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 water. Under the reflection of the setting sun, the real and the phantom, the majestic and the soft, interweave into a beautiful landscape.

When Colin followed Viscount Thorin to Swan City, he found that Earl Schultz was already waiting outside the city.

The Earl of Schultz was wearing a light blue palace dress, tall and well-proportioned, with black hair and black pupils, and delicate facial features. She could not see the traces of time left on her.

Colin got off his horse, bowed and saluted, "His Excellency Earl Schultz, may your beauty and youth last forever."

"Respected guardian of the north, His Excellency Viscount Angele, welcome to Swan City!"

Earl Schultz smiled sweetly, his tone was kind and gentle, and he didn't seem to be at all unhappy because Vera refused to come to Swan City.

This countess has a gentle temperament and is very friendly. Even if Colin has some opinions on the Schultz family, it will almost disappear in the gentle and pleasant smile of Earl Schultz.

"This is my husband, Lucien."

Earl Schultz pointed to a rough-faced middle-aged man beside him and introduced.

There was a smile on the corner of Lucien's mouth, and his attitude was not eager. I don't know if it was because of his opinion on Colin, or because he was just so unsociable.

Colin didn't care either, smiled and nodded to Lucien.

As the strongest person on the bright side of the North, Lucien is still qualified to be proud.

Later, Earl Schultz introduced Colin to the important clan behind him. Colin smiled and greeted them one by one, but in fact he didn't remember a few names at all.

After some greetings, Earl Schultz led Colin into Swan City.

This time, Ke Lin came with only a dozen guards. Of course, this is the power on the bright side, and there are more than a hundred blood slaves quietly hidden outside the city.

Swan City has always been known as the most beautiful city in the north. The buildings in the city are painted uniformly white with dyes.

But in Colin's view,

The beauty of Swan City has a contrived feeling in it. It 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 To be graceful.

Colin looked at the Neuschwanstein Castle not far away, and asked with a smile, "Lord Count, why don't we go directly to the Church of Glory."

"Don't you have dinner first?"

"Let's go see the place where Bishop John disappeared first, otherwise this doubt will hang in my heart, and I won't have the heart to eat."

Earl Schultz no longer persuaded, smiled gently, and praised: "Well, your professional attitude is admirable."

Immediately, the motorcade slowly turned in a direction, and it didn't take long before they arrived in front of the Church of Glory.

The four priests in white robes welcomed Colin and his party into the prayer hall, and Earl Schultz introduced Colin as he walked:

"According to several pastors of the church, everything went as usual on the night Bishop John disappeared. After he presided over the last mass, he went back to the house to rest, but the next morning, the servants who came to wash the bishop found that Bishop John did not Not in the room.

Afterwards, the pastors searched the church for a while, but found nothing, so they had to 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 investigate the area near Swan City, but still no trace of Bishop John was found. "

Colin nodded and said to the priest who led the way, "Can you take us to Bishop John's room?"

"Of course you can, please."

A few people walked through the promenade and came to the inner court under the leadership of the priest.

"Lord Viscount, this is Bishop John's room. We have carefully investigated it before, there is no trace of fighting, and we have not found any abnormality."

Colin walked around the room and suddenly asked with a smile, "Could it be that Bishop John went out on his own and forgot to tell you?"

Earl Schultz also smiled and said, "It seems that this is the most reasonable explanation."

Colin touched his nose and wondered if it was really a trick directed and performed by the church?

Bishop John knew that Vera was going to pass through Swan City, and went missing on purpose, just to trick Vera into the city?

But what's the use of this?

Colin's eyes swept across the faces of everyone in the room, and he asked, "Did the Bishop have contact with any strange person the night he disappeared?"

"weirdo?"

"Well, or someone you don't know."

Several priests thought for a while, and one of them suddenly said, "A strange knight came to the church and asked the bishop to confess."

"A strange knight?" Count Schultz was also interested. "Doesn't any of you recognize which family knight he is?"

The priest shook his head and said, "This knight is probably injured, and most of his face is covered with white cloth. I didn't recognize his identity. But Bishop John seems to know him and accepted his plea for confession."

Colin immediately said, "Can you take us to the confession room?"

The priest nodded, and then left the bishop's room with everyone and came to the confession room on the side of the prayer hall.

The confession room was small and simple, with two seats, one separated by a wooden weatherboard.

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

Earl Schultz looked at it for a while, but he didn't seem to see anything, and asked, "Is there anything unusual about Bishop John after his confession?"

The pastor thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "There seems to be nothing out of the ordinary. After that, he presided over the mass, which is no different from his usual performance."

Earl Schultz said to her husband: "Perhaps we should ask the city defense officer to see which injured knight has entered Swan City recently."

Lucien nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask later."

Seeing that Colin had been silent, Earl Schultz asked, "Your Excellency Viscount, have you found anything?"

Colin was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled, "No."

Earl Schultz gave Colin a deep look, and then invited: "Then let's go back to Swan Castle for dinner."

"it is good."

The crowd 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, and 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 some washing, Colin did not fall asleep immediately, but 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 greeted Colin immediately 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 that confession room again. Is there anyone in it?"

"No. Do you want to confess?"

"No, I'll just see for myself, you don't have to worry about me."

"OK."

After dismissing the pastor, Colin went to the confession room alone.

Closing the door, Colin took his seat.

The confession room was quiet, and the faint choir singing could be heard in the prayer hall next door.

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

The smell was very light, and it was obvious from the performance of Earl Schultz and the priests that they didn't notice the smell of blood at all.

If Colin was not extremely sensitive to the smell of blood, he would have missed this important clue.

It was this smell that made him go back and forth.

But just as Colin was about to examine it carefully, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Swish!

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

Colin trembled in his heart, showed a stiff smile, and greeted:

"Good evening, His Royal Highness!"