The Original Vampire

Snow falls almost every year at Winter Veil, and this year was no exception.

Early in the morning, there was a heavy snowfall in the Ice Rock City, and a biting cold wind blew through the dim sky.

In such bad weather, the kind lord did not let the slaves go out to work.

One by one, they huddled together in the newly constructed refugee camp, warming themselves against each other's body heat.

Suddenly, the camp was boiling again, and all kinds of surprise shouts were heard endlessly, because the kind lord even let the soldiers bring wine to the slaves.

Of course, wine is not good wine, and it is also mixed with a lot of water, but for most slaves who have never tasted wine in their lives, it seems like a nectar from heaven.

The pungent wine dispelled the cold, and countless slaves squatted on the ground, loudly praising the lord's kindness.

At this moment, the benevolent lord is still lying in the warm bed.

It was snowing heavily outside, but it was warm like spring inside.

The flames in the fireplace danced all night, giving off heat that made the room extraordinarily comfortable.

Cathy walked in lightly, stuffed some dry wood into the fireplace, and was about to leave when she saw Colin sitting up from the bed.

"Sir, you are awake."

"kindness."

In fact, Ke Lin woke up early, but on such a snowy morning, staying out of bed was also a kind of commemoration and memory of the habits of his previous life.

"Happy Winter Veil, Lord Viscount! I'll go get you some wash water and breakfast."

Today's Cathy was specially dressed up, wearing a white dress, an apron decorated with ruffles around her waist, and her long chestnut hair tied up with a red turban, looking simple and generous.

Watery eyes, long pointed ears, and delicate and small facial features make her whole person exude a weak temperament.

"Happy Winter Veil!" Colin greeted the half-elf maid with a smile.

Then he got out of bed and walked to the window, looking at the silver-clad world outside, his thoughts were flying.

Winter Veil is a festival unique to the Radiance Empire.

It lasts from mid-December to the beginning of January, and is the biggest festival of the year.

There are three children playing in the snow in the castle.

They were all collateral members of the Angele family. Colin was not familiar with them. After a long while, he remembered the name of one of the little boys.

Hearing the innocent laughter of the children beside his ears, an unspeakable loneliness suddenly flooded into Colin's heart.

call--

Colin suddenly pushed open the window.

The frigid north wind, mixed with snowflakes, was blowing towards the face, with a icy chill, as if it was going to penetrate deep into the bones and freeze the blood.

However, Colin didn't care at all.

After being promoted to the fourth-order knight, his heart that had been silent for a long time suddenly burst into life, beating again, and beating more powerfully and more vigorously than before.

Driven by this heart, the blood in his whole body was surging like a surging river, and the heat radiated from his body made the snowflakes in the sky melt into water before they touched his skin.

"Yeah! Lord Viscount, why did you open the window? Be careful of getting cold." Cathy walked in with her toiletries and couldn't help exclaiming.

Colin smiled, closed the window again, and turned back to let Cathy serve him and wash.

"Sir, are you here for breakfast today, or are you going to the restaurant?"

"Just here."

"Yes."

Soon, Cathy came in again with her plate.

The breakfast was hearty, char-grilled tilapia, creamed tomatoes, almond gingerbread, and a glass of eggnog.

However, Colin frowned: "Eggnog? Didn't I ask you to prepare deer blood wine for every meal?"

Cathy explained in a low voice, "My lord, this is the first meal of Winter Veil, and according to tradition, there must be almond gingerbread and eggnog."

It was only then that Colin remembered that it seemed to be the case.

"My lord, if you insist, I can now go to the kitchen to prepare a glass of deer blood wine."

"Forget it." Colin waved his hand.

It's okay not to drink blood for a meal, and he doesn't bother to let the kitchen go to toss.

Doing as the locals do, Colin just took advantage of these foods to experience the atmosphere of the Winter Veil Festival in this world.

"How do you half-elves usually spend Winter Veil?" Colin asked casually while experiencing the wonderful reaction of gingerbread and eggnog in his mouth.

Cathy, who was standing by the side, smiled and said, "Actually, the Winter Veil Festival in the half-elf kingdom is no different from the Empire's side. The only difference is that we will hold a bonfire party at night."

"Campfire?"

"Yes, it can also be said to be a bonfire ball, but the dancers are all male half-elves. They will show their talents at the ball to attract the attention of female half-elves."

"Won't they invite female half-elves to dance?"

"No, that is the custom of your human empire. Half-elf dances are usually solo dances. At the end of the dance, there will be judges composed of respected old people to choose the male half-elf with the most beautiful dance."

Speaking of which, Cathy seemed to recall something, and her little face suddenly turned red, extraordinarily cute.

Colin was speechless.

"The most beautiful male..."

This statement gave Colin goosebumps.

But as a gentleman, Colin still suppressed the discomfort in his heart and asked with a smile, "Then what reward will the winner get?"

"He will get the title of 'Moonlight Dancer'." Cathy's eyes were full of envy and reverence, and she seemed to yearn for this title.

Colin nodded, and suddenly became interested in this moonlight dancer, wanting to see how beautiful their dance moves were.

"This custom of yours should be passed down to the elves, right?"

"Yes." Cathy nodded, "Also, before the elves disappeared in Huiyue Forest, the Moonlight Dancers in Silvermoon City would actually be attended by elves representatives."

"Oh? Since when did the elves completely cut off contact with you?"

Cathy pondered for a moment and replied, "I have read the records of the Savoy family's books, probably... more than 800 years ago, the elves disappeared completely in the depths of the Glorious Forest and never contacted us again. "

Ke Lin had already finished eating the food in front of him, picked up the napkin and wiped his mouth, and asked curiously, "Have you never tried to enter Huiyue Forest to find the traces of the elves?"

"Of course it did. In the first few years when the elves disappeared, many half-elf nobles in Silvermoon City who were closely related to the elves panicked. They sent a large number of rangers and soldiers to Huiyue Forest to try to find the elves. traces.

But... the half-elf people who entered Huiyue Forest never came out again without exception..."

"Never came out again?" Colin frowned.

He suddenly felt that the disappearance of the elves might not be that simple.

That mysterious and dangerous Huiyue Forest should be hiding something unknown.