The Original Vampire

"This is the Lord's flesh, it was given up for us, you should eat it."

The archbishop's voice echoed in the quiet and solemn main hall of the church.

Vera respectfully took the sacrament (unleavened bread) from the archbishop and put it in her mouth.

"This is the blood of the Lord, it is shed for us, you should drink it."

The archbishop handed Vera a glass of pure holy water.

Vera drank it all in one fell swoop.

Standing among the crowd watching the ceremony, Colin suddenly had some new ideas about these two prayers.

Of course, he also heard these two prayers in his coming-of-age ceremony.

The story behind this is familiar to every citizen of the Glorious Empire.

Legend has it that thousands of years ago, human beings were not as strong as they are now.

At that time, the human race was not only bullied and enslaved by the other alien races but was also targeted by countless demons.

These demons coveted the soul of humans and used various means to deceive, tempt, intimidate... and make humans dedicate their soul to them.

The human race at that time was shrouded in darkness.

Until the appearance of the Lord of Radiance.

According to the records of the "Sacred Book of Glory", he dedicated his body in order to save fallen mankind.

His flesh turned into sacrament and blood turned into holy water, falling from the sky.

The human beings who eat the sacrament and drink the holy water can get rid of the entanglement of demons and possess the divine power to fight against them.

At this point, the human race finally embarked on the road to rise.

In order to commemorate the sacrifice of the Lord of Radiance, the coming-of-age ceremony hosted by the church will have such a process of sharing the holy water and the sacrament.

Watching Vera drink the holy water, Colin licked his lips.

He thought of the bottle of pure holy water that had helped him advance. He secretly guessed - would it really be the blood of the Lord of Radiance?

"After eating the Lord's flesh and drinking the Lord's blood, from now on the Lord of Radiance will be with you!"

"The Lord is with me!"

...

The Vera coming-of-age ceremony is still going on.

Today's Duke's adopted daughter is wearing a classic and elegant white pear flower dress, with her golden hair draped straight over her shoulders.

She is not dressed up. She has no extra jewelry on her body, only light makeup.

But even so, she is still breathtakingly beautiful.

In addition, she doesn't wear shoes.

The white jade feet stepped on the cold marble floor like this, it is lovely and heart-wrenching.

The archbishop finally finished chanting the prayer, and finally, put a crown of thorns on Vera's head.

Colin looked at all this and suddenly realized a problem.

Vera is a mage, and the coming-of-age ceremony of the noble children has always been presided over by the pastor of the Glorious Church.

This seems to represent the fact that Vera has converted to the Glorious Church!

Of course, the coming-of-age ceremony does not have a clear requirement that the recipient must be a church member.

But the reason for this is because of the noble children of the Glorious Empire. How can they not believe in the Lord of Radiance?

Except for Vera...

Oh no, Vera is no longer an alien now.

After the battle in the running river, she had already personally told Colin that she had converted to the Lord of Radiance.

However, she also said that in order to avoid unnecessary troubles, this matter cannot be made public for the time being.

Therefore, as long as Vera doesn't take the initiative to admit it, the mages of Yevil won't have any problems with her. It can be explained that there is only such a form of the adult ceremony of the noble children.

In this way, Vera's acceptance of the coming-of-age ceremony does not necessarily mean that she believes in the Lord of Radiance.

Unless Yevil wanted to tear their face with the North, those mages would have to think about it first.

After the archbishop put the crown of thorns on Vera, he bowed.

Later, Queen Midella stepped forward and handed Vera a copy of "Sacred Book of Glory".

Finally, the Duke of St. Hilde stepped forward and handed Vera a knight sword.

The crown of thorns symbolizes responsibility and dedication;

The sacred scriptures symbolize wisdom and faith;

The knight's sword symbolizes courage and strength.

At this point, the girl who has reached the age of eighteen has finally completed her transformation and officially opened a new chapter in her life.

And seeing all this, the first thought that came out of Colin's mind turned out to be-

After the coming-of-age ceremony, you can get married...

The ceremony has finally ended and then will start the long-awaited dinner.

Naturally, the dinner will not be held in the main hall of the church.

Under the leadership of the Duke of St. Hilde, everyone left the church and came to the atrium of Lion's Roar.

There, the butler had already prepared everything.

Food, wine, music, dance floor... In short, the real night has just begun.

After the Duke of St. Hilde finished his opening remarks, the dinner officially began.

Just like the last banquet in Ice Rock City, many unmarried male nobles immediately focused on Vera - the focus of tonight's banquet.

Who can invite her to the first dance?

Many people turned their attention to Colin.

Last time, it was this humble baron’s son who successfully invited Vera, and he was the only one who succeeded!

And now, Colin has become Viscount Angele.

It seems that this time Colin is even greater.

As a result, the male nobles hesitated.

They want to see first what Colin is doing.

After all, in the audience, he is the most hopeful man to dance with Vera.

Colin was still in that laid-back posture as if he didn't realize that a fierce competition had already begun.

And just when the male nobles were hesitating, a troll noble suddenly stood up.

I saw Prince Okamoto come to Vera, give a standard human salute, and then loudly said:

"Beautiful Miss Vera, in order to celebrate your coming-of-age ceremony, I specially prepared a small gift for you. I hope you will like it!"

After speaking, Okamoto took a roll of parchment from the attendant behind him and slowly unfolded it.

This is a map.

Colin raised his eyebrows, thinking that this guy would probably want to play a trick.

Then he shook his head again, denying his conjecture.

Even if the trolls really want to send an assassin, they won't send Okamoto. It's better to send the northern prince who is said to have just been promoted to the sanctuary.

The map is completely unfolded.

There are no daggers.

There are only three big red circles.

Okamoto pointed to the three red circles on the map, and said to Vera: "Miss Vera, my gift is these three military forts!"

Colin leaned a few steps closer and saw the location of the three military forts.

They are all on the southern border of the Troll Kingdom!

What does this mean?

Give your own line of defense to the enemy?

Vera blankly looked at the map, also a little confused.

With her military literacy, I am afraid that she still doesn't understand what this means.

However, Duke St. Hilde spoke: "Prince Okamoto, you mean, these three military fortresses will be garrisoned by the Northern Army?"

"Yes!"

At this time, the nobles present realized the value of this gift.

No, this is not expensive anymore.

It's simply a sign that the trolls are surrendering to the north!

It's as if he was saying-

Dad, hurry up and fasten me a dog chain!