It wasn't until Catherine's account came to an end that the rain was still falling, the forest was quiet, and it was overcast like evening.

Number 33 did not interrupt Catherine, listening quietly, even ignoring the hunger in her stomach for the time being.

No wonder Catherine speaks fluent Chinese, it turns out that this is the foundation laid when she was a child, and objectively speaking, this is Lilith's only credit.

Number 33 has also experienced a very tragic past, but her tragedy is gradual, she already knows the nightmare she is about to face at a very early age, and then continues to try to get out of it.

In contrast, Catherine's happy life collapsed overnight, which in a sense is even more unbearable, because Number 33 is not nostalgic for the old life, and Catherine is afraid that she will always live in the happy memories of her childhood.

"And how did you get to Aare?" asked the 33rd at last.

She wondered why Catherine and her sister didn't go to Momiji Academy as their mother had planned, otherwise the fate of many people would be different today.

Catherine's mind was still wandering in the dark, wine-scented cellar.

After she dragged her sister into the cellar, the cellar was quickly plunged into absolute darkness due to a fire and power outage.

This absolute darkness is beyond the power of even dogs and cats who are good at night vision.

"Catherine, why don't you leave?" asked Arabella.

"The power went out and I couldn't see anything. Catherine said nervously, as if there were countless demons lurking in the darkness, and they could rush over and tear them apart at any moment.

"It's okay, Catherine, I'm ahead of me, shall we go to the lower floor?"

Arabella hummed a nursery rhyme, and instead she pulled Catherine forward, who seemed to be able to see in the dark, and easily pulled Catherine around the rows of wine racks and wooden barrels.

It turns out that this is what it feels like to be blind?

Arabella has always lived in such a world?

Catherine really wanted to hug her sister and cry, because there were only two of their relatives left in the world, but she couldn't cry, she had to be strong, if she collapsed, who else could her sister rely on?

"Be careful, there are stairs ahead. Arabella reminded.

The two of them descended the stairs to the second floor of the cellar, where Catherine huddled in the innermost corner with her sister in her arms.

"Catherine, is Mommy and Daddy really okay?" asked Arabella, looking up.

"Well, they've escaped, but the maids haven't had time to escape. ”

Catherine tried to be as calm as she could, knowing that her sister could make out many details in her voice that no one could hear, and that she might be able to tell that she was lying.

"Oh. Arabella took the cross in her arms and seemed to believe it.

"Ahh

There was a heart-rending scream overhead, so terrible that it could be heard even on the second floor of the cellar, a scream from a human being in great pain.

"Catherine......" Arabella heard better, shivering in her arms.

"Don't be afraid, I'll protect you. Catherine smiled reluctantly, "Arabella, I liked that nursery rhyme just now, can you sing it to me again?"

"Okay......

Arabella sang the nursery rhyme again, and Catherine gently covered her ears.

The sound of children's voices lingered on the second floor of the wine cellar.

Music itself has a healing effect that transcends languages and borders, and music sung by such a beautiful voice is naturally relaxing.

Rumble.

There was a loud clatter of a heavy object collapsing overhead, and the screams were gone, and Catherine covered her sister's ears tighter, and she smelled a faint smell of smoke.

That's when she learned that there was a fire upstairs.

The fire had engulfed the main house, but fortunately it was pouring rain outside today, so the fire did not spread further to the periphery, otherwise the entire estate could have been burned.

The security guards and staff in the other houses noticed that the main house was on fire and had already called the police, but it would take at least half an hour for the fire truck to get here, after all, the farm was too big.

There is also a wooden door between the two cellars, and after the bottles burst by the high temperature, the large amount of wine flowing out of the upper layer flooded the upper floor, not only to prevent the fire from continuing to spread downward, but more importantly, to isolate the smoke, most of the people who died in the fire were killed by the smoke, not burned.

The sweet-scented alcohol was heated and volatilized and diffused in the air below, and little Catherine and Arabella were so strong that they fell asleep unconsciously when they smelled the alcohol.

The next day, the firefighters who cleaned up the fire scene were guided by the farm staff to find the cellar, and they thought everyone had been burned to death, but miraculously found the sisters who were still sleeping in the lower level of the cellar.

They were taken to the hospital, where they were examined and found to have no external injuries.

However, no one believed the facts that Catherine told the police, and she had no evidence to prove what she said, so she kept her voice hoarse, and others only thought that she was under the influence of alcohol.

The bodies at the scene of the fire were all charred, and the exact cause of death could not be determined, even the maid whose skull was broken by a hammer, and it could not be ruled out that she had been hit by a falling beam or furniture.

However, one thing is certain, the number of corpses is only nine, and according to the dentist's records, they belong to the hostess, the chef, and the six maids, except for Lilith's body.

The employees can prove that Lilith was indeed left for dinner by the male and female hosts that night, and no one saw when she left, so the police regarded Lilith as an important suspect, but the search failed, and she seemed to have disappeared from the world.

Then comes the cumbersome and disgusting issue of inheritance.

A large number of relatives who don't know where they came from Europe have appeared, claiming to be the sisters' own uncles and aunts, asking to adopt the sisters.

Fortunately, the parents took into account the security situation in Chile and the unforeseen circumstances, so they found a lawyer to do a notarization of the will early, stipulating that the entire estate would be inherited by the sisters, but they were afraid that the sisters would be deceived when they were too young, so they stipulated that the estate would be managed by the trust fund before Catherine reached the age of 18.

But the problem before the sisters is that they are too young to legally have a guardian, and they will either go to an orphanage or be adopted by relatives.

Catherine saw through the despicable faces of her relatives, and Arabella heard that the relatives were full of lies, and they did not want to be adopted anyway, because once they became the stepdaughters of their relatives, the rest of their lives would be up to them.

"Don't go to the orphanage!"

No. 33 knew that something had happened, whether the sisters went to the orphanage or not, it would be futile to dissuade them now, but she still couldn't help but speak.

Catherine glanced sideways at her, wondering why she had reacted so much to the orphanage.

"No, we didn't go to the orphanage. ”

At that time, the sisters were facing a very dangerous situation, more dangerous than adults could imagine, Catherine felt that everyone around her wanted to harm them, and it was not delusional, and Arabella could also hear that the people who claimed to be relatives had their own agendas, and that no one really wanted to help them.

Their best option is to follow their mother's plan and go to Momiji Academy immediately, but they currently have no right to dispose of the inheritance and cannot pay the admission sponsorship fee, so the road is blocked.

"Arabella, what did my mother tell you before, apart from the Momiji Academy, which are the other occult schools in the world?" asked Catherine, looking at the map.

Since her father's death, Catherine has grown up overnight, and she is no longer the wild girl who ran around like she used to be, in addition to taking care of her sister, she spends all her time studying, using words and feelings, absorbing all the knowledge she can access, she is determined to shelter her sister from the wind and rain, and from then on she can only rely on her sister for her life.

Arabella had a good memory, and Catherine looked at the dictionary to identify the names of the various countries on the map, and marked the places on the map with pins, as her sister said.

Among these occult schools, only the Momiji Academy and the Ale Mountain Monastery are clearly located, and no one knows which sea of trees the ninja academy is located in.

Catherine stared at the Armenian border, on the plateau, there stood two towering mountains, and legend has it that on the higher of them there was a mysterious monastery, although the location was not as clear as that of the Momiji Academy, but it was their only hope.

It may have been fate, she prayed that if she could survive that night safely, she would follow the glory of the Lord for the rest of her life, and now it was her turn to fulfill her promise.

As for why she chose the Occult Academy instead of an ordinary school, in addition to the issue of guardianship, the most important thing is that she wants to avenge her parents, and only by becoming an existence of the same level as Lilith can she fulfill her wish.

Yes, she wants to be transcendent, she wants to do it no matter what, she wants revenge, she wants to protect her sister, and although other little children may have similar thoughts, no one has a stronger determination and desire than her.

The chores were dealt with for a month or two before they were over.

After she nodded and agreed, the estate where she was born and raised was sold to someone else, and the employees who had worked faithfully for her family for many years were also dismissed, which was no way, and it was impossible to open up a series of processes of wine production and sales with her young shoulders, and it was better to give it to someone else in its entirety than to let the estate decay in her hands, and it would be better to give it to someone else in its entirety and exchange it for money and lie in the bank.

Next, she began planning a trip to Armenia, and her neighbors played a key role.

It was the neighbors who lost their beloved son, who rushed to the scene as soon as the fire broke out, organized rescue, and provided the sisters with a lot of help within their ability in the days that followed, and vaguely revealed the idea of adopting them, as long as they agreed, the divorced former couple was even willing to remarry for them.

Compared with their relatives, the neighbor's former couple is sincere, they have long regarded Catherine as their future daughter-in-law, and since their son has died, they are willing to treat the sisters as their own, and the neighbor's family has a lot of property, and there is no concern about coveting the inheritance.

Catherine appreciated their kindness, but politely declined them.

Maybe after becoming their stepdaughter, she can continue to live a peaceful and happy life, but she can't avenge her parents, and she can't protect her sister when a similar disaster strikes again.

She had some kind of hunch that she would meet Lilith again in the future, and more than once.

The neighbor's former couple spent money to clear the relationship and take the sisters on a plane to Armenia, who thought Catherine would retreat when she saw the majestic snow-capped mountains, but they underestimated her determination.

At just over seven years old, she slipped out the night she arrived at the foot of the mountain and headed alone to Mount Aare with water and food.

The terrain around Mount Aare was not difficult, and there were no dangerous beasts, but it was still too difficult for her at such a young age.

She finally set foot on Mount Aare with great difficulty, but after climbing a few steps, she could no longer support it, and fainted from exhaustion.

When she awoke, she was surrounded by nuns dressed in nun clothes, who had seen many people who wanted to climb Aare for various reasons, but who were surprised to be able to climb the mountain alone at such a young age.

They easily healed her broken elbows and knees on the way, asked her why she was climbing the mountain, and asked where her parents were.

With her sister not around, Catherine was at last able to cry bitterly, and she told the nuns everything she had experienced.

The nuns were touched by her experience and made an exception to take her back to the convent.

The shepherd, hearing about her plight, allowed her to stay in the monastery as a trainee nun and to do odd jobs, and if she did not have the ability to awaken until she reached adulthood, he let her leave the monastery and go back to inherit the inheritance.

After Catherine disappeared in the night, the neighbors and his wife became anxious, and Arabella washed her face with tears, her eyes swollen from crying, and she thought that her sister had abandoned her.

However, the next night, Arabella also disappeared, and there was an extra note in her room stating that the sisters had joined the monastery and that the shepherd had become their guardian until they reached adulthood, asking the neighbors and the couple to return home with peace of mind, and that the sisters would write to them regularly to report their safety.

The sisters lived in a monastery ever since, and although they were nominally required to do odd jobs, none of the nuns could bear to call them, especially the blind Arabella, whose only task was singing.

As the years passed, the sisters grew up and became more and more powerful, and they awakened their abilities one after another, and officially became members of the monastery.

It was agreed that Catherine or Arabella would be the next head of the house, and that the latter in particular might be more appropriate, since the former had no interest in becoming the head of the house, and that she had nothing but revenge on Lilith and all the demons of the world.