The Original Vampire

"Lord Duke, it's a pity. Marquis Adams... has returned to the arms of the Lord..."

As soon as the Archbishop's words landed, the atmosphere in the entire venue immediately dropped to freezing point.

Everyone couldn't even believe it for a while—

Marquis Adams died like this?

The second son of Duke St. Hilde, the first heir to the Lord of the North, just died?

He also died at a banquet in his own castle!

This is too ridiculous!

However, the reality is often so absurd.

A group of nobles widened their eyes and covered their mouths, not even daring to let out a terrified exclamation, for fear of irritating the Duke of Saint Hilde.

At this moment, the duke was staring at the crystal magic chandelier on the ceiling in a daze, as if the one who had just been declared dead by the archbishop was not his son, but an unrelated passerby.

I don't know how long it took.

Finally a voice broke the suffocating silence.

"Archbishop, how did Adams die?"

This is Queen Midella asking a question.

"His Royal Highness, I can't fully determine the cause of the Marquis's death now, and further autopsy is needed to draw a conclusion. But according to my experience, the Marquis should have died of poisoning."

The queen immediately turned to look at the knights behind her, and ordered: "Arrest all the attendants who prepared food tonight and interrogate them one by one!"

"Yes!"

After a slight disturbance, all the attendants present were arrested.

Even the old butler of the Saint Hilde family was no exception.

The second son of the dignified duke was poisoned and died at a banquet in his own castle. This is a shame!

Especially this second son is now the first in line to inherit the Duke of the North.

Under such circumstances, even if Duke St. Hilde remained silent, everyone had already foreseen the coming landslide and tsunami.

No matter who the murderer is, the Duke will not give up!

Colin looked at Marquis Adams, who was lying on the ground with bloody eyes, and Duke Saint Hilde, who was still looking up at the crystal chandelier. Finally, he turned his eyes to Marquis Garcia, who was also silent. Get heavy.

Yes, Colin's first object of suspicion at this time was Marquis Garcia.

Because his motive is too great.

Charles has been disinherited, and now Adams is dead again.

So, if the Duke's youngest son Joyce suffers another misfortune, wouldn't Vera become the first in line to the Duke of the North?

Could it be that this is Marquis Garcia's counterattack against his brother's broken promise?

only……

Although it was rationally deduced that Marquis Garcia was the most suspect, Colin always felt that this was not the work of Marquis Garcia.

Because from the previous process of getting along, Colin knew the temperament of this marquis - he is not a person who likes intrigues.

Colin felt that Marquis Garcia should not be able to do such an indiscriminate method of poisoning.

He would rather believe that Marquis Garcia would lead the black cavalry to attack Winterfell than that Marquis Garcia would poison his nephew.

Could it be...

Someone deliberately poisoned Marquis Adams just to provoke the relationship between Duke St. Hilde and Marquis Garcia?

After all, when Adams died, Marquis Garcia was most suspicious...

wrong!

Colin immediately realized that he had overlooked an important factor.

That is, Duke St. Hilde's promise to Marquis Garcia back then was a secret that few people knew.

Moreover, the fact that Marquis Garcia is Vera's biological father is also a secret that very few people know!

Therefore, even if someone wanted to provoke the relationship between the two brothers, unless he knew both secrets at the same time, he would never take such a method.

At least not that Prince Okamoto.

Colin doesn't believe that these two secrets can be learned by one of his trolls, so he can formulate this poisonous plan in a targeted manner.

What's more, even if he learned these two secrets, it would be extremely difficult to poison Marquis Adams.

Or poisoned at the banquet at Lion's Roar Castle.

And it was precisely to poison Marquis Adams alone.

Colin couldn't figure out how he did it.

And just when Colin was trying to learn from the elementary school student Ke to solve the murder case, Duke St. Hilde finally spoke up.

His voice became extraordinarily hoarse and low, but he was not too excited, even a little too calm.

However, everyone could hear the rage that the Duke forcibly suppressed!

"Prince Okamoto, Prince Tupe, although you both want to marry Vera, it is impossible for Vera to marry both at the same time. Therefore, I can only choose one of you."

The Duke of St. Hilde did not mention the death of Marquis Adams at all, as if it was no longer important.

I saw him stand up from his seat and approached where Okamoto and Tupe were standing.

The body of Marquis Adams was at his feet, but he didn't look down.

"Prince Okamoto, I want to know, if Vera didn't marry you, would you still be willing to make peace with Beijing?"

Prince Okamoto's heart sank, but he said helplessly: "Of course, Lord Duke! My yearning for peace will never change no matter what."

In fact, he had no other choice.

Could the current Troll Empire be able to fight the North again?

As long as the North agrees to negotiate peace, then he can actually accept any conditions.

"Okay." Duke St. Hilde turned to greet the crowd, "Nala, come here."

I saw a tall, slender beauty walking quickly to Duke St. Hilde's side.

Although she is not as beautiful as Vera, she is also quite beautiful.

Duke St. Hilde took Nora's little hand, pushed him to Prince Okamoto, and said, "This is my niece Nora, and a noble St. Hilde, worthy of you, Gon This prince?"

"Of course! It's my honor to be able to marry Miss Nora!" Prince Okamoto saluted Nora, then stretched out his right hand.

Nora was obviously still a little confused.

She never expected that she would be betrothed to a troll by her uncle!

However, looking at Duke St. Hilde's expressionless face, Nora could not raise any thoughts of resistance.

So, she slowly put her hand into the hands of Prince Okamoto.

At this point, a smile finally squeezed out of Duke St. Hilde's face.

He then turned around and called to Vera again, "Vera, come here."

Vera, who was still mourning for her brother's sudden death, was suddenly stunned. Then, with confusion and hesitation, she slowly walked to the Duke's side.

The duke took Vera's hand and looked at the half-elf prince in front of him: "Prince Tupe, tell me, you will treat her well!"

Prince Tupe was stunned for a while, apparently completely shocked by the huge surprise that fell from the sky!

After a long while, he took a step forward with a blushing face, and exclaimed excitedly: "Sir Duke! I would like to swear that I will never lose Vera in this life, otherwise, I will go to hell after death and suffer endless torture forever!"

"Father, I..." Vera was also stunned.

She never thought that she would be married off by her father like this.

Or married to another country, married to a stranger she had never met.

She was about to break free from the Duke's hand, but was suddenly stunned.

Because, she saw the gaze cast by the Duke.

It was a look she had never seen before.

Exhaustion, disappointment, anger, even... fear!

At this moment, Vera suddenly discovered that the father who seemed to be omnipotent, the duke who lived and killed in the north, was also old at this time.

In a trance, she seemed to have returned to ten years ago, when the Duke wanted to send her to Yeville to study arcane arts,

At that time, she had tried to resist.

However, the Duke made her kneel in front of the family's twelve paladins for a day and a night, and finally told her—

You are a Saint Hilde, and as you enjoy the glory that this surname stands for, don't forget its burden!

At this moment, facing a similar situation, the words of refusal just came to the lips, but Vera couldn't say it.

He could only watch the Duke hold his hand and slowly walk towards Prince Tupe.

But just when Vera's little hand was about to fall into the hands of Prince Tupe.

A voice suddenly sounded:

"My lord, I am against this marriage!"