Spring always comes very late in the northern border of the Glorious Empire.
It wasn't until the beginning of April that the snowstorm that had been raging for half a year finally receded unwillingly, and the warm sunshine came to the northern border again, bringing vitality to the recovery of all things.
But such a bright sunshine does not seem to be liked by everyone.
For example, this man who just walked out of Graycastle.
He was wearing a leather tricorn hat with the brim pulled down very low, completely covering his eyes, but he still seemed to feel that the sun was glaring, so he raised his hand and lowered the brim a little.
This man looks seventeen or eighteen years old, tall and handsome, wearing a black shirt with red stripes, and scarlet cross-patterned knight boots that cover his knees, making his already fluffy black pants It was bulging, and looked full of luxury against the backdrop of a nearly knee-length burgundy coat.
It's just that his face was extremely pale, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness.
"Master Colin!"
"Master Colin!"
…
Along the way, the servants in Graycastle saluted the man one after another.
However, this young master Colin seemed to be preoccupied, and responded somewhat perfunctorily to the servants' greetings.
After a while, he finally stopped in front of a hut, as if hesitating whether to go in or not.
"Meow~~"
By the corner, a kitten let out a dissatisfied cry, as if blaming the man for blocking his sunlight.
Colin Angelet recovered from his contemplation, looked at the kitten at his feet, his frowning brows relaxed slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
He squatted down, reached out and hugged the kitten to his eyes.
"Meow!" The unbearably humiliated kitten opened its teeth and claws for a while, but couldn't break free from Colin's clutches, so it calmed down as if resigned to fate, and just tried to open its eyes wide and stare at the stupid human in front of it.
Colin's fingers gently stroked the kitten's slender neck, as if hesitating for something.
"Bah—" Seeing the human in front of him slowly showing its sharp canine teeth, the kitten grinned at him not to be outdone.
One person and one cat confronted each other for a while, but Colin suddenly laughed and put the kitten back on the ground.
"Meow! Meow! Meow~" As if feeling that he had successfully defeated the stupid human being in the confrontation just now, the kitten meowed a few times proudly.
Then it lay down proficiently, turned over, showed its belly, and signaled the "defeated general" to come and serve the master.
It's a pity that the stupid humans ignored it, but got up and walked into the hut.
The maids who were busy in the house were a little surprised when they saw Colin, they stopped their work quickly, and asked carefully:
"Master Colin, why are you here? You have to wait for a while for dinner. If you are hungry, we can prepare afternoon tea for you first."
"No, I'll just wander around." Colin glanced around the kitchen and asked after seeing the bound reindeer in the corner. "Today's dinner is venison?"
"Yes, sir. Venison stewed with carrots, and vegetable soup, bread and butter, and wine."
Colin touched his chapped lips: "There is no need for wine, prepare me a glass of deer blood."
"Okay." The maids were a little surprised, but nodded in response.
In their impression, among the owners of this Graycastle, only the Baron likes to drink deer blood, while Master Colin's taste has always been very light.
After Colin explained, he turned and left, but when he walked to the door, he seemed to remember something, so he turned back and said:
"Add another garlic, raw."
"Okay, master." The maids responded quickly.
At the same time, I swear in my heart—Master Ke Lin's taste is really getting stronger...
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As night fell, the dining room on the top floor of Graycastle was illuminated by a row of candles and the flames in the fireplace. The layout in the hall was quite luxurious, but it also had a rough atmosphere.
A kite shield carved with the head of a roaring bear hung above the fireplace, surrounded by paintings of various styles and taxidermy animal heads used to show off the master's might.
"Master, the wine cellar just bought a few barrels of white wine from Winster Manor a few days ago, do you want to taste it?"
After the maids had set the table, the butler Aemon stood behind Colin with his hands bound, and recommended in a low voice:
"The rainy season in Winster was short and sunny last year. The quality of this batch of wine should be very good, just right for the venison tonight."
After learning of Master Colin's abnormal behavior in the kitchen today, Aemon was really worried.
The rude Baron Angelet was hopeless in Amon's heart, but he had great hopes for Master Colin, the butler who wanted to improve the taste of the Angelet family.
Unexpectedly, Master Colin had deer blood and garlic prepared in the kitchen today!
Aemon felt he had to do something.
The Angelet family must be elegant!
"Okay." Ke Lin nodded in response to being moved by the housekeeper's words.
Aemon showed a relieved smile, and quickly poured Colin a glass of white wine himself.
"Is there anything else you need?"
Colin waved his hand: "No need, go get busy."
"OK."
As the butler's footsteps disappeared outside the door, only Colin was left in the empty restaurant.
His father, Baron Angelet, was away fighting, his mother had been dead for many years, and his sister was married, so Colin was the only one sitting on the empty and long dining table.
However, he didn't seem to feel alone at all.
After quickly eating the food in front of him, Ke Lin drank the white wine and stared at the remaining deer blood and garlic in a daze.
After finishing a glass of wine, he finally picked up the glass of deer blood, frowned slightly, and brought it to his mouth—
There wasn't any expected fishy smell or nausea, and Colin drank it down in one gulp.
a bit sweet.
Colin licked the corner of his mouth, not knowing whether to be happy or sad.
"Could it be that he really became a vampire through time travel?" Colin muttered in a low voice.
Afterwards, he put down the cup, took out a roll of parchment from his arms and spread it on the table, and wrote in words that did not belong to this world:
[Ordinary food cannot produce a sense of satiety.]
[Drinking deer blood can bring significant satisfaction and restore physical strength.]
[Other blood, to be tested...]
Putting down the quill, Colin sighed.
What he hopes most now is to have something like "Beginner's Guide to Time Traveling" and "Vampire Survival Manual" that can be used as a reference for him, instead of him having to guess and try.
Even if there is no such thing, at least he has to transmigrate into an existing species in this world, so that Colin can clearly know what he is, what upgrade route he has, and even ask for a teacher or something.
But unfortunately, in this different world similar to the Western Middle Ages, there are no records about vampires.
In this world there are elves, orcs, trolls, naga... and dragons that once ruled the world but are now extinct.
But there are no vampires.
Colin felt that he might become the world's first vampire.
This made him a little worried.
Because in his original world, vampires were simply creatures that only existed in fantasy.
How powerful they are and what weaknesses they have are all imagined.
And the settings in different works are not exactly the same.
Therefore, in order to fully understand his new body and new role, Colin can only use himself as an experiment now...
So far, he has discovered that he really resembles the legendary vampire.
Photophobia, bloodthirsty, immortality...
Yes, not dead.
Because, when he just crossed over this morning, he discovered—
There was a dagger stuck in his chest.
(end of this chapter)