The small town of Law, inside the black castle. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the reception room, William sat alone on the sofa, his eyes unblinking at the purple and yellow flames burning on the candlestick in front of him.

The Rhine mage and the knight Kane are like two door gods, one on the left and one on the right, on William's side.

The three of them didn't wait long, and outside the reception room, a series of footsteps sounded.

A burly man and two soldiers, with five women and a boy of five or six years old, carrying an old oil lamp, squeezed into the not empty reception room.

Of the five women, four were plainly dressed, and their slightly pale faces stood ten paces away with a hint of panic.

On the contrary, it was a woman in a blue aristocratic dress in the middle, with a slightly calm face, and she protected the little boy of five or six behind her, like a mother who guarded a calf.

William's indifferent gaze roamed around, and finally fell on the little boy.

The little boy was a little frightened by William's gaze, hiding behind the woman in the blue aristocratic suit, but he couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, and his big bright eyes kept peeking at William.

A smile suddenly appeared on the corner of William's mouth.

He beckoned to the little boy and said, "Little one, you go in, I want to take a good look at you." ”

The little boy was a little timid, but with his mother's encouraging gaze, he finally came slowly to the opposite of William, with a low long table between the two.

William lifted the candlestick, approached the little boy's face, and asked, "What is on your face, I thought it was a birthmark." But it doesn't seem to be. Who beat you with these bruises on your body?"

The little boy suddenly glanced at the burly man and the two soldiers, lowered his head silently, and replied, "I caught it myself, and my face is itchy." ”

William nodded. He lifted the little boy's chin and asked softly, "Just when I came up from downstairs, I found a large box. Do you know what's inside?"

A trace of horror and pain suddenly flashed in the depths of the little boy's eyes, and in the blink of an eye, it was replaced by firmness, and he replied in a trembling voice: "I... I don't know. ”

Hearing the little man's answer, the burly man and the two soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

William didn't seem to see it, so he changed the subject and asked, "Actually, I just want to know about ghouls." Ghouls, the man-eating monsters outside the castle, do you know something?"

"I don't know. The boy whispered, "But my mother knows something." That night, my mother fled from Mangrove Village, followed by a bunch of monsters like that. ”

When William heard this, he immediately asked, "Who is his mother?"

Of the five women, the woman in the blue aristocratic robe stood up: "I am the mother of the child. ”

Then, at William's request, the woman began to recount what had happened that night.

She said a lot and said it very carefully, but after throwing away all unnecessary trifles and worthless information, in the end, William grabbed an important word.

"I'm looking for mahogany from the village chief of Mangrove Village, and I want to buy a few to go back. At that time, a steward came to report that someone had drunk the well water from the well at the head of the village, and his stomach had been hurting endlessly, and he asked the village chief to come and have a look. The village chief was a little angry and said a few words about the steward, let the steward handle it himself, and then continued to talk to me about business matters. ”

Then the steward came running with a few soldiers, covered in blood, screaming monsters. ”

"You mean, the people of Mangrove Village became ghouls because they drank water from the well?" asked William suddenly.

The woman shook her head: "I'm just guessing, I'm not sure." More, I don't know. ”

William understood, and his mind jumped to the next question: "Have you women and children often been unable to eat lately?"

The woman was stunned for a moment, then admitted directly: "Indeed." We've been trapped in this castle, and the town outside is full of ghouls and we can't get out. Food is getting scarce and we can only eat one meal a day. ”

"You know what's in the downstairs box?"

When the woman heard this, she immediately fell silent.

It was a long time before she spoke, "That's my husband's body." My husband was scratched by a ghoul and we had to kill it as a last resort. If we make it out alive, I'm going to move its body out and bury it. ”

"You love your husband, don't you?"

"Yes. ”

"There are no signs of ghoul scratches or bites on your husband's body, except for man-made injuries. There's no way he's going to turn into a ghoul, are you deliberately hiding something?"

"No, I've already said everything I know. ”

A mist appeared in the woman's eyes: "Please, my lord, please don't ask anything about my husband anymore, I am in a very sad mood right now, and I don't want to talk about it anymore." ”

William nodded, asking no more.

He made a gesture, and Kane immediately moved and grabbed the three burly men.

This sudden scene made the burly man and the two soldiers puzzled, and wanted to resist, but nothing could be done, but they were found by Master Rhine for a rope and tied them to death.

"What are you doing, what are you kidnapping us for?" shouted the burly man and the two soldiers, struggling.

"Don't worry, I'm just doing a little experiment. ”

William said, took out a small knife and put it on the table: "I suspect that the three of you killed this lady's husband and imprisoned the woman here, abusing and torturing her. ”

"Say we're doing bad things, please show your evidence. The burly man said calmly.

William shook his head: "It's just because of suspicion, so I can't produce evidence." This lady has provided me with very valuable information, so I am ready to help them. ”

Finally, William got up and left the reception room. His voice drifted from afar: "I'll wait downstairs for three minutes." After three minutes, if I can get a few people down, I'll take a few people away. ”

Master Rhine smiled, picked up the knife on the table, handed it to the noble lady and said, "Don't talk about my young master, I can see a little bit wrong. If those three are really good people, you cut the rope that is tied to them. If the three of them do something sorry for you......"

Master Rhine said nothing and left the reception room with Kane.

It was a little dim downstairs, and William was sitting on the steps, silently lighting a cigarette and smoking.

When Master Rhine and Kane came down, there was a sudden scream from upstairs, which was heartbreaking.

William and the three of them waited for more than ten minutes before five women and a little boy walked down in despair, covered in warm blood. (To be continued.) )