An ancient diary, open to an ancient legend.

Looking at these distant and old words, the stories that have been sealed by history for a long time are also slowly unfolding.

What do these memories represent? What happened in that castle that towered over the plain?

What happened in that once glorious castle?

What could have brought him such a horrible end?

All of this began to unfold before his eyes as soon as Arrow opened the first page of the journal.

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May 16, fine.

Today is the first day of work for the spread.

After a week of tidying up, we finally cleaned up the old castle. The servants had put everything in and put everything in order, and although there were still some small corners that had not had time to be cleaned up, they were ready to move in.

Sabu seems to care more about his work than about the castle that has been put in order.

I can understand that, his title, his glory, and the purpose of his existence are all for this honor.

I will always remember the moment he came back that day and told me that he was about to be made a baron, his face was literally covered with sunshine!

Of course I'm happy to be his wife, and the title of baroness doesn't seem to be good?

However, I would prefer that Nari would like this place. She had to part with her friends, and hopefully she would find a new playmate soon.

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On June 2, it was cloudy.

Life inside the castle was a bit boring, and as a baron's wife, I couldn't just go out and see around town.

Sac really valued his honor too much, and he should remember that he was just a civilian not so long ago, and shouldn't be too alienated from the civilians of Pelican Town.

But even if I told him, it wouldn't have worked, he had been running frantically back and forth between the mine and the Granite Fort for the past few days, as if he was trying to get everything out of here.

He didn't even have time for Nelly, which made me uncomfortable. Nari seemed to be in a bad mood, and the weather was bad today, and she looked a little sullen.

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July 15, heavy rain.

Today Nari has a fever, and I beg Sabu not to leave our mother and daughter and run to the mine again. No matter how much you value honor, you still need to spend some time with your family, right? His title was bestowed upon him by His Majesty, and he was not stripped of it for the slightest slack in his work.

But Sabu's answer made me angry, and I even began to think that he preferred to be in the dark cave of the mine to his wife and daughter.

He seems to be hiding something from me, should I find out?

Mistress?

It seems to be a tradition for nobles to have mistresses, and it seems that the spreading will follow this rule. I also know that each of those nobles had several mistresses, and it was even a kind of show-off. Should I also support him and tell him not to see me as a woman who is too cautious?

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July 17, fine.

My dear finally apologized to me for his mistake, and he also promised to spend a day with me and our daughter Nari.

It was comforting to me, after all, that he remembered that he was a husband and a father.

In the midst of the small talk, I finally understood why my dear was so nervous, and it all stemmed from our previous Governor of the Mines.

The previous governor seemed to have disappeared suddenly, but before he disappeared, he had nothing unusual at all, and he just disappeared out of thin air.

I was a little scared when I heard this, but my dear told me not to be afraid, that it might be because the governor had run away after embezzlement, or had eloped with some mistress.

And he told me that this time His Majesty had appointed him here as Governor, both to oversee the iron mining in the Mountains of Eternal Sleep, and to investigate the disappearance of the Governor.

I wish the Governor had really disappeared because of embezzlement or something like a mistress. It sounds so uncomfortable for a person to disappear into thin air.

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August 30, Rain, Sun Festival.

It's a sun festival, but the rain makes the festival a bit ironic.

For some time, Sabu continued to stay in the mine as if he were addicted, and I was so stuffy that I was almost out of breath.

Now is the time when we need to be with Nari the most.

Is it because of your age? Nari will soon be ten years old, and she seems to be more and more active, as if she is very curious about everything in this world.

But sometimes, she would say something really terrible to me.

She said she often had nightmares about something buried beneath the land. A huge, indescribably large living thing.

It would often come into her sleep and talk to her, to talk to her. Because of this, Nari began to say strange words to me, some of which were so obviously complex that even I couldn't tell, but she could pronounce them accurately.

My daughter began to get strange, sometimes she would huddle in the corner of the room silently, crouching against the wall for the whole day, sometimes she would run around screaming incessantly, and sometimes the servants would not stop her.

I should have had a good talk with Sabu.

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October 10, foggy.

The weather was really bad today, and when I opened the window, the only thing I could see was a white expanse.

Pelican Town, which could have been easily seen, and the Eternal Mountain Range in the distance, are now all hidden in this thick fog.

I felt like I was encased in a glass enclosure, and I felt a strong sense of loneliness that made me feel uncomfortable.

I never imagined that it would be so reassuring for me to see that town.

I was a little scared, even though I knew it was unlikely, but I was really scared that if I reached out my hand, something would come out of this fog and bite off my arm.

Nari is becoming more and more disobedient, obviously the weather is so bad, but she just said that today is a sunny day, and she must run out.

I didn't catch her, and she ran out of the city and into the fog at once.

I couldn't see her, and I cried out in a hurry, but the servants ran out at once.

I'm really grateful to my minions for being able to get that kid back in such a thick fog, and I'm afraid I'd be lost in this fog if I were to find it.

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"What are you looking at? It's so exciting to watch. ”

Arrow, who was reading, suddenly twitched, and turned his head to see Napa now lying on his shoulder, looking at the diary in front of him.

Arrow exhaled and said, "Can you please stop calling me out of nowhere?" I almost scared you to death. ”

Napa snorted: "Why are you scared to death if you read a diary?" You've been keeping this diary since you brought it back from Swanstein Castle, so why did you think to read it now? ”

Arrow thought for a moment, simply bookmarked the diary, and said, "You have more experience than me, I want to ask you, do you know anything about the monster hidden under Swan Castle?" ”

Napa floated slowly to the table, lying on her stomach in the sun, and said, "Monsters? What monsters? ”

Airo explained in detail the process of the death of the grain, and after listening to it, Napa kept licking it with her two little paws, then wiped her face and said, "It's a bit like a kraken, because krakens have tentacles." But the Kraken shouldn't be in such a small place, right? And the size is not small when you hear it...... I've never heard of such a beast. ”

Arrow sighed and continued, "It's really strange that the underground pit doesn't look very damp, but the torch goes out when you throw it in. But when the grains are mostly inside, they don't show much difficulty breathing...... Of course, he didn't have much time to breathe in there. ”

Napa licked her balls of flesh again and wiped her face, and suddenly as if she remembered something, she said, "Although I don't know what that thing in the underground passage is, I may have guessed a little why Gu Duo ran to the underground passage." ”

Arrow: "Oh? Why? ”

Napa snorted, "Because of the ghost." ”

"Ghost ???" Arrow looked a little surprised, and after hesitating for a few seconds, he reached out and pointed in the direction of Coco's room, "Can a necromancer control a ghost?" ”

Napa snorted coldly again: "What you think is too beautiful, just that little girl's level of necromancy is far behind!" The ghosts in the room may be even more different than I know. ”

"Ghosts are good at psychic attacks, and can affect people's brains, causing all kinds of hallucinations and auditory hallucinations to naturally appear in human brains. To form a ghost, it generally requires strong necromancy and someone who has died with some resentment. This kind of thing is actually rare, because the power and investment required to create a ghost is completely incomparable."

"Although the ghost is good at attacking at the spiritual level, its weaknesses are also obvious. Like many necromantic beings, they are generally afraid of the power of the Light Plane. ”

Speaking of this, Napa glanced at Arrow, then wagged his tail a little lazily, and said—

"But even so, our guild doesn't currently have members with a Affinity for Light Magic, so don't think about ghosts anymore."

Hearing Napa say this, Arrow pursed his lips and began to look at the diary in his hand.

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November 20, rain.

It's another rainy day, and I'm very bored.

How many days is this? Why has it been raining for more than half a month, and it hasn't been sunny for a day.

The servants also looked abnormal, and in such a rainy climate, they would go to that town to buy things without umbrellas.

Sabu started ignoring me again, and I hadn't even seen him for days.

Every day he got up before the sun came up, and he didn't even come back until I went to sleep.

Sometimes I even wonder if he didn't come back at all.

But every morning when I get up, I see that the futon next to me looks like he has been asleep, so he comes back at least once a day, right?

Sometimes, I would hear him talking to me in a daze.

Am I dreaming?

In my dreams, his voice was so gentle, so beautiful. It was as if we had just been newly married, and we had a great time every night.

But without seeing him, I was really on the verge of collapse.

Tonight, no matter what, I must insist on waiting for him to come back without sleeping. I long to see Sabu, I must meet my husband!

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December 1st, sunny day!

Mom is fierce to me, I don't know where it's wrong, Mom is getting more and more fierce!

Mom never beat me before, but today Mom beat me!

They were so mysterious all day long that they wouldn't let me enter their doors. Moreover, every day my mother seems to be waiting for someone, and when she wakes up in the morning, she dresses up beautifully and stands on the balcony looking at the direction of the Changmian Mountain Range.

Today, something even stranger happened.

Originally, my mother's face was always dark, but today she smiled happily and even made me some delicious food!

But after noon, my mother shut herself in her room, as if she was talking to someone.

What to say? It's too vague for me to hear clearly. But Mom must be talking to a stranger.

I don't know why my mother didn't allow me to go out to play, but it would be a pity if I couldn't go outside in such good weather...... The man who was talking to my mother didn't know what he looked like, could I ask him to help me intercede with my mother?

Daddy hasn't been back for three days, Daddy...... Woowoo......

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Seeing this, Arrow put down the diary and turned his head to look at Napa next to him: "What do you think?" ”

Napa floated over and swept over the words one by one, her tail shaking slightly: "Feeling...... Something strange. By subtly influencing people's thoughts, or even creating illusions? What's more...... The mother and daughter were both saying that there was something wrong with each other, while the husband stayed in the pit all day long. Well...... I really can't think of any kind of monster that can do such a thing. Besides, this kind of thing is really unnecessary. ”

Arrow propped his chin and looked enquirious: "No need? Warcraft creates illusions to affect humans, where can this be called unnecessary? ”

Napa shook her head and said, "Of course hallucinations are fine, but the illusions created by the demonic beasts to other lifeforms are nothing more than acts such as predatory, fighting, and fighting for territory. Looking at the date, it's been more than half a year, and it's no good to keep creating illusions for so long, why spend so much effort doing these things. ”

Ero glanced at the journal again, frowned, and said, "Hallucination...... Is it? To be honest, I feel more like a mental effect than a hallucination. I should ...... this feeling."

At this point, Arrow shook his head violently and continued to read.

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December 31, Holy Night Sacrifice, rain.

It's really annoying weather, and there is still no intention of stopping after the Holy Night Festival.

The bad weather made Sabu feel a little uncomfortable. Although, I'm glad he's been back lately.

Today, he told me that the mining of iron ore has reached an impasse. The mines in the Sleep Mountains have not produced any mineral for a month.

The situation was terrible, and despite the fact that the miners were constantly ordered to dig underneath, the iron ore never appeared again.

I comforted Sabu, hoping that he would calm down.

Even though I don't know anything, in recent conversations with the servants, they have occasionally started to talk about the worsening of the cave-in, the number of people missing, and the danger of going down every time.

But Sabu didn't give up at all, and his face was full of confidence, and he kept telling me that he was convinced that there was something underneath the mine, and it was something very precious!

When I asked him where he got this confidence, he smiled at me and said that there was very reliable information.

I just hope that he is safe and that everything else is acceptable.

On top of that, I'm worried about the townspeople, who seem to be crazy, they all look weird, and some of the townspeople's faces are starting to deform. I don't know why there are so many bug-looking people in Pelican Town, it makes me feel a little disgusting.

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On January 4th, it snowed.

Dad didn't go to the mine again, and I was really happy.

I wanted my dad to play with me, and I was kept in the castle by my mom, and I felt like I was going crazy!

But every time I got close to my father, my mother would chase me away very fiercely.

Why? Dad is also my dad, why does mom want to see the enemy and not allow me to approach dad?

Mom, if you see my diary, tell me what I did wrong, why don't you agree with me playing with Dad?

Today, Dad got a lot of servants and said that he would dig a basement to use as a place to store food.

If you don't play with me, forget it, even the servant father who accompanied me to the snowball fight outside has been transferred.

I'm lonely, I want to play, I want to build a snowman with everyone, have snowball fights, roll around on the snow. I don't want to be here anymore, Mom and Dad hate it!

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February 1, foggy.

The rain stopped, but the fog came back up.

Today, Sabu killed two more townspeople. Because they are lazy, they have to pay with their lives.

At the same time, blood can also be appeased, and the soul can protect us from evil.

Sabu told me that there was an evil aura in Pelican Town, and I seemed to be able to see it when he said that.

The townsfolk began to resent my husband a lot, and I hated the way they looked at our family.

They are evil, and we are light. Since ancient times, light has been destined to triumph over evil! Their souls may not realize until they reach the other side how noble our cause will be.

I just hope Nari doesn't yell anymore, she's a little noisy about my dear husband working. Ten more men will be killed tomorrow, and their livers and hearts will be the best sacrifices. Even the servants are tired of killing, and it looks like I'm going to have to do it myself.

Sabu said that there was some light in the iron mines, but instead of going to the caves, he worked harder under our castle. Isn't it because we have a lot of iron ore veins hidden under our feet?

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February 18th, sunny day.

Today I snuck into the basement that my dad was digging in, but I was kicked out right away.

Dad looks so nervous, what's hidden in this basement?

I asked him, but my dad wouldn't tell me. Hum! Stingy.

My mom never seemed to look at my diary because she never wanted to be with me.

I saw that my father seemed to be talking to someone in the basement, and he was talking very reverently, and my father knelt down.

Is His Majesty the Emperor coming? I haven't met His Majesty the Emperor yet, so I'll definitely go in and see it next time.

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March 27, fine.

Finally, it's clear!

I've been living here for almost a year, and I've almost forgotten what it's like to have a sunny day.

Sabu said that the iron ore mines in the Eternal Sleep Mountains had completely ceased production, and it was estimated that it would not be long before the Empire would recall him and announce the cessation of the development of the Eternal Sleep Mountains.

I'm glad about it because I can finally get away from those bugs and go back to the big city with my husband. He won't have such busy days in the future, we can lie on the warm sand, bask in the sun, and enjoy a perfect vacation.

It's just that Sabu still doesn't seem to give up, but he always has a smile on his face.

Does he know something? Or did he find something?

Forget it, all of this is left alone, after all, we will be able to leave this hellish place soon.

I'm starting to get tired of dealing with those mobs, I can't kill them all, it's really just like bugs, nasty.

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April 22, thunderstorm.

This will be the last journal I will write here, right? Because tomorrow afternoon, our carriage will depart.

I was finally relieved that a lot of things could be worked out and that I wouldn't be stuck in this dirty cramped place anymore.

Sabu's eyes are really getting more and more beautiful when he looks at me, is he falling in love with me again? After so many years of marriage, it really embarrassed me that he looked at me like this again.

It's just that the mob came again, and Sabu said that my daughter and I should hide in the room for a while, and he would go out and deal with it. I closed the door, and he locked it outside to keep our mother and daughter safe.

Sab has said that it will take us to a better place, and I hope he is telling the truth.

In fact, even if it's fake, as long as you don't have to stay here, then anywhere will be millions of times better than here.

I'm just a little curious, why did the Sabu command the servants to put so much firewood in all corners of the castle? It doesn't seem to make much sense.

Forget it, he'll pick up our mother and daughter later. On the last night, I'll be patient.

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On April 23rd, the weather was fine.

We packed our things and got ready to get into the carriage and leave the place. Dad told me that we would go to a better place in the future and that our lives would get better and better, so, I believed in Dad.