These two high-popularity character types really made interstellar readers excited.
One was the handsome, loyal childhood friend, and the other was the mysterious and noble monarch who seemed to be the chosen one.
Although the male characters in “Eternal Night Rose” weren’t as numerous as those in “Contract Marriage”, they still firmly grasped the two main audience factions—childhood friend and the chosen one.
As a result, in any forum or communication app, whenever someone casually posted a thread discussing which of Dreven and Xiao they liked more, it quickly became a heated debate, with people arguing fiercely.
But the reason this chapter of “Eternal Night Rose” reached a new peak of popularity was because of the new development regarding Dreven’s biggest flaw—”drinking human blood”!
[[After this dangerous encounter by the lake, even Su Yan began to waver in his guesses about Dreven’s identity.
Not only did Xiao begin to doubt Dreven’s lack of reaction to human blood, but Su Yan, who had always believed Dreven was the tyrant of the Bart clan, was also very confused.
Could it be that these two people weren’t the same person?
Could it be that they just looked really similar?
Otherwise, Su Yan couldn’t explain why the Coal Ball he knew seemed completely different from the Dreven described in the historical records.
But the most crucial thing tonight was that Su Yan was trying to teach Dreven some basic human common sense.
“After you turn into a human, you can’t do things like before, do you understand? Humans can’t just touch each other’s lips like that, Coal Ball.”
Su Yan earnestly explained to Dreven.
After thinking it over for a long time, Su Yan could only conclude that the incident in the water might have been because Coal Ball didn’t know some basic human interaction rules after turning into a human.
Coal Ball was only worried about his safety.
Dreven: ?
However, the usually quite intelligent Coal Ball seemed to completely not understand Su Yan’s “lesson” this time.
He even couldn’t help but slightly lean in closer, making Su Yan instantly push him down onto the chair.
“You suddenly don’t understand again?”
When it came to Dreven, Su Yan could only say he really couldn’t figure this guy out.
Sometimes, Su Yan thought he understood human conversations, and other times, he seemed completely clueless about everything.
In fact, Dreven simply chose to selectively understand.
He only listened to what he wanted to hear, and anything he didn’t want to hear or was too lazy to care about, he simply pretended not to understand.
So, facing Dreven’s “innocent” expression, Su Yan could only rub his temples helplessly and sigh.
Was this guy really the legendary tyrant of the Bart clan?
Now, even if you randomly called out someone from the settlement, they would probably give Coal Ball a thumbs up, they liked him so much that they couldn’t help but praise him as a great person.
Could there really be a Bart clan member who could get along so harmoniously with humans?
Regarding this, Su Yan could only feel deeply puzzled.]]
Dreven’s “cheeky” reaction undoubtedly made a lot of interstellar netizens point fingers at this old rogue, but at the same time, they couldn’t help but find the contrast strangely cute…
[I obviously know that this guy just wants to take advantage of Su Yan, but I still think he’s so cute, what’s going on [facepalm] I must be crazy, actually thinking someone who drinks human blood is cute…]
[No, I can’t take it anymore. Fish Soup Noodles always manages to make me fall for things I never thought I would like!]
[Damn it, what does that make Xiao then?! Xiao was the one who came first, and yet Dreven really has no morals and directly snatched someone away! Because Xiao is not scheming, he ended up losing out? I’m crying!]
No matter how the childhood friend versus the chosen one trope is written, it always makes readers feel deep affection for one of the parties.
What’s more, Xiao’s audience is quite large, and these readers just wanted Dreven to show his true colors quickly!
However, while readers eagerly awaited the next turn, the plot finally took a twist.
Because the old steward finally found his way to his lord’s side! He arrived at the human settlement where Su Yan was…
[[That night, as Dreven stared at the already sleeping Su Yan, subconsciously reaching out to brush Su Yan’s eyelashes and the corner of his mouth, a familiar breath made Dreven look up towards the window.
The old steward almost couldn’t believe his eyes as he looked at the human settlement, which in the Bart clan’s eyes, seemed as dilapidated and poor as a slum.
He could hardly accept that his most noble lord had been staying in such a place for so long!
So, when Bazak saw his lord, who had received his call, open his enormous and magnificent black wings and descend gracefully before him, he almost burst into tears.
“Your Majesty, why must you endure this? And you haven’t fed in so long, if this continues…”
Just as Bazak tried to offer his lord the red velvet gemstone box in his hands, the old steward suddenly noticed that his Lord’s aura had changed.
“You actually wish to drink human blood?!”
Because the box in Bazak’s hands was filled with numerous crystal vials, but inside them was not human blood—only animal blood!
“If Duke Brehman and the others knew you’re finally willing to drink human blood, they would be so excited…”
Realizing the change in Dreven, the old steward was almost overcome with gratitude.
It should be known that Dreven’s constant refusal to drink human blood had once nearly destabilized the royal authority.
Since the birth of the Bart clan, there had always been two main factions: the reformist “vegetarian” faction and the conservative “carnivore” faction.
The conservatives undoubtedly viewed humans as the lowest form of livestock.
There had even been cases where beautiful and handsome humans were kept as blood slaves in castles, solely for providing high-quality blood.
These practices were often carried out by the most powerful nobles in the Bart clan, who had extreme racism and whose “Blood Moon Supremacy” theory had been ingrained in their minds from birth.
However, as the Bart clan’s influence grew, the so-called reformist “vegetarian” Bart people began to emerge.
This new faction of Bart people despised drinking human blood, seeing it as a primitive, barbaric act with no elegance, beauty, or moral ethics.
But in the eyes of the conservatives, this behavior was an incomprehensible form of mental mysophobia.
They even considered the refusal to drink human blood as a betrayal and abandonment of the Blood Moon tradition!
As a result, the new faction of the Bart clan was often not recognized by the mainstream and scattered into seclusion, attempting to peacefully coexist with humans.
However, this fragile balance was dramatically changed with the appearance of Dreven, the “heretic monarch”.
Because Dreven, who had awakened his original source blood, should have been viewed as the most noble atavistic leader among the Bart clan that emphasized the importance of bloodline.
But strangely, Dreven, who was seen as the purest of the pure by the conservatives, had been contaminated by the new faction’s “mental mysophobia” from birth!
Not only did he refuse to drink human blood, but he also showed an uncharacteristic empathy for humans.
On his coming-of-age day, he had even pardoned all human blood slaves in the castle, a move so absurd it was akin to an earthquake in the eyes of conservative nobles, they could never accept having a monarch “corrupted” by the new faction’s ideals!
However, Dreven’s inherited and awakened bloodline power was undeniably strong, which is why this fragile balance of the old powers was barely maintained.
Because of this, the conservative nobles never stopped trying to make Dreven drink and enjoy human blood, and they strongly opposed Dreven’s rebellious actions to abolish the tradition of human blood slaves!
However, in the face of Bazak’s joy and shock, Dreven inexplicably lowered his eyes.
It seemed that he was not really happy about this; in fact, there was a hint of confusion and struggle.
It wasn’t like that.
He was interested in only this one person’s blood.
But once he couldn’t control himself, and turned Su Yan into a Bart clan member again… he couldn’t imagine whether he could accept the consequences this time.
Because, having gone through it once, Dreven knew that Su Yan’s fear and disgust of the Bart clan were almost ingrained in his bones. ]]
With this, the latest update of “Eternal Night Rose” caused an explosion of information that made countless light brains swim with endless comments!
What does “turning Su Yan into a Bart clan member again” mean?
Had Dreven done something like this before? What on earth did you do, Dreven!?
However, the ones who were most pleased were obviously the fans of Dreven from the “chosen one” faction.
After all, once Fish Soup Noodles clarified that Dreven had never consumed human blood before, and that he was even part of the Bart clan’s new faction that was close to humans, it would immediately boost everyone’s goodwill toward him to the highest point.
[Oh my god, those earlier descriptions of the conservatives almost suffocated me, but then I saw that our little Coal Ball wasn’t corrupted! He’s been so upright from the start! And he respects and gets along with humans so much, so pure and clean! I’m crying tears of joy!]
[Same here, as I kept reading, I couldn’t help but like Dreven even more! It feels like a Bart clan with such a king would be the perfect development, humans and the Bart people living in harmony, how great does that sound?]
[I’ve already been targeted by this preference! This kind of eccentric person with “mental mysophobia” that is only attracted to Su Yan’s blood and even breaks his principles, it really smells so good, who understands!]
But at the same time, the depictions of the Bart clan in “Eternal Night Rose” clearly made some interstellar netizens feel uneasy.
[Although I really like Dreven and think these descriptions are very captivating, can the Bart clan really be this perfect in reality? QAQ?]
[Yeah, what if after reading “Eternal Night Rose”, many people think the Bart clan is all like Dreyl, so affectionate and self-controlled? Fish Soup Noodles’ writing is so realistic, I’m crying…]
After all, the impression of the Bart clan had indeed been shaped by their silence and unwillingness to actively connect to the star network, leading to various rumors and making some impressions deeply rooted.
However, while the online discussions were buzzing, the “Interstellar Wanderer”, who had changed his name to “Reed”, once again spoke up on the star network after a long time.
He even made a big statement!
[Reed: I can testify that the author’s description here is not a fabrication but is based on solid facts.
And to be more precise, most of the Bart clan actually doesn’t like drinking human blood; animal blood is much more popular. [Citation list and index]
Anyone who looks into the relevant research will find this out, and we must admit that our previous misunderstandings were indeed deep.]
The bigshot Interstellar Wanderer “Reed” not only supported the author’s depiction in “Eternal Night Rose” but also provided a detailed list of references to back up his statement.
This left countless readers shocked, realizing that they could actually check so many references while reading a novel?
And perhaps by coincidence, the Federation’s official news account also released an issue that night titled —[How much do you know about the legends of the Bart clan in history?]
It seemed to perfectly echo the sudden popularity of Eternal Night Rose’s update!
After detailing a lot of common knowledge, the official Federation government report finally addressed the previous “incident”.
The foreign guest from the Bart clan, who was mistakenly believed to be a cannibal, was actually the savior of that human boy!
The key news even included a photo of Lilith, which shocked countless interstellar netizens.
[Wow! I thought the story in Fish Soup Noodles’ novel was purely fictional, but do the Bart clan really look like this in reality!? Why didn’t you say this earlier!?]
After all, when reading “Eternal Night Rose”, everyone was intensely captivated by Dreven’s handsome, affectionate, and mysteriously elegant temperament.
But no one had told them that the Bart clan in the real world was just as good-looking!?
