Chapter 4

The departure of Scat and Rockland has curtailed our strength, and they are never seen again in the Alps, only Margaret still waits in vain, still convinced that one day Scat will return. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

There has been no news since Frank went to France, and the team of the Dark Realm Society also went with my father to find the whereabouts of the Dark Elemental, and now there are only six people left. Renaud Leknia and Reut Simeone are not powerful vampires yet, they still need to hone and accumulate more experience for a long time, and if they run into werewolves now, it will undoubtedly be a dead end. I know that those werewolves could launch a surprise attack on the castle at any moment, but I don't want to think about it now, I just want to live freely, and hope that my father will one day return with his large army.

Christmas Eve finally came, a calm and cold night, with thick dark clouds obscuring the moonlight and stars, and the night sky was tirelessly falling with snowflakes. Dressed in noble and splendid costumes, we were honored to gather for the first time in the banquet hall on the tenth floor of the castle to welcome the first Christmas Eve since the castle was founded.

It is very spacious and bright, with tall pillars supporting the intricately crafted ceiling, decorated with medieval knights' armour, as well as a collection of famous paintings by Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. The long dining table is lined with silver cutlery and candlesticks, which are particularly luxurious against the backdrop of crystal chandeliers and candle flames. Mario took out his wine, but no one wanted to smell it, it was disgusting, and he was afraid he would have to drink the bottle by himself tonight.

We were in place very quickly.

"Alex, do you have any words of blessing?" asked Mario.

At the same time, everyone turned their eyes to me, and I could see that everyone was in a very cheerful mood and wanted to listen to my wonderful speech, but I couldn't express the happiness in my heart in words, and I was not good at expressing the joy in my heart in words. I stood up with my goblet in my hand, and I could only say a few words: "It's an honor to be here with you for the first major festival since the castle was built, this night is a very important night for me, I will never forget it, I wish you all a happy holiday, cheers!"

"Me?" she looked a little restrained.

"Don't be nervous, you can do it. Margaret encouraged her.

In front of everyone, she couldn't refuse. Now, the audience fell silent, quietly waiting for her singing. She began singing in an angelic voice: "silent-night, holy-night!all-is-calm, all-is-bright." round-you-virgin，mother-and-child。 holy-infant-so-tender-and-mild，sleep-in-heavenly-peace，sleep-in-heavenly-peace。 ”

Although it was only sung for a short time, it still attracted applause from the audience.

"Thank you!" Isabel said.

Reuth seemed a little careless, he kept looking at the window behind me, did he see something outside the window? I asked him, "Reut, what's wrong with you?" What do you see?"

"I ......," he said, looking uncertain.

The mood seemed a little downcast. Reutt must have seen something outside. Everyone may think that there are werewolves in their hearts, but the power grid outside is so dangerous, how can werewolves get in?

I used the excuse of going to the cellar to get wine and wanted to go out and see it alone. Oult wanted to join me, but I kept him waiting here.

I walked out of the ballroom alone, through the black and white marble floors and eerie hallways with skull chandeliers. The castle was so big that I felt like I had stepped into a lavish labyrinth. The snow still kept falling, as if there was no end to it. I went out the window of the banquet hall and my friends saw me, Mario raised his chin at me to indicate if there was a situation, I looked around and looked down at the courtyard again, and there was no sign of anything unusual.

When it came time to go back to the ballroom, I chose a different path. This is a road that passes through the Angel Hall, because the thick and tall white granite pillars on both sides of the hall are carved with angels of different shapes, so we call this hall "Angel Hall". Sometimes, the angels seem to be moving, and they open their eyes, but that doesn't arouse my curiosity, and once my curiosity intensifies, I encounter more bizarre things.

When I was halfway through the hallway, I suddenly felt someone behind me, who could it be? I couldn't help but stop, I felt that the person was six or seven meters behind me, I could feel that he was a man, and he was full of blood, and I could smell the smell of blood emanating from him, could it be that he climbed in at the risk of injury and life? If it was really a werewolf, he wouldn't be so stupid.

I turned around alarmedly, and saw a long, curly-haired man with a haggard and decadent face, who looked very weak, with a few bloody scratches on his neck, as if he had been wounded by the claws of a feline or canine, and the smell of blood from the wounds immediately filled the hallway. I quickly adjusted the focus of my glasses to see the man's face, he turned out to be Frank, and he must have had a nightmare experience. "Frank. I exclaimed, and then walked up to him and put my hands on his arm, "What the hell is going on?" I was both excited and worried.

He squirmed his lips, and after a long time said in a voice that was so faint that he could barely hear it, "I didn't expect me to come back alive, I'm really fated." There was no artificial blood at all, and the vampires who invented it went to Austria and almost killed me at the hands of werewolves, and I saw Scat and Rockland who had defected. ”

I know Frank's skills, and in my impression, he is the only one who bullies others, and he never gets hurt easily without others bullying him. And now, as if his fighting spirit had also been hit, I could see a trace of unquelled fear in his clear eyes. At this time, my friends who were in the banquet hall also came from the other end of the hallway, and they must have come to my aid because they were afraid that I would be in trouble. When they saw Frank, they couldn't help but be surprised.

I said to everyone, "Frank got lost alone and ran into a werewolf. ”

"He's hurt. Isabel said.

"Don't worry, it will be fine soon. ”

Frank, with a strong sense of oppression, insisted on cheering up and came with us to the banquet hall, where Margaret set up a seat for him and poured him a glass of wine, and he was very grateful, as if he felt the warmth of family. He said: "This is the first time I really feel the warmth of having a home, and although I used to have a home, I didn't cherish it. ”

"Can you tell us what's going on?" asked Mario.

"I've met a werewolf. ”

"Can you tell me how you escaped?"

"Mario. I interrupted Mario's question because I didn't want him to get to the bottom of it, and since Frank was still alive, I wouldn't ask anything that upset him. "Don't ask that yet, he's weak and needs to recover. ”

The wound on Frank's neck quickly turned from deep to shallow, slowly recovering, and he said, "It's okay, I can tell you that the so-called artificial blood is all a lie, I wonder where an idiot got such news?" He felt very aggrieved, and his expression was annoyed.

I patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't say anything, it's good that nothing happened to you, as long as you come back alive is better than anything." ”

He scoffed, and said no more.

In order to raise everyone's mood and soothe the wounds in Frank's heart, I made a big grin and funny look and said, "Tomorrow is Christmas, everyone should be happy, let go of your worries, and think back to some happy things in the past." My mind raced, and I remembered some interesting things from my youth, "Do you remember the man Kavilan Nobic?"

"Of course, that's our history teacher. Mario said.

"Yes, that's him. I had a fight with Cadra Mannington in the class, and when I was in class, I would throw a snowball at me, and I dodged it, and it hit Professor Nobic's face, causing the whole class to laugh. ”

"I remembered that Kadra had also been kicked out of class by Professor Nobic. ”

"Since then, everyone has also learned to use snowballs to get revenge on those they don't like. ”

"I miss that era so much. ”

"It doesn't matter, the history of Poppy Island will always remember us. ”

Mario and I helped us to become much more cheerful, and we talked and laughed with childlike grace, drank from night to dawn, and then rested in our coffins in our respective rooms for a whole day.

It wasn't until the afternoon that we woke up from our sweet dreams. It was Christmas and we prepared a Christmas tree, and the brothers Simone and Leknia were in charge of hanging the sweets and colorful decorations.

When night falls, the whole world is plunged into joy, we enjoy food and wine together, and share the happiness of previous years together, as if there is only laughter and happiness in the world. At that moment, I looked up at the night sky, as if I saw my future, and I saw a poppy island with no war, no disappointment, only glory.

Christmas and Carnival Night went smoothly and happily without any uninvited guests offending us, and I am sure it was a great start to our lives as well.