The black-clad man walked up the stairs of the castle step by step, he didn't have any light source on his body to illuminate, and his pure black clothes almost blended in with the environment in the castle in the night.

His steps are also very light, as if deliberately avoiding detection, even without the help of a light source, the man can step smoothly on each step as if he were walking on the ground.

His veiled eyes roamed the darkness as if they were searching for something. From the great staircase in the very center of the castle upwards, the staircase is still strong despite the fact that it has worn out over the years.

As the climb progressed, the temperature inside the castle gradually decreased, and there was a hint of humidity and coolness in the air.

When the man reached the top floor of the castle, he stepped onto a spacious platform, which was more elaborate than the rest of the castle, with ornate gilded patterns and intricately carved sculptures.

Directly facing the staircase stands a large statue of a knight, which blends with the design and the walls.

Only half of the horseman's body is exposed outside the wall, while the other half seems to be embedded in the wall, which does not take up much space and shows off the majesty of the statue.

On the shoulder of the knight's statue is a crow about to spread its wings and fly, and the crow's eyes are decorated with exquisite rubies.

As soon as the man stopped, a little light gathered on his left and right sides.

The servants in the castle came from both sides, holding oil lamps and looking left and right, all looking anxious.

As they gradually walked towards the central staircase, the light of the oil lamp slowly revealed the man in black from the darkness, and everyone present was suddenly frightened for a while, but they all reacted quickly.

"Did you find them?" The man in black slowly asked the servants on both sides at this moment.

"No...... The living room, dining room, and conference hall have been searched, and there is no shadow of the two children everywhere. The servants shook their heads, and one of the male servants in the lead answered the question of the man in black.

"Have you already run outside......" The man in black shook his head silently as he thought about something. By the way, have any of you seen Miss Susanya today, I don't think I have seen her all day. ”

"Ms. Susanya sadly passed away in the operation of the ravens last night, her body is in the backyard, and we have not found time to bury it until now."

The male servant who took the lead spoke in a flat tone, as if death was a trivial matter for them.

The man in black was silent for a while, not so much sad as helpless.

"I know, there have been a lot of things happening in the family recently, and I want you to work hard a little more tonight."

With that, the servants began to scatter away, some into the dark corridor, others down the stairs, and soon the light source disappeared again, leaving the man in black in darkness again.

The lonely man stared at the knight's statue in front of him, he slowly stepped forward and stared at the huge statue as if thinking about something, but it didn't take long for him to shake off his cloak and turn away and disappear into the darkness of the castle.

Not long after he left, the statue let out a low, muffled thud, and the massive weight slowly shifted under the influence of the complex mechanism, slowly moving a gap between it and the wall.

Cesare poked his head cautiously out from behind the statue, looking left and right to make sure there was no one around him before exiting the passageway.

The design of the mechanism has a time limit, and when Anya jumps out in the back, the knight's statue has begun to slowly return to its original position, and any slower will clip the girl's hair.

Having just left the narrow and suffocating passage and returned to the wide space of the castle, Anya wanted to breathe in the fresh air, but the chill on her face immediately made her shiver.

"Why is it so cold!?" Anya hugged her shoulders and stepped on small steps to follow Cesare, who led the way, and couldn't help but ask.

"Cold?" Cesare raised his arm in confusion to feel the temperature around him, neither cold nor warm, in fact he didn't feel any temperature at all, which was not a good sign......

Carefully recalling his childhood, it seems that the temperature on the top floor does have some sayings.

"I remembered that it was because the old earl had a strange disease that did not heal for many years, and the doctor said that in order to prevent the condition from worsening, the earl must be kept in a cold environment for a long time, so the family would put ice magic on this layer of the castle to cool down.

Cesare raised his finger again. Not far ahead was the Count's room. ”

"It's really a strange disease, I've only heard of not letting patients catch cold, and it's the first time I've heard of not letting patients warm up." Anya said incomprehensibly, and then the cold wind that blew from nowhere made her shiver again.

"By the way, Cesare, speaking of the counts of Hunyadi...... There's one thing I don't understand. ”

"Just ask." Cesare nodded in agreement as he walked forward.

"It stands to reason... Isn't the Lord Count here your father, why do you always call him Earl? Is this the rule in your family? ”

Cesare's question stunned for a moment, and he paused for a moment as he pressed his finger to his chin and hesitated for a moment, as if he had been asked something unspeakable.

Cesare would not have wanted to answer this question if someone else had asked it.

But seeing Anya blink her curious eyes, Cesare sighed and simply revealed. "For I am not the natural son of the Count of Hunyadi...... If I had to say, the old earl was my adoptive father. ”

"So you say you're bastard?" Anya quickly approached Cesare's side and continued to ask.

"It's easy to understand... It's a complicated thing to explain, and maybe I'll tell you the whole story when I feel better, but it's probably not today. ”

Cesare suddenly stopped, and Anya patronized and looked at Cesare's face and continued to walk forward, but her head hit the door panel, and Anya, who was in pain, covered her head cutely and took two steps back, whimpering with grievances in her mouth.

Cesare pushed open the heavy door, and the bitter cold rushed through the open crack of the door like a tidal current, so cold that Anya's hairs stood on end, and Anya's eyelashes were frosted in an instant.

Cesare couldn't feel the change in temperature, but his instincts told him that there had been some strange change here and in the scene he remembered.

The doors are fully opened, and the extravagant floor-to-ceiling windows let in the moonlight without reservation, illuminating the entire bedroom in the moonlight.

This room is very large, like a hall that can accommodate 100 people to dance, and you can even hear your own echo clearly when you step on the smooth floor.

Because......

This room is really empty.