"Have you ever heard of the Headless Horseman?"

Returning the same way to the castle, Char asked.

"I think I've heard of it." Sebas frowned and recalled.

"If it does exist, it may be some kind of spirit formed by legend, and the others are not very clear.

Although it is a system, the Grim Reaper in Europe and the Grim Reaper in Britania are in two departments, and I don't often see it, and I don't know much about European things. ”

Char nodded, the group of assassins may not have come to find the treasure, and Heilang may still be in the stage of searching for the whereabouts of that organization, looking around for mysterious events.

They walked slowly along the uninhabited lanes of the countryside, and soon moved away from the village.

Soon, however, the path ahead was blocked by the Assassins, whose faces were hidden under their hoods, making it impossible to see their expressions.

The leader is a middle-aged man who looks to be in his thirties, and the nasolabial folds are slightly obvious.

"Who are you?" The middle-aged man said, "What are you doing here?" ”

Char's eyelids narrowed slightly, and a light smile appeared on his face, "It seems that Hei Lang didn't tell you that you should never reveal your existence until you have thoroughly figured out the details of the target."

You are not qualified as an assassin at all. ”

The middle-aged man and his companion glanced at each other.

Then, he continued, "Do you know our mentor? ”

"It's okay, I've not known each other for a long time." Char said, looking at the three of them, "You're here to investigate the Headless Horseman, right?" ”

After the middle-aged man was silent for a moment, he said, "My name is Hoover, and their names are Hagu and Doyle, I don't know what your name is."

"Go ask your mentor." Char didn't seem to want to say his name, "He'll tell you about it." ”

Hoover's face froze slightly, and then he asked tentatively, "Are you here to investigate this too?" ”

"No, I'm here to play." Char said, "By the way, I will play a scavenger hunt with the children. ”

"Treasure hunting. Game? Hoover had some difficulty understanding what Char meant.

And the only woman among the three said, "If you are here with children, then it is recommended that you leave quickly with children, this is not a fun place, it is very dangerous here." ”

Her body frame is smaller than that of European women, and she appears to be of some mixed race, with some freckles on her face.

Her name is Doyle.

"Oh?" Char asked curiously, "Does that headless horseman really exist?" ”

"Someone nearby was beheaded by the Headless Horseman." Doyle said, "That's why we're here to investigate the truth of the matter, and even if it's not really a headless horseman, then there must be a ruthless serial killer here." ”

Char nodded, "Thank you for your advice, we'll take care of it."

Well, goodbye. ”

He nodded to the group and walked down the path behind them, with Sebas following him.

A few people watched Char's departing back so quietly.

"How? Hagu. Hoover asked the other man beside him.

"I can't tell the bottom line." Hagu said.

Hoover sighed, "If only we had awakened Hawkeye." ”

Hagu asked, "Could it be someone from the Nightmare Order?" ”

Hoover shook his head, "I don't think so, and the people of the Nightmare Order don't know the Mentor's real name. ”

"Would you like to give it a try?" "There are three of us anyway, and there are only two of them, and neither of them looks very powerful. ”

Hoover shook his head, "If he's a friend of the mentor, it won't be easy." ”

"The mentor must know him." Doyle said seriously.

Hoover nodded, "Let's wait and see what their true purpose is." ”

The other two nodded.

"Your friends don't seem to be very kind to you." Sebas said.

Char shrugged, "They have some fatalistic enemies, so it's normal to be wary." ”

While chatting, they also made their way back to the castle gate.

The place where Cassifer stopped is very spiritual, and the castle had a lot of shrubs when it was last renovated, and now it is parked in the forest, and it blends perfectly with the trees, if you don't go deeper, you can't really see it.

Seeing Char return, Arthur ran out of the castle and asked concerningly.

"Teacher, did you find anything?"

"Pretty much." He said solemnly, "Treasures will only appear when the moon is dark and the wind is high." ”

He looked at Arthur with an inexplicable glint in his eyes, "So we're going to wait until the evening." ”

"Can I go?" Arthur said expectantly.

"Of course." Char smiled, "You brought up this treasure when you came to find it, didn't you?" ”

"Great!" Arthur waved his arms and said excitedly.

"Well, you might have to take the sword with you." Char said.

Arthur was stunned for a moment, and then heard Char explain.

"We're going into the forest, and we need a sword to cut down branches."

It's not 100% sure they'll find the Headless Horsemann or any clues about him tonight, but if they're here because of fate.

Then the probability of them encountering that thing is quite high.

Arthur nodded, "I see. ”

So, they entered the castle and began to wait for the night to fall.

At about eight or nine o'clock in the evening, Char went out of the castle with Arthur, and Sebas hadn't returned yet, so he came with him, and he was idle anyway.

Isabel was also curious about this, so Char also brought Isabel with her, but Alicia didn't want to go out, she seemed to have guessed something, and knew that there should be some trouble next, so she didn't want to cause trouble.

And in order to protect Alicia, Cassifer, who originally wanted to go, also stayed.

They walked straight to what the map marked on the tavern lady called the "Forbidden Forest".

Not far from the village, at the end of the valley.

There was a church there, which looked very old, with mottled marks on the walls and some wall-climbing plants.

At the entrance of the church is a large lawn, which seems to be regularly tended, and the lawn is neatly manicured.

And the forest at the end of the lawn is probably the so-called forbidden forest.

Like the trees that the castle saw when entering this valley, although it was spring, there were no leaves on the trees, I don't know what kind of tree they were, and the bare branches formed the forest, like twisted human hands, which made people's hearts tremble against the background of the night and thick fog.

Char also saw one of the men who had been fighting in the bar at the door of the church, pleading for something in front of a woman.

It was a Germanic woman, with golden blue eyes, fair skin, very beautiful, and the corners of her mouth were downward, with a slight hint of impatience.

Char cast a slight spell to hide their aura.

As they approached, their quarrels followed.

"Ma Lin, I know you must have married him to anger me, I was wrong, I was really wrong, will you give me another chance?"

Marlene sighed softly, her hands crossed over her chest, a little sadness in her eyes.

"But I'm married, Baker."

The diamond ring on her hand glowed faintly in the starlight.

"I have taken an oath with Woolf under the church and have become legally married under God's witness."

"No, no." Baker didn't seem to accept it, he waved his arms excitedly, his eyes red, "You're mine!" ”

"We can't break our oath." Marin said with a pained face.

"No, no." Baker seemed to be in a trance, and a little fierceness flashed in his eyes, "There's another way."

Looking at Baker's expression, Char noticed a flash of obvious cunning in Marlene's eyes.

I don't know if the Headless Horseman will show up tonight, but it's a pleasure to be able to eat melons while waiting.

At least Char, Isabel, and Sebas watched it with relish.

(End of chapter)