At this moment.
Hawk's voice came from behind: "What are you talking to me about?"
Gwen turned her head to look, smiled at Hawk who had changed into a white T-shirt and black trousers, which made him look more robust: "It's about Ancestor Claus, Caroline said if they can find the Moonstone and give it to Ancestor Claus, Ancestor Claus will forgive them."
Hawk bent down, kissed Gwen sitting on the sofa, then laughed and looked at Caroline, Elena, and little Black Witch Bonnie.
"Who told you that Claus needs a Moonstone to unseal the Werewolf bloodline."
"Elijah."
"Claus's brother."
"He said if we find the Moonstone, he will ask Claus to forgive us."
"Oh, Elijah said that."
Hawk listened, looked at the three, his expression suddenly clear, then laughed.
"He and Claus teamed up to deceive you."
"What?"
"Deceive us?"
"What the f..."
"Hey, language!"
Gwen looked at her cousin Caroline about to swear, warning with her eyes: "I accept you becoming a Vampire, but that doesn't change the fact that you're only turning eighteen this Christmas, so, language, young lady."
Caroline opened her mouth, looked at Gwen glaring at her, smiled embarrassingly, and changed the topic: "Cousin-in-law, you just said this is a deceit, what do you mean?"
Beside them, Elena and little Black Witch Bonnie also widened their eyes at Hawk.
"Literally."
"Claus doesn't need a Moonstone to unseal Wolf Blood."
"Moonstone is not used for unsealing; it's used to seal Claus."
Hawk sat down beside Gwen, looked at the three, and smiled: "The Moonstone only torments Claus, making him aware of his sealed Wolf Blood, feeling the sealed Wolf Blood, and thus experiencing great pain; the Moonstone is not the cure."
Little Black Witch Bonnie was shocked.
Caroline was bewildered too.
Elena said incredulously: "But Elijah told us..."
Hawk interrupted with a smile: "Once again, it's a trick. To be precise, the Michaelson Ancestral Clan uses the Moonstone to deceive everyone."
Elena opened her mouth.
"Why?"
"Of course, it's to prevent others from knowing the real cure."
Speaking was not Hawk, but Gwen.
Gwen answered Elena's question, then looked at Hawk: "The Moonstone is just a smokescreen thrown by the Michaelson Ancestral Clan to hide the real cure."
Hawk smiled at his fiancée.
"I love your smart and agile nature."
"I know."
Gwen had a beaming smile.
Beside them, Caroline feeling the rising sour stench quickly interrupted: "Cousin-in-law, if the Moonstone isn't the key to unseal Claus, then what is the key to unseal him..."
Hawk shifted his gaze to Caroline's face: "The blood of a Doppelganger and a Werewolf, plus the help of a Witch on a full moon night, that's all it takes."
Indeed.
Unsealing the Wolf Blood in Claus's body doesn't need to be so complicated, just some Doppelganger blood and Werewolf blood, then on the full moon night, with the Witch's help, it can unlock the seal his mother placed on the Wolf Blood in his body.
As for why let everyone misunderstand it's the Moonstone.
To divert attention.
Claus is an Ancestral Vampire after all.
He may have few friends, but many enemies. Those enemies wouldn't stand by and watch him succeed in unsealing.
So, throw out a smokescreen, the Moonstone, let those potential enemies fight over that useless stone to ensure the real unsealing key is safe.
As for the second point.
For fun.
After all, watching a bunch of people fight over a useless rock, even fighting till their brains spill out, is quite the entertaining game.
It's well known.
Behind-the-scenes manipulation is also the villain's favorite thing.
Coincidentally.
Claus is indeed a villainous character, but a cute and charming one; after all, Claus alone forcibly turned himself from a villain into the protagonist of New Orleans.
The three women listened to Hawk explaining Claus's unsealing key, astonished once more.
Especially Elena.
"So Elijah told us as long as we find the Moonstone, it's actually to keep us steady?"
"Yes."
"Gasp!"
Elena involuntarily drew a cold breath, squeezing Bonnie's hand beside her tighter.
Bonnie yelped in pain.
Elena snapped back, quickly released her hand.
"Sorry."
"It's okay."
Little Black Witch Bonnie shook her head, then like making a vow, looked at Elena and said: "I definitely won't let anything happen to you."
Elena looked grateful.
"Bonnie!"
"Elena~~"
"Cousin-in-law!"
Caroline quickly looked at Hawk: "This is scarier than Claus wanting the Moonstone, cousin-in-law, you have to help us."
Hawk saw this, raised an eyebrow: "Did I just misspeak, Claus only needs her blood and a Werewolf's blood, I didn't say he wants their lives."
Caroline sarcastically said: "Wanting Elena's blood is as good as wanting her life, isn't it?"
Hawk was a bit speechless: "You bleed every month too, haven't seen it take..."
Gwen slapped Hawk.
"Hawk."
"Cousin-in-law."
Caroline reacted: "You mean, it's just blood?"
Elena and little Black Witch Bonnie also hurriedly looked at Hawk.