I don't know what method the prince ghost used, but the wall, which I had not been able to find a way to open, slowly became transparent, like the magic door before, until it disappeared before my eyes, revealing a black staircase.

I cautiously tried to move towards the staircase, and when I reached the doorway, I could feel a slight cool breeze blowing, and it seemed that the staircase must lead directly to a relatively large, well-ventilated space.

"Prince? I can call you that, right? Where does this lead to this? ”

Although I have not seen the ghost until now, nor do I know where it is, I have only confirmed his existence by sound, but now that I have made a deal with him, I don't think he will suddenly disappear.

But if you think about it, believing him is actually a very risky and helpless thing. The risk was because the only way I communicated with him was what he had told about what had happened in this castle, but that was also his story, and even conflicted with the mermaid's words, and I had no way of confirming whether what he said was the truth.

And the helplessness is because, in such a strange environment, there is still a danger that my heart will be gouged out at any time, and I am an out-and-out war scumbag, the wisest choice is to find my companion first, whether it is wolf teeth, forest cliffs or others such as Yu Pu, one more person is always one more guarantee. But now I'm really blinded, I don't know how to find it, I don't know where to look for it, and I even wonder if I'll get lost in this intricate castle.

Well, this castle is really complicated for me, but I know how crazy I am. To this day, I still vividly remember the first time I went to high school to report. The layout of my high school building is actually very simple, there are four floors, there is a staircase on the left and right sides, and in the middle of each floor is a hall, and there is also a staircase on each side of the hall, and each floor is a straight corridor on its own, and nothing else. In such a simple way, because I left a little late when I first reported it, I was the only one left after the class meeting, which caused me to walk around the "intricate" school building like this castle for about half an hour, and finally looked up and found myself standing back at the door of my classroom. Since then, I've been convinced that I can do whatever I want, just don't let me know the way.

Therefore, even for this reason, I am afraid that I can only choose to believe in this ghost who claims to be a prince, because I need someone to show me the way.

"This is the attic on the third floor of the castle, and from this staircase you go down to the second floor."

The prince's voice came from nowhere, and I was used to this way of communication, and I didn't feel frightened as before, but asked him calmly.

"The second floor is divided in half by a staircase, right? We were taken to the guest room before, we checked over there, there is only a corridor except the guest room, there are no other rooms, and we haven't seen it for the other half of the day, is the rest of the room on the other half? ”

"Yes, that's right." The ghost's voice replied, "On the other side there are three more rooms, one facing the guest room, the room at the end of the hallway, which is my parents' room, the other is the room next to them, which is my room, and the other is the music room, which has a piano in it, and I used to love it there, but I haven't seen it for a long time." ”

"Are there only three rooms?" I thought slightly, although I had not yet been to the other half of the second floor to check, but after a vague glance before, I could safely say that there were definitely more than three rooms there.

The stairs leading from the third floor to the second floor are very long, and there is no light, in such darkness, I feel like I am about to step on the air without taking a step, every step makes me tremble, the hand holding the wall next to me can't help but clasp hard, my fingertips are rubbed by the rough wall and hurt, but I don't dare to relax at all, knowing that if I really step on the air, I can't grasp the flat wall to borrow strength, but I still can't help but scratch the unevenness on the wall with my fingers.

"Why do I think your castle is so weird? And it also seems a little too small. "I talked to the ghost, firstly, to collect more information about the environment, and secondly, because the number of rooms that the ghost had just said did not match what I saw, which made me test his mind a little. Just because I took a risk and reluctantly chose to trade with him doesn't mean I fully trust him. If I find out that something is wrong or that he has other plans for me, I will immediately terminate the deal with him.

"This is not our main castle, it can only be regarded as a temporary residence for us, and it was after that incident that my parents brought me and her here to hide their eyes."

I know that the "she" in the ghost's words refers to the merfolk, and according to the ghost, the king and queen came here after the curse began? And the purpose is to hide people's eyes and ears from others to find out about their evil deeds of cannibalism? It makes sense why the castle was so small, and why there wasn't a single servant except for those two.

As we spoke, we had reached the bottom of the staircase, and we could already see the dim candlelight coming in from the top of the staircase. For a moment I stopped talking, and stood quietly against the wall with bated breath, hiding myself in the darkness, listening only to the movement outside.

I waited quietly for a while, and did not hear any sound, then I clutched my knife tightly and mustered up the courage to walk to the staircase and to the second floor.

"By the way, I just forgot to ask you, do you know what the lock on the mermaid is, and what is the key to activate that little space in the attic?" I asked the ghost as quietly as I could, not daring to turn up the volume at all, and even the words that came out became angry. But the ghost probably didn't "listen" to what I said, and even if my voice was small, it picked up my questions.

"I don't know, the lock and the space you said are all after I die, so I don't know."

However, no matter how nervous I was, the ghost seemed to have no consciousness of lowering his voice at all, and still answered my question at a normal volume, and as soon as I heard his voice, I turned pale because of the volume, and did not care about his unhelpful answer, and hurriedly opened his mouth to ask him to lower his voice, but before I could speak, he continued.

"Don't worry, my words are only heard by people I want to hear, and that person will hear them, you don't have to worry that I will expose your location."

I breathed a sigh of relief when I heard the ghost's words, and at the same time leaned vigilantly against the side of the stairs, and stretched out my head to look at the situation in the corridor on the second floor, at least as far as I could see, and there was no sound from the deep darkness, I could breathe a sigh of relief for a while.

At this point, the ghost said, "If you're looking for that key... According to my guess, it should be something that is also very important to my parents, it is unlikely that they will carry it with them, they do not have the habit of carrying important things with them, on the contrary, the more important they are, the less they put on them, and from what I know about them, they prefer to hide important things in an unexpected place, so that even if you see it, you can't guess that it is what you are looking for. ”

"Huh?" I frowned, "What does that mean?" Don't carry it with you, but hide it in an unexpected place? Out of the blue... What does it mean? ”

"Hide in a place you don't expect, for example, if he wants to hide a gem and you haven't seen it, he will definitely not use the method of putting it in a secret room or burying it in the earth, but will set it in a large and generous way, and then put this thing as an ornament wherever you want, so that even if you see the gem, you will not think that it is the one you are looking for."

This...... How to find it?

I frowned again and thought for a moment before asking, "That's... Where will his jewel-encrusted ornaments be placed? ”

The ghost seemed to be thinking as well, and after a moment replied, "Let's go and see in his room, I think it's more likely to be in his room." ”

Maybe it's bigger? I'm not satisfied with this answer, but there's no way, and in this situation, I can't give up the slightest clue. Thinking like this, I could only sigh helplessly, remembering what the ghost had said before, that his parents' bedroom was directly opposite the guest room, which should be the end of the corridor here......

Speaking of which, the staircase that connects the attic to the second floor is itself connected to the end of the second floor, so I just turned my head and found the door to the room I was looking for.

Swallowing my saliva, I clenched the knife in my right hand, pressed my left hand on the door with a slight force, and pushed it in.

Fortunately, nothing terrible happened, such as the reaction force inside the door pushed me back from the inside, pushing the door open a small gap, and suddenly a bright light slanted out of the gap. Afraid of being seen by the people outside, I didn't dare to hesitate anymore, so I hurriedly opened the door of the room, and after entering the room in a flash, I closed the door tightly.

The room and the corridor are completely different environments, the room is brightly lit, the strong light makes my eyes that have been in the dark for a long time very unaccustomed, the sour and stinging sensation came, my eyes were instantly stimulated to tears, hurriedly blinking to adapt to the light, while squinting and looking around.

There was no one in the room, the lights were bright, and the décor was luxurious, but it was not a place where the average person could relax and be comfortable.

For example, when I turned my head, I saw a ...... standing by the door Skeleton!