Schutz III

In the blink of an eye it was Christmas.During this period, Schulz had to work hard to learn alchemy and ancient runes under the double pressure of Byrne and Ganchez.Butler Nislow also rushed back from the clan council on Christmas Eve, and organized the Christmas party in an orderly manner.By early Christmas morning, Ganches had disappeared.According to Byrne, Ganchesi was picked up by Parasasu himself.But both men have beautiful gifts for Schultz.Schultz was very satisfied with this, and he could understand the eagerness of a pair of good friends who hadn't seen each other for a year.

Schultz sat at the table with sleepy eyes, and even his long, smooth hair was curly.

Byrne brought Schultz a glass of milk, smiled and smoothed Schultz's long hair with his hand, "Young master has been quite tired these days."

Cain also kept watching Shutz, "Don't be too tired from studying, after all, it's a holiday, so it's better to have a good rest."

Shutz nodded, he just felt that he had wasted a lot of time at Hogwarts, and he took this opportunity to make up for it.After all, his own strength still needs to be improved.

Everyone was dining here, but the butler, Nislow, hurried over.

Slightly bowing and saluting, Nislow said, "My lord, there are many owls outside the castle, and what they are carrying seems to be a gift from Master Schulz's friend."

"Let's open the door, then. Some people are due to arrive, too."

Nislow naturally nodded in agreement.

When the gate of the castle was opened, a group of owls "hula-la" flew in, and among them was a golden eagle all over.

It must be Draco's golden eagle, as golden as his master.Shutz sighed inwardly.However, why are there so many owls? It's because only Draco and the three of them have gifts for him.

The golden eagle flew over first and landed in front of Schulz.He raised his head and stretched out his legs, revealing the gift he brought to Shutz.Schultz took it down and looked at it. It was a pair of emerald cufflinks inlaid with silver hollow lace, and the attached card was written in Draco's cursive script on the introduction of this gift.This is an alchemical accessory with a strong defensive effect.Well, this gift not only conforms to Draco's aesthetics, but also shows the strength of the platinum nobility.

Next, Schulz opened the presents one by one.Pansy sent a silver lace headband, which she had braided herself.Blaise's gift was a black diamond alarm clock. Although this gift was expensive, it still made Schulz a little speechless.Bryce, this is because he wakes up every day because he has too much resentment!

The rest should have been given by other students in Slytherin. Schultz didn't look at them carefully, but only asked Byrne to give these students a Christmas present as well.

Phoenix watched Shutz's pile of gifts getting higher and higher, and smiled softly, "Does my brother have any gifts for me?"

Schulz heard this and turned to look at Byrne.

Byrne took a step forward and replied, "Master's gift for Master Phoenix should already be in your room."

"You haven't been here for a long time, and I don't know what you like. The gift is prepared according to my own ideas. If you don't like it, I will give you another one." Schulz said sincerely.

Phoenix smiled more sincerely, "I will like it."

Cain glanced at Phoenix, "You will also like the gift I gave you."

Phoenix nodded and said nothing more.

In this way, everyone had their breakfast in peace.

Just like what Cain said, Erlande and Sheila had already arrived at the castle early in the morning.Among the three descendants selected by Cain in the early years, only Innoch is still asleep and did not come to the party.

This was the first time Schulz and the two met.Erlande had a serious face, while Sheila was more frivolous; but both of them gave the gift of meeting with a good attitude.

Schultz also greeted the two obediently, and let the two look at each other carefully.

Sheila carefully observed Schulz's facial features, then looked at Phoenix, who was silent, and suddenly laughed: "This is Phoenix. In fact, Phoenix is ​​more similar than Schultz.",

After hearing this, everyone reacted differently.

Hearing this, Cain didn't seem to respond, and secretly gave Sheila a wink, telling him to restrain himself.

After hearing this, Erlande's face became more serious.

Schultz is full of doubts, more like, who do you mean?

Phoenix looked the most normal, but in fact was the most abnormal indifferent.

Of course, Byrne watched as always, but the eyes he looked at Sheila and Phoenix were somewhat meaningful.

In this weird atmosphere, Erlande was the first to speak.He said: "Father, I am a little tired after returning from the parliament, and I want to go to rest first."

Cain nodded, "Your and Sheila's rooms have been tidied up, go and rest." Cain turned to Sheila as he spoke, "Sheila, you go too."

Eland should naturally be, and although Sheila was a little reluctant, she also left the restaurant under Cain's signal.No one in the crowd noticed a weird smile hanging from the corner of Phoenix's mouth.

This evening, Nicole.Leviathan has arrived.Schultz heard the news, left the clan members who had been chatting with him, and ran to the gate to meet Nicole.

Nicole saw Shuzi standing outside the gate from a distance, and she was very excited. Before the carriage stopped, she jumped out of the carriage and threw herself on Shuzi.Schultz caught Nicole, took two steps back, and stood firm.

"Nicole, you're getting heavy again. Look, I almost can't hold you anymore." Schulz teased Nicole in a good mood.

Nicole was not angry either, and withdrew from Schulz's arms calmly and generously, "Who made Schultz you are too thin. Tsk tsk, Byrne won't abuse you!"

Schulz almost rolled his eyes with a smile when he heard this, "It seems that Byrne's character is not very good in your eyes."

"Barely get by." Nicole replied, thought for a while, and added: "However, Byrne is still good to you."

Schulz also nodded with a smile, Nicole really is a pistachio.

The two walked in hand in hand, and happened to meet Cain who was talking with someone.

Seeing the two holding hands together, Cain smiled and said, "You two still have such a good relationship."

Nicole solemnly gave a court salute, with a natural expression, "Yes, we have always been sisters and brothers."

Schultz was a little speechless. It should be brother and sister. Is there really no pressure to call him brother and sister with this thousand-year-old bone?

"Okay, you two children should go in and play with your peers." Cain dismissed the two with a smile.

Schulz hasn't seen Nicole for a long time and has a lot to say.The two originally wanted to go to Schultz's bedroom, but Nicole later decided that it would be better to find an interesting and quiet place to chat.The two were going to a small garden behind the castle.

Although it is winter at this time, the flowers in the garden are blooming just right.

"Do you like roses?" Nicole asked.

"I don't like it, um... To be precise, I don't know if there are any flowers I like." Schulz replied with a little distress. He really doesn't like flowers. He always feels that these flowers are too delicate and he can't take care of them. .

"yes."

"But my father likes roses, and there are always roses in the vases in the castle, all year round."

"I see." Nicole reached out and picked off a red rose, observed it carefully, and then said slowly, "I don't like roses either."

"You're supposed to like laurel," Schulz put in. "The flower of the winner."

Nicole smiled and said affirmatively, "That's right, I like laurel."

The two wanted to talk about something more, but Byrne suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Master, and Miss Nicole, the party is about to begin."

The three came to the hall. At this time, almost all the clan members who came to the party had arrived.The hall, which was already luxurious and elegant, was also decorated with typical Christmas ornaments in due course, except that the cross was replaced by an inverted cross.

The head of the clan council was the master of ceremonies of the party. He first summarized the development of the blood clan in recent years, then expressed loyalty to Cain on behalf of the blood clan, and finally announced the start of the party.

Schultz and Nicole couldn't help laughing below.

"It seems that no matter where it is. Regardless of the species, the bureaucratic accent is as good as ever." Schulz sighed with a smile.

Nicole was also overjoyed, "I should sigh that fortunately the elders in the clan are all old scholars one by one! And, more importantly, the patriarch is actually a kid who is not as tall as me! Haha."

Schultz glanced at Nicole sideways, "Since you know, shouldn't you hug the patriarch's thigh? Maybe the patriarch can reward you as an elder."

Nicole sketched in her mind the weird scene of her wrinkled face and wearing the clothes of an elder, and shook her head, "Forget it, Mr. Patriarch, you have always been a shopkeeper; while the elders want to study academically carefully, My body is already overwhelmed with managing family affairs. I don’t want to prematurely decline.”

Schulz nodded and looked around.Cain was surrounded by elite beauties from various clans. Phoenix, who was with Cain at first, had been squeezed out long ago; Erlande had a serious face, and most of the people knew his temper, so his side was relatively clean; Sheila At this time, he had a beautiful woman in his arms; what surprised Schultz the most was Byrne, who always watched indifferently, and at this time he was talking and laughing at many beauties.

"It seems that the people I know, as long as they want to, are quite capable in love." Schultz sighed.

Nicole was eating happily. Hearing this, she put down the cake in her hand and comforted: "Don't worry, are you still young? When you grow up, there will still be many beauties around you. However, Veronica's cake It’s really getting better and better.”

Schulz didn't feel any melancholy, just sighed.Hearing Nicole's admiration for the cake, she also picked up a piece of pastry she liked, "How are you doing in Durmstrang recently?"

"Well... it's okay, you know, many children in the family are there, so there is nothing to worry about at school. But you, you haven't received a letter since you entered school, and you don't know how you are doing."

"I... should be okay. Made 3 friends, but there are always some things that make me feel weird."

"What kind of weird method?" Nicole instantly opened her eyes wide, full of curiosity.

Schulz was about to explain when Phoenix came to the two of them.

"Brother, I have something to tell you."

"What do you want to say at this time?" Shutz was a little puzzled. He and Phoenix probably had nothing to talk about.

"Brother doesn't want to know what Sheila's words mean?" Phoenix whispered in Schulz's ear.

Sheila's words?Schulz recalled the morning scene.

This morning, Sheila said: Actually, Phoenix is ​​more similar than Schulz.

At that time, I was also very confused about what Sheila's words meant, but my father changed the subject.So, what is Phoenix trying to say?

"Okay." Shutz nodded, "Where do you want to talk?"

"Brother, just follow me." After Phoenix finished speaking, he left first.

Schulz comforted Nicole, who was a little worried, and followed her up.

When the two left one after another, Byrne in the crowd suddenly smiled inexplicably.

Young master, this time is just the beginning, you must be careful!

Phoenix led Shutz to the north tower of the castle.

The north tower is the highest point of the castle, and it is usually forbidden for everyone to enter, even Schulz is forbidden to enter.Every time after Schultz's birthday, Cain would always go to the North Tower alone.

But how did Phoenix know about this place?Shutz suppressed his doubts and followed Phoenix's footsteps.The two entered the door of the north tower and came to a dimly lit corridor.On the walls on both sides of the corridor are glowing purple wall lamps, until at the end there is a black door.

Shutz was about to ask what was going on with the door, but Phoenix waved his hand, and the heavy black door opened automatically.

Phoenix stopped in his tracks, turned around to look at Shutz, and suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, I know my brother wants to ask me a lot, so let's go in and talk about it."

Schultz carefully observed Phoenix's expression.Didn't find anything wrong, so he followed in.The black door closed automatically after Shutz entered the room, blocking the light from entering.Because there was only one faint purple light in the room, Schultz had to adapt for a while before he could see everything in the room clearly.

This is a tall and spacious room, decorated in a gorgeous court Rococo style.There are many flower stands on the walls of the room, all of which are filled with bright red roses.In the center of the room, there was an ice coffin parked, and Phoenix sat on the ground next to the ice coffin, stroking the ice coffin with both hands as if stroking his lover.

"Does brother know who is in this coffin?" Phoenix asked with a smile.

Schulz stepped forward and looked at the person in the ice coffin.This is a beautiful woman with long silver hair, a pair of purple pupils, delicate features and a soft face.This woman... is actually [-]% similar to Phoenix, no, it should be said that Phoenix is ​​similar to this woman.

"She is Vivienne, Lady of the Lake."

Phoenix's voice came, interrupting Shutz's thoughts.

"She is also your mother." Phoenix continued, "Brother, don't you want to take a look at her?"

With that said, Phoenix opened the ice coffin.Shutz was wondering how he did it with Phoenix's small body, but found that he fell uncontrollably towards Vivienne in the ice coffin, and his eyes began to dim, and he had no chance to call for help.Before he fell into a coma, there was only one thought in Schultz's mind: Knowing that Phoenix had evil intentions, he was still tricked, and his brain capacity was... not big enough.

In the hall far away from the North Tower, Cain, who was talking with someone, suddenly frowned: The smell of blood and the direction it came from—North Tower!Cain left everyone behind and flew directly in the direction of the North Tower.

And Byrne put on a smile, and the show began!