After Marquis Garcia impassionedly declared war on the Pope, the entire Lion's Roar Castle erupted immediately.
Some people were filled with righteous indignation and wanted to avenge the Duke, but others tried their best to dissuade them for the sake of the overall situation.
All of a sudden, various noisy voices filled the castle.
Colin was not in the mood to pay attention to these arguments, and it was more appropriate for the Marquis Garcia to deal with this situation, unifying everyone's thoughts, so he ignored the commotion and turned and walked into Vera's room.
Several servants were cleaning up Tournans' headless body. After they finished, Colin threw Tournans' head over there, and ordered:
"Go and hang it on the outer wall of Lion's Roar Castle, so that the people of Winter City can see the fate of murdering the Duke of St. Hilde."
"yes."
After the servants left, Colin sat back on the bed again, staring at his wife who seemed to be in a deep sleep.
After a long time, he finally made up his mind, opened his mouth wide, and bit Vera's slender and tender neck.
After being baptized by the Pope in the Holy Light Cathedral, Vera officially became a knight.
Of course, because she has already missed the best period of knight training, Vera is only at the first level at present.
But she is also a knight after all.
As long as he is a knight, he can accept Colin's first embrace and transform into a bloodborn.
However, Colin himself is not sure whether Vera can be awakened from her deep sleep after such a transformation.
But he's definitely going to give it a try.
The slowly extending fangs easily pierced Vera's delicate skin, and immediately, Colin tasted Vera's blood for the first time.
I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but Ke Lin always felt that Vera's blood was sweet and fragrant, and he couldn't help being intoxicated by it.
But he still controlled the speed of his ingestion, for fear that Vera would lose too much blood if he was not careful.
Gradually, Colin began to feel the familiar back-suction.
He immediately let go of his mind, allowing his own blood to flow into Vera's body along the fangs.
Wisps of blood-colored mist evaporated from the two of them, and gathered and intertwined in the air, gradually forming complex and mysterious curves.
The familiar whisper sounded in Colin's ear again, like a dream.
Ke Lin leaned on Vera, feeling that the heartbeats of the two gradually became the same. At this moment, he suddenly felt that there was an additional connection, a bond, between himself and the girl in front of him.
He knew that the first embrace ceremony was a success.
Colin slowly drew out his fangs and sat up straight.
The bloody mist gradually dissipated, revealing Vera's delicate and poignant face.
Colin held his breath involuntarily, and looked at Vera expectantly and nervously.
In fact, among all Ke Lin's women, Vera's status is the most special.
This is not just because Vera is Ke Lin's wife, and the rest are lovers, but because the relationship between him and Vera is the purest.
The rest of the lovers, like Earl Schulz, Grace Bruckner, Molly Hall... are inevitably involved in interests, and they more or less conspired against Colin's power and status to become his lovers.
Even Aisha Miller, the half-elf queen, was initially willing because Colin rescued her from death, helped her complete revenge on the old elf king, and helped her seize the authority of the half-elf kingdom. Become his lover and give birth to a baby girl for him.
Of course, because of this daughter, Aisha Miller's position in Colin's heart is naturally different from that of ordinary lovers.
But even so, Queen Aisha still couldn't challenge Vera's position in Colin's heart.
Because Colin knew that when Vera fell in love with him, he was just the son of a country baron who was forced to flee the family castle in embarrassment.
And she, as the adopted daughter of Duke St. Hilde, the lord of the North, was actually moved by his not-so-smart, even ulterior motives, who sacrificed his life to save her.
It's almost a male version of Cinderella.
Colin's rapid rise afterwards was certainly the result of his hard work, but more of it was actually due to Vera.
Without her, how could the Marquis of Garcia bring Colin to the ice field of the sky and teach him the essence of cavalry command
It is even more impossible to hand over the last fire of the Black Cavalry to Colin when the Shadow Canyon is in desperation.
Ke Lin thinks he is not a dedicated person, but he is not an ungrateful and ruthless person either.
When he married Vera back then, although there was an element of coercion from the Duke of St. Hilde, when Colin recited the wedding vows, he meant it from the bottom of his heart.
Colin is willing to use his life to protect this girl who is as pure as the morning dew.
What's more, this girl just used her mortal will to resist the Pope's magic in order to protect Ke Lin!
Therefore, when Marquis Garcia killed Tournance just now, he did not stop him at all, and even cut off Tournance's head with his own hands to show his determination.
If Vera really couldn't wake up, then Colin would never spare Gregory, even if it caused the Glorious Empire to fall into turmoil.
All along, Ke Lin has been very rational, and interests are his first principle of action.
But now, because of this girl who is under the control of divine arts and would rather fight against her belief than kill Colin, Colin is willing to go crazy for her once!
If she can't wake up again, let this dirty world be burned to ashes.
Time passed bit by bit, and there was still a faint smell of blood in the room.
The debate outside seemed to be continuing, and the resolute and quiet voice of Marquis Garcia could be vaguely heard.
Vera was still lying quietly on the bed, like a sleeping crabapple.
A panic gradually rose in Colin's heart, which even he couldn't explain clearly.
Could it be that the Bloodborn couldn't wake up Vera
He took a few deep breaths and forced himself to be quiet.
hold on…
hold on…
Ke Lin couldn't help stretching out his hand to draw a imprint of the Holy Radiance on his chest, and then closed his eyes.
For the first time after coming to this world, Colin had never prayed so devoutly:
"Benevolent Lord of Radiance, if I am lucky enough to witness your grace, then I will serve you forever in my life!"
"Colin."
A crisp voice sounded suddenly, and Colin almost thought he was hallucinating.
But when he opened his eyes, his chest was instantly filled with unparalleled surprise.
"you're awake!"
Colin leaned forward suddenly, wanting to hug the girl in front of him to convince himself that it was not an illusion, but he stopped immediately, as if he was worried that Vera's weak body would not be able to bear his enthusiasm.
Vera seemed to understand Colin's entangled emotions immediately, and actively struggled into his arms, saying softly:
"Colin, I seem to have had a dream."
Colin hugged Vera tightly, feeling the familiar softness and fragrance. For a moment, his heart felt extremely peaceful.
"It's okay, I'm awake now."
(end of this chapter)