The Original Vampire

“So, it was the dwarves who assassinated Count Uman last night?”

Joyce’s childish voice echoed in the meeting hall of Lion’s Roar Castle.

  Knight Chester, the captain of the Saint Hilde family guard, replied respectfully: “Master, there was indeed a dwarf warrior who fought with me last night, but… it shouldn’t be the corpse in front of me.” “

  Why?”

Facing Joe: In response to this slightly stupid question, Knight Chester could only patiently explain:

“Master, if you can fight with me without losing, the opponent must be at least a fifth-level warrior. How could a fifth-level warrior be defeated?” Crushed to death in the warehouse. “

“Oh…” Joyce nodded, and then he had a flash of inspiration and asked, “What about the fourth level?”

“Probably not.”

After hearing this answer, Joyce’s eyes lit up. As if he had discovered something extraordinary, he quickly showed off:

“So, Thomas, as a fourth-order knight, was probably not killed by the collapsed church ceiling? He had already died before that. In the confessional, right?”

“Ahem, it’s possible.” Knight Chester suddenly felt embarrassed.

For a moment, he didn’t know whether to praise Master Joyce for being smart or stupid.

In desperation, he had no choice but to signal to Steward Drinden on the side with his eyes, probably saying, Don’t let me wipe your ass for the conspiracy you made up…

“Then we should examine the body of Knight Thomas and see if he can find out what the cause of death is!” clever Joyce shouted.

Butler Drinden sighed, unable to remain silent any longer, but just when he was about to explain, he saw a tall figure walking in from the door.

Then Archbishop Adjani’s lazy and charming voice rang out:

“Master Joyce, Knight Thomas was indeed crushed to death. A huge angular stone hit his head. It led to such misfortune.”

“Sister Adjani!” Joyce immediately jumped down from his seat, stepped forward, and took Adjani’s hand affectionately.

Seeing this scene, Knight Chester immediately frowned.

In fact, the chief guard of the St. Hilde family has a clear view of the current power struggle in Roaring Castle, but he has no preference. Whether Joyce or Vera succeeds as the Duke, he will make no comments.

  But now, looking at Joyce, who was fawning around Adjani, Knight Chester felt a sense of disgust in his heart –

How could the Duke of the North be such a cute guy who fawned in front of the church? A good person?

At this time, Joyce was indeed like a puppy, trying to please his master in front of Adjani. He originally suspected that there was something fishy in the death of Thomas Knight, but after Adjani casually explained it, he completely believed him. If he was killed by a collapsing church ceiling,.

  As for how the church ceiling suddenly collapsed, well, of course, it was caused by a lightning strike.

Seeing how easy it was to pass the test, Knight Chester, who had always been neutral, was speechless.

However, when he saw Count Uman’s head, he sneered in his heart—the person on Vera’s side was not a simple character, and there was going to be something good to watch next.

“Master Joyce, the top priority is to re-appoint a commander of the city defense army. In addition, the Uman family’s army also needs a new commander, so as not to cause chaos.”

Regarding Adjani’s suggestion, Joyce, of course, would not refuse. He nodded repeatedly and said, “Okay! Archbishop, do you have any suggestions for the commander of the Winter City defense army?” Adjani smiled softly, shook her head and

said, “The world belongs to the Lord, and the faith belongs to the Lord. God, Master Joyce, the appointment of commander of Winter City’s defense force cannot be decided by me.”

Okay, I have to give him some face.

Knight Chester cursed secretly.

However, he also knew that Adjani was just pretending to refuse. The real candidate must have been discussed long ago. Did he really expect Joyce, a ten-year-old child, to make the decision?

  Sure enough, Joyce himself couldn’t make up his mind at all, so he turned to Steward Drinden and asked: “Delinden, who do you think is more suitable?”

Old Butler smiled reservedly and suggested, “Master, I think Knight Louis is not bad. He is the deputy commander of the Golden Lion Army. He has experience commanding troops, is brave in combat, and is loyal to the St. Hilde family. He will definitely become a qualified commander of the city defense army.”

Joyce did not believe him. Thinking about it, he immediately nodded and said, “Okay, let Knight Louis take over the city defense.” Knight Louis on the side immediately came out, knelt down on one knee in front of Joyce, and said loudly, “Thank you, Master Joyce, for your trust.”! Immediately, the butler, Derinden, drafted an appointment letter and handed it to Joyce.

Joyce signed his name enthusiastically, as if he had really become the Duke of the North at this moment.

This feeling of being able to control the fate of others with every word and deed made Joyce feel a strange emotion in his heart. He might not understand what it was, but he was already uncontrollably addicted to it.

Joyce suddenly understood why his father was busy all day long but never complained and even enjoyed it. He had been glad before that he was not his father’s eldest son and would not have to worry about having to work hard on these complicated government affairs in the future.

But now, he can finally understand his father’s happiness.

After handing the signed appointment letter to Louis Knight, Joyce looked around with his head held high, enjoying the feeling of being the focus of everyone’s attention.

In particular, Archbishop Adjani’s eyes were as cold as water, but they also concealed a surging charm. Joyce’s possessiveness could no longer be suppressed. He wanted to ask the housekeeper if he had to wait for the coming-of-age ceremony before getting married. …

“Master? Master?”

“Huh? What’s wrong?”

Joe was awakened by the housekeeper’s call and quickly withdrew his greedy eyes from Adjani with a guilty conscience.

  But the young man’s admiration has already been seen by everyone present. Some people are happy to see it, while others are frowning.

“Unfortunately, Count Uman was murdered. We must catch the murderer as soon as possible. Of course, more importantly, we must appease the soldiers of the Uman family in the city,” Steward Derinden suggested again.

“The Uman family…” Joyce pondered for a moment, then scanned around the meeting hall and asked curiously, “Why didn’t you see Viscount Valla?”

  Butler Drinden immediately explained: “I just sent someone I went to inform Viscount Walras of the death of the earl and also invited the viscount to come to the meeting hall for discussion, but for some reason, he has not shown up yet.” “

Is he injured and unable to come?”Jocelyn asked.

  Knight Chester replied: “Master, Viscount Valla was indeed injured in last night’s attack, but in my opinion, his injury is not serious.” “

Then send someone to urge him again!”Joey’s impatience began to appear on Si’s face, as if he felt that his authority was being challenged.

“Yes!” Steward Drinden immediately agreed and immediately sent someone to notify Viscount Walra.

  Joyce spoke again: “What about the murderer who killed Count Uman? Knight Chester, you just said that the dwarf body found with Count Uman’s head was not the murderer?” “

Probably not.” Chase, the special knight, explained patiently, “As I said just now, the person I fought against was a fifth-level dwarf warrior. There was no way he would be killed by a collapsed warehouse. The dwarf corpse found should be just a scapegoat.

Moreover, we only found Count Uman’s head, but the other parts of the body were missing. I guess it was taken away by the real murderer.” “

Then why did the murderer take away Count Uman’s body? Is there only one head left?”Joyce asked curiously.

“I guess, maybe I want to hide something.”

“Hide what?” Joyce had a posture of not giving up until he asked the question.

Knight Chester suddenly felt a headache.

In his opinion, Joyce was a typical child having a psychotic attack, asking endless questions about unimportant things but turning a blind eye to what was really important.

Fortunately, Archbishop Adjani spoke and brought the topic back on track: “Master Joyce, the reason why the murderer took Count Uman’s body is not actually the key. What we should pay more attention to is who planned to target Count Uman. Assassination?”

Joyce nodded repeatedly. “Then what do you think, Archbishop?”

Adjani looked at Knight Chester and asked, “Knight Chester, you said there were three assassins last night, one huge man in blue armor, a short man in red armor, and a weirdo with huge wings?”

  ”Yes.”

Adjani’s eyes flashed, and she suddenly smiled: “The identities of those two armored men are different. It’s easy to guess, but this is not the first time that people with wings have appeared.”

“Really?” Joyce asked curiously. “Can people really grow wings?”

Seeing that Joyce’s focus was wrong again, Adjani smiled faintly and brought the topic back again.

“I don’t know about this either. However, I know that in the coup that took place in Silver Moon City last year, a ‘Winged Knight’ also appeared. It is said that he was a knight with huge wings; he should be the same person who appeared in Lion’s Roar Castle this time.”

“Winged Knight?” Joyce’s eyes flashed with yearning and she asked urgently, “Do you know about the Archbishop? His true identity?”

Archbishop Adjani did not speak but turned to look at the door of the chamber.

There, a heroic figure happened to appear.