"Name?"
"A... Agnès."
"Last name?"
"… "
"Who is your vampire elder? When and how did you become a vampire?"
"… "
In the interrogation room of the Earl's Mansion, Charlotte sat elegantly behind the interrogation table, sipping the black tea brewed by Sebastian while interrogating the vampire girl who was tied up.
As for why it wasn't milk... it was simply because she felt that drinking that while interrogating someone didn't seem serious enough.
But it was obvious that the girl in front of her was not cooperating. Except for the name she said at the beginning, Agnes remained silent in response to any of Charlotte's questions and looked at her with an unconvinced look on her face.
Charlotte wasn't angry either.
She gently stroked the Book of the Dead on the table, and behind her, the illusory Mo Hu book spirit was standing behind her carefully, massaging her shoulders in a flattering manner.
Charlotte took a sip of black tea and said with a smile:
"Ms. Agnes, I have many ways to make you speak, but... I am a reasonable person and a sensible person. Unless it is necessary, I don't really want to use extreme means."
"I also hope that you can cooperate a little. After all... my patience is not that good."
Seeing Charlotte's slender hand gently stroking the Book of the Dead, Agnes's face turned a little unhappy.
She pursed her lips and said stubbornly:
"I'm in trouble this time! I have nothing to say, you can kill me or chop me up as you please! But... I will never give in to Castel!"
"Castel... Castel again. It seems that you have a great deal of hostility towards Castel, or rather, hatred?"
Charlotte smiled slightly.
Agnes turned her head away and remained silent.
Charlotte put down her teacup and thought:
"Let me guess? You were once a noble. Could it be that... you were an enemy of the Castel family in the past?"
Agnes remained silent.
Charlotte looked at her quietly, and suddenly chuckled:
"It seems that you are really unwilling to cooperate."
After saying this, her expression suddenly became indifferent, and the deep blue eyes suddenly turned blood red, emitting a crimson halo.
A faint sense of majesty emanated from Charlotte. She looked into Agnès's eyes and spoke in a cold voice that left no room for doubt:
"answer my question!"
Following Charlotte's gentle shout, Agnes felt as if a thunderclap resounded through her consciousness, making her mind dazed.
At the same time, everything around her seemed to dim, and the only thing left in her world seemed to be a pair of eyes that were faintly golden amidst the crimson.
At this moment, Agnes felt as if her soul was being sucked into those strange eyes.
Her thoughts quickly slowed down, and then... as if she was opened from the outside, she suddenly lost all her will to resist, and her eyes gradually lost focus:
"De Willet, my name is Agnes de Willet..."
De Willet
Charlotte frowned slightly; she couldn't find the last name in her memory.
However, the next second, she felt a strong will to resist coming from Agnes's spiritual world.
Suddenly, a faint light bloomed from the vampire girl's body, and a vague shadow of a sickle appeared behind her.
At the same time, Charlotte was surprised to feel that her control over Agnes was cut off by something.
Agnes's empty eyes instantly regained focus.
Her eyes suddenly widened, and she looked at Charlotte in disbelief, even with a hint of fear in her expression:
"Mind control! It's mind control!"
"How can you be controlled by the vampires? You... you... you are a vampire?!"
Charlotte frowned, not expecting the other party to break free from her control so quickly.
The vampire girl in front of him seemed to have something on her body that could protect her sanity, and the level seemed to be quite high. Without using the power of blood, her innate magic was actually broken.
However, when Charlotte looked at Agnes again, she was surprised to find that she seemed to have become even more listless.
Charlotte thought.
It seems that although the other party was able to break free from her control, it was not without a price.
As long as she uses her mental control a few more times, the girl's mind will be completely controlled sooner or later.
However, seeing how depressed Agnès looked, Charlotte gave up the idea of continuing to exert her mental control.
Mental control can control the target's mind, but it also has side effects. It is okay if it is used once, but if it is used repeatedly, it is likely to completely destroy the target's sanity.
Charlotte had not planned to go that far, as that would go against her original intention of interrogating the other party. Considering her next plan, she had to let the vampire girl in front of her remain true to herself.
After taking a look at Agnes's horrified expression, Charlotte curled her lips slightly and chuckled:
"It seems that you recognize this power."
"If you don't want me to continue using this power, answer my questions honestly."
Agnes looked a little confused.
She pursed her lips and remained silent stubbornly, even though she knew that she would most likely collapse completely under the continued mental control.
However, Charlotte noticed that the girl's eyes were scanning the surroundings uneasily, as if she was looking for something.
Charlotte's heart moved, and she glanced at her calmly:
"Ms. Agnes, please don't forget that you are not the only one I am interrogating."
"Perhaps you would rather have your spiritual world destroyed than answer my questions, but... you have the ability to resist the power of spiritual domination, but your knight may not."
After hearing what Charlotte said, Agnes’ expression finally changed:
"You want to dominate La Hier?!"
She became anxious and angry almost immediately:
"Where's La Hiel?! What did you do to him?!"
Seeing the girl suddenly become nervous, Charlotte knew that she had discovered her opponent's weakness.
She chuckled and said:
"Your knight is relatively safe now. He is seriously injured. Even with the blood healing ability of the vampires, it is difficult to fully recover in a short period of time. He is currently receiving treatment, so I will interrogate you first."
As she spoke, Charlotte's expression suddenly turned cold:
"But... if you won't cooperate, then I'll have no choice but to go find your knight. He may not know as much as you do, but I think answering my basic questions should be enough."
This time, Agnes was silent.
Charlotte changed the subject and smiled again:
"I think you should have sensed that I have no intention of killing you, at least... not yet."
"You don't have many choices. You can refuse to answer my questions. Of course, I will continue to try. Maybe I can't get anything from you, but you will definitely collapse under my mental control."
"And I can still get the answer I want from your knight. After you collapse, perhaps he will continue to be controlled by me. Not only will he completely forget about you, but he will also be loyal to me as a 'knight' until he sacrifices himself for me."
After hearing what Charlotte said, Agnes widened her eyes and looked at Charlotte angrily:
"you dare!"
"Of course I do."
Charlotte took a sip of black tea and said calmly.
Then, she changed the subject and said with a smile:
"Of course, you have another way."
"You can take the initiative to tell me everything I want to know. I can promise that I will not take action against your knight. Maybe there is still hope for you."
"You have no other choice."
Agnes stared at Charlotte blankly, gritting her teeth, looking angry:
"Devil! You are a devil!"
"Thank you for the compliment."
Charlotte smiled slightly, revealing a pair of small fangs. Her innocent look made her look like a little devil with two horns on her head.
"So... what's your response to this demon's proposal?"
She said with a smile.
Agnes continued to glare at Charlotte.
But soon, she was defeated by those red-gold eyes and became extremely dejected.
When a fatal weakness is caught, even the strongest person will fall. The girl seemed to have lost all her strength in an instant. She lowered her head slightly and pursed her lips and said:
"The one who turned me into a vampire was Earl Hall, a fourth-generation vampire from Shedit. I was captured by him eighteen years ago and turned into a vampire."
Oh boy, eighteen years ago!
Her real age must be at least 30 or 40 years old, right? !
Charlotte's eye twitched.
The concept of time in the Book of the Dead was intermittent and had limited reference value. This was the first time she knew exactly when Agnes became a vampire.
But... Shedeet.
It seems that not all the dark vampires are lunatics like the Blood Demon Cult who are despised by other vampires.
"And what? You killed Lord Hall? And disguised his identity with your knights?"
Charlotte asked.
Agnes glanced at the book spirit behind Charlotte:
"It told you, didn't it? Don't you know everything? If you know it, why are you asking me?"
"Just confirming with the person himself."
Charlotte took a sip of her tea and continued to ask:
"Where did the mithril collected by Earl Hall go?"
"Mithril? What mithril?"
Agnes looked bewildered.
Charlotte frowned.
This guy... They have been pretending to be Earl Hall for so long, but they don't know about the mithril mine
"Don't you know what Lord Hall is doing?"
She asked.
"How should I know? I only know that he and his vampire friends seem to be doing something big, but I don't know the details. It's only been two and a half years since I killed him and gained my freedom!"
Agnes shook her head.
Two and a half years
So, the person who managed the Guixing United Chamber of Commerce was still the real Earl Hall
Charlotte frowned.
"Wait... Mithril? Mithril mine? Castel Mining Workshop?! So this is what the workshop is about!"
As if she realized something, Agnes suddenly widened her eyes.
Charlotte: …
She suddenly felt that the girl in front of her might not know as much as she, the victim...
This is really outrageous. He has been pretending to be Earl Hall for two and a half years, but he still hasn't penetrated the enemy? !
The real Earl Hall has been dead for two and a half years, which means that the Guixing United Chamber of Commerce has been without management for two years.
However, according to the investigation of the mining workshop, the plans of the vampires behind the scenes have not been interrupted in the past two and a half years, and the business has continued to operate normally.
Far from the truth!
Two and a half years have passed in this situation, and the Nice clan still hasn't realized that something is wrong with Earl Hall
"Two and a half years... You haven't figured out what Earl Hall is doing?"
She couldn't help but complain.
"We have to be brave! Every time we have a meeting, the vampires present are stronger than the other. We have worked hard to disguise our identities. How dare we go and find out what they are doing?"
Agnes complained.
Meeting
One with stronger aura than the other
Charlotte's heart skipped a beat.
"Meeting?"
Charlotte raised her voice.
Agnes pursed her lips, as if she didn't want to say anything, but looking at Charlotte's deep gaze, she finally said honestly:
"It was a remote meeting with the help of crystal ball projection. There were quite a few vampires attending the meeting. I only know that their accents were obviously Falling Star Kingdom accents. They were vampires from the Falling Star Kingdom."
"Do you know their specific identities?"
Charlotte asked.
Agnes thought for a moment and said:
"They rarely mentioned each other's identities and seemed to be quite familiar with each other, but... I remember the names of three people, who should be the most senior among them. They are Earl of Ulster, Earl of Nottingham, and Earl of Lachlan."
Goodness! Three Earls?!
Charlotte's heart skipped a beat.
She was not unfamiliar with these three names, because she had seen them in the information provided by the Witch of Prediction Anna.
Ulster, Nottingham and Lackland are three place names in the Fallen Star Kingdom, and they also represent the three Blood Earls of the Ness clan!
There are actually three Chiyangs among the vampires who have set their sights on Lord Castel!
This doesn’t even include Count Hall who was murdered by Agnes!
To be honest, Charlotte was still very curious about how this vampire girl who didn't even have a Silver Moon could have killed a Chiyang.
Agnes continued, recalling:
"Among the three earls, the one with the highest status should be Earl of Ulster. He is the one who convenes the meetings almost every time..."
"Oh, by the way, they often mention 'The Duke', who should be the real manipulator behind the scenes. However... 'The Duke' has never participated in the projection meeting. It is always Earl of Yust who delivers the message."
Duke?!
Charlotte's eye twitched.
In the society of vampires, the only one who can be called a duke is the Duke of Blood.
The Duke of Blood corresponds to the fourth level of the extraordinary rank—Legend!
This person is already a real high-level figure in the blood clan, at least an elder-level existence, and could even be the clan leader!
Thinking of this, Charlotte felt a little depressed.
This time, the Ness clan's infiltration against Castel was actually orchestrated by a duke-level vampire!
"Now... you know why it's so hard for us to hide our identities, right? In this situation, we would rather be invisible than investigate what they are doing!"
Agnes said weakly.