"His Royal Highness Prince Harrison, His Royal Highness Princess Judy, Your Excellency Earl Angelet, welcome to Bailu Castle!"
In front of Bailu Castle, the Duchess in full attire welcomed the visiting guests with an impeccable smile.
It seemed as if she completely forgot that this "honored guest" led an army to break through Bailu City and killed her husband just now.
Colin got off his horse, came to the Duchess with a smile, and said:
"It's my first visit, and I didn't prepare any expensive gifts. I hope you don't mind, madam."
As he spoke, Colin clapped his hands, and the four guards behind him immediately came forward carrying a coffin.
Whose body is inside the coffin, of course, needless to say.
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly changed, and the air was so stagnant that it seemed to be suffocating.
The eyes of everyone in the St. Pross family shot fire. If eyes could kill, then Colin would be riddled with holes.
But unfortunately, eyes can't kill people.
Everyone in the San Pros family can only be incompetent and furious now.
The Duchess looked normal, as if the coffin was just the corpse of a stranger, and said calmly:
"Count Angelet, you have a heart. The St. Pross family must remember such a great gift."
Ke Lin raised his eyebrows, but he was embarrassed to continue to speak provocatively for a while, otherwise he would always feel like bullying other widows.
His eyes swept over the crowd behind the Duchess, and he said doubtfully:
"Why didn't you see Marquis Vincent?"
"Vincent was seriously injured and still unconscious, so he couldn't come to meet him."
"Seriously injured and comatose?" Colin blinked, "So it's like this... I want to visit Lord Marquis, is it convenient?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the St. Pross family on the opposite side breathed more heavily, obviously thinking that Colin's hypocrisy was a kind of provocation.
The Duchess's face also became gloomy, and she said indifferently: "I'm sorry, Count Angelet, I appreciate your kindness. But it's really inconvenient for Vincent to see outsiders right now. When his injury recovers, we won't be too late to see you again."
After all, it is in other people's territory, and Ke Lin didn't want to be too arrogant, so he nodded and said:
"All right."
The Duchess turned sideways, stretched out her hand in an invitation gesture, and said, "Please come in quickly, three distinguished guests. We have prepared rooms for you. Please rest for a while. There will be a grand welcome banquet tonight."
Colin nodded. Facing undisguised hostile gazes, he strode into Bailu Castle as if no one else was there.
Prince Harrison and Princess Judy also followed.
Led by the maid, Colin walked into his room.
The overall architectural style of Bailu Castle emphasizes delicacy and elegance. The main body is made of carefully cut white glazed rock. See crystal clear diamonds set in prominent positions.
There are many oil paintings of different styles and some animal head specimens hanging on the wall. Colin has no art appreciation ability, so he stopped paying attention after glancing at them.
"My lord, do you need me to help you take a shower and change your clothes?" The young maid asked with a blushing face.
"No need. I'll do it myself, you go down."
Rejecting the maid's offer, Colin took off his armor and went to the bathroom alone.
Warm water has already been prepared in the bathtub, and there is a faint fragrance of jasmine. I don't know where the San Pros family got the jasmine in this winter.
Slowly sitting in the bathtub, feeling the water at a suitable temperature infiltrate every inch of his skin, Colin closed his eyes comfortably.
However, his mind didn't stop.
Just now the Duchess said that Marquis Vincent was seriously injured and unconscious, but Colin would never believe it.
You know, as a descendant of his own transformation, unless his head is cut off, the multiple injuries of Marquis Vincent are just scratches for him.
How could he be seriously injured and unconscious
Are you pretending to be dead
And he didn't even come out to greet him when he came to Bailu Castle, hehe...
In the small village outside Linshui City, Colin became vigilant after witnessing the scene where blood slaves took the initiative to leave food for their relatives.
If blood slaves without self-awareness would unconsciously feel pity for their loved ones, what about blood descendants with self-awareness
To have self-awareness means to think about the pros and cons, and to weigh the pros and cons.
Then, when the Bloodborn finds out after weighing that the benefits of betrayal are far greater than loyalty, will he still choose loyalty
This is especially evident in Marquis Vincent.
The Marquis Vincent obeyed Colin before, perhaps because of his blood, but probably more because he needed Colin's help at that time.
Without Colin, he is just a poor guy who was abandoned by his father and framed by his younger brother.
But now, Colin has cleared all obstacles for him, and the Duke of the Eastern Realm is at his fingertips. Will Vincent be willing to become Colin's servant and harm his own interests for him
Colin always felt that it was impossible.
However, what exactly is Marquis Vincent planning now
Is he going to pretend to be dead all the time, deliberately not cooperating with Colin's next actions, and wait until the blood cavalry army has to withdraw from the East Territory due to the war order, and then he will come out to succeed the Duke of the East Territory
Or, this guy has already planned a more vicious plan, planning to solve himself as the master once and for all, and regain his freedom
The more Colin thought about it, the more he felt that the latter possibility was more likely.
The corner of his mouth gradually pulled out an arc, he seemed to find the current situation very interesting, and even began to look forward to the next performance of Marquis Vincent.
But at this moment, Ke Lin suddenly smelled a faint smell of blood.
He suddenly opened his eyes and looked around, but found nothing unusual in the bathroom.
But the vigilance in Colin's heart has not weakened in the slightest. After all, he just guessed that Marquis Vincent might backfire.
Could this be a trap he set for himself
Thinking of this, Colin stood up from the bathtub, wiped off the water droplets on his body with a bath towel, and put on his clothes again.
Then, he began to carefully identify the source of this bloody smell.
But immediately, Colin realized that this bloody smell was somewhat familiar, as if he had smelled it somewhere before.
Walking into the bedroom, the smell of blood gradually became stronger.
And Ke Lin finally remembered, this is clearly what he smelled in the underground blood pool in Huayu City back then!
In the Swan Castle of the Schulz family, this smell also appeared!
so…
"Count Angelet."
A thick and familiar voice sounded behind him.
Colin froze, and the expression on his face became extremely complicated.
He turned around slowly, looked at the familiar face that appeared behind him at some point, pulled out a stiff smile, and said:
"Should I call you the Duke of St. Hilde? Or Monsieur?"
(end of this chapter)