Chapter 261: A Story Without an Ending
"Yes, I know it's reckless, the inexplicable appearance of the castle, the bizarre death of the mount, and the somewhat eerie atmosphere, the adventurer with a modicum of common sense will definitely choose to leave, and the farther away the better. However, you know, sometimes, bad weather and physical exhaustion can make you ignore a lot of things, or rather, make you subconsciously take chances with those weird things. ”
"I don't know who shouted, 'Hey, brothers, we're elite adventurers, and those terrifying giant winged serpents didn't scare us, so what about an ancient castle? ’”
"I don't know if it was Aven, Pete, or Derick. In short, the impression here is somewhat blurred. Anyway, after this sentence was said at that time, all the bizarre and strange places seemed to become commonplace. Undead, monsters, elementals, monsters, unknown creatures from other planes, this world has everything, but most of us are still alive and well.
"Besides, we've killed all of these guys ourselves, so it's not a big deal. After figuring it out, something called 'courage' seems to come back to us. Sometimes, it's hard to tell what is reckless and what is courage. ”
"What's more, we just wanted a shelter from the elements, and we didn't necessarily have to go inside the castle. We didn't even need to knock on the door, we didn't need to communicate with anyone inside the castle if the castle guards didn't spot us, or drove us away. ”
"The first person to agree with this suggestion was Derrick...... , no, it's Aven...... Wait, I seem to be the first to agree. No, I'm the third because I like the number 'three'. Forget it, there's nothing to dwell on here. Anyway, we agreed to take refuge in the castle from the rainstorm. ”
"After moving the dead mount to the side of the road in the rain, we began to gallop down the fork in the road. To be honest, I was quite sad at the time, because my mount was a purebred highland warhorse, and it cost me three hundred and twenty gold coins, and even now that I think about it, it still hurts my heart. ”
"As I passed by the sign with the black swan on it, I casually glanced at it. The sign is marked with the four gilded characters of 'Black Swan Castle'. There is also a small line below the gilded lettering, which reads - 'The pleasures of the world are always short-lived, so the desire is extraordinarily strong'. It has to be said that the owner of that castle seems to have the potential to be a bard, but such a discovery does not help us much. ”
"It was a castle of considerable age, and its mottled walls were covered with roses with stalks and strings of wisteria. The tiny purple flowers were shattered by the rainstorm, and the faint fragrance of the flowers filled the air. At that time, the arched gate of the castle was closed, and the outer gate was adorned with two black swans with their heads and necks hanging low. When we came running, there were no guards in the castle walls or watchtowers, and no one told us not to approach. This is undoubtedly a good sign. Well...... , in fact, it is not very good, but at least it is not bad. ”
"In fact, we didn't intend to knock or call on the door, the wide eaves at the gate and the small passage outside the door were enough for a few of us to shelter from the rain. There's no warm fireplace and no hot drinks, but it's much better than just being in the rain. ”
"The torrential rain has been going on for a long time and shows no signs of stopping. Derick said it would be at least until early tomorrow morning before a sunny day could be seen. Donne, on the other hand, complained that after the rain stopped, we would have a long way to go without our mounts. Evan was discussing with Pete why mounts were dying one after another for no apparent reason, and Pete insisted that something must have happened near the tree where the mount was tied when we killed the giant winged snake dragon that we didn't know about, otherwise the mounts would not have died, and his Muliel would not have disappeared mysteriously. ”
"Pete misses his little mare, and so do I, miss my three hundred and twenty gold coins, and wonder to myself why I had bought such an expensive mount. While the Highland horse did earn me a lot of eyeballs among the adventurers, I thought I should use the fraction of that money to buy a more modest horse, and then use the remaining three hundred gold coins for something else. In fact, I thought about it for a long time, and I didn't think about what I was going to do with this money except for enjoyment and splurge, because I had no plans to open a hotel at that time. ”
"We had a simple bite to eat. Tough jerky, soaked in saliva before eating, but it tastes good, sweet figs, picked from the fig trees you meet on the way, and some goat's cheese and rye beer that is about to bottom out in a wine bag. Yes, we were a little short of money, or rather, we wouldn't have taken on Count Louis's mission to kill the Giant Winged Serpent. ”
"It didn't take long for it to get dark, and we arranged the order of our night's duty and began to rest. I'm the third, the one around the wee hours of the morning. It's going to be harder, but I'm used to it. I can get myself to sleep and wake up very quickly, and you know, only the most powerful adventurers can do that. ”
"But just as I fell asleep, something very strange happened. I've accomplished countless missions in my life, traveled across continents and many half-planes, and encountered all sorts of bizarre and bizarre events. But no matter how many of these things happened to me, the one that happened at the time was enough to be in the top three. ”
"You can guess...... , well, well, without such a big boo, I'll tell you directly. Hey, Eugene, your broken glass is going to be counted on your account. Barrett, don't throw bones around, Marlinnicle is going to be angry, enough tips? Okay, whatever you ......want."
"You can't imagine that this is ridiculous. I was in my sleep, and I had a vague feeling that someone was touching the area between my legs, when in fact, we were all men in the team! Could anyone have that hobby? Hey, I'm not discriminatory, but I'm not really interested in it. Then I woke up and struggled twice to sit up. But suddenly I realized that I couldn't move my hands and feet!"
I turned my head and looked around in horror to see myself lying on a soft, comfortable bed of veils. My limbs were spread wide and chained to the pillars at the corners of the bed. There is a soft hand moving back and forth in my place......"
"There are also ladies here, so let's skip the specifics. I was just struggling desperately and turning my head to look at the owner of the hand. The woman was lying next to my bed, wearing a long light gray dress with an apron around her waist. Her face was obscured by a veil, but I could still tell from the familiar dress and hazy countenance that this woman was actually my childhood neighbor, Miss Leona!"
"Yes, I don't deny that I had some unpleasant thoughts of this gentle woman when I was a child, but it was just a vision of a boy's formative years, hey, who hasn't? Unless, she's a mage—that's impossible, or something else. ”
"'Shhh, don't struggle, Leslie. The woman said to me, she knew my name, 'Pleasure is always short-lived, so enjoy it.' No, in fact I was terrified—my companions were gone, I didn't know when I was in this room, and most of all, I was tied to my bed. I was even overly frightened, so, you know, it didn't show any kind of peculiarity there. ”
"Miss Leona—let's call her that—that soft, delicate hand still caressed, but my attention was not there. I calmed down and bit the tip of my tongue hard. The pain spreads on the tongue and should not be a dream. So, what is this woman in front of you? Is it a succubus from the endless abyss, or is it a lust demon from Barto's hell? or something else I don't understand? What does she want from me? And most importantly, how do I escape?"
"I looked sideways at Miss Leona, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly under the hazy veil, 'My little Leslie is quite shy, and you used to be quite bold when you peeked at me.' She laughs. Well...... I'd like to make it clear here that 'little Leslie' was referring to me, and nothing else, because I wasn't really very old at the time.
"Then I asked, 'Miss Leona, do you know where my companions have gone?' and then she leaned her head over and blew in my ear, 'Don't think of them, it's just you and me here.' Her breath was a little strange, in fact the whole thing was strange, but it suddenly made me feel like I had caught something. But I didn't know what I had caught. I pondered as Miss Leona slowly pressed her whole body over, moving faster and faster. I'm trying to resist, but, you know, sometimes a part of you doesn't listen to you, and the more you don't want it to happen, the more it wants to be. ”
"Hey, guess how I ended up escaping?"
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