Chapter 2

The coastal terrain here is rugged and treacherous, and if you go back to the Middle Ages, it is definitely a natural moat. Walking along the coast www.biquge.info you can see a harbor that stretches inland, and there is a suspension bridge on which you can run cars, and it only rises when the big ship leaves the port.

We walked into the harbor, and there were large wooden boxes full of items. Several forklifts were busy carefully loading some boxes of goods onto the truck and driving to the Grandel Estate.

"Excuse me, what's on board?" I asked a crew member who was unloading.

When the crew saw that we were strangers, they asked, "Who are you?"

"We were guests of Lady Grandel and wanted to visit the island. What are these?"

"It's loot from François's fleet. ”

"So much, it must be very valuable. ”

"We don't know, only Mrs. Grandall knows if it's worth it. ”

"Can I see what's in there?"

"These boxes have been sealed, and they are inconvenient to open, so you should not look at them. ”

I don't think I can find anything out of it, "Okay, I'm sorry." ”

"Let's not waste our efforts and wait until dawn," Isabel said.

"We'd better find a place to stay now, Madame Grandel didn't say let us stay on her estate. ”

"Let's look elsewhere. ”

As we left the port, we met a strange vampire, a tall, thin man with braided hair, a full beard, a cold gaze, and a little cataract in his left eye, who said to us in a hoarse voice, "Nice to meet you." ”

"Excuse me, ...... you," I said.

"I'm Ferdinand Jenkinson, Madame Grandall's security captain. It was about to dawn, and Mrs. Grandall had prepared a lodging for you, and had asked me to come to you, and I had gone about most of the island, and at last I had found you. ”

"Where's Fred?"

"You mean your brother?"

"That's right. ”

"He's with Melissa, don't worry about him. ”

"Then let's go. ”

Ferdinand took us to a villa by the sea, dropped us off and left.

The room was well stocked and there was a wide range of dresses and nightwear in the closet. I opened the fridge, grabbed two cans of soda, and gave Isabel one. I sat on the couch and drank and thought: if we don't know Miranda, go straight to Poppy Island, what will that guy François say to us, and what will he do to us?

"Honey, you're cranky again. Isabel said.

I gave her a smile, "Maybe François wasn't as bad as Miranda said." ”

"Are you suspicious of Miranda?"

"If she really wanted to hurt us, I think she would have done it a long time ago. ”

"At this time, we can't trust anything a stranger says. ”

"Miranda is no stranger to us, and now I'm going to go into her heart, to find out about her past, I wonder if I can do it? Now let's not investigate her details, it's about to dawn, and I want to sleep in peace." Are you going to sleep in a bed, or are you going to sleep in a coffin?"

"I'd rather sleep in a bed, but now I want to go take a shower. ”

"Then you go first. ”

She unbuttoned her shirt and slid her shirt from her angelic white body to the floor, revealing her sexy ****, **** and vest line, then picked up a bath towel and walked into the bathroom.

I'm going to wait until she's done showering before I'm going to investigate the Grandels, and if she wants to follow me, that's fine, I just don't need a helper. A quarter of an hour later, she walked out of the bathroom.

"I'd like to look for some clues about the Grandel family. I said.

She took off her bath towel and took a well-fitting pajamas from the closet and put them on, "It's too early to check, let's get to know the situation on the island first, I think it's more reliable, what do you say?"

"Alright then, listen to you this time. ”

"Let's take a break. ”

"I also want to go take a shower. ”

"Then you go. ”

I quickly took a cold shower. When I walked out of the bathroom, Isabel was already asleep, sleeping soundly on her side in the middle of the bed, and I slept myself in the coffin to avoid waking her up.

In my sleep, the lid of my coffin slowly opened, I don't know how long I had been asleep, and when I opened my eyes, it was dark in front of me. I involuntarily stood up and walked out of the coffin, Isabel still unawake. I looked out the window, it was still morning before I went to bed, and now why did it suddenly become night? I saw a dark shadow flash through the window. "Who?" I shouted, and immediately chased after him. It was pitch black outside, and when I saw the shadow walking towards the cemetery, I immediately chased after it, and when I reached the cemetery, I lost it. The cemetery was large, covered in a layer of fog that made it seem like there was some kind of mysterious power under the mysterious mist, but I was used to it. I couldn't help but turn my gaze to a stone tablet and read the words on it, and it was written with the name of Anthony Savano. "No, it can't be. I exclaimed. I looked at several steles in a row, but I didn't realize that the dead were all people I knew, such as Oult Simone, Reut Simone, Mario Leknia, Renaud Leknia, Margaret Wallace, Winora Lucas, Ingrid Lucas, why is this the grave of my dead companions? Oh my God! What the hell is going on? I also saw a grave that had been dug up, and walked over with curiosity, and at this look, cold sweat instantly soaked my underwear, and it was Frank lying in the coffin. "Nope. I screamed, I couldn't believe my eyes. Why are their graves in New Transylvania?How did Frank die?And I think of Isabel, maybe someone deliberately lured me away so that he could attack her. I rushed back to my lodgings and found Isabel lying motionless on the bed, the sheets completely stained with blood, and she had been murdered. At that moment, my world completely collapsed, and in the face of her corpse, I raised my head to the sky and roared, and at the same time, the whole room was instantly engulfed in flames.

Suddenly, the horrific scene disappeared, and I opened my eyes violently to find that it was a nightmare. "Alex, Alex. Isabel called out to me beside me, "It's time to wake up." ”

When I saw her appear next to me, I couldn't help but hold her in my arms at once.

"What's wrong with you, dear?" she asked.

"Thank goodness!thank God!" I muttered.

"I know you're having nightmares again. ”

I kissed her forehead and mouth, "It's okay, you're okay." ”

"You've slept a little long, it's been two quarters of an hour since sunset, and I saw you tossing and turning in the coffin, so I woke you up. ”

"It's horrible. ”

"Good thing it was just a dream, tonight was Melissa's birthday, and Miranda wanted us to go to her daughter's birthday dinner. She handed me an invitation, "Miranda sent someone to pick us up, and the car was parked outside." ”

I stepped out of the coffin, looked out the window at the vintage stretch luxury car, and quickly skimmed through the invitation. I thought: Miranda didn't know us very well, and I was flattered that she sent invitations to us strangers from afar for such an important birthday dinner, as if we had known her for a long time. Now that the invitation has arrived, we should respectfully obey her fate and accept her invitation.

I found a slim-fitting gown in my closet and put it on, and changed into shiny leather shoes. Wearing a snow-white bandeau dress and a pair of white high heels, Isabel was spotless, and she turned around twice in front of the mirror and asked me, "Alex, do you see me doing this?"

"You're so beautiful, dear!"

"Thank you!"

We went out and got in the car and set off.

When we arrived at the Grandel Manor, the square was filled with people who had come to the dinner, men and women were chatting and laughing, and everyone was walking into the ballroom, where the musicians were playing all kinds of elegant classical music.

Ferdinand Jenkinson and the security guards were dedicated to the security of the estate, and when Isabel and I walked into the hall with each other's arms, he greeted us warmly: "Dear Mr. Peterson and Miss Meloa, welcome to Melissa's birthday dinner, the banquet is about to begin, please hurry up and take your seats." ”

"Thank you!" I said.

Guided by a waiter, we were seated. I didn't know any of the guests at the table with us, but Frank sat in the seat closest to the podium, and I was proud of him for having no doubt that he must have been with Melissa.

"Is that Mr. Peterson, please?" asked a man across from me.

"Yes, what do you call him?" I said.

"I'm a friend of Melissa's father, Marcos Monet, and it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

"I'm glad to know you, too. ”

"This beautiful young lady next to you must be Miss Alice Meloa. ”

Isabel smiled at him, "Hello, sir!"

I just don't understand why we're so popular? We've only been here for a few days, and almost everyone on the island knows about us, could it be that we're in the light that Frank is Melissa's boyfriend?

"Where's the protagonist tonight?" I asked.

"Don't worry, wait for Mrs. Grandel to finish speaking. A man sitting next to me said.

Then, under the warm applause of the audience, Miranda walked up to the podium with a smile on her face, and after the audience was quiet, she said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am very happy that you can come to my daughter's birthday dinner tonight, my daughter will be seventeen years old tonight, I am very grateful for your support and care for her, and I will invite my daughter Melissa next." ”

Melissa stood up from her seat, she was wearing a red and white bandeau lace dress, as beautiful as a fairy tale princess. She cautiously walked up to the podium, lest she accidentally step on her beautiful dress. She stood on the podium, smiling, trying to fight the excitement in her heart, and with the encouragement of the applause of the audience, she quickly calmed down and said, "Tonight is my seventeenth birthday, thank you very much for coming to my birthday dinner! Thank you to everyone here! I hope you can have a great evening!" She then walked over to a six-tiered birthday cake and blew out a candle on top of the cake.

After a round of applause, the banquet began. At the same time, the ballroom was full of flowers, and we could see colorful patterns blooming in the night sky through the transparent glass wall and ceiling of the ballroom, and finally a line of "Happy Birthday" was displayed in the night sky, which made the protagonist of the banquet excited.

Frank and Melissa sat talking and laughing, and I was worried that Frank would get lost and blurt out our true origins. Elegant music played again, and the guests enjoyed the delicious food and wine on the table. Some gentlemen and ladies occasionally dedicate a song or dance to cheer up.

After the party went on for a while, a young man offered to ask Melissa to dance, but she refused, and the young man saw that she and Frank were so close, and his heart was jealous, he may have liked Melissa very early, and Frank was undoubtedly his greatest rival. When Frank asks Melissa to dance, Melissa doesn't hesitate to accept. The young man felt as if he had been humiliated, and I could see that he was so annoyed that he wanted to start a fight with Frank on the spot, but luckily no one noticed, or else he would not have known where to put his face. In desperation, the young man walked out of the banquet hall in great annoyance. I thought: there's a new story now.

Through the glass wall, I saw the young man pouring out his annoyance to Ferdinand at the fountain in a garden with a greenhouse effect, and he was so uncalm that he wanted to tear down the whole house.

"What are you looking at, Andre?" asked Miranda, who came over to me. She also saw the young man who was thundering around the fountain, "What happened to this crazy boy?" she put down her glass and walked quickly through the hallway to the fountain in the greenhouse.

I put down my cup and pretended to go for a walk in the garden with Isabel, when the young man glanced at me as I passed the fountain. "Hello!" I greeted him in a friendly manner.

When the young man saw that I was a stranger, he asked, "Do we know each other?"

"I don't know. ”

Miranda said, "These two are new to us, Robinson, and my guests, Mr. André Peterson and Miss Alice Meloa. Andre, this is Mr. Robinson Charles. ”

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Charles. I took the initiative to shake Robinson's hand, and then said to Miranda, "Mrs. Grandall, I'll go for a walk with Alice, and you talk first." ”

"You should hear about it. ”

"I'm here as a guest, what's going on here...... I still don't have to listen. ”

"No, the next thing is related to your brother, and it makes sense for you, the elder brother, to listen to it. ”

Robinson, who had not been calm for a long time, quickly became impatient, glared at me with red eyes, and yelled at me, "What, brother, that guy is your brother, go back and take care of your brother." ”

I pretended I didn't know anything, "Why is that?"

"Don't play dumb. ”

"Robinson, calm down. Miranda said.

"Madame, you promised me that you would marry your daughter to me. ”

But Fred is also Melissa's new friend, and it's normal for new friends to talk and laugh and dance together. ”

"She only seems to have that Fred in her heart. ”

"I don't think so. ”

"Madame, when I asked her to dance, she ignored me, and when Fred asked her to dance, she accepted without hesitation. ”

"Robinson, can you use your brains? Fred is new, and the more new he is, the more considerate he becomes, and if my daughter doesn't accept his kindness, Fred will mistakenly think that my daughter deliberately looks down on him as someone who has come from afar. Am I right, Mr. Peterson?"

"Madame is absolutely right. I said smugly.

"Okay Robinson, look at you like this, I always thought you were a personable and intelligent child, but your behavior just now was so disappointing to me, you made such an uncool move at my daughter's birthday dinner, it really opened my eyes, how can you let me rest assured that my daughter will marry you?"

Robinson immediately calmed down and apologized to me: "I'm sorry, Mr. Peterson! ”

I said, "It's all right, Mr. Charles, I'll tell Fred to stay away from Melissa." ”

"No, I didn't mean that, I just hope we can communicate more with each other and that we can be best friends. ”

"I hope so, too. ”

"Robinson, let me in and continue to the dinner, and stop playing with children's tempers. Miranda said.

"Yes, ma'am. Robinson went to the ballroom again.

"Andre, don't take it to heart, Robinson is like that. ”

"Don't worry, ma'am. I said, "I'm not going to take it to heart, I'll explain it to Fred if he had known." ”

"That's great, now I'm going to go in and continue to the dinner, you two talk slowly. Miranda turned and walked towards the ballroom.

"Do you want to tell Frank?" asked Isabel quietly.

"I hope he doesn't get too impulsive after listening to it. I said.