The Original Vampire

Early in the morning, Colin woke up from a dream.

The fireplace was still burning, crackling softly.

The girl's body temperature and fragrance remained on the bed, but she was no longer there.

"Good morning, Colin."

Colin sat up and looked, and saw Vera sitting by the dresser in front of the window.

The most beautiful flower of the Saint Hilde family has been changed into a bright yellow crocheted dress, facing the mirror and pasting rose gold ornaments on his forehead.

"Good morning, Vera."

Colin looked at Vera not far away with admiration. In his opinion, after not seeing her for a long time, the former girl seemed to have matured a lot.

The blue and pure eyes look forward to the beauty, the makeup on his face is more gorgeous and charming than usual, and the bright red lip gloss makes the perfect outline look more three-dimensional, although there is still a hint of the shyness of a young girl, but more However, it is graceful and solemn, as well as the gradually blooming charming style.

"Does it look good?"

After Vera finished dressing, she turned around and smiled at Colin.

The sunlight outside the window was very good, and strands of light came in and fell on the girl's body, reflecting a faint halo.

"Of course, your beauty eclipses the warm winter sun!" Colin smiled and offered a flattery.

Vera rolled her cute eyes, and seemed to think that Colin's praise was too exaggerated.

"This is what Queen Elsa taught me." The girl lifted her skirt and turned around in a circle.

Colin secretly thought it was no wonder, he just felt that this dress was a bit familiar, and it was not Vera's usual style.

"It seems that you have learned a lot during your time in Yinyue City."

"Yes. And Queen Elsa also told me about her past. After listening to it, I realized that I was actually lucky compared to her."

Having said this, Vera stretched out her hands to Colin, motioning him to hug her.

Colin smiled and stepped forward, holding the girl into his arms through the thin long skirt.

Only then did he realize,

Vera was able to come out of the previous shadow, probably thanks to Queen Elsa's persuasion.

What a sweet lover.

"I have already sent someone to Winter City to ask the Duke of St. Hilde to marry you. It won't take long before you can become the mistress of the Red Castle justifiably."

I don't know if it was because of the man's words or because of the warm embrace, the girl's body gradually became soft and boneless, and her whole body fell into Ke Lin's arms.

"Kolin, even if my adoptive father does not agree with our marriage, I will not leave you!" Vera said firmly.

Colin smiled comfortably, tightened the girl's soft and slender waist, and promised, "Don't worry, I will let the Duke agree to our marriage."

Their marriage must be approved by the Duke, otherwise, Vera will run away with him, which is obviously not a result that Colin, who has greater ambitions, is willing to accept.

However, based on the current situation, Duke St. Hilde seems to be really reluctant to marry Vera to Colin.

The envoy of Ice Rock City has been waiting in Winter City for more than two months, and still has not been received by the Duke.

Therefore, this time, Colin took the opportunity of Baron Lombard's initiative to provoke him to kill the chicken and show the monkey. By the way, he asked the Baron's son to go to Winter City to test to see if the Duke of Saint Hilde was seriously injured and could not see the guests, or was deliberately dragged away. The messenger of Ice Rock City.

If the Duke really saw the Lombard family, but not the messenger of Ice Rock City, then Colin would have to redefine the next plan.

If you don't want to give it to me, then I'll grab it!

Feeling some changes in the man's body, Vera suddenly broke free from Colin's embrace in a panic, and changed the subject: "Colin, are you hungry? Let's go have breakfast."

"Okay." Colin smiled narrowly, realizing that the girl probably hadn't recovered from last night's madness.

With Vera's help, Colin quickly got dressed and walked to the restaurant together.

After a hearty breakfast, Vera proposed to go shopping in Ice Rock City, and Colin would naturally not object.

Today is just a rare good weather, the warm sun hangs high in the sky, dispelling some of the severe winter cold a little.

Colin and Vera walked hand in hand on the streets of Ice Rock City, but they didn't cause much movement.

This is not because the people of Ice Rock City are disrespectful to their lord, but because Ke Lin and the others deliberately hide their identities.

Colin wore a wide three-cornered hat that covered most of his face, while Vera wore a black scarf, restoring the image of Colin when he first saw her.

The guards followed the two from a distance, without much fanfare.

"Kolin, the slaves in your territory are a little different from what I saw before."

"What's the difference?"

Vera tilted her head, looked at the slaves who were focusing on their work, and said:

"The slaves I saw in Winter City all looked lazy, and if there was no overseer's whip, they would even prefer to lie on the ground and bask in the sun for a day.

But the slaves in your territory are different. Even without a whip, they are very motivated. "

"Do you know the reason for this?"

Vera pondered for a moment, then shook her head, expressing that she did not understand.

"Because I gave them hope."

"hope?"

"Yes." Colin recounted the points system he implemented in Ice Rock City.

Vera thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's really a great way! However, Colin, aren't you worried that your slaves will be getting fewer and fewer?"

"With ten quotas per month, only 120 freedmen will be produced in a year, and even after a hundred years, more than 10,000 slaves will be eligible to become freedmen.

But in this process, the wealth created by the slaves has far exceeded the value of the more than 10,000 slaves themselves.

What's more, in the current situation in the north, am I still worried about the lack of slaves? "

Vera thought about it carefully and nodded in agreement: "Kolin, you are a kind and wise lord!"

Colin laughed, and suddenly there was some lament in his heart.

Such an exploitative method could even be called benevolence. For a while, he didn't know whether to be happy or lament.

After walking a few blocks, a group of small children caught Vera's attention.

In an open space the size of a basketball court, there was an old gentleman who looked about fifty years old. In front of him, hundreds of children gathered.

The older ones were thirteen or fourteen years old, and the younger ones were only four or five years old. The only thing they had in common was that they were all wearing shabby clothes and iron rings on their feet—this was a group of slave children.

The old gentleman wrote on a wall with charcoal and led the slave children to read aloud.

"Colin, did you arrange this too?"

"That's right."

Vera turned to look at Colin, her eyes eager.

At this time, the image of Colin in her heart became extraordinarily tall.

But what she didn't know was that Colin just felt that these slave children were too weak to do heavy work. It would be better to have them literate and literate, so that when they grew up, they could become a more valuable labor force.

At this moment, an old voice suddenly sounded:

"Lord Lord, knowledge is not a blessing but a curse for the lowly."

Colin turned around and saw an old priest standing behind them.