Many nights ago.
On the vast land, there are remote villages and ancient castles standing alone. In the endless night, they are like a small wooden boat floating on the sea, with occasional dim lights shining through the windows.
On the second floor of the castle, in a shady room, the cat slave girl Heidi was sitting on the bed holding her knees, looking at the night sky outside the window in a daze. She has been doing this for a long time, and it looks like she will continue to do so. The reason for this is because she doesn't know what to do - no matter what she does, she will be denied by the owner here and can only stay in this room. , spending time obediently with the cat.
"Meow!"
There was a meow, and the black cat lying on the bed yawned and opened its mouth to cry.
Heidi tilted her head slightly, reached out to touch the black cat, and scratched the black cat's belly, letting the black cat sleep lazily. Then he turned back, sighed, continued to look at the starry sky, and said to himself in a very low voice: "When can I go out... Will Mr. Richard come..."
Just as he finished speaking, there were sudden footsteps outside the door.
"Da da da… "
Heidi turned to look at the door. The black cat next to her seemed to sense some danger. It suddenly woke up from its sleep. The fine hairs all over its body exploded. Its waist was arched high, its tail was straight up, and it stared at the door and growled. Make a sound.
"Wu-wu-"
"Da da da… "
The sound outside the door was unaffected and continued to approach.
Heidi pursed her lips, looked at the black cat next to her, and stretched out her hand to comfort him. Unexpectedly, the black cat suddenly shrank and hid under the quilt of the bed.
Heidi was stunned for a moment, when a figure appeared outside the door.
He was an old man with a stooped body and wrinkled face. He looked to be seventy or eighty years old. Because he was too thin, his skin was almost wrapped around his bones. At first glance, he looked like a skeleton.
The other party exuded a cold aura, which made people feel uncomfortable when they saw it, but Heidi still had to bite the bullet and asked: "Hello Eugene, what's the matter?" This is the other party. In the castle, the owner of the castle assigned her to take care of her old servant Eugene.
"Uh, that's it." After hearing Heidi's voice, the old man Eugene standing outside the door opened his mouth, looked over, and made a hoarse voice, "Mrs. Mary wants to see you, Miss Heidi."
"Aunt Mary wants to see me?" Heidi's eyes flashed, "Why?"
"I don't know." The old man shook his head and did not reveal any information. He just said, "Mrs. Mary is waiting for you in the lobby on the first floor. I hope you can hurry up."
After leaving these words, the old man turned around and left.
Heidi frowned, not quite sure why she was called so suddenly in the middle of the night. He lifted up the quilt, looked at the black cat hidden in the quilt, and said, "Mickey, do you want to go with me?"
"Meow—" the black cat meowed slightly aggrievedly, and hid deeper into the quilt.
"Okay, then I'll go by myself." Heidi sighed, jumped off the bed, put on her shoes, straightened her slightly messy clothes, and walked out to the lobby on the first floor.
When they arrived at the hall, Heidi saw many logs piled in the fireplace in the hall, which were burning brightly, as if to dispel the coolness of the night.
But for some reason, the closer Heidi got to the fireplace, the more biting cold she felt without any warmth. She couldn't help but move away and turned to look at a woman sitting on a brown high-backed leather chair in the hall.
It's hard to distinguish the unspecified age of the other party - he has the appearance of thirty years old, the mature taste of forty years old, and the expression that can only be possessed by those over fifty years old.
The other person's skin was fair, as white as snowflakes, even Heidi was ashamed. The other person's lips were as red as dripping blood, his eyes were like a pair of sapphires, and his hair was like gold. In addition, the other person was wearing a gorgeous blue coat and a large string of pearl necklaces around his neck, which was extremely beautiful.
Heidi looked at it and shouted honestly: "Hello, Aunt Mary."
"Yes." After hearing Heidi's voice, the other party turned around, looked at Heidi, and asked, "I heard from Eugene that you want to take a tour of the castle?"
Heidi's expression tightened: "Well... Aunt Mary, I did say that I wanted to take a look around the castle, but Eugene told me that it was not safe outside, so I gave up. And... that was many days ago. .”
The woman Mary nodded and said, "That did happen many days ago. Don't blame me for bringing it up now. The reason for this is because it was really chaotic outside during that time.
Even if you tell me, you don’t understand. Anyway, you just know that there is a place called White Rock Tower. Something big happened there, affecting the entire East Coast. You are my relative, and I must care about you, so I cannot let you leave the castle and be in danger. "
"Uh-" Heidi hesitated for a moment and said, "Aunt Mary, you forgot, actually... I came from the White Stone Tower."
"Are you from the White Stone Tower?" Mary, the woman, was stunned, and then said, "Oh, I remember, you are indeed from the White Stone Tower. This is better, I think you can really understand me. mean."
"Yes." Heidi said softly.
"So, now I want to take you out of here, you should understand, right?" the woman Mary asked.
"Ah?" Heidi was surprised, "Leave here? Why... why? Do you have to leave? When will you leave? Can... can you wait for a few days?"
"You have a lot of questions, Heidi!" Mary, the woman, said slightly displeased, "But I am in a good mood today, so I can answer these questions.
First of all, you must leave. I am not negotiating with you, I am just informing you. As for the time, it is tonight. The reason for this is very simple, because there is more chaos outside now. "
Heidi was puzzled: "It's even more chaotic? Why do you have to leave when it's even more chaotic?"
"Silly boy, can't you understand?" Mary, the woman, shook her head and said slightly disappointedly, "If there is just a little chaos, we can naturally hide in this castle, but if the chaos reaches a certain level, our castle will If you can’t stop it, you have to go to a safer place.”
"Then... where to go?"
The woman Mary did not answer directly: "You will know when the time comes."
"Then I..." Heidi hesitated.
"Just be obedient, my little baby." Mary, the woman, said, "You understand the situation now. Go pack your luggage immediately. We will leave in ten minutes."
"ten minutes?"
"Yes, go ahead." Mary waved her hand and said nothing more.
Heidi nodded helplessly, bit her lip, and quickly ran towards the second floor of the castle and entered the room.