"It's been seventy years, Alyssa. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" An old man with gray hair curled up in a luxurious high-backed chair, his scarred withered hands gripping the armrests on either side of the chair, but he still trembled uncontrollably. He was now wearing the soft armor lined with the steel armor of the troops, as if to tell everyone that he had once been a formidable warrior, though there was no one else in this lonely castle except the maid who had been with him for many years, although he could no longer wear the armor of his youth over the dummy behind him.

"Yes, it's been seventy years, Lord Regulus. The maid beside him, whose face was also wrinkled as if a cold old skin that did not belong to her, was placed on a skeleton several times smaller, and she served the old man in the high-backed chair a cup of black tea, and added nightshade juice and dragonclaw powder, which he loved best, and she had known it by heart for decades.

Located in the southern part of the Psychedelic Ocean, the island of Os, the legendary birthplace of magic, it's no surprise to have such an eerie castle in the middle of the wilderness.

It was pitch black everywhere in the castle, except for the moonlight from the floor-to-ceiling window facing the old man whom the maid called "Lord Regulus", and the crow, a symbol of death, swept past the window, and the hoarse cry brought the dead silence in the castle to the window. The room where the old man was located was more like an exhibition room, and the walls behind it were covered with specimens made of the heads of various beasts, and the most terrifying thing was the skulls of the dragon at the top. The bookshelf on the left side of the room was not a single book, but was filled with glass jars, all filled with blood-red liquid, and the contents of which were soaked in the jars might not have been labeled with parchment, probably no one would have thought that it would be the heart of a dragon. The labels had words such as "Red Dragon's Heart" and "Frost Dragon's Heart", so it seemed that the blood-red liquid must be dragon's blood, but there was only one ornate jar in the middle that was a little different, and there was no bright red blood in the jar, but instead it was as clear as holy water from the sky, and through the glass you could clearly see that the heart was slightly blue, different from any dragon's heart on the shelf, and the label of the jar was "her heart".

"Seventy years have passed since we first met in this castle, and in those seventy years my former friends have all abandoned me, and all my former enemies have died at my hands, and you are the only one who has always been by my side, why is that?" asked Regulus, his voice trembling.

"Because since we first met seventy years ago, I've been yours. Whether you are the second young master at the beginning, the dragon slayer later, or the current Lord Regulus, my life is only to be by your side and serve you forever. Alyssa replied calmly and slowly.

"yes, 'Dragon Slayer,' that's what they call me...... I've spent most of my life fighting dragons, you know why......" The old man's eyes twinkled, and Alyssa knew he had opened the conversation to tell the bleak story that had destroyed him completely.

"It's because of her. Alyssa replied calmly.

"She, Keyales, the love of my life, I must save her, I must save her......"

"Sir," Alyssa frowned, interrupting him cruelly, as she walked straight to the bookshelf full of glass jars, took down the unusual jar with a pale blue heart, and sighed deeply as she returned to Regulus, "Do you remember what this is?" she handed over the jar with trembling wrinkled hands.

"It's ......" Regulus felt a thump in his heart, adding another wound to his already broken heart.

"But Yalais is gone, and it's the only thing she can leave - her heart. Alyssa's words were calm and cruel.

"No, no, I'm going to save her, that's the only reason I'm living......"

"She's been dead for years, have you really forgotten how she died?"

"Ahh......h I killed her with my own hands...... I killed her with my own hands!"

Seventy years ago, one of the few non-magical Vodjanov family castles on the island of Oss had been visited by a handful of visitors for decades, and the illusion-loving Fiti family had recently suffered a tragedy, and the last remaining member of the family, Alyssa Fipyrne, who was only five years old at the time, was led to the Vodganov family's castle by a steward who had escaped. The steward of the Fik family had helped Regulus's father, Fake Wodgarof, the owner of the castle, many years ago, so he hoped that Fick would adopt Alyssa on the basis of his old kindness, after all, he was too incapable of taking care of the young Alyssa due to a terminal illness that could die at any time. Fick agreed. The old butler was so relieved that he kissed Alyssa on the forehead and left the castle.

For the young Alyssa, that day was a day she will never forget, and then after the baptism of the years, the tragic history of the extermination of the clan has passed with the wind, but she always remembers every detail of that day, because it was the day she saw him for the first time.

Alyssa remembered that day, after the butler left, the serious-looking blue-eyed uncle who was standing on the stairs of the hall slowly walked down, stretched out his hand to her, and said, "Come, come with me, Alyssa." "The words are less like invitations and more like commands. Alyssa trembled and grabbed one of Fick Vodjanov's fingers, and was led through the open courtyards, deep corridors, and old walls that were on the verge of crumbling. She noticed that everything in this castle was different from her previous home, her previous home, like most of the families on the island of Os, was full of all kinds of runes carved with spells, various colorful spell decorations hanging in the air, the dazzling sky created by illusions, etc., and the library was full of countless spell books and scrolls, and the magic hallways brought fun to life, and the corridors built with spells could always surprise people. But there was not a trace of magic in the place, there was no colorful spell decoration on the walls, only all kinds of dull swords and shields, the corridors did not bring any surprises of change, only the same gloomy and fixed armor, and there was no library here, for all the places where books could be stored were replaced by loot showrooms, which Alyssa had discovered later. Along the way, Alyssa didn't say a word, she didn't have the kind of questioning of the world that children of the same age should have, she didn't know where she was going, but she didn't express her doubts, maybe because the person holding her hand made her dare not have any questions at all. She looked up at Fik Vodganov beside her, and she noticed that the uncle was strong, with several scars on his face, and a curly beard joined together with the beard above his mouth. Despite his wealth and the size of the castle, Fik Vodganov was not well known because of its remote location, his lack of going out, and his dislike of spells and sociability.

Although she remembered all the details, Alyssa could not remember how long Fick Vodjanov had been with her, perhaps because she was too young at the time, or perhaps because she was so impressed by what happened afterwards that it interfered with her judgment, but she only remembered that they stopped in front of the tower on the west side of the castle at the end. Compared to the towering towers of the castle's main building, this tower is a little less impressive, with vaulted corridors connecting the tower to the main building, dividing the lifeless courtyard into two pieces. Alyssa didn't know what they had come here for, but obediently grabbed Fick Vodjanov's index finger and walked up the spiral staircase in the tower. The inside of the tower is made of black rock as it is outside, and the steps seem to be made of the same material as the walls, and the lack of windows inside makes the walk on the steps feel as if darkness is pressing down from all sides. For Alyssa, who is only five years old, the steps designed for adults are still a little higher for her, and she has to use her other unheld hand to maintain her balance with each step she climbs, and her small white hands support the steps, which is a stark contrast to the large black stones. Fick saw that Alyssa was moving slowly, so he grabbed her wrist and pulled her up a little roughly, lifting her directly to the upper steps, and after repeating a few times, they finally reached a corridor at the top of the tower. As they walked down the hallway, Alyssa noticed that there were several rooms on either side of the corridor with large locks on their doors that had not been opened in decades, so she never knew what was inside.

Fik Vodganov led her to a halt in front of the door at the end of the corridor, then turned his head to her and said to her the second sentence of the day: "I'm going to let you see someone." The tone was still majestic and irresistible. He pushed the door open, and the moment it opened, Alyssa noticed that a young man in the room seemed to be frightened and jumped up from the high-backed chair, as if hiding something in the back of the chair in a panic. The young man calmed down and stepped forward, bent down and said respectfully to Fick, "Father. ”

"This is my second son, Regulus. Fik Vodganov said to Alyssa, who looked dazed, "From today onwards you are his maidservant, if you can really do something, you have to wait until you are older, just tell you to be obedient and we will not treat you badly." ”

At that time, Alyssa did not understand the meaning of "maid", and in later days, she slowly understood that she lived and played with the young man in front of her, fulfilled the requirements made by the young man, and could not disobey him. Alyssa began to take a serious look at the boy in front of her, he was wearing a wolfskin vest, but the child's body had strong muscles that did not belong to his age, his bare right arm had a black birthmark - a circle in the middle, an irregular arc outside, like a sun, his brown hair was tied up at the back of his head, and his eyes were blue like his father's. When Alyssa looked the boy named Regulus in the eyes, she suddenly had a strange feeling, as if something had been locked in her heart had opened, and from that moment on, she was convinced that she would be with this boy for the rest of her life, and this curse stayed with her for the rest of her life, and it was not broken until the end.

After settling in this castle, which is alien to the outside world, Alyssa takes the initiative to learn everything about the Vodganov family. She heard from the old butler in the castle that this castle was not owned by the Vodganov family before, but belonged to a former magical family on the island of Os, but the people of that family had killed the entire castle because of the abuse of magic, so the castle became an empty mansion and a murderous mansion, and no outsiders approached it. The old butler was the gatekeeper who cleaned the courtyard when the castle was unoccupied, until one day Fick Vodganov appeared at the castle gate with his family and a team of heavily armed followers.

According to the old butler, the people of the Vodganov family came from outside the island of Os, and it is said that they are a "demon hunter", not to hunt monsters, but to erase people who use spells. Fick Vodjanov is a man with a great hatred for spells, perhaps because he has an extreme aversion to them, so he is paranoid and takes his family to the place where magic originated to carry out his slaughter. The old butler didn't know what happened before they came to Os, and Alyssa later learned from the old henchman that Fick had brought with him in the castle that Fick had become a "demon hunter" because of the death of his eldest son. But since he was saved by the old butler of the Fik family, Fick Vodjanov has changed, and although he still hates spells, he no longer slaughters spell users, but chooses to live in silence in this remote castle, mourning the dead and raising his second son, Regulus.

Alyssa later learns from other sources that before Fikko came to Os, the family was "dragon mercenaries". Due to the increasing activity of dragons in recent years, people's lives and homes have been threatened, and Vodganov seems to have mastered some way to fight the dragon, they travel to various villages in various countries, carrying out the work of collecting money to drive the dragon, because of the dragon's strength, all they can do is to drive the dragon away and save the village from attack. As for how they mastered the method of driving dragons, there is a theory that the ancestors of the Vodganov family had contact with the legendary Knights of Light who possessed the "dragon mastery" on the continent of Kaos, or perhaps he was a member of the Knights.

Vodganov's second young master, Regulus, showed a great interest in dragons from an early age, and since he was born on the island of Os, the family was no longer engaged in dragon driving work, so he could only hear various stories about dragons from the rest of the family. Strange to say, the dragons that are wreaking havoc everywhere are the only ones who have opened their nets to the island of Os, and they have rarely heard of dragon attacks, perhaps because of the widespread magic power that scares the dragons. In addition to his interest in dragons, Regulus also had a yearning for spells, but this was strictly forbidden by his father, so he could only sneak in his room to look at the spell scrolls he had brought back from outside.

By the time Alyssa was ten years old, she had mastered her maid role in all directions, and she was able to remember the second young master's favorite tastes, his routine, and cover for him while he was secretly researching spells. She knew that the second young master liked to drink black tea the most, so Regulus could drink the steaming black tea brought by Alyssa as soon as he woke up every morning, and when Regulus tasted tea, Alyssa would skillfully tidy up Regulus's bed and room, open the curtains to let the faint sunlight into the house, and start a new day. Alyssa was a little surprised by her new role of compliance, but as long as she could be by Regulus's side for the rest of her life, she felt that it was worth all the effort.

As for Fick Vodganov, she is becoming more and more paranoid day by day, and Alyssa is glad that she is only Regulus's exclusive maid, and does not have to serve the uncle who has terrified her since she was a child, not to mention that he is now about to break out every three days. Fick had caused a commotion in the castle when he had gone mad and shouted that the dragon was coming, but when the heavily armed clan warriors were ready to fight for the first time in a long time, they found that the dragon he was talking about was nothing more than the shadow of a gecko lying on the wall and a bat hanging upside down on a tree. Last time, Fick told everyone who passed by him that dragons were turned into humans, and that his eldest son had become a dragon and had come to see him before. Seven years after Alyssa entered the Vodganov house, it was concluded that Fick had gone completely insane, that he had been locked up in a showroom in the depths of the castle, with weapons and booty, and that no one dared to approach him, let alone take care of him, after the suicide of the two maids who had taken care of Fick, and that the castle steward only locked the door every day after putting down food at the door, and no one wanted to have anything to do with a madman who had been a cold-blooded murderer. Fick Vodganov's madness was not a good thing for most of the people in the castle, because without the head of the family, the affairs of the castle were difficult to run, and the servants and the rest of the family who had no income gradually left the castle and went on their own ways, but it was a good thing for the second young master, Regulus. Without his father's supervision, he could ignore the ban and blatantly read the information about spells, and he could call on all the resources in the castle as he pleased, and since he had no feelings for his father in the first place, he had not visited Fick who was locked in the showroom for several years.

But Alyssa was different, for her, Fick was the benefactor who had accepted her and given her a place to stay, and it was thanks to him that she was now able to be by the side of the second young master, so when she was thirteen years old, in the eighth year of her arrival at the Vodganov house, she went alone to the showroom in the depths of the castle, and opened the door that locked the sleeping lion with the key she had asked for from the butler. As soon as she opened the door, Alyssa felt a depressing breath and a foul smell come over her, and she groped her way through the dark showroom with her mouth and nose covered, and finally found Fik Vodganov sitting in the corner with a ragged face and a haggard face, who was breathless, as if he were dead. "Lord Vodganov......" Alyssa leaned over softly, wanting to find out, when Fick suddenly raised his head and scared Alyssa to the ground, "Master!"

Fike's eyes were deep, as if he was looking at something that normal people couldn't see, and just as Alyssa was about to get up and leave, he suddenly looked at her, his eyes flashed, and he asked Alyssa, "Alyssa, do you regret it?"

"What are you talking about, sir?" asked Alyssa, even though she knew that Fick was too mad to do so.

"Is the curse really unbreakable?" Fick said and looked back at the darkness of nothingness, he was motionless, his eyes were blank again, which made Alyssa feel that he was completely like a non-existent thing, perfectly integrated with everything around him. So Alyssa stopped disturbing his solitude and exited the room. The next day, the body of Fick Vodganov was found in the courtyard of the castle, no one knew how he got here, and the door to the showroom was so locked that it was impossible to open from the inside.