Finally waiting for the male-faced man to leave, Isabel staggered out of the quilt to investigate.

Dizzy, as if there was a heavy lump of lead in my head, and I felt a sharp pain when I shook my head slightly. This made her not even dare to move too fast, and her body was so weak that she couldn't even stand up.

When she climbed out of bed, she almost stepped on the air and fell directly.

The intense fear made her back soaked in cold sweat in an instant, followed by a sharp pain in her brain.

This made her face wrinkle suddenly, and the whole person was lying on the edge of the bed and curled up in a ball.

There were bouts of nausea in the stomach, and there was a slight pain in the skin and bones on the body all the time. Even touching it with your hand will only get more painful.

“…… It hurts. ”

She muttered under her breath and got out of bed.

Just then, a flash of lightning fell outside.

The next moment, the candles in the house suddenly went out without wind. At the same time, the windows were suddenly pushed open by the wind, and the howling rain suddenly became louder.

She subconsciously wanted to scream, but Isabel held back.

- It's useless to call anyway. Don't be ashamed, Isabel...... It won't die anyway.

She said to herself fiercely in her heart.

This time, there was no one to help me. Isabel had no idea which floor Evas and Sherlock were on...... If they were lower in their own ranks, they wouldn't be able to help themselves at all.

But at least one thing is certain, and that is that there is certainly no one else on her current level.

And even if you die, it doesn't matter, it's just a layer down. Although Isabel didn't really understand what she was supposed to do, she at least understood the rules - she couldn't be on Layer Zero, so it didn't matter if she died.

And if you are in the lower layer, then someone should come down soon. If you haven't seen anyone all the time, it means that you may be on the higher side.

- So what she has to do is try to investigate as long as she can.

Maybe there's something that only she's able to see.

“…… At least, I can't be a burden. ”

Isabel gritted her teeth, clutched her head, and staggered to her feet.

Originally, her last advancement ceremony was also uninspiring—it was just that she was lucky enough to run into Ivas and Sherlock, and they just decided to help her.

That's their kindness, it's their own good luck. But that's not a protection that can be taken for granted.

They can't protect themselves forever, and they will have to walk on their own one day.

…… Eventually, my grandmother will die, and I will succeed her.

I don't know when she'll become the queen - compared to the nightmare of dying, the reality is a nightmarish promotion ceremony with no chance to do it again!

Can't let Ivus down!

"If you're going to die...... You should also try your best and not directly commit suicide for help......"

Thinking so, Isabel stumbled to the window that had been pushed open.

The rainstorm outside drenched Isabel in an instant. She tried to close the window, only to find that she couldn't reach it at all—she might be able to step on a stool, but now she wasn't sure she couldn't stand on her feet or if she would fall off.

And at this moment, her eyes suddenly widened. What was found.

That's what she had to go to the window in the torrential rain to see—

I saw that the stars in the sky outside the window were shining brightly and disappearing, and they seemed to vaguely form some words.

She stood there in the torrential rain, watching intently for a long time. My whole body was completely drenched by the rain, and I finally understood the word.

That's not a word, it's the number "201".

Starlight is guiding her to Room 201!

Isabel perked up.

She hastily wiped her face with a towel. I didn't have any clothes to change, so I had to stumble out of the house with my rain-soaked body.

As she walked, she realized that she was dizzy and even a little unbalanced. Isabel took two steps faster and nearly hit her head on the doorknob.

Realizing that her body was worse than she thought, she was a little more cautious and walked step by step by leaning against the wall instead.

Her steps became weaker and weaker, and her eyes fluttered.

The storm pounded on the windows, and the sounds of little girls singing, arguing, loud noises of something falling on the ground, and screams of women could be heard all around. But Isabel couldn't tell if it was her hallucination, she only felt that her consciousness had become a little blurred, and the world was spinning in front of her.

Room 202 to Room 201 is only a short distance, but she has walked for a long time.

- Is it really just a cold and fever?

This doubt arose in Isabel's mind.

She walked to room 201 and was about to tiptoe to pull the doorknob.

But at this moment, the doorknob moved on its own. Then the old door creaked, and he pulled himself open.

Isabel held her breath and went into cardiac arrest. The whole person stood motionless as if he had been immobilized.

- Is there anyone inside?

But after a long time, she didn't hear any sound from inside. Even the singing, the noise, and the loud noise were gone. All that was left was the roaring rain and the irregular crashing of windows as the wind kept knocking.

She gritted her teeth and pushed the door in. As soon as she let go, the door slammed shut.

The house was pitch black, and there was no sign of anyone ever living. But even so, she felt more and more weird.

Even if you suddenly rush out and kill yourself......

At this moment, there was another thunderfall.

Through that moment of electric light, she clearly saw a little blonde girl with a blue face standing outside the window.

- But this is the second floor.

Isabel finally screamed.

She immediately turned around, jumped up and pulled down the doorknob. But the door seemed to be stuck, and it couldn't be opened after several pulls.

She jerked the doorknob down. Pull the door open, and rush out—

Outside the door, however, it was not a corridor at all, but a sealed red brick wall. She hit the wall, the skin on her body became more painful, and even the arm that was subconsciously blocking her front was scratched a little skin.

She looked back again in horror to find that the girl outside the window had disappeared.

The house was empty again.

Isabel swallowed hard, took a few deep breaths, and forced herself to calm down.

She had a vague guess and closed the door again. Then turn it on again.

This time the outside of the door changed again - it became an upward staircase.

This time Isabel was not in a hurry to go out, so she opened the door and boldly went to the window.

She leaned against the window and looked at it for a long time. Found that there was really nothing outside.

And by the lightning that lit up from time to time outside the house, she could vaguely see the furnishings inside the house - unlike the 202 room she rented, it was obviously more lively. Specifically, there are some books scattered on the table, and a somewhat shabby bear puppet.

If the people here were gone a long time ago, then these things should have been put away.

Isabel cautiously walked over and reached for the books. It was found that there was no dust on the book.

She picked up the only book she had opened, and waited by the window for the lightning to fall.

After a while, as the electric light fell, she could see the cover of the book.

"...... 'The Wise Man in the Oak.'"

She frowned and muttered, "This is Merlin's story." ”

Isabel has read the book.

This book is about Merlin, the apostle of the current Great Philosopher, who was once imprisoned in an oak tree by his ex-girlfriend Vivien when he was a human.

He can hear everything outside and he can speak. But they can't come out, and they can't cast spells. And the oak tree that sealed him was so hard that even with an axe, he couldn't cut it down and get him out.

So he was regarded as the "inner spirit" of the oak tree.

When they heard that there was a wise oak tree here, they came to him from far and wide to ask him questions. Later, a knight who traveled with the red-hilted sword traveled here, believing it to be an evil oak tree that could deceive people's hearts, so he cut the oak tree at the waist with a sword. As a result, Merlin was unexpectedly released.

Merlin was grateful to the knight and took him back to Lancelot. made him a Knight of the Round Table, the ancestor of the Founders' family "Camelot".

- But Isabel, as a descendant of Lancelot, of course knew that the book was wrong.

Because the only knight who can hold the red-hilted sword normally is Galahad. And he obtained the red-hilted sword after Arthur left the material world and Lancelot became Lancelot I. He was already a Knight of the Round Table by then.

…… Moreover, there is another saying in the Durak family. In fact, the Camelot family is also a family of the Durac family.

Because it is possible that Galahad was the illegitimate son of Lancelot I. Galahad, on the other hand, has no bloodline from Gnavier.

However, here comes the book...... And it's still open. Apparently the owner of the house was still reading the book before leaving.

Does this have any intrinsic significance?

“…… If only Ivas were there. ”

Isabel bit her lip, a little depressed.

She wasn't as smart as Ivas and Sherlock, and her body, which felt like it was about to burp, couldn't do much now. Her ability to reach the path was even blocked...... There is not even anyone else to communicate with. She had never felt so lonely and frightened, as if she had been abandoned by the whole world.

She walked around the room two more times and saw nothing different. So she simply tucked the book into her waist and stuck it in front of her tummy with her pants. He picked up the puppet bear again and left the room.

As soon as she stepped up the stairs, the door behind her closed and locked.

Isabel's footsteps paused. There's no going back, she thought.

But it didn't matter – she was getting used to it.

But she walked for a long time, but she never came to the end. That's when Isabel suddenly sensed something was wrong.

She held on to the wall to keep herself from falling. Trying to lift your head and look up. But she couldn't see anything, and she didn't even know how many layers there were.

It's all here, and it's useless to go back. The doors were locked, she thought.

But I don't know if it's an illusion, she always feels that her surroundings are getting brighter and brighter. The sound of the rain outside became thinner and quieter.

The little girl's singing voice was suddenly clear and startled her—it was from the puppet bear in her arms.

"Lock her up with the key...... Lock her up, lock her up...... Lock her up with the key, dear friend......"

Isabel let go, and the Ragdoll fell directly to the ground.

The bear fell downward, and Isabel subconsciously wanted to crouch down and grab it.

But just as she turned around and bent down to grab it back, she felt a cold little hand behind her back nudge her lightly.

- Isabel rolled straight on, falling down the stairs I don't know how high.

The update is complete, and today is a 7,000-word update meow~

The rhinitis has gotten better, the air purifier saved my cat's life!

It turned out that the original air purifier was no longer working...... The air purifier I bought when I moved in 16 years was more than 2,000 used to absorb formaldehyde at that time. I changed the filter once in the middle, and it was only open for two months a year, which was March and September, which were prone to allergies, but this time it was basically useless, and I thought to myself that my body was already so weak, and it didn't work to turn on the air purifier and take medicine......

As a result, I bought a new Huawei air purifier of seven or eight hundred, the weight and volume are only one-third of the old one, and it was immediately useful when I opened it - the day before yesterday, I used more than 100 sheets of paper a day, the day before yesterday I only used more than 30 sheets, and I only used more than a dozen or twenty sheets yesterday and today, and the effect is remarkable.

It can only be said that the progress of science and technology ......

(End of chapter)