The Original Vampire

The colorful glaze reflects the charming light and shadow, and the sculptures of the seven first-generation Paladins are erected on both sides of the palace, watching the people in the palace.

The nobles of the Shining Empire who came to watch the ceremony gathered together with solemn expressions.

In the melodious sound of the bell, Prince Harrison strode into the hall with his head held high.

Cheers followed.

Pope Gregory, holding the crown symbolizing the supreme authority of the empire, is standing on the left side of the throne, watching Prince Harrison quietly.

An extreme longing from the bottom of his heart made Prince Harrison unable to help speed up the pace a little.

Coming to Pope Gregory, Prince Harrison knelt down on one knee, waiting for his coronation.

However, as time passed, Pope Gregory did not put the crown on Prince Harrison's head.

The hall suddenly fell silent.

Prince Harrison looked up suspiciously, and what he saw was Pope Gregory's expressionless gaze.

"Your Majesty?" Prince Harrison whispered.

Pope Gregory finally spoke, but his tone was extremely cold: "Sorry, Your Highness. The Lord needs a new shepherd."

boom!

Prince Harrison was suddenly struck by lightning, and the whole person was stunned in place, at a loss.

The voices in his ears suddenly disappeared, and the figure of Pope Gregory seemed to be getting further and further away from him.

He stretched out his hands suddenly, trying to grab the crown, but it was empty.

Pope Gregory's face also became blurred, and in the end, it turned into the appearance of Colin Angele!

Prince Harrison opened his mouth to shout, but found that he couldn't make a sound at all.

Suddenly, a whip appeared in his hand.

Prince Harrison looked down and found that his fancy dress turned out to be a worn military uniform——

Moreover, it is the military uniform of the Pegasus Legion in the East.

Huo Ran turned around, and Prince Harrison found himself surrounded by a group of bony Eastern soldiers. Their eyes flashed with the anger of choosing someone, and they were approaching him step by step.

"Why don't you give us food?"

"Are you really more noble than us?"

"Why do you enslave us?"

...

Fear instantly enveloped Prince Harrison,

He sternly swung his whip vigorously, trying to frighten the soldiers from the Eastern Border in front of him.

However, such threats do little at all.

In the roar, these Eastern soldiers rushed towards Prince Harrison like a group of beasts.

"what--"

Prince Harrison let out a desperate scream, and then he found himself falling rapidly.

Looking back, there is an endless dark abyss behind me...

"Harrison, Harrison?"

Hearing his mother's voice, Prince Harrison woke up from the nightmare and sat up suddenly, gasping for breath.

Only then did he realize that his body was wet, all covered in cold sweat.

Queen Midella wiped her son's pale face with a silk scarf and asked worriedly, "What? Had a nightmare?"

Prince Harrison nodded, the fear in his eyes not yet completely gone.

"What nightmare, scare you like this?"

Prince Harrison hesitated, but recounted his nightmare and what Colin had told him at the top of the city during the day.

After speaking, Prince Harrison looked at Queen Midella, who frowned, and asked nervously:

"Mother, are our nobles just like those overseers outside Silvermoon City? Just a tool chosen by the gods to enslave the same kind?"

Queen Midella wanted to refute, but suddenly found herself unable to find a tenable reason.

After a moment of silence, she suddenly asked, "What do you think about yourself?"

"I..." Prince Harrison struggled for a while, then gritted his teeth, "I think, why does the emperor of our San Lorenzo family have to accept the Pope's coronation?"

Queen Midella sighed inwardly and suddenly realized that Colin had succeeded.

He succeeded in provoking Prince Harrison's fear of the church.

This should be their revenge.

At the beginning, Queen Midera tried to provoke the relationship between Queen Elsa and Colin, and Colin also respected the relationship and successfully provoke Prince Harrison from the relationship with the church.

Looking at her pale, sharp-eyed son, Queen Midella suddenly felt a headache.

The struggle between theocracy and monarchy is actually nothing new in the history of the Radiance Empire.

But those emperors who tried to challenge the authority of the church ended up miserably...

"Harrison, do you know? There was once an emperor of the San Lorenzo family who had the same idea as you. At his enthronement ceremony, he did not invite the pope, but asked his queen to crown him."

Prince Harrison's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, "What about later?"

"Later, the Pope issued an decree deposing the emperor's religious status and revoking his subjects' pledge of allegiance to him."

Prince Harrison suddenly became nervous: "Is it because of an edict from the Pope that the subjects of the empire really don't want to be loyal to the emperor anymore?"

"Yes, the Duke of the Four Realms declared almost simultaneously that if the Emperor could not be forgiven by the Pope, they would no longer recognize his monarchy."

Prince Harrison's face instantly turned pale, and the brilliance in his eyes disappeared all of a sudden.

After a long while, he spoke again and asked in a low voice, "What about later?"

"The emperor who became the target of public criticism had no choice but to ask the Pope's forgiveness.

On a snowy night, the emperor climbed the holy mountain on foot with bare feet, knelt in front of the Holy Light Cathedral for three days and three nights, and finally met the Pope.

The once arrogant emperor could only crawl in front of the Pope at this time, with his arms outstretched, his whole body in the shape of a cross, and he wept bitterly and repented of his crimes.

The Pope slapped the emperor ten times on the back with thorns, and sternly rebuked the emperor for his crimes. After humiliating the human king, the Pope announced to pardon him for his crimes, restore his religious status, and agree to crown him. . "

Hearing this, Prince Harrison trembled uncontrollably.

The scene from the nightmare resurfaced before his eyes again, making him feel a suffocating fear.

Queen Midella held her son's pale cheeks with both hands, made his eyes look at her, and said solemnly: "So, Harrison, before you are absolutely sure, never show even a trace of disrespect to the gods! "

Prince Harrison struggled and said painfully: "Mother, can we only be tools of the gods? Just like those overseers outside the city, they may be abandoned and slaughtered at any time..."

"Harrison, that's what Viscount Angele deliberately misled you. How could our nobles be as weak as those overseers? No matter how much the commoners make trouble, they can't shake our rule."

"No, it's not a question of whether we can shake our rule. Viscount Angele is right, as long as we are obsessed with whether the power of the commoners can defeat the nobles, we will fall into the trap of the church.

The church doesn't care who wins or loses, they just want a qualified ruling tool.

If the San Lorenzo family can't control the situation in the empire, then they can completely choose a new royal family!

Unless we unite and fight against the high..."

"Shut up!" Queen Midella suddenly stopped Prince Harrison's nonsense.

Pulling her son's face close to her, Queen Midella warned gloomily: "Resist? Harrison, do you think that even if the Eastern prisoners and overseers outside the city are united, can they really resist the black cavalry that is waiting?"

Prince Harrison shook his head painfully.

Queen Midella sighed: "So, stop thinking about these dangerous thoughts, sleep well, you are the first heir of the San Lorenzo family, as long as you don't do evil, how can the Pope refuse to crown you? Woolen cloth?"

Prince Harrison hesitated for a while, as if he wanted to say something, but he still didn't say it.

He lowered his eyes and nodded obediently: "Yes, mother, I understand."

"Alright then, go to sleep."

"Yes."

Seeing her son falling asleep again, Queen Midella's brows became even tighter.

After a long while, she turned off the magic lamp and walked out.

There is no starlight in the sky tonight, only a silver moon hangs high, spreading the cold brilliance to the world.

Colin's young face suddenly appeared in Queen Midella's mind, and then an elusive smile climbed up the corner of her mouth:

"Garcia, is he your choice?"