"Today, I'm overjoyed! Not only do I have a guest, but also Budge, whom I've lost for ages, has returned! Let's cheer for this day!!"

  Sissily raised her hands high, looking like she was celebrating a grand festival.

  However, Glen only heard her voice, so he didn't react in time to cheer along.

  Sissily lowered her head and saw Glen staring at her stupidly. So she asked, "What's wrong, Glen? Why aren't you cheering with me?"

  Glen twitched the corner of his mouth and explained, "I'm a bit slow - witted. You spoke too fast just now."

  "Oh, I see. Then let's do it again. Remember to join me this time!"

  Sissily reminded him earnestly.

  Glen could only force a smile and agree.

  They repeated the cheering act. Glen just went through the motions perfunctorily.

  After shouting, Sissily distributed a ceramic cup to everyone in front of the square table and poured the liquid from the kettle into them.

  "Let me introduce. This is Glen. He's a new resident of Bayek and will be a great friend to us in the future!"

  The little girl introduced Glen to her toy friends and then introduced to Glen,

  "Alright, Glen. Now you get to know my friends too. They are, respectively, Caledie, Jentron, Kael, and finally Budge, whom you've already met."

  Glen pretended to wave to these toys one by one.

  Seeing such a harmonious scene, Sissily became even happier. She couldn't wait to move on to the next part.

  Following the principle of building a good relationship first and then asking questions, Glen decided to go along with her for now and wait for the right opportunity to raise his doubts.

  This girl seems a bit crazy. I wonder if she can understand and answer my questions later... Glen picked up the cup in front of him, brought it to his lips, took a sniff, and then took a small sip. To his surprise, it was quite sweet.

  "How is it? Isn't the super - delicious sweet water I made really good?" Sissily asked expectantly.

  Glen nodded sincerely. "It's really delicious. I'm wondering how you made it?"

  When it came to this, the little girl raised her head proudly. "I used part of my body, so of course it's delicious!"

  Glen's eyes widened. "What part?"

  "My finger." Sissily showed her left hand, which was missing the little finger.

  Glen's expression relaxed.

  However, she added, "And one of my toes."

  As she spoke, she lifted her bare little foot, and one of the little toes on her right sole was missing.

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  Glen almost stumbled. Indeed, one must be careful when dealing with such a strange person.

  "Don't you think this is too hard on your body?" he asked, a bit speechlessly. "And won't it cause me any problems to consume it?"

  Sissily's tone remained casual. "Don't worry. My finger and toe will grow back soon. It will do you good to eat it. A long time ago, some of my friends wanted to eat it, but I didn't give it to them!"

  "Are your friends also old townspeople?"

  Glen seized the opportunity to ask.

  "Of course." Sissily nodded matter - of - factly.

  "Then why don't they come to play with you now?"

  "Because none of us can go out."

  "Why can't you go out?"

  "It was a rule set by the mayor a long time ago, I think?"

  "Then why was such a rule set?"

  Sissily thought for a while and shook her head. "I forgot."

  Glen furrowed his brows, thought for a moment, and then asked, "What would happen if you walked out the door?"

  "I can't go out. I've tried many times." Sissily spread her hands and shook her head in frustration.

  It seems this house is sealed, probably specifically to prevent the old townspeople from going out... Could it be that I can't get out either? Thinking of a possibility, Glen immediately ran downstairs without hesitation.

  Sissily was quite puzzled, thinking Glen needed to use the toilet. She then wanted to tell Glen where the toilet was.

  However, Glen soon came back up on his own.

  He had just paced back and forth at the main door several times. After making sure there was no restriction on him, he returned immediately.

  "Did you find the toilet?" Sissily asked curiously.

  Glen was taken aback, then waved his hand. "I just went out for some fresh air."

  "Fresh air?" The little girl still had a somewhat strange expression.

  "I was just about to ask, what did you all do before? How did the town end up like this?"

  Glen forcefully brought the topic back on track.

  "Like this?" Sissily looked around her room. "What do you mean? It looks fine to me."

  "Do you really think so?" Glen stared into her eyes.

  However, Sissily's eyes were full of nothing but innocence as she affirmed, "Yes!"

  Glen rephrased his words and pointed at the square table. "Look, your table is in such a bad state, and there are bugs. Don't you want to get a new one?"

  Sissily looked at the place Glen was pointing at. It was indeed quite rotten, with cockroaches or spiders crawling around.

  "Since I can remember, I've been using furniture like this. My parents told me that only those of the bloodline have non - rotten furniture and live in beautiful castles." She said it as if stating a common - sense fact.

  Even commoners' furniture shouldn't be this bad, right? But why mention the bloodline? Shouldn't it be the nobles?... Glen paused and asked in a low voice,

  "Didn't you have a kingdom back then?"

  "Yes, we did!" Sissily nodded affirmatively. "We belonged to the powerful Enova Kingdom. We were all slaves of the noble bloodline, subjects of the great Bloodline Queen, Sharoa."

  Enova Kingdom? It sounds familiar. Right, the original owner knew about it from the little history he knew. Thousands of years ago, the vampire clan was at its most powerful and had its own powerful kingdom, the Enova Kingdom. That was when they first established the title system of duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron according to strength and status. Later, the human kingdoms followed suit...

  But now, the vampire clan has become an unremarkable group like the werewolves. The ordinary vampires used to be called first - level vampires, vampire barons were called second - level vampires, and up to vampire princes were called seventh - level vampires. But it seems there are no seventh - level vampires anymore. Otherwise, they could form another vampire kingdom...

  Glen suddenly recalled a lot of related information. After that, he could check the founding age of this town.

  "What's wrong? Why aren't you talking?" Sissily asked immediately when she saw Glen keep his head down and silent. She was already a talkative person.

  "Nothing." Glen came back to his senses and looked at her. "But now the Enova Kingdom has disappeared, and the common people's lives have improved a lot. You could totally get a new set of furniture. Wouldn't that be better?"

  Sissily's eyes widened. "Enova has disappeared? Oh right, I forgot. The mayor led us to overthrow the rule of this country. That was the first time I picked up a weapon, went to the battlefield, killed a noble bloodline, fought against the great dragon race, set out on a journey, saw the powerful divine descendants, the first time..."

  As she went on, Sissily's eyes became more and more vacant, and her voice grew softer and softer.