Chapter 319 Salia's Secret
Salia's expression froze, she looked down at Mo Tan blankly, and after a long time she asked in a low voice: "When... did you find out? "
"The night I first met you." Mo Tan blew the hair on his forehead absentmindedly, then left Salia's legs without any hesitation, and reached out to wipe it away. There was a trace of moisture in the corner of the latter's eyes: "It's so obvious, I even occasionally wonder if you have no intention of hiding it from me at all."
The beautiful blood seeker shook his head gently, He showed a sad smile: "Of course I'm hiding it. If I could, I wanted to take this secret to the grave..."
"Really?" Mo Tan smiled brightly, he He reached out and picked up an apple from the flower basket on the table, took out a knife from his bag and peeled it while shrugging to Salia: "Then what you did is not very good."
This is the truth. Being able to detect the obvious sense of disobedience in Salia is not because of how sharp Mo Tan is. Although he can indeed detect many things that will be ignored by too many people, he is also good at making decisions through some trivial details. A lot of accurate and precise judgments, but all of them have nothing to do with the matter that the two of them are talking about now. Salia's previous so-called 'hidden' is simply not true in Mo Tan's eyes, and can even be classified as 'very obvious' category.
“I am also aware of this, but...it can be said that I am powerless. After the accident at home, it has become more and more difficult for me to control myself. After all, during that time, even if I was alive, I would not be able to control myself. I have to do my best."
Salia sighed with a smile, but her eyes towards Mo Tan became gentler: "And after being rescued by you in Huguang City, maybe it was suddenly. I found someone I can rely on, even though you are unpredictable, even though you always make me angry Angry, even though you sometimes disappear all day long, even though you are a nasty person with a bad personality, but..."
"I understand." Mo Tan nodded seriously and said seriously: "Love makes people blind."
And This time, Salia didn't use moderate force to blow him away like before. She just lowered her eyes slightly and muttered to herself in a daze: "Maybe, I have never loved anyone, so I am not sure about myself. Do I have feelings for you..."
"Of course not."
Mo Tan interrupted her with a smile, and then threw the bunch of apple peels cut into a row of heart shapes in his hand into the trash can next to the sofa: "You just You met me when you lost everything. At that time, your physical condition was extremely poor, your mental state was unstable, and it might even be your first time to kill someone. In addition to fear and despair, there was only endless pressure in your heart. Not knowing what to do or what to do, it can be said that all the prerequisites for mental and physical collapse were met. However, at that time, a handsome, funny, mature, reliable and wise man appeared, so... ...naturally became your spiritual support."
"Spiritual support?" Shalia pursed her lips slightly, and then looked at Mo Tan with twinkling eyes: "In other words, it is blinding.的爱情无关咯？”
后者吹了声口哨：“如果你现在依然能想起那个吻的每个细节，抛去其必要性后依然没有任何想要揍我的打算甚至还A little excited, maybe it has something to do with it."
"You have been deliberately irritating me for a long time."
Shalia narrowed her eyes slightly, and after a few seconds of silence, she leaned sideways on Mo Tan's shoulder, which was by no means generous, and sighed tiredly: "I just realized why now..."
“Then what?” Mo Tan held Salia’s slender waist exceptionally naturally (the most outrageous behavior he could do under the system restrictions), and smiled: “This is it. Is it your way of revenge?"
The blood seeker woman who looked extremely weak at this moment shook her head and whispered in an imperceptible voice: "I just want to take a rest like this and then ask you. A question."
"Well, although I am indeed single now..."
"I didn't want to ask this"
"It's such a pity."
"How did you find out? Specifically... what did you find?" Shalia snuggled next to Mo Tan, seemingly not caring about her proud breasts at all. Wai Zheng clung to the other person's body and just murmured in a low voice: "I'm very curious."
Mo Tan took a bite of the apple without changing his expression: "Eye, expression, behavior, tone of voice Even the severity of the beating, and various reasons combined, I skipped the 'discovery' process almost from the moment I started to doubt. As for what I discovered, to put it simply, it was a perseverant, A soul that is calm enough, not very mature but strong enough, and a soul that is weak, gullible, immature, and a little naive are stuffed into a body. Is this okay to explain?"
"It seems like I am? I am really too relaxed in front of you, no, it should be said that I have been too relaxed since I met you." Salia pouted her little mouth playfully and rubbed against Mo Tan's shoulder. There was a hint of lavender left on the robe, one of the disguises used to hide the pale color of her lips, something like a tinted lip balm, strawberry flavored by the way.
Mo Tan shrugged his free left shoulder: "Then it's up to you to explain. To be honest, I am very, very, very interested in this phenomenon that happened to you."
"Okay, I just hope you won't be too surprised when you know it."
Salia nodded meekly, then closed her eyes and said as if she was dreaming: "I have told you my life experience before. , Now I’m just adding a little bit. In fact, before my mother gave birth to me, she was pregnant with more than just one life. What was in her belly was a pair of sisters, who were twins..."
Mo Tan, who felt the other party trembling slightly, just nodded calmly, indicating that he was listening.
Salia stopped trembling and was silent for a while before continuing: "You should know that there are many spells, talents and even props that can detect babies while they are still in the mother's womb, and It is difficult for pure blood seekers like us to give birth successfully, so..."
"So~" Mo Tan glanced in the direction of the bedroom and smiled playfully: "Even if I give birth now Is it difficult for you to be a father in this way or that?”
Click! After gently dislocating Mo Tan's arm, Salia continued to tell her 'secret'...
As she said, the pure blood seeker's secret The reproductive capacity is extremely low. Although no giant dragon can lay a clutch of eggs for hundreds of years, a clutch of eggs will hatch. Decades are so terrifying, but most blood seekers do not have the lifespan of a giant dragon. Blood seekers are just an identity rather than a race. They are similar to a fixed mutation route based on conventional life forms, and they are also inheritable. That, that mutation increased their lifespan , The body has been strengthened. For example, a blood seeker of human race, even if he does not dabble in martial arts or magic at all in his life, can still live at least twice as long as other people of the same race, but this 'mutation' also brings There are many restrictions, such as if you don’t drink blood for a long time, you will starve. Death, for example, the survival rate of babies is extremely low...
Yes, it is a low survival rate, not a low fertility rate. The fertility of blood seekers has not been affected. Simply put, pregnancy is normal. But the mortality rate is appallingly high.
The reason is that the life form of blood seekers is too special. It is difficult for a fetus conceived as a pure blood seeker to successfully survive the 'original blood embrace' in the mother's body. To give a simple example For example, children born from the union of blood seekers with other races will have a 50% chance of being normal babies, and the other 50% will be 'pure blood' who have fully inherited the abilities of blood seekers. , and the baby who is randomly selected as a 'pure blood' will experience an inexcusable blood embrace in the mother's body, which is the 'original blood embrace'. Because the baby's own physical fitness is extremely weak, during this process the baby will There is a high probability that they will die directly in their mother's womb because they cannot withstand the transformation of blood embracers. This is the core reason why pure-blooded blood seekers are quite rare in the entire continent.
And when a couple is pure blood, their child must be pure blood, so the rate of premature death is self-evident. Salia's parents are all pure blood.
In most blood seeker families, organizations, and associations, in this case, the fetus is usually examined through some special stimulating magic when the mother is three months pregnant, and by observing the fetus' Physical fitness determines whether the child can survive the original blood embrace. If the probability of surviving is more than 40%, then give birth. If the probability of surviving is less than 20%, then use some special medicine directly. Sacrifice magic allows the fetus to be 'euthanized' to avoid unnecessary pain. Although it seems quite cold-blooded, it is a very humane approach, at least for those children who are almost impossible to survive the embrace of the original blood. Will die in pain...
Salia's mother, like other blood seekers, also had a checkup when she was three months pregnant, but the result was unexpected. She was rarely pregnant. A pair of twins. From a certain point of view, this kind of thing is lucky for the blood seekers who are almost impossible to conceive two lives at the same time. Unfortunately, the survival rate of the two fetuses is one day at a time. Earth, one of them is very healthy and has a rare 80% survival rate, but the other is indeed born with stunted development. Even if he is placed in an ordinary race, he may not be able to grow up. If he wants to accept the original blood embrace... naturally It is certain death.
The blood seeker's unique sacrificial magic acts directly on the mother's body, so there is no way to 'euthanize' a baby alone, so Salia's parents have only two choices, either let the two All the children died without pain, or just let nature take its course. I believe that the baby with an 80% chance of survival survived the original blood embrace safely, but I can only watch helplessly as another child goes through a process that is unbearable for adults. Dying in agony.
This is an extremely desperate choice for any parent. Salia’s mother cried almost every day after being told this conclusion, while Earl Fezeren’s long black hair Turned gray overnight...
If there is only one child born with a birth defect, it is simply tradition to put her into a long sleep before life comes.
If a healthy child did not survive the Chuyuan Blood Embrace, she who once had hope of survival at least struggled and fought without any regrets.
But in that situation, no matter what choice you made, it was tantamount to murder!
Kill a new life that has a chance to breathe air and enjoy the world?
Or let a child who could have passed away peacefully without suffering any pain die in torture?
They cannot escape and must make a choice, but...how?
This process is undoubtedly painful, but the result is already destined...
Many times, when we face an extremely tangled choice, although we are entangled, struggling, and trying to make it, Time dragged on until the very end, but in fact, the answer was already determined.
We know how to choose, we know what to do, and we know what is right. We hesitate, we struggle, we suffer, we cannot sleep at night, and we are almost crazy. In fact, it is just a kind of self-comfort. That's all, so that when we finally choose the inevitable answer, we will You can tell yourself 'I have struggled', 'I have suffered', 'This is the choice I made after going through great torture'...
In fact, the results are usually at the beginning. It was already doomed, and the process was just a waste of time processed by art into 'salvation'.
In the end, they chose to give birth to the child. This is a decision that anyone with clear logic would make. Since death is inevitable for one of them, then at least give the other person who may survive a chance to survive. .
"The mother named the fetus that had a chance to survive 'Salia'."
The blood seeker, who looked extremely weak at this moment, nestled on Mo Tan's shoulder, He whispered: "This is also the tradition of blood seekers. Give babies good names before they are born, giving them one more reason to work hard to survive, and the other one is destined to The fetus that died in infancy did not get a name."
Mo Tan smiled: "So you are the one who survived?"
"Yes, I survived." Ya sighed softly, and then murmured: "But the other fetus that everyone thought died in Chuyuan's blood embrace was not dead either..."
"Oh?" Mo Tan blinked, his eyes flashing with interest: "Tell me, dear, why didn't the other one die?"
Sally was hugged slightly tightly. Ya bit her lip: "I only found out later that the night before birth, when the original blood embrace came, the healthy fetus actually protected the other one out of some instinct, and she hugged herself The sisters seemed to be trying to prevent the misfortune from happening... but they failed in the end. The blood embrace was not something that could be stopped easily. The healthy fetus survived easily, but the other one was directly annihilated by the blood embrace. At least That's what everyone thought before I was seven years old."
"What about after that?"
"I... felt another me, she was with me. In the body..."
Chapter 316: The End
(End of this chapter)