The First Vampire

Especially for the warriors of the Blood Knight Army, who come from the North Territory and gallop on the Sky Ice Plain all year round, this little cold is nothing at all.

The bonfire they lit was not for warmth, but to cook food and drive away mosquitoes and beasts.

“Master, judging by the time, the main force of the Blood Knight Army should have now reached White Dew City, shouldn’t they?”

Prince Harrison stirred dry firewood by the bonfire, and asked Colin, who was next to him.

Colin had just finished gnawing a deer leg and casually threw the bone into the fire. He nodded his head and said:

“Yes.”

“Then do you think they can successfully break through White Dew City, Master?”

“They should be able to.”

Prince Harrison blinked his eyes, seemingly thinking that Colin was being a bit too confident.

After all, although the Blood Knight Army is nearly invincible in field battles, they are still limited by being cavalry. They might not necessarily be able to break through a stronghold like White Dew City so easily.

However, because he had previously witnessed Colin create miracles time and time again, Prince Harrison could only suppress his doubts deep down in his heart.

At this moment, Princess Judy intervened, “Master, if they really do break through White Dew City, what do you plan to do?”

Colin smiled faintly and said, “What do you think I should do?”

The little girl tilted her head and said, “I think you can make the St. Prowse family pay a huge amount of war reparations!”

Colin shook his head, “Just getting reparations, wouldn’t that be letting the St. Prowse family off too easily?”

“Then, you can have the East Territory send a large number of slaves to North Territory to work.”

Seeing Colin was still silent, Prince Harrison also suggested, “You could also demand that the East Territory cede some territories.”

Upon hearing this, Colin touched his chin and showed a look of interest, but still said, “That’s still letting the St. Prowse family off too easily.”

Princess Judy pouted, “But, you can’t really plan on occupying East Territory, can you? You aren’t a descendent of the Holy Knight Family. You can’t be the lord of the East.”

“Who has decreed such a rule?” asked Colin, out of curiosity.

“The First Holy Knights!” Princess Judy immediately replied.

Prince Harrison also added, “At the founding of the Glorious Empire, the First Holy Knights signed a pact, the ‘Sacred Covenant.’ It clearly stipulated — only descendants of the Holy Knight Family can hold the position of a Duke.”

Colin searched the memories of his previous self and found that this unruly character had never seen the ‘Sacred Covenant.’ He decided to find and read it when he had time.

After some thought, Colin asked again, “Then, if Vera has my child, could he become the Duke of the East Territory?”

“No,” the two children answered aloud in unison.

“Why?” Colin inquired, “Aren’t the children of Vera and me considered descendants of the Holy Knight Family?”

“No.”

Colin was now truly interested, and before he could ask more, Prince Harrison explained,

“Master, descendants of the Holy Knight family aren’t the same as those from ordinary noble families. Only if the father is a member of the Holy Knight Family can the child be considered a descendant of the Holy Knight Family. If only the mother is, that doesn’t count.

Take for example, your sister Kaitlin. If she were to have a child with Count Uman, this child would of course primarily be a member of the Uman Clan, but it could also be considered a descendant of the Angler family. And if the Angler family had no other heirs, he could also inherit the Angler title.”

“However, it’s different for the Holy Knight Family.”

“Unless the child’s father is from the Holy Knight Family, he would not be recognized as a descendant of the Holy Knight Family.”

Colin’s brow furrowed as he realized a problem: “So the child of Vera and me can only take the surname Angler?”

“Yes.” Prince Harrison affirmed, before adding, “However, you two can choose a child that you like from the descendants of the St. Hilde family to be your adopted child, and let them inherit Vera’s title.”

“Is this also in the ‘Sacred Covenant’?” Colin asked.

“No. This is an unspoken rule in the sacred knight family. After you and cousin Vera have offspring, an elder from the St. Hilde family will naturally remind you,”

Collin stroked his chin, falling into thought once again.

Suddenly, he felt that this tacit rule of the sacred knight family might conceal the real secret of the sacred knight’s inheritance.

According to this rule, the inheritance of the sacred knight’s bloodline is essentially a patriarchal inheritance.

It doesn’t really have much to do with the mother.

That’s why, over so many years, the sacred knight families of the Glorious Empire only decrease, but never increase.

Those common nobles who are trying to improve their own bloodline by marrying the noble women of the Holy Knight families, such as the “Golden Tail Butterfly” Morrison Family of Floral City in the North Territory, are probably all in vain.

This also explains why Emperor Reinhardt, who had a bunch of illegitimate children, insisted on keeping his pregnant lovers until they gave birth.

It seems like he was trying to prevent the St. Lorenzo family’s bloodline from flowing out through these illegitimate children.

But if the bloodline of the sacred knight truly is a patriarchal inheritance, there is one point that cannot be explained – the existence of female sacred knights.

From a genetic perspective, the genetic difference between males and females only exists on the sex chromosome – females are XX, males are XY.

Based on the previous inference, the genetic gene of the sacred knight must be on the male-only Y chromosome.

In this case, the female descendants of the knight family who lack the Y chromosome should not only be unable to pass on the bloodline of the sacred knight, but also unable to enter the holy field.

However, the fact is that, although female sacred knights are extremely rare, they do exist.

For example, one of the only two holy knights in the Glorious Empire is the Duke St. Gregorian, Lord of Westland-a female holy knight.

After pondering for a while, Colin suddenly chuckled to himself.

This is originally an unscientific world, and he was trying to explain everything with science, how ridiculous.

However, Colin did not think that the genetics he mastered in his previous life had no reference value. After all, the humans in this world are not much different from those in the previous world. Even if there are problems in the previous inference, there should only be slight deviations in some small aspects.

As long as he could find the deviation, maybe he could unravel the secret of the sacred knight bloodline inheritance…

Just as Colin was lost in thought, an attendant walked over and reported, “My Lord, an envoy claiming to be from Lark City wishes to see you.”

“Lark City?”

Colin recalled the map of the East Territory that he had studied before, “That’s the territory of the Fein family, right?”

“Yes, my Lord,” the scout cavalry nodded, “Do you want to meet this envoy?”

“Bring him in.”

Soon, a middle-aged knight in armor came over.

“Honored Guardian of the North Territory, Lord Count Angler, my name is Robert Fein. I’m here on behalf of the Fein family to sincerely invite you to be our guest in Lark City!”

Colin looked playfully at the knight who was bowing his head in front of him and said:

“Knight Robert, you should know that Viscount Fein is currently being held captive in Silver Moon City by Queen Isa, right?”

“Yes. So the Fein family is inviting you to Lark City this time to discuss the terms of redeeming Viscount Fein.”

Colin thought for a while and said, “Let’s do this, I’ll wait three kilometers outside Lark City. You go back and ask someone who’s in charge in your family to meet me.”

“My Lord, our Fein family wants to do our host duty to treat you well and clear up some misunderstandings that existed between us before…”

“Don’t bother, I won’t be entering the city.”

“My Lord, are you worried…”

“Yes, I am worried that you will attempt to assassinate me.” Colin said openly.

“…” Knight Robert was silent.