrow-mindedness and old-fashioned thinking, and it’s time to phase it out.”

Yannick looked at the Duke and Prince friendly:

"So, you are warm-blooded, and we are cold-blooded. Your Highness, I believe this is a more objective, respectful, and friendly title, which will help eliminate the misunderstanding, estrangement, and hatred that humans and vampires have had for many years."

Warm-blooded, cold-blooded.

Thales understood.

"Abandoning the pride of thousands of years of immortality, we are willing to be despicable, tie our own hands and feet, and despise ourselves." Li sneered at the side, "It is simply asking for humiliation."

Zhan frowned.

But Yannick’s smile never diminished:

"Oh, really? But in my opinion, Earl Li, perhaps calling himself an 'immortal species' is just humiliating himself: no matter how immortal the vampires are, their lifespan is not half less than that of the immortal elves.

"

Thales said doubtfully:

"Which half?"

Yannick turned back and smiled easily:

"daytime."

Thales was stunned.

"Childish, innocent, ridiculous."

Le Corleone continued to sneer and said disdainfully:

"It's a boring child's play for juniors."

Zhan coughed heavily, but it obviously didn't help much.

"I'm sorry, but this is not childish, nor is it ridiculous, nor is it boring, Corleone," Yannick shook his glass and changed into a comfortable sitting position, "This is out of practical political considerations."

"Political considerations?" Thales asked.

"We are different from our relatives in the Eastern Continent, Your Highness Thales. The Feast Territory is a place where vampires and humans, cold-blooded species and warm-blooded species live together and even rule together. We need to deal with the outside world not just with swords."

Yannick smiled and said:

"So, respect is necessary and mutual: If the vampires no longer want to be called disgusting 'vampires', no longer want to be regarded as enemies by humans, no longer want to be isolated from the world, no longer want to be endlessly hated and hated in the cycle of hatred,

If we are afraid, we must change the impression that outsiders have on us and change our attitude towards the world."

"Just like your kingdom: after the End War, the Renaissance King no longer showed himself as the prince of the empire, so that he could put aside the reputation of a tyrant and tyranny, and let the Kingdom of Stars gain a foothold in the End Age."

Thales rolled his eyes.

Zhan En chuckled, seemingly helpless:

"But the world has never let go of this. Seven hundred years later, they still mock us as 'Imperial People'."

Li disdain from the Kingdom of Darkness hummed.

"Respect is not obtained by groveling down," Corleone said coldly, with a sinister tone, "but by strength, death, fear, and the blood of our enemies, the things we rely on to survive, the fourth generation's juniors.

"
To be continued...