Su Fan didn’t pay much attention to all the chatter. Instead, he started observing the furnishings inside the villa.
The sofas and chairs were nothing unusual, and the large panes of glass let in plenty of natural light, making the place quite bright.
There was none of that stereotypical impression of a vampire’s lair from literature.
Every detail made it clear that this family intended to settle here for the long haul.
“Allow me to introduce you to my family, Su.”
After reaching the second floor, Su Fan also met the vampire family — all handsome men and beautiful women.
“This is Edward, that’s Emmett, and beside him is Rosalie…”
“She is my beloved, Esme.”
Su Fan looked at each of them in turn and found they were pretty much like the movie versions.
The reason he said “pretty much” was that the ones before him were far more handsome and beautiful than the actors — you could call them the deluxe version.
Vampires feed on human blood. To better lure their prey, their appearance is perfectly tailored to human aesthetics.
“Su Fan.”
After a brief self-introduction, Su Fan turned to Carlisle beside him.
“The source of information you mentioned — they don’t seem to be among these people.”
“Sharp as ever.”
Carlisle looked astonished.
“Do you need me to contact Alice?”
“No need for that. She’ll be back soon.”
Su Fan’s spiritual sense had picked up a figure approaching the mansion.
The figure kept leaping through the woods, finally landing on a tree near the villa.
Su Fan turned his head. Outside the floor-to-ceiling window, on a tree branch, a short-haired girl leaped down from the tree with elven lightness and landed inside the room.
Seeing this, the Cullen family members exchanged glances.
Alice’s movements had been extremely light — they hadn’t heard a thing until she was nearly at the villa.
As a human, Su Fan shouldn’t have sharper senses than they did. So how had he detected Alice’s approach earlier than all of them?
“Does he also have the ability to see the future?”
Emmett tilted his head and asked Edward beside him, hoping he could use that convenient mind-reading ability to peek at the truth.
To his surprise, Edward shook his head slightly, his expression puzzled.
“I… can’t see into his mind.”
At that, Rosalie and Emmett found Su Fan even more mysterious.
The two most important sentinels in the Cullen family — Alice, who could see the future, and Edward, who could read minds.
The two of them could sense crises in the future to the greatest extent and give warnings, helping the family avoid danger perfectly.
But now, they couldn’t tell what Su Fan was thinking at all. They could only judge based on his words and actions, which added a great deal of uncertainty.
“I hope this mysterious visitor can be a little more friendly.”
Rosalie said with a hint of irritation.
While they were whispering among themselves, Alice had already walked straight up to Su Fan.
Her brown-gold eyes studied Su Fan for a moment, then she smiled.
“Coming all this way for a vacation only to run into so much trouble — you’ve really had it rough.”
Su Fan looked at the short-haired woman before him, interest stirring in his heart.
“You can see my future?”
“No, but I can see other people’s.”
Carlisle chimed in at the right moment to explain to Su Fan.
“She’s the information source I told you about earlier — Alice. She can see the future of certain people.”
“Of course, those futures aren’t a hundred percent accurate. The images she sees are influenced by her own subjective perspective.”
“I see.”
Su Fan understood.
She’d probably seen glimpses of fragmented information through Carlisle’s future, which had some connection to him.
“Let’s pick up the topic we didn’t finish at the hotel, Carlisle.”
Su Fan found a sofa and sat down, completely at ease, looking as if he didn’t consider himself an outsider at all.
Being so relaxed actually left Edward and the others somewhat at a loss.
Did this guy even realize he was currently sitting among a group of vampires?
Even if they were all vegetarians, there was still at least a little sense of danger, wasn’t there?
Compared to the younger ones like Emmett, Carlisle actually thought Su Fan’s demeanor was quite good.
“As for the content of the prophecy, I think it’s better to let Alice explain it to you personally.”
“Victoria is extremely vengeful. Because you killed her mate, James…”
Alice began describing the images she had seen.
“But she knows she’s no match for you, so she’s planning to go to Italy, where the Volturi family is based, to seek their help.”
“You might not be too familiar with the Volturi. Let me give you a brief explanation.”
“They are the most powerful family in the entire vampire world. Their status is roughly equivalent to royalty. They’ve established numerous laws that vampires must obey, and no one dares to violate them…”
“And they also stand up for vampires and uphold justice?”
Su Fan suddenly spoke, his tone somewhat playful.
Beat the small one, and the big one comes out?
This was the first time he’d encountered something that only happened in fantasy novels.
From the looks of Victoria, she probably wasn’t a member of the Volturi family. Would they really be willing to provoke him for the sake of a single vampire like her?
But since Alice had seen the relevant images, it proved that such a thing could happen.
Interesting.
“On paper, that’s true, but it’s really just an excuse for them to expand their own power.”
Alice frowned as she said this, clearly detesting the Volturi family.
“The Volturi have three leaders of the highest rank. The one with the most power is a vampire named Aro.”
“He’s very interested in humans and vampires with extraordinary powers, tirelessly collecting novel abilities he’s never seen before.”
As Alice said this, Carlisle spoke up to add from the side.
“Alice and Edward’s abilities are relatively rare. Aro has always had his eye on them, wanting to bring them under his command.”
Carlisle, who had once spent time with the Volturi and had close contact with Aro, was probably the one among them who understood that vampire elder the best.
“Not only that, he has a strong curiosity about all unknown things…”
“The most mysterious one among us right now…”
Carlisle didn’t continue, but the meaning was already clear.
Hearing this, Su Fan understood what was going on.
Coveting Alice and Edward’s abilities, plus the fact that there was someone like him here with unknown powers.
Aro would definitely come knocking. There was no telling how much bloodshed it might stir up.
“Please forgive me for not being able to speak frankly with you earlier. Aro has a rule — if anyone lets even a whisper of this get out, they’re to be silenced immediately.”
“They will hunt down humans who know the vampires’ secrets endlessly. I didn’t want to drag those travelers into it.”
Carlisle’s tone was somewhat grave, tinged with worry.
He didn’t believe that Aro, who had coveted those two children for so long, would go home empty-handed.
This wasn’t just Su Fan’s problem — it involved the entire Cullen family.
Sure enough, the others fell silent after hearing the news.
“Looks like we’ll have to move again.”
Rosalie was in a bad mood.
She really liked this small town, but she hadn’t expected to move after only two years.
New identities, new documents — all the tedious matters would have to start over again.
“Looks like we need to discuss a plan carefully.”
Edward was the calmest one besides Carlisle, and he finally spoke up.
Just then, a voice suddenly rang out.
“What’s there to discuss? One comes, one dies. Two come, two die.”
