Vampire Aedes
32. The Spirit of Aster

Aster raised his palm as soon as the mosquito flew and alighted on his left arm. Plaque! Blood-sucking animals that dare to interfere with the vision of Aster was crushed in the hand.

"Dead you!" In the next instant, Aster's facial water became tense, his face grew pale but not from the cold. "See me ..," his tone trembled in light of the rules about harming living beings. Not only did it hurt, even the mosquito had just died.

On the other hand, Prince Aedes groaned in pain while holding his chest. That slanted smile was engraved on the face. "He's quite nimble. Fortunately, I felt her sweet blood."

"Looking at you smiling happily, it looks like the Seventh Prince has already found the living thing," said a person who suddenly appeared from the side.

It is hard to guess how this person could ride. Prince Aedes was treading on one of the roofs of the main pavilion twenty feet high. Only a winged soul representative could have the ability to fly, unless that person wore a forbidden artifact.

"How can you climb the roof?"

"Your question is wrong, you should ask if there's nothing I can't do?"

The man in the brown shoe tightened the headband. "Indeed the top five position. Without hiding, the First Prince spied on me bravely enough."

"Look! Who is spying on who? What are you doing on my roof? Don't you have a weird interest in me?"

"So this is your residence, yes. I just found out. Then, excuse me." Prince Aedes gave a quick greeting. He jumped from one roof to another with his flying ability.

The gust of the night wind is quite strong, especially plus the influence of the movement of Prince Aedes who is as fast as lightning. It left the First Prince almost blown away if it did not immediately set the balance. It protects the eyes from the sweep of the wind by preventing them from using the arms.

A flash of blue light flashed from the First Prince's wrist, instantly causing Prince Aedes to avert his gaze. However, the beam instantly disappeared. "The jewels behind the First Prince's arm seem interesting."

Beyond the knowledge of Prince Aedes, the blue light was getting brighter. The master who realized this complained, shouting, "Hey this is so glare! I'd really slam your necklace to pieces if I couldn't stand still."

"...."

A few minutes later, the place around the First Prince went back dark. The smile of victory he showed while kissing the deep blue pendant in his grasp. "That's pretty. I promise I'll give you back on the day of my victory. Of course, as long as your thing is in my hands, you must obey my orders, otherwise ...." The First Prince purposely hung up his sentence followed by a mockery laugh.

"...." - ".The jewel flickered as if responding to the First Prince's words.

Each part of the main pavilion was so vast that the First Prince's laughter was unable to break through the gaps of the other people's room walls. However, this does not apply to representatives of the animal soul. Animals tend to have very sharp hearing. Prince Aedes was able to catch the whispers of the girls at the banquet, even the snoring of the Thirteenth Princess from the Silence pavilion. Though the distance between the special pavilion (the reception place) is very far.

Regarding whatever the First Prince's plan, he actually did not want to bother. Now he was tired and wanted to lie down.

"Did the Seventh Prince find him?" ask the owner of the voice that came from behind the tree.

Prince Aedes is. If it were not for very sharp eyesight, surely a figure sheltering under the darkness would not have been seen. "Just like the Third Prince's guess," he said paused for a moment, "By the way, you're watching me very well, huh."

"Huh, not really. I happen to pass by. And congratulations on finding the living thing you're looking for. That's a relief."

"Hm, thank you. All your blessings as well as the support of His Majesty the King and Queen."

"Either. So, when are you planning on bringing the kid?" The Third Prince walked over, came out from the shadows of the tree and welcomed the moonlight. Do not forget a smile that seems to be a characteristic.

"Fastly. Please arrange our meeting."

Prince Aedes nodded. "Wait, wait" he said as the Third Prince was about to leave.

"Is there?"

"... You know about cats?"

The Third Prince raised his eyebrows next to the. Why is everyone talking about cats lately? The palace guards were overwhelmed by the cat that had originally continued to linger for the Thirteenth Princess. His Majesty the King insisted on meeting the white cat on the wall of the giant clock, after which he came out from there with a grim face.

"If it's a cat, maybe you mean a white cat confined to the top of the palace tower?"

"Bracket ... in the tower?"

"You know, the rules of the flower palace that do not allow animals from the human world to enter? The cat came from the village. Was about to be banished, but because His Majesty the King would not allow it ...." The Third Prince stopped his speech as Prince Aedes dissolved in thought. "Are you interested in keeping it?"

Prince Aedes flinched. "No. I'm just asking."

The residents in the Floating Palace lived by preying on each other. The weak will not last long and the strong will rule. Prince When chuckled. "There hasn't been a day, maybe the cat died fast at your brother's hands."

Prince Aedes agreed with the Third Prince's remarks, except for the dead cat parts. Because when Prince Aedes decides to bring a pet to the Floating Palace, he will take care of and care for it wholeheartedly.

"alright. If there is nothing else you want to convey—"

"Wait," Prince Aedes cut. His flat tone made the Third Prince smile in annoyance. "I want to ask you one thing."

"About what else?"

"Is it possible that the representative of the soul who has performed the coronation ceremony can remember the past of the original owner of the body?"

"Hmm, as short as my understanding. After performing the ceremony, His Majesty the King had already erased all the memories of the body, except the memories of the spirit or the soul itself. The spirit memories are beyond the King's ability."

Essentially, the representatives of the soul have no physical form. It borrows the human body to feel life in the world. Even so, borrowing a human physique did not make them able to be called human.

The spirit memory that the Third Prince was referring to was the memory of a soul representative from first born entering the human body, to death, and entering a new human body. How many times the body is destroyed, as long as the spirit wants to live, then it can inhabit the human body with the change of hundreds or even thousands of times. In the transformation of the old body into a new body, the human memory is erased and replaced by the spirit memory. That is why a representative of the soul will not remember the memory of the human body that he took over.

"You said the white cat came from the village right?"

"Yes, right. He was taken along with the princess. Why do you keep asking about the cat?"

Prince Aedes did not answer. He even told the Third Prince to leave without saying thank you.

"Well, the fate of being a subordinate is difficult. Next time, I won't be willing to give you any information unless you pay me."

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