Chapter 49: The Orphan's Grievance (Revision)
Catherine leaned against the high wall of the courtyard, curled up in the corner, and looked blankly at Albert Castle in front of her. In the windows of some floors of the castle, you can faintly see the blazing fire. The ancient castle that has ruled the Odia region for more than 300 years will probably be a pile of rubble after tonight.
Catherine was extremely frightened by the sight of her, she was in a position close to the castle gate, and as long as she turned around and went out, she could still leave the castle through the stone bridge.
However, the innkeeper who still has the charm is not willing to leave here like this. Unlike other townsfolk who were dominated by anger and fear, she had come to Albert Castle alone not to seek justice from the Alberts or to find a cure for the disease.
Catherine had a feeling that if she didn't come to her little lover tonight, the young Dr. Stan would be lost in her life forever.
In the heart of the innkeeper, a cold voice reminded her to leave here immediately and find a safe place. Even if she had found Wellington Stein, the promising young doctor would probably not have her in mind, and they would never have a happy ending.
However, another voice always tempted and inspired her, and the young man, unlike the others, would surely leave his chest to her, as he had done in the inn.
"Catherine, why are you here?" Just as the innkeeper was at a loss, a familiar voice sounded in her ears.
"Wellington!" Catherine turned her head in astonishment, looking at the figure in the distance who was staggered by the crowd, but still struggling to move in this direction, her eyes flashing brightly.
"Wellington!" The innkeeper stretched out her arms and flew into Qin Lun's arms like a bird, her plump body almost stumbling the young doctor.
"What are you doing here, are you sick too?" Qin Lun hugged the woman's soft and plump flesh and asked a little confused.
"I ......" the usually spicy and shrewd proprietress had a hint of blush on her face, quite embarrassed. For the innkeeper who has been living independently since she was a teenager, this is really not easy to explain.
"Alright, anyway, let's get out of here first!"
Looking at the innkeeper with her hair in a messy bun and her skirt full of mud, Qin Lun's heart moved, and he pulled her towards the stone bridge.
As soon as the two of them squeezed out of the castle gate, Qin Lun suddenly felt a chill on his neck, and couldn't help but look up at the sky.
"It's raining!" Reaching out to catch a bean-sized droplet, Qin Lun sighed in his heart.
Until then, he had been worried that the storm that had been brewing for a long time would delay the townspeople's arrival at Albert Castle. And now...... For the Alberts, the rain had come too late!
"Wellington, your shirt is torn!" Catherine frowned and flipped through Qin Lun's sleeves, and after finding the little lover, the proprietress no longer cared about the chaos around her, and pressed the young man's arm tightly on her plump chest, and was no longer willing to let go.
"Hehe, go back to the hotel, you can help me sew it!" Qin Lun patted the back of Catherine's hand, the proprietress who was still nervous and flustered just now showed the calmness of Taishan who collapsed in front of him and did not change her face, which made him feel very surprised.
"Hmm!" Catherine nodded happily, like a young girl in love.
"Look, what's that?" Behind them, they suddenly remembered the panicked screams of some townspeople.
Qin Lun immediately turned his head vigilantly to look, only to see some black dots leaping out of a floor-to-ceiling window in the middle of the castle.
A few of the black dots jumped out of the window and then spread their huge bat wings, like gliders, against an ever-increasing storm and swept across the dark sky. There are also a few black dots that cling to the castle's exterior walls and climb down like apes. Among them, a silver-white figure stands out the most.
"Catherine, you go first!" Qin Lun stared at those black dots and pushed the innkeeper away.
"No, I'm going to be with you, I'm going to go together!" Catherine's face changed, not only did she not let go of Qin Lun, but she hugged her tighter.
"Catherine, listen to me, it's not safe for you to be with me." Qin Lun shook his head solemnly, "You run with those fleeing townsfolk and hide in the forest!" When it's all right, go straight back to the hotel, and I'll look for you!" ”
"You promise!" The innkeeper bit her lip with a pale face.
"I promise!" Qin Lun showed a stiff smile.
Catherine glanced at her little lover wryly, and walked back to the stone bridge step by step.
Seeing the innkeeper being coaxed away by himself, Qin Lun breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, turned around and rushed towards the castle courtyard. The doctor's face was a little ugly, there were too many werewolves and vampires, and it was normal for Nova and the others to not be able to stop them. But he didn't realize that before he could escape into the hillside woods, werewolves and vampires had already escaped from the banquet hall.
Compared to the exorcists, I am afraid that these werewolves and vampires hate themselves even more. Although they are now running for their lives, if they find themselves, they will lose their minds and chase him first. Catherine was too dangerous to stay with him, and the innkeeper would have been safer alone.
As for Qin Lun himself, he felt that it was not a good idea to flee to the woods on the hillside, but it was safer to hide among the townspeople in the courtyard. After all, he, unlike Catherine, is the focus of hatred. In the sparsely populated woods, if you are discovered by werewolves and vampires, you will have no way out.
Contrary to the previous moment, the appearance of werewolves and vampires caused the townsfolk in the courtyard to panic a little, and some of the crowd began to flee towards the outside of the castle.
Qin Lun could only swim against the current again, squeezing effortlessly back into the courtyard and hiding behind a neat bush.
"These exorcists are useless!" The doctor gasped and cursed to himself. However, he also knew in his heart that it was not Nova and their fault, there were too many rioters in Albert's castle, and he didn't expect that after spending so much time, he still couldn't get out of the castle.
"Whew!" The silvery-white werewolf quickly descended to the ground and roared loudly at the townsfolk in the courtyard. The townsfolk retreated in fear, spreading out in a large circle in the courtyard.
"Laura!" Looking at the silver werewolf with red eyes, Qin Lun let out a long sigh.
With no Miller by Laura's side, it seems that the youngest member of Albert has not been able to escape.
"Surround it, don't let it go!" A group of people rushed out of the main entrance of the main castle hall with torches in hand, led by the official Toti Holy Healer and several mayors of the town, and behind them, a group of heavily armed town vigilantes.
Seeing the appearance of several mayors, the faces of the townspeople finally regained their composure. Although the werewolf that Laura turned into looked hideous and terrifying, it was not an unacceptable horror creature for these townspeople who lived in the mountains and forests and were accustomed to seeing wild beasts.
Looking at the group of vigilantes armed with muskets and long knives behind Toti's Holy Healer, Qin Lun's heart moved, and he slowly stood up and walked towards the crowd.
The death list had already hinted to him that Laura was the werewolf progenitor and, if nothing else, one of the two key figures in the beginning of the Dark Age. If Laura had died here early, would the Dark Ages have appeared, and in what direction would the history of this world go?
Qin Lun had countless thoughts spinning in his heart, and reason told him that he had achieved all his goals and should not continue to venture in front of Laura. However, at this level, many victims appeared in front of the doctor's eyes.
Otto, Bligh, Frank, Mary, Elizabeth, Baron Albert, and even Bonie's half-demonic countenance, the victims seemed to murmur something to him.
Maybe by killing a werewolf ancestor, the Dark Age will be shortened again, and the Shattered Starry Sky will be able to plunder more World Origins, and the rewards for your own World Exploration will be higher?
Qin Lun instinctively refused to think of those sacrifices, and slowly approached the crowd in an ambivalent psychology, and when he came back to his senses, he found that he had unconsciously come to a not far away from Toti and the others.
"Dr. Stan, are you still alive? That's great! Totti's eyes suddenly lit up, and he saw Qin Lun outside the encirclement.
"Wellington Stan!" The silver-white human wolf turned his head sensitively and looked at the culprit of the qiē that led to zhì, and a spark of hatred appeared in his red eyes.
"yes, I'm alive!" Qin Lun shook his head with a wry smile and walked to Totti's side, since they had already discovered it, then there was no need to hide it anymore, "How is the situation upstairs?" ”
"I haven't had time to enter the banquet hall yet, but I've just heard from a few of my companions. The situation was terrible, Lady Nova died, Bony and Maier were seriously injured, and the other exorcists were barely able to move. I left a few paramedics behind and came down again! Totti said with a solemn face.
Nova is dead? Qin Lun's heart moved, this rugged overlord flower was powerful, I am afraid that this incident made her life and death determined, so she would seek benevolence in the battle.
"Wellington Stan, I didn't expect to see you here!" The werewolf's hateful gaze made Qin Lun feel a slight tingling on his face.
"Miss Laura, please forgive me for the hurt I have caused to the Albert family!" Qin Lun smiled and nodded at Laura.
"Why, why do you have to kill us, we didn't hurt humans like evil witches, we are not guilty!" Laura stared at the doctor in disgust.
"The loneliness and sadness of the loss of loved ones one by one makes you crave affection and recognition, and turns the people around you into inhuman creatures one by one. While giving them immortal life, he also left this sorrow to them forever. Qin Lun lowered his eyelids slightly and said lightly.
"When you become werewolves and vampires, no matter how many humans you surround you, you are just another form of orphan. You guys...... You can only walk in the darkness, and you will never be able to coexist with humans! Your sorrow is the death of orphans, and your resentment is the resentment of orphans! It cannot be forgotten, nor can it be extinguished! ”
"Miss Laura, your existence is a sin!"