The Legend of the Night Begins

Of course.

The people of African descent didn’t care about that. They just thought that not letting people of African descent live there was racial discrimination, so they persistently repeated accusations, held up signs protesting, accused…

In the final analysis.

It was because they were idle. However, these people only dared to protest on the roadside and did not dare to step onto the steps of Starlight Tower, because the security at Starlight Tower really dared to open fire.

Skye, sitting in the back, just glanced at them and then stopped paying attention.

In the past, Skye also thought Starlight Tower was a discriminatory building. However, after living there and being influenced by her surroundings, she also felt that the group of people of African descent outside were simply too idle and looking for trouble.

Soon.

Midtown High School started.

Skye once again resumed her routine of taking the school bus to school with Alexis every day, then going to the library with Gwen, and finally being driven home by either Lake, Cassel, or George.

Lake too.

He was promoted to Deputy Director of New York State, but it didn’t change Lake’s work habits. At most, he had to attend a few more meetings and bang on the table a few times, which was very simple. And his assistant, Tiffany, also followed him.

Jack became the Deputy Director of the Operations Department. For this, Jack and his wife specially invited Lake to their home for dinner to express their gratitude.

Soon.

The end of January arrived.

Just like last year, Lake sent a clone to stay in New York to continue working, while he himself hid his glasses and, as last year, rented a car from The Continental Hotel, preparing to head to the private airport outside Jersey City to board his flight.

This year was different from previous years.

If before, Lake could have found an excuse not to go, then this year, there was definitely no reason not to go.

Because the mother of his children was going to sleep, and she would sleep for a hundred years. So, a few days ago, Emilia had urged Lake to come and make preparations.

For example…

What to do with the two children after she went to sleep.

Lake was also waiting for this day.

The mother of his children going to sleep for a hundred years? How could that be possible?

Sleep?

When one truly dies, there will be plenty of time to sleep.

Right now?

If he really let the mother of his children go to sleep, Lake feared that after a hundred years, she would fight him to the death. The reason was probably very simple: he couldn’t resist killing that unfilial son himself!

In the evening.

Still at that private airport.

The gatekeeper at the airport was still Mr. Morabbi, who was seventy or eighty years old.

Standing at the door of the plane’s boarding cabin were the vampires Anton and Sahu, still looking cool.

A long, long time ago, a plague occurred. Many, many people died in that plague, but some people eventually survived and underwent genetic mutations to overcome this plague, becoming the first immortal in human history. The name of this person was Alexander Corvinus.

Alexander Corvinus had three sons, but with the Western family concept, most were raised loosely, especially in the past. So, due to lack of care, his eldest son was bitten by a bat and turned into a vampire, and his second son was bitten by a wolf and became a werewolf.

The eldest son’s name was Marcus.

The second son’s name was William.

As for the third?

Fortunately, he wasn’t bitten by anything and remained a normal person. It was also fortunate that he wasn’t bitten, otherwise, Corvinus’s bloodline would have been broken.

Afterward.

Marcus bit the human leader Viktor and the noblewoman Emilia of that time, and together they stopped the werewolves that were rampant across Europe. As time went by, they formed the Vampire Council.

Marcus, Viktor, and Emilia were the elders of the Vampire Council, and they agreed that when one elder was in command, the other two elders would sleep for a hundred years, taking turns in power.

The top financial group in Europe today, the VAM Consortium, is a combination of the abbreviations of these three people’s names, and this consortium is the group they use to manage the wealth they have accumulated over the years.

Right now?

Emilia’s term of governance was about to complete a hundred years. According to the agreement, Marcus would awaken to preside over the next hundred years.

Yes.

Emilia was the mother of Lake’s two children, his son David and his daughter Katherine.

As for how Lake met Emilia, it was quite simple.

At that time, Lake was still in the army. After getting leave, he went traveling and ended up traveling to a small town in Europe at that time, where he got into trouble with vampires.

The vampires came to his door wanting to drink Lake’s blood.

Afterward…

How should Lake put it? He had just debuted, so he was bitten to death by that vampire. Unfortunately, Lake was immortal, and then, taking advantage of the vampire’s inattention, he swiftly ended it.

What followed was the cliché plot of "the son is dealt with, and then the father shows up."

What kind of personality does Lake have?

He doesn’t back down and goes straight for it.

As a result, after a few encounters, Emilia took notice of him. One dark and windy night, Emilia discovered Lake, who was lurking outside the castle, preparing to open the windows as soon as the sun rose the next day.

That’s how Lake and Emilia met.

Emilia has the look of a mature, older woman.

What a coincidence.

Lake likes mature, older women.

Then, after a few more encounters, Emilia suddenly announced she was pregnant. This was quite astonishing because Emilia was a vampire, and an elder-level one at that. The fact that she could get pregnant was truly remarkable.

Lake was stunned at the time, even suspecting he might have been tricked into becoming a stepfather.

However…

Vampires cannot get pregnant, or at least, they cannot conceive internally. Yet, Emilia’s belly was undeniably growing larger, which was very surprising.

What was even more surprising was yet to come.

Emilia was no longer afraid of sunlight.

Lake thought of the immortal body he had acquired. Perhaps, when it first erupted internally, Emilia, who had received the essence, had changed in some way.

After all, in a way, Lake and that Alexander Corvinus were both undead. No, Lake’s immortality was even superior to Alexander Corvinus’s.

That guy’s immortality was a joke, an immortality that could be ended by death.

Lake’s, however, was one hundred percent immortality.

No.

It should be considered immortality!

Then, time flew by, and it was the present day.

Lake visited Emilia every year for a family reunion of three.

Of course.

Lake appeared as an ordinary person there.

At least, the two vampires on the plane, Anton and Sahu, along with other vampires, thought Lake was some kept man of Emilia’s, who couldn’t stand being alone.

Lake didn’t have any objections to this. As long as no one bothered him, everything was fine. Those vampires who had dealt with Lake back then were secretly eliminated after Emilia discovered her pregnancy and even became unafraid of sunlight.

And he wasn’t pretending. He actually wanted to reveal himself, but since others didn’t bother him because of Emilia, he couldn’t just lash out arbitrarily.

I’m not a tyrant.

Lake thought to himself.

A few hours later.

The plane landed at a private airport outside Budapest. Then, Lake disembarked alone and got into a black car from the VAM Consortium, heading towards a nearby train station that connected to Emilia’s mountain castle.

Ever since Emilia became pregnant, she had moved from her original castle in Budapest to a centuries-old castle located in the mountains and forests north of Budapest. Apart from a few personal maids, no other vampires were allowed near the castle; otherwise, they would be directly eliminated.

An hour later.

The train, which resembled a medieval design, smoothly stopped at a train station halfway up the mountain.

Lake, wearing sunglasses, got off the train.

"Daddy!"

Catherine, whose complexion was a bit pale but was almost taller than Skye, wearing a sweet blouse and high-waisted jeans that accentuated her perfect figure, and inheriting Lake’s hair color with her silky blonde hair, happily threw herself into Lake’s arms. She looked up and said, "I’ve been waiting for you here since nightfall."

Lake laughed heartily as he looked at his eldest daughter in his arms.

His eldest daughter, who was thirteen years old, now looked like she was eighteen or nineteen. Although she had been staying in the castle all year round, her knowledge and beauty were equal. After all, vampires were a long-lived race. At Lake’s request, Emilia found several professors who were on the verge of death, had other vampires grant them transformations, and then had them tutor Catherine and her son, David.

And Lake visited every year.

Very good.

His daughter hadn’t gone astray.

Lake was very sure of this; his daughter had always been his close confidante.

As for his son, David?

Heh.

I warned you once last year, don’t force me to unleash the Seven Wolves!

On the way to the castle.

Lake asked, "Where’s David?"

Catherine shrugged and said, "He went to Craven’s."

Craven.

If Emilia was now the century-old queen of the Vampire Council, then this Craven was the so-called Vampire Prime Minister. Because Craven had "killed" the werewolf menace, Lucian, he became a hero to the vampires and rose to the position of Prime Minister, fully responsible for handling affairs within the vampire world.

Lake’s eyes flickered. "I remember I told him last year not to get too close to Craven."

A daughter is a warm little jacket.

A son, however, is a rebellious brat, one who once made Lake want to smack him dead.

And because of the growth period of the vampire race, it seemed this son, David, had entered puberty and the so-called rebellious phase early. He even once thought Lake was just some kind of gigolo among vampires.

This made Lake very unhappy. If it weren’t for Emilia’s slight preference for sons, Lake would have hung David up and given him a good thrashing with a "Seven Wolves" whip.

He even dared to kill his girlfriend.

A son?

Consider him barren.

As long as Lake was willing, he had plenty of sons.

Soon.

A massive mountain castle, built in a medieval style, appeared in Lake’s sight.

The castle’s drawbridge slowly lowered, operated by some sort of mechanism.

Lake, pulled along by his daughter Katherine, who was excitedly recounting last year’s amusing stories, walked into the castle.

In front of the castle’s main hall was a huge plaza.

A fountain, resembling an angel, flowed gently in the plaza, with two goldfish playing within it. Several vampire maids, dressed like medieval court maidens, bustled through various corners of the castle.

This ancient castle was different from other vampire castles. It felt alive. If other vampire castles and villas were dead and silent, then this castle, perhaps because of its inhabitants or the flowers decorating the plaza, seemed exceptionally vibrant. Anyone who arrived here wouldn’t think the castle’s owner was an ancient, mature vampire.

Emilia appeared at the entrance of the main hall.

Lake looked over.