"She had something to do at home, so she left last night." said the older maid.
Since the maid was leading the way with her back to Aitina, Aitina did not see the expression on her face, but this sentence made Aitina think a lot about what happened that was so urgent that she needed to leave overnight.
But Adina didn't have time to slowly ponder the mystery in this sentence. The two maids had already prepared toiletries and were waiting for Adina.
When Aitina finished washing up, the butler Abel was already waiting outside the door.
"Ms. Aitina, breakfast is ready, please move. After breakfast, you will have etiquette lessons this morning, after lunch, there will be cultural lessons in the afternoon, and after dinner, there will be dance lessons. Please make sure to eat enough."
Ai Tina covered her mouth in surprise, and then said,
"Ah, what a busy day. Is this the plan for the rest of the day?"
Abel responded,
"Yes, Miss Aitina, but you have two days off every five days. Okay, please follow me."
Breakfast is a simple cereal with fruit and butter toast.
After a quick breakfast, Adina started her busy day. However, Marquis Hohen didn't say a word during the meal today. He seemed to be in a bad mood and looked serious, which was a bit scary.
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Late at night, Abel sent the tired Adina back to her room to rest, and then went to the study of Marquis Hohen. Usually at this time Marquis Hohen would be reading in the study.
"My Lord Marquis, are you going out?" Abel asked respectfully.
"Well, my instincts are almost uncontrollable. I don't want to dirty my castle. I'll keep this key. You know, this is the key to that room. Just give it to Aetina. I want to see if she can pass this test. Haha."
After the Marquis Hohenheim finished speaking, he took off the key that had been hanging from his waist.
This is a key made of pure gold, but the shape of the key is a bit strange. Unlike ordinary keys, it does not have only two teeth on the sides, but a six-sided snowflake-like tooth. There is a strange cross on the handle of the key, with a pair of bat wings on both sides of the cross, and a transparent amethyst inlaid in the center of the cross. Under the light, the amethyst reflects a strange and ominous color.
Abel took the key with both hands and hid it in his arms, then said,
"I respectfully send off the Marquis. I hope he will return soon."
Marquis Hohen nodded, jumped out of the window, and flew out into a gigantic bat-like creature.
The giant bat transformed by Marquis Hohen was flying in the air at an astonishing speed, and its conical blood-sucking fangs looked extremely evil under the moonlight. Some unlucky people who did not sleep at night even thought that the black shadow in the sky was the evil dragon that had reappeared in the world and collapsed to the ground in fear.
This huge bat-like creature is about 25 meters long and has red eyes that leave two red streaks when flying. A shrill scream comes from its mouth, but the frequency of this scream is inaudible to ordinary people.
Its body is covered with hard, dark scales, and it is agile and flexible. Its black fur and scales allow it to disappear in the dark.
Its limbs have five sharp claws, and two purple-red wing membranes are formed on the hind two claws of the forelimbs, and the joints at the connection of the wing membranes are transformed into two blade-like wings.
A strong and flexible tail occupies half the length of the body. The surface is also covered with black scales, but there are thorn-like barbs at the end of the tail.
The sleeping birds in the jungle were awakened one after another, forming a flock of birds flying at night, which is rare.
Wild boars, mountain rabbits, venomous snakes and other nocturnal creatures were all fleeing in panic at this moment, and some were even scared to death. The smaller ones hid in nearby tree holes, while the larger ones hid in caves.
The most incredible thing is that there is often more than one creature hiding in a cave. These small animals that usually compete for territory or even fight each other can live in peace. Compared with the instinct of hunting, fear prevails at this time, and survival becomes the only desire of these animals.
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Baideng Village
The simple villagers lit a bonfire at night and danced happily beside it, with boys and girls singing cheerful songs.
Some older villagers drank homemade wine and slapped wooden barrels to accompany the men and women in the field.
The watchman sat lonely at the entrance of the village.
The handsome Silas has already rejected three girls who came forward to invite him to dance.
The little girl Lori was wearing a white dress tonight, dancing by the bonfire. Although she was not as graceful as the other girls, her petite body made her look full of youth and vitality.
Everyone was partying, singing and dancing that night, unaware that danger was approaching quietly.
The watcher looked at the starry sky and saw a huge black shadow approaching quickly. The birds in the forest flew into the air in a mess. He rubbed his eyes, then looked again with wide eyes. He pinched his thigh, and the pain that came instantly reminded him that what he saw was not an illusion caused by alcohol.
The guard immediately stood up and struck the gong beside him with a stick.
"Bang!" A loud noise interrupted the villagers' joy, and the guard shouted,
"Enemy attack!!!!!!"
Silas hadn't realized what was attacking this simple village at night.
I saw people around me, young and old, standing up one after another.
“Ouch!!”
The flesh and bones beneath their skin were wriggling strangely. Everyone's stature suddenly grew taller, and shiny black bristles grew on their bodies.
Because of the painful roar, the teeth in the enlarged mouth turned into sharp animal fangs, the face slowly stretched into a long mouth, the ears turned into triangular animal ears and stood upright towards the sky, and the flesh and blood of the limbs were broken by the bone spurs hidden under the skin, forming dark animal claws.
Their spine lengthened as a result of the change, pushing through the surface muscles and skin from the waist to become a long tail.
Under the pale full moon, the whole village turned into werewolves that looked like Egyptian jackals standing up from the sky.
Silas already understood why there was no silver or even iron in the village, because the entire village was full of werewolves.
But who would have thought that the legendary bloodthirsty and brutal werewolves are actually ordinary and friendly villagers in normal times!
In addition to the changes in appearance, the powerful muscles and slender legs obviously bring more strength to the werewolves.
The black shadow leaped back and forth on the trees in the forest outside the village entrance. It was coming!
Silas realized that as a human being he could not intervene in the battle between the monsters, so he immediately rolled over and hid in the shadow of the house.
The two sides confronted each other at both ends of the campfire, and the battle was about to break out!