Chapter 364: The Werewolf Is Still Alive
"To Adrian, he died." Little Red Riding Hood's father raised his glass to mourn Adrian, and the atmosphere in the tavern suddenly cooled down, and everyone felt sorry for Adrian's death and toasted him together.
Little Red Riding Hood, who returned to the village from her grandmother's house, heard that her fiancΓ© Henry's father was bitten to death by a wolf, and she was also very sorry, she knew that Henry must be in a bad mood at this time, and at this time, as the nominal fiancΓ©e, maybe she should comfort him, even if it was just a few words of encouragement, to express her heart.
Little Red Riding Hood arrives at Henry's blacksmith's shop, where Henry is forging iron tools by the fire, and indeed, Adrian's death is a fatal blow to Henry.
"Henry, your father is very brave, and the people of the village are proud of him." Little Red Riding Hood comforted Henry.
Henry stopped what he was doing and recalled the experience in the wolf's den, Henry's heart was full of guilt, "I was very close to it at the time, I could smell it, but I hid in fear, I didn't do anything, I hated myself, I should save him!" β
At the end of Henry's words, he threw the iron tool on the coals in a rage, splashing countless sparks.
Little Red Riding Hood was startled and wanted to say something more, but Henry was obviously in a bad mood, and Little Red Riding Age had to leave Henry's blacksmith shop, and there was a screeching sound of metal pounding behind her.
After leaving the blacksmith's shop, Little Red Riding Hood was surprised to see that her mother was actually praying for Henry's father Adrian at Henry's house, according to the village custom, wives were not allowed to pray for other people's husbands. At this time, Little Red Riding Hood's mother also saw Little Red Riding Hood and quickly put down the candlelight. Wiping away from his tears, he left Adrian's house.
And at this time, Little Red Riding Hood also seemed to know the truth, the man that my mother once loved was Henry's father Adrian, and Little Red Riding Hood's sister Lucy was the daughter of Adrian and her mother, which means that Lucy and Henry are half-siblings, so. Although Lucy likes Henry very much, it is impossible for Lucy to marry Henry. However, Little Red Riding Hood's mother still wanted to maintain a lover relationship with Adrian, so she promised Little Red Riding Hood to Henry.
In other words. The reason why Little Red Riding Riding Hood's mother asked Little Red Riding Riding Age to marry Henry. Not only for money, but also for the love she once had, and poor Little Red Riding Hood became a victim of her mother's selfish lust.
After learning the truth, Little Red Riding Hood's mother also asked Little Red Riding Riding Age not to tell her father about it, and never to tell him, and Little Red Riding Hood had to agree.
At this time, a loud horn sounded outside the village. The villagers knew that it was Father Solomon who had returned.
The villagers were very happy. And the happiest of all was the sacrifice of Ogst, because he knew that only Father Solomon could preside over the situation.
Led by a knight on a white horse, a carriage pulled by two black horses slowly drove into the village, followed by a team of heavily armed horses, which was very powerful.
At the back of the line, there is a metal elephant of unknown purpose.
After the caravan entered the village, two knights dismounted and stood guard at the door of the carriage, on the roof of which a crossbowman wearing a bucket helmet closely monitored the surrounding crowd, and only after confirming that it was safe did the door open and a priest in a red robe stepped out of the carriage.
After the priest got out of the car, two little girls ran out of the car, these two little girls were the priest's daughters, and when they heard that the priest was going to stay in the village to kill wolves, the two little girls were scared and hugged the priest and cried.
Holding his two daughters, the priest said, "Look at the children of this village, how frightened they are, because there is a big and bad wolf here who needs help. β
The older of the two girls asked, "Is that the monster that killed Mommy?" β
The priest nodded.
"Gotta kill it." The younger of the two daughters said.
The priest lovingly touched his daughter's cheek and comforted, "Yes." β
The priest returned the two daughters to the carriage and let them carry them out of the dangerous village.
"Welcome, Father." Priest Ogst stepped forward, knelt down on one knee in front of Father Solomon, kissed the back of the priest's hand, and said reverently.
Father Solomon smiled and nodded, at this time, the leader of the village who organized the wolf slaughter, came to the priest with the wolf head of the wild wolf hunted yesterday, and greeted him with a smile: "Welcome, Father, just in time for our good festival, as you can see, we have eliminated the werewolves, and our village is safe." β
The leader of the wolf hunters stuck an iron hammer with the wolf's head strung into the snow, and the villagers burst into cheering applause.
Father Solomon, on the other hand, glanced at the wolf's head, but his face was not happy, and he said to the villagers, "It is not a werewolf, but an ordinary wolf." β
Hearing Father Solomon say this, the leader of the wolf hunters was very unhappy and looked back at Father Solomon: "Father, I don't want to be rude, but we have lived here with this beast for two generations, and we know what we are facing. β
The implication is that we know the werewolf here better than you do, and we know better than you that this wolf is the werewolf who killed Lucy and Adrian.
Father Solomon nodded generously, "It's okay, it's not rude, but you don't know what you're really facing. β
Hearing Father Solomon's words, all the villagers were astonished, and Father Solomon continued: "I used to be like you, my wife's name is Penelope, and she gave me two beautiful daughters, and our family is very happy.
We live in a similar place to this village, like Jianjiao Village, haunted by a werewolf.
On a full moon night, my friend and I got drunk and decided to go hunt it.
We thought we could find it, but it didn't appear, but in the end we found out that we had already run into it, and it tore my friend in half, very quickly, and suddenly it pounced on me. β
As he spoke, Father Solomon suddenly stretched out his hand to the boy beside him, causing him to tremble and be held tightly in his arms by his sister.
Father Solomon continued: "I took an axe and chopped it, and I slashed it hard, and all of a sudden, it was gone, and I cut off one of its front paws, and I took it home, and I took it home, but I found my wife lying on the bed, wrapped in a bloodstained cloth around her wrist, and when I opened my pocket, I realized that the wolf's claws were gone, and the werewolf's claws were gone......"
At this, all the villagers were confused and looked at Father Solomon strangely.
Father Solomon groaned for a moment, his eyes tinged with sadness, "That wolf's paw became this. β
As soon as Father Solomon finished speaking, the knight next to him came over with a wooden box, and the knight opened the box in front of the villagers, only to see a woman's hand inside, and all the villagers were shocked and their backs were terrified.
At this time, Father Solomon continued: "I told my daughters that it was the wild beast that killed their mother, but it was a lie, I killed her. β
Father Solomon said this, his expression was a little sad, after all, there is nothing more painful than killing his lover with his own hands.
"When a werewolf dies, it will change back into human form, so it's just an ordinary gray wolf." Father Solomon said, pointing his finger at the wolf's head in the snow.
After Father Solomon finished speaking, he glanced at the villagers, "You werewolves are still alive and well. β
After learning about werewolves with the villagers, Father Solomon led the villagers to the village church, where the knights brought Father Solomon's luggage from the bishopric into the church, and at the same time showed off a silver sword.
Ogst looked at the silver sword, his eyes lit up, "This is one of the three silver swords that the bishop's district has been blessed with, can I touch it?" β
"No!" Father Solomon simply refused the request for sacrifice, which was obviously not an ordinary holy relic.
"It's a very critical time, do you know what a blood moon means?" Father Solomon asked.
All the villagers were at a loss, obviously not knowing what was going to happen to the Blood Moon.
"Obviously, they don't know anything." Father Solomon spoke to the priest of Ogst.
At the behest of Father Solomon, the knights opened one of the chests, revealing a planetarium with many large and small planet models, the largest of which was supposed to be the sun.
Where had the villagers seen such a high-tech thing, they all came to watch, and one of the red balls was particularly conspicuous.
"It's the heliograph." The knight introduced.
"This red object coincides with the moon every thirteen years, and this is the only chance for a new werewolf to be born, and during the week of the blood moon, a bite from a werewolf can pass on its curse and become a werewolf." Father Solomon explained.
"If you are bitten by a werewolf on an ordinary full moon night, you will die. This week is the week of the Blood Moon, so everyone is in danger. The knight next to Father Solomon added.
When the villagers heard this, they were all terrified, apparently frightened by Father Solomon's words.
"Until the Blood Moon disappears in three days, you won't be safe." Father Solomon said with three fingers out.
"We're safe now, and we're hunting it in the wolf's den in Grim's Cave." The leader of the wolf hunters was sure to talk to Father Solomon.
"Yes, in Graeme's Cave." Another man who participated in the wolf slaughter said, and the villagers confirmed it.
"You have been deceived by this beast from the beginning, it has made you think that it lives in Mount Graemu, to divert your attention so that you will neglect to check the most obvious place, in fact, the werewolf lives here, in your village, and among you, the real murderer may be your friend, or your brother or sister, or your husband or wife......" After Father Solomon finished speaking, the villagers suddenly fell into confusion and fear, and looked at each other vigilantly, Even their own loved ones. (To be continued......)