Children Raised by Vampires [Western Fantasy]

In the evening, the sky was cloudy and the wind blew a little. The forest in the distance swayed and breathed gently with the autumn wind. Smoke rose from the chimney on the kitchen roof in the small courtyard of the castle, and the aroma of food kept gurgling from the stew. It was Fuli's stewed venison soup, with fat mushrooms and some strengthening herbs.

Lan Yan wore a thick blue corduroy jacket with white fur rolled around the collar, black fleece trousers and black leather boots underneath.He was lazily lying on the long table next to the wall in the kitchen, holding a stalk of yellow miscanthus in his hand, carelessly dangling and teasing the white wolfhound lying at his feet, he was careless, and the little white dog also He is careless, and occasionally he will open his mouth to bite or stretch out his big claws to catch when he is annoyed by being poked.

It was too warm in the kitchen, the fire in the stove shone on the wall, and the cook and maids were busy preparing dinner.

"Minian, go get his hat, let's go for a walk and walk the dog outside." Walker came down from upstairs with his coat and hat, and shouted at Lan Yan.

"Okay." Minian, adding wood to the fire, wiped her hands on her apron and stood up.Fu Li, who was marinating roast suckling pork, said dissatisfiedly: "It's going to rain outside, and you still ask him to go out to do something, besides, it's windy again, be careful to make him sick again." So Minian sat down again go back.

Walker scratched his hair, took out the gloves from the pocket of his coat and put them on, he couldn't understand, and said, "Okay, but you will make him into Miss Jiaojiao in this way."

Lan Yan raised her eyelids and retorted dissatisfiedly: "I'm not a miss."

"Listen to his nonsense, of course you are not." Fuli reassured. "Dinner will be ready soon, where are you going?"

"Go to the edge of the forest." Walker took off the dog leash hanging from the wall, bent down and waved to the little white dog. "Good dog, come here, let's go out for a walk."

The little white dog stretched his body and walked towards him.Walker scratched its jaw and put him on a leash. "Good guy, you've gained a lot of weight recently, it seems that Lan Yan often brings you endless leftovers for extra meals."

"Come back soon." Fu Li shouted.

"Got it." Walker led the dog out.

"What's the matter with you recently, Lan Yan, you always have leftovers, is there any discomfort in your body?" The fat cook asked with concern.

"No." Lan Yan said.

"You can tell me what you want to eat. If you want to eat the dumplings you mentioned last time, I can make them for you later. There is still a lot of beef left today." Fu Li said.

"No, Fuli, thank you."

"Okay, but you can drink more of the broth tonight. I added a lot of herbs for strengthening your body. It's specially added for you."

"Okay, you stewed this soup very fragrantly, my index finger moved when I smelled it." Lan Yan said.

While they were talking, a maid suddenly came to the kitchen. She was a maid working in the main castle. "Lan Yan, Your Majesty wants you to go to the library."

"What?" Foley asked. "It's time for dinner, everyone ran away. It's winter, and the food will be cold and greasy after a while."

The maid just smiled politely and didn't answer.

"I'll go and have a look." Lan Yan said.

"Go, come back early." Fuli said.

Minian got up quickly, washed her hands, took off her dirty white apron, and followed.

"What did His Majesty ask you to do all of a sudden?" Fuli asked.

"Perhaps Her Royal Highness Becky has news." Lan Yan quickened her pace.

God knows, Becky has been missing for more than two months. Many people speculated that something happened to her and the child, and the poor Prince Lambert's family died in such a muddled manner.Fuli thought so, but didn't dare to say it in front of Lan Yan, so she took a deep breath and followed his footsteps.

They didn't go around the square outside, but walked through a passage in the house. It turned around and went through countless rooms, leading directly to the main castle. Lan Yan only recently knew about this road.

The candlelight of the wall lamp danced on the gray stone brick wall, and they entered the main castle after going up another flight of stairs. The walls and ground were completely new, and the walls were covered with expensive and delicate red gold pattern wallpaper, black and white color matching. Marble floor tiles, further inside, are covered with thick sound-absorbing carpets, and now the corridor is even quieter, only the sound of their breathing.

The maid pushed open the door of the library, and Lan Yan walked in.

I saw that Winston was sitting in a dark red velvet chair behind a large mahogany desk, and a tall and thin man in black was standing on his left side, with a white soft ruler in his arms, smiling. She bent down and said something to him, when she heard the sound of the door opening, she looked towards Lan Yan.

"Good evening, Winster, what did you ask me to do?" Lan Yan looked at them and asked.

Several servants were standing aside, and two of them seemed to have followed the man, holding a red notebook and a quill in one hand.Hearing him call Winster by his name, he felt a little shocked.

"Measure him," Winston said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The tailor Silas Nelson replied respectfully.

Minian hurriedly took off the thick coat for Lan Yan to measure the size.

"I already have enough clothes." Lan Yan said.

"That's not what you said, my young master." Silas twirled the short golden beard on his chin, smiling amiably. "Clothes are not only for heating, but also a person's pomp and decency. In addition to His Majesty's clothes, many nobles' clothes in the city are also made by humble hands. I am different from ordinary tailors. I will definitely Give you a better experience."

"I'm not a young master, you don't have to flatter me." Lan Yan twitched the corners of his mouth, he thought Winster called him because there was news about Becky.

Silas raised his arm and began to measure him, each number being read while the apprentices dutifully wrote it down in their notebooks.

Lan Yan sighed silently, it has been almost two years, and he will be ten years old after this winter, but he has basically not grown taller, alas, I am so worried that he will become a dwarf in the future.

"You should eat more, I've never seen a weak child like you." Winster looked at him and said.

"Then you should go to the slums to see." Lan Yan said not to be outdone.

"Even in the slums there are no children as thin as you, because their physical weakness is bound to make them die early, you might as well think about it carefully." Winster said.

Lan Yan frowned, indeed, he was also the thinnest one in Waikenbat, Sally, Leslie and his accomplices were all very strong, but the original body was already dead, whether it fell into the river Whether Li drowned or died of illness after being rescued by Sally, generally speaking, it was inseparable from his physical weakness.

After measuring the data, Silas put the soft ruler back on his arm, took the notebook and quill pen from the apprentice, dipped some ink, and wrote down something again.Read: "Two thick cloaks, four sets of dresses, three winter jackets for going out, six sets of winter private clothes, and matching gloves, underwear, shirts, vests, shoes, handkerchiefs and other accessories..." He repeated the clothes again list.

Winston rubbed the fingers of his right hand lightly, nodded and said, "Okay, that's all, you can come here again in spring."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Silas closed the notebook, bowed to Winster, and left with the two apprentices.

"It's nothing, then I'll go too." Lan Yan felt that the relationship between him and Winster had gradually become a little subtle, and staying with him always made him feel a little awkward and uncomfortable for no reason.

Winston looked at him, and there seemed to be some deep meaning in the black eyes that he could not understand.His figure is actually very tall and straight, no matter what color the clothes are, gorgeous or simple, those carefully tailored clothes always make him look more handsome, narrow waist and long legs.All kinds of gem decorations or no decorations at all, and the long black hair, which is so exquisite that it often changes the hair band and hair accessories, but it doesn't look feminine at all.

Obviously, his skin is pale and delicate like powder, and his lips are always red like rouge, but as soon as his thick ink-like eyes stare at you, you will unconsciously want to be sincere to him, yes He feared him, revered him, bowed to him, and trembled for it.

Before that, Lan Yan's impression of long-haired men only came from a certain member of a certain music group.

He felt like he wanted to tell him to stay, because his eyes told him so, but he finally nodded.

It's inexplicable, Lan Yan thought about it, and frowned again.

"Go out," Winston said.

Lan Yan put on his coat, Minian hurriedly squatted down to salute, and left with him.

There was no one to lead the way anymore, so the two had no choice but to go back to the small courtyard from the square outside. There was no way for Lanyan to turn left and turn again in the airtight environment. The doors and handles, as well as the stone bricks of the wall lights are all the same, without any reference.And Minian is more simple-minded than him. Fu Li always said that if it wasn't for Lan Yan, she would always have to stay in the kitchen and be a maid who carried firewood and did rough work.

In the kitchen, the candlelight was swaying, and many servants had already had their dinner, only the fat cook Fuli and Walker were still waiting for them.

As soon as the little white dog saw Lan Yan came back, he immediately got up happily, and took out the dead rabbit that Fuli had placed for him in the wooden basin at the bottom of the shelf where the ingredients were placed, and put it in front of Lan Yan. Wu Liuliu looked at him flatteringly, and his tail was about to break off.

This is the rabbit it caught, and it loves rabbits the most.

"Awesome." Lan Yan rubbed its big dog's head.Minian didn't like it very much, because it had just come back from the forest, and it smelled of forest mud and rot.She grabbed the little white dog by its big ears and pulled it away from Lan Yan's side, cursing: "Okay little bastard, take it back quickly, look at the dirt on your body, don't stain your little master's clothes .”

The little white dog whined in pain.

"Be gentle with it, Minian." Lan Yan said dissatisfiedly holding it.

"I'm telling the truth. It's going to go to your bed at night. It's always dirty." Minian got up and took a pot of hot water from the water pipe. It was from the hot spring pool in the forest. Lead over.She took a clean towel, wet it and wrung it dry, squeezed the little white dog away, picked up Lan Yan, wiped his hands, then directly took the towel and started to wipe the little white dog's fur.

"Lan Yan, what did His Majesty tell you to come over?" Walker leaned back on the chair, holding a small pipe in his big hand and smoking slowly.

Fuli quickly brought out the dinner prepared for the two of them. The fire in the stove was still on, and the venison soup was still hot and smoking white smoke.

"Your Majesty asked Silas to measure him, and he should be responsible for making Lan Yan's clothes in the future." Minian hurriedly said.

"Hurry up and have dinner." Fuli also served the delicious soup and put it on the long table, then took the towel from Minian's hand and said. "Let me do it."

Dinner was venison soup with mushrooms, suckling pork, onion rolls, coleslaw, cabbage, and toast with brie cheese.

Lan Yan couldn't eat the greasy roast pork, so he just sandwiched some cabbage with slices of bread and dipped it in venison soup. The mushrooms were very plump, and he liked it quite a bit.

"Silas, is that Silas Nelson who specializes in making clothes for His Majesty?" Fu Li asked.

"Who else but him? Your Majesty asked him to make many sets of clothes for Lan Yan." Minian cut two slices of bread for Lan Yan again.Then he sat down next to Lan Yan and ate his share.

"Oh, this is really a great honor, and it's really exciting. I don't know what kind of clothes he will make for Lan Yan." Fuli straightened her waist and sighed.

"I will grow taller, so there is no need to prepare so many clothes." Lan Yan said, his mouth was full of food, and his soft cheeks were stretched round.

"What are you talking about? This is an honor given to you by His Majesty. Silas doesn't make everyone's clothes. I heard people say that all the orders he received from the great nobles were made for his apprentices. He himself is It's only for His Majesty. What's more, you haven't reached the time to really grow taller yet." Fu Li scanned Lan Yan up and down with critical eyes. "You need to drink more venison soup. I made it specially for you."

Seeing Lan Yan obediently picking up the spoon to scoop up the soup, she sighed again and said pitifully. "It's really hard to raise you strong."

strong?Isn't he a pig, fattened up so that vampires can eat it?Lan Yan thought secretly.But this soup is really delicious and delicious!

"Your Majesty, in the past two months, I seem to have paid more attention to Lan Yan than before." Walker looked at the dark place outside the door and said slowly. "Bryan also said that every time he goes to report to the general manager about his work situation in the evening, the general manager will always ask him about Lan Yan's situation. Although it is understandable for them to ask about Lan Yan's situation, Lan Yan has been very good recently. In the past, when he didn't make trouble on purpose, they wouldn't ask him about it."

Lan Yan's eyes became serious, what was the vampire trying to do by paying so much attention to him?

"It's a good thing to care about." Minian said innocently. "Lan Yan is an orphan, it would be best if His Majesty could be his backer."

Did this girl forget that he was a captive blood slave?

"Forget it, he will only scare me." Lan Yan said.

Fuli and Walker also remembered Lan Yan's identity, and after a moment of silence, Fuli said: "Your Majesty is a king of benevolence, I don't think he will have the heart to hurt Lan Yan, what's more, the more this is the case, the more it means that he is starting to treat Lan Yan He has feelings, maybe he is just like an ordinary kind-hearted aristocrat, helping a lonely child. Have you ever seen your Majesty treat any slave servant like Lan Yan?"

"I also think His Majesty is a good person." Minian nodded in agreement. "Though I was always afraid of him."

"At present, with your status as Bai Ling, only His Majesty can protect you in Viaken," Walker said. "Think about how other noble gentlemen treat blood slaves and slaves. You stayed in Old Hall's manor, didn't you?"

He was telling the truth, but it still made Lan Yan feel uncomfortable.He didn't believe that Winster would have any kindness for him. That vampire could read people's hearts and was clearly playing tricks on him, just like he used money and power to play tricks on other people in his previous life.Others would think it was a kind of liking, but the real reason, only they knew, anyway, he couldn't trust that vampire.

Lan Yan ate up the soup and mushrooms, put down the spoon, wiped her mouth with a napkin, and said, "I'm done."

As soon as he said this, the little white dog immediately rubbed its big buttocks to his feet, and looked at him flatteringly with its black eyes.

"That's all you need to eat." Minian looked at the two pieces of bread she cut later, which were still lying on the clean white porcelain plate.

Lan Yan nodded. "I'm full." He twisted a piece of roast suckling pork and put it near the little white dog's big mouth. It immediately stuck out its tongue, rolled the piece of meat into its mouth, swallowed it immediately, and at the same time stuck its tongue As for Lan Yan's fingers, the piece of meat was too small for it, so it didn't even need to be chewed. "You are really fatter than before, so you don't eat much at night." He said.

"What a waste you are," said Minian, and she took the two loaves of bread, sliced ​​a bit of salt cheese on it, and ate herself.

"Is that Minian or Good Dog?" Walker joked, looking at them.

The brunette maid raised her head blankly, and the few freckles on her nose made her look cute.

Lan Yan blinked and said, "Of course I'm talking about the little white dog."

So Minnie lowered her head in peace and continued to eat. She also gained some weight during this period, not as thin as before.

"By the way, I remembered this. Didn't I go home this afternoon? Guess what someone asked me?" Fuli tidied up the stove and sat down beside Lan Yan. Nian is from the same village, a fellow villager, so she takes special care of her.

"What?" Lan Yan asked.