The First Vampire

Chapter 129: 129 Settlement_l

Like a sudden summer storm, the world was washed and transformed in the blink of an eye.

As for the Modewen family voluntarily relinquishing its power to the royal family, and Queen Isa inheriting the throne, the majority of half-elf commoners had no objections.

The political struggles of the nobles have always been unrelated to them.

Moreover, for the half-elf clan that worships beautiful things, the beautiful Queen Isa was much more pleasing to the eye than the aging King Modewen.

If there were to be a poll in the Half-Elf Kingdom at this time, Queen Isa’s approval rate would undoubtedly crush the Modewen family.

For the half-elf nobles, although the coup had a huge impact on them, no one dared to question Queen Isa at this time.

In their view, Vera’s attitude represented Duke St. Hilde’s stance.

Since the Northern Duke believed that the Miller family was more suitable to be the royal family of the Half-Elf Kingdom, what could they do?

If the envoy from the East Territories stood up to question, some political opportunists might want to follow and make a fuss, but now, the envoy from the East Territories has disappeared, and the half-elf nobles naturally do not dare to peep a word.

However, although Isa has inherited the throne of the Half-Elf Kingdom, the coronation ceremony cannot be held in the near future.

Because only the Royal Family of the Gleaming Empire- -the Lorenzo family is qualified to crown Queen Isa.

Queen Isa has already sent an envoy to Dragon City, and if all goes well, the Lorenzo family will soon send an envoy to crown Queen Isa.

Inside the main hall of the royal palace, Colin casually sat on the throne, as if he was the real king.

And Queen Isa was respectfully reporting to Colin:

“…The Silver Moon Guards have been basically purged, and the military officers of the Modewen family have been demoted and replaced with people from the Miller family.

But the Silver Moon Guards have suffered heavy losses this time, and after reorganization, they are less than 20,000. I plan to issue a draft order in a while.

Because the Modewen family voluntarily gave up their position, it has saved us a lot of trouble. So, I plan to confer the title of Duke on William Modewen, which can also appease the public and demonstrate kindness.

But the rebellious Lute clan does not deserve such kindness. They will be stripped of all their fiefdoms and titles, and Duke Lute will be sentenced to hang.

The Windbell Commerce Association has been forcibly closed, and members of the Savoy family will be forcibly expelled from the country and will not be allowed to enter the Half-Elf Kingdom again…

In addition, the assets of the Lute Clan and the Windbell Commerce Association confiscated this time are all listed here, as well as the asset situation of the Half-Elf National Treasury, please take a look.”

Colin immediately became interested and hurriedly took it over and started to look through it.

“These are just approximate numbers, a more accurate estimate will probably take a few more days to complete.”

“Good!” Colin looked at the last number on the document that made him dizzy, excited to the point of almost losing his composure.

He knew long ago that the Half-Elf Kingdom was wealthy, but he didn’t expect it to be this rich.

He suddenly felt that he no longer needed to worry about the funds for his dream cavalry army.

With the Half-Elf Kingdom as a money tree, he might be able to afford an army of more than 10,000 cavalry even if his territory in the North did not expand.

So, what Colin needs to do now is to firmly hold this money tree in his hands and not let anyone reach out for it!

Even Duke St. Hilde is not allowed.

“By the way, the Dark Cavalry should be entering the kingdom soon, you should send someone to greet them.”

“Alright.”

Before his departure, Colin had instructed his Butler Emon that he would send a letter back every five days, and if he did not receive his letter on time after three days, Emon should immediately inform Marquis Garcia.

After Vera’s fake death, the Modewen family blocked Silver Moon City, thinking they could cut off Colin’s contact with the outside world.

But they didn’t know that no contact was also a form of contact.

Now considering the time, the Dark Cavalry was nearly at the border of the Half-Elf Kingdom.

When Marquis Garcia arrived in Silver Moon City, Colin felt that he had a lot to discuss with him.

Especially the persistent harassment from Duke St. Hilde, his recent conspiracy to assassinate Vera, was absolutely intolerable.

Colin believed that as long as Marquis Garcia stood by his side, there was nothing to fear from Duke St. Hilde.

“Oh yes, please handle this magic staff for me and exchange it for gold coins,” Colin handed Count Evan’s magic staff to Queen Isa.

“Yes.”

After issuing a few more instructions to Queen Isa, asking her to stabilize the situation in the Half-Elf Kingdom, Colin left the palace.

He made his way to the royal garden.

It was not yet fully tidied, with broken branches and leaves strewn about, as well as scattered shattered petals covering the ground.

Yet, for Colin, even in such a state, the garden was pleasing to the eye because Vera was in the garden.

At the moment, Vera was sitting on a swing in the center of the garden.

Bright morning light filtered through the leaves and dappled her with patches of light and shadow.

The morning dew had not yet completely evaporated, and through the thin mist, Vera’s gorgeous face was intermittently visible.

Several butterflies fluttered around her, but she frowned, seemingly deep in a morose mood without any concern for her surroundings.

“What are you thinking?” Colin walked over, reaching out to gently stroke Vera’s forehead, as if trying to smooth away her worries.

Vera didn’t shy away from Colin’s affectionate gestures. She didn’t want Colin to worry, so she forced a smile and said, “It’s nothing really. I was just thinking about what someone said to me here in this garden that night.”

‘Who?”

“It was that rebel leader, Cis. I heard he’s a descendant of the Savoy family from the Half-Elf Royal Family.”

“What did he say to you?” Colin already knew what Vera was troubled about, but he pretended not to know.

After all, Vera was not aware that Colin was present that night as well.

“He said…” Vera’s beautiful eyebrows furrowed again, “he said he was instructed by my father to assassinate me…”

“What do you think?” asked Colin, his gaze deep, “Do you trust your father or your enemy?”

Vera tilted her head as if finally realizing the truth. “Of course, my father!”

The girl’s mood lightened up again, “I’m so silly, I’ve been agonizing over such a simple issue! Cis must have purposely lied to me! Colin, help me push the swing!”

Colin smiled and pushed Vera’s swing.

Looking at the girl’s innocent smile, he suddenly dispelled the thought of telling her the truth.

Not only because he didn’t want to sully the beauty in front of him with those dirty matters.

But also because he realized that if he were to tell Vera everything, he would have to explain the complex hostilities between Duke St. Hilde and Marquis Garcia.

In doing so, he would have to reveal the identity of Vera’s real father.

But that was explicitly forbidden by Marquis Garcia.

So, Colin decided to wait until Marquis Garcia arrived in Silver Moon City and let him decide whether to confess everything to Vera or not.

“Hee hee… Colin, come and sit with me!”

“Alright!”

Of course, Colin wouldn’t decline such an invitation. With a leap, he jumped onto the swing, and sat side by side with Vera.

The familiar fragrant scent hit his face, burrowing deep into his heart..