It is clear that it has reached the end of summer, and the temperature in the Holy Land can still reach a terrifying high temperature of nearly forty degrees Celsius when it is at its highest in the day, and the scorching yellow sand can even directly fry food.

Andreas returned from outside the tent, but he didn't shed a single sweat.

He was even shivering slightly, as if he had not recovered from a serious illness, and his face was frighteningly pale.

"Your Excellency, are you alright?"

The clerk's face was full of concern: "Do you want to come and see Father Matthew, who has been studying medicine with Bishop Uldin?" ”

Andreas was a very upright guard officer, and during the months of Alaandler's rule, he arranged many trivial matters properly, which was unanimously approved by the clergy of Alaandler.

The Registrar is genuinely worried.

Andreas waved his hand a little weakly: "I'm fine, you guys leave with the documents to be approved first, I want to stay alone for a while." ”

"Well, you can call the guards at any time if you have anything."

"I will."

Seeing the clerk and the others leave, Andreas tore open his sleeves, only to see that on his arms, two deep blood holes were particularly dazzling, but the blood inside seemed to have coagulated, and there was no intention of flowing out.

He bandaged himself expressionlessly, a little absent-mindedly in the process, and as if he had great restraint, and after a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief and put down his rolled up sleeves.

He looked at the shrine in the tent and silently drew a cross on his chest: "Heavenly Father is above, I will repent to you, I am guilty"

He clasped his hands together and put them to his lips and prayed in a low voice.

He didn't ask for forgiveness from his Heavenly Father, but he never wanted to fall into darkness.

Even if it was doomed, he wanted to try to struggle.

"It's useless, since you've become a vampire, just embrace the blood obediently."

A charming female voice sounded behind Andreas.

He turned his head suddenly, and saw a charming woman with wheat-colored skin and long brown hair, wearing a very revealing gauze dress, and there was an air on her body that made him feel both familiar and strange.

That's the smell of blood.

But it's not new, with a stale smell like the light of day when a room that has been dusty for many years is rediscovered.

Andreas's pupils rippled blood.

"Who are you?"

"Don't be nervous, your own people. We met in Hebron. ”

The woman's movements were a little frivolous, she sat down on the chair beside her, put her legs together, and placed them on the table, bare a large area of smooth and delicate skin, with a little fuzz, and she looked at Andreas with envy in her eyes.

No one knew better than she what Coors's first embrace meant.

Andreas recalled for a while and realized that the woman was indeed familiar.

The woman smiled and said, "Just call me Julia, I was the widow of Baron Henus and a vassal of Lord Marquis." ”

"But that's all before. Now, I'm just working as a vampire, working for Lord Lothar and Master Curs, and I'm in charge of handling some of them. The dark side of things that are not easy for adults to deal with. ”

Andreas frowned, "For example?" ”

"Listen to the corners and find some secrets."

OK...

For a moment, Andreas was worried that he had been working for a big devil all along.

Even so, he still won't change his loyalty to Lothar.

But that would have caused him deep pain.

Julia placed a glass wine bottle on the table, "By the way, Baroness Stephanie, I killed you." ”

Andreas's eyes widened.

Looking at his look of disbelief, Julia sneered: "I'm afraid you don't know that it was Lady Stephanie who attacked our lord first, but it just failed, don't you allow your lord to fight back?" ”

"Of course not."

Andreas stammered, "I just never knew that. ”

"Heh, you're still far from really getting to know adults, but you're lucky that you're eligible to get in touch with more from today."

A hint of intoxication and fear flashed in Julia's eyes, and every time she thought of the terrifying figure sitting on the lord's throne, there seemed to be a demon dragon dancing behind her, and she would feel a warm current flowing down her body.

It's a pity that the adults looked at me and never appreciated it.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

Andreas felt as if he had crossed a threshold and was about to learn more about the secrets of the adult, which made him look forward to it, but subconsciously resisted - what if the adult was actually a man-eating demon?

Is he really going to go to hell and become a minion of the demon king?

"You've just been transformed into a vampire and need real human blood for nourishment."

Julia pointed to the wine bottle on the table, "Don't worry, the source of this bottle of blood is a wicked desert bandit, the knight named Ulm, who was arrested by your colleague himself." ”

Andreas was immediately drawn to the corked bottle.

He grunted and swallowed.

"I, I can't take it."

"Cut, what's it to pretend?"

Julia was a little annoyed and said, "Since you have chosen this path, do you think you still have room to regret it?" Isn't it just drinking blood every few days? can be exchanged for a healthy body and a long life, this kind of good thing, even the king of a country will be tempted! ”

Seeing that Andreas was still a little hesitant, Julia's face showed a wicked smile, she slammed, picked the cork with her thumb, and the faint smell of blood immediately dispersed.

Andreas's eyes immediately turned red.

He tried to restrain himself, and kept muttering "Almighty Father bless", "St. Michael bless, St. Gabriel bless", "St. Maria bless", but when he came back to his senses, there was already a strong smell of iron in his mouth.

The empty bottle slammed to the ground.

The unprecedented comfort made his whole person feel fluttering, as if every cell was cheering!

He looked at Julia opposite in astonishment, she was laughing happily at the moment: "While chanting Heavenly Father, while drinking human blood, if Heavenly Father really has a spirit, I am afraid that if I see this scene, I am afraid that he will be so angry that he will send down thunder and kill you." ”

"How. How so? ”

Andreas stared blankly at the shattered fragments of wine bottles on the ground.

Julia said with some pity and some sarcasm: "No one really thinks that they can restrain their physical instincts, right?" There are some things, once you get wet, you don't want to get rid of them in this life. ”

"How dare a man who cannot withstand temptation have the luxury of superhuman willpower?"

"It's ridiculous."

Andreas wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth in despair: "I want to be alone and quiet." ”

"Okay, but in the future, we will be partners, I am still in charge of the internal guard handed over to me by Lord Coors, this is a special team specializing in espionage, I call him 'Dark Shadow', if you have any information you need to inquire about, please feel free to find me."

Andreas let out an absent-minded "um", and when he came back to his senses, he found that Julia had disappeared without a trace before he knew it—although his potential was better than that of a native vampire like Julia, it didn't mean that he was a newcomer who could now compete with Julia.

As a newborn in a vampire.

He's still far off.

Then.

There was a cacophony outside, and the entire camp seemed to be boiling, with countless people shouting loudly.

"What's going on? Why is it so messy outside? ”

He hurriedly walked out of the tent and asked hurriedly.

"I heard that the lord has returned!"

The guards guarding the door were full of joy on their faces: "My lord, should we go to greet you?" ”

Andreas was stunned for a while, perhaps because he had drunk blood, his head was never clearer, and when he heard this, he shook his head and said, "No, an order has been passed down that everyone should stay in their camp in peace, and no one shall leave without permission." ”

The battalion of tens of thousands of people must not be chaotic!

Whatever the reason!

…

After the order was passed on, it can be said that there were many complaints, and the hard work of the past few days made these soldiers eagerly await the arrival of a carnival, and they did not necessarily want to see Lothar, but more to use the topic to play.

They want a feast of wine, food, singing and dancing.

But there are also a considerable number of lords and peasants directly under Lothar, who are really happy about this.

The people at the bottom are not easy to fool, on the contrary, because they are always bullied, and for the superiors, a trivial thing can crush them to death like a mountain, so they are full of suspicion about everything.

But seeing a thriving and hopeful life, you can't fake it.

There was more and more surplus grain in the warehouse, and even when the war broke out, Transjordan still collected only part of the grain tax that should be collected during the war, and the original tax exemption was still exempted.

This is the most important point.

Officials in Transjordan are deliberators.

They will not suddenly snatch away the grain you have worked so hard to mill into flour and bake into bread one day, and deduce that this is a new tax levied by the lord, nor will they suddenly snatch away your daughter who is about to get married, claiming that the lord has the right to the first night of all the women in the realm.

"Long live Lord Lothar!"

"Welcome Lord Lothar back to Hebron!"

On the side of the road, there was a crowd of people who greeted her, and they waved their arms enthusiastically at Lothar, and some of the girls even held hastily picked flowers and threw them at Lothar, who was riding on the back of the "eclipse" and seemed to be a lot taller than ordinary people.

The corners of Jeanne's mouth curled slightly, and she said to Lothar: "It's a great triumph, my lord, if you put some red paint on your face and then ride in the chariot, it will be even more vivid." ”

"Far from it."

Lothar kept a straight face, trying to show her majesty.

Obviously he had been away from the Holy Land for so long, but how could he be more popular when he returned?

Lothar thought to himself, it is estimated that his own people, really afraid that he will not come back if he goes to Constantinople, and when the time comes, whether it is attacked by pagans or replaced by Christian lords, it is not what they want to see.

Lothar accepted Andreas's suggestion and did not go to the barracks at the first time, but first went around the city to show his people that he had returned, and then left the city from the other end and went to the barracks again.

Outside the huge camp, the nobles and knights who greeted him were densely packed.

Baron Argonne was dressed in a very coquettish manner, his plate armor was decorated with flowers, and there were a few peacocks, swans, and wild goose feathers on his helmet.

After all, he was the most loyal vassal of Lothar, and he ordered a full set of refined plate armor from the blacksmith's workshop in Marles at a discounted price, and even in the entire Holy Land, its level of beauty was considered top-notch, not inferior to that of Raymond and Goldfrey.

When he saw Lothar, he immediately stepped forward quickly, then knelt on one knee and respectfully extended his hands to Lothar.

Lothar had no choice but to hand him his hand and let him kiss the personal ring worn on his finger to affix the paperwork.