Back in the room, Colin prepared to rest after washing up.
However, he was tossing and turning in bed but couldn't fall asleep, and his mind kept turning over the secret that Earl Schultz had just revealed to him.
Suddenly, Colin realized a problem.
When Queen Midella claimed to be Vera's mother, she revealed another secret—she poisoned the Marquis of Adams to death!
If Queen Midella was not Vera's biological mother, why did she brazenly poison Adams to death when the Duke of St. Hilde broke his promise and did not give Vera the title of Marquis of the North
Well, if this is also a lie told by Queen Midella, what about the will left by Duke St. Hilde
Before his death, Earl Uman said that someone forced the Duke of St. Hilde to make this will, and this person was most likely Queen Midella.
Moreover, when she was in Yulong City before, Queen Midella had indeed been helping Vera to successfully inherit the title of Duke of the North. If it wasn't because Vera was her daughter, then why
What Queen Midara said might be false, but what she did was always true.
Based on these, Colin could not deny her special care for Vera.
And Earl Schulz...
On the contrary, Earl Schulz seems to have only verbal claims, but no proof of action.
However, Colin also felt that Earl Schultz was unlikely to lie.
After all, if she is not Vera's biological mother, first of all, as an outsider, it is unlikely to know who Vera's biological father is. Moreover, her lies will be exposed by Marquis Garcia immediately. mother-daughter relationship…
etc!
Colin immediately sat up straight in bed.
Earl Schulz wants to disclose his mother-daughter relationship with Vera!
Colin suddenly realized that once Earl Schultz recognized Vera in public and confirmed their mother-daughter relationship, even if she was lying, Marquis Garcia would not dare to refute it publicly.
Because, the relationship between Queen Midella and Vera is shady!
The Glorious Empire will never accept a queen who has incest with her brother.
The reputation of the St. Hilde family will also suffer a great blow.
Therefore, if Earl Schulz lied, he would have nothing to fear!
However, there is only one problem with this hypothesis - how could Count Schulz know that Marquis Garcia is Vera's biological father
Moreover, seeing her confident appearance, she should also know that Vera's real biological mother is Queen Midella!
Even Marquis Garcia didn't tell Colin this secret.
Who lied
Queen Midella? Or Count Schulz
This question lingered in Colin's mind, and he could no longer sleep peacefully.
Since he couldn't fall asleep, Colin simply got up from the bed.
Putting on a coat casually, Colin walked out of the room.
The night was dark, and the Schwann Castle was quiet, only the faint hooting of an owl could be heard from nowhere.
Colin was walking on the dark corridor, thinking about whether to take Vera into the city tomorrow.
If Earl Schultz was lying, then once Vera entered the city and the two recognized each other in public, even if Earl Schultz was not Vera's biological mother, he must be.
Because Marquis Garcia didn't dare to refute publicly at all, and as for Queen Midella, he didn't even dare to admit it.
Thinking of this, Ke Lin suddenly felt that he could not bring Vera into the city.
At least ask Marquis Garcia first.
If Earl Schultz is really Vera's biological mother, Colin can take her to Winter City to meet Vera, there is no need to rush.
After making a decision, Colin felt much more relaxed.
Just when he was about to go back to the room to rest, he smelled a vague smell of blood again!
Colin's eyes narrowed!
Because he discovered that this bloody smell was exactly the same as the one he smelled in the confession room of the Glorious Church in Swan City not long ago!
Following this smell, Colin quickened his pace.
It didn't take long for him to find that he was back on the open-air balcony where he had just talked with Count Schultz!
The cold moonlight shone on Colin's face, reflecting his uncertain expression.
Ke Lin looked at the gloomy lake outside the balcony, which looked like the mouth of an abyss, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Earl Schulz, it seems that you are really not a kind person!
…
In the early morning of the second day, just after dawn, several maids who were fetching water by the lake saw Ke Lin and his party returning to the camp on horseback.
"Good morning, Lord Viscount!"
"Good morning, is the Duke still awake?"
"not yet."
Colin nodded to the maids, then entered the camp and went straight to Vera's tent.
As expected, the new Duke of the North was still soundly asleep. Colin leaned over and kissed her lightly on her fair and clean forehead.
Vera's slender eyelashes fluttered a few times, and then she opened her eyes in a daze. Seeing that it was Colin, she snorted a few times, hugged his arm as a pillow, and said softly:
"Colin, why are you back so early?"
Ke Lin stretched out his hand to smooth Li Weila's soft hair, and said softly, "I'm here to say goodbye to you, and I'll be back to Swan City later."
Vera sat up straight, wrapped her hands around Colin's neck, and asked, "Bishop John hasn't found it yet?"
"Not yet, and I found some interesting things here, which need further investigation, so you should go back to Winter City first."
"Okay." Vera was a little reluctant, and leaned forward and gave Colin a deep kiss.
After some tenderness, Colin took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Vera, and at the same time urged: "After returning to Winter City, you help me hand over this letter to Marquis Garcia, and let him immediately Write me back, do you understand?"
Seeing Colin's serious face, Vera put away her original laziness, nodded seriously and said, "I see."
"Okay, then I'm leaving, remember to say goodbye to the two little guys for me."
"Well, be careful yourself."
…
Outside Swan City, the guard of honor of the Schultz family once again set up the most orderly formation, showed the most high-spirited energy, and prepared to welcome the coming distinguished guests.
Earl Schultz and Lucien stood at the front of the team hand in hand, with perfect smiles on their faces, watching the team approaching from the other side of the river.
But not long after, the smile on Lucien's face froze. He narrowed his eyes and said in a condensed voice: "No! That's not the Duke of the North's car, the number of people is too small!"
"What?" Earl Schultz also quickly looked at it, and then found something wrong.
Her heart sank, and she kept thinking about which step went wrong with her.
Soon, Colin came to Swan City.
He immediately got off his horse and said sincerely, "I'm really sorry, Earl Schultz! The Duke's convoy has already set off, and I was one step too late to catch up."
Earl Schultz took a deep breath, suppressed the rage and vague fear in his heart, and tried his best to look slightly disappointed, but not too much, and said:
"It doesn't matter, it seems that Swan City is destined not to enjoy this glory."
Colin carefully watched the expression on Earl Schultz's face, and suddenly laughed and said:
"Earl Schultz, then you should go to Winter City to meet the Duke in person!"
"It should be so." Earl Schultz regained his composure, and the elegant and noble countess reappeared.
Colin turned his head to look at Lucien, who was expressionless, and said with a smile, "Your Excellency Lucien, why don't we search Swan City together to see if we can find out the whereabouts of Bishop John?"
Lucien smiled lightly and said:
"my pleasure!"
(end of this chapter)