Children Raised by Vampires [Western Fantasy]

"What's going on?" Lan Yan turned her head to look at the source of the voice, but unfortunately there was darkness there.

"Go and have a look." Winston said seriously.

The air in the forest is always humid and has a smell of earth, and it is not exposed to the sun all year round, making the coldness haunt everyone who enters the forest like maggots attached to the bones.

After the scream, there was no more sound, and weeds were overgrown in the woodland. Fortunately, with Winster there, they quickly arrived at the scene of the incident.

The three of them were lying in the mud not far from them. One of them was the master, a young man dressed in luxurious clothes, and the other two were plainly dressed attendants. The horse had disappeared, and they should have run away.

Adrian and Walker hurriedly dismounted to check.

All three of them had pale lips, cold hands and feet, and were already lifeless. Only the bite marks on their necks that could not heal showed the cause of their death.

"Your Majesty, they all died of excessive blood loss." Adrian looked stern.

This will never be a simple hunting event, because even if a vampire is so hungry that he needs to hunt free people, he will not choose to start when such princes and nobles gather together.What's more, the one who died was not a vagrant in the slums, but the son of a wealthy businessman who wanted to open his circle and join the upper class.He is a human being of some social status.

"I recognize this young man. He is the eldest son of silk merchant Johnny Rupert." Walker held a torch and approached the young man's face.The young man's eyes were slightly opened, the expression on his face looked very peaceful and comfortable, and, with a strange satisfaction, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, as if he was smiling.

Humans who are excessively sucked by vampires will not feel pain, because when vampires suck blood, their voices and eyes can hypnotize them, and saliva also has an anesthetic effect.

Lan Yan shivered, his scalp was shaking, his whole body was cold, his fingers were holding the rein stiffly, his heart was beating wildly involuntarily, and even his stomach convulsed a little. All his physical reactions showed that he was afraid, but his eyes But it seemed to be stuck, unable to move away from the corpse with the weird smile on its face.

Is this what it's like to die from overdose by a vampire?

He suddenly turned over and got off the horse, and vomited heart-piercingly. He didn't eat anything at night, and all he vomited out was some wine and fruit.

Walker hurriedly walked up to him and patted him on the back

"The autumn hunt is over." Winston turned his horse's head and walked back. "Go back to the camp, you guys take the blue smoke back," he said.

Lan Yan's face was pale, he seemed to have seen his fate, when he went back he kept looking out the window, leaning against the car wall, looking very weak.

After returning to the room in the small courtyard, he immediately locked the door and locked Donna out.

"What happened to him?" Donna asked strangely.She didn't know that Qiu Lie would die.

"I was a little frightened while hunting. It's okay. Go and rest. I'll watch over him," Walker said.

"Then I'll trouble you." She smiled slightly at Walker, and walked away just like that.

Walker watched her leave, patted Lan Yan's door again, and shouted with concern: "Lan Yan, are you okay? You don't feel well, do you want to invite old Joyce over?"

Lan Yan leaned against the door, and there was a carved floor-to-ceiling mirror standing on the wall not far from the door. The moonlight passed through the wide open window sill and fell on the black and white floor. Even this dim light was enough for him to see the mirror clearly. silhouettes.

The person in the mirror looks familiar yet unfamiliar. He is wearing a different world costume, a gray cashmere hunting suit, and a pair of black leather boots that reach to the knees. Braided hair, his brows are deep, his nose bridge is high, his pupils and slender eyelashes are silver, his lips are crimson, his face is so pale, and the expression of leaning against the door is so flustered.

Lan Yan suddenly found sadly that he could no longer remember what he looked like in his previous life. He has only been here for a few years, and he has experienced more things than in the 20 years of his previous life...

"Blue Smoke?" Walker shouted again from outside the door.

"I'm fine, you don't need to call Joyce." He came to his senses, walked to the bed, and dragged out the small red box under the bed.

It doesn't feel right, why is it so light?His heart skipped a beat suddenly, with some bad premonition, he opened it, and sure enough, it was empty, only the money bag that Torredo gave him was left.

His mind was blank, he stood up on the bed, found a match on the cabinet, and lit the candlestick on the table.He picked up the mahogany box, looked it over and over again, and then lay down on the ground and looked under the bed.Where is his money?Although he hasn't needed any money in the past few years, it doesn't mean he has forgotten that there are more than 200 gold coins in it.

In anger, Lan Yan directly opened the door and pulled Walker into the room. "Walker, do you remember saving more than 1000 gold coins when I helped Winster paint and taught Torredo to paint?" he asked.

Walker looked at the box suspiciously and nodded. "Yes, of course I remember, that's a huge sum of money, what's the matter? Where's your money?"

"There's nothing left." Lan Yan kicked the box. "I've been living under your noses these past few years, and you all know how much I spent."

"When did you disappear?"

Lan Yan bit her lip in distress, finally looked at Walker and said, "I don't know, I haven't opened it for a long time."

"How long? I remember at the beginning, you slept with them every day." Walker said.

"But after that, I seldom open it. Who cleans my room every day?" Lan Yan asked, clutching her forehead.

"It seems to be Erica and Marcy." Walker thought for a while and said. "The two of them usually take turns cleaning. Talk to Brian tomorrow and ask them."

"Okay. Gold coins don't have long legs, so they won't run away by themselves."

The wind outside the window was blowing, the leaves were rattling, and a few fallen leaves were blown into the room. The lamps and candles were flickering, making the shadows of people look like ghosts, roaring on the wall.

Walker hurried to the window and closed it, drawing down the heavy double curtains.Seeing Yan sitting dejectedly in the round chair, he couldn't help feeling distressed, and comforted him: "Don't worry, it's such a large sum of money after all, no matter who stole it, it can definitely be found out."

Lan Yan was puzzled, he felt that the servants here had a good relationship with him, and they were always willing to take care of him, but he really couldn't think of who stole his money.

"It's late, I'll get you some water, wash up, and go to bed." Walker said, closed the door, and left the room.

Lan Yan originally thought about running away with money, but was delayed like this. Early the next morning, he found Brian and explained the matter to him.

Brian, the day overseer, was eating breakfast at the long kitchen table, his three-foot iron bar and wide-brimmed felt hat on his right hand.After listening to Lan Yan's words, he was also very shocked. "This is not a small amount of money. The thief must find out, and she cannot be allowed to work in the castle," he said.Years later, his hair is still thick and black.

"The key is that I don't know when the money disappeared. You need to ask the person who cleaned the room for me, and ask them if they found anything, because my box is placed under the bed, and they wipe the dirt under the bed every day. The box will definitely be moved when it is dusty." Lan Yan said, standing beside Walker, with his hands on the back of the chair.

"Yeah." Brian thought.

Fu Li also brought Lan Yan's breakfast, and shouted: "Hurry up and eat breakfast, after breakfast, go find that nasty thief."

Donna, who was walking into the kitchen, paused when she heard this, and asked, "What thief?"

Lan Yan turned her head and looked at her, seeing her bewildered expression, she said, "My gold coins are gone, more than 200 gold coins."

"What?" Donna asked in surprise. "More than 1000 gold coins are gone?"

"Well, I'm asking Brian to help me catch the thief." Lan Yan said, but he estimated that it would be very difficult to find.

Brian took a sip of the rose wine and said, "Your Majesty's gold coins are engraved with the full moon of Viaken. If the thief has already spent the money, it will be much easier to find." And there are not many people who can use gold coins , at least civilians rarely spend gold coins.

"What? Engraving?" Lan Yan asked in confusion.

"Yes, because of the fear of theft, the gold coins of princes and nobles will have their logos engraved on them. His Majesty's gold coins are the symbols of the full moon and the rose wreath. In Viaken, only His Majesty's gold coins can be engraved with this logo." Walker said.

Lan Yan thought back, no wonder Winster gave him a thousand gold coins so happily back then, because he knew he would not be able to spend them. He remembered that when he ran away, he also brought a bag full of gold coins. Yes, if you use gold coins without knowing it, won't you be caught by Winster right away?He was a little scared, but also a little lost.Fortunately, I found out about this, but the gold coins have been lost.

"If that thief is a servant working here, I think she must know about this kind of thing, and she won't be so stupid as to spend the money herself," Fu Li said.

"Yes, she will probably find a goldsmith, melt all the gold, and then bribe him with the gold without telling others." Brian said. "I'll go to the city and ask someone first, by the way, where is Walker?"

"I don't know, but..." Lan Yan glanced at the door, and Walker had already changed his clothes and came down. "He's here, what do you want him to do?"

"Walker, I'll have breakfast in a while, you can ask about Erica and Marcy's gold coins, I'm out of time, I have to go out quickly." Brian said, he stood up, put his hat on his hands, and took it Although the inseparable Iron Rod was talking to Walker, out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Donna who was taking breakfast from Fuli and listening to them.

"Okay, I will, you go quickly." Walker said.

Erica was the more talkative girl, and Marcie was younger and seemed a bit timid and shy.Walker called them to the sycamore tree outside the yard while they were working, and asked them. Lan Yan and Donna were also there.

"Master Walker, Master Lanyan, why are you calling us here?" Erica asked.

"The gold coins that Lan Yan put in the room are gone, it's in the red wooden box under his bed. Since you are responsible for cleaning his room, I came here to ask you," Walker said.

The two maids were shocked when they heard him say this, and shouted in unison: "We didn't steal money, Lord Walker, we won't steal anything."

Erica is okay, Marcie was trembling with fright, poor little girl, Lan Yan couldn't bear it anymore, and said, "It's not that you stole it, but I want to ask if you found anything."

Stealing things is a serious crime, especially stealing things from nobles.

"I, I don't know." Marcy hurriedly waved her hands. "Master Lan Yan, I have never opened your box. My king, I have never touched your gold coins."