Bab 452: Catty Behavior

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Vampire King Apollyon

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A bark of laughter was caught in his throat, but instead, he tried to wear an inscrutable expression. "I don't feel anything except apathy. I accepted that you are as my dead as my father for a long time. It wouldn't make a difference." Tilting his head, Apollyon gave her a condescending smile. "Why are you so determined to pull emotions out of me when there was nothing to pull out? I might have some magic in my blood but I can't pluck them out of thin air."

His Empress asked him to be placid when it came to his mother, but he couldn't forget how Empress Ourania triggered him with just one utterance.

Earlier, Apollyon contemplated being polite to his mother despite his abandonment.