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Lanqi thought so too. The real name is extremely important to the vampires, so they naturally would not reveal their real name in the empire.
If the ancestors knew that he was the one who could call out the real names of the Thirteen Ancestors as if they were the names of dishes, they would probably come and fight him to the death as soon as possible.
After a brief conversation with Hyperion, Lanci left the bedroom alone and walked along the familiar route to the library on the second floor of the castle. The dim stone brick walkway stretched out under his feet, and he soon arrived at the library, which was equipped with plenty of paper and pens.
In a drawer in the corner of the library, he found paper and pencil, then sat down at the largest desk in the center.
The light is soft and dim, the scent of old books fills the air with the sediment of history. It seems like this place has been forgotten by time and he is the only one sitting here quietly.
Lanqi began to draw portraits of the three vampires on paper.
The fingers moved gently on the paper, and the friction sound of pencil and paper echoed in the empty library.
In his memory, these three should be the most powerful vampires who awakened in the timeline before the original story.
Next is the ninth ancestor, Marquis Bernhard.
And then, if the plot develops "smoothly", and the vampires find and unlock the seals of the second ancestor vampire prince and the first ancestor vampire true king, there will be hope of seeing the blood moon destroy the world again.
Lanci did not depict the painting deliberately, but just let his brushstrokes flow with his memory. The scribbled lines began to gradually take shape on the paper. Although he painted casually, his brushstrokes were simple and bright, as if there was a kind of magic that made the characters come alive on the paper.
After about ten minutes, he finally finished three stick drawings.
Lanqi immediately stood up, holding the three pages of paper, and walked back to bedroom 201 along the corridor full of traces of time.
He opened the door and quickly walked back to the long table.
"These three guys are the ancestors of the blood race, and they are also the culprits for the erosion of the Kremlin Empire."
Lanqi placed the painted portraits one by one in front of Princess Alexia.
They are a handsome boy whose gender is difficult to tell, a fierce young man, and a cold young woman.
however.
The moment she saw these three paintings, Alexia, who had originally calmed down, became as if she had fallen into a nightmare, and her expression became extremely terrified.
Hyperion's gaze moved back and forth between Princess Alexia's face and the painting in surprise.
It was the first time she saw a painting drawn by Lanqi himself.
Even though they were just three sloppy portraits.
But even Princess Alexia herself did not realize that each of these overly lifelike paintings was like a miracle, as if they had triggered excessive fear from the bottom of Alexia's soul, making her feel as if she had seen the ancestor of the blood clan with her own eyes!
"…He, they."
Alexia's voice trembled.
She couldn't understand how someone could know this much about the crisis of their Kreming Empire!
What she feared most was the young man whom Lanqi called the eighth ancestor, the Marquis of Somerset, who was now the Minister of Defense of their Kreming Empire.
She had also seen the seventh ancestor, Marquis Helitier, in the palace.
But Alexia knew that an eighth-rank marquis alone could not erode the empire.
There must be another terrifying vampire that she has not noticed, deeper down, a higher-level being.
But she couldn't find where that guy was.
It wasn't until everything matched what Lanqi had just said and drawn that she finally knew the answer.
The real mastermind behind all this is the third ancestor, Duke Lachar. He looks like a freshman at the Royal Academy of Cremorne, gentle and friendly, with no difference from a normal human being.
Lanqi actually said that this guy is a vampire duke?
A suffocating fear enveloped Alexia's whole body, causing her to almost collapse and cover her chest, tears about to overflow.
She never imagined that the Grand Duke of the Blood Clan would be playing around so close to her, playing with everyone like fools.
Even she, who thought she was closest to the truth, only saw the surface.
Is there any hope for this empire?
"..."
Lanqi raised his hand, and the great poet understood and released his summoning state.
If the Great Love Poet is allowed to stay here at this moment, I'm afraid Princess Alexia will no longer be able to think and communicate normally.
"Sorry... I'm just scribbling as best I can."
He still didn't expect that these three paintings would bring such a great mental shock to Princess Alexia.
Chapter 150: Lanqi is going to hunt a count for you
At the long oak table in the middle of the bedroom, Lanqi Hyperion and the princess were sitting on both sides.
Their eyes met on the three pages of paper on the table, as if the secrets of the entire Kremer Empire were hidden between those pages.
It was late at night, and the outside world was so quiet that it seemed to be forgotten. Only this room was isolated from the torrent of time.
The fear that was about to drown Alexia faded away with the disappearance of the great love poet. She took a deep breath as if she had emerged from the bottom of the sea, and was finally able to control her emotions.
a long time.
"I believe in the accuracy of your intelligence, but... who are you?"
Princess Alexia's eyes were tense, her lips were slightly stiff, and her words were filled with an indescribable nervousness.
"I'm an ecologist, currently working on a project about vampires."
Lanqi's eyes were as sharp as a knife, and every word he said was solemn as if it carried weight.
Although he can join Ikerit Academy with his status as a platinum-level card maker, he still has a long way to go if he wants to be promoted to the principal.
Currently, the post of the principal of Ikerita College is vacant. Professor Bolao, the dean of the School of Magic, has no interest in power. The dean of the School of Knights has just retired and is being rehired. Loren, the dean of the School of Sages, has to take on the role of high priest of the Church of the Goddess of Fate and does not have much time. The dean of the School of Alchemy has been involved in lawsuits all year round due to copyright infringement disputes with his newspaper and may be sent to jail at any time.
To become the president of such a top-notch school, reputation in the academic world is essential, because the school is not only affiliated with the Kingdom of Hutton, but is also the official certified and highest-level direct institution of the South Continent Shadow World Management Association and the South Continent Kingdom United Parliament. With many powers and conveniences, the requirements are naturally extremely high.
One of the most difficult ones was being required to have a paper that was rated as having the highest level of academic value in the southern continent.
Looking at the entire Ikerite Academy, there are only a handful of professors who meet this condition, which shows how difficult it is.
So the most difficult academic research that Lanqi can think of at the moment is "On Ecological Balance and Vampire Governance".
He was not sure whether this topic would be recognized by the academic community in the southern continent.
But this is the attitude that should be adopted when doing academic research, wholeheartedly and striving for the highest level of excellence.
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Alexia had never heard of an ecologist who could control the vampires.
Hyperion was secretly glancing at Lanci, her eyelids twitching wildly, feeling that this guy was going to do something big again!
The project of searching for stone tablets in the northern continent scheduled for the winter vacation has not yet begun, but he has already planned the next step of researching the ecological and environmental issues of the Kreming Empire!
You really, if you don't become the principal, no one else is qualified to be the principal.
Moreover, by then, even if Hyperion doesn't want to involve Lanch in the Duke's mystery, Lanch himself will be involved in the center of the dispute in the Cremorne Empire!
After hearing Lanqi's answer, Alexia thought he was joking. She pondered for a moment and asked again:
"What is your relationship with the vampires?"
Alexia's nerves were tense with a certain alertness.
This young man knows too many secrets.
There are only two possibilities.
Or, he is a lackey of the vampires.
Or, he is the mortal enemy of the vampires.
First of all, Alexia was sure that Lanci could not be a vampire. Vampires were the easiest race to identify because they would become weak directly under the sunlight, and at noon they would even be weakened to only one tenth of their strength. It was impossible for them to be as energetic as Lanci in the sun during the day.
But Alexia couldn't tell whether Lanqi was a vampire family member!
Compared to believing that he has prophetic abilities that are too extraordinary, a more reasonable explanation is that Lanqi, who knows the vampires very well, is originally a member of the vampires!
"It's okay. Tomorrow you will know what the relationship between me and the vampires is."
Lanqi spread his hands helplessly, as if he understood Princess Alexia's concerns.
Indeed, his source of information is inexplicable.
But it doesn't matter.
The answer to the question raised by the princess can be proven to her tonight.
"Tomorrow... even if you know more, what's the point?"
The energy that Princess Alexia had originally mustered seemed to be pulled back to the cruel reality by Ranchi's brief words and disappeared completely.
If she had met Lanqi outside the shadow world, perhaps she would have tried to grasp this glimmer of hope and struggled to the end.
But in this shadow world where death is inevitable, it is a foregone conclusion that everyone will die at the hands of the seventh-level vampire count.
Even if all the challengers risked their lives, there was no chance that they could survive until the sixth dawn under the Earl.
"..."
Lanqi's hands tapped lightly on the table, the sound echoed in the quiet room, breaking the silence of the night.
He seemed to be thinking about something at the moment.
"You are so scared by a mere vampire earl. If all the royal family members of the Krewe Empire are like you, it's no wonder that the country was taken over so easily."
Finally Lanqi spoke.
Hyperion looked at Lanqi in surprise.
She had never seen Lanci say such mean things to a girl.
however.
After hearing Lanqi's words, Alexia started moving again like a puppet with a spring pulled.
She stared at Lanqi with red eyes, as if the most uncompromising part of her heart had been touched.
"You... can say that I am a useless princess... but you are not allowed to insult the Krewe Empire!"