It was as if God had heard Valpo's prayers.

After Karl left for the second time, he did not return again, nor did he go anywhere else to ask for the treasure.

The royal palace of the Bucket Kingdom is huge, and it is not yet the ruined castle that will be in the next ten years.

In order to please His Majesty the Seven Martial Seas as much as possible, Valpo ordered someone to prepare a good room for Karl and Kiruno, which was second only to Valpo's own bedroom.

In Kiruno's bedroom, Carl is discussing today's harvest and next steps with Kiruno.

"Brother Karl, are you planning to 'eat him, play with him, take him, just don't do things for him'? But I don't think that's very good. ”

Except for the two or three ornaments worn around his neck and wrists that were not deliberately removed, most of the treasures were placed on the table by Kiruno.

The little girl didn't seem to be interested in these treasures, as if they were not precious treasures, but very ordinary things like paper, pens, and cups.

A woman who has no interest in diamonds and precious jewelry?

Carl was surprised that there were not many women.

However, he didn't dwell too much on this matter, because Robin is also a woman who doesn't care much about treasures, and in this world, Qiluno's behavior is quite normal.

"What's wrong, Kiruno? Are you a little unbearable? ”

Recalling Valbona's back, which seemed to age several years in an instant, the average person must feel a sense of pity.

This sentiment has nothing to do with the so-called "Madonna", he is nothing more than an instinct of "sympathy for the weak" in the human emotional world.

But Carl is no ordinary man......

Qiluno shook his head: "No, how could I not bear to be a big bad guy like that?" It's just that if we keep emptying his treasury, he has every reason to sue us to the world government.

Brother Carl, you are the king of the Seven Martial Seas, you can't casually attack the world government member countries, in that case, won't it be troublesome then? ”

"So haven't I stopped in moderation? Now we're going to implement the second plan! Carl smiled, his eyes flickering slightly.

"Second plan?" Cirno's eyes lit up, and she leaned close to Karl's side to listen.

"Chess piece, I'm going to sleep, tell that fool to Dorton that this king should have a good rest today, and ask him to defend it tightly, and make sure to ensure the safety of this king. If those two people have any strange actions, they must also report to this king as soon as possible. Ha...... I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep first. ”

Valpo yawned and waved his hand for the pawns and the others to step back.

In this castle, which is covered with wind and snow all year round, most of the people have fallen asleep on this cold night, and only Dalton leads a few hapless soldiers to be responsible for guarding and patrolling everywhere.

In a country where there is no electricity, night falls very early.

The lights in Carl and Cirno's room had been extinguished early, as had the oil lamps in most of the castle's rooms, except for Valpo's bedroom, which still had a few flickering oil lamps.

"Shhh...... It's cold! ”

Following Dalton's side, several soldiers shivered with cold.

"Lord Valpo is really, he even has to let Captain Dalton take charge of patrols every time, this is too bullying!"

"Hey, don't talk nonsense, as the captain of the king's guard, it is our job to ensure the king's safety, and the king has entrusted us with this important work, because he trusts ...... What people?! ”

Dalton was impassionedly reasoning with his men, when he suddenly saw a black shadow flash in the silver moonlight.

"Meow ......"

A crisp cat meow came from the shadows, and the nervous soldiers were startled: "Oh, it's a cat, it really scared me to death." ”

“…… No, why are there cats in the castle? Dalton thought about it and ran in the direction where the cat's meow came from: "You all come with me, there's something wrong with this cat!" ”

"Meow ......"

The meows of the cats kept coming from not far from Dolton, as if the cat in the dark was not afraid of humans, but was playing with them.

"This cat is running so fast!"

Everyone was curious.

Obviously, I feel that the distance between me and this cat is getting closer and closer every time, but why does this cat suddenly appear in another corner?

"Let's split up and look for it!" Dalton, who had been searching for nothing for a long time, was a little anxious.

"Why split up? Wouldn't it be better to follow the sound to find it? ”

The soldiers didn't have the courage and integrity of Dalton, and they didn't want to go it alone.

This strange cat that plays with humans in the moonlight in the dark night reminds them of all kinds of legends they have heard from the adults in the family.

"My grandmother used to say that there is a kind of resentful spirit cat in this world, which is made of the souls and grievances of those who died unjustly, with black hair and dark red or blue pupils, which are specially used at night, especially on the night of the full moon, to play with humans, and some ferocious resentful cats will also eat people."

When everyone heard this, they were immediately terrified.

When I looked up, I found that although it wasn't a full moon tonight, it was about the same, and the moonlight was sprinkled on the snow, covered in silver.

"Meow ......"

It's as if the cat's terrible cry suddenly sounded from behind everyone when it was fighting!

Everyone looked back, and in the shadow of the root of the wall, a black shadow with the outline of a cat was slowly approaching this side, especially the pair of demon-red bright pupils in front of the black shadow, as if they were bloodthirsty spirits from hell!

"Mom, what a cat demon! How the hell did he end up here?! Someone shouted, and the girl turned around and ran away.

"Don't panic, everyone!" Dalton tries to calm the crowd, but he finds that it doesn't work.

A drop of bean-sized cold sweat slipped down his forehead, and Dalton activated the ability of the Niu Niu Fruit and heroically rushed in the direction of the "cat demon".

On the other side, Valpo, who was not sleeping soundly at all, was also quarreled by the soldiers' shouts: "What happened? ”

In a daze, Valpo seemed to see a shadow smiling at him in the haze.

He rubbed his eyes, looked at them intently, and was suddenly so frightened that he didn't dare to gasp.

I saw a terrifying ghost floating in the air slowly wandering in his bedroom.

The horrible ghost smiled kindly at itself, and then it floated faintly near an oil lamp, and blew out the candle in the lampshade in one breath!