book of old days

Chapter 8

He was in a trance for a while, and in the next second, he was standing in front of the desk, holding the ancient book in his hand, and the leather cover had an inexplicable sticky feel.

Sean was taken aback. He clearly remembered that when he checked the study room before, he didn't see such a strange ancient book.

Even when he had just entered the room, the table was empty.

This book seemed to appear out of nowhere, calling him, tempting him to open the cover of the book to find out.

He felt a little timid in his heart, the whispers in his ears, the inexplicable loss of consciousness, and the weird dream, all of which meant that something was wrong with him.

There is a faint impulse in his heart, he wants to open the book to find out, but the countless horror and ghost movies and novels he has seen in his previous life tell him a truth, the most sensible thing to do at this time is actually——

He bit his tongue hard, took advantage of the sobriety brought by the severe pain, walked to the window, opened the window and looked out, outside the window was the high wall of the castle, and below it was the deep and dark river.

With a jerk of his hand, the thick ancient book flew into the night, fell into the river and disappeared without a splash.

"Phew!" Sean heaved a long sigh of relief, as if a boulder pressing on his chest suddenly disappeared, and he relaxed. Isn't that right? Mysterious and strange ancient books, whoever likes to read them, should read them.

Xiao En was talking to himself, and turned around to leave. As soon as he stepped out of the door of the study, he saw a huge black figure slowly appearing at the end of the corridor.

The shadow was more than three meters high, and its appearance could not be seen clearly in the dark, but it was only an outline, and it already presented an irresistible sense of terror. At the position of the head, a pair of scarlet eyeballs could be seen.

Sean was startled, is it a devil?He couldn't think of it.

The appearance of the monster did make him easily think of the devil, just as the old coachman said, the devil prowled the corridors of the castle, looking for new victims.

He raised the pistol almost instinctively.

However, he didn't dare to open fire. If it was really a devil, the bullets would probably be useless. If he couldn't kill the opponent after shooting, he would only irritate him.

The monster didn't seem to notice him, and walked towards him unhurriedly.

Sean glanced at the bedroom door not far ahead, hesitated for a while but still didn't dare to rush over, so he could only slowly back away.

He rubbed his eyes while stepping back, trying to see more clearly, but under the moonlight, the figure of the monster always showed a strange hazy feeling, and he couldn't see the specific appearance clearly.

His back suddenly hit the wall, and he couldn't retreat anymore!
Just then, a voice sounded beside him, "Don't shoot."

He was so frightened that he almost pulled the trigger. When he turned his head, he saw Delia standing in the darkness beside him, looking at the monster in the darkness with great interest.

She was only wearing white pajamas, and her graceful figure was looming under the pajamas, but Sean was not in the mood to look at it for a while, so he just took a glance and then looked forward again.

"Do you want to call someone else?" He asked in a trembling voice.

"No need, this thing should not be dangerous."

Not dangerous yet?Are you kidding? Sean was very skeptical about it, but Delia's voice made him inexplicably relieved. He really didn't shoot. He watched the monster getting closer and closer, and subconsciously leaned towards Delia. Leah, she could almost feel the warmth under the other's pajamas.

While still observing, the thing looked more and more like a legendary devil, with ox horns, pitch-black skin mixed with red scales, and scarlet light in its eyes, but for some reason, that thing gave people A very unreal feeling.

Sean suddenly realized that it was a sound, and the thing didn't make any sound when it walked.

Delia suddenly laughed, "I think I know what this is."

"What the hell is that? Is it the devil?"

"The devil? Hehe, that's not a devil." There was a hint of amusement in the woman's eyes.

She took out a copper coin and threw it towards the monster. The copper coin passed through the monster's body and landed on the floor. The monster seemed to be stimulated, and turned to look at the two of them. The two rushed over.

Sean subconsciously rushed towards Delia, throwing her to the ground, but the expected impact sound did not appear, and the monster hit the wall and dissipated like a puff of smoke.

Sean looked at the wall behind him and the disappearing 'devil' in amazement, wondering what the hell was going on?

In a daze, Delia spoke.

"Can you get up, Professor Sean?"

Only then did Sean come to his senses, he hurriedly got up from Delia, "Sorry, I—"

Delia waved her hand indifferently, "It's nothing, go to sleep, Professor Sean."

"That thing—?"

"Don't worry, that thing shouldn't show up again tonight—good night."

Delia turned around and went back to her room, leaving Sean alone in a daze.

He thought that this woman was too calm, right?But I have to say, it feels really good.

He shook his head, shaking off the strange thoughts that popped up in his mind, and turned to think about what happened just now. What kind of connection is there between the monster and the ancient book before?

This question is destined to be impossible to come up with an answer to. When he returned to his room, Sean was not sleepy at all. He propped a chair against the door, lay on the bed, opened the revolver and counted the bullets inside, closed the Putting it on the lap, staring straight at the door, it lasted until the next day.

Early the next morning, he was ready to go back home. He didn't want to stay in this ghostly place for a moment. No matter it was the horrible legend, the strange ancient book, or the phantom of the devil, he was very frightened. .

There must be a huge secret hidden in this castle. He is very sure of this, and it is a very dangerous secret. He has no intention of exploring the truth, and just wants to go home early and live a peaceful life.

For this reason, Sean declined Edmund's persuasion, and directly found the justice officer who had not yet left. He paid the other party five gold pounds and entrusted him to pack and ship the book to his home in Sword Castle.

Then Sean didn't stop any further, just left, and caught up with the stagecoach in the town.

By noon, he had already arrived at Andrew's train station.

In this world, the train is still a new thing, rumbling and emitting white steam, and somewhat awe-inspiring and mysterious, but the Rational Society highly respects this thing, and believes that this thing is the victory of science over mysterious power The civilization was crystallized, so it was vigorously promoted. The railway from Sword Fort to Andruen was funded and built by the Society of Rationality.

Looking at the great creations created by this industrial technology at this time, Xiao En felt inexplicably kind from the bottom of his heart.

The platform was very lively and crowded. Sean walked through the crowd, small vendors selling bread, sausages, boiled eggs, apples and dried meat, and farm workers carrying worn-out suitcases and luggage bags. After passing through the gentlemen and ladies holding small flower umbrellas and walking sticks, they finally found a trace of tranquility in the VIP compartment.

He showed the ticket to the ticket inspector and sat down on the seat by the window.

The ticket for the VIP carriage was a bit expensive, it cost him seven silver tacos, but he would never treat himself badly when traveling, and he had just inherited an inheritance, so he didn't care much about the small money.

The train moved quickly. Looking at the slowly moving scenery outside the window, Sean felt relieved until this time. The strange and bizarre encounter in the Dark Forest Manor, even though it was only a short night, still left him with a deep impression. Very impressed.

I will never come out again in the future, and just stay in Sword Castle for the rest of my life.He was thinking to himself, but a faint fragrance penetrated into his nose.

"Hello, can I sit here—Professor Sean! What a coincidence!"

As soon as he looked up, he saw Delia looking at him in surprise.

(End of this chapter)