The Original Vampire

Under the cold moonlight, Colin came to a balcony in the Red Fort.

The maids behind them are busy arranging tables and chairs, bringing four glasses of champagne, a few plates of dried fruit, and then leaving lightly.

"Sit down." Colin said with a smile to Aemon, Quincy and the Ciel Knight.

"Yes, sir."

"Yes, Lord Viscount."

The three sat down according to their words, raised their wine glasses and collided with Colin.

Taking a sip of wine, butler Aemon was about to report the recent government affairs of Ice Rock City to Ke Lin, but saw Ke Lin raised his hand to stop him.

"Don't worry, this time I came back from Yinyue City, and a doubt has been lingering in my mind. If I don't solve it, I don't think I can think about other things."

"Master, do you have any doubts?"

Colin rubbed his chin and asked, "Is Count Uman's wife the sister of the former Viscount Sudo?"

"Yes."

"What color are the pupils of this countess?"

Aemon turned his head to look at Quincy, obviously the old man who had served as a tax officer in Ice Rock City for decades should know.

"Lord Viscount, the color of the countess' pupils is blue."

"you sure?"

"I'm sure! I watched her grow up, and even if I close my eyes, I can recall her face."

A smug smile appeared on the corner of Colin's mouth, as if a certain conjecture in his heart had been confirmed.

But out of caution, he still asked one more question: "Has there ever been a direct line member with red pupils in the Su Duo family?"

"Red?" Quincy thought about it and shook his head. "No, red pupils are relatively rare. As far as I know, pupils of this color have never appeared in the direct line of the Su Duo family."

"That's right!" Colin clapped his palm excitedly.

He finally understood what that little secret that Queen Midella only revealed in Silvermoon City was.

Aemon, Quincy, and Ciel looked at each other,

Obviously they didn't follow Colin's train of thought.

Colin explained with a smile: "The Earl of Uman has red pupils, but the Countess has blue pupils, so why did the born Viscount Lawrence have red pupils?"

Butler Aemon frowned and became even more puzzled.

Quincy also reminded carefully: "Sir, Viscount Lawrence's red pupils were passed on to him by Earl Uman. This... should be no problem."

"No, this is a big problem!" A mysterious smile hung on the corner of Colin's mouth.

However, Colin was a little worried about how to explain this genetic problem.

There is no Mendel who grows peas in this world. People have a very shallow understanding of heredity, and they do not understand the difference between recessive genes and dominant genes.

In their understanding, it is normal for a father with red pupils to give birth to a son with red pupils.

But if you understand some basic theories of genetics, you will understand that this is not necessarily true.

Red pupils are rare, indicating that this is a recessively inherited trait.

If a recessive genetic trait is to be expressed in a child, he must obtain a corresponding recessive gene from the father and mother.

In other words, the Earl and Countess of Uman must have the recessive gene for red eyes at the same time in order to give birth to a son with red eyes.

Earl Uman is no problem. Their family has always had the gene for red eyes, but the Suduo family has not!

What's more interesting is that Earl Uman's favorite lover, Penny, has red eyes!

According to the laws of heredity, a child born with two red eyes must have red eyes.

Just like if both parents have single eyelids, the child must also have single eyelids (excluding the factors of isolation and genetic variation).

Therefore, the pupil color of the children of the Uman family is very interesting.

The first son, Viscount Lawrence, who was not supposed to be Red-Eyed, had Red-Eyed.

And the illegitimate child who was supposed to be red-eyed, Valla, was blue-eyed.

Colin was also worried that he had misremembered, and confirmed to Aemon again: "My brother-in-law Valla, what is the color of his pupils?"

Although Aemon was confused, he replied, "It's blue, sir."

really!

Colin confirmed it now.

Excluding that there is also a next-door old king and genetic mutation in the earl's castle, this extremely unlikely event is judged according to the laws of inheritance and the pupil color of the earl's descendants:

The illegitimate son Valla is actually the child of the Earl and the Countess of Uman!

And the son, Lawrence, should be the child born by Earl Uman and his lover Penny!

Then why does Earl Uman want to raise his own son as an illegitimate son, but the illegitimate son is regarded as the first heir to his title?

There can only be one explanation for this behavior that goes against common sense - the identity of the lover Penny is probably more noble than that of the countess from the Sudo family!

Combined with what Queen Midella said, the Saint Theon family, who should have cut off their inheritance, also has the red-eye gene.

Then, it is not difficult to guess the truth of the matter...

Earl Uman's lover, Penny, is probably a descendant of the Saint Theon family!

It was only now that Colin understood why Earl Uman attached so much importance to the illegitimate son of Valla, not only helping him to marry the direct daughter of the Angele family, but also trying to assassinate Colin and help Valla get a baron business.

If it was an illegitimate child of an ordinary noble, how could he have received such great help from his father?

Earl Uman did this, obviously out of guilt for his real son, and wanted to make up for it.

Thinking about it further, when Earl Uman offered the Duke of Saint Hilde a plan to lure the enemy into the deep, I am afraid it was really bad intentions.

His original intention should be to use this to induce chaos in the Northern Territory, so that the Saint Theon family can take the opportunity to make a comeback and avenge the past.

It's a pity that the two brothers Saint Hilde made a high chess move and were not fooled by him.

And this coup d'état in Silvermoon City, and the current rebellion breaking out in the north, may also have the shadow of the Saint Theon family.

Colin had originally suspected that who could arrange the Pegasus Legion to ambush the Black Cavalry in the Shadow Canyon. The Duke of St. Hilde could not do this, but the people of the St. Theon family had this ability.

For more than three hundred years, it was the Duke of the North who led the army to defeat the main force of the Saint Theon family, thus opening the prelude to the decline of this Paladin family.

With the indelible hatred between them and the Saint Hilde family, it is not difficult to win the trust of the Eastern Realm.

From this, it can be inferred that the coup in Silvermoon City is probably inseparable from the Saint Theon family.

For example, the Savoy family, they may have always been pawns of the Saint Theon family.

If you think back to the time when the Savoy family fell, you will find that it was after the Saint Theon family lost power, so the relationship between the two families is definitely not simple.

The more Colin thought about it, the more he felt that his guess should not be far from the truth.

The only thing that made him uncertain was what role the Duke of St. Hilde played in this series of conspiracies.

No matter how he looked at it, Colin didn't think that he was just a person who was played around by the Saint Theon family.

Since Queen Midella knew that the Saint Theon family was hiding in the dark, then her brother, Duke Saint Hilde, had no reason not to know.

Thinking about it carefully, in the first conspiracy of the Saint Theon family against the North, the Duke of Saint Hilde was actually the one who profited the most.

In this second conspiracy, the Duke of St. Hilde actually did not suffer too much. Although the demise of the Black Cavalry greatly reduced the military strength of the Northern Territory, it also helped him completely eradicate internal hidden dangers.

Duke St. Hilde deliberately concealed the strength of the Sanctuary, probably to stabilize the current situation.

As long as he can continue to be steady, then maybe he will have the last laugh this time.

Of course, the Saint Theon family will definitely not easily let the Duke of Saint Hilde do as he wishes, and the next northern realm will definitely be turbulent.

Thinking of this, Colin suddenly asked: "By the way, who do you remember, what is the emblem of the Saint Theon family?"

Quincy thought about it and replied:

"Sir, it's the 'Colorful Tiger'!"