The Original Vampire

  As the sun set, a dozen white swans flew across the rippling lake surface, shattering the reflection in the lake.

  ”Teacher! Was Baby Swan really ugly when she was little?”

  Princess Judy asked in a sweet voice after just listening to “The Ugly Duckling”.

  How could Colin understand this? He could only deal with it casually: “Some are ugly and some are beautiful. Just like human babies, there is always a difference between beauty and ugliness.” “

  Then… Is it true that those who were beautiful when they were young will become more beautiful when they grow up?”Judy’s big eyes suddenly flashed, and she asked again.

  Colin glanced at the little girl and seemed to see through her little thoughts. He nodded with a smile and said, “Yes!”

  Judy suddenly beamed.

  Vera held her husband’s hand and looked at the vaguely visible city on the other side of the lake. She suddenly asked, “Kelin, are we really not going to Swan City?”

  Colin shook his head and said, “Not going. Come back as soon as possible. There are still a lot of things waiting for us to deal with in Winter City.”

  ”Okay.” Vera nodded lightly.

  In fact, she is not a very independent woman, especially after Colin proved his ability time and time again. Vera became even more dependent on her husband.

  They have now left the Scarlet Flame Territory and entered the Northern Territory. However, except for a stop at the Grantu family’s Winter Spring Town, Colin always took the wild roads when passing through other territories and did not enter the wild roads along the way. Lord’s Castle.

  Of course, the lords along the way would send envoys to extend invitations out of respect for the new Duke of Saint Hilde.

  No, Colin and the others had just stopped by the lake to set up camp, and the messenger from Swan Castle had arrived.

  Moreover, the identity of this messenger was not ordinary. He was actually Viscount Thorin, the eldest son of Count Schulz, the lord of Swan City.

  In the vassal system of the Saint Hilde family, there are three major count families, the Uman family of Falling Eagle City, the Morrison family of Huayu City, and the Schulz family of Swan City.

  Of course, there was originally an Earl of Dawson, but he was actually a vassal of Marquis Garcia. After the First Rebellion in the North, he was canonized as a marquis, and then he became a vassal of the Saint Hilde family.

  Colin has already dealt with both the Ullman family and the Morrison family, but only the last Schultz family is relatively unfamiliar to Colin.

  In fact, Colin once met Count Schulz in Ice Rock City.

  It was at the meeting of lords that the major families in the north united to force the Duke of St. Hilde to dethrone the Marquis Charles from his inheritance.

  Colin remembered that at that meeting, only the previous Earl Morrison refused to sign the petition and was eventually killed, while Earl Schulz and Earl Uman both signed.

  Later, the Duke of St. Hilde rudely rejected the lords’ request, causing a complete rift between the two parties.

  Of course, the Schultz family also participated in the attack on the Golden Lion Army. As a result, the family army was smashed to pieces by the Golden Lion Army and the Black Cavalry Army, which had already secretly set a trap, and suffered heavy losses.

  However, in the subsequent purge, Count Schulz did not seem to be punished; at least her title remained unchanged.

  As to why Duke St. Hilde let Count Schulz go, there were various speculations circulating in the north at that time. The most convincing one was that Count Schulz married a good husband.

  The husband of Count Schulz is named Lucien.

  Yes, only the first name, no last name.

  He is a commoner.

  But at the same time, he is also a sixth-level warrior!

  Just like the sixth-level warrior who became the son-in-law of the Uman family, Lucien also successfully married a northern earl and successfully achieved a class leap.

  At that time, there were only two sixth-level professionals in the north, Lucien and Duke St. Hilde.

  No one knows whether Duke Saint Hilde was promoted to the Holy Realm at that time, but even if he was promoted, he probably didn’t want to expose his true strength.

  Therefore, Duke St. Hilde deliberately spared Count Schultz, who participated in the lord’s rebellion, perhaps because he did not want to have a direct conflict with Lucien.

  However, the Schultz family was not unscathed. After all, most of their elite troops were lost outside Ice Rock City. It can be said that their vitality was severely damaged.

  Therefore, in the second Northern Rebellion started by Mr. Jin, the Schultz family was no longer able to participate and could only choose to remain neutral and watch the whole process.

  It is not accurate to say that it is completely neutral because the Earl of Schultz is located in the southernmost part of the Northern Territory, bordering the Scarlet Flame Territory. The Marquis of Mainham, who is determined to establish the dwarf kingdom, will definitely pass through Swan City if he wants to send troops to the Northern Territory.

  However, Earl Schulz did not take any action and directly released the troops of the Maynum family.

  This is actually a betrayal of the North.

  Colin was planning to settle the score with the Schulz family later, but he didn’t expect that the other party would have the nerve to take the initiative to issue an invitation.

  However, Colin is not planning to enter Swan City at this time.

  It wasn’t that he was afraid of the sixth-level warrior. After all, as long as Count Schultz and Lucien didn’t go crazy, they would never dare to do anything to Vera, who had become the Duke of the North.

  He just didn’t bother to pay attention to Count Schulz, who had betrayed the Saint-Hilde family.

  ”Dear Duke, welcome to the Earl of Schulz! My mother ordered me to come here and sincerely invite you to visit Swan Castle!” Viscount Thorin looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old, speaking in a slightly childish voice. said.

  After saying that, he respectfully sent an invitation letter to Vera.

  Vera took the invitation and looked at Colin hesitantly, only to see Colin slowly shake his head.

  So, she gently declined: “Please apologize to Count Schulz for me. Because time is urgent, I need to rush back to Winter City as soon as possible. I’m afraid I won’t be able to visit Swan Castle.”

  According to the usual practice, Viscount Thorin at this time should have wisely said goodbye and left, but he persuaded him again:

  ”Your Majesty, please forgive me for being rude, but it is getting late now, and your convoy has already set up camp by the lake, ready to rest here for the night. Have you?

  So, since you are staying for one night, why don’t you come to Swansea Castle?

  The Schulz family has prepared the most delicious food and the most luxurious rooms for you to rest in! ”

  Colin frowned, I feel that this Viscount Thorin is going too far. Vera has already refused, but he still insists on staying.

  I just don’t know if this is what Count Schulz meant, or if the young Viscount is just ignorant.

  Vera’s face also darkened, and she shook her head firmly and said, “Sorry, maybe next time.”

  Viscount Thorin actually refused to give up: “Your Excellency, I know that the Schulz family acted helplessly during the turmoil in the north. to your satisfaction, but please believe that we were powerless to deal with the situation at that time.

  This time, when my mother invited you to enter the Swan Castle, she also wanted to apologize to you in person and ask for your forgiveness.”

  Colin snorted and said coldly, “If Count Schulz is really sincere, please go to Lion’s Roar Castle to pray for the Duke’s forgiveness.”

  Viscount Thorin was suddenly suffocated; his expression changed for a while, and then he finally gritted his teeth and whispered:

  ”Your Excellency, actually, Mother invited you to enter Swan Castle because she has something important to report to you.”

  ”What important thing? Let’s talk about it here,” Vera replied coldly.

  Viscount Thorin had no choice but to lower his voice and say: “Bishop John of Swan City is missing!”

  ”Missing?”

  ”Yes. Bishop John has been missing for three days and there is no news. My father personally led the team in Swan City. We searched inside and outside the city, but found nothing.”

  Vera’s face changed slightly, and she looked at Colin solemnly.

  Colin also frowned.

  The disappearance of a bishop could be a big or small matter, but as Vera was the Duke of the North, since she was passing through Swan City, it would really be inappropriate if she didn’t ask anything.

  But Colin didn’t want Vera to have more contact with the church. After all, it was still difficult to judge how much influence the Pope’s magic had on Vera.

  Colin couldn’t help but wonder: couldn’t this be a trick directed and performed by the church?

  Thinking of this, Colin stepped forward and responded: “The Duke needs to rush back to Winter City as soon as possible. It is really impossible to stay in Swan City. How about I go back with you and see what happened?”

  Viscount Thorin looked at it. Colin looked at the calm face, then looked at Vera who was silent and could only nod, and said:

  ”Okay, I’ll trouble you, Lord Viscount!”

  Colin nodded, turned around, and whispered in Vera’s ear, “You guys rest one night by the lake and continue on the road tomorrow without waiting for me.”

  Vera nodded obediently and said, “Okay, then you should also be careful.”