"I'm glad, Elena. It's obvious you've learned a lot about this."
Dracula was shocked by Elena's words. His body began to twist violently, gradually transforming from a huge black bat into a human form.
"If the 'Special Invited Guest of *****' has the right to accept or reject attending your ceremony at any time, then he can control the number of your guests at will," Dracula thought.
"Yes, Father," Elena nodded. "So before we eliminate this guy, if I invite new guests to make up the number, he will definitely become my one hundred and first guest. He is following an unspeakable command to prevent my ceremony."
"So before my ceremony officially begins, we must find him and eliminate him!" Elena said resolutely.
"This is impossible, Elena," Dracula said with difficulty. "You may not know that your one hundred predetermined guests, even if they die, will be resewn by the power of the Authority and come to attend your ceremony when it begins."
"But if we kill him first, then he won't be able to control the number of guests before my ceremony starts. And once the ceremony begins, all my guests won't be able to do anything until it ends."
Elena knew this well. After all, when her father participated in the ceremony in "Future Visible", he was just a guest.
But Elena also knew that if the Authority came to replace the guest, it would not be bound by this rule.
"You're right!" Dracula said suddenly. "Then, we must first find out who the 'Special Invited Guest of *****' is? May the evil gods bless us and hope he is not far from us."
"Sorry to interrupt," Alucard frowned. "I feel like I don't quite understand what you're talking about? Who exactly are we looking for? Who are we going to kill? Isn't ***** your mother? Why do we have to kill her special invited guest?"
"There's no time, Alucard. I don't have time to explain to you now," Dracula said anxiously. "Elena, how can we find out where the 'Special Invited Guest of *****' is? As the successor of *****, can you sense the connection between him and you?"
Elena shook her head. She found that as the successor of the unspeakable word, she was just an ordinary person except for being able to see the Authority.
The hat is too high, but the body is too small.
Elena glanced at the confused Alucard and then said, "Father, before this, there is one point I haven't figured out, which is extremely important to me and this event. I want to know... If my mother took me away from the vampire castle, why did she still make a prophecy that I would become the most powerful vampire today?"
Elena was puzzled. This was very contradictory.
—On the day of my daughter Elena's coming-of-age ceremony, she will receive the blessings of one hundred guests and unlock the power of the most powerful vampire. At that time, the most powerful vampire will be born.
Dracula sighed deeply. "Because your mother was planning to close the door at that time."
"The door?" Elena was startled. It was the "Gate" again!
"The power is separate from your mother, yet also one with her. You can think of the power as your mother's 'second personality'. The bloodline of ***** can inherit the power, and the power will surely find the *****. But one day, your mother suddenly wanted to close the gate that connects ***** and the power."
Dracula's eyes flickered, as if there was an unforgettable memory in them.
"At first, your mother found me and wanted to receive my first kiss to turn her into a vampire and thus end her ***** bloodline. I readily accepted and was eager for the blood of *****."
"But I underestimated the power of *****. My powerful first kiss as a king couldn't change her at all. Instead, her blood was like poison churning in my stomach! I saw her disappointed eyes, and my pride wouldn't allow me to accept such a failure!"
"So I told her that the vampire castle held the most powerful vampire power, which could reach the source! If you could manage to obtain it, then your ***** bloodline would surely be extinguished! So, your mother followed my advice and returned to the castle with me."
"When did I... fall in love with your mother?" Dracula's gaze drifted away.
"Was it when I was frightened by her power? Was it when I couldn't give her my first kiss and felt humiliated? No, no... none of those. I clearly remember that the moment I saw her, I knew she was the disaster, and the disaster was her. So, I actually fell in love with her when the moonlight of that quiet night shone on her, making her appear in my sight like a dream."
"Your mother needed the most powerful vampire power, but as an exchange, she had to become my wife."
Elena's eyelids twitched: "What a love story without any romance."
"No, you're wrong, Elena. There's nothing more romantic than two extremely chaotic people working together to maintain order."
Dracula's lips curved into a sweet smile.
"Cough! But let's cut to the chase," Dracula cleared his throat. "We held a grand wedding, and a few years later, we had you and Alucard. And in the tenth year since she came to the castle, she finally collected all the vampire power from the blood pool in the castle!"
"But she didn't expect that at that moment, she went crazy!"
"Gone crazy..." Elena and Alucard gasped.
"Yes," Dracula said solemnly. "Her second personality went crazy and wanted to possess her! They had been at peace before, but at that moment, the second personality knew that once your mother became a vampire and got rid of the ***** bloodline, He would be lost forever and never appear in this world again."
"So, she crazily took over your mother's body and made a prophecy that determined the future - if the most powerful vampire power entered our bodies, it would be completely destroyed by the blood of *****! Our bodies would forever flow with the blood of ***** and could never be changed!"
"Your mother knew that her second personality had completely lost control. Finally, with no way out, she played her last card - I, in the name of *****, with the highest power, with endless life, and with eternal youth, declare that I will abandon the use of 'power' from now on! At this moment, I will close the gate between ***** and the power!"
"—'The gate can be closed, but there will surely be a key to open it!' The second personality, unwilling to give up, fought with your mother."
"—'Even if it's opened, it won't appear in my body again!' Your mother was desperately trying to get away from Him."
"Then the Power said - I will appear in the successor of the *****, that is, our daughter Elena! On the day Elena comes of age, I will bless her to fully awaken the bloodline of the *****, and reopen the closed door!"
"Your mother immediately said - Elena will have the right to choose!"
"The Power said - She can choose to die and end the prophecy! Or, choose to accept the Power!"
"Your mother said - She can also choose to leave the Power! Choose to end the bloodline of the *****, and become the most powerful vampire!"
"The Power said - The vampire power that is opened today will be distributed to a hundred believers of the *****, all of them!"
"At this moment, your mother spoke the last words of the prophecy - On the day of my daughter Elena's coming-of-age ceremony, she will receive the blessings of a hundred guests and unlock the most powerful vampire power. Then, the most powerful vampire will be born!"