The First Vampire

Next, he took a few steps back, creating a distance between himself and this dangerous woman, he chuckled wryly, “Your highness, please don’t toy with me.”

Queen Midela’s expression turned frosty, she said, “Do you think I’m joking with you?”

Colin’s mind raced, constantly considering what other chips he could give to Queen Midela in order to gain her trust.

But after much thought, he realized he only had his biggest secret—the Blood Clan.

Of course, Colin had no intention of revealing this to Queen Midela.

This woman was mysterious and dangerous. If he could help it, Colin wanted to stay as far away from her as possible.

I don’t know if she saw through him, but Queen Midela’s lips curled up slightly. She warned, “If you can’t satisfy me today, you won’t be able to leave this room.”

Colin believed her words completely.

He didn’t know the extent of Queen Midela’s combat abilities, but he was sure that if she shouted for help, a fierce group of knights would immediately storm in.

Colin didn’t think that with his current ability, he could come and go freely in the most heavily guarded place in the Glorious Empire.

“Well, have you decided?” Queen Midela urged, “Hurry up, my patience is limited.

Also, don’t think you are my only choice. Don’t forget, Marquis Garcia has my trust even more. If he wasn’t already old, disabled, and his spirit worn away by a brutal defeat and captivity, he would be the best guardian for Vera!”

Colin squinted slightly, suddenly doubting, was Marquis Garcia really a beast that had mistreated his innocent sister, or was the insidious Midela the one who seduced his brother with her body?

With these thoughts in mind, Colin’s gaze towards Queen Midela became increasingly dangerous.

Queen Midela seemed to misunderstand that look, and started giggling. Her loosely worn dress slipped down revealing the stark white of her alluring figure.

She beckons Colin with her finger, her amorous eyes were inviting. She seduced, “Come, Colin~”

Colin, at this point, had made up his mind. He ferociously lunged, opened his mouth wide, and bit towards Queen Midela’s neck.

However, in the next second, he discovered his throat was tightly pressed against by Queen Midela’s elbow!

“Hehe… Don’t rush!” Queen Midela leaned in towards Colin’s ear, whispering softly, “And, what is this weird action? Do you and Vera like to start with biting?”

The warmth of her breath brushed against his ear, enchanting fragrance lingered around him, but Colin froze.

Because, to his terror, he found that this seemingly fragile queen was actually a high ranking knight!

Colin didn’t give it his all, but he gauged that at least, Queen Midela was a fourth rank, or even possibly a fifth rank knight.

Of course, if Colin revealed his true form, he could overpower Midela, but he wasn’t sure that he could do it without alerting the guards outside.

“Cough cough… I got too excited.” Colin admitted awkwardly, simultaneously ensuring to retract his canines.

“There’s no rush, taking it slow is more romantic…”

Queen Midela wrapped her arms around Colin’s waist, pressing her entire body against him.

However, Colin darted away as if he had been electrocuted.

“Don’t run!”

Queen Midela coiled around him like a fragile and boneless beauty snake.

Colin pleaded hastily, “Your highness, after calming down and giving it some thought, I think this isn’t very suitable! How about, I offer another leverage instead?”

“What else do you have?” Queen Midela asked with a beaming smile.

Colin gritted his teeth and confessed, “The Half-Elf queen is my lover, and the child in her womb is mine!”

“I guessed as much,” Queen Midela shook her head, “Moreover, this isn’t a fatal leverage. At most, it will cause some disturbances in the Half-Elf Kingdom and the child may lose the right of inheritance as a result.”.

Even if you lose control over the Half-Elf Kingdom, what does it truly mean to you?

What I want is a truly fatal leverage!”

With swift thoughts, Colin added, “Do you know about the reform plan proposal for the election of the Senate’s Governor proposed by the Prime Minister?”

“Uh huh, I’ve heard of it.”

“Actually, that was my proposal.”

Queen Midela looked at Colin in surprise and laughed, “I didn’t expect you to be so skilled in political struggles!”

Colin said solemnly, “Your Highness, how about this piece of leverage? If people find out that this reform proposal came from me, the five Holy Knight Families will hate me to the core, even Vera might build a barrier between us.”

However, Queen Midela still shook her head, “Not necessarily. This proposal will make some people despise you, but some will favor you because of it. For instance, His Majesty might want to promote you to the Executive Council if he learns about this.”

Seeing Colin quiet, Queen Midela’s face drew closer, her voice suggesting, “Stop resisting, Colin. I know you also want to…”

“I killed Charles!” Colin gritted his teeth and threw another “bombshell”.

Indeed, Queen Midela was stunned and asked incredulously, “Charles St. Hilde?”

“Yes.” Colin saw that the Queen finally changed her expression and then quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

“But I heard Charles was killed by the previous commander of the Golden Lion Legion, Knight Nelson?”

“Knight Nelson didn’t dare to kill Charles,” Colin chuckled coldly and began to spin a lie, “I killed Charles to gain control of the Golden Lion Legion and then let Nelson take the blame!”

Queen Midela stared into Colin’s eyes as if she was examining whether he was lying or not.

“How can you prove that you are not lying?”

In response to the Queen’s question, Colin smiled faintly, and counter-asked, “Your Highness, how can you prove that you are Vera’s biological mother?”

The Queen laughed lightly and said, “You can ask Marquis Garcia for verification.”

Colin also quickly responded, “When I killed Charles, Knight Kambening was also present, you can ask him for verification.”

The Queen seemed to understand something and said suddenly, “No wonder you appointed Knight Kambening as the new commander of the Golden Lion Legion.”

“Exactly.” Colin pretended to be caught red-handed.

Anyway, the Queen couldn’t verify it with Knight Kambening in the short term, so Colin wasn’t worried about being caught lying.

As for the future… Colin just wanted to survive the current crisis. Even if the Queen discovered his lie later, what could she do once he had complete control of the North Territory.

“Your Highness, how about this leverage? If people find out that I killed Charles, my reputation in the North Territory will be ruined. Vera would break with me! Even the Knights from the St. Hilde family might be sent to assassinate me.”

Queen Midela pondered for a moment and seemed to finally relax, her face expressing endless resentment:

“Why? You reveal so many secrets but refuse to take me. Is it because I am too old and no longer attractive to you?”

“Of course not. Your Highness, you are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life!” Colin quickly gave a flattering compliment, then said seriously, “But I have my own bottom line!”

Queen Midela looked at Colin intently for a long while, seemingly moved. A hint of sadness flitted across her eyes as she sighed, “Bottom line… How wonderful… Remember your steadfastness today!”

After saying this, she reluctantly let go of Colin, stepped back, held her head high, straightened her chest, and resumed her dignified and majestic image as the Empress.

At this point, Colin finally relaxed completely. Only now did he realize that his back was completely soaked with cold sweat.

“Remember this handprint.” Queen Midela spoke up, as she brought her hands to her chest, the palms facing inwards and the fingers entwined to form a lotus-like handprint, “Anyone you see using this handprint can be trusted in the future.”

“Yes.” Colin quickly memorized it, then bowed and excused himself.