The Original Vampire

  Swan City stands on the bank of Swan Lake. The moat is connected to the lake. From a distance, this majestic city looks like an island in the lake.

  The blue-black city wall is reflected in the lake. Under the setting sun, real and virtual shadows, majestic and soft, interweave into a beautiful landscape.

  When Colin followed Viscount Thorin to the foot of Swan City, he found that Count Schulz was already waiting outside the city.

  Count Schulz was wearing a light blue palace dress. She had a tall and well-proportioned figure, black hair and black eyes, and exquisite facial features. There was no trace of time left in her body.

  Colin turned over and dismounted, bowed, and said, “Your Excellency Count Schulz, may your beauty and youth last forever.” “

  Dear Guardian of the North, His Excellency Viscount Angelet, welcome to Swan City!”

  Count Schulz smiled sweetly; his tone was kind and gentle, and he did not seem to be unhappy at all because Vera refused to come to Swan City.

  This countess has a gentle temperament and is very approachable. Even if Colin had some opinions about the Schulz family, they almost disappeared under Count Schulz’s gentle and charming smile.

  ”This is my husband, Lucien.”

  Count Schulz introduced himself, pointing to a middle-aged man with a rough face next to him.

  Lucien pulled a smile from the corner of his mouth; his attitude was not very enthusiastic. He didn’t know whether it was because he had a problem with Colin or because he was just so unsociable.

  Colin didn’t pay attention and nodded to Lucien with a smile.

  As the most powerful person in the North, Lucien still has the right to be proud.

  Afterwards, Count Schulz introduced Colin to a circle of important clan members behind him. Colin smiled and greeted them one by one, but in fact he didn’t remember a few of their names at all.

  After some pleasantries, Count Schulz led Colin into Swan City.

  This time Colin came with only a dozen guards. Of course, this was a force on the surface, but secretly, there were more than a hundred blood slaves quietly lurking outside the city.

  Swan City has always been known as the most beautiful city in the north. The buildings in the city are painted a uniform white with dyes, the roads are paved with bluestone slabs, and there is a green belt in the middle of the road with tall sycamore trees.

  However, in Colin’s opinion, the beauty of Swan City has an artificial feeling to it and is not as natural as Silvermoon City. Of course, among the cities in the north, it is indeed outstanding. Compared with it, Winter City is more majestic but less graceful.

  Colin looked at the Swan Castle not far away and asked with a smile, “Your Majesty, why don’t we go directly to the Glory Church?”

  ”Why don’t we have dinner first?”

  ”Let’s go see the place where Bishop John disappeared first. Otherwise, I would have no intention of dining with this doubt in my mind.”

  Count Schulz stopped trying to persuade him, smiled softly, and praised: “Well, your professional attitude is admirable.”

  Then, the motorcade slowly turned around. After taking a direction, it didn’t take long before we arrived in front of the Glory Church.

  Four priests in white robes welcomed Colin and his party into the prayer hall. Count Schulz introduced to Colin as he walked:

  ”According to several priests in the church, everything went as usual on the night Bishop John disappeared. He presided over the last performance. After Mass, they went back to the house to rest, but early the next morning, the servants who came to help the bishop wash found that Bishop John was not in the room.

  Then, the priests searched the church but found nothing, so they had to leave it. Report the matter to me.

  I also sent the city defense troops to search the whole city and even asked Lucien to personally lead a team to search the area near Swan City, but there was still no trace of Bishop John.”

  Colin nodded and said to the leader, “Can you take us to Bishop John’s room?”

  ”Of course, please come this way.”

  Several people walked through the corridor and came to the inner courtyard under the leadership of the priest.

  ”Lord Viscount, this is Bishop John’s room. We have carefully investigated before and found no signs of fighting or any abnormalities.”

  Colin walked around the room and suddenly asked with a smile: “Is it possible that Bishop John Did he go away on his own and forgot to tell you?”

  Count Schulz also smiled and said, “This seems to be the most reasonable explanation.”

  Colin touched his nose and wondered if it was true. Is it a trick that the church directs and performs on its own?

  Bishop John knew that Vera was going to pass through Swan City, so he deliberately disappeared in order to trick Vera into entering the city?

  But what’s the use?

  Colin’s eyes scanned the faces of everyone in the room one by one, and then asked: “The night the bishop disappeared, did he come into contact with any strange people?”

  ”Strange people?”

  ”Well, or someone you don’t know. People.”

  Several priests thought for a while, and one of them suddenly said: “A strange knight came to the church and confessed to the bishop.” “A strange knight

  ?” Count Schulz also became interested, “You haven’t Does anyone recognize which family’s knight he is?”

  The priest shook his head and said, “This knight must have been injured. Most of his face was wrapped in white cloth, and I didn’t recognize his identity. But Bishop John seemed to be the same as him. He knew him and accepted his confession request.”

  Colin immediately said: “Can you take us to the confession room?”

  The pastor nodded and then led everyone out of the bishop’s room and to the side of the prayer hall. Confession room.

  The confessional is very small, and the decoration inside is also very simple. There are two seats separated by a wooden weatherboard.

  For the Shining believers, this is the place closest to the gods, and it is also the only place where they can open their hearts, tell their sins, and pray for repentance to the gods.

  Count Schulz looked at it for a moment but didn’t seem to see anything, so he asked, “Did anything unusual happen to Bishop John after he finished his confession?”

  The pastor thought for a while, shook his head, and said, “It seems that there was nothing unusual. After that, he still presided over the mass, and his performance was no different from usual.”

  Count Schulz said to his husband, “Maybe we should ask the city defense officer to see which injured knights have entered Swan City recently.”

  Lucien nodded. He said, “Okay, I’ll ask later.”

  Seeing that Colin remained silent, Count Schulz asked, “Your Excellency, Viscount, have you discovered anything?”

  Colin was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled. “No,” said

  Count Schulz, who took a deep look at Colin and invited, “Then let’s go back to the Swan Castle for dinner first.”

  ”Okay.”

  Everyone immediately left the church and entered the Swan Castle.

  It was getting late at this time, and a crystal candlestick chandelier was raised in the corner of the banquet hall of the Swan Castle. The attentive servants had already prepared a table of delicacies to entertain the distinguished guests from afar.

  …

  After the banquet, Colin was led by a young maid to the room prepared for him by the earl.

  After washing up, Colin did not fall asleep immediately. Instead, he quietly left the Swan Castle and returned to the Glory Church again.

  In the prayer hall of the church, the priests were directing the choir to sing hymns. One of them immediately came up to Colin after seeing him and asked,

  ”Lord Viscount, is there anything I can do for you?”

  Colin Pointed in the direction of the side hall and said, “I want to go to the confession room again. Is there anyone in there?” “

  No. Do you want to confess?”

  ”No, I can just take a look for myself. You don’t have to worry about it. Me.”

  ”Okay.”

  After sending the priest away, Colin came to the confessional alone.

  Closing the door, Colin sat down in his seat.

  The confessional was very quiet, and the faint singing of the choir could be heard coming from the prayer hall next door.

  Colin took a deep breath and smelled the faint smell of blood again.

  The smell was very light. Judging from the performance of Count Schulz and the priests, it was clear that they were not aware of the smell of blood at all.

  If Colin hadn’t been extremely sensitive to the smell of blood, he might have missed this important clue.

  It was this smell that made him come back again and again.

  But just when Colin was about to check it more carefully, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

  Uh-huh!

  He stretched out his hand to open the central curtain and was shocked to find that there was another person sitting on the seat opposite!

  Colin’s heart trembled. He showed a stiff smile and greeted:

  ”Good evening, Your Highness!”